This weekend’s astrology is not exactly subtle, nor is it playing nice. Today, the lunar nodes shift into Aquarius and Leo, beginning a new collective cycle around individuality, community, leadership, visibility and the difference between being authentically expressed versus performing for validation. The South Node in Leo begins exposing where ego, pride, attention-seeking or the need to be specially chosen has been running the show. The North Node in Aquarius asks us to move toward something larger: aligned community, collaboration, innovation and becoming less concerned with being applauded by the room and more concerned with whether we belong in the damn room at all. Saturn also stations retrograde in Aries today, beginning a period of reviewing how we lead ourselves. Some questions to chew on rn: Where have you been waiting for permission?
Where have you confused impulsivity with courage?
Where do you need more discipline, personal responsibility or follow-through? The Moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn today, so you may notice the energy shifting from restless, optimistic or mentally expansive into something more serious and grounded. Suddenly, it is less about what could happen and more about what you are actually prepared to build, change or commit to. A Cap moon makes for great week planning energy—what do you want to achieve this week and what are some simple, practical and accessible steps that can be penciled in for the beginning of the week. Now that Mercury is moving forward it’s time to begin thinking about steps that create momentum and pick up the pace. We’re still in a shadow period so triple check details but it will feel good to begin matching action to intentions. We are also moving toward Wednesday’s Aquarius Full Moon, sitting opposite the Sun and Jupiter in Leo. Whatever is beginning to surface now is likely part of a much larger culmination around identity, visibility, belonging and the future you are choosing. There’s a very unique energy to this transit that will make us feel pulled in different directions. Take some time to really settle into what comes up and dialogue with it. Expansiveness and structure can seem like unlikely bedfellows but in this case, one benefits the other.