february
hello,
In February, we experience disruption, self-expression, and a longing for connection and play.
First, we have the Leo full moon on the 5th/6th of the month. This full moon disrupts, innovates, pushes you to do what scares you, and allows what falls apart to reveal what’s actually there. The scenarios that emerge may be dramatic, chaotic, and depending on your mindset, a lot of fun and/or nerve-wracking. Ultimately, these events signal to us that we need to grow up in a certain sector of our lives. And to do that requires courage, i.e. a boldness that comes from the heart.
This sobering process is all the more important because we’ve all been learning a lot these last two years about boundaries, community (healthy and unhealthy), believing in your own path, loneliness vs. isolation vs. solitude. Perhaps the search for belonging has felt fraught, or still feels fraught. But the experiences since late 2020 have taught us a lot around these themes, and what happens this month may be its final firework show for a while.
The Pisces New Moon on the 20th shifts our focus. Dark moons are new beginnings but not always in the joyful way we imagine. Because the sky is dark, like an empty field, there is latent space to sow new seeds in the removal of overgrowth and the last cycle’s produce.
And so, this new moon ignites a new era in an area of your life, which itself has experienced a range of ruminations and disorientations. Neptune has been in this sector since 2011, and Jupiter moved through here for chunks of 2022. I saw the effects of these planets on people with prominent Pisces, Gemini, Sagittarius, and Virgo placements as both transcendent and deeply confusing. Sometimes both at once in a way that made you doubt what good it is to hope or to wish, when your desires seem to become your worst enemy. These themes will finally be a focus that you will work and re-work over the next three years.
This month, you get to float still and take in all the signs and hints around this. Choose to explore what comes with a sense of innocence. You’re making your own navigation system in the realm of where you feel lost.
some personal news:
◆ readings are available to book here!
◆ in 2021, i acted and composed music for a short film, titled Albedo. it’s finally out and screening online through the san francisco independent film festival!
◆ I’m performing in Bergen, Norway on the 25th of February, at Hordaland Kunstsenter. I’ll also be showing an audio-sculptural installation as part of a group show, that is happening alongside Cici Wu’s solo show. If you’re a reader in Norway, I’d love to see you there.
horoscopes (read for your rising sign!)
Aquarius:
Aquarius season is always renewal season for you, a focus on the self and how you want to reshape into the new year. This month begins early on with shocks and disruptions in your relationships. The world around you may be erratic, unstable, and filled with unclear messaging, most importantly coming from your inner desire to turn some things in your life upside down. I would also watch the 16th/17th as big dates that may require more work and more gentleness with yourself. The new moon on the 20th seeds a new cycle around your resources and money. You’ll be getting things in order this year, but this month lets you see the wide expanse of the valley before you begin the journey down.
Pisces:
Early this month you may experience some turbulence in work, in your grind, and day-to-day lifestyle. These turbulences tend to be surprises that are hard to predict, but there’s a sense that the environment around you may be a source. If you’re driving, be extra careful. The new moon on the 20th lets you reflect on yourself more closely and imagine where you’d like to be. The rest of the year you’ll be working hard at this vision so take in as much inspiration as you can.
Aries:
In February, you’ll see romances, joy, and creativity spark and possibly catch fire. If you’re open to upsets and new directions, this doesn’t have to be a bad thing. You’re also possibly having a new understanding towards how you relate to an audience or a community through what you want to contribute, perform, create, etc. The new moon on the 20th will bring you to calmer waters, to read the lines on your face and learn what’s holding you captive. You’ll be conversing along these themes for the rest of this year.
Taurus:
You’re experiencing the world changing, through your own rebirth and revival. This month continues that, as you see yourself changing a relation to home. Perhaps you gain agency to interact with your family, or you make some moves that displace you for a little bit. What’s coming is not clear, but it will make the reality of your home life clear to you. The new moon will seed a new journey around a collective movement or community. You’ll be experiencing some sloughing away in this arena of your life over the next two years, and this moment will be an important moment to reflect on.
Gemini:
How you make sense of familiarity is changing. Perhaps your commute gets disrupted, your neighbor’s house collapses, or your siblings do something out of the blue. However this manifests it will ultimately be rooted in how you are processing some deeper level things in your subconscious and how that conflicts with what you believe in. Perhaps there’s some lingering shame around control, possession, or stubbornness against change. On the 20th, the new moon resets you in your career. Whether you are starting a new path or beginning a new project, you’ll be put to work for the next two to three years, to embrace your own sense of authority, not through outside sources, but through a faith in yourself.
Cancer:
Some things will drain away to let others come to fruition. Something about community is pulling you, and you’re learning to claim what’s yours and not give endlessly. The new moon on the 20th will place you on a journey and have you dream further out than your current wading pool. You’ll be on this journey for a bit, maybe for the next two to three years, so this moment is crucial, to see far out to where you want to go before you dive into the action.
Leo:
Your story of transformation these past few years has been dramatic. You have experienced erratic forces in the world and have come to a new understanding of authority. This full moon, early February, will reignite these stories in the arena of your relationships. You may need to recognize the part you play in the drama. On February 20th, you begin a new cycle around intimacy and merged assets, who and what you’ve literally or metaphorically signed a contract with. You’ll be considering all the ramifications of sharing more in-depth starting March, so this moment is one to dream up with an open-heart.
Virgo:
Something is shifting behind the scenes for you. It may be totally undoing your idea of reality. You have been hard at work for a while, making shifts in jobs, or managing some health issues, and this moment is one that finalizes this era of time for you. On the new moon, you’ll return to the soil of your relationships to plant something new. For the next two to three years, you’ll be hard at work at your partnerships, figuring out how to be responsible and accountable as well as forgiving and compassionate, all in the right doses.
Libra:
Early month brings a bit of haywire action to your collective groups and communities. It’s not super easy to balance the movement of the group and the ways you envision how to manage collective assets and resources. Group dynamics can also bring up certain insecurities around your own sovereignty and agency in a situation. These are all inquiries you may be making during this time. On the 20th, you begin a new cycle around your daily lifestyle choices and the way you work. If the tasks have been piling up too much, it’s important that you begin the process of making your work life more sustainable in the long-run.
Scorpio:
This month may bring some shocking revelations in the world of your work. Whether it is in your position as an authority, or your position versus an authority, you may experience secrets revealed, or the ground unsettled by some more unstable characters in your life. Later this month, on the 20th, you begin a new cycle for your own creative process. This could also be a time where you begin a romantic tryst. You’ll be hard at work in this area for the next two to three years.
Sagittarius:
The beginning of the month, travel and study are disrupted and abnormal. Prepare for longer wait times and contingency plans. Most importantly watch your health during this time. If you don’t listen to your body, you may experience more disruption than expected. The new moon on the 20th seeds new ways of experiencing home-coming. You feel where your body folds upon itself, and there in that warmth you know where you can create home.
Capricorn:
The way you think through intimacy might fall apart. Or it might zip through new terrain that you thought unimaginable. You’re grieving this month, or recognizing what you never had. Love prospects, creative journeys, and/or playtime are the suspects in the psychodrama of this month. On the new moon, you’re beginning a new cycle around close-knit community, communication, ritual. This time will reveal the bare ground that you’re cultivating for the next two to three years.