Astrology has become a tool for me to wrestle out meaning and significance from the nonsense and misdirections of pop-culture corporate media that’s incentivized by viewership, not a well-informed public.

So I’ll share my journey of understanding about where consciousness is now, using astrology:

Pre-event New Moon

I haven’t done an astrology article in some time. Since my Medium stats show that people like my astrology articles, and since my intention is to stay focused on writing, let’s give the people what they want — astrology.

It’s important to mention the new moon (pictured a few paragraphs below) that precedes this full moon.

In fact, every event that you’re marking with astrology has a pre-event new moon (PENM). The PENM sets the stage for the event you’re highlighting. Any event you look at is literally born out of the consciousness of the PENM.

Birth charts have a PENM, which can be helpful with wrestling out details of individual attributes (destiny, purpose, confusions and pitfalls, etc).

From the new moon (January 21) to the full moon (February 5), Jupiter has moved from 4° Aries 15’, to 6° Aries 58’…

That’s nearly a full 7th degree in Aries. The 6th degree is completing and the 7th degree is developing, but…

Different astrologers read charts in different ways, so rather than looking at one degree or the other, looking at both charts allows for the recognition that everything is moving. This is more exact, more authentic, and more important to me than dissecting the minutiae of minutes in a snapshot.

Purpose, passion, and potential

This pre-event new moon occurred on January 21, 2023, and did so at the beginning of Aquarius, at 1° 33 minutes. Every new moon plants a seed, but this one in particular develops inner security that leads us out of past mistakes, past attempts to make up for the missteps, and into an Aquarian vibration.

It encourages us to finally let go of our passion for a sense of certainty we’ve clung to around what we think happened and own up to listening, so we can turn any opportunities that show up into real purpose.

We’re called to synthesize our ideals with our outcomes and lead with purpose, nobility, and gratitude.

Mars and Uranus are both in post-retrograde shadows now and the individual is tempted to make up for mistakes and missteps. Resist the urge to overcompensate.

Mars’ position shows that individual ambition provides its own satisfaction. Rising to the occasion, doing what there is for an individual to do, is, in itself, satisfying.

Transmute the energy of vengeance before actually “committing revenge” so you don’t have to live in the afterglowing aimlessness of actions that can’t be taken back. In other words, use vengeance energy as fuel to realize a more spiritually potent outcome.

What adjustments do you have to make to make this your reality? Start with the breath.

And that brings us back to the Full Moon on February 5:

This Full Moon phase highlights the contrast between Aquarius and Leo and brings to fullness the impulse that was initiated at the immediately preceding new moon in Aquarius.

Both Aquarius and Leo carry a strong sense of uniqueness, but while Leo brings passion, spontaneity, and confidence, Aquarius brings an otherworldly awareness that can leave Leo envious.

Both signs are fixed, meaning they both concentrate energy, and both focus on developing character, but Leo develops itself while Aquarius is aware of the development needed in the world around it.

Our Leo full moon is ruled by the sun and our Aquarius sun is ruled by Uranus — imagine how your insights fuel your dreams, but remember that you must bring in the fixity to follow them through.

Uranus at a powerpoint

Uranus was retrograde leading up to the PENM on 1/21/23. That’s important for anyone that operates on intuition, and it’s significant and synchronistic for me personally because I’m writing these articles again as Uranus moves direct.

The 15th degree of the concentrative signs — Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius — is a powerpoint because it’s the exact midpoint in their respective quadrants of the overall picture.

Uranus — the planet of insight, spontaneity, and discontinuity — is at such a powerpoint. Within the realm of the first quadrant of the overall zodiac (archetypes Aries through Gemini), which stabilizes, physicalizes, and embodies spiritual substance.

The energies of Uranus and Taurus value different things.

The Sabian symbol for the 15th degree of Taurus, where Uranus is currently transiting is:

Uranus’ presence with this symbol suggests that what exists between success and failure is the courage to learn without overreacting, which is the real fruit of ambition, and that the opportunity in both success and failure is the development of character and a matured mind.

Sudden insights (Uranus) that you can bring down to actual recognitions (Mercury), will help you manage the tension and alchemize the powerof Mercury’s conjunction with Pluto at the end of Capricorn.

Embrace a posture that allows you to listen to the silence (multidimensional reality) in the noise of 3D reality so you can hear what’s yours to hear, and not what the social machine wants of you.

A deeper dive: Aquarius — Leo

Aquarius is in the second half the zodiac and refers to the collective realm. Leo is in the first half of the zodiac and refers to the personal realm.

Leo’s power is in individual ignition and expression, and Aquarius’ strength is in its foresight, insight, and service to the realization of a greater unified/systematic understanding.

The moon’s placement after the Leo 16 degree mark implies the potential to see past public demonstrations, the dog and pony show, and into the power and joy of new beginnings.

While the Sun’s placement at the Aquarius 16 degree mark implies the potential to see through the public, to the management of the broader human enterprise of which we are all a part.

The 16th degree starts the second half of each 30 degree zodiac and emphasizes a yin approach. In this case, as Leo’s energy of ignition turns to expression, and Aquarius’ energy turns from contribution to management.

This is a time when attention shifts to how expression is managed.

It seems to me that the singularity is alive and well, and developing its capacity for awareness.

In Summary

Attend to your personal growth without needing to automate the process. The urge to escape and automate reveals a detachment that puts other people in charge of your choices.

Experiment — move half as fast and breathe twice as slow. Watch and listen for new awareness to come to the surface. Use a timer and try it for 30 seconds. Try it for 60 seconds.

YOU are divine. Don’t let conclusions of an agenda that hides behind a scientific method tell you otherwise.

Let me know how your experiment goes in the comments!

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Quick Bio — Hi! I’m Joshua Blatman.

I am an Earth school student and teacher, family man, writer, musician, survivor, healer, and psychonaut. I’ve been to almost every state in the USA, I’ve lived on 5 continents, and now I’m raising my family in my hometown.

I love to wrestle out meaning and share insights about life with minds behind eyes wide open.

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