February’s Aquarius New Moon (SideReal): A Call for Communal Healing in Shatabhishak Nakshatra

When: 28th of February at 1:44pm (NZ), 11:44am (AEDT), 11:14am (Adelaide), 10:44am (Brisbane), 10:14am (Darwin), 8:44am (Perth/Beijing), 6:14am (India), 1:44am (Milan), 12:44am (London) + 27th of February at 7:44pm (NY), 5:44pm (Boulder) + 4:44pm (LA).

Major Themes: Letting go of concepts of 'Good' and 'Bad', Hearing Unheeded Wisdom, Healing in Community and Moral Discernment

FYI. Right before the New Moon will be Shivarati (on the 26th February). So the energy of this New Moon will peak a few days before it. You might find it hard to sleep, feel energy running up and down the spine and even heed the call to sit in meditation + devotion to the lord of dissolution Shiva. If you want to learn more about this festival, Vanamali has pulled together an incredible article here.

Before we begin this is using SideReal Astrology (as opposed to Western) which is astronomically correct. Learn more about the switch here.

NEW MOON IN THE AQUARIUS' COSMIC WATERS

Astronomically speaking the New Moon on the 27th-28th of February will be in alignment with the cosmic waters that fall out of the hands of the Aquarius constellation (aka. The Water Carrier). These are the waters in which we purify ourselves from holding so tight to the duality of 'good' and 'bad' - and start to take on a broader + more metaphysical view of the world.

To start to see if a little more from the 'Goddesses' perspective.

As such this is a New Moon that doesn't deal with the laws created by man, but with ethics, balance and healing. It calls for you see remember that what is labelled bad isn't beyond 'redemption'… for the evil we see in the world was also created by the divine. As Ram Dass once said, 'the devil is the other face of god' (sit with that one if you like).

As such this Moon can manifest as a calling to change your mind and perspective about someone or something in your life that has been 'blocking' your healing because you have been seeing them as your oppressor and by definition you problem. There is an incredible opportunity to heal with this New Moon, not by trying to change someone else but by getting to know the story within that we have been projecting onto them. To see that the true victory is when we come to love the demons within us. That is when the whole world changes.

HEALING HAPPENS IN COMMUNITY

One of the key focuses of this New Moon is on healing, but not the type that we're taught about or brought up with from a society where the focus, even in personal development, is on the individual.

Nup!

This is a Moon calling for you to remember what your ancestors knew - healing happens in community. When we remember that we are part of the whole, that we are one organism - an expression of the divine in different bodies - we allow healing to take place. This New Moon calls for you to see where individuality is creating unnecessary separation in your life, and keeping you in a state of believing there is something wrong with you or that you have something to ‘teach’ someone else.

The ruler of this Moon is Varuna, the god of the cosmic waters, signified by the waters of Aquarius. His role as a healer is to direct us back to the collective and to help us reconnect with all nature so we might remember who we really are - and in that find our wholeness. As the Lunar Mansion Shatabhishak (where this Moon will occur) is associated with herbs, flowers and botanicals you can even find that you're called to find medicine directly through the flowers and plants that surround you (think naturopathy, herbalism etc) or through simply surrendering your body to nature by spending time in vaster landscapes that you find in the city, communing with trees or birds etc.

WE ARE MANIFESTING SOMETHING GREATER THAN 'I'

This New Moon, which is calling for us to shift our focus to something bigger than our individuality, marks the start of a new cycle. This is a time to lay your intentions in a way that co-creates with the universe. You'll find that what you feel called to manifest with this New Moon starts to blossom (if not with the New Moon) then around the Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius on the 8-9th of September this year...and again in late August 2026 (where there is an incredibly powerful Full Moon).

Remember that Aquarius energy is not about following what you already know, it's about challenging this and coming up with a better solution - one which serves the community. As such you can find that around this New Moon there is a sense of rebellion, revolution and a need to be a little disobedient especially when you are dealing with thinking that might be conventional but you know doesn't serve the whole.

LISTEN TO UNHEEDED PROPHECY

This New Moon will be aligned with the Goddess asteroid Cassandra.

Cassandra is the Goddess of unheeded (or un-listened to) prophecy. As such you can find that around this New Moon the universe is sending you messages of what the future will bring - though the broader culture as well as conversations with friends, sacred animals as well as from within you. You can find that your immediate reaction is to discount what is being said as false, overreacting or simply that the idea is too far fetched. This is exactly why Cassandra wasn't listened to...and yet her prophecy was accurate.

As such this is a Moon to heed the advice that is given to you - with a little discernment - whether that comes from within or without. The universe is giving you a glimpse of what is to come, and even helping you to make a decision in the present with this information. If you're unsure of what you're hearing, slow things down and sit with it. Listen from the well of wisdom within + allow it to make the decision for you.

SOMETHING LOST IS BEING FOUND

The placement of this Moon in Shatabhiskah Nakshatra (lunar mansion) can see something that was lost finally being retrieved and found. As the star that is aligned with the Moon is known as the 'veiling star', or in Arabic astrology the 'lucky star of hidden things'.

As such it gives us all the ability to discover what has been hidden. There are some astrologers that equate this star with news of UFO's, and non-earth based life, so there is a chance that this is what is 'found'. However at a more personal level, this is a time for secrets to be revealed and at a spiritual level for you to remember that no matter what you have done in this life karmically you are still divine.

In fact one of the most famous stories associated with this Lunar Mansion is of the author of the Epic Ramayana, Valmiki - who started his life as a beggar and thief, yet ended it as an enlightened sage. Which is to say no matter what monotheistic religion you grow up consuming, you are never beyond redemption and you are never separate from the divine within. Realisation isn't something 'special' in fact it's just the opposite - it's available to all of us.

THE AQUARIUS NEW MOON RITUAL + READING

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