Today is Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. We’re actually on the cusp of an historical era, marked by Neptune’s ingress of Pisces next week on Feb 3. The god of the sea is coming home to the ocean. It’s the last of the major outer planets taking its place for the events of 2012, and the cosmos is giving us a ‘real moment of astrology’ to be sure we pay attention just before Neptune crosses the threshold.
Let’s check in with the Moon first, since it’s the celestial body most people feel most palpably (even those who don’t ‘believe in astrology’). Today, just before 1:28 pm EST, the Moon ingresses Aries. Aries is the first sign of our zodiac; the first of the initiative-taking cardinal signs that begin seasons (Cancer, Libra and Capricorn rounding out the roster).
That first degree is so special, it has its own name – the Aries Point – whose effect extends to the early degrees of the other cardinal signs. And that effect is to make sure that what is personal impacts the body politic, and vice versa.
What’s so beautiful – elegant, really – about this latest visit of the Moon to the sensitive Aries Point, are the conversations between the other planets and Neptune, which is just at the last quarter of the last degree of Aquarius at this moment. (In other words, Neptune is at 29 Aquarius and 45 arc minutes.) It’s as if Neptune’s homecoming is so momentous the gods are offering all kinds of signs to celebrate, aligning in honor of the transition.