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Celestia Astrology: Translating the Stars Traditional astrology, Moon cycles and Astro-Mindfulness for everyday life. I’m Sonia Geary, a traditional Hellenistic astrologer. In Translating the Stars, I explore New and Full Moons, eclipses, Moon Families, the decans and the changing quality of astrological time. Astrology can offer more than a forecast. By following cycles as they unfold, we can begin to recognise patterns in our own lives, understand when something is beginning, developing, reaching a turning point or completing, and make steadier choices about how we respond. Alongside astrological episodes, you’ll find Astro-Mindfulness Lunar Decan Walks, guided practices combining present-moment awareness with the symbolic landscapes of the decans. They offer another way to experience astrology, through the body, imagination and lived experience rather than interpretation alone. The podcast accompanies my writing on Substack, where I explore the astrology more deeply and follow Moon Families over their longer cycles. Paid subscribers can join Celestia Circle for the Lunar Story Journal, monthly gatherings, deeper Moon Family work and the complete Astro-Mindfulness practice. Private astrology readings and consultations are also available through Celestia Astrology. Sonia Geary | Celestia Astrology Traditional Hellenistic Astrology · Lunar Astrology · Moon Families · Astro-Mindfulness #Astrology #Mindfulness #HailMercury celestiaastrology.substack.com

  1. Oct 24

    Taurus I Astro Mindfulness 🌙 Lunar Decan Walk - What Do You Tend?

    Explore the practice of astro-mindfulness meditation, which blends astrology with meditation to cultivate present-moment awareness and a symbolic garden visualisation. This practice explores how care, maintenance, and discernment show up in everyday life, especially in what we choose to sustain, how we allocate our resources and what we allow to change. The meditation leads you through grounding, a mindful anchor, and a reflective inner journey. Explore the themes of planning, preparation and cultivation and how these may impact how you tend your own resources. The Taurus Full Moon on 26th October 2026 shines in the Decan of Taurus I. This Astro Mindfulness guides you through the overarching themes of Taurus I, a decan ruled by the Mercury and Venus, with Venus and the Moon as the domicile and exaltation rulers of Taurus Through visualisation imagery, engaging the senses and reflective questions, you are invited to engage with your inner world and find harmony within yourself and the environment. In this meditation * Settle your body, soften tension, and return your attention to the breath. * Find a “mindful anchor”—a place in the body where the breath is easy to notice and revisit when your mind wanders. * Enter a garden visualisation inspired by Taurus themes of cultivation, stability, and practical care. * Notice how the garden changes with the seasons, and consider what in your own life needs care in order to continue. * Explore the difference between anxious over-maintaining and wise, selective attention. * Uncover something buried in the soil as a metaphor for rediscovering what was already there. * Clear finished growth, compost what has ended, and water only what truly needs it. * Close with the reminder that sustaining something doesn’t mean keeping it unchanged. Timestamps 00:00 — Welcome to Taurus first decan and the theme of “what we tend”01:01 — Settling the body and arriving through the breath02:17 — Finding your mindful anchor04:31 — Entering the garden visualisation06:01 — Noticing a garden shaped by care and the seasons07:27 — Moving through the garden with your senses09:16 — Connecting the garden to your life and responsibilities10:27 — When care starts to feel overwhelming12:47 — Loosening the earth with patient attention13:59 — Discovering something buried beneath the surface15:06 — Holding the object and noticing what it evokes17:26 — Clearing finished growth and composting what has ended19:12 — Seeing that not everything needs the same effort20:23 — Reflecting on what something in your life needs now21:05 — Returning toward the gate with a new perspective22:08 — Integrating the experience before leaving the garden23:51 — Reorienting to the body and room A reflection to carry with you * What in your life needs care now, not someday, or as it did last year? * What needs nourishing, what needs adjusting, and what may be ready to finish? * When you feel overwhelmed, can you pause for a few breaths before deciding what needs your attention? Celestia Astrology is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This meditation is not only for the Full Moon, it is also helpful for those with placements in Taurus I that they may seek to understand better. It is timeless, so return to it whenever it is helpful, especially if this is the Decan of your Sun, Moon or Ascendant. If your Lord of the Year is travelling through this Decan, and aspecting planets in your chart, it may be particularly helpful. Find the sister episode which takes a deeper dive into the astrology of the Tauru s Full Moon here Thank you, please like, subscribe and comment to engage and share your experience of this Taurus Full Moon or this meditation. Please share your stories or leave a Moon 🌙 or Taurus ♉️ emoji if this meditation has been helpful for you. Upgrade to a paid subscription to access the complete Full and New Moon decan walk as they are posted. Travel well friends Sonia and Asteri Sofia Kairos #AstroMindfulness #FullMoonInTaurus #Meditation #Astrology #Mindfulness #decans #decanTaurusI #Moon #Mercury #Taurus #LunarDecanWalk #Taurus I #taurusfullmoon You can join Celestia Circle as a paid subscriber. Download the Astro Coaching WorkBook and access the archive of posts which guide you through it, working with the Moons. Join the live monthly Celestia Circles where we review the lunations ahead and work with the Moon Families with the monthly Lunar Story Journal. Receive the full Decan walk as it is posted, ask Horary questions by donation AND get a discount code from readings! The WorkBook is also available for purchase at low cost here. Please do leave a comment below, I would love to hear your thoughts, experiences or questions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit celestiaastrology.substack.com/subscribe

    Taurus I Astro Mindfulness 🌙 Lunar Decan Walk - What Do You Tend?

  2. Oct 22

    Taurus Full Moon: What Can the Ground Beneath You Support?

    Sign Rulers: Venus and Moon Decan Rulers: Mercury and VenusKeywords: Organising Resources, Planning and Preparation, Sustainable Growth Tarot Correspondence: 5 of Pentacles Have you been trying to keep something going? Maybe you have always cared about it, but the resources it asks of you have changed, maybe it needs more of your time or it is costing you more in other ways and now you are really feeling it? Are you ready to admit that, even if only to yourself? Now is the time to ask yourself what you want to sustain, and to consider whether a better question, might be what the ground beneath you (or the resources available to you) can actually support? Overnight in the UK, on 26th October 2026, (it may fall for you on the evening of the 25th depending on your time zone), the Moon shines full in Taurus. At 2 degrees, 45 minutes, this Full Moon can illuminate what sustains you and bring a peak or culmination to a story you have tended for around eighteen months. You may be understanding the limits of what the ground beneath you can actually support and sustain. The Moon offers us choices of timing cycles, you may find the story that calls to you now may have only begun 2 weeks ago with the Libra New Moon or perhaps 6 months ago at the Taurus New Moon. The Taurus Moon Family began with a Taurus New Moon 18 Months ago for the longest story thread in your life. Whichever storyline stands out, or is most meaningful for you, something in the Taurus part of our natal chart is being illuminated and reflected in our lives. The Moon Family takes us back to April 2025, when planting intentional new seeds in fertile soil may have felt quite different from finding the time and resources to care for what’s growing now. You are invited to take a little time to reflect and notice both your progress and its cost. Taurus is the fixed, yin or feminine earth sign ruled by the planet of Love and Connection, Venus. It is the sign where the Moon herself is exalted, treated as an honoured guest. Taurus receives and stabilises, holds and develops what has already taken root. This Full Moon is under pressure astrologically. The Taurus Moon opposes the Sun in Scorpio, but they also both square Pluto in Aquarius. This creates a tight, and applying fixed T-Square from the heavy-hitting Lord of the Underworld. The Moon and Sun are often referred to as our Luminaries and here they are challenged by the planet of Shadow. For us, the question may be, have you done any shadow work, how do you face your fears? Ruler Venus continues her retrograde journey, and has now returned to Libra her home sign, after her travels in Scorpio. This is an improvement in dignity and is much more comfortable. This means Venus can express her significations without friction from Mars, helping us to connect through conversations, ideas and meetings, although her ongoing retrograde means that she is looking back at the past, maybe there are setbacks and delays before things will be ready for forward motion. Venus is still averse to the Full Moon, as she was to the Libra New Moon earlier this month, she has no clear line of sight to shine her rays of support, but this time, there is sympathy and support for the Full Moon through Like Engerding, both the Full Moon and Venus have a shared ruler. When she turns direct, she will retrace her steps over this same terrain, having taken time and consideration to integrate lessons of the past, it will then be time to move forward confidently. Earlier in October, Venus also ruled the Libra New Moon while retrograde in Scorpio, at that time, we were re-examining the commitments and promises we have made. Venus rules both lunations this month, bringing our attention to her retrograde themes. The Full Moon also now invites us to look at those agreements and choices in the full moonlight, as well as with the tension of fears and shadows from Pluto as we understand what they require in material reality. The Longer Story - Your Taurus Moon Family The Taurus Moon Family guides us to a subtle longer story in the Taurus part of our natal chart, and our lives. Dietrich Pessin introduced the Moon Family or Lunar Gestation Cycle, In Moon Families four lunations, or progressing Moon Sun phases return to nearby degrees, the same zodiac address, over roughly twenty-seven months. This means we can follow something as it begins, develops, and eventually needs review, integration and release. This family will stay within the first decan of Taurus. This Full Moon belongs to a Moon Family that began on April 27th, 2025, with a New Moon near 8 degrees. New Moon 27 April 2025 7°47′ Taurus I First Quarter 26 January 2026 6°14′ Taurus I Full Moon 26 October 2026 2°45′ Taurus I Last Quarter 26 July 2027 3°29′ Taurus I The first quarter offers a pivot point for effort and decisions. Now, in October 2026, we have reached the culmination and illumination stage. The last quarter follows in 2027, when you might recognise what you’ve learned and what you’re ready to wind down to release. This is a lunar storyline that unfolds slowly and organically, just as the Taurus bull moves steadily and intentionally. It can help to keep a journal or note on your calendar with each of these dates and to track how your relationship to Taurus themes, money, food, pleasure, relaxation, enjoyment of senses and textures, planning, peace of mind, cultivation, self-worth, physical wellbeing and sustainability evolves. Look back through your photos and music, your messages and emails if you need help to jog your memory. If you have planets or angles in the early fixed signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, especially around 1 - 8 degrees, this Moon Family and the Full Moon may be more personally noticeable. Locate 2°45′ Taurus in your own chart and see if it connects with any personal planets or angles. Your Taurus house can deepen the themes and tell you more about your story. We can understand that a fourth-house story about home asks different questions from a tenth-house story about work. Your personal, lived experience fills in what the symbols in the chart can’t tell us. Also look at the houses where your natal Venus and Moon are placed in, these themes may also come into your personal story. In Celestia Circle, we look ahead at the Moon Families coming up in the month so you can plan ahead and get individual and group support as you work with them. It includes the monthly Lunar Story Journal with all the dates and prompts to help you track the Moon Families. Celestia Astrology is a reader-supported publication. Upgrade to join Celestia Circle and work more deeply with the hidden Lunar threads of story. Go deeper into working with the Moon Family timing for yourself, by learning how to identify upcoming Moon Families for specific projects, plans, goals and dreams. Moon Families offer a simple timing method that give you a clear 2+ year plan to grow your idea through its stages. In the Hidden Threads Workshop, you will practice identifying a Moon Family to work with in future that fits your plans, you will have that knowledge, a Workbook and a recording to keep working with the Moon and those subtle threads for all your future dreams. The Landscape: Decan of Taurus I - The Plough The first decan of Taurus is co-ruled by Mercury and Venus in the Chaldean and Triplicity methods. Mercury, the planet of communication and our minds works with the grounded, earthy blessings of pleasure-seeking Venus. A decan is a ten-degree division, or segment of a sign. Each sign is 30 degrees, so there are 3 decans in every sign, each with their own rulers and stories. Taurus I is often associated with the mercurial and mental work of planning and preparation, but we are doing this work to maximise our resources. Austin Coppock, in 36 Faces has named this decan, The Plough, and astrologer Kira Ryberg calls this landscape Planning. The Plough brings to mind an image of the agricultural symbolism of breaking and dividing ground, or the material you are working with, with the intention to sow new seeds, to maintain the quality of the soil, or to create a fertile environment for your mercurial ideas. Using a plough to break up the land can also expose what was hidden, buried below in the dark earth. It is a place of effort, often unseen labour that is necessary to prepare the land for abundance in the longer term. Austin Coppock describes this as a decan where we must get our hands dirty, doing the hard, preparatory work even when conditions are imperfect. He writes: “the power this decan grants is that of understanding how to create growth” and that we must also ensure that “the mind, heart and body are all ripe fields, which offer abundance when cultivated” Any decorator will tell you that if you don’t do the prep work of sanding down and cleaning the surface, the paint will not stick or be even. Yet, when people admire the finished results, no one ever comments on how good the preparation was. Here, worry about the outcome, or desire for the Venusian pleasing result, can become a driving force that motivates the long-term planning. Kira Ryberg writes of Planning, focusing on the mental and emotional preparation required to build something which will be resilient. This emphasises the anticipatory strategy that supports us to survive scarcity. Preparedness requires mental energy, to organise, budget, map outcomes, and preempt risk. The Wild Way Oracle names Taurus I Cultivation. The image shows the Mole, who knows that good harvests begin beneath the surface. Mole teaches that good cultivation begins underground, with thoughtfulness, foresight, and strategic effort. Planning doesn’t control or guarantee outcomes, but it means organising resources, preparing the ground, and planting only what you’re willing to tend. Mole knows this is how to alleviate worry and make an abundant harvest more likely. Mole works hard, but his

  3. Oct 8

    New Moon in Libra II: What Are You Agreeing To, At What Cost?

    What are you agreeing to, and have you looked closely enough at the terms? Are they stepping over boundaries you wanted to set or asking you to override your needs? As ruler Venus is retrograde in Scorpio, her detriment or exile, this can be a time when you realise where you have signed away your agency. Venus, the connector who brings harmony, peace in relationships and helps us to find balance, rules this New Moon. Libra is cardinal, masculine air so here, Venus initiates through conversation, comparison, negotiation, the social niceties and the creation of relationship between things as well as people. It might be that you make choices about what belongs together, perhaps because it feels proportionate, there is agreement or compromise. I will explore 3 layers of this New Moon, the Longer Story of the Moon Family. The Landscape of the decan of Libra II where the New Moon falls. This is a decan exploring the unseen links we forge with others and the promises that hold them together. Finally, the Astrology of the New Moon. In October we have two Venus-ruled lunations, while Venus herself is retrograde. She is thought to be travelling on an underworld journey where she is reborn. Venus stationed retrograde in Scorpio on 3rd October, traditionally a difficult place for Venus and in whole-sign aversion to Libra. This means the ruler of this beginning cannot quite see the sign she governs and offer the support of easily manifesting her significations. Venus is already (appearing to be) travelling backwards towards home, returning to Libra on 25 October in time to be at home for the Taurus Full Moon. There is a sense of a pause with retrogrades, and Venus retrogrades occur less often than the other planets. All retrogrades ask us to return to old stories, to work through any of the RE words that may be appropriate, return, reflect, revise…you get the idea. Here, before we decide what we are willing to bind ourselves to, or form any new agreements, there is something to review about desire, value, trust and the expectations carried into relationship. The Longer Story All New Moons form the building blocks of a longer Moon Family story that unfolds in our lives. Some Moon Families are more important to us individually than others. This is part of the Lunar Gestation Cycle, which is explored by astrologer Dietrich Pessin in Lunar Shadows III. In a Moon Family, four related and progressing lunar phases return to the same area, or ‘address’ of the zodiac, at approximately 9-month intervals, which offer turning points in a developing story in our lives. We can identify these phases when the Moon connects with the Sun in a New Moon phase, but then returns to that same area 9 months later to form a First Quarter, then a Full Moon and finally a Last Quarter over 27 months. For this Moon Family, you will find these dates significant: * New Moon10 October 2026 17°21′ Libra II * First Quarter 10 July 2027 18°17′ Libra II * Full Moon 9 April 2028 20°05′ Libra III * Last Quarter 7 January 2029 17°32′ Libra II If you want to work with the Moon Family, it can help to record events, new opportunities, omens, synchronities, conversations, ideas and invitations at the New Moon. It could be that a conversation lingers in your mind, playing on repeat, or a decision is taking shape, maybe you keep returning to a particular question. What matters is noticing what enters your life around this time, maybe an invitation, agreement, introduction, decision, negotiation or question. Include any seemingly ordinary details, as they may become more significant with hindsight. The First Quarter may require more direct action from you, this may bring some form of challenge, adjustment, rearrangement or choice. Knowing the timing helps you avoid giving up on your project or idea now; it just needs attention and changes, and the challenge isn’t telling you that it isn’t working. The Full Moon may offer you illumination and understanding, there may be some culmination or peak. You begin to fully see the potential results being fruited from your efforts. The Full Moon phase in April 2028 crosses into Libra III, which is a reminder that a Moon Family develops and progresses. The story is linked by degree and phase, but it does not remain frozen in the symbolism of the original decan. Libra III is called Gyroscope by Austin Coppock and Take Shelter in the Wild Way Oracle Deck. It acknowledges that a storm and turbulence can form around us, and we are encouraged to find our centre of balance, or peace in the eye of the storm, while we come to terms with what we can, and cannot, control. There may be themes linked to this coming into your story that tie in with this third decan, that you newly understand, around the time of the Full Moon phase. The Last Quarter gives us a point from which to consider what has changed and what remains useful. I call it a (Dis) Integration, as you allow what you have outgrown now to fall away and you integrate what works well and you will keep to include going forwards. Look for your natal Libra house to see what area of life this new beginning in your life will focus on, you can also look at the house where Venus is placed natally for you too. Do you have any planets or angles within 14- 21 degrees of Libra or the other Cardinal signs, Capricorn, Aries and Cancer, or the other Air signs, Aquarius and Gemini, or is Venus your Lord of the Year or your Solar Return Ascendant? If so, this family may be more noticeable and significant for you. An astrologer or astro coach can help you with this, or if you have your birth details, comment Moon Family and I will help you privately. An astrologer will look at the whole chart, including dignity, rulerships, sect, aspects and other relationships, to gain further information in a reading. I offer Moon Family readings to help you find Moon Families to work with, or identify ones that you are currently moving through, as we are usually weaving multiple threads of story. In Celestia Circle, we look ahead at the Moon Families coming up in the month so you can plan ahead and get individual and group support as you work with them. Celestia Astrology is a reader-supported publication. Upgrade to join Celestia Circle and work more deeply with the hidden Lunar threads of story. The Landscape - The Binding Decan The second decan of Libra, ruled by Saturn (both in triplicity and Chaldean order), brings themes of commitment, promises, and trust. Astrologer Kira Ryberg calls it “Commitment,” while Austin Coppock calls it the “(Forged) Links of a Chain,” underscoring the forged, binding nature of agreements formed under this decan. Libra II invites us to think about the oaths we take and the partnerships we commit to. In 36 Faces, Austin Coppock shares that “the promises and contracts that link people together are created and tested here. Weak links are exposed, but so also is the true heart revealed….This is thus a face of lasting unions and blended karma. The choice of whom to chain oneself to, and under what terms, is therefore critical.” He continues to discuss how oaths have guardians, for the Ancient Greeks, it was the daimon Horkos. He was brother to one of the furies, Erinyes. Horkos protected oaths and punished those who betrayed their oaths. In the Wild Way Oracle deck, we see the image of ravens in flight in a darkened sky. Between them, they carry a linked chain. We are reminded that every promise carries the potential for betrayal. Either could let go at any time and increase the burden on the other. We are reminded to go carefully into binding promises and check the terms. The Wild Way Oracle gives us keywords for this decan of: Binding Together; Oaths and Promises; Potential for Betrayal. As we move through this landscape, we are asked to initiate strong bonds that respect our own individual freedoms, needs and boundaries. The time to take the most care with this is when entering agreements, when we check the T’s and C’s, and read between the dotted lines. After we have given our word, then it holds weight here. We are bound by our oaths and promises, and release can cause pain, or only come after betrayal. Here we find how Saturn shows up in a Venusian sign. We all live in a network of chains of multiple connections. Some we have the agency to have chosen, but others we might have inherited, others we are hardly aware of, until there is a change, or a link fails. This may show up in intimate promises made between lovers, but also includes contracts, collaborations, boundaries, your routines, decisions to stay or leave, or the ways you hide your truth when you try to keep the peace and make something work, when it is not sustainable. A New Moon in Libra II begins a new story, asking you to form new relationships with the the links you create and are responsible for. What are these links made of? What do they mean to you? Are the terms equal and enduring? The Present Moment The New Moon itself has no close major mundane aspect to another planet within three-degree engagement, although there is a separation from an opposition to Saturn in Aries, and it is applying to a sextile with Jupiter in Leo. The ruler of the Libra New Moon, Venus, is retrograde in Scorpio, where she is traditionally said to be in her exile or detriment ( as she is at the farthest distance from her home sign of Taurus). This also means Venus in Scorpio is in whole-sign aversion to Libra, she has no direct light of sight, her rays cannot be seen by the New Moon. This place of debility for Venus means that her significations, such as connection, love, desire, attachment may not meet the normal niceties of society, we may see a rougher, tougher side of Venus, the behind the scenes version. The retrograde also means that Venus is distracted by thoughts and feelings from the past. Venus is however, moving back towards her home sign of Libra, so things

  4. Sep 26

    Astro Mindfulness Lunar Decan Walk - The Cut for the Fire: Aries I

    The Aries Full Moon on 26th September 2026 in Aries acts as a mirror and a peak that reflects back on our 18 month journey since March 2025, see the sister post on the astrology of the Full Moon here. It is a time for outward action and reflection on your world-building, as you combine movement with purpose, cutting and releasing, with thought and intention. Through breath, visualisation, and reflective questions, connect with your inner wisdom, self-awareness and the courage to take action. It guides listeners through a meditation that encourages them to identify obstacles, clear space for new beginnings, and reflect on their journey towards personal growth and purpose. Mars is the sign ruler of Aries, with the Sun as exalted ruler. Mars is also the ruler of the decan in both Chaldean and Triplicity methods. Meet and connect with the symbolism of these as you move through the practice. In this timeless guided mindfulness meditation, inspired by the astrology of the first decan of Aries, Sonia leads participants through a practice specifically designed for those with placements in Aries I. It is also for those who have a prominent Mars or Sun, and for a time when the Luminaries, the Sun and Moon, are travelling through this Decan. Sonia emphasises the importance of connecting with, and continuing to practice returning to, your own Mindful Anchor. This fosters a sense of calm and stability with mindful breathing and visualisation. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Astro Mindfulness and Aries Themes 02:51 Mindful Breathing and Visualisation Practice 05:53 Identifying Obstacles and Taking Action 11:52 The Process of Clearing and Creating Space 18:06 Reflecting on Beginnings and Future Possibilities This channel offers - astrological guidance - help to understand the cycles you’re moving through - enabling you to choose action rather than reactingMy work is rooted in traditional Hellenistic astrology.I work using lunar timing. I offer simple astro-mindfulness practices that can be implemented regularly. Celestia Circle: https://celestiaastrology.substack.comSubstack community, where we explore Moon Families, with a low monthly cost (£3.80).Astro Coaching Workbook is included free. Private Consultations: https://www.celestiaastrology.com Celestia Astrology Translating the symbolic language of the Universe for you.Celestia Astrology guides with lunar wisdom, practical AstroCoaching, and mindful reflection. I offer grounded, empowering insights to help you align with the deeper rhythms of your life. By Sonia - Celestia Astrology This meditation is not only for the Full Moon, it is also helpful for those with placements in Aries I. It is timeless, so return to it whenever it is helpful, especially if this is the Decan of your Sun, Moon or Ascendant. Whenever Mars or the Sun are your Lord of the Year, or Solar Return Ascendant, or your significant placements are travelling through this Decan, it may be particularly helpful. If you enjoy this, please like and comment to engage and share your experience of this Aries New Moon or this meditation. Please share your stories or leave a Moon 🌙 or Aries ♈️ emoji if this meditation has been helpful for you. Travel well, friends Sonia #AstroMindfulness #FullMooninAries #SeptemberFullMoon #Meditation #Astrology #Mindfulness #decans #Mars #lunarastrology #mooncycles #hellenisticastrology, #astrology, #Fullmoon, #Aries, #visualisation, #relaxation, #inner peace, #celestial, #Aries Full Moon, #Spirituality, #Self-awareness, #Creative Spark, #Inner Energy, #Rituals, #Personal Growth Please do leave a comment below, I would love to hear your thoughts, experiences or questions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit celestiaastrology.substack.com/subscribe

    Astro Mindfulness Lunar Decan Walk - The Cut for the Fire: Aries I

  5. Sep 25

    What Was the Cut For? Full Moon in Aries I

    What have the last eighteen months since the solar eclipse in Aries taught you about what is worth your courage, effort and protection? What have you cut out? If this has been a work in progress, the Full Moon will reveal your story. The story that is coming to a peak now, may have started for you back in March 2025 with a partial solar eclipse at 8°59′ Aries. If you have planets or placements conjunct or aspected by this Full Moon, then you will be moving through the Moon Family that began 18 months ago. As it was instigated by an eclipse, the story may be significant for you, hindsight, plus the light of the Full Moon, will help reveal what began and is coming to fruition now. Mars, the warrior planet, rules Aries, here we move through cardinal fire and yang, so it initiates, experiences, cuts through, and separates as it moves toward its goal. At the time of a Full Moon in Aries, there is time for the fast-paced Aries motion to pause and observe what has already grown, where you have already directed events and energy and to reconnect and review that what you are aiming for is still as aligned as it was when you set out. As you integrate your experiences, perhaps your goals have also grown and evolved and now your actions need adjusting, reflect on what experience has taught you about the action that is needed now. The Longer Story - The Aries I Moon Family This Moon Family began with the partial solar eclipse on 29 March 2025 at 8°59′ Aries. The First Quarter was on 27 December 2025 at 6°17′ Aries, this was a time of challenge or decisions. The story now peaks with the illumination of this Full Moon on 26 September 2026 at 3°37′ Aries. It will complete its final phase with the Last Quarter on 27 June 2027 at 5°21′ Aries with some integration and release. Astrologer Dietrich Pession identified the Lunar Gestation Cycle, or Moon Families. She describes how the Moon returns at every stage to the same area in the sky, degree range or ‘address’ in a progressing relationship with the Sun. This Moon Family is within Aries I, so the same concentrated Mars landscape runs through the whole story. Learn more about your own Moon Families and how to work with the Moon Families yourself at the upcoming workshop in November This story may hold more impact for you if you have planets or placements in the Cardinal, or Fire signs between 0 - 12 degrees. That is Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn, Leo and Sagittarius. Also, if Mars is your Lord of the Year or Solar Return Ascendant. There was fiery urgency when the solar eclipse began this Moon Family in March 2025 at the end of the Eclipses with the nodes transiting through the Aries - Libra axis. At that time, Mercury was retrograde in Aries. Mars, ruler of the eclipse, was wading through Cancer after its own retrograde. Mars was working through questions of vulnerability, protection, belonging and what was worth acting for. Mars has returned to these questions in Cancer, which are highlighted again for this Full Moon. You may have clearer insight now than you did at the time of the New Moon eighteen months ago into what you were protecting, what you were prepared to fight for, or why a particular choice felt necessary. When you look back, to March and December 2025, can you identify a story that is returning now? What entered your life, changed direction or demanded action or a response from you? Maybe if felt urgent before you had enough distance to understand where it might lead. The story will still continue to mature for another nine months to its full integration and resolution. This Full Moon is a pivot point on that journey. The Landscape - Aries I: The Axe The First Decan of Aries: The Double-Bladed Axe Ancient astrologers divided each 30-degree sign into three 10-degree segments called decans, each with its own specific character and symbolic imprint and spirits. The decans existed as divisions of the zodiac before the zodiac was divided into the 12 Sun Signs that we are most familiar with. The first decan of Aries, spans from 0°to 10° and sits at the very beginning of the astrological year when the Sun visits there, marking the first breath of light and fire, the initial spark of renewal after the watery dissolution of Pisces. Austin Coppock calls this first decan of Aries “The Double-Bladed Axe”. We know the axe makes decisive cuts, creates clear separations, and can forge new paths through dense, unwelcoming landscape. Its double-bladed nature suggests that actions could have consequences which extend beyond our initial intentions, perhaps by cutting in multiple directions. simultaneously. Kira Ryberg associates the first decan of Aries with “battle”, highlighting connections to conflict, struggle, and the fierce, undeniable drive for autonomy that defines this decan. At the time of a Full Moon here, there is an invitation to engage with our individual battles, where do you fight for independence and where are you reminded of the need to express your authentic existence? The Wild Way Oracle Card illustrates the Bold squirrel forging its path with the double bladed axe standing proudly on its tree stump. The Guidebook says: “When Aries I squirrel bounces into the picture, it’s time to boldly go forth and conquer. Like a squirrel venturing from its tree to gather resources, we’re called to leave comfort zones in pursuit of what we truly desire.” We are given the Keywords: Claim your kingdom, Jump First, Think Later, and Self-Mastery. What do these keywords bring up for you at this time? Maybe this captures the essence of how Aries evolves, beginning with claiming territory and staking your place in the world, moving through characteristic impulsivity, and ultimately culminating in self-mastery. The spontaneous, sometimes maybe risk taking or reckless energy of this decan ultimately serves the higher purpose of self-development and personal authority. The one who wields the axe must also learn mastery to avoid self-injury if nothing else. What makes this placement especially significant is its double rulership by Mars, in a Mars ruled sign, making it intensely martial, assertive and amplifying Mars’ focus. This is raw, primal Mars energy at its most direct and uncompromising, amplifying our drive for autonomy and independence. It is time to embrace your own power to carve new paths with courage. Implement plans you’ve been hesitating on, claim your kingdom, and assert your right to self-determination. Consider that, just like the double-bladed axe, your decisive actions now can create both challenges and opportunities. The Present Moment - The Astrological Conversation At 4:49 pm UT, the Moon arrives at 3°37′ Aries, opposing the Sun in Libra. Retrograde Neptune has just met the Moon, while retrograde Pluto in Aquarius and retrograde Uranus in Gemini form supportive sextiles. The Libra Sun trines both Pluto and Uranus. The Moon will conjunct Saturn in Aries after it meets Uranus. The Full Moon therefore draws the larger outer-planet story of 2026 into this much more immediate lunar moment, which we can experience in our own lives, emotions and bodies. Neptune close to the Moon softens the edges of what we are experiencing. Feelings may be strong, dreams could be vivid and your intuition may be active. You may find that something previously difficult to name may finally reach your awareness, while other parts of the picture remain indistinct and foggy. You may know that something matters before understanding precisely what it means. For Aries I, that can matter, as the impulse to move can arrive quickly, while Neptune is asking for enough space to recognise the difference between an emotional truth and the story we can build around it. The image of Two of Wands tarot card which corresponds with this decan can help us here. In the image, a figure looks out over a view holding a globe. It suggests that we can pause to reflect while we hold the possibility in our hands, look towards where it might lead us and allow direction to emerge before acting simply because energy is available. We are aiming to move with purpose and focus. Pluto and Uranus bring another kind of movement. Pluto in Aquarius continues the deeper process of restructuring and empowerment already underway, while Uranus in Gemini opens different routes through ideas, information and connection. Something that once felt disruptive may now look like a door opening. A truth buried beneath the surface may be easier to recognise, or circumstances may have changed enough for another possibility to become visible. The ruler of the Full Moon takes us back to where this story began 18 months ago. Mars is at the final degree of Cancer, in fall, preparing to enter Leo on 28 September. Mars is at the tip of a whole-sign T-square with the Sun and Moon, this can bring challenges to any protective action that Mars is trying to take as it prepares to complete its business in Cancer, the needs of the Aries Moon to take action, and the Libra Sun for visible balance may demand they are taken into account first. The warrior planet of action has been moving through Cancer’s terrain of protection, memory, kinship, belonging and emotional vulnerability. Mars here can fight and protect what feels precious, sometimes before we have fully understood the feelings beneath the impulse. This is the same sign, Cancer, that Mars was moving through when the Moon Family began with the New Moon Solar Eclipse eighteen months ago. There is the feeling of a mirror being held up with this. What began for you while Mars was asking why the fight mattered reaches its Full Moon peak as Mars now prepares to leave that landscape behind. You may finally understand what you were defending, or perhaps why something mattered so much, or whether the protection that once worked well has now become a habit that the time has come to release. Mars will be moving from the Canc

  6. Sep 9

    Co-Creating With The New Moon in Virgo II

    Have you noticed the times when the devil is in the detail? That sometimes, getting to grips with the intricate parts can change your understanding of the whole? There have been times when I write, searching for the perfect word to encapsulate my meaning, and so many times when that word eludes me and I have to rely on using many more inferior ones. Astrology is a practice of noticing patterns in information, whether it is from an ephemeris, an astrological chart, or from gazing at the sky. What is it that helps us to make meaning, to see clearly through reams of data, that allows us to find meaning, to see clearly and to make a different approach possible? Mercury, the curious planet of communication and information sharing, rules the sign of Virgo and is exalted here, the only planet that has both rulership and exaltation in one sign. In this mutable, feminine earth sign, Mercury refines, distinguishes, interprets, discerns and categorises and helps us to join the dots and draw meaning from information. Here in Virgo, our thoughts are grounded into practical and pragmatic action as they connect with tangible experience. We find flexibility and adaptability because of the mutable quality, allowing interpretations and understandings to adjust as circumstances shift and change. While the Yin, or feminine receptivity supports the ability to attend to the present moment and respond. Wherever Virgo lands in your chart, you may find that here you compare, categorise, refine and articulate as you gradually become more precise in your understanding and refine your skills or craft. The Lunar Nodes have just moved out of the Virgo-Pisces axis after 2 years of shifts in this part of your life. This will be the first Virgo lunation since those eclipses that is not an eclipse and it comes immediately after the August eclipses with the final Pisces eclipse (of that Virgo Pisces nodal cycle). This is your first chance for the dust to settle, to see more clearly which new circumstances may have arrived to stay in your life or what implications are still emerging for you. The Longer Story: Hidden Threads With The Moon Family All New Moons form the building blocks of a longer Moon Family story. This is part of the Lunar Gestation Cycle which is outlined by astrologer Dietrich Pessin in Lunar Shadows III. In a Moon Family, four related and progressing lunar phases return to the same area, or ‘address’ of the zodiac, at approximately 9 month intervals which offer turning points in a developing story in our lives. We can identify these phases when the Moon connects with the Sun in a New Moon phase, but then returns to that same area 9 months later to form a First Quarter, then a Full Moon and finally a Last Quarter over 27 months. For this Moon Family, you will find these dates significant: * New Moon 11 September 2026 18°25′ Virgo * First Quarter 11 June 2027 20°19′ Virgo * Full Moon 11 March 2028 20°59′ Virgo * Last Quarter 9 December 2028 17°41′ Virgo If you want to work with the Moon Family, it can help to record events, new opportunities, omens, synchronities, conversations, ideas and invitations at the New Moon. You may find that a conversation lingers in your mind, or a decision is taking shape, maybe you keep returning to a particular question. Include any seemingly ordinary details, they may become more significant with hindsight. The First Quarter may require more direct action from you, this may bring some form of challenge, adjustment, rearrangement or choice. Knowing the timing helps you avoid giving up on your project or idea now; it just needs attention and changes, and the challenge isn't telling you that it isn't working. The Full Moon may offer you illumination and understanding, there may be some culmination or peak. You begin to fully see the potential results being fruited from your efforts The Last Quarter gives us a point from which to consider what has changed and what remains useful. I call it a (Dis) Integration, as you allow what you have outgrown now to fall away and you integrate what works well and you will keep to include going forwards. Look for your natal Virgo house to see what area of life this new beginning in your life will focus on, you can also look at the house where Mercury is in for you too. Do you have any planets or angles within 13 - 22 degrees of Virgo, or the other Mutable signs, Sagittarius, Pisces and Gemini, the other Earth signs Taurus and Capricorn or is Mercury your Lord of the Year or your Solar Return Ascendant? An astrologer or astro coach can help you with this, or if you have your birth details, comment Moon Family and I will help you privately. An astrologer will look at the dignity, rulerships, sect, aspects and other relationships to gain further information in a reading and I offer Moon Family readings to help you find Moon Families to work with. In Celestia Circle, we look ahead at the Moon Families coming up in the month so you can plan ahead and get individual and group support working with the Moon Families. Celestia Astrology is a reader-supported publication. Upgrade to join Celestia Circle and support my free work. The Landscape: Virgo II - Learning what the material allows This New Moon occurs in the second decan of Virgo, a 10-degree segment or division of the sign ruled by Venus and Saturn in the Chaldean and Triplicity systems. The symbolism of this decan deepens our understanding of Virgo’s attention to detail. Austin Coppock’s image for Virgo II, The Hammer and the Anvil, brings us into this relationship between intention, technique and material, as he explores the reshaping and refinement of matter that results in a beautiful end product and the potential for gains in wealth. However, the visible surface beauty conceals the hard work, the toil and mastery that is required. Venus brings the understanding of proportion, beauty, pleasure and an appreciation of what has been created. Saturn adds time, limitations, mastery and an awareness of what a structure or material can sustain. Mercury, ruler of Virgo, is able to learn from both, take the information they offer and adapt the process according to what experience reveals. In the Wild Way Oracle Deck, it is termed “Quality Control,” with keywords to guide us: * Perfection of Form, * Eye for Detail, * and Hard-Won Prosperity The image of a spider meticulously weaving its web captures the essence of this decan. The spider’s dedication to its craft ensures an intricate creation, though its painstaking efforts are often invisible to the outside world. This imagery reminds us that achieving excellence often requires enduring hardship, maintaining discipline and some element of sacrifice. As we approach this New Moon, we might ask ourselves: Where in our lives is the pursuit of perfection helpful, and where might it be damaging? How can we balance the desire for quality with the acceptance of imperfection? The Nine of Pentacles shows another part of this landscape, an image of a cultivated garden, with coins growing on the vines telling us that is abundant. A well dressed lady faces us, but her gaze is on the falcon sitting on her gloved hand. The card suggests the possibility of enjoying what has developed through sustained attention, both gain and independence, alongside the tendency to continue acquiring, improving or perfecting after something valuable has already been achieved. Austin Coppock and T Susan Chang, in their discussion on this card and decan also discuss how Venus is in her fall or depression in Virgo. So although on the surface we may perceive an ideal image, there may be significant discomfort that is hidden, or hard work, perhaps there could be trauma as well, that is not immediately visible. The reshaping process, to be under the hammer, is not easy or kind. That tension feels important as we approach this time around the Virgo New Moon. Further refinement can help us to improve whatever we are making, and using discernment helps us to recognise when something already fulfils its purpose. You might notice the pleasure of using a skill that has become familiar, or realise that something you have created, learned or understood holds more value than you had previously acknowledged or recognised. Virgo II therefore contains both the craft of skill and improvement balanced with the judgement required to know what is perfection, what is human and what is unattainable. Your current plans may still need shaping, but also take time to recognise what is realistic for you and what may cause too much discomfort. The Present Moment: The astrology of the New Moon The day of the New Moon is one that Mercury himself, the ruler of liminal places like travelling stations, railways, docks and airports, would approve of; it is a day when many planets are either on the move, or stationary! Mercury, himself, the ruler of the New Moon has just entered Libra by the time the New Moon is exact. This means a loss of Mercury’s exalted and domiciled status, and also that Mercury is averse to the New Moon, unable to offer assistance when needed and to full maximise its significations. Mercury in Venus-ruled Libra carries its diplomatic visa to travel, but is weighed down by viewing all perspectives, comparing all positions and seeking to please all before making a decision. Mercury already thrives on duality, so it can be flexible here, but is uncomfortable with the cardinality, which is asking for action sooner than later. Mercury had a sliding-doors moment with its host Venus, as she packed her bags to leave her home Libra for Scorpio. She is in exile here, unable to assist Mercury, and focused on her own survival in a foreign landscape. This may show up for us as being able to explore or discuss available possibilities clearly, but finding and establishing what we want, or want to do, is more challenging.

  7. Aug 26

    Allowing Stillness To Reframe Your Path: Astro Mindfulness 🌙 Lunar Decan Walk - Decan of Pisces I

    Join the Lunar Decan Walk for a calming journey through the 1st Decan of Pisces, blending astrology and mindfulness to deepen self-awareness and broaden horizons. This meditation guides you through a shoreline visualisation with obstructions to overcome. Explore the first decan of Pisces through themes of receptivity, beauty, boundaries, and the stories that shape what we think is possible. Guided astro mindfulness meditation blends astrology and meditation to cultivate present-moment awareness, a timeless practice you can return to anytime. The Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on 28th August 2026 is in the Decan of Pisces I. This Astro Mindfulness practice will guide you through the overarching themes of Pisces I: Invisible Structures, Wandering and Hidden Motivations This is for listeners who want an embodied way to work with Pisces symbolism, especially if Pisces 1 is activated in their chart. The meditation moves from grounding and sensory awareness into a symbolic journey that highlights Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus as guides. Key topics In this episode, Sonia introduces astro mindfulness as a practice that combines astrology with breath, imagination, and body awareness rather than abstract interpretation. She frames the first decan of Pisces as mutable yin water, emphasising receptivity, transition, and changing form. Jupiter is presented as the ruler of Pisces, bringing faith, meaning, and a sense of what lies beyond current understanding. Venus is described as exalted in Pisces, adding beauty, inspiration, attraction, and connection as navigational forces. Saturn is introduced as the co-ruler of this decan, highlighting time, boundaries, structure, and the long-held stories that shape behavior. The meditation begins with settling the body, releasing tension in the shoulders, eyes, forehead, jaw, neck, hands, stomach, and other areas. Sonia guides listeners to find a mindful anchor in the breath, returning to one clear physical sensation whenever the mind wanders. The shoreline visualisation explores continuing a journey after crossing water, leaving a boat behind you, and noticing what belongs to the journey already completed versus the path ahead. A misty, changing shoreline becomes a metaphor for uncertainty, showing how sensory awareness can reveal guidance when linear certainty disappears. The closing reflection emphasises that the next step may appear only when the listener is willing to see the landscape, and the stories behind it, differently. Key frameworks Mindful anchor - Choose one easy-to-notice physical sensation in the breath and return to it repeatedly. Sensory navigation - Use sound, smell, taste, touch, and sight to orient when the path is unclear. Story awareness - Notice the beliefs and fears shaping what feels possible. Seasonal or chart-based activation - Return to the meditation whenever Pisces 1 is relevant in a chart or life moment. The practice begins with mindful breathing, engaging a Mindful Anchor and visualisation. It will include reflective questions inspired by the rulers of Pisces, Jupiter and Venus and the co-rulers of the decan, Jupiter and Saturn. The exercise concludes with a gentle return to awareness, integrating insights gained during the meditation. Celestia Astrology is a reader-supported publication. To join Celestia Circle, receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This meditation is not only for the Full Moon, but it is also helpful for those with placements in Pisces I who may be seeking to understand them better. It is timeless, so return to it whenever it is helpful, especially if this is the Decan of your Sun, Moon or Ascendant. If your Lord of the Year, or Solar Return ruler, is Jupiter. Also, if your Profection Lord or Ascendant ruler is travelling through this Decan, or aspecting planets in your chart, it may be particularly helpful. I offer Full Moon Astro Mindfulness, inspired by the Decans, to all subscribers. I am also creating New Moon Astro Mindfulness for those who wish to join for a complete Lunar Decan Walk. These are available to paid subscribers in Celestia Circle and A.S.K paid subscribers. Thank you, please like, subscribe and comment to engage and share your experience of this Pisces Full Moon Eclipse or this meditation. Please share your stories or leave a Moon 🌙 or Pisces ♓️ emoji if this meditation has been helpful for you. Upgrade to a paid subscription to access the complete Full and New Moon decan walk as it's posted, or drop me a message to see how astro mindfulness can help you find the decan placements of your Sun, Moon, and Ascendant (Rising sign). Message Sonia - Celestia Astrology Travel well friends, Sonia and Asteri Sofia Kairos #astromindfulness #lunarastrology #hellenisticastrology #Mindfulness #decan #PiscesI #Jupiter #Venus #Saturn #AstrologyMindfulness #InnerGrowth #CosmicConnections #Reflect #pisces If you are looking for an Astrologer and you enjoy my style of Astrology, I have space for new clients. Book at CelestiaAstrology.com. If you prefer to go deeper and work with the Moons’ cycles and the planets in your personal chart then I also offer a Moon Family Reading and Astro Coaching for those familiar with their natal charts. Contact me through a message here, or book at CelestiaAstrology.com. You can join Celestia Circle when you become a paid subscriber. Download the Astro Coaching WorkBook and access the archive of posts which guide you through it, working with the Moons. Join the live monthly Celestia Circles where we review the lunations ahead and work with the Moon Families, receive the full Decan walk as it is posted, ask Horary questions by donation AND get a discount code from readings! The WorkBook is also available for purchase at low cost here. Please do leave a comment below, I would love to hear your thoughts, experiences or questions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit celestiaastrology.substack.com/subscribe

    Allowing Stillness To Reframe Your Path: Astro Mindfulness 🌙 Lunar Decan Walk - Decan of Pisces I

  8. Aug 24

    Do you have faith in your path? Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces

    Please Note: The video is an edited and shortened version of the deep-dive written post exclusive to Substack. The deep-dive posts are taking a break after this eclipse season for the foreseeable future. There will still be some Lunar-focused writing, but hopefully it will fit in your inbox. This long-form content gets truncated and can only be read in full on Substack. Do let me know what your favourite part is if you want it included in future posts) Eclipses can catalyse change, heralding karmic, significant beginnings or endings and accelerating our storyline. This Pisces Eclipse is the third and final in a rare series of three Lunar eclipses in Pisces, a sign that drew our attention in 2025 and 26 when the Total Lunar Eclipse occurred. Slow planets, Saturn and Neptune, crossed the boundary from Pisces to Aries, and then returned, creating a cosmic stitch in the sky. Saturn was the last planet to perform this dance, returning across the border from the fire of Aries into the otherworldly, intuitive waters of mutable Pisces before making its final return to Aries on 14 February 2026. Neptune had made its final move by only weeks before on 26th January 2026. The series of three lunar eclipses we are experiencing in Pisces highlights a period which invites us into deeper spiritual reflection, surrender, and transformation. The Pisces-Virgo axis invites us to explore themes of service, spirituality, and the balance between the material and the ethereal. We are likely to have been exploring questions and themes such as: * How does being of service to others also reward and feed our soul? * Are we so spiritual that we are detached from the material world, and if so, how can we ground ourselves in practical, earthly matters? * How do our dreams impact our waking life? * What links between the two can you see in your life, and how would you like to see them develop and grow? Have the last two years affected your life in one, or more of these ways? Symbolically, within the zodiac year of the northern hemisphere, Pisces season comes at a time of the end of the winter, when the warmth and light of the Sun is beginning to take over from the darkness which is losing its grip. We start to enjoy longer days and look forward to Spring, but we are in transition. We must prepare for the final release of the end of the entire zodiac cycle, before we can be reborn anew with the rebirth that comes with the Spring Equinox as the sun enters Aries. It is a time to go within, reflect and release so we travel lightly into the new. The Moon is in Pisces, while the Sun is travelling through Virgo, the sign of the maiden who carries the scythe, reminding us of the loss of innocence and the need for the feminine to own her purpose and feminine powers, while being willing to cut away all that is inauthentic, or is outgrown, as the maiden prepares for harvest and symbolically to undergo the rite of passage of the transition into adulthood. As the Moon is eclipsed in Pisces, its connection with our Earth is temporarily interrupted. Like a computer being switched off and on again, there is a sense of a reset, a death and rebirth much greater than that we experience with the regular New Moons. Themes of surrender, introspection, and connection to the spiritual realm may be intensified. Pisces energy is often flowing and ethereal, visualise the ocean, sometimes still, serene, reflective and yet with the power for squalls and dramatic high waves crashing, making it more challenging to engage with the material world. This eclipse may stir deep emotional waters, disturbing the silt resting on the ocean floor, encouraging us to trust the unseen and offering the opportunity to (re)connect with our higher, or deeper, selves. For the Pisces Eclipse, the symbolic turning Off and On again of the Moon’s reflective light, it could be that something hidden is being drawn up from the depths, from a familiar old story, or a new one, made visible under the shadowed light of the Moon as it is lit up and symbolically reborn after the light was extinguished. What will surface for you? What has been whispered through dreams, tides, and silences, waiting to come into form? What might be your own rite of passage? Full Moons draw our attention towards what has reached maturity. They invite us to pause, gather together the threads of the previous months and recognise how much has changed. Eclipses deepen this process, encouraging us to look beneath the surface and acknowledge what has been quietly unfolding, often beyond the reach of our conscious awareness. This particular eclipse feels less concerned with the next destination than with the journey itself. Its invitation lies in recognising what has matured, what wisdom has been gathered and what deeper understanding has emerged through lived experience. Overview - Let’s Look at: * Journal Prompts * Pisces - Mutable Waters * The Nature of a Lunar Eclipse * The Eclipse Cycle and Moon Family * The Decan of Pisces I * The Astrological Conversation * And Finally… Journal Prompts Find a quiet place and connect with your breathing, allow your body to gently settle. Imagine yourself walking beside the sea in the soft light before dawn, following the shoreline as the tide moves steadily in and out. Notice the rhythm of your footsteps and the changing patterns your footprints leave in the sand. Allow thoughts, memories and feelings to rise naturally, giving them the same freedom as the waves that continue to reshape the landscape around you. As you walk, reflect on these questions: * What has quietly matured since February 2025? * What wisdom has emerged through experience? * Which hidden motivations am I beginning to recognise? * What invisible structures continue to shape my choices? * What is this season asking of me? * What is it offering me? Allow the answers to unfold in their own time, trusting that understanding develops through continued attention, reflection and experience. Pisces – Mutable Waters and Shifting Tides Pisces is a feminine or yin water sign, making it receptive and inward-focused, fluid and flowing in nature and deeply connected to the imaginal and spiritual worlds as it softens, embraces, listens, and reflects. There is a sense of oneness with All That Is here. The Shifting Tides of Pisces are supported by its mutable nature, which makes it adaptable, porous, and gifts it an in-between, liminal quality, both able to dissolve boundaries and to move between realms of spirit and material. Think for a moment of a baby moving through the birth canal, an unstoppable force of creation bringing it from one form into another. The invisible being made visible, in the days before our access to scans. The process can be both confusing, scary, or painful, while also beautiful and life-affirming. Jupiter rules Pisces, seeking connection through meaning and faith, bringing wisdom and abundance, while Venus, the exalted ruler of Pisces, connects through beauty, compassion, and her artistic vision. Pisces is the final sign of the zodiac, carrying within it the accumulated experiences of the signs that have come before. Pisces is associated with dreams, imagination, spirituality, compassion and the invisible threads that connect one experience to another. As a mutable water sign, Pisces teaches through movement and relationship. Water flows, adapts, fills and connects, while mutable signs respond to life through flexibility and openness to change. Together, they create a landscape that feels fluid, reflective and deeply responsive to the rhythms of both the inner and outer worlds. Some people might experience Pisces periods as marked by increased awareness of dreams, memories, and intuition. Creative expression often becomes more accessible, while reflection and contemplation begin to feel more nourishing than productivity alone. The desire to understand life through meaning, symbolism and emotional connection becomes more pronounced, encouraging us to pay closer attention to what is emerging beneath the surface of everyday life. Opposite the Moon in Pisces shines the Sun in Virgo, in the home of Mercury, Lord of our Minds, who is both the domicile and exalted ruler and currently has unpacked their bags and is supervising all in Virgo. Virgo’s careful discernment and attention to detail balance Pisces’ dreamlike flow. This eclipse tugs on and highlights the polarity between dream and practical details, spirit and craft, and invites us to consider for ourselves: How do we weave the ineffable into our practical? How might we let spirit flow without losing form? Activities that create space for reflection often feel particularly supportive during a Pisces lunation. Walking, journalling, meditation, music, creative practice and time spent near water all encourage the slower, more receptive pace that Pisces naturally invites. The Nature of a Lunar Eclipse A total lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes directly between the Sun and Moon, casting its shadow across the Moon. Unlike a normal Full Moon, where the Sun and Moon are in opposite signs, a lunar eclipse adds the weight of the Earth’s shadow, symbolising supercharged moments of culmination, closure, and revelation. During a partial lunar eclipse, only part of the Moon enters that shadow, at once light, darkness, and shadow coexist. The symbolism is beautifully aligned with the experience of a Full Moon. The illumination remains present, yet it becomes more nuanced and layered. Awareness is present, however, it develops through shifting perspectives and light, with the shadow as important as what is illuminated. This allows us to recognise experiences, emotions and patterns that may have remained just beyond our field of vision. Lunar eclipses have long been associated with culmination, release and heightened awareness. They often correspond with periods in which emotions become more accessible and our relationship with a p

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Celestia Astrology: Translating the Stars Traditional astrology, Moon cycles and Astro-Mindfulness for everyday life. I’m Sonia Geary, a traditional Hellenistic astrologer. In Translating the Stars, I explore New and Full Moons, eclipses, Moon Families, the decans and the changing quality of astrological time. Astrology can offer more than a forecast. By following cycles as they unfold, we can begin to recognise patterns in our own lives, understand when something is beginning, developing, reaching a turning point or completing, and make steadier choices about how we respond. Alongside astrological episodes, you’ll find Astro-Mindfulness Lunar Decan Walks, guided practices combining present-moment awareness with the symbolic landscapes of the decans. They offer another way to experience astrology, through the body, imagination and lived experience rather than interpretation alone. The podcast accompanies my writing on Substack, where I explore the astrology more deeply and follow Moon Families over their longer cycles. Paid subscribers can join Celestia Circle for the Lunar Story Journal, monthly gatherings, deeper Moon Family work and the complete Astro-Mindfulness practice. Private astrology readings and consultations are also available through Celestia Astrology. Sonia Geary | Celestia Astrology Traditional Hellenistic Astrology · Lunar Astrology · Moon Families · Astro-Mindfulness #Astrology #Mindfulness #HailMercury celestiaastrology.substack.com

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