Pisces Soup
Mothers within the farm group the place I grew up had a soup recipe that went one thing like this: Get out a giant pan. Add bits of all that stuff within the fridge that’s left over from the remainder of the week’s recipes. Pour some water or broth over it and simmer it for a superb lengthy whereas. Serve it alongside some biscuits or cornbread, and also you had dinner.
Let’s name it Pisces Soup – a little bit of this, a little bit of that, utilizing up the remainders. Generally it tasted nice, different instances…not a lot. However the enjoyable half was that it was completely different each time you had it.
Pisces season is analogous. All 12 months lengthy, we purchase leftovers from numerous endeavors: A brand new tablecloth from a flea market, a guitar we’d prefer to study to play, a few books we’ve been which means to learn. When the Solar enters Pisces (Feb. 18, 2025, 2:07 am PST) – only a month forward of the Solar’s Aries equinox (March 20), the beginning of a brand new astrological 12 months – it’s time to place a few of these treasures to make use of, to make room for brand new experiences.
So, you contact base with a handful of shut pals and invite them over for a potluck brunch. You unfold out that particular tablecloth, brew some espresso, and begin a crackling blaze within the fireside. Pals trickle in with their casseroles and park themselves in entrance of the fireplace. A musician buddy picks up your guitar and teaches you a number of new chords. Another person spies considered one of your new books on the espresso desk, has learn it, and is worked up to share a number of ideas. Earlier than it, everyone seems to be chatting, consuming, and smiling.
And what did you deliver to the potluck? A little bit of this, a little bit of that – every little thing to make your very personal, very tasty Pisces soup.
Closing Act
How did you arrive at this second? Are you on observe to succeed in your required vacation spot? And if not, is there time to shift course?
The Final Quarter Moon is a part of redemption. It’s the pivotal third act in our private narrative, after we endure a disaster of confidence, come to phrases with our circumstances, and take motion to resolve one thing. This Final Quarter Moon is in Sagittarius (Feb. 20, 2025, 9:32 am PST, 2º19’ Sagittarius), which, with its optimism and humor, is likely one of the extra uplifting Final Quarter Moon indicators. And with Jupiter in a large sq. with each Jupiter-ruled indicators – Moon in Sagittarius, Solar in Pisces –we could also be a tad extra probably than is common at this part to imagine that we are able to pull off a redemptive third act.
This Final Quarter concludes a lunar part household that started with a New Moon at 1º37’ Sagittarius on Nov. 23, 2022. It’s now-or-never time for some daring journey we envisioned then; first acted upon on the Aug. 24, 2023 First Quarter Moon at 1º00 Sagittarius; and noticed come to fruition on the Could 23, 2024 Full Moon at 2º55’ Sagittarius. Now, we resolve find out how to conclude this private story of journey, of untamed frontiers, with perspective and beauty.
Voices
You’re immersed in some imaginative pastime – enjoying the piano or a online game, or tying to put in writing a verse of poetry. You assume you’ve chosen a quiet second and a secluded nook of the home.
However simply as you attain a second of intense communion along with your muse, the cat begins to holler for some meals. The neighbor’s canine begins barking. Your teenager and a bunch of his pals spill into the kitchen, laughing loudly and rummaging for snacks. Your partner wanders in to your quiet nook with a little bit of neighborhood gossip. Within the subsequent room, somebody activates the TV and cranks up the amount.
Mercury in Pisces is that a part of us that simply needs to be alone with our ideas. However when Mercury squares Jupiter in Gemini (Feb. 20, 2025, 12:13 pm PST), there is no such thing as a such factor as “alone.” There are pleased, boisterous voices in every single place, stuffed with trivia and gossip and laughter.
You don’t begrudge the world its noisy conversations. Ordinarily, you’d be part of proper in. However not proper now. Not when you’re assembly along with your muse.
However then, you quit. You feed the cat. You throw some Doritos in a bowl in your teenager and pals. You flip down the TV. You snort along with your partner.
And in some way, whenever you return to your music, your recreation, your poetry, you’re feeling lighter and happier, and your muse smiles fortunately upon your efforts.
Playlist for the To-Do Checklist
Your mother and father are coming over for dinner tonight at your new house. You’ll be pleased to see them, however preparing can be lots of work – a day of buying, cleansing, and cooking.
The excellent news is, you’ve had a busy week and haven’t had time to make amends for listening to your favourite podcasts. You prepare a playlist of 4 or 5 of them, put in your earbuds, hit “play,” and get to work.
Earlier than it, the buying is completed, the carpet is vacuumed, and dinner is simmering on the range.
Mercury needs to be entertained, and Mars needs to work its approach by means of a to-do listing. As Mercury trines Mars (Feb. 23, 2025, 8:58 am PST), let Mercury in Pisces make the playlist, and Mars in home Most cancers will care for the remainder.
About to Hatch
It appears Mars has been in Most cancers without end, though it solely entered the signal on Sep. 4, 2024. Thoughts you, that’s a superb very long time when Mars usually spends solely two months in an indication. And it feels prefer it’s been retrograde without end, too, although that’s solely been since Dec. 6, 2024.
As it’s, Mars the warrior struggles to be its assertive, simple self within the signal of the crab, which tends to favor an oblique, protecting strategy. Add the inward-facing nature of a retrograde interval to the combination, and it’s been tough to get traction on new initiatives and challenges.
By now, we’ve tailored a bit to the frustration and blockages of this retrograde interval. However this week, Mars eventually stations and turns direct (Feb. 23, 2025, 6:00 pm PST). And the power that’s launched! Notably in case your chart is heavy in planets or factors in Aries and Scorpio (the indicators dominated by Mars) or Most cancers, you could really feel like a hen whose eggs are lastly about to hatch. However till Mars leaves Most cancers for Leo on April 17, proceed with a little bit of warning; you want a little bit extra time to realize the power and readability to maneuver forward.
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