The world needs this New Moon in Aquarius. On the first day of the second month, the New Moon in Aquarius ushers in a new way of relating to the collective and relating to self. The New Moon in Aquarius on February 1st 2022 helps us find belonging with something greater than ourselves and the courage to stand alone.

 

When we talk about Aquarius, we’ll often talk about shared humanity, the collective, and group dynamics. We’ll talk about social justice, human rights, and the intersection between the social and political. When we talk about Aquarius, we also talk about the innovators, iconoclasts, and leaders who have a vision often ahead of their time. So how can this be so? It’s a struggle to find a sign as paradoxical as Aquarius and that’s why the world needs it.

 

Swiss Psychologist Carl Jung has said, “I falter before the task of finding the language which might adequately express the incalculable paradoxes of love.” The incalculable paradoxes of love…don’t we all? We falter before the massive mystery of expressing the incongruities, contradictions, and inconsistencies of love. So because it short circuits our nervous system, we can easily fall into the either/or. The Aquarius love paradox and the either/or might sound like, “Do I want to belong to this community or do I want my freedom? Do I have to toe the party lines and project the doctrine or do I have to be completely alone?” This is completely normal. More on that later. Jung also said, “Only the paradox comes anywhere near to comprehending the fullness of life.” Let us try under the New Moon in Aquarius to make peace with the paradox where we can. If that’s what we do at the minimum under this New Moon, then we’ve accomplished a great day.

 

On managing paradoxes, I struggle almost every single day with how passionately I should put some Astrology theories under a critical microscope because then I risk disconnection and excommunication from the industry that has given so much meaning to my life. I’m sure you have an Aquarius paradox like mine somewhere in your social system. From your marriage, to your family, friends, and/or coworkers, I’m sure there’s a space in your life where you know you need to speak up and examine some behaviors and ideas but you know it could place you in some serious hot water. This is the Aquarius tension. Of being an innovator or dissenter and connector, community facilitator.

 

So you can see this is why the world needs the New Moon in Aquarius. There is a space in your life which calls for critique, and creative questioning, and tough conversations with people who’d rather preserve the status quo. Do it anyway, compassionately. Maintain an open-mind and present your ideas with courage.

 

I started to really understand the Aquarius paradox when I read Dr. Brene Brown’s book “Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and The Courage To Stand Alone” when it was first published in 2017. Just one year after one of the most historically divisive presidential election years in American history, Dr. Brown’s book was an answered pray and instruction on how to make sense of what was happening now, how we got here, and what to do about it. I’m almost positive Dr. Brown is an Astrology skeptic and yet she wrote the bible on Aquarius themes in “Braving The Wilderness”.

 

The central theory on belonging is “True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic self with the world and find sacredness in both being a part of something and standing alone in the wilderness. True belonging doesn’t require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.”

 

And so we can see the Aquarius theme really animated here when she writes, “belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic self with the world and find sacredness in both being a part of something and standing alone in the wilderness.” Finding the meaning behind being a part of something and standing alone is the Aquarius assignment for us today. It’s not an either/or. It’s a both/and.

 

What amazed me, and I honesty never saw coming, was the fact that the more I questioned outdated and evidence uniformed practices with Astrology, yes - I ruffled some feathers in high places AND a wonderful coalition of thinkers and friends supported me to speak anyway. So in the same act, I found both the courage to stand alone and the connections which supported me to do it. I don’t know if I’m coming close to finding the language to express the paradox of love but it did help me realize that the most important people in my life will consistently, imperfectly support my autonomy, freedom of thought, and curiosity towards the truth. It was both painful because some of the critiques against my thinking were really just personal attacks, but breathtaking to see how others came to my defence and almost whispered at me “...say it even louder with your whole chest.”

 

What Aquarius’ polar opposite sign Leo teaches me is that no act of courage goes unrewarded by the Universe and so if you need to be courageous and stand alone, know that you will be supported and rewarded in this effort. I promise you that.

 

May the New Moon in Aquarius help you find the missing half of the paradox. May you find both the glory of belonging to a support system that provides you with meaningful belonging and may you find the bravery that arrives when you realize you spoke your truth compassionate with your whole heart and chest. May your friendships be based on shared values, not common enemy intimacy. And may you have the time, space, and freedom to explore, innovate, dissent, and question whatever needs to be. The world needs this New Moon in Aquarius. And the New Moon in Aquarius needs you.