The Dance of the Cosmos: The New Moon in Aquarius Meets the Chinese Year of the Wood Snake – January 29th 2025. As the frost of January begins to thaw the New Moon in Aquarius ushers in the Chinese New Year of the Wood Snake on January 29th at 12.35 gmt. A powerful cosmic symphony of change, growth, and innovation is arriving. The zodiac’s visionary, urges us to break free from the shackles of tradition and embrace the winds of change. We’re being called to explore uncharted territories, foster unique perspectives, and challenge the status quo.
When the Moon meets the Sun in the home of the cosmic rebel, the innovator, the one who pours out visions of a brighter future, it creates a canvas for humanity’s most audacious dreams. There’s no room for small plans or timid steps. Aquarius demands: ‘What new world do we wish to build?’
This Pluto empowered Water Bearer is the new director, urging us to collaborate on a visionary script. Jupiter is the enthusiastic producer, bankrolling bold ideas. Neptune, Venus, and the North Node are the ethereal set designers, draping the stage in rose-gold light. Mercury and Pluto? They’re the critics in the front row, demanding the performance be ‘real’.
2025 will be the great year of transformation and re-birth, both on a personal and societal level. All the outer planets shift from Earth and Water houses into Fire and Air signs – settling into their new homes fully by 2026. Life will get faster and lighter. We’ll need to adapt to rapidly changing conditions, with no clear guidance other than our inherently brilliant intuition. Concentrate on what is sacred to you and what liberates your particular genius. The Wood Snake invites us to shed old skins, embrace new ideas, and work towards a future that is inclusive and progressive.
Pluto in Aquarius heralds the new digitocracy with lightning speed developments in all technological fields such as robotics, biotech, new medicine and AI. This new world order brings its own set of challenges. Many we’ve begun to consider and many we’ve yet to even imagine. The first in our post-truth era will be the challenging task of discerning reality amongst the increasingly incessant noise of delusion. A visionary, Aquarius is unflinching when it comes to the truth. It embodies clear thinking and clarity. The Water Bearer fuelled by Pluto can speak truth to power and does so, unflinchingly. It is clarity and it is defiance. It is not perfection. The rebellions can get messy. The time of transformation is here.
The Sun considered in its detriment in Aquarius, creates a tension between our own uniqueness and the needs of the collective. Allow your authentic weird to be fully present whilst serving the whole. With ruler, Uranus, stationing direct on January 30th you’re being called to create the liberated life of your dreams.
Aquarius is the champion of mavericks, rebels, innovators, scientists, way showers, outliers and alchemists. Break free from convention – allow your stranger ideas some space to evolve. Reclaim your inner eccentric. What restrictive social programming or limiting self-perceptions do you need to bust out of your belief code? Experiment, play, explore, hike the path less travelled. Our world is waiting, with baited breath, for your genius to flower.
Trump’s first week in office demonstrates one aspect of Aquarius’s maverick, rebellious nature. Ripping apart traditional structures and blatantly ignoring the rule book as he re-writes it to his own liking.
The Sabian symbol for this Moon also seems to speak directly to him: “A person who had for a time become the embodiment of an ideal is made to realise that as a person, he is not this ideal”. In the journey of self-discovery, we may find ourselves embodying an ideal, only to have the scales fall from our eyes (and everyone else’s), revealing that we are not that ideal after all. This awakening, highlights the importance of recognizing when conditions shift, prompting us to reassess our self-image and relationships. It’s a moment of absolute clarity, where we realize that popular support does not always reflect true character or self-worth.
With Mercury in Aquarius conjunct Pluto (exact on the 28th) we need to articulate the beginnings we’re ready to set in motion. Just know there will be many unexpected mutations before they fully bloom. It’s edgy, but it can awaken us to our creative magic. Open your mind, allow the flow of new ideas and information, novel perspectives and out of the box thinking.
Conversations may feel charged. A casual remark could unravel a long-buried truth; a negotiation might reveal unsavoury motives. This is not a time for pass/ag manipulation. Pluto demands authenticity, even if it hurts. Check your intentions before speaking. Are you seeking resolution—or domination? For writers and artists, this offers fertile ground for breakthroughs, but only if you’re willing to visit the shadowlands.
With the recent nodal shift, the North Node of destiny is currently at the crisis 29th degree of Pisces conjunct Neptune (the mystic) and Venus (the lover). It’s an unconditionally loving salve for the Soul that opens us to heavenly, otherworldly encounters. The Cosmos is tugging us toward a destiny woven with compassion, artistry, and spiritual surrender. To step into this future, we must first dissolve the rigid structures of the past—and trust the flow of divine grace. This conjunction is a siren song from the divine—a call to let love guide you, even (especially) when the path is foggy. Neptune dissolves boundaries, Venus seeks unity, and the North Node in Pisces whispers: ‘Your soul’s purpose is found in surrender.’
New relationships may feel fated, but Neptune’s mist cautions against idealisation. Are you seeing the person—or the projection? Creatively, this alignment is pure magic. Wander, stardust in your hair, into the heart of this convergence and the Universe will whisper its secrets to those willing to listen. Channel its energy into art, music, or acts of compassion. Spiritually, it’s an invitation to trust the unseen: Prayers will feel answered in whispers; synchronicities will bloom like lotus flowers in murky waters.
As Neptune, Venus, and the North Node deepen their mystical embrace, sparking a dance of shadow and revelation, there’s a strong urge to escape the constraints of the usual and explicable and open to the unusual and inexplicable. As a species we’re being implored to open our imaginations and spiritual senses. To do that, we have to open our hearts.
Some of us may feel our lives being turned upside down and inside out. If the change feels overwhelming, seek refuge in these balmy Piscean seas. Take a scared pause. Connect. Know that you are safe and supported by a benevolent Universe and the Primal will to Good. Seek the blessings in the burdens.
Jupiter in Gemini trining both the Sun and Moon, weaves a thread of optimism through this lunation, amplifying Aquarius’ hunger for innovation and Gemini’s curiosity. Ideas will spark like wildfire; collaborations will flourish. This transit is a cosmic thumbs-up, urging us to think bigger, speak louder, connect wider. Our Cosmic beneficent is inviting you to make a full-bodied heart-commitment to your long-cherished dreams. Gemini’s duality reminds us: Expansion requires discernment – not every shiny idea deserves your energy. Focus on what aligns with your soul’s truth. Make it an unconventional, broad-minded and confident new beginning.
In Chinese astrology, the Snake is the sage, the strategist, the keeper of mysteries. Its energy is subtle but profound—less force, more intuition. In 2025, the Wood element softens the Snake’s coiled intensity, infusing it with creativity, adaptability, and growth. Wood bends but does not break; it seeks sunlight through cracks in the canopy. Together, this synergy invites us to approach challenges with quiet cunning and patience. The Wood Snake asks: ‘Where are you clinging to control? Where might flexibility and stealthy wisdom serve you better?’ Strategic planning rooted in empathy will nurture connections that support collective resilience.
This moon ignites the rebel and the genius in equal measure. These times call forth those energies because we sorely need them. Yes, it’s intense, challenging, overwhelming and at times frankly unbelievable and distressing. BUT we’re not here to solve it on our own, we’re here to find answers together, bathed in empowered relationships, heart-led networks, compassion and kindness. In this dance of shadow and light, may you find the courage to dream wildly, love deeply, and speak truths that set you free.
Discover a fresh perspective, connect to your inner rebel and let the wood snake lead you in shedding your old skin and finding the courage to be fully, beautifully, fantastically yourself in service to the Whole. Snake progress need not be loud. Sometimes, the most profound shifts happen in silence, in the space between heartbeats.
In the words of the great philosopher Lao Tzu, ‘When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.’ As we stand at the threshold of this new era, let us dance with our weird, sing out loud with our rebellious heart, and dream with our inner genius. For in this dance, in this song, in this dream, we find our true selves. Wishing you all infinite new moon love and blessings.
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Davina’s New Moon Invitation: Rituals for the Cosmic Crossroads
New Moon Intentions: Write a letter to your future self, detailing the world you wish to co-create. Burn it under the Aquarian sky, trusting the ashes to fertilize new growth.
Venus-Neptune Offering: Place a rose quartz in a bowl of saltwater under the moonlight. Let it soak overnight, then gift it to someone (or yourself) as a token of unconditional love.
Mercury-Pluto Dialogue: Journal with the question: ‘What truth am I avoiding?’ Write without censorship, then bury the pages as an act of release.
