Astrology of the Week Ahead with Chani Nicholas - The Week of February 20th, 2023: A New Moon in Pisces and benefic boldness

Episode Date: February 20, 2023

Episode 114 In this podcast, New York Times bestselling author and astrologer Chani Nicholas discusses the astrology of the week and what it might mean for us all. The astrology of the week of February 20th, 2023, is here to expand our capacity for courage — especially when it comes to our relationships. On Sunday, the New Moon in Pisces occurs, ushering more love, sweetness, and idealism into dreamscapes. On Monday, Venus (the planet of love) and Jupiter (the planet of abundance) come together in Aries, instilling a bold and generous feeling in our partnerships. On Tuesday, Mercury (the planet of communication) makes a square to Uranus (the planet of disruption), which could kick up some surprises and unexpected information. Then on Wednesday, Mercury makes a helpful trine to Mars (the planet of action), adding a dash of ease to our decisive conversations. In short, it’s a week to take action and opt for expansion. You got this. For more, check out your free daily horoscope on the homepage of the CHANI app. Android users can receive their free daily horoscope on the CHANI website. The CHANI app is currently only available for the iPhone, but we are working as hard and as fast as we can on an Android app. In the meantime, Android users can access our content by purchasing the Android Workshops on chani.com. The music featured in the podcast was created by Latashá.

Hello and welcome. This is the Astrology of the Week Ahead podcast, and I am your host, Chani, Nicholas. In this podcast, we look at the astrology of the upcoming week and how it will be landing for all of us collectively. For a more personalized reading that dives into the ways that this week's astrology will play out for you, download the Chani app for iPhone. In this episode, we are talking about the week of February 8th. 20th, but I don't want to miss something that happens on February 19th for those of us in the Pacific time zone. So on February 19th at 11.06 p.m. P.T., the new moon and Pisces occurs. So for everybody else, we're talking about the 20th of February. And this new moon is

really sweet. It doesn't have like a ton of things going on, although it is happening in a moment where there is a big change. But in regards to the moment this new moon occurs, we've got the sun, the moon, Venus, and Neptune all huddled together in Pisces, not close together. They're kind of like this. They're kind of like apart from each other. But we've got them still in the same sign as each other. And so the moment of the new moon is filled with a lot of love and sweetness and idealism. And so I'd love for you with this new moon to think about what has felt like it's been in flow for you, what dreams you have, what love you have been able to experience, and what you've been able to connect to in regards to, like, beauty and art and pleasure

and adoration over the past couple of weeks. I'm saying that because Venus has been in Pisces for the last couple of weeks, and last week on February 15th, it made that conjunction with Neptune that is super idealistic and really sweet, if not completely derailing. in terms of wanting more and more and more pleasure. But since we've got the new moon on the heels of that, that sentiment is still floating through the air. And so this is just a really beautiful new moon to dream with

and to know that the potent part of it is in our imagination. So think about what's flowing in your life, what's felt sweet over the past couple of weeks, where connection has really helped you to heal something and what you're seeding in the area of your life in the area of your chart that contains Pisces. We go over that in your reading for the week on the Chani app. And the other big news of the week is that Venus is moving in to Aries, like right after the new moon. So basically right at the top of Monday, February 20th, Venus is in Ares.

And this is an important moment for the beginning of 2023. It's not like the biggest thing that happens in 2023, but it definitely leads us into something that, again, feels like a really important piece of Venusian learning and Venusian lessons, which is, to say there's something here about love and connection that we're talking about. Now, I will say that Venus goes from this place of being exalted in Pisces where it's like up on high and everybody loves you, it, the situation. And then Venus goes into Ares and it's like a little bit, not a little bit. It's like goes from being exalted into a place that is said to be its exile. So feeling that sensation of being an exile or being exiled from something, that's what Venus in Aries denotes because it is a sign that is opposite to where it has its home. So Venus has its

home in Libra. And when it's in Ares, it's in the opposite place. So we say it's in its exile or it's in its detriment. So it's starting from a place that's like, oh, this is really foreign to me. I don't really love it. I was just up there. and now I'm down here. However, this is a very different Venus and Ares moment because Venus is about to run into Jupiter. Venus is a planet of love and connection and pleasure and beauty, and Jupiter is a planet of abundance and wisdom and bounty and faith and optimism and expansion. And when those two things come together, the two benefic planets, the two planets that bring good in some way or ease. I always say that they both bring some kind of opening or relaxation or like,

okay, things are working. And whenever things work, we feel like, oh, maybe I can exhale. So that sensation is what Venus and Jupiter end up causing to some degree. Now, they're both in Ares as of February 20th. And Aries is not a sign that likes to relax. Aries charges forward. Aries is inspired. Aries is about action. Aries is about discovering who we are in stressful situations that demand our best to come forth and teach us what it is we can actually do because we had to. We had no other choice. You can call it courage, but is it really courageous if you have to do the thing in order to survive? That's where Aris thrives, right? Aries loves some drama, loves a little appropriate stress, loves to begin something new. That's why Venus in some way, shape, or form, you know, struggles a little bit in

Aries because Venus is about ease and pleasure and connection and Aries is always doing something new and getting impatient. So Venus and Aries is bold and daring and it's about to to meet up with not only Jupiter, but also Chiron. So the three of them are going to rendezvous in Aries at the very beginning of March. So Venus is going to make a conjunction to Jupiter on March first. If you have the astro planner, it's in there. Venus is going to conjunct Chiron on March 3rd. And then Jupiter is going to conjunct Chiron on March 11th. So those first 11 days of March are really interesting in terms of healing because Kairon is involved, opportunity because Jupiter is involved, and something that is good or sweet or brings about some optimism and connection

and something that feels like it is supportive because it's a Venus-Jupiter conjunction. So it's really activating our ability to understand a wound, Kairon, but in a way that feels a lot easier than normal or a lot more inviting or like it's deepening our wisdom because Jupiter is involved. So this is something that we're moving towards. It's not happening all this week, obviously, but as Venus makes this entrance into Aries, we're getting set up to live through the first part of March, which again, March is full of tons of change because Saturn is changing signs and Pluto is changing signs and then Mars is finally changing signs after seven months in Gemini. So in and through those changes, we've got this

Venus Jupiter and Venus Chiron and Jupiter Chiron coming together in areas. So it feels like an activation of the self, a healing possibly of the self and a healing of or through our courage. So the question is, what do I need to rally my courage to do that would support my healing and also support the best of me to come forth and to lead and charge forward in the area of my life that I need to? How can I help to like spur myself into healing action and into action that will bring about connection and even possibly my own wisdom or self-expansion in some way? Then the other astrology that's happening this week is very minor, but still important. On Tuesday, the 21st, Mercury is making a square to Uranus, loud conversations, kind of big or discombobulating, unexpected data info, details coming to the surface. And then on Wednesday, Mercury makes a trine to Mars, which is also something that gets our attention and is here to make.

a point, but it's easier, right? So it does feel like Tuesday, Wednesday brings about some really important conversations, things that pique our interest, maybe get us a little defensive, maybe open us to a new way of seeing things, maybe we are the ones delivering that info. Maybe that info is coming towards us. But the most important thing is that we're now in this Venus moving towards Jupiter, build up, and Chiron being in the mix. So if you're curious about where that's happening for you, We have a 2023 guidebook that is available as a PDF. We have readings in the Chani app. We have a year-ahed reading.

We have a weekly reading. And we also have the astroplanner that tells you about this and gives you some little rituals to work with. So any or all of those things are there to support you. But really just thinking about what kind of courage is being asked of me. how am I finding healing through my relationships and what am I inspired to take action on or around in regards to healing relationship and some kind of expansion. Thank you all so much for leaving reviews in the App Store. We read each and every one.

I wanted to leave you with this one. It's called Channy FTW for the win, I assume. I am so grateful for Chani and the whole team. the Chani app. Seriously, the readings are so spot on for me and are also affirming in so many ways. The meditations help me center myself and ease my mind when I need some respite. I am here for all things on the Chani app. Also, I couldn't write a review without saying how much I love and adore the designs. Kudos to the whole team. Heart emoji. All right, Jill. So do you lots of love.

many blessings. I will meet you back here next week. Bye for now.