Astrology for Friday, 31 January 2020:

Today the Moon in Aries moves through squares to Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn. These are challenging aspects that have the potential to describe the forces or structures that limit our movements, that diminish our agency or foreclose possibilities. We may find ourselves coming up against situations that feel impossible or immovable. The Moon then makes a sextile to Mercury in Aquarius, inviting easy communication and an active exchange of ideas. What thought processes are you developing and how might you share that thinking with others and invite new perspectives or voices into your process? This could be an opportunity to reframe the challenges from earlier in the day. Finally, the Moon ingresses into Taurus, the sign of its exaltation. With its ruler Venus also in exaltation in Pisces and on Venus' day, the Moon in Taurus brings our attention back to the body, to pleasure, to connection and love. How might you prioritize your own experiences of pleasure while also sharing those experiences with others and contributing to their pleasures as well? Audre Lorde writes, "The erotic functions for me in several ways, and the first is in providing the power which comes from sharing deeply any pursuit with another person. The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference." As the Moon moves through Taurus, may you create opportunities for deeply sharing physical, emotional, psychic, and intellectual joy, bridging experiences and lessening the threat of difference.