Peepers – Version 2023 (ND #139)

Ethereal Sunset – Photo: L. Weikel

Peepers – Version 2023

I almost wrote a post some three weeks ago now, and I regret that I didn’t. I know it was still February; indeed, I’m pretty sure it was within a week of my last post (the one about Love Nature Magic). The reason why I regret not having written it is because I’m now unable to definitively document my experience for posterity. And it feels significant that peepers – version 2023 – were emerging from their muddy domiciles in February.

We all know how weird this winter of 2023 has been. For those who find the price of heating oil, inflated due to the war in Ukraine, to be onerous, it’s been a blessing. But for those who enjoy at least one good blizzard wrapping them in the cocoon of a snowed-in home, it’s definitely been a dud of a season.

But it gave me chills to hear these harbingers of springtime calling out across the fields an entire month earlier than usual. Better late than never, I suppose (my documenting, I mean.) It’s interesting to me to read the first post I wrote about peepers. I was excited to hear them then, as I always am – but it was the spring equinox when I wrote that post in 2019. And that’s still nearly two weeks away!

Full Worm Moon and Saturn Sign Change

We started this week out with a glorious full moon just yesterday morning (7:40 a.m. ET to be exact). And then an hour later, the planet Saturn entered a new sign for the first time in approximately 2.5 years.

Interestingly, for the past five years or so, Saturn has been hanging out in astrological signs that it ‘enjoys’ or feels good in: Capricorn and then Aquarius. Saturn is considered the ‘ruler’ of these two signs, although in Aquarius it now shares that honor with Uranus. The bottom line, though, is that Saturn likes the no-nonsense, pragmatic attitude of Capricorn and the generally more emotionally detached attitude of Aquarius. And Saturn is all about structure, time, foundations, and discipline.

So we’ve actually had five years of a ‘happy’ Saturn. Hmm.

On Tuesday, however, just after the moon reached its peak fullness, Saturn entered the sign of Pisces. It’ll be interesting to see how this energetic shift will play out in the world. That’s not to say it won’t impact us on a day-to-day personal level (because it probably will), but the large, slower moving planets tend to have larger, more global impacts on us.

I encourage us all to observe the actions of those on the national and world stage. Is there a change in emotional or psychological tenor? How do we feel about what’s going on in our country (and the world at large)?

More Big Stuff Coming

Astrologers are expecting this March to herald some profound shifts in the way the world experiences itself. Besides Saturn moving into Pisces, we just had a lovely conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in Aries last week. (I didn’t get a photo of the conjunction due to cloud cover – but I did get a decent shot of the two bright ones flirting with each other the night before they met up.) But probably the biggest shift in the celestial orbs will be Pluto moving from Capricorn into Aquarius on March 23^rd.

Given that I started writing this post merely to comment on how chilly I imagine our armies of peepers must be as the March winds whip up some serious wind chill, I’ll leave commentary about Pluto for another day.

In the meantime, I just wanted to touch base with all of you. If you’ve been feeling like things “are at sixes and sevens” (as my mother used to say), you’re not alone. Knowing that you’re not the only one noticing and feeling that things seem edgy can be at least a little bit comforting, as can learning that there are some things going on above our heads that might explain some of what we’re experiencing.

No matter how isolated or independent we fancy ourselves to be, in truth, we’re all far more connected – with each other, with the peepers, with the moon, and with the planets – than we realize.

ND #139