New Moon In Aquarius | Feb 2026 | Freeing Yourself

Hello and welcome to our community meditation space.

My name is Vivian Girard and it is my delight to be guiding us in a meditation for the new moon solar eclipse in Aquarius.

As we settle into this time together I invite you to picture yourself walking into our virtual living room and claiming your seat side by side in circle as we turn to astrology for a lens through which to better understand our human experience.

Let's close our eyes.

We are likely arriving with a lot of noise and chaos in our external environment and so the way to begin is to focus on steadying your body,

Relaxing your muscles,

And slowing down the pace of your breathing.

When we lengthen the in-breath and the out-breath we are cuing our body to safety.

We are reminding our body that this cocoon of time that we have chosen to pause and to listen internally is a safe place,

That we can settle into it and allow our body to rest,

Allow our mind to harmonize with our body,

Which then allows the soul to come in more clearly,

Perhaps more loudly,

And guide us in a very direct way.

As you slow down your breath,

Imagine you can breathe all the way down through to your toes.

As you breathe through your body you can invite anything that is ready to go in this moment to release out your feet and into the earth.

In the collective chatter of social media,

The news,

Conversations,

We can easily pick up fear,

Pain,

Suffering,

Doubt,

Confusion that was not perhaps ours before we had that interaction.

As empaths in particular,

It is easy to absorb other people's emotions.

In this moment,

Let's choose to release as much of that as you are ready to release.

How do you release it?

You notice that you are actually holding it in your body,

If you are,

And you run that emotion,

That energy,

All the way down through to your feet.

And you choose to open your feet energetically and release that into the earth.

It's a cleansing,

A releasing in our physical body of energy that is no longer serving,

That perhaps is even toxic inside of our human system.

There is a big collective shadow being brought into the light,

And as that happens in whatever ways it's playing out in your life,

We feel the ripples of it in our individual experience.

In this moment,

You can choose to rinse your own body,

To clear your own space of anything that is not actually yours to hold,

To learn from.

And so you see that as an energy,

Perhaps it's got a color,

Perhaps it's gray or sludgy looking.

You see that energy moving all the way down through your body,

To your feet.

And you release it out your feet,

Into the earth underneath you.

Knowing that the earth recycles energy,

Anything that is handed over from us to the earth is simply purified and recycled to where it can be of greater use.

As you do this,

If you notice that you feel a little lightheaded or there's waves of energy moving through your body,

You might be a little nauseous or just feel more open inside of yourself.

Bring your attention down to your feet and visualize roots growing from the bottoms of your feet that steady you.

The roots can go miles down,

Way down under the surface of the earth,

Weaving and winding and strengthening your steadiness in your body.

If you need more support,

You can also receive from the earth.

So through those roots,

You can invite the earth to send you nourishment,

To send you strength,

To rinse you from the earth up into your body.

It sounds contradictory,

But you can release at the same time that you are also receiving from the earth.

Allow yourself to breathe in whatever nourishment your body needs in this moment.

It may feel like a fresh breeze rinsing and buzzing through your legs and up into your torso,

Clearing your stomach and rinsing through your heart,

Coming up through your throat and maybe blowing out your ears like in the cartoons where steam would come out of the cartoon character's ears,

Or coming out your nose like a dragon.

Or you might see that fresh breeze going all the way up through your third eye and out to your crown.

Allow your physical body to move and wiggle and shift as the energy is flowing through you.

When we have been holding a lot of emotion,

Of pain,

Of struggle,

Fear in our bodies and we release that out our feet,

We have more space inside of our bodies for fresh energy,

New energy.

And you may feel that bubbling and flowing as you invite the earth to support you,

To nourish you and rejuvenate you.

And our body wants to move to accommodate for that shift in the energy,

For that shift from the heaviness to the light,

To the freeing,

To the rejuvenating.

So move as feels good to you.

And then find yourself in a state of centeredness,

Stillness,

And centeredness.

You may be sitting up,

Feeling that,

And so you straighten your spine and open your shoulders,

Wiggle your feet more firmly on the ground.

You may be lying down and so you straighten your position and stretch out your shoulders,

Your arms,

Your legs.

Come to that quiet place in the center of you.

Perhaps it's your heart space.

Perhaps it's your gut,

Your third chakra.

Perhaps it's your throat.

And notice how the energy has shifted in you and around you.

I find that I hear that shift in frequency.

There's a different tone or buzz.

My ears feel like they have heightened awareness where before there was so much going on in my mind that I couldn't quite feel what was happening in my ears.

You may sense that frequency shift with the hair on the edge of your skin standing up or a buzz of energy moving through your arms,

Your legs.

You may feel it as a softening in your heart space,

A relaxing.

Allow your body to rest.

As you relax in this moment,

I will bring in some information for your mind,

Some astrology.

Your body will feel the resonance of what I described,

And your mind will have the words,

The information to ponder over about.

And in that harmonizing of the mind and the body,

The soul will be able to show you,

Guide you in what most serves for you to know next.

So you relax your muscles,

Allow yourself to lean back and feel the support behind you,

Underneath you.

The month of February,

2026 has been defined by astrologers as timeline defining.

That we will look back and go,

There was life before that month and life after that month.

But it was a month where details about our life clarified,

Redefined,

Initiated.

The new moon solar eclipse is also the beginning of the Chinese new year.

We are complete with our journey with the wood snake,

And we are beginning a year with the energy of the fire horse.

If you picture a snake as it is transitioning,

Changing form,

Shedding its skin,

There are those last moments where the piece of the skin that is still attached needs to finally detach in order for the snake to wiggle its way out and begin the next chapter.

In the completion of this energy of the year of the wood snake,

There is a final releasing,

To move from the energy of the snake to the energy of the fire horse.

They are so different.

There must be an alchemy that happens in that moment of transitioning,

An activation of spark,

Something that allows us to move between those two very distinct and energies.

The title that I have selected is Freeing Yourself.

The snake chooses that final wiggle that releases it from its skin.

It chooses to move out of the new adventure.

It frees itself from the old that no longer fits.

You are at a choice moment,

A timeline moment,

Where you choose to free yourself.

It is very easy to stay in what is known and familiar,

To be in the old skin,

Perhaps for the rest of our lives.

Choosing to do the work,

To wiggle our way out of the skin,

And then to have that final release,

That final wiggle,

That frees us to become,

To alchemize into something completely new.

It takes courage.

It takes commitment.

It takes perseverance.

And it requires a choice.

A new moon with a solar eclipse gives us the power to make that choice,

Amplifies,

Supports us in activating that choice.

Aquarius is the sign that represents truth,

Freedom,

Authenticity,

Unique identity within the collective,

Being willing to be at the front,

The innovator,

The one who sees what the stars is saying,

Showing,

And leaps.

The new moon is square Uranus.

Uranus is the planet of surprise,

Shock,

Unexpected.

It is completing its time in Taurus and will be exiting Taurus and moving into Gemini very soon.

The changes will keep coming.

And in this moment,

We get to choose how we are going to navigate them.

So breathe,

Allow your mind to noodle over all of that information.

As you relax your muscles of your body,

Feel your feet firmly planted here on the earth,

And feel your heart still beating,

Still connecting,

Feeling whatever words most needed to arrive in your awareness.

It will be different for each one of us.

Trust the words that are most present in your mind,

Your awareness.

They are the clues to the next step.

This is how your soul shows you the next choice,

The next moment,

The next step in freeing yourself.

As we future pace this journey,

Using the image of the snake transforming into the firehorse,

Three days from this new moon solar eclipse,

We have a rare,

Very rare conjunction.

Astrologers aren't sure is it 6,

000 years,

9,

000 years since we last had this happen.

Neptune and Saturn meet at zero degrees Aries.

These two important planets meet at the exact beginning point of an entirely new zodiacal cycle.

There is a door that will close as the new door is opening.

Your body's ability to feel safe,

To trust in the adventure ahead,

To know that releasing the old snakeskin and wiggling forward is exactly what alchemizes you into the next energy of the firehorse.

The firehorse is going to begin moving immediately.

It doesn't need an incubation time.

It begins immediately.

Notice what happens in your body as I say that.

You may feel excitement.

You may feel uncertainty.

You may feel overwhelmed.

What is your body showing you?

Maybe a mix of all of it.

Maybe equal parts joy and fear.

Relax your muscles and stay in your body.

When we are entering a new chapter,

Beginning a new cycle,

We don't know yet what that means.

It is like any new beginning we don't know.

And our ability to clarify what we desire helps form that new beginning.

This is where the power of intentions comes.

When we can set an intention at this exact moment in this exact energy,

And we cast out into the future the desires that we have in this moment,

We start to guide the way that our manifesting will happen.

It's like showing the horse,

The firehorse that is going to start moving.

It's showing the horse with our reins,

Our bridle,

That we are going to go towards the right or straight ahead or towards the left.

We use our knees to gently signal to the horse which direction we want to be moving.

If not,

The horse will just run as it wants to run.

We co-create with astrology.

We co-create with reality.

We co-create with the energy of the Chinese New Year shift.

So relax your body.

Invite your mind to take notes.

And allow your soul to play to show you all that you have learned through the shedding that has happened in this past year.

All the outdated beliefs and limitations and patterns,

Behaviors,

Mind loops,

Relationships,

Health choices,

All that we have learned and shed as the snake has shed its skin,

Leaves us fresh,

Clear,

Ready for new ways.

In our clarifying,

We have decided which we want to take with us.

Just like we have decided which we are leaving behind.

As you feel into the openness ahead,

Weave in the elements that you want to carry that serve you.

The skills,

The practices,

The relationships,

The routines that nourish you,

Strengthen you,

Make life more beautiful and rich and enjoyable.

Weave them into you,

To the side of you,

Into the visual that you are creating in your mind's eye.

And then see yourself with a horse,

Standing next to the horse,

Riding the horse.

We are transforming into this energy of the fire horse.

Which direction do you want to guide the horse that is going to be carrying you on this adventure?

Where are you headed?

And it may be a feeling before it becomes a 3D movie in your mind.

It may be a feeling of hope,

Peacefulness,

Excitement for what you do,

Purpose,

Alignment,

Joy,

Community connection,

Harmony.

It may be all of that.

Those can become intentions when you cast them into the future.

You send a message out in front of you,

Align me with the experiences that match this feeling,

This frequency,

This vibration.

Let's go in the pathway that allows us to feel these emotions more than we can imagine.

And then your horse knows which direction that is.

Your soul takes the reins and starts to show you more details,

Perhaps map out a whole plan.

Maybe show you a person who's in alignment with that,

Who you should be spending more time with.

Maybe a practice of meditation or yoga or walking becomes more clear.

As you trust the images,

The words,

The definitions that light you up,

The next step from there will present itself when you do that first step.

Allow yourself to lean into that first step.

What would need to happen in order for you to do that,

To honor that?

And are you willing to make that commitment to yourself,

To set the intention,

To name it out loud?

To write it in your journal and then to release it,

Allowing it to become manifest.

Relaxing your muscles.

As you settle into this empowered frequency,

You with the reins of your own life,

You creating your reality.

Allow yourself to gently attune to,

Become aware of how many other people are meditating and doing this exact same thing at the same time as you.

There's me.

There's all the others who will listen to this meditation.

There's all the others who are meditating in their own time,

In their own way,

In the same frequency.

There are all of those around the world who have their own unique practice or faith or religion,

And yet the same clear intention to align with the frequency based on harmony,

On freedom,

On authenticity and truth,

On connection.

And when we meditate in this field of energy,

We synchronize,

We strengthen,

Regardless of the qualities,

The religion,

The structures of the practice.

Maybe you call this prayer.

Maybe you access this when you are singing or walking.

What if others do too?

And every time one of us taps into this field,

We strengthen it.

It becomes more than it was before we meditated.

Feel the power of community as you tap in right now.

The final piece of astrology is that Pluto is in Aquarius.

It has been for a year and a half.

It will be for another 18.

And in this 20-year journey of Pluto in Aquarius,

We are building community,

Not in a hierarchical way,

But side by side.

Each of us unique,

Different,

Gifted,

Loved,

Loving,

Side by side with others ready to change reality,

To build something new.

And we do it through moments like this.

Relax your muscles one more time.

And with your feet firmly planted on the ground,

Slowly start bringing yourself back into full presence.

You can keep your eyes closed for a minute or two.

And as you feel ready,

You can gently open your eyes.

I am looking at a quartz crystal I'm holding in my right hand.

And I'm wiggling my fingers around it.

So allow yourself to take in that one thing right in front of you.

And then slowly expand your vision to see more of your external environment.

As you do that,

I invite you to merge what you feel,

What you see,

What you intuitively know inside in your meditation time with your external reality,

With what you are seeing with your physical eyes.

Both are real.

Both are true.

And it is easy to only rely on what we see with our eyes and dismiss what is happening inside.

And so this moment of coming out of meditation merges the spaces in a beautiful way.

Allow yourself to trust that what you see,

What you know in your meditation time is going to manifest in aligned timing.

And your work to do is that one next step that comes through when you meditate.

With a big exhale,

Any last pieces that are ready to release,

Allow them to go down through your feet and into the earth.

And then stretch out your shoulders,

Straighten your spine.

Allow yourself to head back into your day stronger,

Clearer,

More resourced,

More nourished,

Ready,

Ready for what is next.

Co-creating with the astrology.

I encourage you to have a big glass of water to nourish your body with a meal.

And if it is in alignment,

Come and join us in our lives and share your experience.

I will see you so soon.

Thank you for meditating with me today.