Episode
Bots are running the world…
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- I am OPTimist
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- Jan 31, 2026
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- 890
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Summary
At the beginning of the year, when I wrote January Initiations , I spoke about timing; I spoke about how this year would not open with a single event, but with a sequence of initiations and activations that unfold gradually. What we are living now is part of that sequence, the Full Moon in Leo on Feb 1st, is a culmination, depending on how one experiences it, because it is preparing us for what comes next. On February 17, we have the first eclipse of the year, a solar eclipse at 28 degrees of Aquarius, this is a very important marker because it takes place just three days before one of the most significant conjunctions we are moving toward, Saturn and Neptune meeting at zero degrees of Aries, a configuration I have written about extensively and will address again in a separate article. All planets in Aquarius at that time square Uranus in late Taurus, activating a collective pressure point that has been building since 2018. The lunar eclipse on March 3 across Pisces and Virgo continues this sequence, emphasizing discernment and recalibration. These events belong to the same arc of escalation, the first eclipse also coincides with the beginning of the Chinese New Year, reality as we have known it is shifting at a fast pace. We have entered unknown territory, and every step and individual decision we make, with or without discernment, will shape the unknown future. One caveat, Capricorn gave us strategy, direction, and time to mature. Aquarius allows us to jump timelines and encounter futuristic probabilities, with the danger of living disembodied or re-enacting traumatic events. Pisces energy yields victimization, if you hear yourself say things like “they are doing this to me” or “it happens to me,” pause and ask yourself where your agency is. Things do not just occur,…