Take heart if you’ve been feeling the looming weight of the unknown and other disquieting tensions, my friends, we have a New Moon in Leo tonight (Sunday 8th August @11:50pm AEST) which emphasises the child within, the creative spark, and what we’re creating for the future…
New Moons are symbolic moments of conception, representing a union between solar intentions and lunar resources, through which new possibilities are formed in the dark. And it’s in this dark phase of the Moon that we shed, release, prune, weed, turn the soil, cut our losses and let go, clearing the ground so that fresh possibilities have room to grow in the month ahead.
Most of the weekend takes place in the shadows of the dark moon, and coloured by the unexpected twists and turns of Saturday’s square between the Sun in Leo and Uranus in Taurus, which may have triggered rebellious behaviour, eruptions and even breakthroughs in awareness. The New Moon also squares Uranus and loosely opposes Saturn, once again triggering the year-long Saturn-Uranus square, which has been repeatedly re-activated over recent weeks by Venus, Mars and Mercury passing through the square to Uranus and the opposition to Saturn.
This New Moon is the last of these planetary triggers to the Saturn-Uranus square for a while, which makes it cause for considerable excitement! Leo also rules creative expression and legacy, and we may have been feeling a sense of urgency about what we’re actually here to do in this life. With the Moon’s opposition to Pluto earlier in the week and to Saturn today, we may also have felt burdened by doubts about whether they’re even possible. The New Moon in Leo encourages us to cultivate radical trust in what our heart holds dear. On Monday, Venus in Virgo opposes Neptune in Pisces highlighting the skills and effort required to bring such beauty into being. It could also signal possible challenges in relationships and creativity and/or the need to work harder than we may like to achieve the vision of emotional transcendence that’s been presented to us.
Mercury plays an especially important role in this lunation. Not only is the planet of mind, communication, commerce and magic loosely conjunct the New Moon, it’s forming the apex of a Finger of God with Neptune and Pluto. This is a highly challenging and mystical aspect pattern that emphasises the inherent difficulties involved in harnessing one’s power and communicating one’s vision towards a sacred mission but the prospect of actually achieving it eventually is looking good.
On Wednesday August 11, Mercury makes an opposition to Jupiter, which brings glorious expansion to our intellectual horizons, and the next day Mercury moves into its exaltation in Virgo, beginning a train of highly auspicious celestial events that promise to alter the quality of our experiences powerfully over the coming month. Hallelujah! So, prepare your spring garden, my friends. Compost, prune and rid your psyches of old junk and prepare your magic seeds for cultivation. 🌞🦁🌱🌿🌳🧡
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