New Moon in Leo: REcreation

Sabian for 9 Leo: Glass blowers.

So much Leo. An excellent energy to remind of us of last year when the eclipses and the North Node were in this sign. This year, we are traveling with the North Node in Cancer and the eclipses have just ended...for now. They return in December.

Soon after this New Moon emerges, Mercury turns direct in the sign of Cancer. Our mental review is ending. We've swam personal emotional territory and likely had a chance to revisit the land of memory. Expect, though, that things will be a bit wonky in the Mercury department as he stations to turn direct.

As a matter of fact, we have a few planets changing direction in August. Jupiter and Uranus both are currently sitting near their station degree. Jupiter will turn direct on August 11 at 9:27 AM at 14 Sagittarius 30. Uranus will station retrograde on the same day at 7:23 PM EDT at 6 Taurus 37. Jupiter in station has a tendency to raise the volume. Whereas an Uranus station can feel a lot like a Mercury retrograde which will be interesting as this is also the same day Mercury (now direct) re-enters Leo. He is nearly out of his retrograde shadow. And, unlike his passage initially through shadow, he will now find Uranus by square on August 16, the day after our Full Moon in Aquarius.

What's interesting about the lunations while the Sun is in Leo, is that Venus is present at both. Here she is within 4 degrees of a conjunction to the New Moon. That lunation occurring at 8 Leo 37 with Venus occupying 4 Leo 59. All three of these bodies are within orb of a square to Uranus (the Sun/Moon square to Uranus wanes while Venus' square waxes). Venus will officially find Uranus by square on 8/2 at 6 AM. She finds Jupiter by trine on 8/8 at 4:28 PM. Both these aspects are likely fairly “potent” as Jupiter and Uranus are each vibrating in their stations.

For the square from Venus to Uranus what we are going to uncover are things we feel are no longer tolerable and in need of change. Now this can be like finding a pea under a mattress. Or, tripping over matters in our personal lives that are likely have their own kind of history that in many ways we've outgrown. It could be that we have historically been tolerant of something and find that dealing with it just keeps getting more cumbersome until we finally decide to cast it off. Maybe we finally get sick of dealing with that little glitch in our vehicle that makes things just the right amount of annoying that we decide to sell the thing and buy a new one. Maybe we have been putting up with something in a relationship that has just drained us dry of any comfort or satisfaction. So, we cast that off too. The thing of it being, there isn't anything about that square that is going to be comfortable and it will be at our choice to cast out the cumbersome, reform things so that they are a better fit for us or simply cast it aside in favor of our freedom from it.

Right before the Full Moon in Aquarius...following Venus' square to Uranus and trine to Jupiter, she makes a conjunction with the Sun at 21 Leo 11 lighting up the Sabian: A carrier pigeon.

The symbol for the carrier pigeon is about homing instincts, communication and the long journey home which is interesting to note because the symbol that represents home (the Moon) will be all the way over in Aquarius perhaps creating a feeling of being a stranger in a strange land or even have us feeling isolated. Whereas the symbol for this New Moon Glass blowers represents our breath and the human ability to “Breathe life” into a creative a project. Taking what is inside us and directing it purposely toward the creation of something new in a creative, playful and perhaps even romantic way.

Taken on the whole, it would seem that August is a lot about change and it's unfurling. The best approach is to take it one step at a time and to be centered within ourselves by way of our breathing and what we are able to take from our past experience in an effort to create. Some of it may feel risky or as if we are gambling with our hearts to a certain degree. That's Leo too. Taking the risk to obtain reward. A reward that is wholly possible as Venus trines Jupiter as he stations direct...a transit that puts luck on our sides.

Yet by the time we reach the Full Moon, we may have a newly created treasure by our sides as depicted by the Sun/Venus conjunction. But, many will likely feel quite far from “home” or far from a feeling of a safety, comfort and security. And, we long to return to that. Sad thing being, there is much about the world now that is unrecognizable in comparison to what we “remember” home to be. We cannot go back to that place and time. And, furthermore, safety and security in truth were not contained within it. These are things we can recreate the “feel” of by employing new methods, detaching from the false security and slayings of nostalgia while facing and accepting the “need for change.”

You see, the New Moon in Leo is about you. All these planets (Sun, Mars, Venus, Moon) make this lunation highly personal. But, by the time we get to the Full Moon in Aquarius, we realize we are integral to the whole. But, life as a whole, is not all about us. We are whole and unique diverse individuals, ok? But, we live in a “collective.” Meaning, no person is an island. No one gets their way 100% of the time. And, you, even though an integral part of the collective, ARE NOT the center of the entire Universe. The world does not revolve around one person but we are at risk of taking things too personally and allowing our ego needs to runs the show as we muddle our way through Leo season with a packed stellium in the sign. It's hard to see beyond matters of “self” in those times. And, the thing is, “self” has been something highly accentuated lately as Mercury ran retrograde through Leo and Cancer in his attempt to help us rewire things like how we express ourselves, how the interpretation of our earliest experiences and memories bore impact upon how we express ourselves and how we gestate/incorporate and interpret emotional/intuitive/instinctual information....all while Saturn (our experience, our history, our foundations/structures) dissolves into the SN calling us away from more punitive, restrictive and hard lined disciplinary actions and more toward the NN...acting in compassion, nurturing, creating, supporting, care and feeding way. Meaning, we are being led from a punitive and disciplinary approach toward a more heart centered, accepting and nurturing one. In that, the ways in which we may have learned in the past to address things (Saturn) may now meet with what is deemed as “Failure” or “ineffectiveness.” Some may feel this in their core as becoming ineffective (Chiron in Aries) or may begin to feel as if their efforts are not being heard/validated due a feeling of a sense of duty to continue to perpetrate the “customary, disciplinary, punitive, restrictive” to which we are used to. But, what is so often missed is the ongoing influence of Neptune by way of his sextile to Saturn and trine to the NN he gives us opportunity to creatively reshape things in a more compassionate way. But, that cannot come without surrender to the “dissolution” of the old (Saturn) along with acceptance (Neptune) of the fact that the old ways of doing things (Saturn) simply are no longer effective (Chiron in Aries).

This is an opportunity to jump the track especially if you feel locked into a certain set of habits and routines that are causing misery.

So, essentially, at this New Moon we are given the opportunity to rebirth ourselves in light of what we have learned thus far. Problem being, what is going to be illustrated to us through the next two weeks is how our personal “fixed” behaviors may run amok within the collective or may actually be setting us up for failure (Chiron). Our “auto” responses particularly those that are linked into personal past experience (likely even built by the same) and those that are linked into issues of anger (resentment, depression, spite), feeling a need to compete, needing to seen/validated and issues that impact our feelings of vitality and individuality are in need of reform because....again...they are bearing impact upon the collective, upon ourselves in negative way and because these were built in our personal history and “historical” ways are failing. What happens is perspective gradually shifts (timely enough with Jupiter's station in August) away from being “all about you and your needs” and toward “the needs of the many” and what creative gifts we each have that can help contribute to a more healthy universal existence. Then, when Uranus shifts to Rx, we have a chance to go back and assess what changes we plan to consciously make in effort to build a stronger sense of personal security and we increase our personal wisdom about how our initial values and the way we value ourselves may have contributed to our very base operations and how we are rooted in certain behaviors. This increases personal wisdom and very often catalyzes us out of our comfort zones in effort to start incorporating this wisdom in an effort to build new standards of behavior for ourselves. Now. The changes that we perceive with that are not easy to undertake. They are deeply rooted and it's a slow walk with Taurus in laying new neural pathways and creating new personal patterns. We may stumble in those change efforts and lose our patience in the implementation. But, the key is tenacity. The stubbornness of Taurus turns to deliberate willfulness because the changes we perceive as necessary have the promise of being richly rewarding to ourselves and also beneficial to the collective that we reside within. What we discover in the Rx is the incentive toward change. And, that change will likely be found in the fact that the “current” situation catalyzing the need the for change is no longer tolerable, cumbersome, heavy, makes us feel stuck and we are ready to cast those peas out from under our mattresses so that we may find comfort once again.

So, in essence, much of this is about you. What you want. What you value. What you deem as important and how you go about creating a life that allows you to express yourself in authentic ways. However, what we will perceive as time moves forward is how all that “about you” then extends outwardly an impacts the collective. We will be given a chance to assess whether or not we like that or are comfortable with the results we are generating “out there” or if we may need to alter/change things up. BUT WATCH FOR THE AUTO-RESPONSES and know that is the most relevant part of the next two weeks. Don't allow the knee jerk reaction but do assess what your initial inkling toward response is and decide if you want to keep doing that by assessing 1) is it effective 2) is it a true illustration of who I am or am I merely reacting due my past experiences 3) am I honoring/respecting myself with this action 4) what is my motivation and does that align with my goals?

And that is the general gist of the sky right now. We are being called to self-reflection so we can discern what changes we need to make on a personal level in effort to re-birth ourselves as a deliberate and true self-expression instead of ankle chained to what we were conditioned to be or how we expressed ourselves in a world that no longer exists or is changing itself.

With that, in our intention setting, we are being guided by the Tarot Card Justice. Ah. So, the sky has geared toward matters of emotion and core essence and is pulling how we individually express ourselves to the fore by placing a lot of emphasis (stellium in Leo) on “self.” And, at the same time, we are collectively healing our abilities to be assertive, effective and feel perceived as integral and effective solitary individuals. But, Tarot says, to balance that by delivering Justice to us. In that, we are likely shown the logical results of our past actions. We get what we get in the results depart whether we like it or feel good about it or not. It is what it is. But. At the same time, we are also given the opportunity to perceive how our “auto” responses may set us up for personal failure while also being given a clear viewing of how those actions bear impact upon the collective and to assess whether or not that even makes sense.

On top of that, Justice calls for us to pay attention to the heavy. Justice often reminds me of the “heart weighing” against a feather. If we are over-burdened in any given area of life, then we will be called to balance the scales in some way. Think of something you dread...something that has grown cumbersome and feels as if it sucks the life out of you. How can you tip the scales to lighten your load and free your heart of the heavy weight? How can you rise above your emotionally driven and core constructed actions to see the logical answer?

Justice is also often a leavening. Or leveling the playing field. It takes everyone from their caste or class and puts them on equal ground. Everyone is the same regardless of their social status, prestige, bank account or ability to put an emotionally themed “spin” on their case. The facts are the facts and you either acted justly or broke the law. And, Justice puts NO ONE above the law. However, it's important to remember these are Universal laws not necessarily the one's written and enforced by mankind. These are the laws of cause and effect, karma and the echoes of the intentions behind the energy we exert coming back to us.

Now, just the words “karmic justice” can send shivers down an accountable person's spine. But, chances are if that strikes fear in your heart you are doing better than most because those that are accountable care about the consequences of their actions whereas those who are unaccountable for themselves can never even perceive that they are doing things to screw stuff up. Those are the ones that will be wailing at the sky and placing blame on everyone around them for the doling out of Justice as it finds them. It will be entertaining to watch because as Jupiter turns direct the ones who have seemingly been “winning” and “on top” may experience a reversal of fortune. So, if you've spent the last few months fatiguing yourself with the rhetoric of a pompous egotistical braggart? Pull up a chair and shut your mouth and watch as their luck begins to fail at Jupiter's station. Well rounded advice would have you minding your own path and your own business but sometimes? It's nice to also watch a pompous loud mouth idiot who is pushing for their own personal gain only..fall on their face. Because...you know, I'm human like that and so are you. So, yeah...eyes in your own lane but keep a check on the periphery for entertainment purposes. Also, ensure you are maintaining your ability to laugh at yourself because as Jupiter stations with a bunch of stuff in Leo we could be prone to take ourselves a bit too seriously. Remember, you can laugh.

Justice is also about truth and many are adamant that the truth is what they want. But, in the words of the infamous character Jack Nicholson portrayed in a “Few Good Men”...”You can't handle the truth.” Sometimes the truth of a situation will flat out piss you off before you are able to accept it and then move forward in light of it. And, there are also times in which the truth is withheld from the public at large because it is strongly believed by those in power the masses “cannot handle the truth” or will “revolt or be unsettled” in light of it. So, not even in for a millisecond must anyone believe they have all the information and know all the truth because it is often obscured, splintered, made publicly palatable or even hidden. That fact is going to rise in relevance as Jupiter turns direct and heads toward another square with Neptune. Also remember that what is crowned as “truth” has a tendency to change as we experience personal growth, glean wisdom and/or our perspective changes. We may be called toward personal perspective changes as Jupiter turns around and we will also be called to employ what it is we have learned thus far by putting it into action and using it to help direct us on our journey forward.

So. To follow the advice of Justice, we are seeking out the areas of our lives that need a better balance along with making decisions based in logic and reason without allowing our emotions to be manipulated toward a certain end. We are also balancing matters of self against matters of the collective or the “other” and attempting to create a system that is supportive of all in a just manner and without regard to whatever labels, castes or classes in which folks are socially assigned. We are looking to find the heavy and looking toward ways we can bring leavening or lightening to those areas so that when weighed against a feather our hearts can be just as light. It's time to breathe life and vitality back into ourselves and our lives. Go forward seeking balance and a greater sense of personal freedom/lightness.