Venus, which moves into Leo on July 28th, is very close to this new Moon, and so she adds her Wisdom, Creativity and Love to the mix. The Sabian symbol for Venus at 3*Leo is: A middle-aged woman, her long hair flowing over her shoulders and in a bra-less youthful garment. This symbolizes emotional independence from cultural expectations, giving rise to a youthful attitude, regardless of age. The hippie woman is back, "making love not war' and singing "all you need is love'. Express what's in your heart and soul and create something!
This new Moon is also in a very supportive relationship (a trine) to Uranus and Ceres in Aries, nurturing our independence, our uniqueness, our genius and our awakening to cosmic realities. Uranus is still at 5* Aries: A triangle with wings. Uranus will help us envision the new possibilities of a co-creative life, which in turn can mobilize our creativity and our strength.
The dwarf planet Ceres, Earth Mother and Great Goddess of the Harvest, just peeked into Aries this month, probably not liking what she sees, and so giving us a preview of a new understanding of our relationship to the Earth. Perhaps our inner rage at what's happening in the world does start outer fires in Arizona and wars in Afganistan! Who is to say? Perhaps we really are the mediators of how the creative cosmic forces manifest on Earth. The Sabian symbol for 1* Aries says that something new is arising: A woman just risen from the sea. A seal is embracing her. This image calls each of us to our destiny, if we can hold onto the new consciousness without regressing to back into unconsciousness.
Thank goodness Ceres will retrograde back into Pisces, spending a year in the sign of our collective heart instead of its' usual 2 months. In Pisces, she can nurture our collective longing for a peaceful world, our compassion that unites us in our struggles and our absolute trust in the workings of Spirit. Open your hearts and listen to her stories. You'll hear the voice of the good but stern Mother, telling us to awake up and take care of our home! Many of us have come through our own devastating yet transformative crisis, so use that memory to envision a fruitful outcome for our collective future.
While Jupiter in Taurus and Pluto in Capricorn are both in Earth signs and so support each other with their demolishing and rebuilding projects, they form hard angles to this New Moon. Hard aspects advise caution. Hard aspects constrain us. The Leo New Moon is challenged by Jupiter in Taurus and constrained by Pluto in Capricorn. Both these planets pressure the creative and expansive Leo New Moon to acknowledge the practicalities of the situation and adjust the imagined needs to the world's changing realities. We have to face what is to help us reshape our response to the world. If we succeed, the art we create in these next years can awaken the world. That is the artist's mission -- to awaken people to unseen realities.
Jupiter in Taurus wants us to sink
deeply into the essence of our physicality, to awaken our senses so we can smell the messages on the wind, see the future in the fire, taste the joy of communion, touch the meaning of Beauty and hear the intention of Spirit. Let your senses tell you a story -- Jupiter
loves a good story. The consequences of
cutting ourselves off from our senses arise from Jupiter's extravagant side:
expanding our tendency to addiction and depression, obsession and repression,
unconsciousness and insecurity. These in
turn give rise to the rampant dysfunction of our society, which is addicted to
things that don't nurture our souls. A
good relationship with Jupiter in Taurus can help us realign with Earth's
intentions and so center ourselves in the laws of Nature. With Jupiter in Taurus, let us build something
worthwhile.
So how does Jupiter in Taurus challenge the Leo New Moon? If we really want to create something personally and collectively meaningful, we have to use our senses and pick up on the energies around us. We need to channel those energies through our senses, our intelligence, our hearts and our spirits if we want to create a culture-changing art like in the 60s. That's where the real revolution takes place! We have to inspire our people with a better vision of life. We can all walk away from this dying paradigm and establish something new that incorporates the best of the old and the new. But we have to be able to imagine it! That's the work of our artists. Then we have to create it. That's the work of the makers. Jupiter in Taurus is a builder and maker.
Pluto is inconjunct (150*) this Leo New Moon. The inconjunct is an aspect that demands analysis to improve on, rebalance and make adjustments to the New Moon energies. It constrains us to become more discerning and organized, more disciplined and observant. It breaks down old ineffective patterns of behavior. Remember, these astrological aspects align with cosmic law. This is how life evolves and works! The Cosmic Story is telling you to fine-tune your creative energies.
Remember Pluto's 3-step energetic process of decline, death and rebirth. First, we have to recognize the decay. Second, everything inessential must to be burned away. Third, a new paradigm arises out of the ashes like the Phoenix. Pluto in Capricorn, the sign of our social structures, is busy pointing out toxic structures, exposing the stench of hypocrisy and greed, and amazingly shining his dark light on our Shadows. It's getting harder NOT to see it.
How does Pluto affect this Leo New Moon? Moon-Pluto aspects are often associated with the negative mother complex, the devouring mother archetype that separates, alienates and traumatizes us. That's what patriarchy has done to us. But the inconjunct demands that we analyze the situation and if we can make the necessary adjustments, this aspect can offer us empowerment and regeneration, giving us the strength to fearlessly face whatever is to come. Because we have looked at the raging Mother and understand her agony! We understand what it feels like to be dispossessed, to have our self-confidence ripped away, to feel powerless in the face of power.
So our Leo creativity and leadership needs to be tempered with an incisive, indepth analysis of what our society needs. And our creativity is also challenged to open up to the information coming to us from our senses. Extreme weather, a still dangerous nuclear disaster, a genetically modified food supply that lacks nutrition, the pollution of our waters and our skies cannot be ignored once our senses are activated. As artists, we need to translate what we sense and feel into something that inspires people to wake up and do something about it. Our strength is in numbers. As more minds awaken to new possibilities, our united group consciousness can create and energize a new structure of reality. That's what the music of the 60s did for us. It shaped a new reality that we all engaged in, and while the 60s was a disruptive time (the birth of a new evolutionary revolution), the new spiritual, psychological and practical growth that came out of that time will help us change the world now.
Mercury, the Mind, is about to go retrograde on August 2nd at 2*Virgo, retrograding back to 19*Leo, and turning direct again on August 26th. As always, Mercury retrograde is a time to reflect, re-organize, re-do, re-member. This doubles Mercury's stay in Leo to almost two months, activating our creative mind. Mercury stations very near the royal star, Regulas, the heart of the Lion, reminding us to let our hearts lead the way. Watch out for those inspiring ideas. Write them down so you can see where they're leading you. Mercury is opposed by Neptune and Chiron in Pisces, heightening our imagination and inspiring us to work together to heal the world. This is also a great time to write down your dreams. The dream messages will be important, indicating a direction you need to pay attention to. If you don't know what your dreams are telling you, get in touch with me. Dream interpretation is my healing gift!
The Sabian symbol for Mercury at 2* Virgo is: A large white cross dominates the landscape. The Mind is focused on the mystical path, the path of initiation, and the "crucifixion' tests us to give up our ego-centric emotional life and learn detachment. This white cross reminds us that we are here to "suffer' on the world tree and become conscious of our spiritual heritage so our life here on Earth can become magnificent! We are spiritual beings having a human experience. And so crucifixion becomes a liberating experience. This makes sense with Neptune, the planet of spirituality and imagination, opposing Mercury three times in the next two months.
Mars enters Cancer on August 4th, once again triggering the Cardinal T-square and filling in the 4th leg. It will square Uranus in Aries on August 9th, oppose Pluto in Capricorn on August 10-11, and square Saturn in Libra on August 25th. Mars activates this cardinal energy, so watch for the transformations to unfold. The world might get wild this next month, so hold onto your spirits and use everything that comes your way to create, create, create. Go boldly into the future!
Bright Blessings of the First Harvest to all of You!
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