New Moon in Leo: Making Sense of Great Change

The last new moon seed stood across the sky from Pluto, dredging up all sorts of ‘underworld’ material.

Our next new moon, in Leo on August 16th, tightly squares Uranus. Uranus is a disruptive and innovative influence. A square aspect suggests some strong tension erupting inside of us, a need to make decisions and plant directions that support greater sovereignty.

From 2012 to 2015, Uranus and Pluto danced in a square aspect with one another. This was the first turning point in their cycle that began in the late 60s. Recall Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street as key events during this opening square.

It feels like our last new moon opposite Pluto and our upcoming new moon square Uranus gives us an opportunity to integrate and embody key revolutions in our personal lives.

While the last few years have been full of upheaval, so were the years previous! Pluto entered Capricorn in 2008 and brought financial crisis, and we are just wrapping up that storyline, slowly.

Join me for a New Moon in Leo Webinar on August 16th, 2023 at 9 pm CST. Bring your chart.

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New Moon in Cancer: Many Faces of the Mother

On Tuesday evening (in Saskatoon), we experience a new moon, the regular meeting of the Sun and Moon (from our Earthly vantage point). Symbolically, with the Moon as receptive and the Sun as active, each new moon is a seed. Planted in the appropriate conditions, a seed cracks open and then develops a root system, which gives it the strength to break through the top layer of soil to experience the heat and energy of the Sun, where it can continue to grow into its fullest expression.

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New Moon & A Kiss From Neptune

Today’s new moon in Pisces occurs with alluring, diffuse, dreamy Neptune.

While January gave us the opportunity to explore the changing landscape of the major foundations that make up our lives, February challenged us with delays and obstacles. March is our opportunity to attune to the more pleasant, expansive, and optimistic vibes of 2019.

As the sap ever so slightly begins to soften in the trees, we too can gently rebound after January and February’s struggles. Perhaps this lunation can act as a chance to refresh your outlook on your current situation and future goals. We have the capacity to feel more trusting of life’s wisdom and rhythm this lunation, and we can dream up rather grand plans and possibilities.

The Mercury retrograde is an interesting one, beginning in the very final degree of the zodiac just after Chiron has left that point. Chiron’s myth shares themes of rejection, struggle, mentorship, pain, and healing. So Mercury, as weaver, connector, and traveller, must backstroke through the oceans of Pisces, contacting Chiron’s wake and slipping into Neptune’s whirling pool. Disorienting? Blurry? Inspired? Wistful? Deceptive? Alluring?

I’d feel foolish to try and ‘predict’ or pin down how this 3-week journey might unfold, but I do feel comfortable suggesting that you set aside time and space to creatively reflect and introspect on your life, dreams, and pains. Non-verbal modes of self-exploration (and in context of relationship) might be especially potent.

Art by Delro Rosco

New Moon in late Capricorn

The first new moon of 2018 occurs on January 16th late in the sign of Capricorn. Capricorn is the sea-goat – combining ancient wisdom of the waters with the expanded perspective gleaned from the mountaintops. As the third oldest sign of the zodiac wheel, Capricorn is about making practical and socially-relevant use of individual talents, applying lessons from relationships and spiritual insights, and gaining influence and mastery over one’s physical realm.

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