Full Blue Moon in Aquarius: Celebrate with Leo's Flair

With the Sun in 7 degrees of Leo and the Moon in 7 degrees of Aquarius, the July 31 Full Moon is the second full moon in this month. About every two years, two full moons fall within the same month, and this is called a Blue Moon. The expression “once in a Blue Moon” referring to something that doesn’t happen very often, is something most of us have heard. What does the Blue Moon hold in store? Well you can count on a very interesting mix of surprises and dramatic stirrings as this Full Blue Moon comes into opposition not only with the Sun in Leo but also with Mercury and Jupiter.

The Moon in Aquarius may be like the Ice Queen whose aloof attitude toward the Sun in Leo’s Drama Queen puts a bit of a damper on Leo’s desire for attention and the spotlight. Rulers of this Full Moon in the first decan of Aquarius, Saturn and Venus, is a full moon for visionaries and those seeking to expand beyond the boundaries of limitations and short-sighted thinking. Coupled with the fact that Venus is in the early stages of her retrograde phase, this Full Moon finds us seeking more freedom from whatever limits growth, too narrowly defines truth, and puts constraints on our sense of individual freedom.  We find ourselves shaking off the old skins of convention and outworn roles. We seek new horizons and new ways of achieving our goals, directing our paths, and discovering our connections with that which lies just beyond our reach, just beyond our view, and just over the next mountain top. Being present may seem nearly impossible as visions, dreams, and imagination find us traveling well beyond our own experience, into the realm of the Great Mysteries.

The Full Blue Moon has us seeking novel ways of change, and we might do well to remember to find at least a bit of grounding lest we get lost in the fantasy world that has us losing touch with what is before us. With the Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter in Leo, there is likely to be a very social aspect to this Full Moon. Leo wants to celebrate itself with a display of pride, freedom, and dramatic flair and above all, individuality. The Blue Moon in Aquarius is all about independence as well, but needs to feel the ‘all for one, one for all’ team spirit is in play. This is a crucial time in our collective history—a time of both the evolution and progression of our collective consciousness with the Divine Creation.

Coming as it does on the very last day of July, this Full Moon marks the halfway point in a cycle of completion, and occurs during a time of reflection and transformation of individual development as well as collective. We each can glimpse how our personal choices and life paths can help heal and nourish the whole. Notice what area of your life is highlighted by both the Sun and the Moon at this time. Notice what is evolving and being illuminated in your life. During this week leading up to the Full Blue Moon, pay particular attention to dreams, intuitive insight, visions, as well as the unfolding of new and unusual experiences of completion. Notice what blessings, words of knowledge and approval, or special favors flow to you now. Notice what gifts are being laid before you, and what desires are calling for you to take some action or make some movement toward what demands to be expressed, addressed, and created.

This is a time when gardens are flourishing, ideas are coming into bloom, and new growth is appearing in the middle of a very fruitful season. Abundance, signified by Jupiter’s presence in Leo, is unabashed in its gift giving and showering of plenty, affection, and resources. Prepare the way for receiving and celebrating, by ridding yourself of whatever clutters up the way. Clear out the cobwebs of old, worn out thought. Dust off the skills and talents that have laid dormant too long. Wake up the senses that long for stimulation. Connect with the Earth, Waters, Air, and Warmth of the seasons that cover the Earth. Awaken the Spirit to receive an infusion of Universal energy, vision, and joy—then use what you receive to make your life and the world a better place. Receive your healing, and help other heal as well.

With Venus’ entry into retrograde, take the next few weeks to nurture yourself, listen to what your heart and soul require, and follow your passion for Life. Breathe in the Divine Presence, and allow that Presence to fill you with joy, love, and serenity.  Celebrate in gratitude and grace at this Full Blue Moon.

Sun and Mercury entering Leo: shifting energy brings change

July Sunset Afterglow                                                                                                                                    Catherine Al-Meten

Prepare yourself for a week of great shifts and transitions. The Sun moves from the constellation of Cancer into Leo, as does Mercury. Venus begins her retrograde phase in Virgo on July 25. Remember, planets and the Sun begin drawing of the power of such shifts days and weeks before, depending on the speed of their orbit. Over the last few weeks, you may have been sensing the changes coming. Mars remains in Cancer until August 8, and so the muted nature and security-focused nature of Cancer infuses our actions. Jupiter entered Leo on July 16, reviving up the energy for increased abundance and returns on investments. Between now and August 11 when Jupiter enters Virgo, take advantage of all the good will, resources, opportunities, and new adventures that you will soon be engaging in.

Venus retrograde’s phase which runs from July 25 through September 6, happens to be a 40-day cycle.  Such cycles are often thought to be sacred times. Spiritual retreats and times of great reflection and enlightenment often follow a 40-days and 40 nights pattern. Venus symbolizes the goddess of Love as well as War, according to the ancient Babylonians. We all know that love, turned inside out, can be used as a weapon against the those whose love was once so precious. A retrograde phase is a time for reflection, and it is also a time to look at the shadow side of whatever issues are unexamined, unhealed, or unresolved in that area of our lives.

During Venus retrograde cycles, old flames may show up, new, unorthodox approaches to relationships may be tried out.  Complications from any unresolved past issues related to love, marriage, romance, or other intimate connections may result. Whatever is strong and durable, will survive. Whatever is not, will end or become much less a focus. Energy that has been drained in trying to make something work that isn’t meant to, now depletes those who have run out of excuses, solutions, or tolerance for untenable situations.

Venus in Virgo has us looking for pragmatic, down-to-earth ways to express and experience love. Whatever we do that pertains to Venus-ruled experiences, has to have a practical application. Art we buy, clothes we wear, entertainment we choose, and of course, the way we view love and relationships. Venus in Virgo has us looking at anything we do with impeccable care. We pay attention to the details and we tend to the small, but important aspects of our lives. Clearing clutter and cleaning house, become part and parcel of our lives right now. When we release clutter during this period, it is infinitely more rewarding. Energy is released and movement is spurred along, especially since the Sun and Mercury are entering Leo during this same period. The focus and direction of our energy flow now is into direct action.

The retrograde phase of Venus which starts this week, is a time when we will each have the opportunity to discover what is ready for resolution and healing.  This can be a time of great vulnerability, a time when we question and doubt the choices we have made regarding love. We may wander into the past, looking for reassurance from something or someone that is no longer on our side, so to speak.  Our own vulnerabilities create a tension that finds us needing reassurance and validation, but not ready to go into uncharted territories. The tendency during times like this is to fall back into patterns from the past, seeking to relight an old flame or cling to ideas and relationships that no longer honor who we are.

While this retrograde time may bring temptations that draw us into old patterns and behavior, it can also be a time when we are brave enough to put an end to what is dead and gone. Time to symbolically bury the past. Over the last week or so, you may have already entered into temptation’s garden, and discovered yourself back in the energy of a relationship you have had a difficult time letting go of. If that is the case, you may have ignored your intuitive red flags or found yourself making excuses for your lover’s behavior—a pattern that you seem to want to ignore. If this is the case, hopefully you will wake up now, and takes time during the 40-day cycle to extricate yourself from whatever is not life-affirming, love-giving, and healthy. This requires personal courage and a clarity of mind that you can have some perspective on what the wrong choices will result in if you choose to slip back into an old routine and opt not to grow stronger and move forward.

This retrograde period of Venus is excellent for healing and creating. Go back and discover the beauty that has been within you, that you share and sometimes squander with those who do not appreciate it.  Spend time building up your inner sanctuary, tending to the beauty, love, gifts, and treasures you have within. Take what is best from the past, and give it a new polish.  Involve yourself in creative endeavors you do as a form of  self renewal. Step into sacred space in the Divine Temple where you allow yourself to heal, nourish, and experience a rebirth of yourself in a new form and shape, tempered, honed and strengthened by your experiences. To do so promises you that you will emerge from this period a transformed person, capable and ready to move over the threshold to a new kind of experience in love, beauty, relationship, and life.

Over the weekend of the 25-27, Venus will parallel Uranus in Aries. This finds us embracing whatever new energy is flowing into our lives right now. It ushers in the 40-day period and sends significant energy into areas of our lives and love relationships, that find us looking in new directions, being presented with new ideas and opportunities, and discovering entirely new fields of exploration in our search for love, truth, and beauty. It can be an exhilarating time, yet a bit unstable. Enjoy the ride, and let yourself take things slowly when it comes to making long term commitments or plans. Let things develop slowly and organically.

During this week, Mercury is going to trine Chiron in Pisces, making for an excellent time for communications. Listening is easier for us now, and we find we have little need to push our ideas across or fail to listen because we are so worried we won’t be heard. We may find it easier to feel comfortable not having to say everything we think. Also on Monday, Venus seisquiquadrates Neptune in Pisces causing some fuzzy thinking or a desire to wool gather and day dream. This may be great for artistic inspiration but may not be so for anything that requires clarity or technical skill. Later in the evening, the Sun in Cancer trines Saturn in Scorpio. Despite their presence in water sings, this trine brings a kind of grounding that makes u feel very at home and stable. We are more content with not only what we are doing but also how we are doing it. We feel the capacity to deal with whatever we are responsible for doing, and we do so with a greater sense of being able to look at the reality of our lives and ourselves, rather than dwelling on wishing we could change or do things better. We are riding the horse in the direction it is going.

On Wednesday, Mercury in Cancer trines Saturn in Scorpio, another aspect that brings clarity, energy, and focus to whatever we are organizing, planning, or preparing for. This is a positive time for clarity and sound decision making. Whatever you have worked hard to develop in your life and the lessons you have learned from self inquiry and honest reflection, now manifest in bringing form and substance into whatever plans, projects, or choices you are now making or working on. What you set into motion now, brings forth your future crop of ideas and creations.

Also on Wednesday, the Sun enters Leo. We move into the active arena of fire energy.  Almost immediately, the Sun in Leo conjuncts Mercury, so we might actually start this solar transit with some very good news or receive something we have been waiting for.  In any event, our mind, body, spirit, and all levels of communication are in perfect alignment, making this a time when we are clear and concise, full of ideas and plans, capable of solving complex problems, and no doubt saying or writing exactly what we feel and mean. Our words, in whatever form, have an impact and will result in tangible effects. Choose your words wisely. Be careful what you wish or ask for becaue you are bound to see it manifest.

On Thursday, Mercury also enters Leo leading up to some interesting and powerful energy and meetings.

Also on  Thursday, all day Friday and into the weekend, the Moon is in Scorpio. The Moon is making aspects each day with all the major inner and outer planets and the Sun. Saturn still in its retrograde journey into the last decan of Scorpio, is causing us to revisit a lot of old thoughts, patterns, and behaviors. It is as if we are going through the trunks in our attics or basements, reviewing the history of who we are and where we came from. We are assessing, during this period, and with the Moon also transiting this sign, we are apt to feel very emotional if not downright melancholy. You may find yourself facing deeper levels of grief than you have in a long time. Outbursts and emotions are on the surface for many at this time. Something you say or do may trigger feelings in someone else—feelings that may not actually have anything to do with you, but you may be on the receiving end of their unhealed grief or unacknowledged anger. Steer clear of encounters with anyone who may use you for a punching bag or toss their own unhealed garbage your way.  Whether or not it is conscious or unconscious, intentional or unintentional, you don’t need nor do you deserve to be the recipient of anyone else’s anger, rage, or unhealed stuff.

Also on Friday, the first quarter square of the Moon occurs. This is a time when whatever we have already set into motion or been focusing our energy on, meets its first tests of this lunar cycle.  With the New Moon setting off the Cancer  cycle, our emotional well being depends on feeling at home, feeling safe and secure, and feeling we are capable of taking care of those for whom we are responsible.  Notice how this square triggers or energizes you on Friday, and notice what your natural inclination is. By observing our behavior under different stellar aspects, we begin to understand that we are fluid, dynamic beings, and that we are always learning how to adapt to the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexpected.

On Saturday, July 25, Mars in Cancer squares Uranus in Aries, a very explosive, unpredictable aspect. Our feelings and need for security and safety, may be jostled by unexpected event, changes, or other challenges and obstacles. Our own behavior may be affected by this aspect, and so it is helpful to remember to curb our impetuousness and rein in our desire to act or react impulsively. Keep your cool, and count to ten if you feel the temperature rise in discussions that are edging on arguments. We may feel distracted because the energy (Uranus in Aries) and all the planets and the Sun now in Leo, are heating things up and increasing our levels of energy. Rash actions and choices are likely, so notice where you are likely to be affected.

All in all, it’s a pretty active week, with major shifts in energy, changing signs of planets, and a cartload of aspects that challenge us to remain true to ourselves, remain connected to the Divine guidance we need, and ride the seas of change ready to adjust our sails according to the weather and our destination. Navigating through changing seas, requires vigilance, both of the inner and outer realities of Nature. What is the natural course that you find yourself on at this time in your life? This is the guiding question

for a time such as this.

New Moon in Cancer

This weekend, we have experienced the lunar phase called the Dark of the Moon, and this evening we experience the square between the Sun in Cancer and Uranus in Aries, a potent aspect affecting us in sudden, shocking, and surprising ways. The Moon is in the last few days of Gemini, the same sign of this month’s earlier lunar cycle. The square brings us anything but a predictable life. Expect the unexpected, and be prepared to be shaken to our foundations.  However we are used to coping with upsets, may not work at this time. It is essential that we remain adaptable and flexible. Whatever changes to our routines or disruptions of our way of life occur at this time, we will feel that we are grasping for ways to act on our own behalf, to improve our quality of life.

Since both the Sun and Uranus have been moving into this alignment for a few days now, the peak may serve to bring us down to earth or shake us up just enough to remind us that we cannot predict everything nor can we control for all possibilities. When we are faced with upsets, challenges, or unwelcome surprises or changes, we need to above all else, remain calm. It is best to take your time in discerning how to handle changes, and to think carefully before acting. Sudden and  thoughtless acts are to be avoided at all costs now. Slow down. Take time off or take time to rest. Avoid overdoing or pushing pass your personal limits.  Health, safety, and long-term well being are at risk if caution isn’t taken to take care of your health.

In the early morning on January 13 (5:09 A.M. PDT) Mercury  at 14/11 Cancer forms a semi-square to Jupiter at 24/29 Leo. This stimulating aspect may find some of us waking up with a monkey mind, full of ideas, fears, plans, or lists of things that feel urgent and/or neglected. Avoid starting off the day by letting this energy knock you off center. Instead, make a careful list of what need to be done, spend some time in meditation and prayer, and get out and take an early morning walk to help calm yourself down and to gain some perspective for the day and week ahead. Restlessness is one manifestation of Mercury’s semi-square to Jupiter. Wishful thinking or elaborate pipe dreams carry this energy off on a lot of mental and physical tangents. Give yourself some space and time to let some of this energy out.

Around noon on Monday, Mercury in Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces. This leads to a lot of time spent day-dreaming, fantasizing, and imagniative thinking. This can be a useful time for brainstorming or creative and artistic work.   Sometime in the evening the Sun in Cancer trines Chiron in Pisces, opening our hearts, minds, and spirits to healing that takes place when we come to understand some of what our wounds and and challenges have brought to us as gifts for growth and fulfillment.

Late Monday night on the West Coast and later in the evening further East, Venus  in the anaretic degree  (29th) of Leo forms a square to Saturn in 28 degrees retrograde of Scorpio. This brings something from the past to a head, to its final stages, or to its completion or end. Wherever this aspect occurs in your chart, look to see what is making its last dying breath in some way. What is over, not only in a superficial or surface way, but also in a very real and final emotional and spiritual way. Observe the dreams that occur this night as you may receive some definitive or enlightening answers to questions you have been trying to resolve lately.  Notice where emotional distance, lack of affection or caring, or cold, calculating attitudes are wreaking havoc on your emotional and personal happiness. Treat yourself with tenderness, and avoid difficult, demanding, or one-sided relationships that drain or harm you.

Also on Wednesday, Mars in Gemini forms a seisquiquadrant to Saturn in Scorpio. When Mars, the planet of action comes up against Saturn, the plodding Great Teacher, we are called on to handle whatever needs handling and to do so in a way that is well thought out and solid. What might seem like resistance is a reminder that whatever long-term changes and transitions are taking place in our lives, demand that change be grounded in solid, steady, and constant intention and sound thinking. It may feel like you are podding through a lot of muck and mire to get even simple things done at this time.

On Wednesday Venus forms a semi-square to Mars in the morning.  Some touchiness and emotional edginess may arise with this aspect. The desire to live peacefully and with a sense of beauty and fairness rubs up against the need and desire to get things done. Tension in or about relationships is likely. This happens at about the same time that Mars in Gemini is coming into opposition with Pluto, in Capricorn—another combination that is fraught with impatience and a sense of urgency while being stalled or hampered in efforts to move forward. This opposition is sure to find you in power struggles and battles for position, authority, or respect.  Notice how this energy fits your own patterns, and see if you can use the energy to discern how you need to develop and grow in some way.

The New Lunar cycle in Cancer is a time when we awaken to our security needs and to that which makes us feel at home, safe, comfortable, and fulfilled with our lives.  At this New Moon, it is a good time to honor that which grounds us and lifts us at the same time. How does our lifestyle, our beliefs and practices, and our perspectives and values reflect our highest good? How do we serve and love those in our care and community? In what ways are we drawing to us that which allows us to love and be loved in return? What brings us peace and the sense of being at home with ourselves? On this New Moon in Cancer, set your intentions on that which nourishes, feeds, honors, and provides you with a true sense of home.

Wednesday, July 15 at 6:24 P.M./PDT marks the beginning of a new lunar cycle when the Moon enters Cancer. The New Moon occurs at 23/14 of the water sign, Cancer, one of the four cardinal points on the Zodiac. Anyone with planets, the Sun, the Moon, or aspects between 20-26 degrees of the Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, will feel the influence of this moon strongly.

Time for reflection and awareness

The third Quarter square of the Moon in Aries to the Sun in Cancer at 16/21 degrees brings us to the period in the Lunar cycle called the Dark of the Moon. A time before the next New Moon, this is a time of wrapping up and completing whatever was conceived of, initiated, or underway at the last New Moon three weeks ago. The Light of the Moon is decreasing, and it is not the best of times to start something new. It is, however, a good time to put the finishing touches on something already under way or something nearing completion or transition.

Over the last two or three weeks, you may have noticed some strange awakenings or unusual revelations occurring. Sudden and unexpected changes may have occurred, either at your own instigation or as a result of your deep-seated desires manifesting as choices made for you. For example, you may have reached the limits of your endurance, tolerance, or satisfaction with a situation or relationship. This may have triggered either internal or external actions, decisions, or revelations. Someone may have quietly observed something about your behavior, demeanor, or choices that shed new light on an important decision you have or are making. Or you may have felt tested and pushed to the limit just one too many times, and lost your temper or expressed yourself in a way that pushed the truth out into the light. Whatever may have taken place, a new kind of awareness has dawned on you. In my case, after telling my doctor at my annual check up how well and quickly I had handled a long unresolved problem and was now ready to “just move on”, she laughed and looked at me and said, “You know that’s not how that happens, don’t you?”  And of course she is right. What my head/ego wants me to do is not necessarily what is really going on. Notice in your own life, where your ego drives are leading your astray or at the very least, away from what is really good for you or not.

As Hemingway suggested about the best laid plans of mice and men, our plans and expectations do not necessarily merge on our life journey. What needs to  be readjusted in your plans, your attitude, or your perspective? What has been revealed to you about shifts and alternatives? What could you incorporate into your life to make it easier to deal with challenges, difficulties, or vacant spaces?

The Sun remains in Cancer until July 21, and during this time we remain very protective and concerned with security and the needs of home, hearth, and family. Mercury which has been in Gemini, is ready to move into Cancer on July 8.  Gemini’s quest to engage in everything of the least bit interesting, has spurred an increase in all kinds of communication during Mercury’s recent transit. Over the course of the next couple of days, you may put the finishing touches on a discussion, end or be notified of something that has ended, or be or become more aware that what once mattered so much, is no longer important. Mercury will transit the anaretic degree (29 degrees) of Gemini right before it changes signs, so be aware and sensitive to whatever needs to be released or let go of. Be prepared to move forward, leaving at least a bit of baggage behind.

As Mercury moves into Cancer on July 8th, it will join the Sun and Mars who are both presently transiting Cancer. Mars, the planet of action, and the Sun the symbol of expression, will be enhanced with Mercury’s transit through Cancer. Mercury brings its insight, clarity, news, long-awaited communications, and understanding to trigger and propel greater expression and action on our desire to achiever safety, harmony, and balance within our homes and within our own sense of being at home. Mercury may also fuel some of the mood swings that Mars in Cancer tends to ignite due to its repressive position in this sign.  When we hold back what we really feel, deny what we really want, or are hampered and frustrated by not being understood, it is bound to come out in some pretty unhealthy or unpredictable ways. 

With Saturn’s plunge back into Scorpio, we now have the chance to use all this watery, emotional, and subconscious energy and awareness to get in touch with what we really feel and begin to live a bit more authentically and honestly. In another week (July 14), Saturn, the Great Teacher will renter Sagittarius once again, leaving the deep, dark, sometimes depressingly revealing realms of Scorpio for the remainder of this Saturn transit. Use these last days of this revelatory transit of Saturn, to glean the lessons that your heart, mind, soul, and experience are meant to learn. Let your inner warrior enter the battlefield of self development and growth, rather than engaging on battlefields that distract and deflect you from what you are truly meant to learn, do, and be at this time, in this life journey you are on.

Venus remains in fiery Leo until July 18.We are still caught up in the idea and ideals of romance. When we invest our heart, emotions, and desires into creative work that holds deep meaning for us, we use this Venus transit for its highest purpose. When we choose to be directed by love and compassion, we serve even as we are ministered to. Next Sunday, July 12, Venus forms a square with Saturn (right before Saturn reenters Sagittarius), and this can manifest as a great deal of discomfort, dissatisfaction, and even some depression. The reason? We have been denying some truth, some need, or some desire and that has led to the suppression of what is authentic for us.  This aspect lasts two days,and coincides with the anaretic degree that Mercury is making. Lots of the movement in the heavens this week and next, focus our attention on whatever needs liberating.

By July 14 (coincidentally Bastille Day in France), we may feel we have been let out of a prison and a long suppression of our dreams and desires.  That suppression is primarily of our own making, so notice how any resistance to change or facing truth, appears in your life. Notice how you turn from looking in the mirror to discover what your soul is revealing to you. Notice the signs that other people’s decisions and choices signal to you about your own condition. It can be a time of great insight, provided we are willing to stop, look, and listen. Watch your dreams, check in with your intuition, notive your fantasies and visions, and watch how ‘the day goes’. Notice when things just don’t seem to work out,and notice what those little or not so little disruptions, disappointments, or delays symbolize.

On Monday, July 6 (as I write), the Sun in Cancer is in direct opposition to Pluto in Capricorn.  Now is the time to deal head on with issues involving power, authority, and competition. Any issues that remain unresolved in our own inner struggle to take hold of the reins of our own lives, may now manifest in some unpleasant and defected displays of emotion. We may strike out at others or be hyper-critical or irritated with external conditions or responses due to the lack of connection to and control. We may feel that others or the job or the financial markets or something outside of ourself is holding us back from realizing our goals. A feeling of powerlessness may make us feel vulnerable, frightened, or threatened. The good news is, if we are willing to engage in a true battle to understand our own motivations, intentions, needs, and habits, we can learn how we are inviting trouble to our door or not. On some level, we invite in what is visiting us, and now is a great time to notice if our thoughts, our ways of communicating, or ambiguity, or indecisiveness is working for or against our best interests. This can be a day of great inner growth and enlightenment. At the very least, it is time to do an inventory of what our resources are—both internal and external. Who am I, and what am I doing with my time, my life, my purpose? How am I getting in my own way, and what do I need to do to be more open to Divine guidance? What are the signs and guiding principles in my life? What remains a mystery to me? What have I learned about my gifts, and how am I nurturing those gifts for my highest good?

Tuesday evening Mercury forms a quincunx to Saturn. Communication is blocked or at the very least foggy and vague. We may feel at loose ends, unable to get our point across and unwilling or capable of hearing what someone else says. The subliminal energy of this week may find us distracted to the point that we forget or feel like we have forgotten something of vital importance. Whether that feeling is real or not, the energy generated by feeling we’ve ‘lost it’ may find us creating disaster scenarios in our fantasy world that is ruled by Ego-Controller. 

The key during such times is to slow down, get centered on the immediate present, and practice a little mindfulness. Peel a grape, sing a song, mow the lawn, or jog around the block. Do something to loosen the grip that terror scenarios raise in us. Remember too, that fear scenario raises our cortisol levels, and creates some very real problems with our health.  Live in gratitude over the abundance and serenity in your life. Surrender your worries to something bigger than yourself. Write down fears and then burn them. Go to confession or reconciliation. Write in your diary. Pound your pillow or hammer it out. Let go of the fantasies that use up your time and energy, and misdirect and confuse.

On Wednesday, Mars in Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces. This lovely, watery combination helps us bring some of our best ideas to fruition. Following our intuition, using our insight, and taking in the messages and guidance of our dreams enables us to reap the benefits of the Creative One. Artistic, creative, and productive ideas abound, and we feel more powerful and fertile than we may have for some time. Rather than allowing our needs and desires to drive and propel us, we relax and ease into a more in-depth expression of beauty, love, and creative insight. With the shroud of  fear and oppression lifted, we flow more freely and live more fully in the harmony of the now. We live, and move, and have our being in the Divine Light, and feel ourselves at one with that Light and all that reflects that great Love.

In this week of the third quarter square of the Moon and the period of the dark of the moon before the next new moon, allow yourself time and space to honor what is being born in you, what is leaving your experience, and what you need to and can do to make your growing and learning process less painful and random, and more mindful and intentional.