Full Hunter's Moon in Aries: Reconciling in the Fullness of Being

Full Moon in October                                                                                                                Catherine Al-Meten Meyers

Late last night I went out to look at the stars, and there rising up over the hill to the south was a waxing moon just past the first quarter. The Full Moon in Aries, the Full Hunter’s Moon will peak just after midnight on October 16 (12:24 EDT). In the rest of North America it will reach her fullness earlier (9:24 PDT) in the evening of October 15.  Also called the Dying Grass Moon and the Travel Moon, this Full Moon in Aries signals the full entry into the darkness of Autumn, a time when preparations are underway for winter and when migrations to milder climes is underway. This Full Moon in Aries is conjunct Uranus and sits atop the Fixed Star, Acamar in the constellation, Eridanus, the River.

In ancient times, Acamar was the brightest star in the southern sky (as far as one could see from Greece). It was at the tail end of the constellation Eridanus, the River. The constellation Eridanus “traditionally represents the river into which Phaeton fell when slain by Jupiter for having set the world on fire by misguiding the chariot of his father Phoebus.” The white star, a fixed star, at the end of the constellation was called Archernar in Arabic. Archernar, meaning end of the river, signified travel, quest for knowledge, and dangers at sea. 

The Full Moon in fiery Aries atop Uranus and Acamar could energize our desire to travel, search for deeper and greater knowledge, or might shine its light on what we have already gathered and learned in our journeys of life.A gathering time, when we prepare for the future by assessing our present resources and needs in preparation for the future. What inner resources, experiences, talents, and passions equip us for living out our purpose and carrying on in our journey?

In the third decan of Arise, the Moon is receives the energy and essence of this Venus/Jupiter-ruled sector. The watery essence of the third decan making this Arise Full Moon more imaginative and creative than it would normally be. With the hard energy of Uranus (sudden, shocking, and unexpected events and influences) and some of the rough waters of this leg of your journey. We may be more apt to see the humor and irony in some of the chaotic and crazy events and interactions that are happening at this time. There’s a lift for us as our emotional responses rise above some of the depression and deeply troubling energy that has been felt so strongly of late.  It gets to the point sometimes, when we have to laugh about what is beyond understanding or reconciling. We have to learn to live with what is as opposed to what we believe it should be or what we expect it to be. This is that kind of meeting point between emotions and rational thought...we learn to ride the river in the direction it is flowing.

With Uranus conjunct the Moon in Aries, the unpredictable and rebellious aspect triggers the lunatic fringe as much as it does our own natural tendency to rebel against that which threatens or triggers old wounds and shadow issues. When we fail to deal with the shadow (undeveloped or unacknowledged) parts of ourselves, it appears in more negative forms within us and/or through our behavior and attitudes. Paying attention and acknowledging the hard stuff is good for it helps us understand who we really are. We may feel compelled to lash out or to hide away from our own emotions when we hold everything inside. The call is to stand with the emotional feelings and find ways, to channel that energy into creative and productive ways. Don’t be surprised if your emotional responses and reactions fluctuate wildly. Notice where in your chart the transiting Moon, Uranus, and Sun are transiting. Let yourself be aware of the full range of your emotional being.

Uranus in Aries opposite the Sun in Libra acts as a flame that ignites hidden or suppressed issues, upsetting the status quo. Just when you thought you had it all together, something sets off a sudden release. Uranus is often associated with abandonment issues--we all have them. The fear of being left or ignored or forgotten. It’s a part of our human nature, and rises to the top at times of great crisis such as this aspect signals.  When push comes to shove, we lose our ability to temper our feelings any longer. We may overstep our bounds, or have someone go too far with us, thus setting off a chain reaction resulting in a lot of closed doors and sudden endings. Notice how this plays out in your own life, and do what you can to see what areas you might be vulnerable in at the time of the Full Moon in Aries.

The Aries Full Moon, the Full Hunter’s Moon/Travel Moon/Dying Grass Moon highlights where we need to ready ourselves for the journey ahead, equipped with and supported by relationships and resources that build up and give life and sustenance to our health and well being. We often know deep down what is dying in our lives, but we cling to what we think we cannot live without hoping we’re not really able to see. Listen to your inner voice, and listen to what others are really saying and what they are revealing through their actions. Pay attention to your inner barometer and alarm system. What is threatening your well being at this time, and what do you need to do to arm yourself for the life journey ahead? You know the answers. Listen and take some small steps to move toward the Light. Acknowledge your fear, and let your journey be one that gives you the advantage of movement and positive development. Meet the challenges, that rest within you, and make choices based on your best interests. In that way, you move within the flow of the cosmic Truth and have the creativity, power, energy, resources, and guidance you need to live with purpose. Let your service and art be directed from the heart, not from fear.

The year, 2016, has been a year of completions and transformations. A year when major changes have cleared the way for rebirth and regeneration. It is particularly a year when women’s power and strength are rising as a result of the chains of oppressive laws, traditions, and attitudes are breaking away, one after another. Women are no longer silent. Women are no longer accepting of dated and outworn roles and relationship mores and limitations. We do not speak of one voice; instead, women speak out of a variety of experiences, perspectives, gifts, and passions. Out of old wounds, we rise in healing, and we come to a time when we begin anew on a path forward, unlike any other we have personally or collectively experienced. 

Both men and women benefit when in relationship and in personal development when the Full Moon in Aries meets the Sun in Libra in their annual opposition. We seek ways to find ourselves, independent and centered in Aries as we connect, communicate, and relate in partnership in the Libra Sun,. We seek ways to unite within our own being and with one another, in wholeness. We come to better understand that we must be whole, united within ourselves, and that that is enough. We form partnerships that are not intent on fixing or destroying one another but that are engaged in sharing and supporting mutual goals and individual passions. We each discover our potential, capacity for joy, and power to make significant changes. The last few months have been a time when what has been buried has risen to the surface. We see it in the world around us; we feel it within. We are more aware of our inner truth and feelings and now have the capacity to make the changes to honor those feelings. What cause pain, dysfunction, or depression, needs to be released so the Light can shine from within. Seek ways to open your heart, mind, and soul to Divine Light’s message in your own life always, but especially as the Moon waxes to her fullness in the beginning of the new lunar year in Aries. Blessing for you to do what makes your heart sing.

Gateway to Peace: New Moon in Libra

Autumn Leaves                                                                                                                      Catherine Al-Meten Meyers

On Friday, September 30 the New Moon in Libra ushers in the start of the new lunar month. At 8:11 P.M. EDT/5:11 P.M. PDT the New Moon is exact in the air sign of  Libra at 8/15 degrees.This New Moon in the first decan of Libra, has a strong impact on those with aspects in the cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. Look to the house that Libra rules in your chart, and notice as well any transits or aspects to the other three cardinal signs/houses in your own chart/life.  Libra’s symbolic emphasis on balance and harmony, highlights the areas in our lives where we are seeking greater equanimity. Issues may arise at the New Moon time that call us to find ways of achieving greater balance of body, mind, spirit in all areas of our lives. How we negotiate and find compromise in relationships is now key in moving forward. Despite a bit of edginess caused by greater awareness of conflicts, challenges, and points of departure, this New Moon in Libra serves as a gatewy into a more peaceful time.

Libra’s ability to allow us to understand ourselves through our understanding of others, helps us greet our differences and challenges with grace, aplomb, and strength. The challenge for Libra is not so much seeing the other person’s viewpoint as it is remembering who we are. Libra’s strengh is being able to empathize and feel compassion. Libra fights for the underdog, and makes room in the circle for everyone, even the bully. The problem or healing edge for Libra though is remembering to stand in our own truth and to speak out from a point of strength as well as tolerance. In other words, instead of hiding behind the diplomatic plesantries that are required to do business, maintain equilibrium, or handle certain situations, we also need to know when to put our foot down and say, “No, that’s not how I feel”, or “No, I won’t do that”.  This is a time when we can learn a great deal by allowing others to be who they are, and then deciding how it is we are going to either be in relationship with them, as they are, or make choices that are more in line with our own needs, health and well being, and code of ethics.  

New Moons always stand in direct alignment with the Sun, a conjunction. The strength of the Libra Sun combines with the New Moon to usher in a new phase of life as well as a new way of being. We choose now how to find and live harmoniously, how to create beauty out of what is growing where we are, and how to discover healing and growth of those areas of ourselves where we may not have seen it before.  This New Moon highlights the more mystical and intuitive nature of our being. In fact because  Though we experience a great deal of confusion and conflict via mass communication, this is a time that highlights peacekeeping and negotiating rather than war and conflict. It is also a very potent time for receiving inutitive messages, visioning, and consulting good and wise advisors. What comes to you now by way of dreams, hunches, life experiences, intuition, signs, omens, or repetitive patterns of people appearing and disappearing, now open many to very powerful insight and understanding. We may see far into our future or have profound awakenings about how the past is present in our lives and in the world around us. We may connect to the Divine nature of our world and our place in it, and feel the overwhelming presence of Spirit within our lives.

Earlier in the week, The transiting Sun in Libra formed a conjunction with Jupiter. We may have felt a sweeping feeling of grace or an easing off of tension and fear. This has paved a way to our greater understanding of how temporary life is and yet how eternal. We are each traveling in perpetual motion forward into the life we are creating. The more we become aware of how our thoughts, words, deeds, and emotions carry highly charged emotional energy, the more we come to understand how important it is that we live in mindful attention and intention to all we do. Nothing is wasted. No word goes unfelt. All we are, and all we do is energy helping create the ongoing Creation. Now, at this New Moon in Libra, it is time to once again examine how we are working from and for peace, with love and kindness, compassion and mercy as our guides.

Pluto in Capricorn just began its forward movement in Capricorn, once again digging deeper into our lives to transform and uproot whatever is not live giving and life affirming. We may find we’re going over old territory in some way. Instead of giving up or giving in to old patterns or behaviors, we need to remember what we have learned as Pluto has been transforming this area of our lives. Look to this area of your chart/life, and review and recommit yourself to growth in all the areas that will enhance your life and others.

According to Darkstar Astrology, astrologer, Marina, this New Moon in Libra, is transiting the constellation Coma of Brerenice. Just below the tail of the Leo constellation (Coma de Berenice was once considered part of Leo), Coma of Berenice is a constellation that represents devotion for a cause or group. The willingness to lay down your life (devote your time, energy, resources) for the good of others in a time of need. The New Moon in Libra sits atop the crown of Coma de Berenice. Berenice II was the wife of Ptolemy Soter III of Egypt. The Moon sits atop Diadem, the alpha star found in the wreath of jewels in Berenice’s hair.

The lessons of Libra include both sides of the coin. On one hand, we are called to be more aware, responsive, and understanding of those whom we are in conflict with, conditions that require compromise and diplomacy, and actions and words that heal, soothe, create, and build more peace and beauty into our personal lives and the world community as a whole. On the other hand, when we have lost our sense of direction or gotten caught up in external issues, conflicts, conditions, or other people’s burdens, we must check in with what is the “log in our own eye”. We must deal with the issues that are affecting our life and the family, community, and relationships that comprise our own circle of life. And we must be true to ourselves in doing so. We cannot abdicate our own responsibiliites at the altar of selfless sacrifice. It is no gift to others if we are falling apart where we are. Let the energy of the Libra New Moon send you on an internal quest to discern just how you are aligning yourself with the guiding prinicples and understanding that defines who you are.

Our lives are all about the constant seeking of balance. The balance between the polarities that are an inherent part of us. The oppositions and conflicts that we are continually meeting, resolving, and remeeting. The play of two child ren on a teeter totter. Be reminded that the point of balance in our lives, the fulcrum, is in constant motion. Our journey is about meeting in the shadows of ourselves in order to find peace, seek resolve, and discover who we are and what we are capable of being and becoming. To find ways to heal and come to wholeness, in the way we live out our journey. As the Sun and the Moon are still in alignment with Jupiter, we can do this more joyfully at this New Moon time. 

Jupiter was said to have taken Berenice’s hair from the altar in the temple where she had sacrificed it for the safe return of her husband from war.  He took her beautiful hair and laid it among the stars in the heavens. Jupiter lifts us from our own sacrifices and suffereings, when we are able to see what gifts we have in even the most challenging and difficult of seasons. The ancient myths and legends tell of universal experiences and emotions that affect all humans regardless of time or place. As with all religious and spririutal symbols, we find those that help us make peace with that which is either too difficult to comprehend or too hard to bear. Use your spritual practices and religious principles and rites to help you find a companion through whatever darkness and whatever shadows you are coping with now. Seek a vision, listen to the still small voice, find inspiration, or gather in prayer with others who seek peace. Use this beautiful New Moon in Libra to help you enter through the gateway of despair into the City of Light.

Full Moon in Pisces: Harvest Moon, Lunar Eclipse, and Return to Wholeness

Monterey Bay                                                                                                                                Catherine Al-Meten Meyers

On Friday morning, September 16 at 9:45 A.M.  the Full Moon in Pisces reaches her peak. The Full Moon nearest the Autumn Equinox is called the Harvest Moon. This Harvest Moon promises to put on an outstanding show as it also features a full lunar eclipse. The Full Moons are named according to what is ripening during that season. The Harvest Moon is also called the Barley Moon and the Corn Moon. Some Lakota Sioux call this moon the Moon When the Plums are Scarlet and the Omaha call it The Moon When the Deer Paw the Earth. What is this Moon called by those tribes who live in your region?  Full Moons are a time of culmination and ripening of ideas. It is a time of fulfillment and the fruition of whatever was set into motion at the time of the New Moon. It can also be a time when you celebrate the completion of projects, stages of life, or different steps in some kind of ongoing process. It is also a time when we are all faced with the polarities that challenge and motivate us.

This month with the Sun in 24/20 degrees of Virgo and the Moon in 24/20 degrees of Pisces, the polarities that are coming into focus deal with the different energies of these two signs.  Virgo, an Earth sign, asks us to tend to the balance between our physical needs, routines, and daily activities and way of life and that of the Pisces, water sign emphasis on our spiritual and creative lives, health and conneciton to Infinite Wisdom.  The Virgo Sun has been motivating and in fact even forcing us to deal with the patterns of behavior, techniques, and our thinking about how we maintain health and well being as well as order in our lives.  The Full Moon in Pisces now shines light on our spiritual selves, asking us to  expend our energy into honoring our spiritual and emotional nature, developing and trusting our intangible knowledge and intuition, and being more open and responsive to our creative urges.

This conflict or challenge, depending on how you have been dealing with these polarities in your own life, are also triggered by the Saturn-Neptune square.  Saturn is currently at 10/48 of Sagittarius in an exact square to Neptune in Pisces at  10/15 degrees. The Full Moon in Pisces will trigger this square before the moon reaches fullness. We will need to be paying attention to the discrepancies in our lives--those choices and conditions that force us to live at the extremes rather than maintaining greater harmony in a more balanced way of life. Paying attention to what sets us or others off, can help us keep a weather eye on how we need to maintain our own balance in spite of what is setting off someone else.

It is necessary as the Full Moon in Pisces rises to her powerful light, to notice how our hungers, angers, levels of exhaustion, or tone of voice signal a need to back off, calm down, or avoid conflicts. When we find ourselves in places or relationships that challenge our ability to maintain balance and a full sense of our Divine center, we need to back off, walk away, or stay out of the line of fire. Things are not always as they appear, and though our senses are heightened, and our intuition is in high gear, we may still be deluded by Neptune’s illusory haze that makes us want to see what is not there. Deal with what is, not what you’d like it to be.

As the Full Moon in Pisces rises over the next 24 hours, it is also approaching a conjunction with Jupiter, a square to Mars, and a quincux to Uranus. Hold onto your hats! The conjunction with Jupiter in 1 degree of Libra promises a glimpse into a bright future, a taste of fruitful possibilities, or hope for a more fulfilling future. Like the first fruits that are prized at the end of the growing season, we get our first glimpse of what is possible if we maintain our inner calm and  keep our focus and commitment on what is growing to fullness in our lives.

The Sun in Virgo’s square to Mars at 28 degrees of Sagittarius may also trigger some impatience, aggression, or frustration. Again, making sure you are taking care of your health, hygiene, and physical needs, can help you head off some encounters of the worst kind. Back away from the fires. Fire can help us create; it can also burn us. Be cautious.  And watch where you are going. This energy can makes us forget to pay attention to the basics. Uranus in Aries brings about sudden, shocking, and unexpected events, news, understandings, and flashes of spot on intuition.  Sometimes our agitation is something we pick up from what is going on in and with others; spend some time discerning, “What is mine; what is someone else’s?”

Notice what houses/areas of your life are most affected by this Full Moon in Pisces, Harvest Moon, and Lunar Eclipse. What is reaching fulfillment in the area where the Virgo Sun is shining? What is triggering this fulfillment and bringing emotional and creative expression to life? How does Saturn’s placement in fiery Sagittarius set off Neptune in Pisces? And how do the houses where Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus are aspecting the Sun and the Moon, seem to be affecting what is growing and coming to fruition in your life?  Not only are all these areas highlighted, but the energy of the eclipse heightens our emotional responses and sets into motion some pretty dramatic twists and turns. What was blocked, may be removed. What was unclear, is revealed. What was thought impossible, gives forth a ray of hope. Change may not happen immediately, but we may get signs, glimpses, or signals of what is going to manifest in the next 6 months. Whatever we have been brooding on is now showing signs of life. We understand something at this time that makes it clearer as to what needs to change, what needs to go, and what needs to end before hope can come to life.


Our senses are heightened, our intuition is keen, and our dreams and impressions are full of sudden and enlightening messages and awareness. It may be a very inspiring time. Set up the easel, pick up the pen, let your visions and fantasies come to life in some creative way. Let your senses and imagination speak to you at this time. Even though we may feel edgy with all this energy swirling about, it will be a time of great passion, excitement, revelations, and mysteries will be revealed. After all the sensible and balanced energy of Virgo and Libra, this Full Moon reminds us of our more mystical and spiritual nature. Get comfortable with the movement, flow with the excitement, and let go of needing to control every aspect of life. Let the imperfections become part of the pattern and fabric of life now. Rid yourself of the perfectionism that prevents you from flowing and growing. Let yourself be immersed in the Light.

The Mars Square,  Venus quincux, and the tight trine to Uranus in Aries, signals the end of an era. The acting out of repressed emotions, and egotistical behavior and attitudes do some lasting damage in the light of this Full Moon. There will be a tendency for some to act out when their needs aren’t met or they don’t get their own way. Beware.

Pisces includes the Constellation of Pegasus. Two fixed stars  in Pegasus include the main star,  Markab and Sadalbari. When the Moon touches Markab this signifies a need to watch emotional reactions and responses. Avoid rash and impulsive behavior. Keep your eye on the road when driving, and watch your temper if you’re feeling off base. Sandalbari portends good fortune unless of course we lose our bearings and start acting like a brat.

As the Full Moon in Pisces squares Mars, there may be a need to feel protective of home and hearth. We may overwork, overdo, or push ourselves too far. This is a time to take extra good care of ourselves. Slow down, get enough rest, and channel emotions through creativity, exercise, dance, music, or some form of healthy exertion. We may also feel more ambitious and courageous at this time. Exercise caution though.

When the Sun in Virgo forms a quncux to Uranus in Aries we may notice an element of fanaticism and obsession that is threatening and explosive. The tendency may be to act and think later. We may want to make an extra effort to hold off on major decision or reactive behavior. Think things through even though you feel you have reached a flash point. Just make note of the feelings, thoughts, and actions that have led you to this point, and wait for calmer heads to prevail. Nothing is so urgent that it cannot wait a bit longer for completion. Knowing what you want is one step in a process that is just at its beginning.


An idea I’d like to throw out this month because it is such a powerful influence on our lives and development is that of the Learning Triangle. This month there are several  strong learning triangles that affect us all. The first is with Moon-Sun-Mars,  the second is with Saturn-Uranus-North Node, and a third is Neptune-Saturn-North Node. A learning triangle occurs in our own charts in the form of trines. In the transiting chart connected with the Full Moon in Pisces, we have more than three of the Learning trines, but they all affect similar areas of our life.

A learning trine is an area of our chart/transit chart that includes a trine and the houses/where the trine exists.  The trine inidcates areas in our lives where we experience wounds, problems, challenges, and our narrative or life story. Archetypal and depth psychology use archetype and myth to help us understand the unconscious and conscious patterns that exist in our relationships. Of course our family triangle is the starting point. Freud coined the term, “the family romance” to show how he believed the Oedipal myth plays out in family dynamics. Whatever myth, narrative, or story you tell of your own family, probably will give you some clues as to what your are working out in your own life.

When we work on healing early in life, we may arrive into adulthood with some good skills for coping and understanding our lives. Most of us, however, don’t complete the learning but instead we carry our past into the present. Some would say we carry our past through the generations, acting the past out into one generation after another. If you believe in reincarnation, we carry the lessons throughout lifetimes.  What we have a chance of doing right now, however, is to look at the areas of our lives where we have unresolved wounds, guilt, anger, drama, unfulfilled desires, and disappointment, in order to see if we can bring some healing about. It's never too late to learn how to change the patterns, energy, and direction of our lives, and this Full Moon in Pisces is one of those very special healing times. With Chiron the Wounded Healer in conjunction with the Moon during this time, our wounds help heal, and help us understand how we can be a source of healing through our example of doing our own work, standing on our own feet, and dealing with what we have come her to do. Find meaning in what has happened in the past, and change what is happening in the present.

My suggestion would be to look in your own chart and see where the dynamics of the learning triangles are playing out this month. Look to the houses/areas of your life where the Moon in Pisces, Sun in Virgo, and Mars in Sagittarius are located. Study this area to see how your emotional well being (Moon in Pisces) is being affected by your ability to express yourself  (Sun in Virgo) in that area of your life, and then see what kinds of actions (Mars in Sagittarius) are happening or are needed.

Another area you might look at is  Saturn in Sagittarius learnings and lessons are receiving some shocks, upsets, suprises that are then triggering major life changes (North Node). Look to the area where each of these is located in your chart/area of your life.

Yet another interesting area might be to see how Neptune in Pisces  (dreams, illusions, imagination, fantasies, misconceptions) are affected by the area of your life where you are learning Saturn’s lessons---lessons that are also causing a major change of your way of perceiving and understanding your purpose, mission, calling, or life style and choices.

Next month I will go a little more deeply into this idea. Play around with this during the Full Moon and the following weeks to see how this plays out and resonates with your own understanding. I’d love to hear how you experience this. There is so much going on in these and other areas, that you should have plenty to examine. A very Virgo and Saturnian way of exploring the Piscean and Neptunian energies of this lovely, wild, and emotionally charged Full Moon in Pisces and Lunar eclipse. Enjoy yourself! Focus on what makes you happy and what brings out your Light.

Full Moon in Pisces: Harvest Moon, Lunar Eclipse, and Return to Wholeness

Monterey Bay                                                                                                                                Catherine Al-Meten Meyers

On Friday morning, September 16 at 9:45 A.M.  the Full Moon in Pisces reaches her peak. The Full Moon nearest the Autumn Equinox is called the Harvest Moon. This Harvest Moon promises to put on an outstanding show as it also features a full lunar eclipse. The Full Moons are named according to what is ripening during that season. The Harvest Moon is also called the Barley Moon and the Corn Moon. Some Lakota Sioux call this moon the Moon When the Plums are Scarlet and the Omaha call it The Moon When the Deer Paw the Earth. What is this Moon called by those tribes who live in your region?  Full Moons are a time of culmination and ripening of ideas. It is a time of fulfillment and the fruition of whatever was set into motion at the time of the New Moon. It can also be a time when you celebrate the completion of projects, stages of life, or different steps in some kind of ongoing process. It is also a time when we are all faced with the polarities that challenge and motivate us.

This month with the Sun in 24/20 degrees of Virgo and the Moon in 24/20 degrees of Pisces, the polarities that are coming into focus deal with the different energies of these two signs.  Virgo, an Earth sign, asks us to tend to the balance between our physical needs, routines, and daily activities and way of life and that of the Pisces, water sign emphasis on our spiritual and creative lives, health and conneciton to Infinite Wisdom.  The Virgo Sun has been motivating and in fact even forcing us to deal with the patterns of behavior, techniques, and our thinking about how we maintain health and well being as well as order in our lives.  The Full Moon in Pisces now shines light on our spiritual selves, asking us to  expend our energy into honoring our spiritual and emotional nature, developing and trusting our intangilbe knowledge and intuition, and being more open and responsive to our creative urges.

This conflict or challenge, depending on how you have been dealing with these polarities in your own life, are also triggered by the Saturn-Neptune square.  Saturn is currently at 10/48 of Sagittarius in an exact square to Neptune in Pisces at  10/15 degrees. The Full Moon in Pisces will trigger this square before the moon reachers fullness. We wil need to be paying attention to the discrencies in our lives--those choices and conditions that force us to live at the extremes rather than maintaining greater harmony in a more balanced way of life. Paying attention to what sets us or others off, can help us keep a weather eye on how we need to maintain our own balance in spite of what is setting of someone else.

It is necessary as the Full Moon in Pisces rises to her powerful light, to notice how our hungers, angers, levels of exhaustion, or tone of voice signal a need to back off, calm down, or avoid conflicts. When we find ourselves in places or relationships that challenge our ability to maintain balance and a full sense of our Divine center, we need to back off, walk away, or stay out of the line of fire. Things are not always as they appear, and though our senses are heightened, and our inutition is in high gear, we may still be deluded by Neptune’s illusory haze that makes us want to see what is not there. Deal with what is, not what you’d like it to be.

As the Full Moon in Pisces rises over the next 24 hours, it is also approaching a conjuntion with Jupiter, a square to Mars, and a quincunx to Uranus. Hold onto your hats! The conjunction with Jupiter in 1 degree of Libra promises a glimpse into a bright future, a taste of fruitful possibilities, or hope for a more fulfilling future. Like the first fruits that are prized at the end of the growing season, we get our first glimpse of what is possible if we maintain our inner calm and  keep our focus and commitment on what is growing to fullness in our lives.

The Sun in Virgo’s square to Mars at 28 degrees of Sagittarius may also trigger some impatience, aggression, or frustration. Again, making sure you are taking care of your health, hygiene, and physical needs, can help you head off some encounters of the worst kind. Back away from the fires. Fire can help us create; it can also burn us. Be cautious.  And watch where you are going. This energy can makes us forget to pay attention to the basics. Uranus in Aries brings about sudden, shocking, and unexpected events, news, understandings, and flashes of spot on intuition.  Sometimes our agitation is something we pick up from what is going on in and with others; spend some time discering, “What is mine; what is someone else’s?”

Notice what houses/areas of your life are most affected by this Full Moon in Pisces, Harvest Moon, and Lunar Eclipse. What is reaching fulfillment in the area where the Virgo Sun is shining? What is triggering this fulfillment and bringing emotional and creative expression to life? How does Saturn’s placement in fiery Sagittarius set off Neptune in Pisces? And how do the houses where Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus are aspecting the Sun and the Moon, seem to be affecting what is growing and coming to fruition in your life?  Not only are all these areas highlighted, but the energy of the eclipse heightens our emotional responses and sets into motion some pretty dramatic twists and turns. What was blocked, may be removed. What was unclear, is revealed. What was thought impossible, gives forth a ray of hope. Change may not happen immediately, but we may get signs, glimpses, or signals of what is going to manifest in the next 6 months. Whatever we have been brooding on is now showing signs of life. We understand something at this time that makes it clearer as to what needs to change, what needs to go, and what needs to end before hope can come to life.


Our senses are heightened, our intuitiion is keen, and our dreams and impressions are full of sudden and enlightening messages and awareness. It may be a very inspiring time. Set up the easel, pick up the pen, let your visions and fantasies come to life in some creative way. Let your senses and imagination speak to you at this time. Even though we may feel edgy with all this energy swirling about, it will be a time of great passion, excitement, revelations, and mysteries will be revealed. After all the sensible and balanced energy of Virgo and Libra, this Full Moon reminds us of our more mystical and spiritual nature. Get comfortable with the movement, flow with the excitement, and let go of needing to control every aspect of life. Let the imperfections become part of the pattern and fabric of life now. Rid yourself of the perfectionism that prevents you from flowing and growing. Let yourself be immersed in the Light.

The Mars Square,  Venus quincux, and the tight trine to Uranus in Aries, signals the end of an era. The acting out of repressed emotions, and egotistical behavior and attitudes do some lasting damage in the light of this Full Moon. There will be a tendency for some to act out when their needs aren’t met or they don’t get their own way. Beware.

Pisces includes the Costellation of Pegasus. Two fixed stars  in Pegasus include the main star,  Markab and Sadalbari. When the Moon touches Mrkab this signifies a need to watch emotional reactions and responses. Avoid rash and impulsive behavior. Keep your eye on the road when driving, and watch your temper if you’re feeling off base. Sandalbari portends good fortune unless of course we lose our bearings and start acting like a brat.

As the Full Moon in Pisces squares Mars, there may be a need to feel protective of home and hearth. We may overwork, overdo, or push ourselves too far. This is a time to take extra good care of ourselves. Slow down, get enough rest, and channel emotions through creativity, exercise, dance, music, or some form of healthy exertion. We may also feel more ambitious and courageous at this time. Exercise caution though.

When the Sun in Virgo forms a quncux to Uranus in Aries we may notice an element of fanatacism and obsession that is threatening and explosive. The tendency may be to act and think later. We may want to make an extra effort to hold off on major decision or reactive behavior. Think things through even though you feel you have reached a flashpoint. Just make note of the feelings, thoughts, and actions that have led you to this point, and wait for calmer heads to prevail. Nothing is so urgent that it cannot wait a bit longer for completion. Knowing what you want is one step in a process that is just at its beginning.


An idea I’d like to throw out this month because it is such a powerful influence on our lives and development is that of the Learning Triangle. This month there are several  strong learning triangles that affect us all. The first is with Moon-Sun-Mars,  the second is with Saturn-Uranus-North Node, and a third is Neptune-Saturn-North Node. A learning triangle occurs in our own charts in the form of trines. In the transiting chart connected with the Full Moon in Pisces, we have more than three of the Learning trines, but they all affect similar areas of our life.

A learning trine is an area of our chart/transit chart that includes a trine and the houses/where the trine exists.  The trine inidcates areas in our lives where we experience wounds, problems, challenges, and our narrative or life story. Archetypal and depth psychology use archetype and myth to help us understand the unconscious and conscious patterns that exist in our relationships. Of course our family triangle is the starting point. Freud coined the term, “the family romance” to show how he believed the Oedipal myth plays out in family dynamics. Whatever myth, narrative, or story you tell of your own family, probably will give you some clues as to what your are working out in your own life.

When we work on healing early in life, we may arrive into adulthood with some good skills for coping and understanding our lives. Most of us, however, don’t complete the learning but instead we carry our past into the present. Some would say we carry our past through the generations, acting the past out into one generation after another. If you believe in reincarnation, we carry the lessons throughout lifetimes.  What we have a chance of doing right now, however, is to look at the areas of our lives where we have unresolved wounds, guilt, anger, drama, unfulfilled desires, and disappointment, in order to see if we can bring some heaing about. It's never too late to learn how to change the patterns, energy, and direction of our lives, and this Full Moon in Pisces is one of those very special healing times. With Chiron the Wounded Healer in conjunction with the Moon during this time, our wounds help heal, and help us understand how we can be a source of healing through our example of doing our own work, standing on our own feet, and dealing with what we have come her to do. Find meaning in what has happened in the past, and change what is happening in the present.

My suggestion would be to look in your own chart and see where the dynamics of the learning triangles are playing out this month. Look to the houses/areas of your life where the Moon in Pisces, Sun in Virgo, and Mars in Sagittarius are located. Study this area to see how your emotional well being (Moon in Pisces) is being affected by your ability to express yourself  (Sun in Virgo) in that area of your life, and then see what kinds of actions (Mars in Sagittarius) are happeneing or are needed.

Another area you might look at is  Saturn in Sagittarius learnings and lessons are receiving some shocks, upsets, suprises that are then triggering major life changes (North Node). Look to the area where each of these is located in your chart/area of your life.

Yet another interesting area might be to see how Neptune in Pisces  (dreams, illusions, imagination, fantasies, misconceptions) are affected by the area of your life where you are learning Saturn’s lessons---lessons that are also causing a major change of your way of perceiving and understanding your purpose, mission, calling, or life style and choices.

Next month I will go a little more deeply into this idea. Play around with this during the Full Moon and the following weeks to see how this plays out and resonates with your own understanding. I’d love to hear how you experience this. There is so much going on in these and other areas, that you should have plenty to examine. A very Virgo and Saturnian way of exploring the Piscean and Neptunian energies of this lovely, wild, and emotionally charged Full Moon in Pisces and Lunar eclipse. Enjoy yourself! Focus on what makes you happy and what brings out your Light.

New Moon & Solar Eclipse in Virgo

The New Moon in Virgo occurs in the form of a solar eclipse on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 2:03 A.M. PDT/ 5:03 AM EDT.  This Thursday morning the Sun and Moon align at 9 degrees of Virgo forming the New Moon. This Solar Eclipse New Moon activates the Saturn in Sagittarius square to Neptune in Pisces. This can ignite issues over boundaries and limits, both physical and mental. Neptune in Pisces’ idealism versus Saturn in Sagittarius’ rather dark side creates conflict, backlash, and an urgent sense of needing to alter or block whatever we find in our path. The need at this time is to take both a protective stance to conserve and create peaceful, safe places while dealing with whatever challenges, threats, or conflicts (internal or external) might be raging at this time.

The New Moon in Virgo urges us to take better care of our health, to get our lives organized and in order, and to deal with whatever is in the way of our sense of well being and harmony.  Because Saturn is forming as aspect with fixed star Antares, the classic struggle between good and evil seems to take form in many areas of our lives, including our own thinking. It is a crucial time to acknowledge what our limits are and to establish some new boundaries if we are letting in too much negativity or false doctrines/theology/spiritual practices and ideas.  Find a sense of safety in how you form your opinions and make your choices. Remember to consider what is best for you in your key relationships. Sometimes we find ourselves so concerned for others or for the conditions we find ourselves in that we forget to take care of our basic health and safety needs.

This New Moon in Virgo calls us to use our healing energy and ability to envision and intuit solutions, answers, new pathways in making choices that are bound to affect us deeply for the next 6 months. Use your hands and daily practices (all related to heart chakra desires and the working out of grief, anger, and fear) to create pockets of healing and havens for safety and peace of mind and body. It is a time to bring the spirit into the body by grounding in the present with each task, movement, and decision we are engaged in. Mindfulness is one of the key practices that allows us to align our spiritual and physical energies. Slow down just a bit more, focus on what you are doing, and notice how your thoughts distract you from being present to each task or thought. Bring yourself into alignment through conscious thought and focus.

The Virgo New Moon and the Virgo Sun in 9 degrees are opposite Neptune in Pisces at 10 degrees. This placement can blur the lines between fantasy and reality. We may feel caught up in fantasies or feel our energy taxed and heavy. The exact opposition occurs ahead of the Neptune-Saturn square, and could signal the areas where we are most in need of some protective practices and life-affirming thinking. With Neptune, our spiritual guide, being activated in the square with Saturn, we need to use caution in how we use our power and talents. And we need to be careful about who and what we let into our experience and life. Exercise caution with any power exchange, and avoid pushing yourself or anyone else, beyond the limits. Be like Neptune’s watery element, and let yourself flow around obstacles. Let your energy go where it needs to go, and remember not to try pushing or stopping whatever is immovable in you or in others. The Neptunian element awakens our awareness, yet flows with ease even in dark and difficult places. We can refresh ourselves in Neptunian waters and ideas; we still need to be aware of whatever is blocking, challenging, or obstructing us from being free and whole. Let whatever is allowing you to flow beyond the rocky shore or the places of conflict, take you out of harm’s way.  Avoid pushing back or insisting on changing the course that life is now flowing. Take care of what you can, and let go of the rest. Including, letting go of the feeling you need to fix something or someone.

On Monday, a few days before the New Moon and the Solar eclipse, Mercury and Venus conjunct in Virgo, and then Venus moves into Libra. The heavy earth energy begins to lighten up a bit. We feel somewhat of a relief from how hard we may have been riding ourselves over the last few weeks. We may find ourselves whistling while we work, and taking a lighter approach to even difficult jobs. We feel more like connecting with others for the sheer pleasure of enjoying one another’s company. We’re a little less stressed and nose-to-the grindstone-like.


The Sun is forming a sesquiquadrate to Uranus in Aries. Something completely unexpected may happen  or come to the surface when this aspect happens on Wednesday. It may signal the need to handle something that we had not expected to have to deal with. This comes shortly before the New Moon and the Solar eclipse, and is an indicator of the kinds of situations and energy we need to deal with. View this as preparation or an early warning sign.

On Thursday, the same day as the New Moon and the Solar Eclipse, Mercury stations for her retrograde phase. So along with the New Moon, the eclipse, and the Neptune-Saturn square, we have a slow down in communications and/or a time to reevaluate everything. We are near the start of the Jewish High Holy days, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and this signals the start of the Jewish New Year. Using this gateway as a symbolic time to start fresh, take some time to slow down, take care of what needs tending in your own garden and in your own life, and set aside what is no longer working, needed, or appropriate for who you are and what you are meant to do and be. This is a time to examine your purpose in life and a time to decide how you can make whatever changes are needed to clear the path ahead. This week may seem like a lot is coming together or crashing down to be dealt with. The best way to approach a tumultuous or uncertain time is to treat yourself and others with tender loving care.

Support your own health and well being as you refresh and reinvigorate yourself for the journey before you. We are nearing the changing of the seasons. The trees are already beginning to change colors, the days are growing shorter, and the air is feeling more like autumn each day. In the South, the signs of Spring have started for your changes. When it’s time to transform, take some time to honor all elements of life, to find time to be grateful and appreciative of what gifts you have, and remember to let go of what needs to go. Learn from the past, let go of fear of the future, and summon up your courage to move ahead as a stronger, more courageous soul tender. Let love flow through the waters of your soul to seep out in all you do, perceive, and desire.

Full Moon in Aquarius & the Finger of God

Full Moon in Aquarius

On Thursday, August 18 at 5:27 a.m. PDT, the Moon reaches her fullness. While close to an eclipse, it is not quite close enough for full eclipse. This Full Corn Moon highlights  what will grow stronger and become clearer by the Eclipse in September. The Full Moon in Aquarius opposite the Sun in Leo is part of a yod formation called the Finger of God. The finger itself is pointing to the area of our lives where 23-26 degrees of Virgo is located.  Find this area of your chart or life to determine what is vital to pay attention to.

Full moons are the mid-point of each lunar month, and always bring to light the opposing forces of one of the sets of polarities. In this case, the Leo-Aquarius polarity asks us to be mindful of where Leo’s dramatic ‘me’ focus works with or against the ‘we’ version of your perceptions and behavior. Notice which house/area of your life the Leo Sun sits, and where the Aquarius Moon shines. This is the polarity in your life that is calling for greater integration and balance right now. How does this alignment and emphasis affect the way you are living?

This week leading up to the Full Moon, there have been a number of other important aspects. Last Saturday, Saturn in Sagittarius turned direct and is releasing it’s pent up energy. Going back over territory that it first covered when it first entered Sagittarius last year, we are once again given the opportunity to clean up our acts, fix lingering problems, and change our perceptions as well as our behavior. We recently were reminded of what happens when we have not learned our lessons sufficiently. Now we can get a fresh start with the knowledge and wisdom our lessons learned.

On Sunday, Venus in Virgo opposed Neptune in Pisces highlighting the illusions we have about love and other ideals. With clarity we now understand that what we long for and what is are not necessarily aligned. We have to use the materials, resources, and wisdom we have gathered along our journey to keep ourselves from repeating old patterns, trying to fix other people’s brokenness, or living in the realm of wishful thinking rather than appreciation and regard for our own gifts, needs, and capacity to choose what gives us life.

On Saturday, August 13,  Venus in Virgo trines Pluto in Capricorn empowering us in all manner of love-related relationships. We feel stronger, clearer, and more centered in our capacity to love and be loved. We feel less threatened or afraid of losing something which wasn’t our in the first place. Clearing out what has been in the way, helps clear the path for what is meant to be. Getting rid of whatever has been churned up and has been transformed is crucial at this time.

On Monday, August 15 Venus entered  through the gates of change, the North Node in Virgo. This marks the start of a new journey and the end of an old one. A major turning point is taking place. Where is this happening for you? What are you doing to resist this? What are you doing to enjoy the process?


Today, Tuesday August 16, the Moon entered Aquarius. The Sun in Leo trines Uranus in Aries enabling us to take advantage of some unique opportunities as well as taking a more flexible approach to life. We are in for some pleasant changes when we let go of the stringent reins we keep on ourselves. Loosen up a bit and notice where unusual and out-of-the box opportunities are arising.

With so much going on with the planets and positions that have a long-term effect our our lives, this is a pretty powerful week. As we build up to the Full Moon in Leo, the Finger of God yod points us in the direction that we need to balance our energies and resources. The yod includes the Sun in Leo trine Uranus in Aries, and both in quincunx Jupiter in Virgo.The Finger of God is pointing to the area in our lives/chart where 23-26 degrees of Virgo lies. The energy and experiences fueling this yod are indicated by where the Leo Sun and Uranus are in your chart/life.  For example, if the transiting Sun is in the 10th house, T. Uranus is in the 6th, and Jupiter in Virgo is in the 11th house, the purpose of your life (10th house) and your own daily efforts and human energy and power (6th house) points to the area of friendships, involvement with institutions and relationships formed around common goals. If the yod pointed to Jupiter in your first house, that would have an impact of the choices you are making and your public face and reputation. Jupiter in the 2nd house would focus your attention on personal finances and how you value yourself. Jupiter in the third house focuses on all forms of communications, your neighborhood and community, brothers and sisters, and how your are taking advantage of this area of your life. Jupiter in the fourth house highlights your home and how you are honoring the sense of being at home with your life, or not. Jupiter in the fifth house emphasizes creativity, pleasure, relationships with children, and whatever it is you are birthing in life. Jupiter in the 6th house highlights your physical body, daily life patterns and habits, and whatever is affecting your health and wellbeing. Jupiter in the 7th house affects all legal commitment and marriage. This is the relationship sector of your personal life. Jupiter in the 8th house has to do with your reputation in community, other people’s monies, and interests and wisdom that comes from deep, karmic connections and knowledge. Jupiter in the 9th house deals with all higher ideals, higher education, philosophic and religious traditions and training, and all things related to foreign lands and people, including long trips. Jupiter in the 10th house has to do with your life purpose and career objectives. Jupiter in the 11th house relates to friendships formed in institutional and work-like settings. And Jupiter in the 12th house has to do with all things subconscious and unconscious including karma you brought into this life and whatever shadow aspects are still working their way into your awareness.

Whether or not you know anything about where your houses are, you will notice one area of your life in particular that seems to have much promise and where your own beliefs, attitudes, patterns of behavior, or motivation seem to be in danger of hampering. This is probably where you’ll feel a stronger emphasis to pay attention and get out of your own way, Let the good that is coming to you in.

The Full Moon in Aquarius sextile Uranus in Aries and quincunx Jupiter in Virgo awakens us to the nature of our own pain. We may be questioning beliefs we’ve long held or feel that we are finally learning an important lesson from our own woundedness and vulnerabilities. No one gets through life unscathed. Acknowledging the areas of our lives where we feel extra raw and sensitive is vital to our understanding how we must honor and respect our own boundaries and healing. For many this aspect may awaken any abandonment issues that we have, particularly those related to our mothers and mother-figures.  Learning how to nourish, protect, and care for ourselves is key to maintaining healthy self concepts.

The destructive nature, ours and that of others in our lives, has to be acknowledged to be understood. In what ways do we diminish, disapprove, or destroy our essence through self talk or patterns of behavior? What gifts do we overlook, and how do we undermine our own best interests? What are we identifying in others that is a part of our own nature?  Show compassion, forgiveness, and kindness to yoursef as well as others.

The Finger of God that comes with the Full Moon in Aquarius gives us the chance to burn through the false patterns of thought and belief that cause us to live in a world of distortions and false ideologies. This is a sign of coversion, a turning toward a commitment to a new road and a new approach to our life journey. Whatever false idols or faulty thought patterns we’ve been using, now need to be adjusted to be in greater harmony with what is uplifting, life-affirming, and life-giving.

Turn away from what has destroyed you; turn toward what gives you hope, life, and new opportunities to grow, develop, create, and prosper.  For some this may mean that gifts come in surprising packages. The sudden disappearance of someone or something. The sense of feeling on fire or tightly wound. This indicates energy seeking a new channel for release and productivity. Suddenly feeling a rather detached, cool demeanor in the face of conflict or confusion. This comes from a sudden awakening or awareness of what needs to be done and how it needs to happen. Trust your inner truth detector, and use your religious and spiritual practices to help yourself align your inner Truth with the Truth of the Creator. Walk in alignment with what sustains, supports, and frees you to be your. And do it now.

As in all things astrological, experiences from the past tend to set off patterns well into the future. Look for how lessons you have learned over the course of your lifetime are still affecting you and the choices you have today. What needs correcting? What is working well? What small steps can you take to initiate healing and change? What is stopping you? The answer to that question puts you in touch with what is blocking you. Change the course by changing your attitude and by taking a few risks to bring about change.

New Moon in Leo: Tipping Point, Turning Point

As August begins, the New Moon in Leo preceeded by Mars’ re-entry into Sagittarius, brings us to a turning point. Tradiionally, this week signals the beginning of the end of summer and the start of the harvest season in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern, winter is nearing its end and the planting and growing season begins. Over this weekend, we celebrate the Lammas festival, a celebration honoring our bounty and past. In many cultures, this time of the year is a sacred time, for it is a time when the Earth and the Heavens signal shifts and changes that we are called upon to ready ourselves for. For the remainder of the weekend, as we complete our trip through the dark of the moon (the few days before the New Moon), it is a restorative time.

As we take time as July ends and August begins, it would be a good time to take time to consider all we have to be grateful for and what it has taken for us to have the freedom, bounty, and choices we now have before us. The New Moon in Leo (August 2 and 3) annoints us with a crown of fire and creativity. We feel ourselves filled with energy, ideas, and desire all of which fuels us to express ourseles. We feel empowered to challenges whatever tyrannical energy might thwart us and to indulge ourselves in new directions. The Sun in Leo shines brightly in whatever area of our chart/ife it shines in alignment with the Moon in Leo right now. Look to this area of your life and notice what is warming your heart and calling you to action.

We have aready had a warm up for this New Moon as both Mercury and Venus have been traveling through this area of our lives over the last few months. Whatever changes have been taking place or wherever you have met challenges and attempted to redefine your ideas about a number of things.  Mercury in Leo has highlighted how you communicate and Venus in Leo has been waking you up to how you conceive of love, commitment, dedication, and relationship. And al this has been pretty dramatic and fiery. More on this a bit later.

At the New Moon, a turning point time, you might think of yourself as having just finished emptying a pitchur. Now is the time to decide what you are going to fill up with now. What is coming your way? How are you choosing to receive or release what is healthy and energizing? How are you choosing to receive or release what is draining or no longer alive and active within you?  What are you feeding and nourishing? What needs weeding out of your garden? The New Moon in Leo highlights your crowning glory, and finds you wanting to stride forth in your most regal stance and in your most dramatic fashion. It’s a spruce up, fix up, dress up, and act up kind of New Moon. Add a little dash and spark to your life at this time. Let your hair down and put on your best dress as you dance your way into the new lunar cycle.

The New Moon in Leo forms a lovely trine with Saturn in Sagittarius. This brings an ability to blend intuition and realism in a way that both warms and soften whatever it is you are creating, building, or encouraging in your life. Where Saturn often dampens our emotional enthusiasm, this New Moon in Leo is actually in harmonious aspect to the Great Teacher, Saturn’s, current lessons and urgings. We have already faced some pretty tough lessons, and have been the brunt of a great deal of criticism (from others and from ourselves). We’ve been chastized and beaten down in some ways, and are now better equipped to stand in our own truth and strength. If we have been learning how to use the lessons that have come to grown and deepen, we are now fully capable of handling whatever comes our way. If we’ve missed the boat in some way, trying to avoid the change we need to make or the negativity that is draining and diverting us, we may have a little more struggle at this time. That struggle comes mainly in the form of feeling the need to be more ourselves.  Notice and honor your highest good and do what you need to do to take good care of yourself and give yourself credit for being strong enough to handle whatever comes your way.

At the New Moon in Leo, we are pumped up with energy. We have the desire and motivation, and indeed all the energy we need to get down to business. Our strong work ethic and the stamina we’ve built up, help us set to the tasks we have envisioned for ourselves. The Moon’s trine to Saturn might find us craving something that makes us feel more secure. We might feel envious or jealous of what someone else has or can do, and this is a signal that we need to get to work stepping out into our own power. We need to tap into our own inner authority and realize we are fully equipped with all we need to achieve and to attract to us what we desire. Surrendering ourselves to the Divine Source of our being enables us to get out of our way. This is not the time to try to seize control or limit ourselves; it is time to get out of the way and let the laws of Universal Love and Prosperity reign in our lives. “Seek and ye shall find. Knock and the door shall open. Ask and it shall be given unto you.”   The power you have is in your ability to receive what the Divine is offering you. Your authority comes from this power, and your word (in thought and action) form the seeds of your desires.

Saturn is all about helping us learn how to work within Chronos time while allowing Chiros time to carry us into the realms of creation, devotion, service, and love. We embody our beliefs through the way we live and how we connect with others.

As Mars exist Scorpio just a day before the New Moon in Leo, it forms a beautiful trine to the Moon. This adds to the energy and action that we feel during this New Moon period. We feel activated and energized in a way quite unlike anything we’ve felt for quite some time. In fact, since Mars has been in the last degree of Scorpio, we may have been surprised by some of the old business that has come up to the surface over the last few days. We may also have been plesantly surprised with some new insight that has come with that. Whatever you’ve been able to release and realize is going to do a great deal to empower you and energize your intentions and prayers at this time. The power of your meditations, dreams, and new commitments is especially potent and electrifying. Much of what your awarenss of Mars might have been has been related to your ideas around love, beauty, harmony, creativity, and the Divine Feminine. Whatever you have needed to help further your own development and individuation--the bringing together of your internal polarities--is being delivered to you in forms that meet you on every level of your being. Venus in Leo at 26/35 degrees is also working through her final degrees of the fire sign Leo, and is tempering the gold of your dreams, hopes, and desires.

Mercury, the planet that rules all forms of communication, just entered Virgo and will be at 4/39 at the time of the New Moon. Venus will be at 26/35 of Leo on the New Moon and then will enter Virgo on the 12th of August (10 days later). The ideals and desires we have explored while Venus has been transiting Leo fuel the fires for what manifest during this next New Moon cycle. When she enters Virgo, we can expect to see how this all plays out in our everyday life and through that which we focus our time, intentions, and energy on. Through our visions, intentions, and willingness to seek what we really want, we help create the reality that awaits us. The Unvierse understand the language of energy. Use your energy in alignment with the true desires of your heart. That is your true power.

Also at this New Moon in Leo, Jupiter, the planet of benevolence and abundance, opposes Chiron, the Wounded Healer. Jupiter is also making its third and final opposition...an aspect that has been helping us understand the nature of our pain. Why do we hurt? Where are we vulnerable? We have been learning about this, over and over during these three major cycles. What we’ve been able to learn about what impact pain has on us and what power we have over it, has been crucial to helping us live healthier, more well balanced and harmonious lives.

As all the changes are happening in both the Fire sign of Leo and Earth sign of Virgo, we can expect our ideals to fire up and ignite new ideas, adventures, and escapades. Routines will shift. Habits will be broken. Patterns will break down. Change is in the offing, and try as we may to put things back together in a cohesive pattern, we will find that our vision has changed and our goals have as well. The change, often subtle, has come almost without making us consciously aware. It’s as if we woke up one day and the whole world looked and felt different.  It did because it is. The shift has happened, and now it’s up to each of us to pick up our tools, arm ourseles with what supplies we
need, and carry on, forward. The time for action has arrived. Put to work all that you have held back for the right time. The right time is now.

The Sun in Leo is also trine to Saturn at the New Moon, and this makes us feel more grounded and focused on whatever we are creating, making, or working on. We understand and feel the connection between the slow, steady pace of progressive movement and change and the outcomes and future we desire. We fully awake in the middle of the growth we have been creating and we understand how we are part of the creative process that keeps us alive and nourished and energized.

Later tonight (I’m writing on July 31) Venus in Leo trines Uranus in Aries (retrograde, going back over what was) just a day before first Mars enters Sagittarius and then the New Moon in Leo peaks at 1:44 p.m.. This releases us from a great deal of fear, and makes us ready to try new things. This is not a great time to make firm commitments; it is a good time, however, to test some new patterns, try a new direction, and take a few risks for the sake of beauty and love. It is a very positive time to invest time, energy, and resources into electronics, business related to the internet, and other social kinds of ineraction. Any aspect of the arts is also favored during this time. Whatever you set into motion at this time is now going to be based in and fueled by potent intention.

This New Moon time is an interesting mix of dramatic, fiery energy and ideas and earthy pragmatic actions and visions. The North Node, Mercury, Jupiter (and by the 12th, Venus) are all in Virgo. The North Node, gateway from the past to the future, is that point in our charts right now where real change is taking place. Whether we want it to or not, whether we are ready or not. The smart thing would be to be prepared. Regardless of what you do, you have set into motion the change that is taking place now. Use the energy wisely and ride out any storms that arise knowing that whatever is being turned over, poured out, or tipped over is opening the way for whatever is being born in you and in your life. Envision what you want to fill your space, time, and life journey with. Be at peace. Revel, celebrate, create, and be joyful that life is full and rich and you have all you need for the next part of the journey. Happy New Moon in Leo. Get out on the stage and BE!.