Greetings,
The themes this week are…
1. Heart
2. Community
3. Practicality
The Astrology Forecast for the Full Moon in Aquarius lights the early part of the week creating an opportunity for releasing whatever is restraining the expression of your heart.
It is through this expression that you will find yourself at the precipice of Mercury entering its retrograde shadow.
Take stock of the status of your heart.
Use your joy to discern what is worth the work.
Care for the health of your body through diet and daily routine.
You are building towards how you would like to close out 2023 and the planets are supporting you along the way.
If you are curious to know how any of the transits are affecting you directly, I encourage you to reach out to me for a reading.
Wishing you all the best through the week, as you ride the planetary waves!
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MONDAY, July 31
The Moon Conjunct Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn Square the North Node Retrograde in Aries
The Moon brings an emotional sensitivity to the transformative energy of Capricorn.
What are you doing to reclaim your authority?
What are you working to achieve?
The North Node in Aries is igniting the nature of your personality. Use this fire to drive you towards the goals that will bring you the emotional satisfaction you desire.
The Moon Aspects Pluto and the North Node: 3pm – 9pm PDT
Pluto Aspects the North Node: July 17 – August 13
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn.
TUESDAY, August 1
The Full Moon in Aquarius
The Full Moon is in Aquarius, the Fixed Air Sign symbolized by the Water Bearer.
Aquarius is ruled by Saturn, the planet of restriction, responsibility, achievement, and authority.
Aquarius is also ruled by Uranus, the planet of revolution, rebellion, innovation, independence, and the unexpected.
The Full Moon is a release of the energy impeding you from following through with intentions you set during the New Moon.
The New Moon was in Cancer on June 17. During that period you were being called to set your intentions to nurture yourself with kindness.
The Sun is in Leo, the Sign it rules. Leo rules the Heart.
Open your heart and allow it to shine bright within your community, or the group context.
Express what makes you unique and give those around you the energy to do the same.
Release any ties within the community or group context that are not nurturing you.
Release any ties within the community or group context that are restricting your heart.
Release any pride that is preventing you from expressing your individuality.
When: 11:31 am PDT
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Taurus and Scorpio.
If you are curious to know how the next Moon Cycle will be affecting you directly where we will be discussing the New Moon in Leo and the Full Moon in Pisces. Enroll in the Moon Cycle Classes.
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Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn Square the North Node Retrograde in Aries
The Hour of Lead descends,
As Future’s cusp I tread.
Two paths intersect, diverge—
Which one to forge ahead?
Pluto governs in reverse,
Excavating crypts of yore,
Raising ghosts I thought laid to rest,
Resurfacing from Hell’s core.
Yet cardinal flame ignites within,
Sparking impulse fierce and bright.
Though ahead obscurity looms,
I sense my mission’s light.
Toward unscaled horizons I strive,
While weighted by pasts thrice lived.
Both terra incognita and terra preterita—
Two realms, vastly different.
At this crossroad I waver,
Teetering ‘tween known and obscure—
Wanting to flee what I already know,
Yet venturing into the unknown I fear.
But I must shake off the pall,
Make a new trail on untrod ground.
Shedding the ghosts of my former selves,
To the future unknown I am bound.
Pluto, Aries—their tension square,
Wrestles me betwixt and between.
But transformation awaits beyond what is safe and sure.
I must move forward, if only to see what could have been.
When: July 17 – August 13
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn.
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Mercury in Virgo Opposite Saturn Retrograde in Pisces
Mercury raises your conscious awareness as it transits through Virgo.
Saturn is deepening the concentration of your unconscious mind.
Together, the opposition between Mercury and Saturn is creating a tension that may feel like it is splitting your mind.
Through this tension find ease through compassion. Give yourself a rest. It is not as bad as it seems. You are not as bad as it seems. You want to be loved just as they want you to love them.
The critical voice that haunts you is only trying to protect you from the pain that has tormented you in the past.
You can ease the pain by showing empathy to those who are fortunate enough to cross your path.
With every tiny splinter of pain that causes you to over analyze each step you have taken and continue to take, must come faith in knowing that you are precisely where you are meant to be.
When: July 31 – August 2
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Gemini and Sagittarius.
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Mars in Virgo Trine Jupiter in Taurus
Mars is the planet of action. Virgo is the daily routine.
What action are you taking to organize your daily routine through practices of good health, exercise, and being of service to those around you?
Jupiter is the planet of expansion. Taurus is your values.
In what ways are you expanding your values to support you in a future that brings you more abundance in what you love in life?
Together, the supportive aspects between these two planets are expanding your ability to see how each day is grounded in your values. Notice how each step you take throughout the day is lifting you towards where you want to be tomorrow.
Each step represents what you value. The more you solidify your values through the expression of your daily work, the more abundance you will enjoy as you expand into the future.
When: July 30 – August 3
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Gemini, Leo, Sagittarius, and Aquarius.
WEDNESDAY, August 2
The Moon in Aquarius Sextile the North Node Retrograde in Aries Square Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn
For the second time this week the Moon intermingles with the square entanglement between Pluto and the North Node.
The Moon in Aquarius brings a logical expression to the emotions, extending the detachment that began with the release of the Full Moon on Tuesday.
Separating yourself from the need to appease the opinions of others gives you the courage to step forward authentically as yourself.
Seize your power. Stake claim to what you have earned. The group needs you to claim what is yours, because the expression of what is yours through yourself is a benefit to the rest of us.
Share your unique ideas. It is these unique ideas that will help progress society into a future where we can all embrace our individuality with greater independence.
The Moon Aspects the North Node: 3pm – 9pm PDT
Pluto Aspects the North Node: July 17 – August 13
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Libra, Scorpio, and Capricorn.
THURSDAY, August 3
Mercury enters its Retrograde Shadow in Virgo
What is the status of your health, your diet, your daily routine, and your job?
What would you like the status of your health, your diet, your daily routine, and your job to by the time Mercury Retrograde begins on August 23?
What would you like the status of your health, your diet, your daily routine, and your job to by the time Mercury Retrograde ends on September 15?
What would you like the status of your health, your diet, your daily routine, and your job to by the time Mercury moves out of its Retrograde shadow on September 19?
Get your diet right.
Get your exercise routine right.
Get your schedule in order.
Create an efficiency in your daily life that supports you in these areas so you can be of greater service to those around you.
When: August 3 - Mercury Enters Its Retrograde Shadow in Virgo 8°0’
August 23 - Mercury Retrograde in Virgo 21°51’
September 15 - Mercury Direct in Virgo 8°0’
September 29 - Mercury Exits its Retrograde Shadow in Virgo 21°51’
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Gemini and Sagittarius.
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Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn Square the North Node Retrograde in Aries
At the crossroads I stand, precipice of past and future,
Foot immersed in familiar trenches, while the soul forges ahead blindly.
Behind me Pluto razes, excavates, demands I sift through rubble -
The foundations I poured with blood and tears now shake, threatened to crumble.
Yet I hear the battle cry of that cardinal fire, sounding its trumpet within.
The north star pulses, steering me toward purpose obscured but promised.
Transformations rumble beneath the surface, changes I feel in my bones.
I know not what awaits down the road untraveled, but must make that journey my own.
Do I cling to splits long outgrown, or rend them to nourish the soil ahead?
Each step into unfamiliar terrain requires courage I must summon instead.
For the shadows of past selves still dance, specters my inner light must outshine.
But no path worth walking was ever clear from the start, so I march forth with head held high.
Razing and raising, death and rebirth - such is the cycle, as Pluto decrees.
To soar I must shed the comfort of structures now outworn.
I turn my face to the horizon line, bathed in the first light of dawn.
A new day unfolds, ready for me to explore and transform into who I must become.
When: July 17 – August 13
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn.
FRIDAY, August 4
The Moon in Pisces Sextile Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn
Awash in mist, the mind adrift,
Groping through ether, seeking anchor.
Pluto shifts tectonic plates sans mercy,
Quaking foundations once so sure.
What lurks beneath the surface churns,
Secrets submerged now float to light.
Illusions peeled back by insight ruthless,
Exposing unconsidered blight.
Yet compassion swells amidst the murk,
Tender in vision, if unsound.
Glimpsing humanity, naked, hurt,
All pretenses rinsed out by profound.
This piercing perspicacity gifts truth—
What we avoided, now starkly viewed.
So ghosts may be laid to peaceful rest,
When brought to light, and rightly rued.
Pisces, Pluto—their sextile plies
Purgation that ultimately heals.
By diving deep we integrate shadows,
And locate the inner light that reveals.
When: 3pm – 9pm PDT
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Aries, Gemini, Libra, and Sagittarius.
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Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn Square the North Node Retrograde in Aries
At the crossroads I linger, my psyche pulled hither and thither,
The past's dark corridors call, filled with ghosts uninterred.
While future's faint tune sounds, its melody not altogether familiar.
Pluto's shovel unearths what I thought I had firmly buried,
Foundations I meticulously laid, now threatened and shaken.
I find myself profoundly unmoored, all certainty interred.
Yet Aries' fire lights within me, that cardinal flame beckoning uncharted terrain.
My soul's purpose stirs, though its specific direction remains obscured.
I feel fate's hands steering me down roads novel and unknown, their perils unexplained.
Worldly ambition and acclaim once consumed all my restless striving.
But accolades now ring hollow, those vainglorious heights scaled and done.
For new missions, my heart now burns - heavens and hells not yet divined.
At this tense crossroads I stand, called forth yet rooted by the past.
Both destiny and history claim me, their uneasy prisoner.
I waiver, torn, but know new trails must be blazed, old comforts unclasped.
And so onwards I stumble, bidding adieu to the familiar shores left behind,
Not knowing what awaits at journey's end - fulfillment or failure, epiphany or demise?
But I follow my soul's kindled fire, for now uncharted courses call me to find.
When: July 17 – August 13
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn.
SATURDAY, August 5
The Sun in Leo Trine the Moon in Aries
Beneath Apollo's glowing gaze,
the moon burns bright with cardinal fire.
Their felicitous aspects engage
hearts stirred by passion and desire.
Unabashed expressiveness stokes
flames of creativity within.
The spirit now unbound evokes
courage to begin and begin again.
Inspiration swells and overflows
unchecked by doubt or critic's rebuke.
The vital pulse now fiercer throbs,
empowered by lunar forces unchained.
Yet glowing pride must not outshine
compassion's whispered gentle art.
Emotions tempered and refined:
brashness calmed by wisdom's heart.
Still confidence raised high ignites
and makes auspicious visions real.
New trails blazed beneath moonlit nights
by those who boldly dare and feel.
Sun and Moon aligned thus bless all
who crave creation's joyful fire,
and heed imagination's call
to manifest each heart's desire.
When: 2pm – 8pm PDT
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio, and Pisces.
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Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn Square the North Node Retrograde in Aries
I stand at the crossroads, scratchin’ my head
One path points back, the other ahead!
Behind me old Pluto grumbles “Hey you!
Get back here, we ain’t finished, me and you!”
But my spirit’s already packed its sack
Itching to blaze a new trail, no looking back!
Though which way to point these worn out boots?
The compass spins, north node rooting me put.
Pluto’s tearing things down, says I gotta rebuild
But I wanna break free, fulfill my true will!
He shakes his finger, says “Listen here son,
the past ya can’t outrun, there’s work to be done.”
Part of me wants to hold on to what I know
Another wants to grab destiny’s tow!
Stuck at the crossroads, I hem and haw
My gut says “Forward ho!” while my head says “Hey not so fast now!”
I wanna ride my fire, my inner spark
Blaze my own trail before it grows dark.
But Pluto’s got a point, can’t just rush blindly
I’ll stumble for sure, fall flat on my behind-ly!
So I’ll keep marching ahead, trusting my instincts
Charting new ground, though the way may wind
The past will tag along too, to guide my path
I’ll embrace it all, walk my own line.
No time for sitting around, wishing, waiting!
Adventure calls me, the unknown’s baiting!
I’ll choose the road that my spirit knows
Where it stops, well I suppose, I suppose
I’ll find out when I get there!
When: July 17 – August 13
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn.
SUNDAY, August 6
The Sun in Leo Square Jupiter in Taurus
Oh Sun, radiant lifegiver stoking fires of the heart!
Your glowing gaze fuels passions of the lion, setting creativity a-flair.
Mirthful exuberance spills laughter, playful as kittens at romp.
Vital spirit ablaze, unbound joy its own raison d'etre and choicest pomp.
Yet stern Father Jupiter weighs heavy in earthy Taurus' field -
Expanding the material realm, bolstering borders brick and mortar sealed.
Practical needs demand their honest due, abundant providence sought.
But this cannot alone the hungry soul feed, on more than gold is man's spirit bought.
How to reconcile these forces that chafe? The heart's unchecked passion rages!
Harnessed practically, Jupiter's gains may be secured through patient stages.
For joy and self-worth grow not from riches and plenty material.
But rather flow from ventures of the soul, imaginative, lyrical.
Creativity spent to uplift human lives grants sovereignty true reign.
Not when wasted frivolously on selfish pursuits in vain.
Wed playfulness with honesty, passion with patient striving.
Blend fiery vitality with earthy needs pragmatically thriving.
Then balance birthed will harmonize the Heart's rule with abundance.
Passions spurred to pour Light generously, through enterprise seasoned with prudence.
In service of cherished ideals, bounty channeled builds sturdy foundations,
Not hoarded greedily but shared courageously to feed dreams, hopes, aspirations.
When: August 5 - 7
This period could be challenging for those born with key astrological points or planets in Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius.
If you are curious about how these planetary alignments are influencing you directly, please contact me for a reading. It is an honor and privilege for me to share this knowledge with you. Until then, and beyond, I wish you all the best as you ride the planetary waves.
Sincerely,
Scott