Tomorrow we're offered a chance to reconnect with our heart––the beating pump moving life throughout our bodies, the generator of an energy field connecting us with the world around us, and the seat of our courageous, passionate, shining self.
It's been a rough year, and the tumultuousosity of our times is increasing. How can we cope with everything life is throwing at us now, in our private lives as well as globally?
Many of us are gradually realizing that there's no way to think our way out of the mazes we're in. Too many data points, changing too quickly, too many needs, too many demands, not enough time and energy. Rationality is hitting the wall on this one.
At this New Moon in Leo, the door opens on another way. Aristotle, and the ancient Egyptians, located the mind in the heart, rather than the brain. Today, increasing evidence shows we think with our whole bodies, and the heart has a special place in regulating how everything works together.
At the HeartMath Institute, they call this coherence, a state of steady, organized cycling within our body systems that promotes well being and peace. Sounds good, doesn't it? At this New Moon, we can set intentions and make wishes to move in this direction.
This New Moon comes with challenges, and challenges lead to growth.
Because the New Moon comes at the end of Leo (25 degrees 8 minutes, to be exact), and because the Sun and Moon reach out farther on either side than any other body in the sky (astrologers call this 'orb'), this New Moon makes out-of-sign oppositions and squares to the T-square hovering over the Moon's Nodes.
The Neptune–Node T-square has been around for a while, and while this aspect pattern has been pushing us to explore connection and spirituality, it's also been acting as a fog machine, shrouding our path forward.
Now the New Moon arrives, bringing the lights of Sun and Moon together, to challenge the Neptunian mists and illuminate the next steps. If Neptune has been creating fog in your life, set the intention at the New Moon to turn the lights on!
Another T-square focuses more attention on matters of the heart, as Venus slips out of her opposition to Pluto and square to Uranus. Venus is in nurturing, and sometimes emotionally needy, Cancer. This pattern may have pinpointed where today's chaos is hitting home. If this has been true for you, make some New Moon Wishes to be courageous in the face of inevitable change.
This New Moon has the power to face up to transformation, as the Sun and Moon sit at the apex of a Finger of the World with Pluto and Uranus at its base. Each of the powerhouses forms a sesquiquadrate to the New Moon, a challenge that Leo energy is ready for.
The importance of mind is highlighted with Mercury in Leo at the apex of a Yod with Pluto and Chiron at its base. Now thankfully direct, Mercury embraces Leonine courage and passionate self expression in answer to pressure to transform and heal. Since Mercury is also trining Uranus, change is on the agenda, so suit up and stand ready.
Jupiter stands ready to energize the New Moon, forming a creative quintile from his position in mid Gemini. Saturn quintiles Pluto ... did we need another indication that change is in the air?
Check where this New Moon falls in your chart. Look to see which planets and chart angles are touched; basically, anything in or around that 25th degree. This will point to where the New Moon will be focusing its energy, and where intentions and wishes will be powerful.
Leo is the energy of courage, passion, playfulness, and leadership. This sign loves the spotlight, and wants to share what's in the heart. A great actress delivering a dramatic monologue, a brave leader inspiring his followers, a clown who captivates attention while teaching an important lesson––these are Leo.
In these times, we all need to be strong of heart.
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