This week is all about Mercury and the Sun - they meet, they change signs and in between we get a bold New Moon in Leo - answering to .. you guessed it, THE SUN, and conjunct ... you guessed it, MERCURY.
Our thinking and our creativity. Our ideas and our passions. Our children and their education. Our lungs/our breath and our heart. Let's take a peek ahead!
MONDAY - Sun conjuncts Mercury, Mars conjuncts Eris
TUESDAY - New Moon in Leo
WEDNESDAY - Mercury into Virgo
SATURDAY - Sun into Virgo
MONDAY - The Sun catches up with Mercury at 25 degrees Leo (Superior Conjunction). The Moon is balsamic (dark in the end of her cycle) and will square a retrograde Uranus (surprise!).
CLARITY. Information comes through. Insights are felt.
The Sun/Mercury are at the third leg of their cycle here - a time when the MEANING of whatever was seeded at their Inferior Conjunction (June 30, 2020 when Mercury was retrograde) becomes KNOWN. It's the Full Moon of the Mercury/Sun cycle. Our mind is fused with our ego/our fire/the way we are intended to shine. Then Mercury (our mind) rushes ahead of us again (until his/her next retrograde cycle)!
People with planets or points at/near 25 degrees Leo will feel this energy strongest.
People with planets/points in harmony with 25 degrees Leo (our Aries, Sag, Gemini, Libra planets and points near 25 degrees) will experience knowledge/understanding and productivity as our unique powers (the way we are here to shine) are unleashed. People with planets/points in tension with 25 degrees Leo (our Taurus, Scorpio, Aquarius planets and points near 25 degrees) might experience blockages, stress/tension again with the SAME goal (albeit doing things the hard way which is sometimes, and certainly this time, the only way) of releasing our unique powers of potential! This energy plays out over the next several weeks.
The Mars/Eris conjunction reaches exactness in passionate and fiery Aries - everyone gets a seat at the table or the table gets flipped - note the Democratic National Convention starts today.
The Moon on MONDAY and TUESDAY will be in Leo - so we are focused on and nourished through children, romance, our creative projects, fun and recreation.
TUESDAY - here's our annual New Moon in Leo - expect a BIG post! A bright beginning. Get those Leo affirmations ready. After two months of emotional Cancer New Moons, I think we are all probably #ready, #notready for this one!
WEDNESDAY - After swimming, what feels like forevah, in the emotional waters of Cancer and then getting burnt out fast in fiery Leo, Mercury finally comes home to Virgo! This is especially good news for Virgos and Geminis (Sun and Risings), but EVERYONE'S natal Virgo house will benefit.
With Mercury in Virgo, our thinking, writing and communication will be more practical and commonsense. We will be all about the details. Nothing gets by Mercury in Virgo. But lots of things get dismissed. If it's not real/not factually stated/if it doesn't work - it's outta here.
This is an excellent transit - only until September 5th, so let's not waste this - for organization, cleaning, paperwork, taking care of our health, the ins and outs of our work and daily routine, our pets.
We will see all the little problems, but still need to avoid nitpicking. Leo to Virgo is 'creating to critiquing' and that is natural/cyclical, but with everything all of us are dealing with this year we need to be gentle with each other.
The biting criticism (that will look to us like practical advice) that is right on the tip of our tongue might need to be swallowed sometimes. Gulp.
It may be hard to see the forest for the trees - but with the South Node in Sag for another year - it is THE TREES that matter now anyway. The details. One thing at a time. Lists are good. Practical ideas, solutions and fixes can pop right into our head.
Pay attention to your language - we want to be precise now.
We want to honor Mercury (trust me on this, he can cause us oodles of damage and danger when we don't).
Think about what you are thinking about.
Watch what you are watching.
What you are reading, talking about, hearing - will matter now. Virgo rules our digestion - what we put in will be what we get out and impact how well we can function.
Notice how you verbally get in your own way - use unnecessary negative words (like saying something "isn't bad" when you mean it is good), double speak, babble, gas-lighting, lies. Avoid that "sorry" thing some people say moving through life. We aren't really sorry anyway right - so why are we saying it.
Words are powerful. They are some of the most powerful tools we have to move through life on planet Earth - let's not hold ourselves back by tossing around stuff we don't mean/don't want to have/don't want to be.
On WEDNESDAY the Moon will move into Virgo and make a gazillion nice aspects over the next couple days - we are nurtured through all the Virgo themes we just talked about.
SATURDAY - the Sun exits his home sign of Leo (sniffle!) and joins Mercury in practical and earthy "let's get on a routine" Virgo. The time of the harvest (and I have the garden and kitchen counters filled with the tomatoes to prove it), in Virgo season we move into mutable energy.
Shifts happen.
The weather changes. Kids go back to school (prayers this is handled in the best possible ways for their physical AND mental health this year).
We adjust our schedules and daily routines. Health issues catch our attention.
The transition from Leo (ruled by the Sun) to Virgo can be hard or welcomed depending on how ready we are to come in out of the Sun! With the Sun in Virgo we focus on the details. We clean things up. We get organized. Small steps lead to big changes. Small is BIG now.
The astrology wheel is the hero's journey of self discovery. When the sun moves into Virgo, it is the hero's (our) first encounter with service.
We are learning when to help and when helping isn't really helping.
Virgo is the modest healer with the critical eye that takes care of the details. Meaningful work and competence are key now.
Virgo knows we are not here to do the work we love - we are here to love the work we do. There is a difference. This is the difference that changes the world. This is the difference that changes us.
Every sign has something to learn from the sign that follows it.
Leo learns from Virgo (and we all have Leo and Virgo in our charts somewhere - its placement will affect how this activates in your own journey) - to do the work. Virgo teaches Leo to let go of the need for the spotlight and recognition and to just focus on the work.
The king gets humbled ... and we might now, too!
The Sun in Virgo needs to do good work. In order to do this, we need to figure out what isn't working. We need to be able to see the flaws and problems. Let's just not get all caught up in them!
On SATURDAY, the Moon is in Libra focusing us on our relationships and moving things into balance/making things more beautiful - here she will move through squares to the Cappy planets and an opposition to Mars, so expect some challenges!
We don't want to waste this powerful week getting all riled up in things we cannot control.
Let's keep our focus, which should improve now, on the present/what we can control and especially on how to use small improvements, habits and fixes to empower ourselves!
xo all - back with the New Moon post!
photo by the amazing thefirebomb
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