☆ July 31st, 2019: New Moon in Leo/Conjunct Venus in Leo
Oh hey, it’s Alizar back at it again with the astro!blahs. ♡ I took a hiatus due to real life circumstances (depression) but lately? I’ve felt well enough to break down the celestial conversation that we have every time the solar system does a thing. Not only do I feel well enough…but very recently, in the past few days, I’ve come to recognize that rambling about astrology is part of who I am. It’s something I shouldn’t doubt the value of, minimalize, or (worse yet) stop talking about due to criticism. And it’s one of the things that makes me shine!
If any of you out there in the Tumblrverse big mood to my above sentiment, then you’re most definitely feeling the beginning notes of this new moon. It’s a particularly powerful one. It’ll be much needed tonic for us after the two eclipses we just had. Particularly the solar eclipse in Cancer (which rattled and shook the first week of July) that had a lot of us changing up our living situations and comfort zones in a big way. The eclipses were cool and nessecary-but let’s be honest, the new moon in Leo is the star of July. So without further ado, I’m going to break down this diva of a lunation for y'all.
New Moon in Leo Summary: Venus has cast off being in super sensitive mom!friend mode (the sign of Cancer) to dazzle us in the sign of exuberant Leo. But that’s not all, folks! The planet of love, beauty, and relationships has decided to team up with the New Moon-who is also in the sign of Leo-and with their powers combined (conjuncted), they’re forming Captain Planet to shine the limelight onto new beginnings in the realms of:
♡Self-love, self-worth, creativity, personal energy, and our relationship with ourselves.
We are the celebrities of this New Moon show. And it’s time for a make-over fit for a diva.
Like I was mentioning before, we’ll become more focused on what makes us ☆shine☆ as the 31st approaches. Aaand we might become a little self-absorbed and carried away with that shine. Venus conjunct with the Moon (in any sense) is all about “the good life”. This astrological aspect will have us wanting to celebrate, to have good things, eat good food, and be social. That, in of itself, sounds great! Right? Right, Tumblr?
Right, well. Here’s the twisty twist:
The New Moon and Venus in Leo is squaring Uranus, so…we’ll most likely want to buy all the things (so watch your budget!), throw ourselves a party, and shake up the routine we’ve been keeping. Or fly away from it entirely. Especially within our relationships/friendships. Particularly if there’s no thrill in it for you anymore. (And by no thrill, I mean it’s become flat with inauthenticity and restriction) Doubly triply so if things in the sack with your partner have grown stale or automated. If your partner won’t oblige something new or at least try, you might be tempted to run off and scratch that itch for excitement/stimulation elsewhere. Impulsivity and indulgence are keywords here. But so is discovery!
The positive aspect of Uranus (in Taurus) squaring Venus and the New Moon (in Leo) is an energy that brings sudden revelation and change to our personal relationships. Especially the biggest relationship we’ll ever have: the one we maintain with ourselves. Have you lately felt stuck living in a role that’s super rigid and has long since past it’s expiration date??? Uranus in Taurus specializes in throwing your metaphorical spoiled milk away and replacing it with something way better. Via the impulsivity muse that this Uranus Square will provide, July 31st will be an inspired moment where we can recreate ourselves again by realizing/learning something new about ourselves.
Use that indulgent impulsivity as your roadmap. Let it guide you to new horizons in your life. Just…remember to be safe with your impulsive decisions and exercise some patience with yourself/others while doing it. Everyone else is having their “aha!” moments too. This New Moon is having us focus on figuring ourselves out more than anything so try to be considerate of everyone else who is doing the same. You’ll get more of a chance to show off that new you on the Full Moon in August.
Perhaps this new discovery about yourself is a knowledge you’ve always been skirting around but have never fully accepted in your heart for one reason or another. Maybe accepting that knowledge came with a responsibility we weren’t ready for? Or a pain that was just too uncomfortable? The asteroid Chiron (the wounded healer) is trining this New Moon and will be sucking out the poison of denial that keeps us blind to whatever revelations Uranus throws at us. We can either come to accept the truth of our feelings and allow change, this personal revelation, to heal us…or struggle against our own emotions only to hurt ourselves in confusion like so many Pokemons.
It’s time to own up to our real feelings. About ourselves. And stop being complacent in allowing our feelings to own us rather than the other way around.
Chiron is going to make you extra sensitive and aware of the wound that needs fixing. You won’t be able to ignore that hurt. Which, in this case, is your prolonged (possibly willful) resistance towards accepting the change in yourself/your relationships with others that this New Moon will catalyze. The best thing you can do on the 31st is to allow this fire moon to work it’s magic and burn away the old you…then open your arms wide to the change in your life that happens the moment you let go.
So to wrap up this summary: the New Moon on the 31st is a “new phone, who dis?” moment where, by accepting an emotional truth we’ve long withheld, we’ll come to a new understanding of ourselves that’ll spark a change in our lives. And open a door to a new beginning. Resisting that acceptance will only bring us more pain and restriction in the future. It will also make the alterations that Uranus intends to zap our social circles with that much harder to handle. Allow yourself (and others) the opportunity of getting to know who you really are again. Or more like, who you always have been deep down inside. Follow that crazy hunch! Chase the white rabbit of your hidden eccentricity! Take yourself out on a date. Romance yourself. Do something new (or that you’ve always wanted to try) and exciting…especially in your relationships! Welcome a change of behavior. It’ll be the key you need come the start of 2020.
I’ve drawn a Tarot card to help give additional insight into this New Moon in Leo. What the deck spat out at me was the “Transformation” card (I’m using the Goddess deck btw). Pretty straight forward. Embrace the change. Allow the New Moon to transform you and your relationships. Don’t hold on to the old ways or old connections that don’t honor the person you are today.
So that’s it for this round of Alizar’s Astro Blahs! I’ll see you next time for the Full Moon in Aquarius happening mid-August. If you’re new to my posts and would like to see more of them, feel free to follow me, and ask a question if you have one. Or four. There are no stupid questions on my blog. I’m also an Oracle who has bills to pay and a refrigerator to fill so if you have some extra cash on hand and want a really clear, concise, and accurate reading…please hit me up for more details! You can search #theprismaticdreamer for posted reviews of my prophetic skills. And as always, take care Tumblr ♡
Caaaan do! Let me hit you with some more interesting details about this fabulous New Moon in Leo! I’ll even include times and a visual chart for learning purposes~
☆ The Venus/Sun conjunction in Leo is only gonna get sexier and more extra from now until late August. Our social circles are gonna get lit up. Our love lives will expand. Our creativity will be on some next-level solar fire. And depending on how much self-restraint we have, we could end up with a fuller wallet, or an emptier one after this conjunction party is done. But this doesn’t just apply to money, it also applies to all matters of abundance as well. Have fun but make sure to remember the spiritual bills need to get paid in Virgo season!
☆ This is a potent day for all artists, psychics, writers, dancers, and anyone who uses any ounce of creativity in their craft…or in their life. The muses will be dancing to the tune of this New Moon. If you follow along with the beat, you might just revive that old project, or break that nasty writer’s block of yours. Be receptive to whatever inspirations you have on the 31st! It’s sure to pay off.
☆ Saturn in Capricorn (no fun discipline daddy) is in the 12th House of death, sleep, fears, and the subconscious mind. Meanwhile, the North Node in Cancer (that feeling of finding where our true home/place is) is sitting in the 6th House…the place where all work, routines, organization, and service is jurisdicted. It’s also the place that rules over health concerns. That being said, this New Moon will be bringing up how our subconscious limitations that we place upon ourselves keep us from being healthy, working towards our goals, and make us uncomfortable within our own environment. Or more to the point, make us uncomfortable within our own skins.
☆ Neptune in Pisces Trine the North Node has us dreaming of a future unrestricted by perceived limitations that Saturn throws at us. We might think these limitations come from outside of us but with Saturn in the 12th house, all those limitations are actually self-inflicted. And an extension of our own self-harm. Allow the supernatual vision of Neptune in Pisces to loosen your ideas of what can and cannot be. Be flexible with your perceived limits. The future you is an endless possibility. Just be aware that this energy is also prone to escapism and intoxication via it’s vivid imagination. So use this astrological energy as a scrying pool but don’t get too caught up in the future vision and forget that there’s real work to be done in the now.
☆ Mood swing alert! With Uranus Squaring the New Moon, we might get a little testy, and flakey. We’ll be fluctuating emotionally. We’ll be chasing anything new and shiny…especially if that means a new person or situation that looks super appealing on the outside. This astrological aspect might have us prone to outbursts and running away from anything too emotionally demanding on us-like spooky scary personal commitments. If you’ve made a plan with someone on the 31st, don’t be surprised if it spontaneously falls through…unless that someone and you are keeping it interesting. Uranus Squaring the New Moon also bucks against any and all traditions. It needs CONSTANT change. This is a key factor in the personal revelation that will be handed to us this New Moon. We might find ourselves (surprised) bucking against our own self-perpetuated traditions.
☆ The New Moon is sandwiched between two very prominent stars in the Cancer constellation called “the Aselli”. Also known classically as Ascellus Borealis and Ascellus Australis who are nicknamed “The Northern and Southern Donkeys”. In Greek mythology it is said that Dionysus and Vulcan rode these beasts into battle against the Titans. The donkey’s braying and hooves made such a clamor that it scared the Titans off, back further into the Cancer constellation, where the Titans became the star cluster called “the Beehive” (Praesaepe). In astrology, the Aselli involved with any celestial event, are said to enhance aggressive impatience. And moodiness. So if you think those Cancer vibes are over? Whelp, we got one more hoop to jump through before the crab will let us scuttle away. Don’t let the Aselli make an ass out of you, haaaa! Get it? Yeah, puns are terrible.
☆ The Beehive cluster (Praesaepe) being involved in this New Moon is the most interesting and symbolic detail of this whole article. While the Greeks say that the cluster is a bunch of cowering Titans, the Chinese believe in something completely different. In their culture, the Beehive cluster represents humanity’s ancestors. It is said that this group of stars, aligned with any astrological event, gives one spiritual access to the realm of the dead so one may learn from the wisdom of those who’ve gone before us. But because the Universe likes to keep it spicy, the New Moon is Squaring Uranus, and old traditions aren’t being valued in the grand scheme of self-expression. What we have then is the exact scene from Mulan where, by rejecting the tradition laid out for her by the ancestors to follow her heart, Mulan brought honor to her ancestors in the end. We are being called to break away from old traditions, become radically ourselves, and by doing so…honor our ancestors. Both genetic ancestors, humanity’s ancestors, and our spiritual ancestors.
☆ As an additional aside, the Beehive cluster was thought to be a gateway called the “Pushya Nakshatra” in Hindu belief. And that the human soul descends to the mortal plane and back to the heavens through this gateway in the Cancer constellation in much the same way a crab can go back and forth from the waters of the sea onto the soil of the land. This being the case, our New Moon in Leo might be a perfect time to do some transpersonal necromancy, and bring back an aspect of ourselves that has been dead. Another suggestion for magic on this day would be any sort of astral work as moving between altered states of being/consciousness will be extra easy to do on the 31st.
☆ There are two Yods (fingers of Fate) formed by Neptune, Pluto, and Saturn. They are all pointing to Mars in Leo on the New Moon. This implies that some personal action will be taken on the 31st. Since Mars in Leo is in it’s 19th degree and in the 7th House this action will most likely revolve around:
-Partnerships. Especially your identity within a relationship. Emphasis on marriages.
-Following your inner genius to get the nectar/sweetest possible result. It might even feel like the call of destiny.
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