A Kick Butt New Moon

This New Moon has an incredible amount of energy and promises a month of surprises, upsets and earth shattering events.  Why? At the time of the New Moon, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 9:24 PM EDT Mercury and Mars are together in the sky opposing Pluto.  The New Moon, Sun/Moon conjunction, makes an aspect of agitation to anything goes Uranus. Venus and Jupiter in Leo squares off with Saturn in Scorpio.   A lot of planets in tight aspect but unfriendly aspect to one another creates a lot of tension.

The Uranus/Pluto square that has been bopping back and forth over the past few years brings societal changes, unrest and challenges to the status quo.  This New Moon and the aspects the planets make over the following month until the next New Moon bounce off both Uranus and Pluto.   Jupiter and Venus together in the sky can signify big money and grand diplomatic endeavors.  They both square off with Saturn in Scorpio.  Jupiter is expansion, Saturn in contraction.  Saturn in Scorpio rules debt and signifies that it is time to pay the piper.

On the 18^th Venus pokes her nose into Virgo, on the 25^th she turns retrograde moving backwards into Leo on the 31^st.  Venus remains retrograde until September 6^th. Venus involves money, love and diplomacy.  This means she will be going back over territory and issues that she has already traversed.  At the beginning of August she will be back in the arms of Jupiter and both will be squaring Saturn.  The agreement reached between Greece and the European Union as well as the Iran Treaty will be revisited, revised and readjusted.  On a personal level, makeups and breakups get a second look. With Saturn in the picture that second look involves facing some harsh truths.  A Saturn truth is if a relationship ends, you didn’t need that person anyway.  Those relationships that survive have Saturn’s stamp of longevity.  A clearer picture emerges after Venus goes direct on September 6^th. 

The last week of July and the first weeks of August brings a period of unrest. Headlines will reflect this.  Venus, Uranus and Saturn change direction.  Mars, the warrior enters the picture and squares off with Uranus.  Mars can be explosive and connected to Uranus can bring just the spark needed to set things off. Mars in watery Cancer and Uranus in fiery Aries is a recipe for steamy events.  Molten lava comes to mind.

During this period Jupiter and Saturn square one another.  This is an important point in their twenty year cycle with one another.  This is the closing square.  The dance that these two waltz to have a strong connection with the economy and with societal rules and constructs. Watch for ups and downs in the stock market.

This lunation period is a rock and roll roller coaster.  Weather events, Earth changes, financial ups and downs and political situations around the world impact all of us.  We live in a global village and we cannot ignore what happens halfway around the world.  Events occurring during this period are pivotal points, in personal relationships and finances as well as on the world stage.  Often it is only in hindsight that we realize the significance of certain events.  Upsets, disruptions and altering one’s course occur quite frequently during this period.  Remember there is light at the end of the tunnel.