August 2024 comes with the joyful Leo New Moon and change-focused Aquarius Full Moon as Mercury retrograde is swirling. What's in store for us? What is a New Moon?
A New Moon occurs when the transit (moving) Sun and Moon are in the exact same position in the Zodiac (called a conjunction). New Moons are related to beginnings, have high energy, and are enthusiastic.
What is a Full Moon?
A Full Moon occurs when the transit (moving) Sun and Moon are in the exact opposite positions in the Zodiac (called an opposition). Full Moons are related to endings, culminations, and are emotional energy.
New Moon in Leo: August 4th 2024 (7:15AM ET/4:15AM PT)
The Leo New Moon is traditionally a nice New Moon since Leo is a positive, happy fire sign. Leo rules love, both the people we love and the things we love to do, and how we connect to our hearts and be joyful. This is fun, carefree, and represents our inner child. We want to laugh and play, goof off, and not take anything too seriously. This is a great time for vacations and getaways, for romance and dating, and for sparks flying.
This is also a highly creative New Moon, and we may focus on starting new creative projects and ventures, or bringing creativity into whatever we're already working on. We may want to take up a new hobby, and this can be a creative one, or one that allows us to channel our creative energy into it. This is welcome after the very heavy previous New and Full Moons, and we could use the break from the serious and intense! The day after this New Moon, on August 5th, Mercury turns retrograde (appears to move backward) in Virgo, and Mercury will retrograde back to Leo on August 14th, where it stays retrograde until August 28th. This complicates things since Mercury retrograde likes to throw things off, and we may become aware of issues we have with love, joy, and ways we haven't nurtured our inner child. We may feel we lack a real connection to our hearts, and this can make us pessimistic. But it's better to actually work on the issues instead of letting them fester and grow. Retrogrades are times for do overs and second chances, so this New Moon might bring with it opportunities to redo, revise, revisit, rethink, reconnect, and recover. This can especially be helpful for reconnecting with the heart or with old flames, for picking back up old hobbies or creative projects, or for redoing something that brought you joy in the past. The New Moon is sextile (beneficial aspect, two signs away) transit (moving) Jupiter in Gemini, and this actually helps with the positive focus for this New Moon since Jupiter is the happy, optimistic planet. We generally don't want to get wrapped up in anything too serious or mundane, though the Mercury retrograde might try to drag us down. We can resist and try to work with this energy instead. The New Moon occurs at 12 degrees 34 minutes Leo. The aspects to the New Moon are: Conjunction: 10 degrees 34 minutes - 14 degrees 34 minutes Leo Sextile: 10 degrees 34 minutes - 14 degrees 34 minutes Gemini or Libra Square: 10 degrees 34 minutes - 14 degrees 34 minutes Taurus or Scorpio Trine: 10 degrees 34 minutes - 14 degrees 34 minutes Aries or Sagittarius Opposition: 10 degrees 34 minutes - 14 degrees 34 minutes Aquarius Full Moon in Aquarius: August 19th 2024 (2:25PM ET/11:25AM PT)
The Aquarius Full Moon brings attention to independence, change, and individuality. We can focus on giving ourselves more independence to be true to ourselves, and if we feel boxed in, we can fight back in a big way. This is excellent for getting out of ruts we've been stuck in, but we do need to be mindful of being impulsive, impatient, and jumping without thinking about it first. That just puts us in more hot water, so we need to avoid that.
We can be willing to make changes that we feel will help push us forward in a big way, and we can see progress being made with changes we've already been working on, are invested in, and are going about the right way. Any changes where we're not doing that, we may experience setbacks or blocks, and need to work through that in order to make progress. This Full Moon is opposite Mercury retrograde, and square (challenging aspect, three signs away) transit Uranus in Taurus. The Mercury retrograde begins with the New Moon, but gets triggered by this Full Moon, and oppositions can feel out of our control, so we may experience developments that feel like that. With the square to Uranus, this may seem like it comes out of nowhere, and we're really blown away by it. This can easily throw us off of our game, and we can lose sight of what we're doing. It's super important that we remain in control of ourselves as much as possible with this Full Moon. Emotions likely run very, very high, and this can lead to bad decisions and hasty actions that cause more problems. We need to be smart and not let emotion cloud our judgment. But it truly is fantastic energy for getting out of a rut. We have the drive and desire to break out with this Full Moon, and we can make it happen. Look around at your life and see where you've been most stuck, and how much it's impacted you. This can be where you take action - just be smart about it! The Full Moon occurs at 27 degrees 15 minutes Aquarius. Aspects to the Full Moon are: Conjunction: 25 degrees 15 minutes - 29 degrees 15 minutes Aquarius Sextile: 25 degrees 15 minutes - 29 degrees 15 minutes Aries or Sagittarius Square: 25 degrees 15 minutes - 29 degrees 15 minutes Taurus or Scorpio Trine: 25 degrees 15 minutes - 29 degrees 15 minutes Gemini or Libra Opposition: 25 degrees 15 minutes - 29 degrees 15 minutes Leo Suggested Reading: The New & Full Moons page for general interpretations by house and aspect Comments are closed.
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