July Moon-Wise Astrological Guide

Moon-Wise

Astrological Guide
 for your Business and Personal Life

July 2013

 

Summer is a very busy time for me with having a booth at the Fremont Market doing astrology and tarot reading. My astrology motto Time Is Everything worked out very well choosing to start my booth on June 9^th with the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and the Moon in my 10^th house of career and Venus and Mercury in Cancer in my 11^th house of friends. In the months of June and July with the Sun And Moon in my 10 house and 11 house above the horizon in my chart in the houses connected to the career June and in July with the New Moon in the house of friends and social organizations. I tend to out and about socializing and networking. I hope to be on time for the next New Moon which will be in my 12 house. There will be more on the houses with the New and Full Moon in your chart.

Nurturing and healing were foremost in the July 8 New Moon chart with the Sun and Moon in a Cancer stellium, wedged between Jupiter and Mercury, in the 4^th house on the west coast. In Rex Bills Rulership Book it says that the Moon is in charge of cleaning and Cancer is the natural tenant of the fourth house I live in the Northwest and I have been cleaning up a storm, not to mention I am a Virgo. Also since Mercury still retrograde why not, extend that clearing to mental and emotional patterns and habits that are not working for you. This past New Moon  also was opposite Pluto and squared by Uranus suggesting that there is an urge for to leave the past behind and surrender any part of our identity that no longer serves us.

New Moons are times of new beginnings – an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and begin anew each month.  This New Moon offers a chance to sweep away old insecurities and fears and embrace the transformative change that the Universe is creating at each moment under these intense planetary cycles. The New Moon was at the apex of a Kite formation that included a harmonious watery Grand Trine with the expansive force of Jupiter, the discipline of Saturn and the inspiration of Neptune helping to offset and support the pressure of the Uranus square Pluto

The gentleness of the Grand Trine can help us to rest and rejuvenate as we prepare for the next phase of the cycle.  This period can be best utilized through meditation, yoga, creative projects, art, music – any kind of structured expression of the spiritual and creative life.

 It can be helpful to know where the New Moon is in your birth- chart. When you know the house placement of the New Moon in your birth chart for a given month, you will know the area of life that is best for you to focus on for your personal growth and success for that particular New Moon.

To know where your New Moon is in your chart or to understand your transits, progressions and solar returns for 2013 you can receive a 50 % off an astrology reading by mentioning the Moon-Wise Blog. Also check out my website for more information: www.marcymoonstar.com or phone 206 478-2724

Three planets become direct this month (Saturn, Uranus, and Mercury). This represents a change in direction as the energies move out into life and they make things in your life move forward. Saturn ended its long retrograde cycle on July 7^th and the projects that were stuck on hold, or parts of your life that were moving like walking through mud, get a chance to start moving again. Mercury continues to be retrograde in Cancer until July 20th, so we can look at how our feeling blend and affect our tendency for emotional thinking which can be difficult if we dwell on past emotional hurts from others or our fears of what could happen in our futures.

Mars entered Cancer July 13, 2013 shows us that we will direct our energies in a sensitive and nurturing way or tempers can fly high with anger outbursts because  Mars is the planet of aggression and drive it is not very comfortable in the emotional sign of Cancer. If we find ourselves feeling agitated or angry for apparently no reason, or if we find that others around us are expressing that anger for us, there is an emotional component within us that is demanding that we pay attention to our feeling natures.

While Mars is in Cancer, especially over the next two weeks (through the first week in August), it will be setting off the Uranus/Pluto square But first Mars aligns with Jupiter, expanding (Jupiter) the aggressive force (Mars) and adding confidence and self-righteousness (Jupiter) to our already touchy expression of needs and anger (Mars). This dynamic will peak on the 21st (and the Moon will be involved on that day too), so over the next week it will be important to get enough physical activity so that the energy of Mars, which is expanded now by Jupiter and without an easy outlet in Cancer, can be channeled productively.

On July 22, Monday, the Sun enters Leo at 8:56 am PDT and 11:56 am EDT followed by the Full Moon follows at 1 degree of Aquarius at 11:16 am PDT and 2:16 pm EDT. Here is Stariq’s interpretation that I like about the Sun entering Leo and the Full Moon. http://www.stariq.com/ or more information http://darkstarastrology.com

The Sun's entry into Leo represents a return to the heart. It's a time to tune into individual will and purpose to release the creative powers of the Sun's fiery home sign. Arrogance, insensitivity and excessive pride are negative traits associated with this transit, but such selfish behavior signals a lack of self-esteem. When we are truly connected with the animating spirit inside, we have the capacity to listen and respond to others as well as the ability to define ourselves. Love is the element that allows us to shine with the fullness of our potential without losing contact with the needs of those around us.

Full Moon in Aquarius : The opposition of the Moon in group-oriented Aquarius to the Sun in individualistic Leo is often a time of celebration. Even if there is some conflict between personal desires and collective interests, both signs are friendly. Yet this Full Moon may be more serious with stern Saturn in Scorpio making right angle squares to both lights. The ringed planet's position challenges us to measure what we get for our investments of love and friendship. Complications about what and how much to give can be resolved when we take a deeper look at our relationships. Clarifying our expectations of others makes negotiations with them more honest and successful.

On Monday July 29 there is a rare configuration in the heavens: a Grand Sextile. It consists of 6 planets sextile each other around the zodiac. It is also known as a Star of David, Star Tetrahedron or a Grand Hexagram. This Grand Sextile is composed of a Grand Trine in earth and a Grand Trine in water separated by sextiles , coming together with the Taurus Last Quarter Moon. The Last Quarter Moon is a threshold point where we return to this reality with a whole new consciousness.  The Star Tetrahedron is a potent sacred geometry symbol opening a celestial portal between Heaven and Earth – further awakening this sacred geometry in our DNA. This is a critical time to engage ceremonially with intent to expand our awareness to embrace the greatest possibility of experiencing the magic of who we are.  It is important to take advantage of this truly magical configuration.

 Visit Marcia Moonstar’s metaphysical booth

 Seattle Fremont Market

http://www.fremontmarket.com/

 Sundays from 10 am – 5pm

When you visit me at the Fremont Market and mention my website or blog, you will receive a $5.00 discount on a personal reading of your choice, Astrology, Tarot or Numerology.  I am looking forward to seeing you all at the Fremont Market sometime this spring or summer.

 

 

 

June Moon-Wise Astrological Guide

Moon-Wise

Astrological Guide
 for your Business and Personal Life

June 8 2013

New Moon of Gemini

 

We had a New Moon in friendly and curious in Gemini on Saturday June 8 at 8:56 am PDT and 11:56 am EDT on the 18 degree of Gemini. The Gemini New Moon is about communication and understanding. This is the time for new beginnings, so do take action toward what you want to create or call into your life. New Moons are times to make a new start and it can be helpful to see where the New Moon falls in your own chart since that is the area of life where the New Moon is most likely to have an impact.

The New Moon in Gemini was widely aligned with Jupiter in Gemini, which brings focus to learning and teaching, along with awareness of perception, beliefs, ideas and higher visions. It has been said that we teach what we need to learn.  This is a good month to examine how we form our beliefs, as well as our sources of information. This month may also require us to be more flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances.  The Sabian symbol for this New Moon is, “A large archaic volume reveals a traditional wisdom,” suggests that we all have deeper sources of wisdom that can be tapped into when needed.

The mind is quite active under the Gemini influence, and the business of the other planetary interactions could make it difficult to concentrate or relax. This is especially true because Mercury, Gemini's ruling planet, is in a challenging square to Uranus, the Great Awakener. Conflicts and arguments may arise at this New Moon and a conscious focus that unites the mind with the heart will be helpful. This is a wonderful New Moon for doing vision work since the imagination is quite active and the mind is open to new ideas. We are also being supported by the mutual reception between the Moon in Gemini with Mercury in Cancer.

This will open our minds to being intuitive and feelings to knowing what we need to do next to fulfill our purposes.

In this lunation the Sun and Moon are also in a challenging square to Chiron, the planet of wounding and healing, opening up the doorway to the inner heart so that it can open and communicate with the mind and foster greater body wisdom. The watery Grand Trine is culminating now, creating a flow that will facilitate the opening of the heart if we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and open.

June is highlighted by the retrograde stations of Neptune, Chiron and Mercury. We have two very potent aspect patterns in the sky that feel very opposite to the other. On the one hand we have a dreamy water grand trine between Venus, Saturn and Neptune, and then we have on the other, Mercury’s explosive Uranus square Pluto in a T-square

The ongoing trine aspect between Saturn and Neptune can provide practical expression for our dreams and visions, which is further emphasized by three creative, sensitive water grand trines.  The Sun and Jupiter’s entry into Cancer later in the month brings focus to home, security issues and our emotional/feeling awareness.  

“Gemini is the sign of the Twins and as such it also reflects the opposites of feminine and masculine, female and male, intuition and logic. How do we come into a harmonious relationship with our inner Beloved as well as our outer Beloved?  How do we get our intuition and our logic to work together?  Don’t fall back on behavior that includes accusations, criticism or too much talking that goes nowhere.”

“This New Moon energy wants you to plant new intellectual seeds, seeds that offer you new ways to perceive your world and your relationships.  When you change your limiting thoughts, you change your behavior.  To really change your whole attitude, you need to change the story going on in your unconscious. That’s where Mercury the psycho-pomp can help.  Listen to your dreams now and then work with them to understand their hidden messages.” From the insighful Cathy Pagano from her Wisdom of Astrology:

 

June astrology highlights :
 

On June 3, the first water grand trine occurs between Mercury in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio and Neptune in Pisces.  This sensitive combination has the potential to bring form and organization for our creative ideas and spiritual ideals. Communication of feelings in relationships can be better received and understood during these few days. 

The combined planetary forces on June 6-8 contain both challenges and opportunities. Neptune turns stationary retrograde on June 7, which increases our sensitivity, but also a tendency towards deception or indecision. This theme is reinforced by difficult aspects between Mars, Saturn and Neptune. The Mercury opposition to Pluto can bring deeper communications, but also disagreements. This same day features the second water grand trine of Venus, Saturn and Neptune, which brings opportunities to create greater emotional rapport, love and harmony. This is not the best day for accomplishment, but rather to focus on being more heart-centered.  

On June 11, a T-square forms between Venus, Uranus and Pluto that could prove to be a challenging time for relationships.  However, on this same day a trine occurs between Saturn and Neptune that can help to restore harmony. This is the second of three trines, with the first occurring last October and the third to occur in mid-July.  This aspect allows us to get in touch with and manifest our highest visions.  Saturn provides the organization and structure, while Neptune brings compassion, along with intuitive awareness and grace.

Chiron in Pisces turns stationary retrograde on June 16.  Old emotional wounds that haven’t healed can emerge now.  Now our wounded healer awareness can allow us to give and receive support from others.  On June 19, the Sun aligns with Jupiter in Gemini, expanding our world of ideas and providing a generous and optimistic feeling.  This carries over to the Summer Solstice on June 20. The Sun now enters Cancer, which shifts our focus to family, home and security concerns.  

 The Sun enters Cancer just after midnight on June 21st at the Summer Solstice and is followed by the Capricorn Full Moon on June 23rd. At the Capricorn Full Moon the Capricorn Moon opposes the Sun in Cancer. Cancer is itself ruled by the Moon, so this Full Moon awakens the lunar instincts and highlights the stress between our need to nurture and care for others and find our tribe (Cancer) and the pressure to make something of ourselves in the world (Capricorn).

 This is a favorable period for reviewing our goals and making practical, realistic adjustments. The full Moon will opposes Jupiter and widely aligns with Pluto, which reminds us to focus and review our original visions and ideals. Are we aiming too high or too low?  The Sabian symbols for these degrees speak to the need to overcome stagnation and a yearning for increasing the scope and depth of one’s contacts with other living beings.

On June 25, Jupiter enters the sign Cancer, where it will travel until July 2014. Jupiter is said to be exalted in Cancer because it is comfortable there. The emotional needs of Cancer are great, and Jupiter can expand to meet those needs. During this period, we can expand our views in the areas of home, family, food and feminine energy. Jupiter was last in Cancer from July 2001 to August 2002.  A statement or project begun back then can be expanded at this time.

Mercury in Cancer turns stationary retrograde on June 26, and travels backward in Cancer until July 20. During this period, we will be reviewing our attunement to feeling awareness in our communications with self and others. Unfinished business with family and security issues can come up now. Also it would be wise to start paying closer attention to things that you say, instructions that you have to read and contracts that must be signed.

On this same day, the third water grand trine occurs with the Sun, Saturn and Neptune, which will facilitate the process of greater attunement to the feminine, heart-centered and highly sensitive energies. 

It seems with this New Moon, on the star of Rigel in Orion, “This star sits on the foot of Orion the hunter, as well as being the last star in the constellation of Eridanus, the river. This is a star that does promise a constant flow of riches and achievements that the waters of the river provide you. It encourages a positive attitude too, especially in spreading knowledge, through one’s actions, examples or ideas, through education and teaching or through the spread of one’s faith for the benefit of others. However, there is a catch. As in the story, there is a chance that you may get over confident of achieving success, and as a result suffer a similar fate as Orion did. The ancient story goes that Orion was charged with killing all of the beasts on earth, however for his brazen and rather arrogant attitude, the goddess of the earth Gaia sent the scorpion to sting Orion which it did on his foot (or heel) poisoning him to death.” http://solarisastrology.blogspot.com/

We can’t really afford to take our eye off where the Moon falls in your chart, being aware of the opportunities and challenges of the Gemini New Moon. This is also an area where you can have great success for the next month, but humility is called for.

It can be helpful to know where the New Moon is in your birth- chart. When you know the house placement of the New Moon in your birth chart for a given month, you will know the area of life that is best for you to focus on for your personal growth and success for that particular New Moon.

To know where your New Moon is in your chart or to understand your transits, progressions and solar returns for 2013 you can receive a 50 % off a Full astrology reading by mentioning the Moon-Wise Blog. Also check out my website for more information: www.marcymoonstar.com or phone 206 478-2724

 Visit Marcia Moonstar’s metaphysical booth at the

 

 Seattle Fremont Market

http://www.fremontmarket.com/

 Sundays from 10 am – 5pm

When you visit me at the Fremont Market and mention my website or blog, you will receive a $5.00 discount on a personal reading of your choice, Astrology, Tarot or Numerology.  I am looking forward to seeing you all at the Fremont Market sometime this spring or summer.

For More information:

Cell (206) 478-2724

 

 

 

 

May Moon-Wise Astrological Guide

Moon-Wise

Astrological Guide
 for your Business and Personal Life

May 2013

New Moon of Taurus

In May the planetary energies will again be very intense with a solar eclipse in Taurus and a lunar eclipse in Sagittarius, will give us the opportunities for major new beginnings and also letting go of  relationships, jobs and psychological patterns that are just not working in our lives.

During the first week of May, we are in the last phase of the April Scorpio Lunar eclipse, with a theme of healing and releasing old patterns.  It is best to focus on resolution and completion until May 9. Decisions made between eclipses can have unexpected results, while matters begun surrounding an eclipse can assume greater importance.

From May 5-7, Mercury and Mars in Taurus will form a harmonious trine to Pluto in Capricorn, which increases our focus and ability to take a deeper approach in our communications and actions.  It is a good time to take positive actions leading to greater empowerment and commitment.

On May 9, the New Moon Solar Eclipse occurs at 20 degrees of  Taurus . It is aligned with Mercury, Mars, and the South Node. This annular eclipse (a ring of fire around the Sun) can only be seen in the South Pacific. Since this eclipse degree is opposite to last November’s eclipse, events coming up now may be related to that time period in your life

Eclipses mark times of cosmic redirection and energy shifts.   Something that we've been working on, learning about or struggling with comes to an end at a lunar eclipse.   Something we've imagined and dreamed about begins to manifest at a solar eclipse.  Mercury and Mars are in Taurus very close to the Solar Eclipse combining intellect and action to energies communications. As this is a South Node eclipse, the focus is on releasing the old patterns and beliefs that can lead to new beginning in your life.

With Mercury conjunct Mars aligned with the eclipse, we should watch for sharp words. All eclipses tend to stimulate a desire to act impulsively, and with Mercury-Mars involved, this can mean speaking too soon or too abruptly

This Taurus solar eclipse marks a new beginning, an especially fertile new beginning as it takes place in the astrological sign of manifestation.   Taurus the Bull is the energy of building and brings new possibilities for grounded and solid manifest of the new projects that were conceived when the Sun was in Aries. Taurus themes also include personal resources/finances, values, matters of ownership, feelings of worthiness, desire for safety and security, resistance to change, comfort, and sensuality, will be a strong focus on a personal level and  effects can be felt up to six months after the actual date of the eclipse.

“Occurring in Taurus, this eclipse is about strengthening our sense of security. It is a time for re-evaluating our relationship with money and possessions and discovering what it is that truly makes us happy and fulfilled. It's a time for considering new ways of increasing our income or earning power. We should be concentrating on what it is we can do to increase our own feelings of self-worth.  We are asked to get in touch with what it is that we truly value and want in our lives, and to part with those things or situations that are not contributing to our feelings of worthiness.” (1)

This includes identifying those things that give us a false sense of security.” If you want more information about  eclipse check out the link below for café astrology

http://www.cafeastrology.com/lunationseclipses.html\ (1)

The Sabian symbol of the Sun and Moon at 20 degrees of Taurus is: Wisps of wing-like clouds streaming across the sky.   This symbol implies that when we take a new step in our spiritual evolution, tune into the spiritual forces that are at work in our lives and look for signs that may reveal the meaning of what is come next in your life. The “wing-like cloud” may symbolize the presence of celestial being like angles or devas blessing and revealing the direction to take to fulfill the winds of your destiny.

In the Astromark Spring Newsletter Mark Dodich writes about the esoteric astrology of the Solar Eclipse in Taurus.

“The main thing to know about this solar eclipse is that Taurus wants to manifest its needs and desires, yet the eclipse asks you to look at where your needs and desires are now. In esoteric astrology, it is associated with the Fourth Ray of Harmony through Conflict.

The Fourth Ray is where you get thrown off your center and then have to come back in a higher balance under a higher set of values. If you are holding onto old or lower values and desires, then this eclipse helps you to take them to a new level.”

Mark Dodich also writes in his Weekly forecast : “The Solar Eclipse on May 9 is about getting clear on your values and desires, and your willingness to put constructive effort into long term gain. Check out Marks website http://www.astromark.us/ for interesting astrological insights.

Not everyone will feel the effect of the eclipse with the same intensity. Those whose personal planets are activated by the degree of the eclipse will most feel its effects on a personal level.

This New Moon occurs at 20 degrees of Taurus, will tend to affect people more who are born with personal planets at 15 to 25 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius)

 It can be helpful to know where the New Moon is in your birth- chart. When you know the house placement of the New Moon in your birth chart for a given month, you will know the area of life that is best for you to focus on for your personal growth and success for that particular New Moon.

To know where your New Moon is in your chart or to understand your transits, progressions and solar returns for 2013 you can receive a 50 % off an astrology reading by mentioning the Moon-Wise Blog. Also check out my website for more information: www.marcymoonstar.com or phone 206 478-2724

Visit Marcia Moonstar’s metaphysical booth at the

 Seattle Fremont Market

http://www.fremontmarket.com/

 Sundays from 10 am – 5pm

When you visit me at the Fremont Market and mention my website or blog, you will receive a $5.00 discount on a personal reading of your choice, Astrology, Tarot or Numerology.  I am looking forward to seeing you all at the Fremont Market sometime this spring or summer.

For More information:

Cell (206) 478-2724