Loving each one has a knock-on effect
Leo is ruled by the Sun, the heart of the solar system,
the heart centre of our bodies, the door to spirit through
expressing the best of your Sun-sign. The radiation from the
heart centre travels up through the throat, the place of love
and relating (I use Venus to represent the throat centre)
and down through the solar plexus, energy of action (I use
Mars to represent this centre).
This New Moon is almost on Venus (2 degrees), and Venus
appears to be going backwards towards it (retrograde), so
this would be emphasising the upwards radiation of the heart-light.
I take this to mean that this month is about loving, focusing
us on learning to love our old enemies (retrograde motion
tends to bring up the past) in order to set them, and ourselves,
free from the past. That means being free from our habitual
ways of reacting to people (Sun/Moon trine Uranus).
We need to be able to stand in the present in each interaction,
whether the person is someone we know well, only a little
or not at all: to stand there open-hearted and see exactly
what is there to be seen. This month, such relating will bring
knock-on effects that go far beyond our understanding, helping
to heal all manner of situations (Sun/Moon quincunx Chiron
in Pisces).
Stay present to the other when you speak to them
Our conscious communication, though, is more likely to be
focused on practical aspects of life, how to change where
necessary, and adapt to changes that have already taken place
(Mercury in Virgo trine Pluto). Take care, when aiming to
be helpful, that you don’t press too hard on people
- everyone does need to go at their own pace, and their style
of adaptation may be different from anything you’ve
met before. So be prepared to offer what you know from your
experience, and let each person take what they can and leave
the rest, without trying to manipulate their responses.
The veils that shield us from each others’ emotional
fields will be thin (Mercury opposite Neptune), so, as long
as you are truly present, you will feel when enough has been
said. Very often, the moment to stop giving advice is a subtle
sense of confusion about exactly what to say next. This is
where we may find ourselves repeating what we said before
but with more force! That is definitely the point to hand
the problem back to the owner of it, wishing them well. It
is, after all, never our job to solve someone else’s
problems. The best thing is to reassure them that some solution
will arise given time and an open mind.
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We are not our karma! We can let it go . . .
The real big problem for us all, this month, is likely to
be an inner clash between the happiness we are aiming for,
and our own deeper feelings (Sun/Moon/Venus in Leo all square
Saturn who is still in Scorpio). This could look like: our
buoyant optimism versus the pessimism that often attaches
to a material focus. Sometimes we may feel guilty at being
‘afloat’ when others are clearly sinking; or we
may be feeling robbed of our rights by those in authority.
Whatever arises needs to be addressed, but from the realisation
that our reactions stem from our own personal past. It is
our past reaction pattern that sets the shape of our present
experience, and nothing can change that if we persist in having
the same attitudes throughout our life. Hard stuff to face,
and perhaps even harder to let it go, but not impossible .
. .
Is this when the pendulum swings towards wholeness?
There is an intense energy shift at the Full Moon on 29
August: the same stuff to deal with, but perhaps it will be
easier to accept what is. The energy of care and altruism
may help us blend our desire for our own happiness with a
broader desire, discovering the joy of helping others (Venus/Mars
quincunx Pluto; and Sun/Jupiter in Virgo, opposite Moon/Neptune).
Those global feelings of guilt about the suffering of others
could at last be morphing into a spiritual conscience bringing
about more diplomacy and justice (Mercury on North Node in
Libra sextile Saturn). This could be the mass of humanity
turning its face towards repairing the damage done, and taking
care of those in deepest need. Have we learned enough to swing
that change, as Saturn moves through his last full month in
Scorpio?
Of course he will come around the Zodiac again, but not
for another 26 years! This window of vision into past pains,
and the false conclusions we come to because of them - this
window will close mid September. Let’s hang in there
and receive every last scrap of understanding possible . .
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