Astrology July 2019

Happy July & Happy Birthday, Moon Children!

I’m feeling a little like we start out in July with the idea of being pregnant, consumed with the accompanying ideas of inspiration. But as the Month progresses, it slowly dawns on us just what giving birth actually takes. No mean feat!! I’m attributing this to the Eclipses this month as they set us off on a path for not the usual two or six weeks, but for at least the next six Months. Eclipses can change things on a dime. They’re super charged & intense periods, to say the least. They’re important in our time line & so I’ll focus mostly on how this all looks for us.

The New Moon is a Solar Eclipse, in the Sign of Cancer. It happened early this morning, Wednesday the 3rd, at 05:22, @10 Degrees of the Sign. Cancer is a Sign which places a lot of value on security & because it’s a Water Sign, this has to do with emotional security. This Eclipse is bound to feel intense because Cancer is Ruled by the Moon. As New Moons are initiating, we’ll likely be at a turning point, or at the start of creating a life that’s more like home. You might literally be moving home, or making yours more private & secure. Cancerian Energy is also very much about birth, mothering, caring & nurturing, so these themes can be spotlighted too. Broadly though, this Eclipse covers self care. Your feelings can bring you a better understanding of who you are in your personal world. Your wants & needs should be a priority just as much as everybody else’s! This is a great time to work out where you’re giving too much, or are out of balance & need better boundaries. Are there patterns from the way you were raised & your mother’s expectations of you which now trip you up? We’ve got great opportunities to shift & install deeper, healthier & more nurturing bonds with ourselves & others.

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse comes later in the Month, in Capricorn. This one’s on a Wednesday too, the 17th, at 07:30, @24 Degrees. Capricorn has a far more Paternal, business like way of being & teamed with an Eclipse, we’re bound to have many a revelation re our power, control & influence over our lives & those of others. Issues about what’s just & fair can come up, along with a test to our integrity & taking responsibility for our past decisions. Again, parenting can come under the microscope as well as our profession & career path. Reality checks & the transformation which results will task us to be pragmatic & apply only logical thinking to see us through. It’s a restrictive kind of Energy right now & because the Eclipse is tied in with Capricorns Ruler Saturn & Pluto close by, we’ll probably be feeling there’s a definite shadow being cast. Make sure you’re NOT responding & reacting to whatever’s on your plate from a place of fear & keep your feet on the ground! It’s never a good idea to run away from things, or jump out of the frying pan only to land in a fryer. Apply a Capricornian level of maturity & common sense. People will say this Sign is limiting, but you can always work a system to your advantage once you have experience & knowledge of it’s structure & rules. There’s room here for leaps & bounds forward if you’ve been working at something with awareness & dedication, but the old has to go for the new to appear. Remember we’re building, well into next year! Right now, we’re still clearing our decks.

If you haven’t got any idea where these Energies fall in your own Natal Chart, stop & think about where you’ve constantly been getting pinged, poked or just plain aggravated. Where have you been freedom seeking for quite some time? Bingo! That’s likely where it’s at. The last Cycles we experienced in these Signs were in July 2000 & December 2001 &… December 2010 & July 2011. You might just find what’s going on this Month somehow ties back to these times. Food for thought! If you can see a pattern, it’s time to alter it for your greater good.

We’ve had releasing Aspects for AGES & we’ll still have them for a while to come. When I’d first bring up the idea of letting something go, eyes widened & there was often a “NO WAY!!” response. Even though we knew what was causing us a headache & what had to change or go, we weren’t ready to even contemplate it. For some, perhaps those who’s Charts weren’t directly effected, issues may have been relatively simple. But for those of us who are directly swimming in the soup, there are huge, fundamental issues & vast change called for. In a way, the fact that we’ve been allowed little rest or respite, no end game or comfort zone, has helped us. Slowly but surely we’ve loosened our grip & opened up to some inevitable transformation. Like it or not (probably not!), one finger at a time has been prised away from past safe havens & ways of being. Just as well it’s been such a slow happening really, because to take an all-in-one massive leap at such immense change would possibly have resulted in some broken bones. Anyway, my point here is that now, when I bring these releasing themes up, we seem to be more in a resigned space of “bring it on already!” Tired & exhausted of trying to fix our aches & plagues, wanting to feel lighter, even if it means finally tearing down the status quo. We WILL get to that better place, just not quite yet.

These Eclipses are polarising. They light up the FIRST of the Water Signs (Cancer) & the LAST of Earth (Capricorn). We’re challenged with extremes of how we feel; our emotions (Water) Vs our structures & practical foundation (Earth). What we DO have to pull this all together somewhat, is the fact that BOTH Cancer & Capricorn are Cardinal Signs. What’s Cardinal? In Astrology, it’s the party starting, lets get this ball rolling, Hey Ho Lets GO Energy. The Cardinal Fire & Air Signs are Aries & Libra, just so yanno! & So these four are really in the Hot Seat here, but we’re all honorary Cardinal Signs right now & Cardinals initiate. They start & they lead the way. July is where we need to stop playing any games with ourselves, since we’ve probably already nixed the game playing & manipulation from others. We’re called to lead ourselves toward a more emotionally authentic version of that person in the mirror.

Wherever your Enough Button is, July will probably hit that up. Where are you playing Super Hero for others at the cost of your own life & happiness? A harsh truth is this… if you’re waiting on it, that or them to change, you’re probably seeing by now that things aren’t shifting. You’ve probably invested your heart, time, money &/or Soul into this for possibly years. But if things aren’t moving, you’ll have to move YOURSELF. These Eclipses are kinda sorta going to insist. I’ve said before, that Energy is neutral until something directs it. Pick up your script & get going. Plant seeds & take baby steps toward what you want your future self to look like. Where do you WANT to be?? All this is full on, but if you’ve been reading this blog for a while & you’ve been doing the internal work you’ve needed to do, this can be the change you’ve aspired to! Eclipses are considered Wild Cards, they can flip things in the blink of an eye… hopefully, the moving & shaking that comes around will catapult you closer to the place you’ve been striving to land.

And so back to my birth analogy. You have a baby on the way, but what does that take? It takes planning & care, it takes months of looking after yourself & good nutrition! Specific vitamins & minerals, tests, check-ups & a new, stretchy wardrobe. You gradually change your patterns & mind frame to accommodate this new life. You have to piff out old furniture… the outmoded, unsuitable. You get to plan out your home, base it on practicality as well as comfort. It’s daunting & it’s exciting! But… you actually have to go through labour to get to your destination & you need to do it well. The bouncing bundle at the end will reflect a robust version of THE BEST you could do. Once the baby IS born, you’re off into a brand new cycle & that’s coming next year. We have to view the whole shebang as a process, that’s life!

There are other Aspects going on through the Month as well, of course. The first is Mercury Retrograde, from July 8th through August 1st & although we’ll be dealing with the usual technology fails, mix ups & communication snafus, I think this time, an Rx Mercury can benefit us. If we’re going through the above, all the “Re Words” associated with this time frame can help us REview, REassess & REorganise our thought processes to REstructure & Revamp our lives. This is probably a time that old thoughts spring back up, along with old friends, acquaintances or loves. Think deeply about what they have to tell you symbolically. The Rehash can be enlightening.

Neptune is also Rx, as of June 22nd & He will be until November 28th. As He’s The King of Confusion… the Sea & all it’s storms, mists, fogs & tidal waves, once He takes a time out & withholds His typical Energy, as all Rx Planets do, much of what’s clouded our vision will start to dissipate & we have the chance to make sense of ourselves! To clearly envision a path forward. He Aspects Jupiter & we’re asked to REvisit our hopes, our dreams & our expansion into a New World. As always, in Earth School, we have to be realistic in achieving our goals. This Eclipse set can assist with that, the proviso is that you take yourself seriously. Organise your thoughts, clean your mental house & express yourself physically & practically.

On July 9th & 10th, Mercury & Mars will have a challenging conversation with Uranus, Planet of explosives! Our speech (Mercury) & our ego (Mars) may cause us, or those around us, to be pushy, over reactive, harsh & perhaps arrogant. We may want to bust out, on our last nerve, so beware of rash, impulsive, unpredictable & rebellious incidents & accidents on these couple of days. Our nervous systems will likely be ramped right up & there can be electrical & mechanical break downs too. The upside is sudden realisation, brand new ideas, radical liberations & if you want to use this to max productivity, the annihilation of bad habits! This brand of a Mercury, Mars & Uranus formation is knows as a “cutting” or “slicing” combination.

On the 11th, through the 16th, the Sun will Oppose Saturn & Pluto. We can feel touchy, vulnerable & drained with this. We tend to come from a fear based, lack mentality & swing into “Nobody understands me AT all” mode. Time to yourself to lick your wounds & nurture yourself, get lost in a blog or book. Try to recognise what you DO have, it will help balance this out. The Sun is a masculine Energy. Fathers, Fathering & parenting in general can become a focus. All issues of a paternal, patriarchal nature as well as leadership problems might arise. Pace yourself & delay any reaction or actions until a bit later if you can.

On the 18th through to the 22nd, Venus, our Feminine/Love Planet follows the Sun through the same configuration, so we swing from that above masculine focus over to a more heart centred side. Issues of friendship, romance, marriage & fertility can become challenging right now. We’re in for some contractions toward deeply transforming what is. Evolving relationships with partners of all kinds comes up & we’ll need to look at & adjust how we roll within them. Once we reach August however, Venus busts some good Uranian action & we’re likely able to find a brilliant solution to all this. We’ll be firmly out of the maze we’ve been ploughing through, for now. Until, look at ways you can be yourself within your relationships, do things differently & initiate a fresh start. You’ll need to figure out if it’s together or apart, but it’ll be apparent things can’t stay stagnant & the same.

This Month, as it’s so full on, the Crystals I’m going to hang out with are Shungite & Moonstone. The former resonates with Saturn & Pluto & the latter with the Moon. Shungite is Earthy (Capricorn) & Moonstone is Watery (Cancer). Each of these will tend to mitigate the rough sides of the July Energies, but amplify the positive stuff we’re all striving for. If you read up on them, I’m sure you’ll find plenty of information which resonates for you! Shungite repels negativity, Moonstone strengthens our emotional body & BOTH are calming & grounding.

Take Care, Take Heart & Take Your Time!!

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