New Moon in Leo - August 4, 2024
On Sunday, August 4th 2024 at 4:13 am PDT and 7:13 am EDT, the Moon begins a new cycle in the colorful, playful, and expressive sign of Leo. The sign that is bold, ignites joy and creativity, and needs to express everything from the heart without any inhibition. With this lunation, you’ll feel the archetypes of the Child, the Queen/King, and the Performer stepping onto center stage and there is also an emphasis on being seen and witnessed.
This Leo New Moon will offer you an opportunity to lighten up whatever has been weighing on your heart. Feel free to celebrate, play, dance, create, and find delight in all the things that make you feel joyful. Here’s a little snippet of some Leo energy I experienced recently during an evening walk with Reya, my husky. We stumbled upon this beautiful garden in someone’s front yard. It was covered with sunflowers, marigolds, begonias, and several other colorful flowers. Hummingbirds and bees were everywhere. I was overcome with joy and repeatedly said out loud, “wowwww this is magical.” I had a smile on my face the entire time. I was giddy and the beauty of the garden filled my heart with wonder. I noticed I had a little extra pep in my step after this encounter. This experience captures the feeling of Leo. What Leo moments have you had recently?
Mars, the planet of assertion and passion, and Jupiter, the planet of faith, abundance, and expansion are making a helpful alignment to this New Moon. These two planets are helping us lighten up and focus on the brighter side. Of course, we must also consider the potential for Jupiter to expand some of the challenges we’ve been facing, but don’t worry, you’ll feel ready to see new possibilities and take on fresh perspectives. Overall, it’s the perfect time to indulge in our passions and make some bold moves. In other words, go for it. However, there is a caveat, and we do need to keep in mind that Saturn the planet of restrictions, limits and lessons is making a challenging alignment to this lunation. So it may take a little longer than we’d like to see results, but it will happen. Try your best to be patient and once it all comes together, you’ll find that it was worth the wait.
On the same day as the New Moon, Mercury retrograde begins at 9:56 pm PDT in Virgo and continues until August 28th at 2:14 pm PDT in the sign of Leo. When a planet is retrograde, it has the appearance of going backwards, but this is due to an effect caused from our perspective from earth. Mercury is the planet of communication, thinking, and our perception so we can expect a slowing down to all of these functions. This is why astrologers remind you to plan for extra time when traveling, read the fine print when signing contracts, be prepared for miscommunications, and back up your devices. It’s also possible to feel more confused and that you’re going in mental circles. It can feel extra difficult to make decisions during a Mercury Retrograde time. The best thing we can do is slow down. It’s a reminder to take your time, go inward, reflect on the past, gather more information, make revisions, and let the planet lead you back to conversations and ideas from the past.
Overall, this New Moon wants us to take some bold steps, but it’s likely this retrograde and Saturn’s presence remind us to pay more attention to the details and gather more information so we can make our puzzle complete. It could also suggest that there are a few loose ends that need to be tended to before we can move forward. Use this New Moon to revise some of your creative projects, return to the past for anything that might help you in your current situation, reignite some of your former passions, and make plans about how you’d like to make your vision real over the upcoming months.
While we all might feel pulled during this New Moon to express who we are and celebrate the life we have, we will all experience this lunar energy differently depending on where Leo is located in your chart or if you have a natal planet associated with it. If you would like a more personalized reading, I’d love to set up a session with you
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