PISCES FULL MOON
30 August 2023 9:36 PM EST
The full super blue moon is at 7 degrees Pisces. Saturn is conjunct the Moon at 3 degrees Pisces. This will give a feeling of now is the time and today is the day to this full moon. We may feel like we want to be free and unfettered from daily constraints. Anything we can do to feel personal authority over our time and our own body will help to release that feeling of life itself being too tight and too small.
The Sun in Virgo has its ruler, retrograde Mercury, widely conjunct at 19 degrees. I still consider them to be riding along together. A pre- equinox mental, physical, and psychic housecleaning is in order. Pisces is a culmination point. It is the last sign of the zodiac – embodying the energy of all of the signs. We begin again with the full Moon in Aries. With the Pisces full Moon, it really is time to burn a bit of sage, shred some old photos (you know the ones I mean 😊), and prepare to move into the next season and the next cycle at the Equinox. Virgo is a transitional archetype. It is the gateway between the first five signs - Aries to Leo – where we develop the self - more in a type of isolation – and the next signs starting with Libra – when we’re “out in the world” and mixing with others.
Mars has entered Libra to ease us into the transition.
Before we step outside our garden gate at the Equinox – we may look in the mirror and see who we are and what/how/if we want to present to “society.”
First, how do we appear to the self? What needs a touch up and what needs a full revamp? Reviewing time with the self are there some habits, behaviors, or personal tics that are causing you discomfort? Are there some adjustments to be made in daily routine, diet, sleep cycle, self-care and in your fun factor? Sun in Virgo helps this review. The Pisces full Moon wants us to look at our dreams, hopes, wishes and desires. With Virgo’s gimlet eye we can take stock of what we want to attract, what can use an adjustment, and what we would still like to see unfold in the coming days, weeks and months. Venus is retrograde in Leo until September 4 and Mercury is retrograde until 16 September. What we value and how we are think have an opportunity to sync up with the subconscious at this full Pisces Moon. Create a chat in a dreamlike room with your inner selves this full Moon. Close the eyes and ask for what you truly want to be revealed. Ask in writing before going to sleep to be shown what you want and need to know on the way to experiencing your dreams in “real life.” Now is the time for clearing, cleansing, dreaming, and transmutation. So many planets in retrograde motion lends perfect energy to this meditation and activity. Get ready for transformation both large and small. Find a way to know the mind through connection to the heart.
Love, Lydia

Open your heart to yourself first. The rest will follow.
LEO NEW MOON 2023
New Moon 23° 17’ Leo
August 16, 2023 5:38 AM EST
An unexpected tour of the heart will be worth the trip this new Moon in Leo.
Uranus in Taurus squares the New Moon. As Uranus rules Leo’s polarity – Aquarius - this is a potent internal call: for freedom, self-love, and a breaking away from that which doesn’t serve the soul’s evolution.
Retrograde Venus is conjunct the Leo new Moon/Sun combo. Venus is the ruler of Taurus – adding to the urgency to connect with the heart in radical ways.
Mars and Mercury in Virgo are inconjunct the new moon and are trine to Uranus in Taurus. This asks us to release old ideas of self, other, and how we create our precious life experience.
Mercury goes retrograde on 23 August and resumes forward motion on 15 September – remaining in Virgo the whole time. Clearing away beliefs and ideas (especially about ourselves is on the table. Uranus, higher octave of Mercury, goes retrograde in Taurus on 29 August until 27 January 2024 encouraging a long look at how we value ideas, values and beliefs and how that relates to our world view and our actions in the world.
Back to the Sun and Moon in Leo. The essence of Leo is creative self-expression as a way to understand the self, to feel the self, to celebrate the self. Roar! Shake that big Leo head. Proclaim to the savannah that you took down dinner! That you enjoyed that sunrise! That you stood up to the internal chatter and the external “powers that be.”
Be yourself! Feel! Shine! Expand. Fill the heart. Fill the chest with air and roar.
Feel the relief that comes from filling the lungs all the way, by allowing yourself to be as loud and big as you want. With Venus retrograde in Leo until 4 September, we can explore the inner reaches of the heart to locate the personal gem we truly value.
Next - Sneak around. Creep up on the squirrel in the garden. See what it feels like to hold your energy really close in with the self – energy only to be experienced and treasured by you. Feel the full amount of power contained in your physical form. Breathe quietly in and out. Hold the focus of power in the heart. In the silence, say inwardly, “I am here. I am strong. I hold all of the power. I am the power. I create with power. I create with the power of love for myself. Stand in your own glow. Feel it expand like a lion’s mane out from the body; like the rays of the Sun.
I am power. I am Sun. I am creation. I am the heart. I am love.
Take some time to see how it feels. Keep breathing. Hold one hand on the heart and one to the Sun. Feel the Sun run through the hand, up the arm, to the shoulder and into the heart. Feel the heart expand and glow. Breathe in and out. The human heart holds the creative desire that is unique to each of us. We don’t need to necessarily know what the unique quality is. We can hold the hand in the heart, breathe, welcome the Sun and do what feels natural. As natural as the wind mussing our hair. As natural as answering the urging of our inner voice. As natural as dozing and snacking and chatting. Animal stuff. Human stuff. Fire signs can answer the call of the personal Spirit that resides within. It calls and we can answer with a stretch, a yawn, and a step forward into our ever-growing ever-changing creation.
Leo is love. Leo is generous. Leo is expressive. Leo has so much love in the heart it can radiate to the parts of the world that need it with its breath.
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