It is a new Moon week! A Cancer new Moon is on the rise, promising awakening and detoxification through the wisdom and magic of Ashlesha nakshatra. Venus has just stepped into its enemy's sign, Leo. This transit will bring masculine and feminine dynamics to an intense climax- both personally and globally. This magnification occurs as Jupiter prepares to leave Leo after a yearlong transit here. The lessons of the past cycle are magnifying, culminating in a stronger, more intense awareness. Relationships are the core focus at this time, instigating a deep desire to change, transform and heal the battles within your polarities. Masculine and feminine forces are ripe and asking for integration and co-creation.

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Monday, August 1st
Moon in 14th tithi
Chaturdashi

Late Monday morning, Moon shifts to its own sign, Cancer, joining Sun here. Moon loves its own watery, heart centered sign. It loves the fluid nature of Cancer and the orientation towards home and heart. It needs the structure and landing force of home and heart in order to feel safe and secure. From this place, love can flow. As Moon continues through Punarvasu nakshatra, Aditi brings her resources, wisdom and awareness. She supports and nourishes through her knowledge, offering support and abundance to those who worship her. As the Mother of All Goodness, she brings freedom and release from struggle and strife. Notice how her support and wisdom arrives today. Do you say yes to it or no? How open are you to receiving? Late afternoon, Moon shifts to Pushya nakshatra and the nourishing star brings heart expansion and contraction. There is an opening and a closing happening simultaneously. Inhale and exhale. They are interdependent on each other. What are you opening to? What are you closing to?

Tuesday, August 2nd
Moon in 15th to 1st tithi
Amavasya to Pratipad

Moon transits Pushya nakshatra, the "nourishing star" the first part of the day. As Moon moves through its own sign of Cancer, comfort and support for the emotional body are felt. Pushya makes these themes stronger and more tangible. Moon moves into exact conjunction with Sun today as the New Moon takes place, however both planets are outside the influence of the other planets which bolsters some extra support. Jupiter is considered exalted in Cancer and he is currently feeling the pangs of Rahu and Leo still. Masculine and feminine integration is essential right now. Seek alignment and balance. Let your breath be a grounding resource for this.

Themes of nourishment, home and heart continue through the first part of August, sparked by this month's new Moon. The August New Moon arrives August 2nd at 14:45 MDT, while transiting its own sign Cancer and Ashlesha nakshatra. The focus on Cancer invites an emotional, heart centered focus for the coming waxing cycle. Energy moves in the direction of feelings, heart, home, comfort and grounding.

Libra is on the ascendant at the time of the New Moon, asking for balance- inner and outer, with self and others. Relationships become a focus for this cycle, while gains come from the heart and home. There's a need to be in co-creation, building teams, support systems and alliances. Invite in more support and security. Increase your connections and reach out. Seek community and resources that enliven your grounding cord. Find integration with your nourishment and support. Ask for what you need and be very clear with your self expression. If you aren't getting your needs met, you must first clarify your needs and then learn how to express them more effectively. Gather what you need for more resiliency and power.

Read more about the new Moon in Cancer

Wednesday, August 3rd
Moon in 1st to 2nd tithi
Pratipad to Dvitiya

Moon continues through Ashlesha nakshatra and Cancer the first part of the day. Sarpa energy continues, begging for detoxification and transformation. Sarpas are small snakes notorious for their deception, black magic and transcendental qualities. Where are the illusions keeping you from doing your inner work? How are your shadows keeping you playing small? Ashlesha brings the illusion of over confidence. If you think you're making progress, be sure that it's rooted in depth, lineage, honesty and right intention.

Early afternoon, Moon leaps into Leo, the sign most active currently with four planets moving through this fire sign. Moon magnifies the impact of these planets in Leo, bringing the experience directly into our emotional body. As Moon moves through Magha nakshatra today, a strong solar energy is enlivened which begs you to look at authority issues and ancestral karma- especially connected to your father. The delicate dance between masculine and feminine is being challenged right now. Where do you feel integration and balance in your body? Ground in this inner knowing and keep landing here.

Thursday, August 4th
Moon in 2nd and 3rd tithi
Dvitiya to Tritiya

Moon is waxing now and continues to move through Sun's sign, Leo today. Saturn gives his gaze to the Moon with this transit, as well as Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Rahu. Tension, pressure, grief and sadness are activated. Where do you feel this impacting your life and relationships? Moon continues through Magha nakshatra the first half of the day, begging you to honor the masculine, father and authority. Are you in right relationship with these parts of yourself? Where is the inner authority figure causing you to be imbalanced? Anger is a sure sign you are misaligned with your power. It means boundaries are being ignored. Check in with yourself. Where are you saying yes when you should be saying no? As Moon shifts into Purvaphalguni nakshatra late afternoon, Venus energy is enlivened. Get creative! Channel your immense creative intelligence into worthwhile activities. What are you passionate about? This is worthy of your energy and attention. Honor your grief and challenges directly by channeling emotion into your creative activities. Don't cut and paste over them!

Friday, August 5th
Moon in 3rd tithi
Tritiya

Moon continues through Purvaphalguni nakshatra the majority of the day, inviting in support from Bhaga, an Aditya that brings support through worldly resources. He is connected to pleasure, creativity, sexuality, sensuality and enjoyment. Ruling planet, Venus, brings life force energy to the forefront as well as a need for masculine and feminine energies. How can you put your creativity to good use today? Early evening, Moon moves to the latter half of the Phalguni constellation and Sun is activated. As an Aditya, Aryaman also brings his resources as well. His resources come through stability and long term support, that which sustains. He supports commitment and unions as a way to appease the ancestors. What choices and actions can you make to support sustainable outcomes today? Just before midnight Moon moves to Virgo, bringing precision and refinement.

Saturday, August 6th
Moon in 4th tithi
Chaturthi

Aryaman continues to support sustainable actions and choices today, bringing resources from commitment. Move towards stability and support. What do you need to do for creating more stability in your life? Early evening, Moon shifts into Hasta nakshatra and Savitr brings his light and illumination. Wake up! Look within and gather the inner resources you need to get your deepest needs and desires met. Where are you stuck, resistant and in avoidance? Ask for support and commit to awakening, healing and clarifying your path. Recite Gayatri Mantra for extra support.

Sunday, August 7th
Moon in 5th tithi
Panchami

Moon continues through Savitr's domain today, bringing light, resources and inner wisdom to the surface. Savitr is a form of the Sun, but comes in the form of the delicate morning light rays. He appears when night and day meet, which is a very sacred time of day with great potency. The hands are enlivened today. Put them to work. This nakshatra support the intelligence and awareness that is provoked through hand and eye coordination. Magic occurs when the hands create! As night fall arrives, Moon shifts to Chitra, the domain of the divine architect. Continue to use your creative life force energy to build, move and plan.

Monday, August 8th
Moon in 6th tithi
Sashti

The week begins with Moon moving through the last pada of Virgo, moving through Chitra nakshatra. This is Vishvakarma's domain, the chief of the celestial architects. He builds, plans and structures the cosmos. As his name offers, he is connected to action, including karma yoga- powerful deeds that provide seva. He also supports thousands of arts and brings powerful action steps with him. Moon moves to Libra mid day, receiving gaze from Ketu. Anger and rage may be provoked. How can you channel this energy into more potent actions and choices. Remember that underneath the anger is your power. Touch your raw power and use it mindfully.

Jupiter transits Virgo from August 11th 2016 to September 11th 2017.

Jupiter transits are one year long and impact all levels of wisdom, knowledge, comfort and support. He leads you to your dharmic path and supports the nourishment gained along the way. Positive effects of Jupiter, or Guru in Sanskrit, bring comfort, support and understanding. He brings learning through understanding, awareness and expansion of consciousness. He is the ultimate teacher- for better or worse- providing some of the most poignant life lessons. Challenges with Jupiter include lack of support, knowledge, and dharma. Everyone can benefit from the helpful and supportive resources that Jupiter provides. Without his support, challenges and struggles increase- which often bring tragedy, trauma and chaos.

The past year, Jupiter has transited through Leo. Half of this transit he has been conjunct Rahu. These energies oppose each other in dramatic ways. Jupiter is sattvic, pure and supports expanded dharma. Rahu is rajasic and brings base level human experiences, cravings and desires. It has been a conflict between light and dark forces on multiple levels- effecting ego, power, the masculine as well as father issues and relationships. 

As Jupiter moves out of Leo, he also moves away from Rahu, releasing and finalizing much of the masculine conflicts that have been unleashed in the past few months. Jupiter can step back into his role as the benefic, nourishing support that he is inclined to provide. Rahu will continue to work your ego, masculine and power issues acutely, but Jupiter can now offer his stability and support on a mental body level as he transits through Mercury's sign, Virgo, in the coming year.

Virgo carries the effects of the sixth house of healing with it and provides qualities of this challenging, yet dynamic house. The sixth house notoriously causes conflict, challenge and battles. It is the house of enemies, yet through enemies you can learn, grow and awaken your biggest shadows. Debts and financial challenges are also seen by the sixth house. Not surprisingly, Virgo is connected to commerce, money, communication and connections through the market place. The sixth house is also the seat of the lower gut, an essential part of the digestion process. It connects to hired help, workers, those in service, pets and bad habits. All competition is seen from this house as well as adversaries, competitors, obstacles and vices. Since Virgo correlates to the sixth house by default and is ruled by Mercury, the mental body, worries and anxieties are also seen from this house.

The sixth house is also connected to the Left Prefrontal Cortex of the brain which is the seat of intuitive thinking or impressions. Literally "gut" reactions. This part of the brain effects mood regulation, motivation, mental diseases, worries, anxieties and mental body functions. This cycle will directly impact the mental body, mind and communication of all realms- including intuition, energetic, language, word and senses.

Communication is a key theme for this Jupiter transit. Expand your ability to communicate- how you share, who you share with and what you share. Speaking is especially impacted by this transit as well as the voice, singing and by default music. Virgo is ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication- verbal, written and creative. He is highly creative and supports all of the arts, including the healing arts. Virgo brings healing through creativity, connection and co-creation. This sign also supports the market place, commerce and all things connected to money and finances.

Expanded Creativity and Self Expression

This year of Jupiter moving through Virgo will expand earth based energies, mainly the material realms. Any resistance to creating, manifesting and enlivening what you want on the earth plane will come to the forefront. As Virgo connects to the sixth house of healing and the mental body, it is also a prime opportunity to heal and transform any blockages or limiting beliefs keeping you from bringing your desires into form. This includes financial and monetary blockages. Debts and the limiting beliefs connected to your lack, scarcity and resistance to being nourished must be addressed more closely.

There is a lot of expansion available with creativity, healing and manifesting in this cycle. What resources do you need to maximize this transit? What support and guidance is missing for you right now? Where are you stuck, resistant, avoiding or neglecting your dreams, visions and creativity?

Simultaneously, life force energy will be delicate and require your attention and focus. The lower gut will be a primary focus for healing and transforming challenges into resources. Use the wisdom of your stomach to support this process and help you awaken and heal more fully. Clean up diet and what you ingest. You stomach may be more sensitive at this time. Part of this cycle may also kick up addictions with food, drugs and alcohol, so be mindful of your relationship with excess and seek healing support for old shadows that emerge around nourishment.

Virgo brings to the light purification and puritanical beliefs. Jupiter's sattvic nature can also increase puritanical belief systems, mythologies around perfection and shadows that perpetuate idealism. Jupiter is spiritual, while Virgo is more centered around the human, mundane part of existence. Thus the integration and balance between spiritual and material realms will continue to inspire and invoke personal development and healing for all this year. What is your relationship with perfection? How does this story provoke a resistance to deeper nourishment and support? What does your perfection tell you about your needs for safety and support?

Watch for overly idealistic attitudes and dogmas that keep you locked in unrealistic mindsets that perpetuate scarcity. Since perfection is unattainable on a gross, human level, these beliefs actually suppress and negate your true needs, keeping you resistant to receiving the true nourishment you need. It's time to look at these beliefs and dogmas that are holding you back. This will take a radical and realistic approach to working with spirit and shadow. Look out for spiritual bypassing and where you are avoiding chaos and messiness. Use this cycle to get into right-relationship with your shadow and light in a more integrated and balanced way.

Jupiter Retrograde

Just before midnight on February 5th, Jupiter begins his retrograde motion back through Virgo for five months. Jupiter will be retrograde until June 9th, 2017. Retrograde planets increase in strength, intensifying their indications- acting like the nodes Rahu and Ketu who are always moving in reverse. This transit of Jupiter through Virgo, is provoking the need for clarity, certainty, purpose and alignment with your highest ideals. There is a certain naivety and innocence that is available- for better or worse. This five month retrograde motion of Jupiter brings a re-evaluation of our convictions. Virgo is known to be idealistic and often naive in those convictions. What needs to be addressed and recognized within you? What needs to be healed and transformed in order for you to expand your potential and purpose?

Retrograde Jupiter has a tendency to be fastidious about cleaning things up. Jupiter in Virgo will make this desire doubly so as this is the sign of healing, confrontation and courage to change. Retrograde Jupiter is also notorious for wanting to fix and "do it better". At the risk of activating co-dependency, make sure you are in right-relationship with this need to fix. If you are trying to heal someone else, you are wasting your time. If you are willing to heal yourself, this is a good use of your effort and energy. Make sure you're in right-relationship with any desires to fix others. There may be underlying control issues at play.

The majority of this retrograde dance will be with Jupiter moving back through Chitra nakshatra, Vishva Karma's domain. The remaining 1.5 months of the retrograde dance, Hasta nakshatra will be activated. This is a foundational transit which supports building blocks, potent action steps and support sustainable change and a strong foundation. Once Jupiter lands back in Hasta, more awareness, awakening and light will enliven. Make your steps count and don't lose sight of your visions, goals and highest truths. Gather resources, support and guidance to awaken deeper wisdom and inner knowing.

If Jupiter is a natural benefic in your chart, this transit will bring natural gains, expansion and support in the areas of healing, creativity, commerce and communication. However, If Jupiter is challenging in your jyotish chart, expect difficulties in these areas of your life to surface. Depending on where Virgo is situated in your chart, there may or may not be mitigating factors. I will share general guidelines for each sign in my horoscopes below. Please consult with me directly for more chart specific guidelines.

*Horoscopes are based on your Vedic (sidereal) rising sign. You can also check your Moon and Sun signs for further insight. Do the same with your Navamsa signs for further clarity. Do not use these horoscopes with your Western sign (Tropical) as there is likely no correlation. These horoscopes are meant to be used as a broad overview of the current transits and obviously do not address the specifics of an individual’s unique chart.

Aries: Jupiter will transit your 6th house in the coming 13 months. This transit of Jupiter will impact finances, bad habits, healing and enemies. Jupiter is a naturally expansive planet, so he will bring more of whatever he touches. Even if he brings hardship, there is usually a silver lining. Consciously work with creating balance with work, finances and communication. Relationships are vulnerable at this time, especially with children. Slow down and authentically connect with your relationships- as well as with yourself. What do you need for greater inner stability? Now is an excellent time to clean up and heal past pain and challenges, but you’ll need extra guidance and support in order to make progress. Seek out a therapist, healers and financial advisors in order maximize this transit.

Taurus: In the coming months, Jupiter will move through your 5th house of solar plexus, upper gut, romance, children and intuition. There is also a connection to father and the masculine. Jupiter will support expansion in these areas of your life, including more self awareness, dharmic understanding and gains from your newfound discoveries. Relationships require your focus and attention as they may offer struggles, challenges and grief. You are learning a lot about your self as a result of others. Let your heart wisdom guide you. Deepen your relationship with your emotional body intelligence and step into your power in a more embodied way. This cycle will deepen your intuitive guidance system if you support your gut and clear away blockages on the mental, emotional and physical body levels.

Gemini: Home, heart, mother and land are expanding you in the coming year. This supports growth with your career and deep transformation as well. There is a release, liberation and letting go arriving, but it will pave the way for more of what you truly want and need. Creativity and courage continue to drive you, while dharma becomes more spiritually awakened. Your gut continues to require your attention and focus as you clear and clean up old, hardened grief stuck in the physical body. This process requires you look very consciously at your past, darkness, shadow and old personal mythology. Jupiter will support this awakening with your effort. You will need help with this process in order to maximize the effects of this cycle. Seek resources, healers, therapists and guidance for your transformation process. Strengthen your team of support and ask Spirit to guide you.

Cancer: Jupiter will transit your 3rd house in the coming 13 months. This is the house of creativity, communication, courage and the arts. He will expand your connections and co-creation process as well as projects and artistic endeavors. He gives his gaze to your house of relationships, dharma and gains. All will be effected by increase, though relationships are somewhat vulnerable and will require extra attention and focus on your part. Seek balance and integration with inner and outer realms as well as comfort, nourishment and support. Find more balance by resourcing from your legs. This cycle will also require you seek new ways to effectively communicate your feelings. Get creative! Expand and awaken your creativity. Get support and extra knowledge to help you grow into your artistry more potently. Use this as a resource for your dharmic awakening.

Leo: As Jupiter moves through your 2nd house, comfort and support expands- as well as finances and resources. At the same time, communication through speaking increases, which impacts your career and visibility. Finances may not be as strong or as greatly impacted as you would like, but there is expansion nonetheless. You are figuring out how to increase your self expression and share your wisdom with others in a more authentic way. Be honest and purposeful with your heart and emotional body. It needs your attention. Seek balance with finances, bad habits, healing and stomach. You will need support this year to reach your goals and achieve your visions. What holes are there on your support team? Find the resources that will help you make the necessary changes you need for maximum growth- personally and professionally.

Virgo: This coming year is expansive and awakening. Jupiter has moved to your 1st house for the coming 13 months, where he is prepared to support you in more life honoring ways. This is a brand new Jupiter cycle for you that will last for 12 years. As you step into this new Jupiter cycle, set the tone for what you are creating. He gives wisdom, guidance and nourishment in order for you to expand what you think is possible for yourself and your life. This is a dharmic cycle on multiple levels, helping you deepen your inner intelligence and intuitive guidance system. Clean up your gut and clarify your diet. Gather resources to support health, healing and longevity. Your hands and creativity require your focus and attention, but will support your strengthening creativity and inner wisdom. Gains come with your career as you step into your intelligence more potently. Relationships are nourishing, supportive and balanced in this cycle. Let this be a resource for other parts of your life. Try saying yes to more playfulness.

Libra: As Jupiter transits your 12th house this coming year, losses and release are impacted. This can be a very spiritual cycle for you, or one of hardship- depending on how you work with it. Jupiter will be impacting your mind and emotions very directly and will ask you to dive more deeply into your healing process. This is a cycle that will support moving and transforming through grief and re-shaping pain, in order to heal more deeply. You will need to find ways to stay light and playful at times, which may prove to be a challenge for you. Trust that if you fully work with the themes of loss, liberation and letting go in this cycle, you will come out of it stronger and more empowered. Keep walking and don’t stop moving, but be sure to pause and check regularly. Seek support and resources to help you navigate the challenges. Don’t try to do this cycle alone.

Scorpio: With Jupiter in your 11th house of gains, increase occurs on all levels of your life- but not without necessary release and pruning. The expansion arrives by letting go of people and actions that don’t serve you or honor your needs. Get clear about what works and what doesn’t work for you. Relationships and your career expand naturally as you clarify what you need. Romance and intuition are touched in a positive way, as well as children and playfulness. Start to balance work and play more consciously and integrate inner and outer needs. If you’re too focused on work, your need for playfulness will force you to pay more attention to it. Get creative and be courageous! This may feel more challenging on some level, but it’s not the time to slack on your artistry and movement. Channel this lightness and joy into your offerings and keep opening your heart wider to possibility. Find ways to balance the excess seriousness.

Sagittarius: Jupiter awakens your 10th house of career in this 13 month cycle. Expansion, resources, growth and development arrive with your life offering and work. This supports increased finances and balance with money and comforts. Dharma is still bringing confusion and challenges, but use this as a resource for your awakening journey. There is no separation. Allow grief and loss to be a part of your life offering. As gains arrive, you will be balancing and integrating the growth with your past losses and struggles which may feel challenging. Your ability to honor and use your losses as a healing resource, will determine how much space you have for the new growth. Heal, awaken, transform. Ask for help with this and gather new tools to support your journey.

Capricorn: Jupiter will move through your 9th house of dharma in the coming months, activating your life purpose in very important ways. Watch carefully for what and who arrives to support this process of ripening and integration. This is a very expansive time for your inner knowing, in order to help you trust your purpose here on earth more directly. Creativity, the arts, communication and courage expand and grow. Intuitive wisdom and guidance feels more trustworthy and allows you to be more playful and spontaneous. Find balance with your seriousness and playfulness. You will still be diving deeply into you subconscious terrain as Rahu continues to move through your 8th house. But with Jupiter in your 9th house, you can start using it to inform your offerings and gifts in this world. Seek out guidance and resources to support this process.

Aquarius: You are being cracked open so wide right now. Jupiter will increase this theme even more. The coming 13 months will be an intense and deep process of awakening for you. Not easy, but necessary for deeper awareness. You will be asked to look closely at your shadows, haunts and illusions, as well as your past. This is a time to re-evaluate your personal mythology and re-write your story in a more life supportive way. Relationships play a vital role in this process as does your career. You are transforming yourself from the inside out. This cycle is not for the faint of heart. It’s time to gather all your resources and add extra support for your mind, emotions, body and spirit. The ways in which you rise towards challenge will determine the outcome of this transit. You will be extra sensitive at this time so protect yourself and restructure your boundaries.

Pisces: Jupiter brings expansion to your relationships in this 13 month cycle, but not without mental and emotional body work. Stabilize and seek support. What do you need to feel supported in life? Your pelvis will be a natural resource for awakening this understanding more potently. Clean up finances and your physical body- especially gut and digestion. Relationships will be helpful as you clarify your dharmic work and strengthen your offering in the world. Continue to cut and clear blockages and obstacles in your heart center. Your consistent steps will support your gains, growth and expansion, but dedicate your efforts to sustainable results at this time. Use your hands, creativity and the arts for increasing courage and potential in your life. Expand what you think is possible for yourself. 

Themes of nourishment, home and heart continue through the first part of August, sparked by this month's new Moon. The August New Moon arrives August 2nd at 14:45 MDT, while transiting its own sign Cancer and Ashlesha nakshatra. The focus on Cancer invites an emotional, heart centered focus for the coming waxing cycle. Energy moves in the direction of feelings, heart, home, comfort and grounding.

Libra is on the ascendant at the time of the New Moon, asking for balance- inner and outer, with self and others. Relationships become a focus for this cycle, while gains come from the heart and home. There's a need to be in co-creation, building teams, support systems and alliances. Invite in more support and security. Increase your connections and reach out. Seek community and resources that enliven your grounding cord. Find integration with your nourishment and support. Ask for what you need and be very clear with your self expression. If you aren't getting your needs met, you must first clarify your needs and then learn how to express them more effectively. Gather what you need for more resiliency and power.

This cycle will remind you how powerful your heart is. Increases and greater strength arrive with your heart-centered focus. Your job is to cut through the deception and illusions that are keeping you from self love. How is this darkness keeping you out of your power, purpose and dharma? This is a powerful time for awakening your strength and core values. Are you moving towards this place of inner knowing and awakening or away from it? What are you opening towards? What are you closing towards?

The masculine, father, ego and power are resources for the weeks ahead. Jupiter's year long transit through Leo is coming to an end. Whenever a planet prepares to leave a sign, it becomes stronger. The lessons of the transit intensify and strengthen, as though offering one final chance to change and transform. The battle between Jupiter and Rahu continues to strengthen. This conflict is causing challenges both individually and globally. Masculine dynamics are intensifying and the confusion between light (Jupiter) and dark (Rahu) gets more challenging by the day. Your personal mythology connected to father, Sun, power, authority and ego are all experiencing the impact of this transit. Where is Leo located in your chart? This is where the power struggles are being activated.

Jupiter is about to move into Virgo for an entire year. This will bring strong shifts for all. Ego and power challenges will be replaced with communication and commerce issues as this air sign takes center stage.

For now, use the coming waxing cycle to maximize your heart power, inner energy and dharmic potential by finding your most essential core needs. Gather the resources and support necessary to find greater stability, support and strength. Gain from relationships as they are your most potent resource for healing, transformation and growth. If you're willing to do the challenging work to clear away toxicity, darkness and illusions within the heart, there is potential for increased love, passion and dharma. Your ability to remove the darkness within will determine how able you are to open new doors to self love.

Part of you is still resisting stepping into your power more fully. What is holding you back? What is keeping you from shining brightly and sharing your love more consciously? Where are you playing small and still letting lack and scarcity make decisions for you? Let the healing begin by reaching within- before you reach out.

A new cycle begins as this week starts. The waning Moon shifts from Pisces into Aries just as Monday ends, signaling release and beginnings. Let go! Mercury shifts to Leo on Tuesday, bringing fire, power and ego to the mental body. There is agitation at the start of the week, so be attentive to your emotional body and the needs arriving as you navigate new waters. Jupiter is winding down his year long transit through Leo right now. Extract the final resources and wisdom from this powerful time of change and healing.

Read more about Jupiter in Leo

Monday, July 25th
Moon in 6th and 7th tithi
Sashti and Saptami

Just as Monday arrives, Moon enters the final nakshatra of the zodiac. Endings and release are present, while openings are awakened simultaneously. Be conscious about this release process. What are you letting go of? What are you closing to? As the Moon moves through the last sign and nakshatra of the zodiac, the emotional body will feel the watery release, triggering your inner waters to flow. Find your fluidity, movement and motion. Ease and move towards the release. Notice where you are resisting and refusing your inner waters. Follow the currents.

Before midnight, Moon crosses into new territory, ending a passage through all twelve signs. As Moon enters Aries, sudden shifts take place. Begin again.

Tuesday, July 26th
Moon in 8th tithi
Ashtami

Moon moves through Aries, getting used to a new dance through the zodiac. Ashwini nakshatra is enlivened today, increasing healing and rejuvenation for the body and emotions. Use the healing arts as a resource for inviting and opening into more space and fluidity. Let the heart awaken your intention for healing and transformation. What do you need to feel more safety and stability within? What needs are arriving?

Just before midnight, Moon shifts into the second nakshatra of Aries. Yama rules Bharani nakshatra and requests transformation through restraint.

On July 26th at 19:27, Mercury moves to Leo, joining Rahu and Jupiter here. The mind gains strength, power and potency, yet reflects some confusion and uncertainty with these themes at the same time. This cycle provides great learning and growth from relationships. Relationships become a powerful guru, teacher, in the weeks to come- whether it feels supportive or painful. The mind will be oriented to the challenges and resources coming to you. Most will arrive in the form of the “other”. What do you need on a deep, core level- for greater support and stability? Who and what do you need to guide you towards greater power and inner wisdom?

Read more about Mercury in Leo

Wednesday, July 27th
Moon in 9th tithi
Navami

Moon moves through Bharani nakshatra today. Yama, the king of restraint, calls for restriction and simplification today. Cut the cords that are holding you back. Release and let go of attachments in order to invite in the new. There is a certain death taking place today, offering success in destruction and detachment. Allow the endings to arrive. There will be time for awakening to the new, but for now focus your awareness on attending to the release. Grieve and express your emotional pains. Connect with the power of destruction today.

Early evening, Moon moves to Krittika nakshatra and the transformation process intensifies. Burn away the excess and allow the form to change. Deep inner change is possible right now. What are you releasing? How can your personal power be a resource?

Thursday, July 28th
Moon in 10th tithi
Dashami

Moon moves through Krittika nakshatra and leaps into its exaltation sign, Taurus, a few hours after the day begins. Mars and retrograde Saturn give their exact gaze to the Moon, instigating big emotions. Both sadness and anger emerge. You're re-visiting old grief. What is this story and what does it have to share with you about your needs? The transformational and purifying qualities of Krittika bring change and transformation. Purge, release, let go. Move from the heart and allow the wisdom of your heart center to invite in more nourishment. As evening arrives, Moon shifts to Rohini nakshatra. Lord Brahma invites creative activation. The space that you cleared today in your heart is a resource for your creativity. What are you inviting in?

Friday, July 29th
Moon in 11th tithi
Ekadashi

Moon moves through Rohini nakshatra, Lord Brahma's territory. He brings the creative life force energy into form with the help of his wife Saraswati. Creativity is high today. How are you channeling this inner intelligence? What are you putting into action? It's Friday, which means it's Venus's day. Still moving through Cancer, conjunct Sun, the Venus energy is heart centered and passionate for a few more days. A Cancer new Moon arrives early next week. Attend to your heart and home. Meanwhile, today is watery and wet. Let your inner tides flow and the emotional body release. This is your creative life force energy! Don't let it stagnate. Put your emotion into creative activation. Late evening Moon shifts to Mrigashirsha nakshatra. Keep branching out, extending towards your inner nourishment. Reach in before you reach out.

Saturday, July 30th
Moon in 12th tithi
Dvadasi

Mid morning, Moon shifts into Gemini, an airy, changeable and creative sign. Mars and Ketu give their gaze, sparking heat, sudden flashes of insight and emotional outbursts. Mind and emotions will be sensitive in the coming days. Moon travels through Soma's domain, inviting more life force energy to move, flow and stir. Symbolically, this nakshatra is ruled by an antelope's head with branching antlers. There is constant growth and a medicinal quality to this star, as well as a lunar nature. Fickle and changing, Mrigashirsha nakshatra brings change, transformation and creativity. Notice where you are taking steps towards your nourishment. Notice where you are taking steps away from your nourishment. What are you moving towards? What are you moving away from? Late evening Moon shifts into Ardra, the aggressive and emotionally powerful star ruled by Rudra. Let the emotions moving through you be powerful and transformational.

Sunday, July 31st
Moon in 13th tithi
Trayodasi

Moon continues through Ardra the majority of the day, bringing intense emotional waves and aggression. Rudra, the storm god, guarantees powerful and passionate emotional outbursts. Anger and sadness co-mingle in this nakshatra, stirring waves of grief and pain. This is your power. Put your attention on the pulse of your emotional currents. Let this power move you into action. What are you creating? What needs to be cleared and severed for greater life potency? Late afternoon, Moon shifts to Punarvasu nakshatra and the light and softness returns. Can you feel the fluidity returning? Clarify your needs and move towards your deepest nourishment and wisdom. Hopefully you've been attending to your emotional body and creating more space for the new. What seeds are you planting for lasting results?

Leo becomes a packed house in the coming weeks as Venus moves into this fire sign. Jupiter, Rahu and Mercury are also here and Sun will arrive in Leo mid month as well. As Venus moves into Leo on July 31st at 13:40, the sign of the father, power and ego intensifies. This magnification occurs as Jupiter prepares to leave Leo after a yearlong transit here. The lessons of the past cycle are magnifying, culminating in a stronger, more intense awareness. Relationships are the core focus at this time, instigating a deep desire to change, transform and heal the battles within your polarities. Masculine and feminine forces are ripe and asking for integration and co-creation.

Read more about Venus in Leo

Monday, August 1st
Moon in 14th tithi
Chaturdashi

Late Monday morning, Moon shifts to its own sign, Cancer, joining Sun here. Moon loves its own watery, heart centered sign. It loves the fluid nature of Cancer and the orientation towards home and heart. It needs the structure and landing force of home and heart in order to feel safe and secure. From this place, love can flow. As Moon continues through Punarvasu nakshatra, Aditi brings her resources, wisdom and awareness. She supports and nourishes through her knowledge, offering support and abundance to those who worship her. As the Mother of All Goodness, she brings freedom and release from struggle and strife. Notice how her support and wisdom arrives today. Do you say yes to it or no? How open are you to receiving? Late afternoon, Moon shifts to Pushya nakshatra and the nourishing star brings heart expansion and contraction. There is an opening and a closing happening simultaneously. Inhale and exhale. They are interdependent on each other. What are you opening to? What are you closing to?

The week begins with an immense Moon, awakening the most auspicious full Moon of the year, Guru Purnima. Your cup is full and teaming with emotion and power. How are you channeling this big energy? Can you open and awaken your heart more? Sun has now moved to Cancer, joining Venus and Mercury here. A bright light has entered your heart center. Shine and connect with love and creativity.

Monday, July 18th
Moon in 14th tithi
Chaturdashi

Moon moves to the second nakshatra in Sagittarius early in the morning, arriving in the domain of Apas. PurvaAshada is ruled by mighty water goddess- who can be a soft, gentle stream, or ferocious white waters. Both cleanse and clear but the feeling is very different. Today brings rejuvenation and regeneration. This fierce nakshatra offers harsh release and renewal. Allow your inner waters to flow and attend to the wisdom of these waters moving through you. Do you go with the currents, or against them? Let your heart lead the way.

Tuesday, July 19th
Moon in 15th tithi
Purnima

Early morning, Moon shifts to the latter half of the Ashada constellation.

The most auspicious full Moon of the year arrives on July 19th at 16:56. Guru Purnima is considered the fullest full Moon of the year, dedicated to gurus and teachers who bring you wisdom, guidance and support. This year, Guru Purnima occurs while the Moon is in Capricorn and UttaraAshada nakshatra- just a few degrees shy of landing in the sacred portal of Abhijit nakshatra. The Vishva Devas are enlivened, sparking support and assistance from universe and spirit.

The Vishva Devas bring power and the ability to overcome obstacles, while finding the support you need to become successful. Worshipping the Vishva Devas, or the Laws of Nature, brings you the empire, the kingdom, the royal success you long for on the material plane of existence. The Vishva Devas support your success beyond dreams, but will help you materialize your visions into reality. This is an action oriented lunar constellation, ruled by the Sun. It demands truth, honesty, integrity and your committed arrival to your dharmic path.

Read more in my Full Moon Wisdom

Wednesday, July 20th
Moon in 1st tithi
Pratipad

Riding the high tides of Guru Purnima yesterday, Moon shifts into Sravana nakshatra mid morning, inviting in the blessings of Vishnu, god of dharma. His expansive ways invite in growth, learning and moving towards knowledge and wisdom. What are you expanding towards? What are you moving towards? Declare and invoke your desires and put them into action. Put your creative intelligence into motion.

Thursday, July 21st
Moon in 2nd tithi
Dvitiya

Mid morning, Moon moves to Dhanishta nakshatra, the domain of the Vasu Devas. The eight Vasu Devas are a source of light, illumination and shining. They bring jyoti (light) which awakens wisdom and inner knowing. This wisdom creates prosperity and self expression, inner power and potential. It is said that those who desire wealth, worship the Vasu Devas. There is immense creativity here and as a result a strong ability to manifest on the material plane of existence. Shine your light bright today and find ways to express, share and connect through your authentic inner light. Late afternoon, Moon shifts to Aquarius- receiving direct gaze from Rahu and Jupiter as well as Mars. The emotional body will be hot and sparked in the coming days. Open, awaken, transform.

Friday, July 22nd
Moon in 3rd tithi
Tritiya

It's my birthday today! Thank you for continuing to follow along with my work and for supporting my dharma. You are the biggest gift to me! I am deeply grateful for you and honored to be walking with you. Here's to another amazing year of growth, development and transformation. xo

Early morning, the Moon shifts into Satabisha nakshatra and Varuna arrives with his "hundred medicines". Varuna sees all, as he has thousands of eyes all over his body. He notices and knows from every angle- often expressing his knowing with criticism and judgement. The intelligence he brings with him can also be used as a healing resource, supporting insight, growth and awareness. It's imperative that you eat well and treat yourself with tenderness and care during Satabisha Moon times. He leaves a lasting mark on your health when you disobey his orders. Align closely with Natural Law at this time. How can you honor your needs more acutely today? Where do you need to ask for more support? How is the inner critic keeping you from deeper nourishment and support?

Saturday, July 23rd
Moon in 4th tithi
Chaturthi

Just as Saturday arrives, Moon moves into Purvabhadrapada, symbolized by the front of a funeral cot. Moon is in exact conjunction with Ketu at this time, sparking emotional body release. You may feel short tempered today, or agitated. The emotional body is being cracked open. What needs are arriving? What messages are being expressed through your emotional body? Listen carefully and move towards your inner landscape. Release is happening on multiple levels right now. As Moon shifts into Pisces just before midnight, endings arrive. What are you releasing and letting go of?

Sunday, July 24th
Moon in 5th and 6th tithi
Panchami and Sashti

Moon transits Pisces and Uttarabhadrapada today, symbolized by the back legs of the funeral cot. Transformation is finding completion and release. There's hesitancy about how to move forward and what steps to take. You don't have to know how, just stay true to your intentions and keep moving in a direction that honors your needs. Today requires some deep diving, allowing you to rest in the depths of your being. Linger here a little longer and find the source of your discomfort. What can this dissatisfaction tell you about your needs? Where are you resisting getting your needs met?

Monday, July 25th
Moon in 6th and 7th tithi
Sashti and Saptami

Just as Monday arrives, Moon enters the final nakshatra of the zodiac. Endings and release are present, while openings are awakened simultaneously. Be conscious about this release process. What are you letting go of? What are you closing to? As the Moon moves through the last sign and nakshatra of the zodiac, the emotional body will feel the watery release, triggering your inner waters to flow. Find your fluidity, movement and motion. Ease and move towards the release. Notice where you are resisting and refusing your inner waters. Follow the currents.



* All timing is in Mountain Daylight Time. To determine the current nakshatra for your time zone, add or subtract time based on your distance to Mountain Time.

New Moon Gemini + Ardra

New Moon is on July 4th at 05:02 am. Metaphorically this is a day of independence in the US, which suits this new Moon and waxing cycle to come very well. How much freedom will you feel? That depends on your willingness to show up for yourself and break open the shadow you are clinging to.

At the time of the New Moon, four connections to Ardra nakshatra occur. The new Moon is in Ardra as well as the Sun. The sign on the horizon is Gemini, placed acutely in Ardra. Gemini's ruling planet, Mercury is in this constellation as well. The ruling planet of this star pattern is Rahu, insuring that shadow will be encountered.  Rudra owns this part of the sky and as the storm god, he is sure to deliver. He especially offers emotional outbursts connected to anger and rage. Big waves of tears, grief and pain can be moved as well, which is an important next step for all of us- after just finishing up a Mula Nakshatra waning cycle that certainly tilled the inner soil.

Read more about the waxing cycle

Mars Goes Direct In Libra + Mars Re-enters Scorpio

As Mars moves through Libra, your focus on balance, stability and comfort may intensify. There will be an exchange of energy between Libra and Scorpio now as Mars rules Scorpio and Saturn is considered exalted in Libra. This may balance out the conflicting energy of both planets, helping polarities to harmonize and integrate more fully. Simultaneously it will be necessary to clarify tasks, goals and business structures in order to move forward without delays and frustrations. Relationships and finances will also request your focus, insisting that you pay attention in more concentrated ways. The need for balance and harmony with these areas of your life will be provoked, transformed and upgraded. Support this process by aligning with the theme of balance and honoring inner and outer needs. Forcing and pushing will result in excess frustrations and delays. Slow steady steps will win the race and help you move forward in a sustainable way at this time.

Mars goes direct on June 30th and must travel back through Libra once again, covering the territory he already moved through. This will take him until July 12th when he re-enters Scorpio. As Mars moves back to Scorpio, he rejoins Saturn here, this time until September 18th. In total, Mars will march through his own sign the majority of the year. Because he must contend with Saturn as well, there is ample opportunity in the coming months to truly integrate polarities that are causing you disconnections and disassociation.

The misalignment may activate in charged, passionate and contentious ways, however, the healing that can take place within Scorpio’s territory is like no other. The nature of this sign is depth and transformation. If you are willing to lean into the hidden parts of your being and diligently dive into your subconscious and unconscious territory, you will harvest pearls undoubtedly. However, those who resist, avoid and continue to suppress their emotional body messages, will find their discomfort and challenges amplified. The soreness and pain is nothing more than a request to lean in closer, look, notice and allow the shadow to emerge. As your dark matter rises, it can find its natural way of release. Movement is the medicine. Remember that the majority of this Mars and Saturn conjunction in Scorpio, the conjunction of Jupiter and Rahu will be active as well. Your darkness is requesting more wisdom on multiple levels as a result.   

Themes for this coming Mars transit strongly include unifying polarities and extremes within your being. This may be through masculine and feminine forces, authority and subordinates, shadow and light. You may identify that your force versus surrender needs more integration. Strong themes of opening and closing will emerge in forceful and dramatic ways. Be prepared to let go. Clinging will only intensify the pain. Trust this process of release as it is moving you closer to your inner truth, the purpose of your life and path.

Dharmic awakening is possible as old doors will close swiftly. Are you willing to open new doors? Reach for the knob even if you’re in the dark. Work with your power authentically and consciously. Be true to your needs and move towards your strength, but notice when you are misaligned with your empowerment. True power is the harmony of masculine and feminine forces. Can you feel this within your body? Let the spine be an integration point and notice the sensations that strengthen and support this understanding. Expand what you think is possible for yourself. What are you willing to risk, to let go of, in order to receive more nourishment, truth and power? Move towards the nourishment of balance. Can you find the simplicity in the complexity?

Venus in Cancer

At 03:57 am MDT Venus moves from Gemini into Cancer, joining Moon here for a few hours. Venus separates from the Sun once again until the 16th. Once Sun moves to Cancer, their heated dance reactivates. Mercury joins Venus in Cancer on the 11th and the Venus, Sun, Mercury trio will activate again- heating mind and body, creativity and inner life force energy. Stay in and near water and use it as a resource for cleansing as well as cooling.

Nourishment of the heart becomes a central theme for this cycle as you navigate what feels supportive and what does not. Some will get complacent and even lazy in the coming weeks, mistaking the comfort zone for alignment with abundance. Just because there's no pinch, doesn't mean there isn't work to be done. You're likely avoiding something important. You'll know if you're truly aligned with your deep nourishment, if the body feels safe, grounded, supported and stable. Where do you feel this safety within?

It's your heart and home that will need your attention the most in this cycle. Your emotional body will be seeking greater nourishment and containment. Boundaries will be vital. Where are you pushing past your inner knowing? What does it feel like when you are in alignment with your boundaries? When you are out of alignment? This is an important time to learn the difference and notice the effects on your emotional body. There's a vital need for inner and outer balance being provoked. Are you awake enough to notice the inner messages arriving- or pushing past your inner wisdom? Let your heart lead the way and listen carefully to the ways it supports your need for safety, comfort and support. How do you get these needs met? Do your choices honor your true needs or are you fooling yourself? Move closer to the feeling of stability and support within your body.


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Mercury in Cancer

Mercury moves into the watery sign of Cancer at 22:05 MDT, joining Venus here. Outside of the gaze of any other planets, this creative duo can express itself more potently. This pair likes to be entrepreneurial, to create and co-create. Align with the flow of your abundant inner wisdom and activate resources and support to help you manifest dreams into reality. Use your feeling body to get the job done as this is the most crucial resource for manifestation that you have available to you.

This cycle is intimately connected with inner and outer balance. Personal and relational boundaries are key as you navigate internal and external influences arriving. Clarify what you need and what steps need to be taken for activation. The mirrors arriving are powerful and supportive in the coming weeks. They will help you work more harmoniously with what you are attracting if you choose to work with relationships consciously. Relationships as a whole will be very telling for you. What is being mirrored to you. Do you like what you see? The challenges are vital messengers. Everything from the outside is just a magnification of what needs to awaken more fully within you. Where are you resisting your shadow? If you want greater nourishment and support from the outside, you must be willing to uncover all the darkness within keeping you from experiencing this. It's the inner work that needs your attention.

Sun in Cancer

Sun moves to Cancer at 22:21 on July 15th, joining Venus and Mercury here. This Sun cycle brings healing and transformation with heart and relationships. Address your longings and cravings. Find the root of these needs and identify your actions and choices. How do you either support or negate your needs? What helps you align with your values and what moves you away?

Relationships become a very central resource in this cycle- a resource that mirrors and instigates new desires and new needs. There may be comfort and discomfort. Use everything as a resource for opening the pathways that you know nourish and support you. It's time to be very direct and intimate with what is showing up on your path. Everything is a mirror of your inner landscape. Everything is a resource for you to deepen and awaken your inner realms. Everything is arriving to help you dig up your pain and shadow so that it can be presented to the light. Sun brings the light this month to your heart and home. Let the chambers of your heart center awaken. Open the doors that have been locked for too long and let your inner wisdom soar. 

This cycle also calls for deepening your support systems and asking for more guidance. The resources are here and everything you need for maximum growth and brilliance is surrounding you. Where are you resisting the resources, the guidance and support arriving? Take a leap of faith. If it feels impossible- it isn't. Where are you making it impossible? Work diligently with your resistance and notice where you are refusing to allow and accept. Where are you saying no to your receptivity, your ability to receive? Why?

Momentum and change in this cycle will require diligence, patience and compassion. Forcing and pushing will result in loss and suffering. Slow, steady steps will support your movement and change process. Meanwhile, keep dreaming and strengthen your imaginal realms. As you deepen your knowing, the next cycle can support the actions needed for bringing it into form.

Guru Purnima

The most auspicious full Moon of the year arrives on July 19th at 16:56. Guru Purnima is considered the fullest full Moon of the year, dedicated to gurus and teachers who bring you wisdom, guidance and support. This year, Guru Purnima occurs while the Moon is in Capricorn and UttaraAshada nakshatra- just a few degrees shy of landing in the sacred portal of Abhijit nakshatra. The Vishva Devas are enlivened, sparking support and assistance from universe and spirit.

Read more about the full Moon in my July Full Moon Wisdom


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Mercury in Leo

On July 26th at 19:27, Mercury moves to Leo, joining Rahu and Jupiter here. The mind gains strength, power and potency, yet reflects some confusion and uncertainty with these themes at the same time. This cycle provides great learning and growth from relationships. Relationships become a powerful guru, teacher, in the weeks to come- whether it feels supportive or painful. The mind will be oriented to the challenges and resources coming to you. Most will arrive in the form of the “other”. What do you need on a deep, core level- for greater support and stability? Who and what do you need to guide you towards greater power and inner wisdom?

Great forces of change are present in this Mercury cycle. Through depth, learning and being present to the wisdom arriving- in the form of teachers, relationships and desire- allow these people to be resources for change. The mind is oriented towards greater support and courage. Inner power increases as you clear away the blockages and challenges keeping you from stepping into your power more directly. There is renewal, rejuvenation and healing happening in the weeks ahead. How do you show up for yourself and your journey of awakening? Be intentional with your momentum and seek the necessary support for more expansion.

Venus in Leo

Leo becomes a packed house in the coming weeks as Venus moves into this fire sign. Jupiter, Rahu and Mercury are also here and Sun will arrive in Leo mid month as well. As Venus moves into Leo on July 31st at 13:40, the sign of the father, power and ego intensifies. This magnification occurs as Jupiter prepares to leave Leo after a yearlong transit here. The lessons of the past cycle are magnifying, culminating in a stronger, more intense awareness. Relationships are the core focus at this time, instigating a deep desire to change, transform and heal the battles within your polarities. Masculine and feminine forces are ripe and asking for integration and co-creation.

Father wounds increase with this cycle as you more acutely work with the masculine energy within you. What stories are being enlivened- especially with regard to relationships? How does this mirror your relationship with your own father? Emotions will be strong, painful and forceful. Work with anger and rage consciously and channel this power into positive actions. Simultaneously the heart will be feeling more compassionate and expansion. There is a breaking open, a breaking free that is occurring within you. It’s your emotional body that is leading the way towards your freedom and liberation. You must work with your feelings very consciously in order to awaken from your depths. Your emotions will truly be your biggest teacher and resource for change in this cycle. Use them to heal and transform, to identify your needs and to attract resources that you need for lasting change.

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Aries: Heart and home are central to your month. Creativity and imagination turn into heart centered momentum. Lead with your feelings and the wisdom within. You’re intuition is deepening and your gut intelligence is leading the way. This is helping you with relationships and your dharmic path. Trust your steps and the momentum being created- but don’t force or push for outcomes. Dig into your depths and move old karma diligently. It’s easy to keep these shadows covered, but growth on the levels of relationship, heart and self development depend on it.

Taurus: Relationships become confusing and tense with on and off momentum. They seem to lurch forward rather than progressing smoothly. What is in the way of your movement forward? There’s resistance in your heart, causing challenges with saying yes fully. What does this resistance tell you about your needs- for safety, security and support? Allow your creativity and heart to mingle. Let your hands awaken both. Write, create art, dance, make music. This will clean and awaken your heart.

Gemini: Communicate from your heart and honor your creative powers. Be courageous as you cultivate your artistic skills right now. Move towards relationships with awareness and recognize the mirrors coming to you as teachers. Healing is taking place in your gut right now but there is some resistance to digesting and assimilating the past. Where are you stuck, constipated and resisting the release process? Purify your diet and all that you are eating in your life. Let your words reflect a more authentic connection with your emotional wisdom.

Cancer: This is your month of awakening! Rise and shine, open your heart and head. Let your inner power and creativity lead the way. Pull from your depths and get authentic with yourself. Then share from this place of knowing. Relationships are your biggest resource for growth right now. Open your heart and allow the love to flow more fluidly. Speak your truth and use it to influence others. The light is coming on more fully as you dig deeply into your depths. Release and let go so you can make space for the new.

Leo: Work consciously with self and relationships. Part of you is growing and expanding because you are clearing and creating space for the new. Keep releasing and letting go so that there’s room for more of what you really want and need. Your heart is stuck in stops and starts, opens and closes. It is learning how to open and close more smoothly. What is the resistance to opening more fully? Work with this diligently. There is a lot of release and letting go this month for you. Consider it a rest phase, a preparation.

Virgo: Continue to clear your gut so your intuitive wisdom deepens and strengthens. Release, clear and liberate yourself from the past. Endings are coming to a close as you prepare for a new cycle of wisdom, growth and relationship with self. Honor this need for release and notice where you’re resisting the transformation process. Courageously move in the direction of your dharma. Awaken arms, hands and shoulders as they have wisdom to share with you. Gains come from your forward momentum and not lingering in the past.

Libra: Take your dharmic wisdom and turn it into an offering. Share, co-create and express your inner knowing to the world. Clear away the rubble and the resistance and step forward with more conviction and clarity. Clean up your gut and intuition will get stronger. Gains come from your efforts, relationships and action steps. Refine your speaking and word choice. Speak carefully and honor your feelings. Comfort is a main priority right now. Work on finding stability from within.

Scorpio: As you work with your self more closely right now, honor the slow and steady pace of your steps. There has been less rushing and forcing, more dropping in to the ease and gentleness of not pushing. This is a new pace for you. Work with this feeling as a resource for creating deeper trust- with self and universe. Relationships continue to be a resource for stability and support, while also mirroring the resistance you have with this. Use the wisdom you’re experiencing as an offering to others. Open and awaken your heart. This is the guru within you that has been waiting to share some powerful messages of truth with you.

Sagittarius: Slowly work with liberation, release and letting go. Away time and alone time are essential right now but you’ll need to find a healthy balance of inner and outer. Attend to the inner guru and outer guru by diving deeply within your unconscious terrain. Relationships and your own heart wisdom are big teachers for you right now. Attend to the deep feelings emerging. Attend to lost love and grief from endings. Old memories and stories may emerge to trigger the clearing and release. Honor your needs and be truthful with yourself.

Capricorn: Relationships are a powerful resource this month. You have learned a lot recently about your inner needs- what works for you and what doesn’t. Part of you is ready to merge with others, while the rest of you is hesitant to step forward. Go slow and be methodical. Gains come with conscious steps. Imagination is strengthened with collaboration. Invite others into your process. Work on finding support and stability within, then reach out to others for extra guidance. Roots before branches.

Aquarius: Healing and releasing comes from the heart and stomach right now. The heart is being cleared and cleaned so that you can see and feel more clearly. This is effecting your finances and your stability and support. What is the resistance to clearing the past and releasing the pain? Part of you wants to move forward, while the rest of you is stuck in the unknown. Your offerings become erratic as action steps are challenged with stops and starts. This is effecting your trust- in self and others. You’re learning how to slow down and work with challenges in new ways. Honor your steps and the steadiness that is being cultivated within.

Pisces: Cleaning up your gut means that your heart is also being cleared. Attend to to your heart and your digestion will improve. The connection between heart and stomach is strong right now. Clean, clear and purify. Keep moving out bad habits and bringing them to the surface. There’s confusion about your needs and how to get them met. Particularly with regard to money and relationships. Honor your needs- both worldly and spiritual. Keep moving in a direction that honors these needs and integrates them. Your efforts will pay off.

You may believe that relationships are a mirror, you may have even used others as a reflection for change and healing. But what do your relationships really say about your deeper needs? The parts of you that long to be healed, touched, awakened and transformed?

From a jyotish perspective, the 7th house of your chart represents relationships. It is the “other” what you are looking at, seeing outside of yourself. You may like what you see, or you may despise it. Depending on the planets and their relationship with your 7th house, you may experience more or less challenges with “the other”. There may be cycles that kick up extra turmoil or pain as a result of the mirrors you are looking at.

These external mirrors are reflecting to you what is inside. Whether it feels good, or whether it hurts, what you are experiencing is a piece of your inner landscape. Love or hate, it’s all within you.

The 7th house of the jyotish chart is an expression of yoga. Of merging, integrating, uniting- all the parts of ourselves that we feel separate from, that feel outside of ourselves. The house of relationships reminds you how to conjoin and connect, to harmonize and balance your inside world with your outer world.

The problem is that most people don’t use relationships as a resource for deep inner healing. Most people are using relationships as another resource for avoidance, resistance or addiction. Relationships become a passive resource for connection, rather than one of deep transformation.

Yoga is union. Yoga is life. Relationships are yet another resource for yoga.

Yoga is not just a merging of the self with the divine. Yoga in fact is union on all levels of your being. Union of the human self and the spiritual self. Only when these two bodies begin to dance together with more integration, can you find harmony or unity. Your humanness must learn how to co-create, to be in relationship with, to integrate with, your spirit- then yoga is achieved. This dance of integration is in constant fluctuation and change, yet always seeking balance on some level of existence.

It's not easy to work with the hard stuff, the darkness, your human qualities, and to use the pain as a resource for transformation. Very few people are able to do the powerful inner work needed to become enlightened while staying in isolation. The mirrors coming to you from relationships are catalysts for deepening your awakening process. They arrive to help you lean in closer. To awaken new pathways within.

When a relationship feels good, it can be a welcome resource to ease and support, to nourish and soothe. But what about the difficult relationships that arrive? How can you use these painful experiences to deepen and awaken yourself from unconscious slumber?  

When a painful or challenging mirror is shown to you, it is a reminder to look closer at yourself. It has arrived to flash a part of your being to you. A part of yourself that you need to look at very acutely. No one wants to admit they have a mean, horrid or deceitful person hidden inside of them. But if you can work with this shadow more consciously, you will be liberated from it.

How willing are you to look into the mirror and use the painful parts of yourself that you despise as your biggest teachers?

How willing are you to use the outside mirrors, the people that you hate as your biggest guru?

The reality is that these mirrors arriving are in fact the parts of yourself that you refuse to look at. They have to intensify and show up in your face, blatantly screaming, just to get your attention. The longer you repress, suppress and avoid the shadow, the more intense and obnoxious it becomes.

If you attract a sad and lonely person, this requires you heal the grief within.

If a narcissist appears, you must attend to your inner narcissist.

If a whiny, complainer arrives, you must attend to the dissatisfied parts of yourself.

If an angry, violent person is presented to you, this enraged person must become your resource for healing your inner violence.

Everything that you attract is a resource for your healing work. Every mirror is a reflection of your inner being. This includes your family system and the story of your lineage. Often these parts of ourselves can be suppressed, resisted or avoided for generations, but eventually they will emerge stronger and darker than ever. Eventually there will be a potent expression of the pain, grief, shadow and darkness that has been hidden in the family for generations. These mirrors are resources for healing not only yourself, but the darkness and grief that has been suppressed in your family for generations.

When a challenging or painful mirror arrives, do you look closer? Do you lean in or do you push it away? Do you walk past it or do you recognize the mirror being shown to you?

When a painful mirror arrives, remember that it is a resource. We have choice and freewill that can determine the outcome. Just to be very clear, using the pain as resource for your healing never requires staying in a dysfunctional or abusive relationship. How we choose to use the challenges will determine the awakening that takes place within. This includes using healthy boundaries. When the same mirror returns over and over again, it is vital that you deepen your inner work and recognize that you are resisting some shadows, parts of yourself that are still hidden.

A relationship with another person, is a concentrated relationship with yourself. This is yoga in action. This integration with self and other, with human and spirit, with light and dark, is the path of yoga. The 7th house of the jyotish chart reiterates this expression of yoga, reminding us that everything that arrives on our path is a resource for awakening, transformation and healing.


Use the Tapping Meditation below to move, transform and release mental and emotional blockages with relationships.

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Use this Tapping Meditation to work through challenging relationships- when you feel stuck, afraid or resistant to change. Remember that we always start with "truth tapping" by expressing feelings and experiences that feel challenging. This is a vital part of the process and paves the way for transformation and healing.

In the podcast below, I share a tapping (EFT) sequence with you that will guide you through transforming and releasing the old stories and invite in more receptivity. Remember, we start with identifying the challenges, then moving into possibility and desires in order to transform our shadow into light.

Use this podcast as you tap through these points:

Karate chop point (side of the hand).
Crown of the head.
Eyebrow point (above the eye).
Side of the eye.
Under the eye.
Under the nose.
Chin point (crease of the chin).
Throat point (collar bone/throat chakra).
Heart point (center of chest).
Stomach point (above the navel).
Side body (nipple line at side of chest).

Tap six to ten times on each point and just keep cycling through the points. Repeat the phrases I use aloud. Notice any thoughts, stories, memories or emotions that emerge as you tap. These are important pieces to return to, do more tapping on, as a way to clear blockages. As always, if the words I use don't work for you, change them to support your process more fully.

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The most auspicious full Moon of the year arrives on July 19th at 16:56. Guru Purnima is considered the fullest full Moon of the year, dedicated to gurus and teachers who bring you wisdom, guidance and support. This year, Guru Purnima occurs while the Moon is in Capricorn and UttaraAshada nakshatra- just a few degrees shy of landing in the sacred portal of Abhijit nakshatra. The Vishva Devas are enlivened, sparking support and assistance from universe and spirit.

The Vishva Devas bring power and the ability to overcome obstacles, while finding the support you need to become successful. Worshipping the Vishva Devas, or the Laws of Nature, brings you the empire, the kingdom, the royal success you long for on the material plane of existence. The Vishva Devas support your success beyond dreams, but will help you materialize your visions into reality. This is an action oriented lunar constellation, ruled by the Sun. It demands truth, honesty, integrity and your committed arrival to your dharmic path.

This full Moon and the cycle to come demand your consistent action steps and integrated movement. There is resistance to change, yet with alignment and a commitment to your path, the way will be shown to you. All you need to do is continue to arrive, to show up and listen carefully to the wisdom that is within you. Your dedication to your inner light, will show you the way.

There is great nourishment in the coming cycle, but it arrives with your release and letting go. The blessings and gifts will come when you let go of the objectives and shadows that undermine your clarity, purpose and inner knowing. Immense creativity derives from the heart center in this cycle. This heart wisdom is your guru, your biggest teacher. It hurts, it feels pain, the emotions will be strong, but it is opening the door to more space, a more expanded version of yourself. How open are you to the transformation process?

Gather resources, support and guidance in the weeks to come. Seek counseling and individual resources to move beyond the old, stuck and worn out patterns that keep you locked in struggle and pain. It is your time to grow, rise from the mud. Reach up and out, extend your reach. This can be a time of great blossoming, if you prune some branches in order to allow the new growth to emerge.

1) Identify something or someone that you are grateful for in your life right now. Move closer to this feeling of gratitude. Lean in and listen. Notice where this sense of gratitude lands in your body. Stay with this sensation and continue to bring your presence to this feeling in your body for 2 to 5 minutes.

2) Create an image of your gratitude. Using craypas, paints or pencils, create an image of your gratitude. What does this gratitude feel like for you? Create an image that expresses this feeling using colors, textures and shapes. Allow 20 minutes at minimum for this nourishment image. Title your image.

3) Embody your gratitude dance. Use your image to inspire a movement exploration. Let your body move in response to your gratitude image with the intention of "moving with your gratitude". What sensations emerge for you during your dance? What awareness? Allow 5 to 10 minutes for this movement exploration. I encourage you to extend this time frame as you recycle this process.

4) Harvesting. In your journal answer these questions:
I am, I want, I need, I sense, I feel, I imagine.

Mercury joins Venus in Cancer just before the week begins. Heart and home become central to the mind and creativity. Early in the week Mars returns to Scorpio, re-instigating tension between the opposing forces Saturn and Mars. Sun will also shift to Cancer late in the week, bringing light to the heart center and home. Moon continues to wax, moving into fullness early next week. The coming full Moon is the most auspicious in the Vedic Calendar and the fullest of the year. Guru Purnima is on the rise- honor your teachers.

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Monday, July 11th
Moon in 8th tithi
Ashtami

The first half of the day Savitr continues to support great light and dawning within. He activates the hands and creativity, healing and wisdom. Something new is on the horizon, hone your vision. Your ability to be clear and align with your inner knowing, will increase the brilliance arriving. As Moon shifts into Chitra for the second half of the day, Mars is activated. He's preparing to move back into Scorpio in just a few hours, activating his vulnerability and hesitancy. Mars is usually decisive, but right now he is moving with much more trepidation. This cancels out any momentum gained by Chitra today and the creative power of Vishva Karma. You may make inner progress, but don't force outer progress. With Mercury newly arriving in Cancer as well, the mind is also vulnerable and weak today. Clarity and precision are not strong. Go slow and turn inward for best results.


Tuesday, July 12th
Moon in 9th tithi
Navami

Just as Tuesday begins, Mars moves back into Scorpio, joining Saturn here. He lingers in the gap for the coming days, causing weakness with action steps and forward momentum. Where are you delaying or resisting movement? Use this time for sacred pause and stillness and make your steps very intentional.

Themes for this coming Mars transit strongly include unifying polarities and extremes within your being. This may be through masculine and feminine forces, authority and subordinates, shadow and light. You may identify that your force versus surrender needs more integration. Strong themes of opening and closing will emerge in forceful and dramatic ways. Be prepared to let go. Clinging will only intensify the pain. Trust this process of release as it is moving you closer to your inner truth, the purpose of your life and path.

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Early morning, Moon shifts to Libra. Ketu gives his gaze, sparking sudden emotional body outbursts. Track your emotions diligently in the coming days as relationships and the need for support and stability will be themes connected to your feelings. Late afternoon, Moon shifts to Swati nakshatra, inviting in movement and change through the breath of Vayu. Relationships will be strongly effected by these winds of change. Are you opening or closing- or both? Find the support and stability you need within the body.

Wednesday, July 13th
Moon in 10th tithi
Dashami

Vayu continues to blow in his change and transformation today, bringing new possibilities, openings and arrivals. As Moon moves through Libra it requests balance and integration for your emotional body. Vayu is a Rudra, which means he has great strength, power and prestige- capable of forceful acts. He shows up softly at times or with force and aggression at other times. How will you direct the power that is moving through you? In the evening, Moon shifts into Vishaka and the dual forces, Indra and Agni, arrive with their integrative energies. This dynamic duo brings co-creation and a coming together of opposites- yet aligns them with one purpose. What support and resources do you need?

Thursday, July 14th
Moon in 11th tithi
Ekadashi

Moon continues through Vishaka today and the duality of King and Priest (Indra and Agni) within you seeks balance and order. These forces appear externally to remind you of the power and energy within you. What relationship do you have with your inner king? Your inner priest? These are co-creative forces here to support you with increasing your power and wisdom. Start asking for more support in order to get your needs met. Who is showing up for you? Are you open to receiving the support that is here? Moon lands in Scorpio late afternoon, colliding with sandhi Mars who is still very weak in degrees. The emotional body will feel the fire, yet will turn it inward. Find safe and healthy ways to release and transform the power moving through you. It may be subtle, but none the less very worthy of your attention and intention. Just before midnight, Moon shifts to Anuradha nakshatra and Mitra arrives with his resources of friendship and community support. Step towards the comfort that surrounds you.

Friday, July 15th
Moon in 12th tithi
Dvadasi

Moon moves through Scorpio, conjunct a weak Mars and Saturn, and will be sandwiched in between these two warring planets for the next few days, causing tension and delays. Confusion about action steps increase and uncertainty about momentum and movement sparks anger and sadness simultaneously. Where are you stuck? Where are you frozen? How can you clarify your boundaries and needs at this time and move towards these intentions, rather than get stuck?

Sun moves to Cancer at 22:21, joining Venus and Mercury here. This Sun cycle brings healing and transformation with heart and relationships. Address your longings and cravings. Find the root of these needs and identify your actions and choices. How do you either support or negate your needs? What helps you align with your values and what moves you away? Relationships become a very central resource in this cycle- a resource that mirrors and instigates new desires and new needs. There may be comfort and discomfort. Use everything as a resource for opening the pathways that you know nourish and support you.

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Saturday, July 16th
Moon in 12th and 13th tithi
Dvadashi to Trayodasi

Just as Saturday arrives, Moon shifts to the other side of Saturn and gains some breathing room from the conflict of Mars and Saturn, while also moving into Jyeshta nakshatra. This is a sharp and dreadful nakshatra (Tikshna) and will bring daring and bold actions with it. Mercury and Venus are in exact conjunction right now, inviting in strong imaginal and creative forces. The mind flows towards artistry, love and harmony right now. Turn the light on and honor these energies moving through you. Direct the mind towards activities that bring you joy and abundance, rather than the stuckness and overwhelm that is also present. Notice what you choose. You create your own reality. Don't bypass the pain, but use it as a resource for your own healing. Hint: It's all in the mind.

Sunday, July 17th
Moon in 13th and 14th tithi
Trayodasi to Chaturdashi

Moon leaps into Sagittarius just as Sunday begins and lands in Mula nakshatra, the notorious chaos maker. Ruling deity, Nirrti, instigates the uprooting process and provokes dramatic changes. Her constant upheaval can create an addiction to the turmoil, leaving you with a sense of instability and lack of support. Notice where you are creating this pattern and paradigm for yourself today. Are you so addicted to the turmoil that you are resisting the stability that lies within you? The self is your greatest mirror for growth and healing. Look within. Notice the external mirrors showing up to remind you what needs to change within. What resources, guidance and support do you need to make these changes?

Monday, July 18th
Moon in 14th tithi
Chaturdashi

Moon moves to the second nakshatra in Sagittarius early in the morning, arriving in the domain of Apas. PurvaAshada is ruled by mighty water goddess- who can be a soft, gentle stream, or ferocious white waters. Both cleanse and clear but the feeling is very different. Today brings rejuvenation and regeneration. This fierce nakshatra offers harsh release and renewal. Allow your inner waters to flow and attend to the wisdom of these waters moving through you. Do you go with the currents, or against them? Let your heart lead the way.

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