New Moon is on Monday, August 25th at 09:12 am CDT in Leo and Magha nakshatra. Moon is conjunct Sun (also in Magha) and Mercury, also in Leo at this time. 

Theme for the coming waxing cycle: Be bold in your actions and let your ancestral legacy remind you of what is important for your actions and intentions.

Read the full details about the new Moon and what it says about this coming waxing cycle.

Full Moon will be in Aquarius and Purvabhadrapada nakshatra on September 8th at 20:38 CDT. More about this full Moon in my next horoscope post and upcoming Moon Mind Calendar. Never miss my Moon Mind posts, sign up for my newsletter.

*New Moon Chart

Horoscopes for the Waxing Moon Cycle {August 26th to September 8th}

*Horoscopes are based on your Vedic 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” 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: If you build it, they will come. If you think it, it will transpire. If you feel it, it will be lasting. Your emotional well being is at the center of your life process right now. What are you inviting in? What are you closing to? Can you identify what your needs are for comfort, nourishment, support and grounding? Learn from your mistakes. Build on past experiences. Let self care be your tuning fork. When Mars goes into your 8th house on 9.04, your past inspires new depth. This time, seek lasting change and resolution instead of walking the same old ground. Be courageous in forging a new path for yourself. It's a time of transformation and change. Keep walking but try a new angle.

Taurus: When heart burn sets in, be sure to have some soothing remedies on hand. Though your tendency is often to cling to a conditioned sense of "comfort", you are courageously expanding, growing and developing right now in some very new ways. Perhaps this is allowing you to push beyond your comfort zone and sense your limits, your edge? Hence the heartache, heart burn, and emotional irritations perhaps. As Mars moves into your 7th house on 9.04, relationships pack a punch and offer you a very new way to co-create. You will likely need to re-structure the way you have wanted your relationships to be in order to get what you actually need. You may be willing, but are you able?

Gemini: The foreign and unusual has caught your fancy and has your mental body writing some very imaginative tales. Some of these stories are very old and familiar and have kept you head locked for a very long time. It's really time to be listening to your heart and your emotional/intuitive wisdom in order for you to move forward with your life and to move beyond the old attachments. Ketu is provoking change, endings and letting go of your perceived comforts and support right now. Let sparks fly! Let him restructure your old patterns. Get creative and get courageous! As Mars moves to your 6th house on 9.04, action steps are necessary, but may be a source of confusion. Again, bring it back to the heart for intuitive guidance.

Cancer: Ground and root as you creatively and courageously expand and connect. Your inner fire breathing dragon provokes, challenges and intensifies your offerings. Sparks of imagination are moving you and inspiring possibility and options like never before. It is from your roots and the stability created here, that your infinite creativity arises from. Don't discount your need for safety and sacred space. As Mars moves into your 5th house, a new demand for play, intelligence, and intuitive guidance sets in. Ask for advice and wisdom and dream your dreams. The past may be offering some reruns. Be intentional with how you respond.

Leo: Your head is feeling the heat! It's rise and shine with courage and career, but others may not be appreciating your shine as much; be aware of the solar flare and glare you are offering. You may need to hand out sunglasses and sunscreen! Calculate your words carefully and share poignantly. Embodiment and retreats are an excellent use of your time as a resource for grounding, checking in and nourishing yourself. This is especially important because the tendency right now is to be very externally motivated. As Mars moves to your 4th house on 9.04, relationships get a new edge and sense of heat. Be aware of your own emotions, your heart needs and the demands you are placing on others. Be vigilant with your 3 level check ins and harvesting work for inner tracking.

Virgo: As Mercury exalts in your head on the 29th, your mental body is activated and charged. Look out for overdrive and excess worry and fear though as it conjuncts Rahu the shadow node- also sitting in your head. You are thinking big and wild right now, with thoughts of the foreign and grande desires. Just make sure these are rooted in very clear and conscious action steps that align with long term goals. You don't want to be wasting your energy unnecessarily. Relationships may feel fleeting and unstable, albeit hot and passionate; don't get burned. As Mars moves to your 3rd house on 9.04, courage and creativity get a jump start, which fuels your career. Go with it. Let friends nourish and support you, even if it's through the computer or only with quick conversations. It may still be a balm for the heart. 

Libra: Work is expanding and growing with effort and focus. Slow and steady wins the race as you ripen to a new rhythm and flow. The frustrations and tensions in your head ease up once Mars moves to your 2nd house and into Scorpio on 9.04. Suddenly your focus on money, investments and a sense of security provokes your actions. It is a good time to be consciously working with safety and security issues. What brings lasting stability and support to you from the inside, out? Don't get lost in the paper chase and overly scattered from your hustle. Take time for meditation and self care even if it feels impossible. Be mindful of friendships and relationships; don't get burned.

Scorpio: Teach, share, advise, shine and share, connect and create. As Mars moves out of your 12th house and into your first house on 9.04, part of you comes out of hiding! More shine, more aim and more action are provoked, but remember that balance is always the name of the game. Ground, connect and get embodied in order to create sustainable action steps and make all this expansion lasting. There's a new sense of courage and creativity in you and there's an ability to activate it. Use this powerful time period to dream big, get motivated and to share in bigger and bolder ways. What are your next steps? Get goal oriented. Don't let your past haunt you. It's a new dawn and a new day. 

Sagittarius: Old wisdom is keeping your heart afloat, but Ketu is provoking change, restructuring and necessary shifts that stir you within. What are you ready to let go of and lose in order for a new sense of freedom? Set your heart free. Career is pushing you and may have you in overdrive in the coming weeks- so find a necessary balance with inner and outer life, as well as work/life balance. As Mars moves to your 12th house on 9.04, retreats, alone time, meditation and vacations may get more attention as a result in the coming weeks. Find a new sense of courage and adventure. The people that you meet along the way may be good for your career so try to be social.

Capricorn: Relationships are providing comfort, nourishment and support. But only through effort and navigating personal boundaries and needs consciously. In other words, the relationships that feel comfortable are the ones you have put the required effort into. Career is getting a boost from your connections and friendships- especially from the old, true blue variety. Enjoy the stability and support and pay close attention to what feels nourishing and supportive, and what does not. Sun and Venus in your 8th house are requiring you to navigate some old patterns and tendencies, inadequacies and emotional wounds. This is a time of learning how to co-create and collaborate. Listen to your heart wisdom. Don't be a doormat! Shine from the inside out.

Aquarius: Relationships are hot and heated. Are you too close to the fire? Keep some aloe vera on hand for any 2nd hand burns, but be mindful that you aren't the one spitting the fire. Heart courage is one thing, but taking others down with your ship is another. Stories from the past are feeding your imagination. What new stories do you wish to write for yourself instead? Take your healing into action. Where are you learning and growing in wisdom from? Make this an offering to others. It is very important to get embodied and use somatic awareness right now to keep you grounded. As Mars moves to your 10th house on 9.04, career gets a jump start. You are ready for action steps. Aim, fire and hit your target.

Pisces: You are actively cutting ties that bind you and the attachments that have been holding you back for quite some time. Emotional wisdom is finding a new way with you and helping you ripen in order to find more inner stability. Your intuition is stronger as a result; trust this and trust your self as you stretch into this new sense of self. Work to communicate effectively with others as you may be easily misunderstood at this time. Sort out what the mental body is saying vs. what the emotional body is saying in order to gain clarity and focus about what you really need and want. Use 3 level check ins and harvesting work for inner tracking. Let your discomfort provoke change.


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New Moon is Monday morning and then Moon begins its waxing cycle this week. Saturn and Mars are still in very tight conjunction, causing frustration with our stop and start energetics, confusion and agitation. These two opposing forces begin to separate later this week, helping us gain a new sense of balance.

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Monday, August 25th

Today's Intention: Empty, let go and release. Rest and relax. Find simple ways to self care. Ask the ancestors for guidance.

New Moon today at 09:12 am CDT in Leo and Magha nakshatra. Moon is conjunct Sun (also in Magha) and Mercury, also in Leo.

Magha nakshatra is ruled by Ketu, the southern lunar node responsible for restructuring and cutting attachments. The deity that presides over Magha is Pitr, who is connected to the ancestors, lineage and karma. There is authority here and sometimes ego and arrogance can arise if not checked with awareness. We are effected by seven generations before us, and we effect the seven generations to come. It is an important part of Magha, to be conscious and aware of these effects, how our ancestors and lineage play into our own life experience and what the fate of our lineage will be as a result of our own actions. Magha and Pitr are reminders to create powerful and effective karmas that leave lasting, positive results for generations to come. We may ask ourselves during Magha what our legacy is and what actions we need to take in order to create a strong legacy.

This new Moon gets sparks of imagination and can fuel our desires for future actions. Let intention be a strong guiding force in the coming weeks and listen intently to your solar power, your gut instincts and your inner light. Get creative, get bold, and take strong action steps towards your desires. What are the big goals you are moving towards and what actions need to happen in order to make this happen? With Sun in its own Sign right now, we can all make some hay while the Sun shines and get some lasting results because of it. Get ambitious, think big and shine your light. Your efforts will pay off- especially if they please the ancestors.

Read the New Moon Wisdom and what this new Moon offers us in the coming cycle as well as a new Moon Creative Ritual for the ancestors.

Moon moves to Purvabhadrapada at 19:28 CDT, joining Mercury there. Spend the evening relaxing and enjoying simple pleasures.

Tuesday, August 26th

Today's Intention: Plant your seeds of desire and seek comfort in simple, satisfying actions. Connect and co-create with others.

Moon transits Purvabhadrapada today, enlivening Bhaga and Venus. Moon joins Mercury in this nakshatra, so look for mental body activation as well.

Bhaga is connected to enjoyment, pleasure, love and affection. His domain is sexuality and sensuality and that which sparks fun and play within our relationships. The symbol here is the back half of a bed- another association of pleasure, rest, leisure and comfort. Luck, fortune and destiny are part of Bhaga's offerings.

The mind may be spinning its wheels. Desires, cravings and wants may intensify and feel overwhelming. Material pleasures and gains may feel daunting, unavailable or under nourishing. Keep the faith. Make plans. Take a symbolic action step towards your goals and desires. The Moon is still empty and dark. Plant your seeds now. Seek the support of a trusted friend for guidance and support. Self care to soothe your self with creativity. Have you done my Creative Ritual for the new Moon yet?

Moon moves to Uttaraphalguni at 22:19 CDT.

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Wednesday, August 27th

Today's Intention: Be sharp, one pointed and direct today. Goals are attainable if you aim and take targeted action.

Moon moves to Virgo at 5:00 am CDT, joining Rahu there and receiving drishti from Ketu.

Moon transits Uttaraphalguni, the latter half of the Phalguni stars ruled by Aryaman and the Sun. Aryaman is also one of the Adityas (as is Bhaga) who rules over support and sustenance on the material plane of existence. Unlike Bhaga, however, Aryaman rules lasting parts of our relationships- the parts that are time tested and long term. Prosperity is gifted from the ripening of time, not immediately. The Phalguni stars are associated with fertility, fruits, progeny, creativity, flowers and colors.

Today enhances sharpness and quickness as well as sudden shifts and changes. Let sparks of imagination fly but be conscious of your shadows. Mind is poised and ready to fire. What is your target? Be very intentional with your actions.

Thursday, August 28th

Today's Intention: Spark something! Open windows wide and let your heart sing its truth.

Tensions start to ease a bit as Saturn and Mars are now over two degrees apart. Mars is moving towards its own sign of Scorpio. Look for some resolutions, clarity and release now.

Moon moves to Hasta nakshatra at 00:58 CDT, activating Savitr and its ruling planet, the Moon. Hasta invites in an ability to expand, learn and grow with wisdom, the light of knowledge and intuitive insight. Let Savitr help you invoke tools of wisdom and flourishing. Recite Gayatri Mantra to awaken magic and inspire the dawning of light within you. What new insights are enlivened for you today?

Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥtát savitúr váreṇ(i)yaṃbhárgo devásya dhīmahidhíyo yó naḥ prachodáyāt

Mercury becomes sandhi and moves to the edge of Leo.

Friday, August 29th

Today's Intention: Take effective action and use your creative skills. Build the life of your dreams by setting your visions into goals, your goals into actions. Prosperity comes with plans and actions.

Moon moves to Chitra nakshatra at 03:19 am CDT, joining Rahu in this star.

Just after Moon shifts into Chitra, Mercury jumps signs and moves into Virgo, its sign of exaltation, at 04:55 am CDT. This transit will either be expansive and worldly or wrought with confusion, mental exhaustion and shadowed intelligence. Stay out of the mental body mire and be diligent with your 3 level check ins and harvesting process. Artists, use the coming 3 weeks for creative brilliance. Business minds, expand your entrepreneurial focus and think big. This is a building phase that can leave lasting results that offer big rewards. Pay attention to opportunities, or make them your self. Right now, as Mercury moves into Virgo and adjusts, it will be sandhi through the weekend. Let the liminality of the mind provide room for dreams and visions to take root.

Vishvakarma and Mars enliven and offer a sense of building, planning and plotting "next steps" and "best practices" for our efforts. Vishvakarma is the divine architect, the chief artist and architect of the gods. It is through Vishvakarma that we gain skill and then gain subsistence as a result of using our skills. The action is an important part, as is indicated in the word karma and the ruler, Mars, the chief of action.

As Moon moves closer to Rahu, the tendency to be overwhelmed intensifies. Work backwards and be timely with your actions. Too many irons in the fire? Scattered and feeling ineffective? Prioritize. Circle the top five most important things on your to-do list and take action accordingly.

Moon moves to Libra at 16:21 CDT, joining Mars and Saturn there.

Today is Ganesha Chaturti, the celebrated birthday of the elephant god who is able to remove obstacles and offer wisdom, prosperity and good fortune to his devotees. Jai Ganesha!!

Saturday, August 30th

Today's Intention: Where am I detaching out of habit and where am I detaching out of necessity? How can I be more conscious of my inner and outer landscape even while in constant flux and change?

Moon transits Libra with exalted Saturn and Mars, moving into Swati nakshatra at 05:16 am CDT. Thankfully Mars and Saturn are separating now and Mars inches towards the edge of Libra, toward Scorpio. With Mercury exalted in Virgo, we now have three planets exalted (Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury) and Sun in its own sign of Leo. It is another powerful and poignant moment in the cosmos. Make use of it with thoughtful actions!

Swati nakshatra is ruled by Vayu, the wind god, and Rahu. Movement, change, shifts, strength and power are at our disposal today. As wind is not grounded, there is a sense of lack of attachment. This can translate within us as aloofness and an inability to express emotions. Be sure to do a 3 level check in and harvesting process today. Don't cut and paste over your felt senses. Harvest and explore your inner landscape. Get clear on what you need so that you can aim your actions accordingly.

Venus moves to the edge of Cancer and becomes sandhi today. Soften and open to your creative needs, relationship needs and what your heart requests. Listen carefully.

Sunday, August 31st

Today's Intention: Nourish yourself well. Make an offering to the gods at your altar and ask for their blessings. Feed your self well today and let this be an offering to your god Self. Digest and transform the nutrients in your life.

Moon moves to Vishaka nakshatra at 06:41 am CDT, joining exalted Saturn and Mars in this nakshatra. Indra and Agni are the dual rulers of this star as well as the planet Jupiter. Indragni, remind us that often two are better than one. This dual god also reminds us that hierarchy is necessary at times, and that co-creation is imperative for life and well being. Indragni sit at the portal opening (the altar or the mouth) and help the offerings we make to the gods transform into nourishment for the gods. When the gods are nourished, they grant us nourishment in return. This is a metaphor for self-nourishment and feeding ourselves well. Through Indragni, our food is digested and transformed into life giving power and sustenance.

Moon conjuncts Saturn exactly around 12:30 CDT. Attending to the physical body is essential today. Use somatic intelligence to navigate your inner landscape. Later in the evening, Moon conjuncts Mars exactly around 20:30 CDT. Work with your emotions, anger and frustrations consciously. Use my Saturn and Mars MP3's for assistance. And don't neglect your 3 level check in and harvesting process.

Venus moves into Leo at 16:26 CDT, joining Sun there in its own sign and jumping into Magha nakshatra. Look for clues in the coming ten days about your relationship needs and how to be in relationship effectively. Make changes, recalibrate, let go. Listen to the ancestors for clues and messages. Connect with others through the internet. Short interactions will be more supported at this time. Be prepared to cut and clear and also restructure who and how you connect to others. Be bold.

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The Ways of Saturn

Saturn is a powerful influence on our lives. He is the slowest moving planet, taking 2.5 years to move through each sign. Saturn brings both the blessings and the curses of life- as he gives his wisdom only through the slow ripening of time, effort, suffering, loss and age. It takes time to learn the deepest, hardest and most important wisdom of life. This wisdom has to be worked for and requires effort to receive. Thus, Saturn pays us in enlightenment for the work, effort, steady actions, that we make over a long period of time. If we don't adhere to his rules for wisdom, he will make us suffer the consequences.

Many people fear Saturn and prefer the the type of rewards the other planets offer. Quick action and reaction from Mars. Comfort, luxury and creativity from Venus. Expansion of knowledge through Jupiter. Quick playful imagination of the Moon. Saturn, however, has different means and ways. He forces us to listen, pay attention, to attend to body, mind and emotions. He gives grief- through loss and endings, through death and dying; he reminds us of what is truly important as a result. What is lasting and what is not. And all that goes beyond the material plane of existence, and the rewards we get for our effective and meaningful actions that are aligned with Natural Laws.

Structure is Saturn’s domain- of the physical human form, the muscle, bone and tissues- as well as the universe. He is old, he rules old age, and also that which comes with age. He is vata, air, and dries things out as a result. The absence of water (life) brings death, and when the water of the physical body dries up, we die.

Saturn is a loner, and brings loneliness and separation. He reminds us of what is important as a result. In other words, we don’t get to take anything with us when we pass from this lila- this play of life. Just our karma’s. Saturn helps us ripen, like fruit on a tree. Once ripe, we loosen our hold and release our connection to the tree of life. This is why Saturn rules fall and winter, when vata increases, when fruit and leaves have ripened, fallen and dropped. The tree becomes bare, empty, and goes into a deep rest phase before awakening with the movement of sap in spring time.

Working With Saturn, Not Against Him

Saturn helps us ripen. He helps everything in our lives ripen. He helps us grow better with age. And when we resist his ways, we suffer. He wants consistency; methodical action. He wants us to be in tune with the cycles and rhythms of nature and the cosmos- not man made cycles and rhythms. (Ayurveda is the premier health science of Saturn. If you want to suffer less in the physical body, study Ayurvedic wisdom and the timeliness of eating, sleeping etc.)

Saturn is a planet of renunciation, hard work, routine, asceticism, old age, the cycles and rhythms of life. (This is why Saturn is the planet of yoga and yoga is a metaphor for Saturn's ways: your hard work pays off, but it requires consistent practice). Obey Saturn’s disciplined guidelines, and you will be in alignment with him and with Natural Laws, but disobey these Laws and he will make you miserable. Perhaps this is why Libra is such a good position for him. Libra, after all, rules over balance, legal and political ideals and business markets. The overarching ruler of life, however, are the Laws of Nature, not man made laws. Nature's Laws are karmic. Think: every action has a reaction. This is the domain of Saturn.

Saturn likes hard work, suffering, and has a “no pain, no gain” attitude. Though some of these darker tendencies may be mitigated being in a friendly sign, expect some tears and hardship before happy resolutions. After all, Saturn rules grief.

How will you know Saturn is asking you to re-evaluate your actions? You will feel a pinch, some displeasure, anxiety, depression or grief.

When the pain comes, as it surely will, this is our guide post along the Path; our reminder of where we are clinging and what we are clinging to, what changes we are resisting. If we hadn’t seen the attachment prior to this struggle, we have an opportunity to see it clearly now in the face of tragedy, our tears, our suffering.

As Pema Chodron reminds us in her book Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change: “When we resist change, it's called suffering.” And when we resist anything, it will ultimately hurt us. Working with Saturn's ways and not against him will help ease the suffering he brings.

How Does Saturn Effect You?

Looking at your own jyotish chart, see where Saturn sits. What sign is he in? What house? What planets does he sit with, if any? Saturn gives drishti to three, seven and ten houses away from himself. So these areas of your chart will also feel the slowness, the need for balance and age, in order for you to ripen properly.

His effects on the 7th house will create slow ripening in relationships- either with late marriage, no marriage or to an older person. Saturn's effects on the 10th house will create a slow ripening in the career. This can effect how you offer your work and who you offer it to. It can also indicate that you are working with the physical body, with the elderly, or that you put in hard work and physical exertion for your career. Saturn connected with the 5th house can indicate having children very late in life, no children, or suffering through the children in some capacity. These are some examples of how Saturn can effect parts of our life based on the jyotish chart.

In my next Saturn article, I will share more about Sadi Sati, a 7.5 year Saturn cycle that offers many lasting, life changing effects. Stay tuned!

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New Moon Wisdom

Theme for the coming waxing cycle: Be bold in your actions and let your ancestral legacy remind you of what is important for your actions and intentions.

New Moon is on Monday, August 25th at 09:12 am CDT in Leo and Magha nakshatra. Moon is conjunct Sun (also in Magha) and Mercury, also in Leo.

Magha nakshatra is ruled by Ketu, the southern lunar node responsible for restructuring and cutting attachments. The deity that presides over Magha is Pitr, who is connected to the ancestors, lineage and karma. There is authority here and sometimes ego and arrogance can arise if not checked with awareness. We are effected by seven generations before us, and we effect the seven generations to come. It is an important part of Magha, to be conscious and aware of these effects, how our ancestors and lineage play into our own life experience and what the fate of our lineage will be as a result of our own actions. Magha and Pitr are reminders to create powerful and effective karmas that leave lasting, positive results for generations to come. We may ask ourselves during Magha what our legacy is and what actions we need to take in order to create a strong legacy.

This new Moon gets sparks of imagination and can fuel our desires for future actions. Let intention be a strong guiding force in the coming weeks and listen intently to your solar power, your gut instincts and your inner light. Get creative, get bold, and take strong action steps towards your desires. What are the big goals you are moving towards and what actions need to happen in order to make this happen? With Sun in its own Sign right now, we can all make some hay while the Sun shines and get some lasting results because of it. Get ambitious, think big and shine your light. Your efforts will pay off- especially if they please the ancestors.

Use the coming weeks of the waxing Moon to take action (karma) and align more intentionally with your ancestral legacy. Ask the ancestors to help you affirm your path and offer their insights and wisdom to you. Pay attention for clues, omens and metaphors that arrive. Acknowledge the gifts they may offer you. Give gratitude and blessings for their assistance and the awareness they bring.

New Moon Creative Ritual for the Waxing Moon Cycle

We start with an empty cup, the Moon completely empty of the Sun’s light. This time of inward introspection can offer gentle insights and intuitive guidance, so be still in order to catch the subtle wisdom coming to you. As the Moon slowly gains light and expands, so does the swelling of our hearts, minds and actions.

For this Creative Ritual, we will use the prompting of Pitr to inspire us.

Draw three circles on a large piece of paper. Label each one of your circles as past, present and future. Within each circle create an image using color, texture, shape and images that express your experience of past, present and future.

Give each circle a title to capture the felt sense of the image. Then answer these baseline statements:

I am____
I want____
I need____

Harvesting Questions:

What is one part of your lineage that you can honor, respect and give gratitude for? How has your ancestral line influenced your life experience? What am I doing the same as my family system? What am I doing differently? What do I wish to create for my self and my life as I move forward?

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Moon is still waning and finishes its cycle of emptying on Sunday the 24th in the 15th tithi or Moon phase. New Moon is Monday the 25th at 9:12 am CDT in Leo and Magha nakshatra. More on this new Moon of change in the next Moon Mind Calendar.

Monday, August 18th

Today's Intention: High planetary energetics. Dancing with our Devi (god) self and Asura (demon) self; connecting with inner polarities.

Moon transits its mulitrikona sign, Taurus, and moves to Rohini nakshatra at 01:20 am CDT. Moon receives drishti (gaze) from both Rahu and Mars, and sits in a sign ruled by Venus. These factors can agitate the Moon and since Venus is currently in close degrees with Jupiter, there’s a tension between opposing forces. Venus is asura (demon) energy and of the worldly realms, whereas Jupiter is deva (god) energy of the more heavenly realms. These two are often working against each other (within us), but are both essential parts of our human existence. How to dance with both? Where do these different energies arrive within our experience and how do we work with them, against them? As Jupiter and Venus move into exact conjunction today, we get a chance to connect with our inner polarities.

Likely agitation, frustrations and some anger will surface as the sensitive Moon is touched by the fiery warrior (Mars) and the shadow of confusion (Rahu). How do these emotions offer insight into your needs, wants and sense of self? Use the inner conflict for harvesting and confrontation. Identify your needs and how these emotions relate to your need for safety, stability and support. With Jupiter in exaltation, the ability to learn, expand and grow from our awareness is the winning factor to pay attention to. What are you learning about your choices and needs?

Beyond the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, this is a powerful day of three planets in signs of exaltation, while Sun is in its own sign, Leo. Jupiter exalted in Cancer, Saturn exalted in Libra conjunct Mars, and Moon in its mulitrikona sign of Taurus (it will have passed through the small window of exaltation early in the am, moving into its harmonious place of mulitrikona thereafter).

Can you feel the high energy? The momentum and power that is present? Harness this effectively and use this time to create, cultivate and expand. With Moon in Rohini today, Lord Brahma is offering his abilities to us for increased creativity, artistry, abundance on the material plane of existence. Remember, where there are frustrations, look there for your greatest needs.

Tuesday, August 19th

Today's Intention: Keep it moving- on the emotional, physical and mental levels of awareness. Seek nourishment, rejuvenation, revitalization and creativity.

Moon moves to Mrigashirsha nakshatra at 02:59 am CDT, enlivening Soma (another name for Chandra, the Moon) and the planet Mars who rules over this lunar constellation. Mrigashirsha is flighty and fickle, fast and quick, agile and aware, just like a deer- the symbol here. With agitators Mars and Rahu giving drishti to the sensitive Moon, look for some frustrations to appear within your internal landscape. It’s a valuable time for self tracking and harvesting useful information about your inner dynamics. Pay attention to both inner and outer awareness.

It’s a time of high energy, potent power and palpable intensity. With Jupiter exalted in Cancer, conjunct Venus, their opposing nature’s can provide insights into our greatest emotional needs. The exaltation of Saturn in Libra, conjunct Mars, is another layer of frustration, as their energies oppose each other- slow and fast, stop and go. This time period is ripe with opposition, polarities, attraction and repulsion, heightening binary thinking patterns and the frustrations, anxieties and fears that can surface as a result. It is essential to be conscious of your emotions, track their source and to note the experiences that provoke them. What are the underlying needs connected to the emotion and how are they connected to greater comfort, nourishment and support? What actions need to be shifted or welcomed in order to find a shift? Use a 3 level check-in

Mercury moves to Purvaphalguni nakshatra at 10:38 am CDT, enlivening both Venus and Bhaga. Fertility, sexuality, sensuality and nourishment from our relationships arrive through the mental body. Our capacity for greater creativity and potency may increase at this time. Let the mind expand towards it’s joys, hopes and aspirations. Let the emotions be nourished in response to your dreams and desires. Be potent, direct and focused on your expansion in the coming days and find nourishment in possibility and conscious action steps.

Moon moves into Gemini at 16:01 CDT, energizing creativity, connection, communication and the mental body. Just after Moon moves to Gemini, Mars moves into Vishaka nakshatra, moving closer to Saturn, heightening tensions between these two planets. Vishaka, however, is ruled by Jupiter, so we continue to focus on expand and contract, stop and start, open and close as a result of these movements.

Wednesday, August 20th

Today's Intention: Work with your inner powers- the powers that make changes, challenges, destruction and disruption in your life.

Moon transits Gemini and moves to Ardra nakshatra at 05:09 am CDT, enlivening Rahu and Rudra's power of destruction. The symbol of Ardra is a teardrop, as well as perspiration, an acknowledgment of Rudra's emotional intensity, his connection to storms and disruptions.

This is a day to be very conscious of the mental body, and its interplay with the emotional body. On Rudra days, we have the potential for great harvesting with challenge, obstructions, intensity and sharpness. Challenges arrive, this is the nature of life, but our response to these challenges is really the most important part of the process. On days that challenge our calm inner waters, we are given an opportunity for great learning.

Watch your self. Be witness to the mental body and how it activates the emotional body. Look for clues within the physical body and note your body's messages and responses. Use the body to bring you back to a sense of grounding. When the ripples and waves of the mind get choppy and stir the ocean of the emotions, notice where you are getting distracted. Where you are not connected to your Self, and where do the stories carry you away to distant lands? Be a witness. This doesn't mean don't respond, don't express, don't be with your emotions. But it does require navigating the inner landscape with tools. Today requires multiple 3 level check-ins. Track your needs, wants, desires. What is the need underneath your anger and agitation? Notice where these emotions are taking you, but excavate below the surface for lasting insights.

Thursday, August 21st

Today's Intention: Dancing with dualism. Taking note of when and how you divide yourself mentally, emotionally and physically. Seeking conscious openings and closings- inner and outer.

Moon moves from Ardra nakshatra to Punarvasu at 07:42 am CDT and a shift to insight and awareness arrives for the day. With Aditi and Jupiter softening the felt senses and smoothing the edges from yesterday, we are given an opportunity for greater understanding and insights with help from Aditi, the Mother of all goodness. Aditi gave birth to the twelve Adityas, the "providers" who offer us sustenance and support; she is considered the mother of the gods (devas). She helps us expand our awareness and offers a sense of unity consciousness. With her ability to give non-duality, non-difference, we get insights into where we are overly connecting to difference and duality. Diti, (Aditi's sister) is connected to our ignorance, our demons and dualistic thoughts that disrupt and divide us. These are the thoughts that take us out of our sense of connection, being "centered", whole and feeling our innate well being.

With the complexity of the planets providing multiple levels of dualism for us to entertain, tension between our opposing inner natures has been enlivening. Today, we get yet another opportunity for awareness about our own inner divisions, polarities, binary thinking patterns and attraction/repulsions. Mars and Saturn get closer in degrees and today are nearing exact conjunction, less than two degrees apart now. The tensions may be intensifying for us around stop/start dynamics- inside and out. Frustrations come when we force (Mars) the slower unfoldment of life (Saturn). Where might you be pushing too hard for results? Exalted Saturn (in Libra, the sign of balancing the scales) gives his drishti to exalted Jupiter and Venus, still conjunct in Cancer- the sign of the heart center and our open/close dynamics. Our deva (god) and asura (demon) natures are continuing to dance very closely- enlivening yet another dimension of our dualistic natures. Find my Saturn and Mars workshop mp3's here.

Working with dualism is an important piece of the puzzle right now. I suggest continued exploration with our black/white dynamics. A polarity dance might be in order. Or simply noticing where these polarities show up in your body. Do you sense opposite sensations in the physical body? Write a polarity poem or create a polarity drawing. Get your felt senses out on paper. Or you may with to recycle my Creative Ritual from the Full Moon.

Venus moves to Ashlesha nakshatra at 20:23 CDT, moving away from exalted Jupiter and the mutual nakshatra of Pushya. Ashlesha enlivens our serpent energy and Mercury. The mind enlivens desires, wants and potentially ego. Be aware of these themes in the coming days as overconfidence and mental illusion may be running wild. On the other hand, get creative with your wants and needs. Plant seed of desire and attend to your needs for comfort, support and nourishment, emotional harmony and a sense of well being. How can you increase your self care focus right now? Take actions that comfort the mind and soothe the mental body.

Friday, August 22nd

Today's Intention: A gentle focus on the dance of the heart. Opening and closing to life. Using boundaries for getting your needs met and increasing comfort, nourishment and support.

Moon moves to its own sign, Cancer, at 03:48 am CDT, joining exalted Jupiter and Venus there. Exalted Saturn gives his drishti to these three planets as well as Ketu. Moon moves to Pushya nakshatra at 10:31 am CDT, enlivening Saturn and Brihaspati (Jupiter personified) and the open/close dynamics synonymous with Cancer and the heart center.

Where are we opening today? Where are we closing? Where is more opening needed and where is less needed? Pay attention to boundaries, your needs, grounding and rooting into the emotional/intuitive awareness of your emotional body for messages and insights. Get connected to your heart and heart wisdom. Let your heart lead you home. Sense, feel, embody. Use your emotional body wisdom for harvesting today. What do your feelings tell you about your greatest needs? Use a 3 level check-in for harvesting the inner landscape.

The tension between exalted Saturn and Mars increases as they conjoin today. Now less than a degree apart, notice where frustrations arise for you. Let the tension between stop and start give you insights into your stories, inner landscape and relationship dances. What is enough, too much? Not enough, too little? Our wounds and woundology show up here and also in our should's and have to's. Pay attention.

Saturday, August 23rd

Today's Intention: Use the physical body as an entry point for greater nourishment, comfort and support in your life.

Moon crosses over Jupiter mid morning and moves towards Venus, still in Pushya nakshatra. Themes of nourishment arrive for morning. Settle, ground, stabilize. Care for your physical needs, physical body. Tend to your heart and go for comfort. Use my exalted Jupiter mp3 for harvesting open/close awareness.

As Moon moves into Ashlesha nakshatra at 13:29 CDT, the mental body takes over and the grounding and nourishment we gave our body previously, will have its benefits now, keeping us more stable and grounded. Use the dance between emotional body and mental body intentionally today. Let your emotions spark your imagination. Let your imagination spark your emotions. Play, dance, sing, create, share your dance of emotional/mental body. Use today to get embodied. Feeling extra sensitive as Moon transits through Cancer? Read my article about using your sensitivity as a gift.

Sunday, August 24th

Today's Intention: Empty your self like the Moon. Who are you as a result of your lineage? Give gratitude to your path and the ancestors who have helped it enliven.

Moon spends the majority of the day in Ashlesha nakshatra, transiting Cancer, its own sign. The Moon is almost completely empty of light, in the 15th tithi now.

At 16:29 CDT, the Moon jumps into Leo and Magha nakshatra, joining Sun and Mercury there and enlivening Ketu as well as Pitr, the ruling deity of the ancestors. Lineage and connection to our ancestors is part of today's offerings. Reflect and give gratitude to those who have come before you. Honor the parts within your self that are blessings, gifts of your family line.

Magha also offers a sense of authority and demands a certain respect, but the ego can cross into chauvinism if not checked. It's good to be proud and pat your self on the back in order to have a healthy ego. Just don't let the ego run away with itself as ego is mostly rooted in personas we are using for worldly advancement.

New Moon is Monday the 25th at 9:12 am CDT in Leo and Magha nakshatra. More on this new Moon of change in the next Moon Mind Calendar.

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