PURPOSE
Pluto is tied to emotions and impatient Mars wants
his way now. The nice thing to say about this is that
you can delve deeply into hidden emotions and get
in touch with inner vulnerability. The not so nice
side of this full moon will be seen in the news.
On July 20, aggressive Mars moves into creative
Leo and is ready to play through early September.
Open your heart and have some fun. Mars, com-
bined with the new moon in Leo on the 23rd, be-
gins the buildup of energy towards next month’s
total solar eclipse.
AUGUST:
August brings two eclipses. The Aquarius-Leo lu-
nar eclipse is on August 7 and will be seen in Afri-
ca, Asia and Australia. Aquarius urges you to create
win-win environments in your life. It is associated
with friends, groups and organizations, making
this a good month to explore new networking op-
portunities. But there is another side to Aquarius in
that they sometime like to detach from the world
and live in their own bubble reality, not a bad thing
to do during summer.
The solar eclipse on August 21 is a total eclipse
that crosses over the USA starting in Oregon.
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Action happens under eclipse paths. If you know
where 29 degrees of Leo lands in your natal chart,
you know the area of your life where you must
open your heart, develop creative solutions, and
step into leadership in your world. Solar eclipses
represent new beginnings that come from deep
within you, not the stuff of ego. This eclipse makes
a harmonious trine to innovative Uranus. Step out
of your normal routine and try something outside
the box. Be willing to create a new method or learn
something that is out of your comfort zone. Meet
new people. Note that Mercury is retrograde Au-
gust 12-September 5, making August a good time
to take a short retreat from the world.
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