My birthday came with a new Time Lord in the shape of a star - the Sun. I am drawn to Goldenrod, Marigold and Sunflower. I sit in a pool of sunlight like a cat and close my eyes while Sol caresses my pale skin with his hot hands. I inhale golden energy from the four directions. I belong to Helios. I wear a garland of daisies and ride a golden chariot harnessed to four white horses.
There would be no life on Earth without the Sun. And no solar system. The Sun’s gravity keeps the planets in orbit.
Imagine.
No enticing blooms, no Lilac-Breasted Roller, no Monarch Butterfly…
No cathedrals, no pyramids, no celestial beings in the shape of planets …
No lover, no children, no laughter…
We are born and flourish by the grace and bounty of the Sun.
I keep reading posts about how we have fixed identities as described by our Sun placement.
I disagree.
The Sun in astrology reveals how you grow.
Every time the Sun enters a new sign, he re-animates the house in which you find that sign in your birth chart. While Sol is particularly potent at times of seasonal transition, you have an opportunity to remake your world every month.
The Sun is now in Leo where he is at home. The question you are invited to live now is this:
How are you playfully expressing your (divine) radiant self?
*All Times are Pacific Times
VOC = Void-of-course Moon
Tuesday 23 July
Moon in Pisces conjunct fixed star Fomalhaut, the mouth of the Southern Fish
Anonymous (379 AD) said Fomalhaut is like Venus and Mercury. A Moon of the archangel Gabriel, the herald. A Moon of sea light and sea glass. A Moon with the scent of rose petals and seaweed. A Moon of news for those with ears.
Wednesday 24 July
Moon in Pisces conjunct Saturn 13:31pm
Emotional rhizomes anchored in creative depths. Something important is realized or made manifest today.
Thursday 25 July
Moon in Aries 7:52am
Mercury in Virgo 3:41pm
Sun sextile Mars 7:32pm
Mercury enters Virgo. The word that often comes to me when Mercury travels through the sign of their exaltation is sophistication.
The dictionary will tell you that sophistication is the quality of having an understanding of the world and its ways but it is also the quality of something made with great skill. Commit to having thoughts worth thinking and using your hands to make things that reveal your talent.
The Moon in Aries is the moon of Boudica, the Warrior Queen. A Moon of blood that runs hot and fierce.
But the Moon is in her waning phase. Focus on releasing the anger that strangles your heart or the fear that prevents you from shining your light or pursuing your desires.
The Sun and Mars ask you to share the blazing image in your heart.
Friday 26 July
Chiron stations retrograde in Aries 6:58am
VOC 3:14pm - 10:22am
Sun in Leo speaks of love and what is in your heart. Chiron speaks to wounding that sounds like “I am not good enough”. Courage is doing the thing you think you are not capable of doing.
Saturday 27 July
Third Quarter Moon at 5º Taurus 7:51pm
The Moon in decreasing light invites you to remove what is in the way of beauty. This could be physical items cluttering up space and hiding the true beauty beneath…I’m thinking of Venusian things like cosmetics and clothes, not all necessary, not all healthy.
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