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It's not always easy to know the value of things. A valuable Picasso vase is sold at a garage sale for two bucks. A dusty volume at the library fundraising book sale is also a priceless relic. It is so often the case that true value is not accurately summed up in a price tag. In this new cycle of Mercury in Leo, goods matter, but it's the ...Read more

Emotions cloud reality -- not always a bad thing. Clouds add something. They play with the light, the mood. They amplify the mystery and heighten the reality. Depending on the task at hand, the emotional element can be a welcome enhancement, though this Mars and Jupiter square warns against making big decisions from that atmosphere.

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When you're making choices for yourself, the answer doesn't have to be objectively optimal, it only has to be a good fit. One person's good decision is another person's disastrous choice. Considering the difficult square between Mars and Jupiter, the shortest route to creating harmony may be simply staying true to your own values.

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Pregnant Summer Moon

The August moon hangs heavy in an Aquarian slice of the summer sky. This humanitarian lunar influence recalls the responsibility of each individual to the human collective and celebrates the accompanying sense of belonging. Associated names for this moon include: green corn moon, grain moon, red moon or sturgeon moon.

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The Leo sun squares off with Uranus in headstrong Taurus, indicating surprise challenges to rock our grounding. The issues at hand seem rooted in the core of our being, though that is a matter of perspective. Truly, it's a matter of identification. When is a problem, (gift, responsibility, relationship) yours? When you claim it.

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Pluto Asks: How Much is Enough?

There are lows lower than the lowest valley, but you have to work harder to get to them, as there will be digging. And there are highs higher than the highest mountaintop, but again it takes the effort of flight. Mercury and Pluto in opposition will muse as to the benefit of accepting the natural parameters of ...Read more

It is true with riptides, quicksand and any dire circumstance; panic and struggle only make things worse. Though today will not bring quicksand, the opposition of Mars and Jupiter will make a game out of testing our chill-factor. The discipline to remain calm in little things conditions one to remain calm when facing anything.

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Some thoughts have all the deliciousness of an open box of chocolates. Impulse takes over and, before you're consciously aware, you've already reached in and maybe even take a bite. Then, of course, it's too late to put it back in the box. The Scorpio moon invites us to consciously embrace and incorporate those thoughts we cannot resist.

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The Leo sun was worshipped by the ancients. Though sun worship has dropped off, everyone worships something. Maybe it's a god or idea, an institution, a person, power itself, material things... There may be talk involved, though most acts of worship are seen and not heard. To know who a person worships, look at what that person does.

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In the modern world, we recreate our experiences constantly. We talk, tell stories, draw it out, map it, take a picture, all in an attempt to share, compare and validate our experience against that of others. We need the feedback to know the nature of our own existence. Venus squares Neptune calling for responsive people who can reflect us ...Read more

The moon antagonizes as it goes. Let the lunar tensions remind you that though circumstances seem favorable or unfavorable, they're never really either. Satisfaction depends solely on our interpretation. The joy that seems spontaneously ignited from the outside springs from an inner discipline -- a choice about how to see the world.

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The peaceful Libra moon pulls across the sky from Mars in the warrior station of Aries recalling the themes of war and peace. Can one really fight for peace? And how is it "all fair in love" when the rules of war are so strict? The questions may go unanswered, but we are all better for asking them.

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As the moon moves from industrious Virgo to harmonious Libra, the focus shifts from the work that you can do alone to what you might accomplish as a team. What can you delegate? It's not a good day to request a commitment, but favors are very well within the realm of auspicious asks.

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The Virgo moon makes sure that the first full day of the Leo sun is a productive one. This is the moon of health and nurturing, of elegant details, and of vigilance. All the power and control goes to the one who takes responsibility. Various motives abound. Many say yes out of a sense of duty, an intuitive calling or simply out of courage.

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When the sun returns to Leo, it is going back where it belongs, to the realm it rules. The weeks to come will have the laid-back feel of being in a familiar place where kith and kin are never far and everything needed is within reach. This is also the realm of entertainment, and, suddenly, we'll be thinking about how to make things more ...Read more

Tell yourself what you want and it may or may not be true. Humans are, after all, notoriously bad at predicting their own happiness. How do you know if you really want a thing? You don't have to convince yourself. You're already in action before you know what the thought process is. The lessons of this fiery moon moment: Actions don't lie.

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It's rare to have two new moons in the same sign, though the sun was in the early stages of Cancer with the first new moon, and this moon disappears with the late-stage Cancer sun. Like the famous '80s song "New Moon on Monday" by Duran Duran, today's new moon will come complete with a fire dance as things quickly shift into the Leo direction....Read more

Nothing deepens pleasure like meaning. When we connect the superficial sensory information with a story or belief, this mental path intensifies our joy. In preparation for tomorrow's rare second new moon in Cancer, recognize the feelings you keep coming back to like a comfortable home, and the meaning you ascribe to them.

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In all ways, your home should be a place of comfort, safety, productivity and rest. What adjustment can help you get there? The moon traveling toward a solar alignment is doing a disappearing act. With the Cancer new moon just around the corner, this is the best weekend for fixing the less-than-optimal things about your domestic flow.

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Faults and gifts are two inseparable sides to the same coin. When people hide their faults, they are also hiding their gifts. When they highlight their gifts, they are also highlighting their faults. The duality of the Gemini moon recalls the power in acceptance. The more you can accept about yourself and others, the more powerful you'll be.

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