July 2011
Astrology Overview
We open July 2011 With A cardinal CROSS of energy asks us to balance intuition with
Passion and action with feelings
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cancer and Leo Sun Signs and for all of us welcome to a vVery different July as we begin with the very rare 3rd eclipse of the season in the sign of Cancer. June brought us Gemini, Sagittarius eclipses as one might expect with the lunar nodes in these signs and NOW: we have a VERY rare, 3rd out of sign eclipse indicating a very different next 6 months for us. (Yes, eclipses reverberate for 6 months).
July is always a pretty Hot and passionate Astrological month for us and this year it is even more so. With Mercury, how we think and Uranus (change) as well as the North node, what we need to do all in FIRE: On the 22nd as the sun moves from Cancer to Leo the desire for action and to move towards our desires grows much stronger.
But we begin the month with Water, water, water, Emotions, intuition, feelings and Stronger connections with source. The Sun in Cancer brings us a new moon solar eclipse at 9 degrees of Cancer on the 1st Just as Mercury (how we process and think) moves into Fiery Leo. The only way to navigate this month is a powerful desire to KNOW We are safe, to move ever towards what makes our souls sing and recognize that true safety and security lie only within our minds to create that sense within self.
We begin the month with the Sun, Neptune, and Chiron all in Water. Asking us to connecting with intuition to heal and to help us move past the fear and discomfort of our world outside of ourselves and create a sense of Self connection within. July 3rd Venus the planet of Love moves to Cancer and again we are asked to explore our sensitive natures in order to be open to receive as well as give love.
How do we do that? Colors which work well with intuition and peace and calming are blues, greens, silver, soft and healing shades of the blue greens. How to move within? Well, meditation, prayer, nature, and staying away from people who are gloom bringers will work well. Pearls, Rose Quartz and soft and gentle stones will assist as well as Obsidian, Smoky Quartz, and Amethyst to help clear negative energy .
On the 9th Uranus the planet of change moves Retrograde in the FIERY sign of Aries asking us to again, begin to create the passion within ourselves in order when this planet moves direct on December 9th. But, know that many of these changes will begin to Bloom within you before this date, do the inner work and watch what happens with this magical water and fire energy going on inside of us and in the outer world.
Fire colors are Orange, Red, Yellow, Gold and brilliant tones. Fire and Water can make the most powerful energy, Steam and we must get used to this energy because it will not be going away anytime soon.
Fire is the element of magic and using scents like clove, frankincense, peppermint, rosemary will bring us closer to our own personal earth & Fire magic. Harness this Magic to have fire, (Passion in our lives) and use the stone Kyanite to Raise Consciousness, Peridot, which allows an easier flow of information from higher self, and Iolite, which clears negativity and they work equally well with Fire and water energy..
Further pushing us into the watery (intuitive) realm is the planet of intuition and imagination Neptune moving retrograde through Pisces until November 9th . Expect emotions to become stronger only in order to act as guideposts for you. AND for those blockages in your plans to begin to disappear if you are truly paying attention to your feelings.
The eclipse 7/1 is a powerful indicator of the next 6 months and that we shall need to be working on the inside of our lives and our minds much more strongly. We begin a new seed planting energy with this eclipse about HEALTHY SELF CARE which is what the sign of Cancer is about. How can we nurture others without this we are asked as we move forward into an ever increasingly busy world.
On July 14th we have a we have a FULL moon, and, this full moon is with the Sun (the light) in Cancer, watery and safety conscious, and the moon in Capricorn which is practical and down to earth. We are asked by this full moon to let go of all that is not authentically us for the next 2 weeks until the New moon on the 30th of July in Fiery Leo.
July 28th and 29th and 30th until 11:40am PDT when we have the Leo New moon are balsamic moon days and great days to make wishes, plans, meditate and begin to create the space for that New moon on July 30th. New Moons are seeding times when things grow and increase and normally a great time for new projects. And, with the sun and Moon in Leo for this new moon we are called FORWARD into NEW action and urged to have fun, get passion into our lives, and to get going creating something, anything, just get going… but…
Chiron Moving backwards in the sign of Pisces until it again moves direct on November 10th, as well as Neptune retrograde asks that we move within and find connections to our wise and ancient soul voice. So, I will ask of you to run your actions and decisions through your inner voice, and you are going to have the most outstanding July in your life. I was once told we always pay, we pay attention or we pay.. If you do not listen to your inner self, expect to get the lessons. NOTHING is more powerful than inner connection and the gift of this new time upon this planet for us all is ABOUT inner knowing which will create a totally new world if we just allow it to happen.
Eclipses ask that we eclipse something in our lives and with the Nodes in Gemini (ideas) and Sagittarius (our truth) and the eclipse in Cancer (healthy self care) and planets moving into Leo (the desire to create) how can we not have a great month?
Recognize July 2011 is the 7th month in a number 4 year making this an 11 month of MASTER SPIRITUAL relationships. So, get out there and first create that master spiritual relationship within self and then allow it to move out through you into the world. You are creator by your thoughts, and feelings , leading to what you do, or your actions, is the message of July 2011
Namaste,
Carol