The New Moon in Virgo on September 10th (or 11th depending on where you are in the world) is both complicated and incredibly motivating.  Use it to find your footing, follow through with pending changes, and get your life in order. There is much more than meets the eye with this Moon.

We open the week on the heels of the Lunar Eclipse which was attempting to illuminate our lives. Something that we can not ignore. And now that the dust is settling, we may even begin to see the patterns and the plans and the means that allows us to create a strategy. Our Big Vision for the Future is seeking purchase. 

At the end of next week, on August 28th(27th), we have a final Lunar Eclipse in Pisces. Square unpredictable and sometimes surprising Uranus, we can expect things to both speed up, and even change on a dime. We all might want to wait until after the eclipse, when the dust settles, before making any major long term plans. 

In the space between the eclipses we may become aware of a void. Things are in the process of transition, and it is all we can do to merely step through the veil between the past and the future. In this space can be found some murky waters. All the more reason to keep our wits about us, in order to see things as they actually are, not what we want and/or fear them to be. 

On August 12th we have a Total Solar Eclipse in the sign of Leo. Magical and Mystical, we are being shown what needs to be released in order to grow in ways that we might not have even thought possible. Welcome to Eclipse Season.

In the aftermath of the Cradle, and the station of Saturn, Chiron stations on Monday, entering its 5-month retrograde phase.

The Full Moon in Aquarius conjunct Pluto while Jupiter is cazimi, in the heart of the Sun. This alone gives pause. Combine that with the stations of Mercury (direct) and Saturn (retrograde) and the True Nodes changing signs, and so we see the culmination of the Basket/Cradle brought to fruition with the Full Moon in Aquarius this week. That’s a Lot!

On July 20th, a rare configuration known as a Cradle becomes exact. This marks a moment in history unlike any we have seen before. It may not bring specific events right now… but perhaps the best advice for the week is to be open. For the seeds being planted in this rich earth can have profound results for years to come.

In the midst of the amazing planetary configurations that are forming in the backdrop of the sky, we have the New Moon in Cancer on Tuesday. And just a few days before the New Moon, retrograde Mercury will enter the heart of the Sun beginning its new cycle as well. Both will be seeking fertile soil in which to sow seeds that we would like to see come to fruition over the weeks and months ahead. 

This is a month filled with some extraordinary phenomenon all contained within a rare planetary picture known as a Cradle. This week Mars acts as a catalyst for this configuration, while Neptune, one of the significant players in the Cradle, stations for its retrograde phase. This just adds another layer. The pieces are coming together. As are we.