ECLIPSE SEASON

Welcome to the last week of Leo season.

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Hi, how are you? How was that old eclipse for you? Uh, it's so great to... Like, astrology school is, level two's happening at the moment, Moon Oracle's happening at the moment, so it's so great to be able to check in and hear about how so many different types of people are experiencing, um, this eclipse. There's always, like, a through line. The through line is the archetype of Leo, and having the south node here, which is these, like, less conscious expressions of this sign. And at the same time, it was a new moon, meaning it's the beginning of something. It's a brilliant time to be beginning something. And, uh, one of my dear friends, Sophie, as an example, started a new Substack. I'll link it below. And I love that. And the first... We've had conversations about this before, and the first post is about how she said she would never do this. She would never have a Substack. And I also, while I'm not gonna share mine, I also did something during this time period, started something that I said I would never, ever, ever do. And I was just thinking about this before I pressed record. What's interesting is Leo is a fixed sign, meaning, like, the fixed signs, which are... I'm going through the carousel. Leo, Scorpio, uh, Aquarius, and Taurus. Fixed signs, it's like when we're in the middle of a season. So we're in the middle of, here, winter, for a lot of you, summer. So like w- the, the environment that you're in, if you think about it this way, the environment that you're in is, uh, not very changeable. Like you're really in the height of winter, you're really in the height of summer, whatever it is. And it's interesting because with a fixed sign, the w- how you see things is essentially like how you see things. Whereas somebody like me, I'm a, I'm a mutable sign. I'm a Gemini. I am highly adaptable and malleable. Al- a- able to hold a lot of gray. Basically swimming in gray a lot of the time. Uh, whereas like with some of the fixed sign people I know, even including my, uh, child, uh, it's, it's a lot more black and white, which is interesting to me to observe 'cause it's just, it's so different. So what Anyway, my point being, it's a new It was a new moon, so beginning something that you ha- may have otherwise said, "I am never going to do that thing." I, I kind of like the poetry of that, and I know a couple of other examples where people did that. One of my friends, just in those hours, those last few hours before the eclipse happened, released a s- a song, and he's an incredible songwriter. And it was so cool. It was like he just It, it had all of the momentum of the energy. I'd be interested to hear if you, if it felt full moony for you. I was saying in last week's episode, because it is a solar eclipse, it's, it doesn't have the same flavor as a, a, a normal new moon. It, it, you can For a lot of us, we can feel the buildup of energy like you would on a, on a really strong full moon. Uh, yeah. So really, what I would do this week, we're in the final week of Leo season. I, I do wish it was kind of continuing a little bit longer. I've really enjoyed it. I've really enjoyed the fire. There's still a lot of fire in the sky. Even when the sun moves into Virgo next Monday, there'll still be a lot of fire in We'll still have Jupiter and, um, Mercury in Leo, and everything that's going on in Aries. Uh, however My advice or my suggestion would be to really utilize the fire this week and take action. On Thursday this week, we'll enter the first quarter moon, which is like a week after the new. And the first quarter moon is always a beautiful time of like, all right, I set those intentions. Now with the first quarter moon, it's time to make some moves. So I, and I would say that just with all of this fire. Like in, in Moon Oracle this week, we... For the eclipse, uh, my friend Heather, Heather Devine, who's an art therapist, did a sesh where we went into... It was awesome. We went into this visualization, and then we came out and we created things from it. Some people collaged, some people had clay. Lots of us were drawing. Um, and then if we wanted to, we shared it. But it was so interesting to be in that process of creation. And what I created was so childlike. Um, which is actually so Leo. It's, it is very, very... a very childlike, um, expression, 'cause it's just, it's, um... Raw is not the right word, but it's almost like primal expression. It's not, it's not thinking or overthinking about the thing before you do it. It's just putting pencil to paper and being in the motion, like the experience of it. Uh, but what I would really recommend is to certainly reflect, like what did the sun spotlight? You know, 'cause the sun and the moon were, were, um, ec- like- Because they formed this eclipse, it revealed Again, in a very full moony kind of way, it revealed the unconscious. The south node is here. Like, the south node in Leo is what, um, the sun and the moon were in a conjunction with. This line of the, the Essentially, like, what an eclipse is, if I haven't explained this before, um, the, all of the planets are, exist on one plane. So if you're able to find the I think it, I can never remember if it's called the elliptical band. Yeah, I think it's the elliptical, or it might be the eclip- no, it's the elliptical band. That's the, the band where all of the planets in our solar system are in a line with each other. So if you find Jupiter in the sky, and there's, there's several planets that are all close together right now. If you find Jupiter, because it's the brightest, you'll be able to see, without using the apps, um, a line of the planets that are close by. And the moon orbits our planet, so it's always off-kilter with the elliptic very naturally. But there are two, three, sometimes four times a year where the moon lines up with the, this plane, the elliptical band, and that is when we have the eclipses. So for this one, the moon was exactly flush with sun, Earth, and eclipsed the sun for us Um, and so, so essentially because it was the south node, the sun here in Leo, which is so related to your vitality, the vitality that is linked to putting energy, like your life force, your energy, your attention, your action energy, towards the things that make you feel alive, make you feel in joy, uh, that are playful, that are fun, that are ex- y- it's where you're expressing your individuality, expressing yourself. And so anywhere where you aren't doing that, or you've been blocking yourself from doing that, um, or in your own way, or creating a, a storyline, maybe really unconsciously protecting yourself from doing the things that you really want to do for fear of failure, fear of, who knows? Like, not living up to your own expectations. Whatever it might be, a lot of these things will have been illuminated. I've been doing a lot of work this morning, uh, around two things specifically for me, and going deep into where, again, like very unconsciously, I've been busying myself and not valuing, um, these particular things that I really want to put my energy towards. Like, consciously, I wanna put my energy towards it, but I often find I'm s- I'm in this state of I'm too busy for this, or there's too much on the schedule this week, I'll have to push it back a week. And I realized, like, what I need to do is very consciously go, like, "I value this, and I pri- I, and I now prioritize this." So a lot of what I've been organizing this week is my schedule so that I can put this stuff into my schedule and do it. That's the second part. You know, it's not like feeling good about, oh, I organized myself. It's I get to that time period, and it's like, all right, cool. Go into the studio, do the thing. So it's like, yeah, the reason I'm saying that is, like, in one of my own examples of what, what has risen up in the last few days with this eclipse is where I was- Uh, yet holding myself back from things that really bring me a lot of, um, life and, and joy. It's interesting. So you'll... I, I'm sure all of you will have something that has been illuminated over the first few days. And again, like, use the rest of this, the, like use the week ahead, this last week of Leo, to take action or, like, move it through your body. Like, um, what- whatever arises for you very naturally. Since Moon Oracle started, every Friday I've just quite naturally gone and gathered all the sticks that have fallen in my yard, and I've lit a fire outside, and I've been writing and then putting those things in the fire. And I was laughing about it, uh, because, you know, for me, I have a Virgo moon, so part of that is, like, I'm out in nature in, in my yard, in my garden. I'm clearing and cleaning which is very Virgo. I'm organizing the space, and for me, like, as I'm doing those kind of things, I really feel like I, I'm processing at the same time. I'm make- it, you know, it's like clean space, clean mind is really just so gigantic for me. And then there's the fire element, and r- like releasing things into the fire. The watching these things disintegrate, uh, and burn up, um, has just been, like, this really beautiful, natural, like, almost ritual or routine that I've established in this time. The other thing that I'm noticing, and we are in this, uh, in eclipse season, so it is such a... Because the energy is strong or there's a lot, there's a lot... It's more palpable. Again, you seeing where you have Leo and Aquarius, the houses, any planets that you have there, that's really gonna locate where this energy is taking, like, where it is in your life. But, um, it is just, you know, if there was any kind of... And I, and I'd way prefer that you just follow your own intuitive pulls here. But if there's any kind of protocol, it is a, it is a brilliant time to be really in a very clean space. And I've just noticed for myself, um- Like these other pockets within my house, I'm, I'm looking at one right now as I talk to you, that have been fine, but now I'm seeing it through a new lens, and I'm like, "No, those, those photos are slipping. Like, they need to be put back in their frame. Like, this is, this has gotta be bad feng shui. Um, I've gotta clear those magazines out. I've gotta, like, wipe that surface. Like, I can bring more beauty to that area. I can make this particular area that I'm looking at a, a beacon of more life and beauty." I have put some fresh, um, poppies there, and that's making me very happy. But yeah, so I'm just... That's what I'm naturally doing right now. So just, yeah, again, as always, just observe what's arising for you. Anything else? I've just written out a list. Yeah, I think it's great that we've had this opportunity so early on to get a visual, to get, like, the sun's spotlight on the South Node here in Leo for us. Because this is really going to be whatever's arisen, like, may be a theme. Like, it's, it's, it's something to take action on. It's something to really-- It's come up for you to see it so early on in this transit, which is a brilliant thing. Uh, you know, it's not happening midway through the transit. It's happening-- It happened within two weeks of the nodes shifting, and we've already got, like, our themes. We've already got our curriculum, would be one way of saying that. So this is a brilliant opportunity Uh, a- another thing, because Mercury and, and Jupiter are conjunct, I know for myself, like, spoke to one of my best friends on, uh, the day of, and we were making plans. We were making travel plans, like, for the year ahead. You know, to me, it ju- it has just felt expansive. I am It's like I've just looked up from, um I've just looked up and I'm like, "Ah, I, I need more," you know? I, I want more of this expansiveness of life. And for me, a lot of that is, like, I need to get back overseas. I need to be, um, yeah, living bigger again, even just in terms of, um, what my eyes get to feast on, you know? Uh, being in new territories again is so much, um, for me. It's such a, it's such a, a, an expansive life-affirming experience for somebody like me, um, as a ninth house sun, you know, which is the natural territory of Sag. The last thing I wanna leave you with, okay, is the last time we were here, the last time that the South Node was in Leo and the North Node was in Aquarius were these dates. So I'd love for you to just reflect on that time period. For some of you, well, you're, you're such a wide mix of ages here. For me, I was in my late 20s, um, for this. But December 18... Is that true? Yeah, late 20s. December 18th, 2007, until May 21st, 2009. That was the last time that the nodes were in the same spot that they are now. And I know for me, that was a huge chunk of my life. Uh, I felt like I, I did a, I did a million things in that time period. It was so much living in that time period. Um, so I'd, I'd love, like, I think it will be really, um, there'll be data there for you. Like, what, what happened during that time? Where did you take big swings? Um, what, what did life look like? What were the themes during that time period? That's all I have for you today. Uh, I'll be back next week. So at the end of n- uh, next week, let me see the exact date. On the 28th, Friday the 28th of- August. Uh, so we'll be within that first week of Virgo season. We've got a very amazing full moon and partial solar eclipse in Pisces. Um, so I'll talk to you all about that next week. Okay, I hope you have a great one. Lots of love.