Leo New Moon 2011

This is the time of the year to focus on love and creativity, and by doing so we can find new passion and meaning to life and our everyday activities. Complimenting this idea is the planet Venus, which sits ever so close by radiating her beautiful rays with intensity and radiance. This supplies us with more charm and grace, and as the saying goes “you get more with honey than you do vinegar”.

Washington DC finds Scorpio rising with the New Moon in the 9^th house of foreign lands, politics and legal matters. Scorpio speaks of money, which in light of the recent debt limit issue, seems hardly surprising. However, it also speaks to collusion, secrecy and manipulation and we should be wary of what we are told. This is especially true because Mercury, the messenger, is also retrograde and opposing the planet Neptune (illusions). Decisions made now are likely to fall apart later, or not manifest in the manner we are led to believe.

The New Moon itself activates the USA’s North Node are we are being given a chance to sow our karmic destiny for the next nineteen years…and hopefully we will choose the wiser path or risk taking a fall and repeating this pattern again. This idea is further supported by the planet Saturn, and for the USA it means the Saturn return which takes place on August 27^th. More on this at a later date, however for now understand that a Saturn return occurs once every 28 years; this marks yet another karmic time to sow our destiny. Oddly enough, there are but two indications for this kind of opportunity (sowing one’s karmic destiny) and for the USA they take place in the same month!   

August 22^nd finds Mars activating the USA’s Sun, and this marks a time for potential conflict. It also highlights a masculine figure; watch headlines at this time. Mars starts to activate a number of sensitive points beginning August 9^th through the end of the month; this has the potential to make August the month to watch for this year! August 25^th deserves special mention as the Moon triggers off Mars and the USA’s Sun.

The planetary lines for the New Moon run right through the middle of the country, dividing it in half almost exactly (the symbolism of this speaks to the political climate).This suggests a region of the country that could be most affected by this New Moon. Interestingly Neptune and Mercury run exactly over Washington DC, suggesting what we are told is an illusion to what is real. Other considerations could be a scandal that reveals a secret, in which case there will be much to talk about.