Happy Moon-Day, wonderful souls!!!!
It's almost time for the New Moon in Leo, which will reach its peak around 4th August (depending on which time-zone you're in), so let's get prepared for the energies that will be swirling around.
The sign of Leo is ruled by the Sun, which is the giver of light, life and power. Seasonal Affected Disorder (SAD) is a real thing and more of us may experience it in our lives than we think - consider how many of us are happier, more energised, and feel more alive when the sun shines as this only proves it. The energy of Leo is all about making ourselves magnetic to everything that we desire, as well as shining our light out into the world.
The New Moon in Leo is a great time to get clear on how we want to speak our truth, plus share our gifts and authentic voices with the world. Even if you don't think you have one, you do and Leo can help you to discover it and feel it. This Moon may bring up a desire to be of service to the world (and people), as well as sharing something that only we can share.
New Moons are associated with new beginnings, which is why its usually considered the perfect time to set intentions, so if we've been wanting to start something new that is a heart-based endeavour, this New Moon is the perfect time to get it underway even if we're not sure what it might be or exactly what we want to do. Let ourselves be filled with the bravery to take on these new projects and the commitment to see them through to the end.
But Leo energy is also about self-care, so don't be afraid to allow some time to rest and pamper ourselves. Put your needs first for a day or two. It's important to give ourselves some down-time so we can recharge and be ready for anything and everything - even lionesses need to lie in the sun all day before going hunting later on.
The New Moon in Leo is the perfect time to listen to what our hearts are telling you to do. A good way to connect with your Heart Chakra, if you need to, is by placing your hand over your heart for a few moments every day. It's also perfect for finding the perfect way to show our spark of self-expression by doing something for 10 minutes everyday that lights us up from within - and it doesn't matter what it is either, from writing to dancing, painting to singing.
But this New Moon also wants us to get out there and have more fun, play more, and have more adventures. Plan some activities over the next few weeks (between the New and Full Moons is ideal) where we can bring joy, happiness and child-like energy into our lives.
Because of all this, I created this spread specifically for this New Moon in Leo to help us to navigate the next few weeks and months. I also used the Spellcasting Oracle deck by Flavia Kate Peters and Barbara Meiklejohn-Free to give us the guidance we need.
Where can we find the greatest inspiration for our creative endeavours?
Family
With this card, there's a feeling of togetherness, and a sense of belonging to one another. Family is all about unconditional love, allowing those around us to grow and become the people they were always supposed to be without trying to interfere at all in this process. But there's an African proverb that says: "It takes a village to raise a child", which, in my opinion, means that parents have a support system around them, so that they don't feel as if they are truly on their own. A village is essentially its own community, so we all need to help each other, support each other so that we can all grow and mature.
What are we longing in our heart-of-hearts to create?
Grieving
When I initially saw this card, it confused me until I read the creators' message for this card. Grieving is a process of healing from a loss, so perhaps we're all longing for creating a community-wide healing. Perhaps what we are actually longing for is opening our hearts and lowering the defenses we've built up over time in an attempt at protection. Opening our hearts means that we will be vulnerable but healing means we have to be. We have to experience our emotions so that we can create and accept the healing that we all need. Or perhaps what we're longing for is feeling whole again, needing a new start so that we can start healing,
How can we love ourselves more at this time?
Friendship
We can love ourselves through friendship and community, but to some people, friends are more important than blood relatives - they are the family we choose for ourselves. This comes back to the first card: Family.
Self-love can even be surrounding ourselves with people who support us and care for us themselves, people we care for and who we willingly support. Loving ourselves to such an extent that we only want to associate with those who help to raise our own energies and build us up.
Self-love has an element of self-respect where we have respect for ourselves and no one can go against it.
What area of our lives needs to know more adventure, fun and play?
Inspiration & Truth
Inspiration can come from anywhere but unless we are willing to be adventurous and play around with different elements, we can't necessarily find new mixtures that we can have fun with. The more playful and open we are to make life one long adventure, the greater we can be influenced and inspired by anything and everything. Without fun, how can we expect to find new things? Without adventure, how can we truly experience the world? Withouth play, how can we enjoy life? Without all three, how can we be inspired to share our experiences?
With Truth, it's less about being "flexible" with what we tell others and more about how truthful we are to ourselves. Our inner truth needs to be explored through adventure, which could be called "shadow work" which in turn could involve different therapies that include elements of play. Truth is all about being honest with ourselves as we cannot add more adventure, fun or play to our lives if we are in denial about the situation. Facing our inner truth may not be adventurous, fun or playful but the result of facing it could be.
Well, that was unexpected but it does feel right. We've lost our sense of physical community because we've become focused on virtual relationships (including one with artificial intelligence). We are less a community and more groups of similar people who, at best, tolerate those around us and at worst, take action to eliminate those we dislike. Our need for community still exists but we're pressured to fit in with particular people so we don't realise that community truly comes from the heart because community truly cares about everyone in it.
It seems that we're all being reminded that we also need to be truthful so that we can fill our lives with adventure, fun and play. Life doesn't have to be serious every minute of every day so why shouldn't we inject some good times into it? Just enjoying life can then inspire us to seek out similar experiences and try new things.
I hope this is helpful and brings inspiration around what you can do for this New Moon in Leo. If you'd like a more personal look at how this New Moon will likely affect you, my diary is open.
Peace and love to all!!!!
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