THIS WEEKEND STARTS WITH A NEW MOON in the introspective, self-protective, nurturing if worried sign of Cancer. This new moon conjuncts the sun in the birth chart of mythic America and asks what cycles are ending in our country and what is just beginning. The stars are not asking us just to wring our hands and worry, although that might be our first reaction.
The new moon nudges us to chew on the deeper existential question about the nature of true safety and stability and ask what will nurture our family and the family of humankind. Next week begins on a more upbeat, potentially hopeful or dramatic note under a Leo moon and as sociable Venus forms a pleasant sextile to change-inducing Uranus while mental Mercury sextile expansive Jupiter. Look for fresh ideas or agendas, new people and circumstances.
Midweek, follow through on those potential new ideas with strong plans and nitty-gritty work while the sun trine stabilizing Saturn. Soon we’ll feel Leo season call us out of our shell to warm our hearts and reconnect us with the summer arts festivals and sociable farmers markets as Venus joins Mercury in expressive Leo on Thursday — although it can also bring operatic flair to world events. FRIDAY, JULY 5: Ice cream and other personal comforts call us on this new moon in Cancer at 4:57 p.
m. We’ll be tender on the inside and guarded on the outside. Don’t step on other’s feelings unnecessarily — the claws will come out.
But in this tenderness, we can start a fresh cyc.
