Moon Musings

Your monthly guide to what's happening in the astrological world

The Full moon this month falls in the Airsign, Aquarius on the 12th August at11:36am AEST

As the Moon represents our emotionalbody, as it enters Aquarius our relationshipwith our emotions may feel morecomplicated as The sign of Aquarius has astrong need for emotional independenceand freedom!Aquarius also represents the 11th house,known as the house of community andfriendship so the focus for this full mooncan bring themes around feeling a senseof belonging in your community or socialgroups, How you feel about your placewithin those dynamics, do you feel free toexpress yourself authentically or is there afeeling of restraint there?Saturn will have some influence over theenergy of this full moon by sitting only afew degrees away.

Saturns influence may show up inopportunities for growth as lessons orareas of resistance, highlighting thelimitations we put on ourselves or makingour emotions a little harder to truly feel.

Along with that we have a little Uranusenergy entering this dynamic as in sits inwhat we call a T-square aspect with thesun and moon.

Uranus likes to change things up, shakethings about and give us a little wake upcall so don’t be surprised if your emotionsfeel a little scattered around this time.

To release the tension during this lunarcycle try leaning into what feel true foryou.

Which emotions are no longer serving youthat you are ready to let go of?

How can you be the change that needs tohappen in your circle?

Where can you show gratitude for thefriends that support you no matter what?

Take some time to think about thesequestions and let go of what you don’twant to bring with you into this nextphase of life.

New Moon in Virgo.

This months New Moon falls in our current seasonof our Earth sign, Virgo on the 27th of August at6:17pm AEST.

The energy of Virgo highlights the element ofearth, our physical body, our day to day living,health and practical intelligence.

As a Mutable sign, Virgo’s strength lies in transforming the mundane tasks into enjoyable, heart filling experiences. Virgo is a practical sign that tends to be more in the head than in the heart and this can sometimes manifest as physical ailments in our body. So this New moon is a fantastic time to focus on health and wellness.

Mental and emotional wellbeing as well as thephysical are important during this lunar cycle.

When we focus on healing the mind the bodybenefits too.