The New Moon arrives on August 8th at 8:50 am CDT at 16 °of Leo. What makes this new moon particularly notable is that it coincides with the lion’s gate portal which is when the Earth makes an alignment with the fixed star Sirius. This is a time when new levels of consciousness permeates into the planet and into us individually. This opens a portal of creativity, ascension and supports our soul’s evolution.
There are several planets that have importance in this New Moon chart: Mercury in Leo, Uranus in Taurus, Saturn in Aquarius, Chiron in Aries, and Mars in Virgo.
Leo as an Archetype
Leo is the divine child; who playfully takes risks, expressing themselves fully and leads with their heart. Leo in its true essence is fun to be around. It is the loudest laughter and the life of the party. It is the spark of inspiration. It is looking at life with childlike awe and wonder.
Leo represents the creative spark within us that is consciousness waking up to itself. As we recognize our own unique energetic signature we can express it out in the world. It is the creative process unfolding as you and through you, both as the creator and artist. It’s like remembering the dance of our soul song and then offering that dance, which ignites the hearts of others through our sacred offering. We create to express our unique rhythm and to remember who we are as an embodiment of divinity.
Working with the new moon
This new moon asks us to be true to our hearts. This is an important time for noticing the following: Is what we are doing guided by our heart? Where have we lost inspiration? What are we doing that is draining our energy? What is our heart longing for? Where might I allow more time for fun and play?
The Invitation
This new moon is an invitation to reclaim our creative authority. Leo calls us to take creative control of the script that we are living. Leo is the archetype that is called to embody their own unique spark of divine consciousness. With the connection to Saturn in the new moon chart, we must take an honest look at who rules our creative authority and why? Where have we given our creative authority away to please others? Where we dimmed our own light because our light was too bright for others? Is the life we are living authentic to us? What areas of our life are built from society’s expectations? Are awake enough to our patterns to dance as co-creators?
With Mercury here in aspect to the full moon, we are more aware in our thoughts and exchanges with others. Where can we show up with more generosity and presence for heartfelt connections? Words are powerful. One authentic and heartfelt response could inspire someone’s life forever. This is also a time to reflect on the story that we are co-creating with the divine. Is the script that we are creating truly in alignment with our heart? How does our voice wish to express our authentic heart song? When we bring awareness to our patterns, we can align with our heart and reclaim our sovereignty.
With Uranus aspecting this is a wake up call, to release old patterns and make radical shifts both collectively and individually. This time may bring tension and disruption, but it’s a powerful catalyst and time of innovation, genius ideas and creative solutions to navigate towards progress.
This new moon provides fertile ground for creativity, synchronicity, genius insight and awakening to higher consciousness. This is a time to truly honor our hearts calling and birth our energetic signature and creative voice.