New and Crescent Moon

August 13 Monday
The Moon goes void of course at 7:34 am, MDT, dimming the vibrant light of Leo for almost five hours, creating an elusive ambivance in which things can easily get overlooked. At 12:03 pm, She moves into ritual-loving Virgo. What routines are typical for you during the noon hour? Do they nourish your soul? Uplift your spirits? And, if so, who do you give thanks to for that? There’s an intoxicating nature to be felt on this day. It can turn sour and take the life out of a potentially exciting time. Or it can help you to soar with a joy that lets go of inhibitions.

August 14 Tuesday
The Virgo Moon can provide feelings of innocence, of coming at things as if for the first time, and daring us to see how everything fits together. Virgo brings the attributes of the observer who awakens to the fact that her presence changes everything. Her intelligence witnesses and registers it all so that she can bring her past and present together, the little and the grand events. Put on your Virgo glasses of discernment to behold and respond to some facet of your life today. In the fashion of Virgo, make associations that draw things together, even with events that seem disparate on the surface.

August 15 Wednesday
Wednesday’s Virgo Moon offers a degree of adept articulation that can emerge as if from the poof of a magician’s wand. When you feel the urge to communicate, don’t refrain. The influence of your thoughts may have a transformative affect on others, and may bring you into some ritualistic communion with them. The Moon goes void of course at 3:02 pm, MDT, for seven hours of releasing the healthy, virile seeds of Virgo. By retreating into nature we may capture a kernel or two that can restore wholeness to our lives. At 10:04 pm, the Moon moves into the sharing mode of Libra.

August 16 Thursday
The Libra Moon reminds us that our first social responsibility is to ourselves. By starting out the day contacting the spirit within, we may find the sustenance to nurture others in concerted activities. If we don’t, it’s a signal of what might be a missing factor in how we participate in the collective spirit. At 3:12 pm, MDT, the Moon enters her crescent phase, a time to secure the theme that emerged with the new Moon. Over the next three days evaluate how you integrate spiritual laws and rituals into your everyday life. Do you blindly follow them, ignore them, or create your own, drawing from ancient traditions?

August 17 Friday
With this Libra Moon we may easily find the means to have space and/or time to care for inner needs not addressed by the externals in our lives. Venus, Libra’s planet, conjoins with the Sun tonight, highlighting getting what is wanted and securing the wherewithal to attract absolutely anything. This can include detaching from past practices that no longer hold value and seeing how things get introduced or recycled into our lives. Listen to MoonWise tomorrow on the worldwide web at ksfr.org from 1:00 to 1:30 pm, MDT, for the weekend Moon Minute.

August 18 Saturday
The Moon entered the sign of Scorpio this morning at 10:13 am, MDT, after voiding the mediating mind of Libra for four hours. Saturday’s planetary climate supports serious thinking and responsibly thorough communication. Be extra careful if exploring ideas or activities that are unfamiliar to you. Weekends are traditionally and culturally days of socializing according to beliefs. The Scorpio Moon suggests linking with companion souls, combining forces to shift from everyday routines into an arena that can liberate spirits and detect the mysteries of our incarnated souls.

Last Quarter and Balsamic Moon

August 6 Monday
The last quarter Taurus Moon can support an appraisal of emerging new perspectives and how they are linked to old expectations. To take advantage of such conditions we need to take responsibility for our former attitudes and habits and recognize the value of having viewed life from different angles, if for no other reason than to choose from a more mature, soul-enthused place. At 7:50 pm, MDT, the Moon goes void of course for eleven minutes of shifting out of the Taurean ground into the air of Gemini, like pollen seemingly disintegrating when airborne. Enjoy some solitary activity this evening.

August 7 Tuesday
Tuesday’s Gemini Moon provides information that may fill in the gaps to totally understanding a recent situation. If you have not been able to make any apparent progress lately, tension and discord may prevail today. Evaluate what it is that’s truly desired and expend energy exploring a variety of ways in which a compromise might be suitable. Try verbalizing what has been accomplished, including what didn’t, or still doesn’t work. With this Gemini Moon the day may seem fragmented, and underlying connections hard to decipher.

August 8 Wednesday
With this Gemini Moon we may clearly recognize what triggers some troubling emotional state, and come to some certainty about how to move beyond obsessing over it. Emerging perspectives can help choose the best of the past and leave the rest to decay. Don’t be fooled by appearances. Appreciate the passing changes with social grace and with a commitment to be open to opportunities to grow. Late tonight the Moon leaves the often fidgety activity of the sign of Gemini for the more contained energy of Cancer.

August 9 Thursday
The Cancer Moon entered her balsamic phase early this morning. This is a visionary time when glimpses of future possibilitities, of potential, seep into our consciousness. This cradle-like Moon suggests we allow ourselves to float along and ingest the ideas that come to us, get a sense of what they feel like in our bodies. Such a reflective, inward focus, may bring a feeling of being held above the hazzles and conflicts of daily life. Our minds can easily move into a state of being bedazzled by life’s opportunities. We may hunger for more information, and our appetites may be sated.

August 10 Friday
Take advantage of any unexpected chance to do something special, to break away from the everyday routine with this Cancer Moon. She goes void of course at 6:57 am, MDT, and spends the rest of the day pouring out the Cancerian need for protection and security. We may toss around impossible dreams or immerse ourselves in artistic or idyllic pursuits. Yet we may experience being as loose as water in nature, which opens us to the possibility of being swallowed up or captivated. Listen to MoonWise tomorrow on the worldwide web at ksfr.org from 1:00 to 1:30 pm, MDT, for the weekend Moon Minute.

August 11 Saturday
The Moon is in Leo as if backstage waiting for the opportune moment to appear. We, too, might benefit by collecting ourselves for some reflection on what we intend to focus upon for the next lunation. On Sunday afternoon at 5:02 MDT, we have a new Moon with a theme of how we celebrate the supernatural in our lives. Do we putter around and occasionally address it? Is any reference to it conspicuously missing in our lives? Or is it so ritualized that what it means to live in the 3-D world is neglected? How do we celebrate the physical and the sublime?