Gibbous and Full Moon

August 3 Monday
The Capricorn Moon reminds us to put recent occurrences into the perspective of this eclipse season which has been flagging us to look at something conferred upon us by our culture or our families. By now we may be able to see the basic outline of potential directions that will change that social dynamic. Pay attention to subtle resonances in the background. Improvements might be suggested by the structure of things or by the comments of authority figures. Capricorn believes in taking a stand and can exhibit quiet courage and discipline to do this.

August 4 Tuesday
With this Capricorn Moon we may awake with an electrified feeling of being able to stick with extremely trying circumstances. As the Moon begins to void herself of the detailed self-analysis of Capricorn at 7:21 am, MT, we may retreat inward and find the root cause of current crises. What has eluded us or what we have been denying can come into concrete form if we truly desire such knowledge. Write down insights to more fully comprehend later, after 3:08 pm, when the Moon moves into systems-oriented Aquarius and energies are more grounded.

August 5 Wednesday
This Aquarius Moon is alert to what is wrong, off-kilter, to what is missing. Aquarius has a huge appetite for making changes that improve and advance situations. Give yourself free rein to alter your usual behaviors today with an intention to better them and notice how it feels to act in an unfamiliar way. Such an exercise may inform you about your blind spots that may come to light with tonight’s full Moon at 6:55pm, MT. This is a lunar eclipse that is so faint that the naked eye may not perceive it in darkened areas. Are you willing, and to what degree, to expose your dark hidden history?

August 6 Thursday
With this Aquarius Moon we may find ourselves caught up in self-justifications. Get them out and wear them out and bring together all points of view on your behavior. Then maybe clarity and truth will arise. For progress to be made, it is imperative to discover what is non functional and perhaps forgotten. This feeds the Aquarius skill at bringing about a calculated destruction of an existing order. There are, moreover, other Aquarian ways to change that involve sudden flashes of insight and unconventional ways to escape the traps of the illusory mind.

August 7 Friday
The Moon moved into Pisces early this morning, and our feelings and thoughts can easily merge and be verbalized. And it’s a good thing to do, as they may be jammed to the hilt with revelations previously hidden in our souls. And if we don’t fish them out, exteriorize them no matter how rough, they may swim back into the recesses of our unconscious mind. The opportunities for expanding one’s self-perception may slip away with the subjectivity and fluidity of reality. Listen to MoonWise tomorrow on the worldwide web at ksfr.org from 2:00 to 2:30 pm, MT, for the weekend Moon Minute.

August 8 Saturday
With this Pisces Moon, we may be easily deceived by the daily demands of our bodily rhythms if we go through motions on automatic pilot. Information is pouring in from our subconscious minds that, if explored, can bring things together for restructuring some behaviors. We may wake up Sunday with intuitive flashes of what can be accomplished. At 6:44 am, MT, Sunday the Moon begins to void herself of malleable Pisces for almost eight hours. During that time our imaginations can reshape our future. At 2:23 pm, Sunday, the Moon moves into unstoppable Aries.