Balsamic and New Moon

Monday July 21 This Taurus Moon brings practicality to a concern about establishing a new attitude. At 8:12 am, MT, she goes void of course for over two hours. While she is scraping off the stability of Taurus, we can become ungrounded and attached to an unrealistic plan. At 10:36 am, the Moon moves into fluctuating Gemini. This sign can be fidgety, going in all directions at once, wanting to know and see everything. There’s curiosity fueled by a desire for wish-fulfillment. If we stumble into this kind of search, we just might learn how to like a situation in our lives. Our rational minds can be at odds with our imaginations, but noting and using pregnant ideas can alleviate any tension. And linking extreme thoughts can single out some preciousness in our lives. Tuesday July 22 With this Gemini Moon, digging for self-information can uncover deep personal truths. The Moon enters her balsamic phase at 3:32 pm, MT. These days, leading up to Saturday’s new Moon, are for transcending a present condition and letting our minds conjure up new ways of expressing ourselves in problematic situations unfitting with our emotional conditioning. Things sizzle up, just like the summer heat, with the Sun moving into Leo at 3:41 pm. Sudden insights lead to changes in attitudes. Sorting out thoughts about complex circumstances can link inner feelings to an outer reality which requires alchemical-like psychological processes to reconcile the conflicts involved. Wednesday July 23 This Gemini Moon brings a sense of being hand in hand with those whose lives have encountered and survived similar troubles. Members of such a group seem to possess an unusual capacity, perhaps related to the specialness addressed over the past month. Such reconnoitering offers a change and variations of it. Some people may want to help, whether it’s wanted or not. There’s a strong need to support personal and shared conditions. The Moon goes void of course at 6:53 pm, MT, for two hours. While she is shaking off the clarity of Gemini, confusion sets in like a dense fog, or brain overload. The trickster in Gemini might come out in company, stirring up a mixture of imagination and deception. At 8:59 pm, the Moon moves into Cancer’s refined sense of feeling. Thursday July 24 With this Cancer Moon, images of wildly theatrical experiences fill our minds and call up strong sentiments to revive or regenerate some magical behavior. It’s a supernormal day for expressing grandiosity and watching egos inflate. Seed ideas are propagating and taking flight. Tension is high, making it difficult to listen to voices other than one’s own. It seems easy to wall self into an inner independent space. There are feelings of being overwhelmed and not trusting anyone or anything to single out and provide what is needed. A chance meeting may provide a soothing solution which draws everything together and triggers an emotional revival. Friday July 25 At 7: 53 am, MT, moods change as the Cancer Moon goes void of course until tomorrow morning at 8:55 am. While she is rinsing off the emotional bonds of this sign, we may become uncomfortable in social circles. It seems impossible to relax in the company of others. Illogical anxieties can surface. As the day wanes help arrives in the form of inner guidance. It can be elusive, but faith in the power of sudden inspirations can deliver results. On this day before a new Moon, intuition can be rich and offer moral support. Listen to MoonWise tomorrow on the worldwide web at ksfr.org from 2:00 to 2:30 pm, MT, for the weekend Moon Minute. Weekend July 26 and 27 This Leo Moon applauds acting with power and making big things happen. At 4:42 pm, MT, the Moon aligns with the Sun to begin a new cycle. Impulses start to emerge about our skills at taking risks and playing all sorts of games, not necessarily toys. Do we go through motions in social settings play-acting a persona? How well can we do that and to what end? On Sunday there are urges to independently stir up a group. Streaks of performing erratically dissipate any rigidity. There can be power struggles in relationships. At 6:37 pm, the Moon goes void of course until Monday night. During this time we can easily space out and not be adept at social games. The ability to hold one’s own is weakened.