Friday 8/31/12--Leo full moon

At a time of physical adjustment and intensified spirit, a full moon releasing fruitfulness and sensitivity.

(Sun in Virgo, Moon full in Pisces 6:58am Pacific time. Mars in Scorpio.)

Tuesday 8/28/12

Just as the passion of summer breaks out into physical expression (Sun from Leo into Virgo, with Moon in Capricorn), activated emotional intensity is triggering deep sensitivity and wounded healing (Mars into Scorpio trine Neptune and Chiron in Pisces). Now we move through alignment in awareness (Moon in Aquarius), sorting things out, grounded by the power of reality (Sun in Virgo trine Pluto in Capricorn). Full moon Friday.

Friday 8/17/12--Leo new moon

Mid-summer new moon, the peak of passion. In a time of reinforced nature power, energy that's been building will be breaking out, with transformative consequences.

(Sun and Moon meet in Leo 8/17 8:55am Pacific time.)

Monday 8/13/12

A shift to flowing feeling, led by love. Grounding in harmony is activated.

With a historic alignment energizing revolutionary emergence, the mid-summer new moon Friday is the peak passion turning point for this year. Intensified nature power will be breaking out with ripening fruitfulness.

(Sun in Leo, Moon into Cancer with Venus. Mars meeting Saturn in Libra Wednesday morning. Pluto in Capricorn square Uranus in Aries. Sun and Moon meet in Leo Friday 8/17 8:55am Pacific time.)

Sunday 8/5/12

Sun in peak passion Leo, Moon in tender Pisces, emerging with Aries fire 1:59pm Pacific time. Mental Mercury ending retrograde, shifting forward again Tuesday night 10:40pm. Venus, the light of love, moves into flowing feeling Cancer Tuesday morning 6:43am.

Reaching mid-summer this week, heart leads the way with passionate self emergence, mind completes a period of reflection, beginning new progressive expression, and love shifts to caring, supportive release.

Wednesday 8/1/12--Cancer full moon

The mid-summer full moon. Sun in peak passion Leo, Moon full in peak awareness Aquarius. The mental tide is backtracking, internalizing--Mercury retrograde--shifting forward next Wednesday.

We are centered in our essence, energized for ripening fruitfulness. This polarized alignment will be breaking out with passionate expression of life's interrelationship, drawing on the empowered emergence of revolutionary mind. A turning point for this year's transformative development.

(Leo full moon in Aquarius 8:27pm Pacific time. Mercury ends retrograde 8/8. Sun in Leo trine Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn.)