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August 20, 2009
New Moon 27º Leo
Sadly, this is Lisa Miller's last blog! She will be missed.
This is a New Moon to look deeply at the nature of desire and how it feeds the most destructive aspects of human life. So before we launch into the most negative aspects of Leo, let¹s first relish in the positive. Leo carries an inner vision sourced in a deep desire to powerfully express personal creativity. More than any other sign, Leo rules creative actualization of the self; the ego. Ego is the self, knowing and creatively actualizing itself, in all its complexity and beautyŠ yes, complexity and beauty. The more we know about who we are the more complex our view of self becomes and consequently we begin to become more adept at skillfully dealing with a wider rage of experience. This is what I call creative mindfulness: opening awareness to a deeper, yet broader experience of the ramifications of action.
This New Moon, the Sun/Moon conjunction opposes the Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune conjunction in Aquarius. This is a call to each of us to use our talents as best we are able to bring radical change to our world through a total embrace of our personal power. Mercury and Saturn in Virgo, the healer/humanitarian, opposing Uranus in Pisces, give us access to the mental and physical tools to raise the level of consciousness of every being so we can all resonate to the shared vision of our ultimate inseparability from each other. This is the New Moon to redefine personal power as a means to engender communal empowerment, coexistence and upliftment; in other words, true leadership. Leo¹s most evolved form is the inspirational, full-hearted teacher/leader.
With Mercury in service-oriented Virgo, Venus in compassionate Cancer, and Mars in open-minded Gemini, this is the perfect New Moon to look deeply at how much of what you say and do, is done to appease an inner need for attention and recognition of specialness, rather than a selfless, heartfelt, compassionate desire to heal. True self-esteem is built by developing a calm center from which all decisions are made and all actions are undertaken. A real leader feels a tremendous responsibility to share their talent in an effort to make life better for everyone around us. Use this New Moon to look at how much of your time you share your talents to help others in need.
This is a good New Moon for artists to review the direction of their work. If there ever was a New Moon in Leo to reassess your artistic vision this is it. The New Moon in Leo is all about discovering your personal aesthetic and finding the right modus operandi for expressing it. Artists can use this New Moon to start a new project or initiate a new direction, build a stronger belief in your own vision, or bolster the ability to handle the vast amount of rejection most artists face at one time or another.
Leo wants us all to understand that our lives are one big canvas and we get to fill it with whatever we want. So dream a littleŠall right, dream a lot. The way of Leo is big, big, big! Think, 'Big-budget Hollywood'. It might be a bit harder with Saturn and Mercury in realistic/no-risk Virgo, but try to consider what your life would be like if you embraced the risk-taking romantic that lives inside of you, buried deep beneath the weight of all your worldly responsibilities. Pick one area of your life and give it over to this part of you. You¹ll be amazed at what can happen!
Let's not forget this is the New Moon for romance. When it comes to love, Leo loves romance; full-blown choreographed romance. But before you get the idea that this is romance without forethought, the security-driven needs of Venus in Cancer along with the realism of Saturn and Mercury in Virgo and Pluto in Capricorn, may make that ultra-romantic dive into the arms of your lover happen only after a serious discussion about long-term commitment. If you are just not getting enough attention from your partner, or you are lonely and looking for love, this is the New Moon to create a powerful ritual to invoke and invite romance into your life. You might want to include your significant other in this New Moon ritual; especially if intimacy and romance is a big problem area in your relationship. If you tend to be very critical of your partner, Mars (sexuality) in Gemini (open-mindedness) makes this a good time to look deeply at your own idealistic needs.
All of these placements make this is a New Moon to put some serious work into mindfully paying attention to how you love, who you love, and the quality of the love that gets exchanged. Make the ritual a love-fest and pull out all the stops: candles, wine, roses, anything to awaken the senses. For those of you who wish to invite love into your lives, do the same while envisioning ³Mr. or Ms. Right² being right there with you. You can invite love into your life with clear intention and a strong desire to love and be loved.
If you tend toward the Leo drama-queen spectrum of emotional expression, you could use this Moon to do some powerful healing work with your inner ³enfant terrible². Mercury and Saturn in Virgo makes this a very good New Moon cycle to take a hard look at your own emotional reactivity; especially if you suffer with mood swings. It is possible to love deeply, feel deeply, and create deeply, without wreaking havoc in your own life and the lives of those around you.
Leo often gets hooked into the importance of keeping up appearances (especially with Venus (beauty) in Leo; how we look, what we own, what we do, become, for many people, the definers of self. More than anything Leo wants to be noticed and appreciated. But the goal here is not to simulate a fashion model or movie star. The idea is to allow your appearance to reflect the beauty inside your heart, soul and mind. Healthy lifestyles are extremely important, and right now obesity is one of the greatest health problems in America. So if you need some inspiration to get in shape and feel better, this is the right New Moon start a diet and exercise program. Some of you may just want to experiment with a new hairstyle or try a new look. This is good time to indulge a little, by gifting yourself with healing treatments for your body. Live a little and treat yourself to something special. Leo rules our perception of physical beauty.
Most of us have a very unhealthy relationship with the process of aging. There is little acceptance of the beauty and wisdom inherent in growing older. Though this is an especially hard issue to tackle on a Leo New Moon, Saturn, the ruler of mortality, should lend seriousness to any consideration of what it means to age gracefully. Saturn calls up all kinds of fear around becoming old, ugly, frail and useless. This would be a good night to read myths and stories about older, wise women and men and then imagine yourself at 70, 80 or 90. What will you look like? What will you wear? How will you be spending your time? What will our world look like and how will it receive or reject you? What gifts will you be giving to the younger generations around you? Hopefully this exercise may inspire you to commit some of your time and talent to nurturing the elders in your family or community.
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