Happy Leo New Moon 
Officially Sunday, Aug 4th at 4:13am Pacific • 12º Leo

This Leo New Moon is an exciting confidence boost. Paired with Mercury in Virgo slowing down to go retrograde, our enthusiasm is held in a sacred pause, allowing us to savor the intricate details of what brings us joy. Let this place of truth and dignity be where you set intentions from - this lunation is a sweet reset before we settle into a somewhat messy month ahead…

Mercury's retrograde August 5-28 may come with extra re-dos and delays. It's antics will ricochet effects onto Jupiter and Mars in Gemini, potentially interrupting the momentum from two planets who crave it most. This may feel double-potent August 15-19, when Mars and Jupiter confront Saturn. We could find ourselves whiplashing between aggressive enthusiasm and doubt, taking big leaps of faith one moment and pulling our horses back the next. Although this might be frustrating, this run-in with Saturn is an opportunity to get real about our expectations or eliminate unnecessary options. 

Place confidence in the fact that becoming ourselves is an ever-moving creative opportunity. Mercury's backwards journey starts in Virgo and ends in Leo and so make edits now, be sure your systems are efficient and good to go, for when Mercury bounces back to Leo August 14th, we may make decisions out of passion not strategy. Whatever you are excited to jump into right now, let yourself make adjustments on the fly, test out several variations of it before it lands back on its feet later in the month.

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"I do not fear being alone or to be spurned by another or to leave whatever I have to leave. And I am not afraid to make a mistake, even a great mistake, a lifelong mistake and perhaps as long as eternity too." 

- James Joyce