Leslie Benson – On Wednesday, August 16th at 2:38am PDT the New Moon in Leo arrives with a mighty roar and a vivid wild-streak! The new lunar cycle begins in the fixed fire sign of Leo, at 23º17 of the sign, with Sun and Moon together making a nearly exact square to Uranus, and thus revealing unexpected new angles to our perspectives on life, relationships, and our own inner workings.
Uranus is the Trickster planet of revolution, liberation, and unexpected surprises. Venus is also on her retrograde journey through Leo, and lies near the New Moon placement, turning up the volume even further on relationship, values, self-worth, and all the Venusian themes that have been in our mediations lately with her retrograde that started near the end of the previous month.