New Moon July 14, 2007

New moon July 14, 2007

8:04 am EDT

5:04 am PDT

21:41 Cancer

Our new moon bright and early on the east coast, just after sunrise, is a doozy! I love powerful new moons for their potential and creative ability. They are a marker of a powerful new cycle of creation and beginnings. New Moons push our desires out into the world to take form like seeds do those joyous sprouts of life in spring.

When I was first learning predictive techniques, I said to my teacher, “So does that mean EVERY new moon is a new beginning!?” As we were studying eclipses, the kinds of new and full moons that we can‘t fail to “notice”, he responded, “Yes, but not that many people pay that level of attention to their lives and regular lunations.” We will always notice if the lunations fall on planets in our charts or are eclipses. But when the lunations land in a random house, stimulating the nature and purpose of the house, we can completely pass them by due to the hustle and bustle of our daily living and activity.

You are not going to be able to pass this new moon by! It is taking place in the Cancer house of your chart at 21:41 degrees of Cancer ~ starting a new story in that house and section of your life. It is right next to the world axis, suggesting a shiny, brand new beginning that you will be known for or will move out into the world in a public way. It is the FIRST new moon after the long Saturn/Neptune opposition we’ve been working with over the past year as our fixed structures have been dissolving and our dreams have been taking shape and coming into form. It comes at the end of Saturn in Leo’s journey and evokes the passion and love you’ve developed over the course of that journey for who you are and what you are here to do.

Venus, at the last degree of Leo, is joined to the star of the kings ~ Regulus ~ or queens. Venus speaks to our desire nature. Venus asks us to incorporate our desires and passions into our daily routines as she waltzes back and forth between Saturn and Pluto through now and the end of October.

New moon charts are evaluated based on their aspects. Neptune, of the long standing opposition with Saturn in Leo, is inconjunct the new Moon and Sun in Cancer in a Virgo type of format. It is a very tight inconjunct, suggesting a physical or bodily adjustment is in order and absolutely required on the new moon to take advantage of her energy. It is a great new moon to start or create a new physical or structural life style, diet, quit smoking, get more exercise or organize your life to create space for what you are looking to grow over Saturn’s journey through Virgo. It will require you to get up off your butt and DO something! But, is not a false or fake invitation. It is a get off your butt, take action and it actually HAPPENS due to the new moon‘s energy. If you take action towards making something happen and it will. In fact, it will take place very easily!

The Moon is out of bounds at 25:20 Cancer ~ adding a bit of a wild card to the lunation. Think of the out of bounds moon as a loving fairy godmother appearing and blessing your pumpkin and turning it into a coach, your house mice converted to coach men, as your rags are turned to a beautiful, sparkling gown with fancy glass slippers. You are, deep inside, Cinderella, right now. It is time for you to go to the ball. The energy of the moon has that feel to it.

Now, the CAUTION with the out of bounds energy combined with the Mars square to Chiron is the following conversation taking place: Cinderella says to her fairy godmother, “Oh the hell with all that stuff and your silly magic wand. Nice trick! But right AFTER the fabbbb-u- lous ball at the castle, I am going to be back here, cleaning out the cinders in this stupid fireplace and washing my stepsisters’ dirty laundry. All that pumpkin and sparkly dress is doing is making me hope for something that will never happen! And besides, even YOU told me I have to be home by midnight as that is when the magic stops! That means I don‘t even get to go to the after parties at the cool clubs! You know what? I am SICK AND TIRED of being disillusioned by my dreams and hopes and fancies NEVER COMING TRUE! I think I will stay home, right here, by myself, cry a bit and have a cup of tea made with my used tea bag as a lump of coal smokes in the fireplace!”

We like the story of Cinderella. It offers us a rescue fantasy from our lives and teaches us to believe in the future or dreams. Of course, we never do learn that the Prince picks his nose and farts. The fantasy ends with happily ever after. Now, we are each grown up enough to know that happily ever after is a fairy tale too! But what of the original story? What if Cinderella DIDN’T go to the ball? What happens then? The whole story rests on her taking that ride in the pumpkin coach and dancing with the prince at his ball and losing her glass slipper as she bolts out at the stroke of midnight to avoid turning back into a rag clothed Cinderella before all the people at the ball!

The purpose of the long, dry, Saturn opposition to Neptune was to disillusion you about the possibility of a fairy god mother appearing in your life and waving her magic wand to create a bugle beaded dress, and pumpkin coach to rescue you from your life. I know. You are disillusioned. The purpose of the Mars square to Chiron is to say “Nope, not in this life, baby, you are in charge of the cinders and that is all you can hope for!” Well, let’s revisit the choices and voices. Yes, they ARE options. You CAN give up and sit by the fire with weak tea, cold and shivering, crying as you sweep out the ashes and cinders every morning. There is no such thing as fairy godmothers in your life! Right now, it might feel like you are Sisyphus pushing your rock endlessly up the hill.

Want to know a secret? You are your own fairy god mother baby!

You’ve been sewing your dress, in secret, for the past few months after you’ve finished your chores, late at night. You‘ve been working on it when you are so tired your back aches and your most fervent dream is to go to bed. The light from the fire place is bad so it is hard to see to thread the needle for your bead work. Why did you decide to put so many stupid beads on the darn dress any way? Hand beading is such a pain! And that pumpkin coach with the mice driving it? Please! We are talking mass transit for you! A metro card and a city bus are in your future! That is how you are getting to the ball. Or perhaps walk? Well, you COULD spring for a taxi or maybe rent a limo but they are darned expensive and the driver is from a foreign country and you‘ll be stuck in a limo line FOR EVER waiting your chance to walk down the red carpet!

Not to worry. Pick up your needle and sew a few more bugle beads around your neck. Your life awaits you! It is time to get dressed for the Prince’s ball. Do what you love and you are living your best life! Start walking toward your next life and the Prince’s ball. Save the limo money for an omelet at the all night diner after the ball and the after parties. Besides, if you start NOW to walk toward your next life, everyone can see your beautiful, sparkly, beaded gown as you move while the sun sets in the west and Saturn leaves Leo. All the townspeople waiting by the red carpet, watching the people go into the ball, will be thrilled to see you up close and personal. Who knows, one or two of the townspeople might even order a dress from you for next year’s ball …. (remember to bring your dressmaking business cards!) Then, if it doesn’t work out with the prince, you can start your own dressmaking business, buy an apartment with a gas fireplace to stop cleaning out the cinders and hire someone to do the bugle beading…

Lynda Hill’s interpretation of the Sabian Image for 22 Cancer is

A YOUNG WOMAN AWAITING A SAILBOAT.

Commentary: ‘A Young Woman&r
squo; is seen ‘Awaitin
g a Sailboat’. She has hopes in mind that something special will either arrive or happen in some way. There is a strong sense that some ideal she’s hoping for will come to her if she waits long enough. Often there is delight in looking forward to a particular pleasure or event. However, sometimes it feels like one’s “ship” will never come in. The ‘Young Woman’ can be left waiting for a long time. She may miss other aspects of her life by not paying attention to what’s readily available. Viewed positively, the ‘Waiting’ can lead to a pleasurable anticipation of what, or who, may arrive. Sometimes we actually vicariously enjoy it in advance, dreaming of what rewards may come.

Oracle: You may need to be patient, and confident that what you want will come to you. However, there is a warning not to become dependent on an unreliable outcome. Also, if you are constantly looking out, then you are probably not spending enough time looking back or inwardly at the things you already possess or have ready access to. People dream of the perfect partner suddenly appearing, or the big win in the lottery that will rescue them from their problems or dull lives. The outcome may prove to be less than imagined. Often, the more we look forward to something, the less we enjoy it when it actually arrives. Bearing that in mind, we should draw to ourselves the things we truly desire through positive affirmations and a determined focus on a desired outcome. Clean the barnacles off your ship – the remnants of the past – so that new life, love and spirit can come to you. It is the level of confidence that supports our ‘Waiting’ that can determine the success of the outcome. When the tide changes, your “ship” may very well come in. Make sure you are rowing your own boat and steering your own course.

Keywords: Waiting for one’s ship to come in. Escapist fantasies that rob everyday life. Travel and the longing for escape. Living in the future vs. being in the here and now. Nervous anticipation. Leaving things to chance. Believing that things will come eventually. Opportunism. Rocking someone’s boat. Expectant waiting. Constant looking to the horizon. Boats. Tides. Creating a safe harbor.

The Caution: The bubble bursting. Waiting for Mr. or Ms “perfect”. Ignoring what’s readily available. Longing for that which may never come. Missing opportunities. Always looking over one’s shoulder, seeking better things. Boredom with one’s life. Escapism. Possibilities that are never “good enough”. Pining for the unattainable. Not taking life on. Delusions of grandeur. Things always being better tomorrow.

Copyright © 2007 Anne Ortelee

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