23° Leo 17'
2:39 AM PDT / 5:39 AM EDT

August 16, 2023 — A Leo New Moon forms on Wednesday conjunct Venus retrograde. This arrives just after the powerful Venus cazimi on Sunday. Insights abound as Venus emerges from the underworld into the daytime sky. If we’ve been feeling difficult energy around love or relational patterns, we are now ready to break free.

Uranus forms an exact square to the Sun and Moon, continuing themes from last week when he squared Venus retrograde. Staying stuck feels impossible this month. We are healing and finding trajectories that can lead us out of the quicksand, into new versions of our selves, relationships, creativity, values, money, and resources. This is a good time to express our feelings through art, which can lead to powerful healing and shifts of perspective.

A lot of change at once can overwhelm us with uncertainty and shock. As new chapters of our lives open up, we can make room for excitement and fear, embracing that we don’t know what will come next. As always, Leo helps us keep our hearts open no matter what, leading us back to the warmth of pleasure and connection.

New chapters of our lives are opening up. We can make room for excitement and fear, embracing that we don’t know what comes next. As always, Leo helps us keep our hearts open no matter what, leading us back to the warmth of pleasure and connection.

LEO NEW Moon Aspiration

On this Leo New Moon, may we embrace change, stepping into greater confidence in who we truly are. May we face ourselves honestly as we dislodge from old, familiar ruts and emerge from our cocoons of stuckness with new wings.

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