Welcoming the New Moon in Leo and Mercury direct

Liz Worth

Tarot Reader, Astrologer, and Author

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The calendar month of July packs an added boost this year:

It began with a New Moon and solar eclipse in Cancer on Tuesday, July 2 and ends with the New Moon in Leo this Wednesday, July 31.

This week’s New Moon arrives at 11:12pm EST, but not before it squares Uranus at 7:54pm. Stay aware of added insights or inspiration that may come up in the hours before that New Moon hits.

Uranus can inspire us through irritation or inventive ideas. It can deliver eureka moments that feel like capturing lightning in a bottle.

The timing is beautiful we head into another lunar cycle, this one starting off in the bold sign of Leo, giving us a new creative threshold to cross.

Mercury also goes direct on July 31 at 11:58pm, less than an hour after the Moon begins anew. See how you feel when you wake up on Thursday, August 1.

A veil is being lifted somewhere in your life and fresh clarity and confidence are set to grow throughout the month ahead. 

As this Mercury retrograde period winds down, I encourage you to be like the Hanged Man and take some time out to reflect and review all that has transpired or occurred throughout these last few weeks.

Have there been any learning opportunities for you to take forward on your journey?

Have there been any new insights that you’d like to use as intentions during this New Moon?

Have there been new ideas or projects you’d like to start, but were sidetracked by delays?

In other words, ask yourself: What is it time to do? To create? To make happen?

With Wednesday’s Leo New Moon, you are given a new packet of energy to shape into your own design, whatever that may be at this time in your life. 

How do you want to be seen?

How do you want to express yourself?

How do you want to cultivate confidence? 
How or what do you want to create?

If you would like to connect with this week’s New Moon in Leo, here is a tarot spread to help:

1. How can I shine in this world?
2. What is it time for me to express?
3. What is it time for me to create?
4. What lesson is it time for me to integrate?

Until next time,

Liz xo

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