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This week’s headline items<\/strong>: the New Moon in Cancer becomes exact on Monday early afternoon (this also signifies the end of Eclipse season); Chiron\u2019s Station phase ends on Tuesday; the Sun changes signs from Cancer to Leo on Wednesday, early morning; it’s time to start taking action on our New Moon intentions from Saturday, very early morning on; Mars enters its pre-Shadow phase later Saturday morning; Mercury finally ends its post-Shadow phase on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\nThere will be four\u00a0Moon VoC<\/a> phases this week: Monday early afternoon (for almost 2.5 hours), Tuesday evening (for a little over 23 hours), Friday evening (for almost 3 hours) and Sunday late evening (for a little over 3 hours).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1- To get a better sense on how to become more emotionally mature<\/strong>, check out my webinar: “React vs. Respond\u00a0— Where in the chart can we learn about our emotional maturity?<\/em>” Find out how you can support yourself and others on the path towards becoming an emotionally healthy, responding being.<\/p>\n This webinar also includes a hand-out for all Moon-signs with coaching questions<\/strong>. Due to the importance of this subject at this time, I have decided to offer the webinar at a steep discount until the end of July!<\/strong> Click here<\/strong> for more info or to purchase.<\/a><\/p>\n 2- For more info about the<\/strong> Chiron’s Station\/Retrograde phase in Aries<\/strong> — and how it all relates to your own birth chart, watch my webinar on the subject. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s only available until July 21st,<\/strong> so get it now! Click here<\/strong> for more info or to purchase.<\/a><\/p>\n STAR Members, check your email, it was sent out to you on July 12th in the evening \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Monday<\/strong>, the Moon remains in<\/em> protective, nurturing Cancer<\/strong>. It will journey there until 4:16pm EDT<\/strong>. With this Moon placement, we are more sensitive to what people say to (and about) us, so be kind to yourself and others. Emotional safety is important to us at this time: We like connecting to the familiar, home or family becomes our sanctuary.<\/p>\n Nurture yourself and others, but remember: Make sure your glass is filled before letting others drink from it \u2014 otherwise we might start resenting others for draining our energies. This Moon placement, last week on Saturday (July 18th), started the build up towards the New Moon (exact later today<\/em>).<\/p>\n Monday at 1:33pm EDT<\/strong>, the Moon aligns with the Sun in almost 28.5 degrees of Cancer<\/strong>, beginning a new Moon cycle, and officially ending Eclipse season<\/em>. Yay! We have received our consciousness upgrades and can now move forward with any intentions we set in late June.<\/p>\n This is also the second New Moon in Cancer<\/strong> within a 4-week period<\/em>. The last one, on June 20th, was a Solar Eclipse — and thus much more intense in nature than this one.<\/p>\n Cancer<\/strong> is the first water sign of the zodiac, as such, it relates to the development of the \u201cemotional body\u201d — so this Moon cycle will continue to amplify feelings, instincts and needs. Feel free to also watch my New Moon video on the subject.<\/a><\/p>\n Our feeling nature has been denied and suppressed for millennia, but we have begun to embrace it more fully — feelings are an essential source of information about our true needs — they are a dashboard that tells us what is healthy for us. When we don\u2019t heed the information, we become dependent on others for validation and direction, or get lost in addictions and distractions.<\/p>\n With this second New Moon occurring in protective, introverted Cancer<\/strong><\/em>, we’ll continue to surround ourselves with quality and safety; we can expect anything connected to home, family, real-estate or childhood issues to be heightened in our awareness for the next four weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ask yourself:<\/strong>\u00a0What does emotional maturity mean to me? How would I know if I had it?<\/p>\n With this New Moon we are dealing with a strong Saturn opposition to the New Moon<\/em>, thus we might experience authoritarian or rigid attitudes — both toward and from others — and this could create some tension or oppositional behaviors.<\/p>\n As best you can, remain flexible and practice self-care, doing your best to take care of your emotional and physical body — that way, you’ll stay grounded in reality, and be less reactive.<\/p>\n Ask yourself:<\/strong> How could I be 5% more truthful to myself? How could I be 5% more self-responsible with my self-care? And for my responses to others?<\/p>\n Saturn’s opposition to the New Moon<\/em> also invites us to… \u00a0to read the whole New Moon article and get access to all the Coaching questions, click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Do you have your Ascendant (or any personal planets) in the following: 26-29 degrees of Cancer, Capricorn, Aries, Libra<\/strong>, or 0-1 degree of Leo, Aquarius, Taurus<\/strong> or Scorpio<\/strong>? If so, you may feel the effects of this New Moon more strongly. This is also true for those of us who have our\u00a0Ascendant\u00a0or Sun-sign in Leo<\/strong> or Cancer<\/strong> (the Sun rules Leo; the Moon rules Cancer).<\/em><\/p>\n The New Moon is also the best time to set some powerful intentions<\/em> for this month’s Moon cycle. Intentions are best done soon after the New Moon becomes exact — and definitely not during a Moon void of course phase.\u00a0So this month, the best time to set intentions would be any time between 1:33pm <\/strong>and 1:55pm<\/strong> on Monday<\/strong>, July 20th; and then again from 4:16pm<\/strong> (July 20th) until 8:27pm on Tuesday<\/strong>, July 21st — please note that all times are given in the Eastern Daylight Timezone — the timezone New York City occupies.<\/p>\n For more info on setting New Moon Intentions click here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n If you live in a timezone other than EDT<\/strong> (US East Coast-time), I recommend you join my Facebook Fan-page<\/a> or<\/em> follow me on twitter<\/a>, as I post reminders on July 20th and 21st to let you know when it is time to set your intentions \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Monday at 1:55pm EDT<\/strong>, we enter a \u00a0Moon Void of Course (VoC),<\/a>\u00a0that lasts for almost 2.5 hours\u00a0until 4:16pm EDT. <\/strong>Use this intuitive time to balance the need for the safe and familiar against a focus on career goals and long-term accomplishments. As best you can, remain flexible and practice self-care, doing your best to take care of your emotional and physical body — that way, you’ll remain able to stay grounded in reality, and less reactive.<\/p>\n As always with a\u00a0Moon VoC<\/a>, as best as you can, don’t start anything brand-new, stick to routine things, or simply go with the flow. You may also want to plan Monday afternoon ahead of time.<\/p>\n Monday at 4:16pm EDT<\/strong>, the Moon moves into fun and attention-loving<\/em> Leo<\/strong>, where it will journey until Wednesday evening. <\/strong>We may lack objectivity and struggle with backing down or compromising. We all love to be admired — or at the very least acknowledged — for our greatness \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n So hand out some compliments — let people know how proud you are of them, tell them how much you love them. Come from the heart in this and all other things… be honest and authentic, as best you can. Fun, games and romance are a big part of this energy as well. You might also enjoy spending time with little ones.<\/p>\n If there are no “outer children” around, how about getting in touch with your “inner child” — it’s definitely easier for the next two days. What are you most grateful for today? What would be heaps and heaps of fun? What would be so much fun, you let out a tiny squeak, just thinking of it?\u2028 Monday evening, <\/strong>a Sun\/Saturn opposition<\/em> becomes exact at 6:28pm EDT. We started to feel this aspect build from last week, <\/span>Friday <\/strong>(July 17th) on; and it will remain strong until this Thursday evening.\u00a0<\/strong>We are called to balance our inner emotional processes and “needs” with a focus towards our long-term goals, contributions, and social standing. As best as you can, give yourself permission to…<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n ALREADY A MEMBER? Scroll down & keep reading (make sure you are logged into your\u00a0<\/strong>Member’s account<\/strong><\/a>)!<\/strong><\/p>\n GET IT ALL! Get the whole Forecast — as well as other awesome and exclusive content — become a<\/strong>\u00a0site member<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(still, for the price of a cappuccino!) \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n *** As best as you can, give yourself permission to connect to your inner feeling processes, listening with a gentle and kind ear. Nurture your “inner baby”, and at the same time, take responsibility for your efforts to provide value and create a healthy foundation for any long-term goals.<\/p>\n We may experience a lack of energy or confidence this week. We need to “buckle down”; this could be projected out into the world as limitations that arise from people or circumstances. Emotional blocks and a general feeling of slowdown are also possible.<\/p>\n Paradoxically though, we can also take this time to sort out our life, sift out goals or plans that are out of date, and thereby become more truthful to ourselves. Go slow and steady with this, as pushing too hard will backfire;\u00a0ask yourself: Would you rather be “in control” or happy? This is also true when dealing with others — pushing will most likely backfire…<\/p>\n Do you have your Ascendant, Career point (or personal planets) in 26-29 degrees of Cancer, Capricorn, Libra<\/strong>, Aries<\/strong> or 0-2 degrees of Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius<\/strong>, or Taurus<\/strong>? If so, you will feel this aspect quite strongly. This is also true for those of us who have our Ascendant or Sun-sign in Leo<\/strong> or Capricorn<\/strong> (the Sun rules Leo; Saturn rules Capricorn)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tuesday,<\/strong>\u00a0the Moon remains in fun and attention-loving<\/em> Leo all day<\/strong> (see Monday afternoon for details).<\/p>\n Tuesday late morning<\/strong>, a challenging Mercury\/Chiron aspect<\/em> becomes exact at 11:51am EDT. We started to feel this aspect build from last week, Thursday evening <\/strong>(July 16th) on; and it will remain strong until this Friday evening. That said, this could also be an opportunity for healing; we are energized to move past harsh criticism of ourselves or others, towards more loving and compassionate structures for thinking and communicating. As best as you can, stretch yourself — and be open to bringing love and understanding to it all (and that includes you) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n For more info about the Mercury\/Chiron Square<\/em><\/strong> and Chiron’s Station\/Retrograde phase<\/em> in Aries<\/strong> — and how it all relates to your own birth chart, watch my webinar on the subject, if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s only available until midnight today,<\/strong> so get it now! Click here<\/strong> for more info or to purchase.<\/a><\/p>\n STAR Members<\/em>, check your email, it was sent out to you on July 12th in the evening \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Do you have your Ascendant, Career Point or any personal planets in 6-13 degree of Cancer, Aries, Capricorn<\/strong> or Libra<\/strong>? If so, you are more affected by this aspect. This is also true for those of us who have our Ascendant or Sun-sign in Gemini<\/strong> or Virgo<\/strong> (Mercury is the ruler of Gemini and Virgo).<\/em><\/p>\n Tuesday at 8:27pm EDT<\/strong>, we enter a long\u00a0 Moon Void of Course (VoC),<\/a>\u00a0that lasts for a little over 23 hours\u00a0until 7:40pm EDT<\/strong> (Wednesday evening). Use this intuitive time as an opportunity to have fun connecting with others, exchanging information and collaborating on things that bring you joy.<\/p>\n As always with a\u00a0Moon VoC<\/a>, as best as you can, don’t start anything brand-new, stick to routine things, or simply go with the flow. You may also want to plan Tuesday evening until Wednesday evening ahead of time.<\/p>\n Also, on Tuesday<\/strong>, Chiron ends its station\u00a0phase<\/em> and gets back to its normal pace through the sky — but appears to be moving backward through the sky (as seen from Earth — that\u2019s what \u201cretrograde\u201d refers to). We have a chance to do some internal work on any wounding or insecurities around personal identity, physical appearance, or leadership abilities that came up over the last three of weeks.<\/p>\n For those of you who want to\u00a0have a better understanding of your personal healing journey,\u00a0feel free to get the mp3-recording of\u00a0my\u00a0Chiron workshop<\/strong>: “Healing with Astrology”<\/em>\u00a0Click here<\/strong>\u00a0for more info<\/a>.<\/p>\n Please keep in mind that as a Member of this online community<\/strong> you have FREE access to this workshop\u00a0via your Member’s account\u00a0(click on the<\/strong> “My Courses”- tab<\/a>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wednesday<\/strong>, the Moon remains in fun and attention-loving<\/em> Leo<\/strong> and VoC\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>until 7:40pm EDT<\/strong> (see Monday afternoon and Tuesday evening for details).<\/p>\n Wednesday at 4:37am EDT<\/strong>, the Sun changes sign from protective, nurturing<\/em> Cancer<\/strong> to fun and attention-loving<\/em> Leo,<\/strong> where it will journey until August 22nd<\/strong>. With the Sun in\u00a0Leo<\/strong>, we are more inclined to connect to our heart and follow our joy: it’s a great time for gratitude, compliments, and playfulness.<\/p>\n In many ways, happy children embody the best of the Leo qualities: they are creative, playful, self-expressed and follow their hearts. Who could you be if you lived from your “inner child” more fully for the next four weeks?<\/p>\n If you have a Leo<\/strong> Sun-sign or Rising-sign, this means strong vitality for you — after all, for some of you, this is your birthday month \ud83d\ude09 Happy Birthday! <3<\/em><\/p>\n Wednesday afternoon<\/strong>, an opportune Mercury\/Uranus aspect <\/em>becomes exact at 4:25pm EDT. We started to feel this aspect build from This aspect also brings an opportunity to see things from a different perspective, or to put a new spin on our “old” thinking structure. We like to connect in unusual ways and any group activities or brainstorming with like-minded people could generate amazing insights — this might be a busy day. As best as you can — and as much as you want to — stay open to other dimensions \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Do you have your Ascendant, Career Point (or personal planets) in 8-13 degrees of Cancer, Taurus, Virgo<\/strong> or Pisces<\/strong> ? If so, you will be more aware of this opportunity. This is also true for those of us who have our Ascendant or Sun-sign in Virgo<\/strong> or Aquarius<\/strong> (Mercury is the ruler of Virgo and Gemini; Uranus is the ruler of Aquarius)<\/em> Wednesday at 7:40pm EDT<\/strong>, the Moon moves into detail-oriented, practical<\/em> Virgo<\/strong>, where it will journey until Friday late evening; <\/strong>turning our focus toward the practical and wholesome. We are generous with our time\/services and we love to help others. We also have a fondness for science and anything that makes sense in our world — things and knowledge we can apply and use.<\/p>\n Health might come also into focus at this time. We notice the parts that make up the whole; this is a great time to see if our daily routines (eating, work, self-care, etc.) align with our long-term goals. <\/p>\n Thursday<\/strong>, the Moon remains in<\/em> detail-oriented, practical<\/em> Virgo all day<\/strong> (see Wednesday evening for details).<\/p>\n Thursday<\/strong> late morning<\/strong>, calls for some inner adjustments. We feel uneasy or awkward and need to make a choice. Making this choice demands we develop inner awareness around two very different urges: on the one hand, the desire to heal our relationship with the inner masculine (assertiveness\/anger, impatience, leadership, taking actions) \u2014 and on the other, the need to tend to our daily work or health routines.<\/p>\n Thursday early afternoon<\/strong>, we are invited to connect with like-minded people and learn something new about our unique talents or value in the world. We are able to better connect to anything that requires attention to detail. We might also perhaps implement revolutionary health routines or other systems in our day to day life that support our values and make life more enjoyable.<\/p>\n Thursday afternoon<\/strong>, we have an opportunity to look into the details of our life that make up our daily routines, and see if they are in alignment with us…\u00a0 we can ask ourselves here: Are my needs being met? Do my daily routines leave me feeling nurtured? Thursday evening<\/strong>, calls for some more inner adjustments; we are invited to develop an inner awareness around two very different urges: on the one hand, the desire to engage in personal projects and cover new ground \u2014 and on the other, the need to tend to our daily routines, observing what works and what doesn’t, as well as being of service to others.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Friday<\/strong>, the Moon remains in detail-oriented, practical Virgo<\/strong><\/em> until 9:54pm EDT<\/strong> (see Wednesday evening for details).<\/p>\n Friday at 7:08pm EDT<\/strong>, we enter a \u00a0Moon Void of Course (VoC),<\/a>\u00a0that lasts for almost 3 hours until 9:54pm EDT<\/strong>. Use this intuitive time to look at the details, and focusing on what’s sitting right in front of you that demands to be taken care of, so you can get to the next phase of accomplishment.<\/p>\nBefore we get to this week’s forecast, I’d like to mention two opportunities to further your own personal evolution at this time:<\/h3>\n
Now, this week\u2019s Forecast…<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Monday, July 20th:<\/h3>\n
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<\/del><\/strong>This combination might bring up some insecurities in our verbal, in-person or email interactions.<\/p>\nWednesday, July 22nd:<\/h3>\n
<\/del><\/strong>Monday<\/strong> on; and it will remain strong until Friday. <\/strong>This brings an opportunity for insight and novelty. We might experience some really unusual conversations. Remember: an opportunity is not automatically given to us; we have to realize it.<\/p>\n
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\nIt is also an opportunity to connect to family (or friends that feel like family) and take reflect on, or talk about what things could improve everyone’s well-being — this could include health issues or concerns, or simply looking at our nutrition and what feeds us.<\/p>\nFriday, July 24th:<\/h3>\n