OVERVIEW A RARE BLUE MOON MONTH WITH 2 FULL SUPERMOONS
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MERCURY TURNS RETROGRADE IN IT’S HOME SIGN OF VIRGO
FROM AUGUST 28 TO SEPTEMBER 3RD 7 PLANETS ARE RETROGRADE INCLUDING CHIRON AND WE’RE IN A #7 YEAR
Two supermoons in the same month, which is a Super Blue Moon month is rare. It last occurred in January 2018 and won’t happen again until 2037.
AUGUST 1 LAMMAS A PAGAN CROSS-QUARTER DAY OF THE MIDPOINT BETWEEN SUMMER TO AUTUMN IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND WINTER TO SPRING IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE A CELEBRATION AND GRATITUDE FOR ABUNDANCE AND THE SUN KING RETREATING IN POWER IN THE SKY
AUGUST 1 FULL SUPER MOON AT 9 DEGREES RADICAL AQUARIUS
AT 11:32 AM PDT/2:32 PM EDT/ 6:32 PM GMT
MARS TRINES JUPITER MERCURY OPPOSES SATURN ON THE FULL MOON
AUGUST 1 IS THE CROSS-QUARTER CELEBRATION BETWEEN SUMMER AND AUTUMN IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, celebrated for aeons
August 1 is known as LAMMAS in the wiccan/pagan calendar of the 8 rounds of the wheel of the year Lughnasad or LAMMAS. We are halfway to the AUTUMN Equinox now. It is traditionally celebrated as the wake of the Sun KING, who is dying now in the waning of his own Light. Cookie people figures and star cookies are baked in celebration. It is a time of anxious waiting, we are not yet assured of a harvest which will keep the people alive. It is a time to free oneself from FEAR. A snake dance is created going counterclockwise, bread figures are thrown into the bonfire to symbolize the burning up of one’s fears. Then one says what one hopes to harvest. Symbols of STARS are held up. The High Priestess would say,
“MAY THE STAR OF HOPE BE WITHIN US ALWAYS.”
The coveners would eat the star cookies and celebrate.
The STAR in the Tarot is related to the Sign of AQUARIUS.
Note on August 1, 2012 there was also a Full Moon in Aquarius with a rare 6 pointed Star formation-you may want to reference that here https://infinitynow.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/aquarius-full-moonaug-1lammastarot-the-star-merkabah-spiritual-astrology-by-tara-greene/
AUG 2 AT 11:05 PM EDT UNTIL AUGUST 4 AT 11;19 PM EDT MOON IS IN PISCES THIS IS THE BEST TIME OF THE MON FOR MEDITATION, DREAMING, CREATIVITY,
AUG 4 MERCURY ENTERS ITS PRE-RETRO SHADOW PERIOD
AUGUST 6 LEO SUN SQUARES JUPITER IN TAURUS AT 14+ DEGREES- POSITIVE
August 6-9 is peak intensity of Venus retrograde transit is August 6th-August 9th when Venus is conjunct Black Moon Lilith and squares Uranus at the same time. This is a time for major epiphanies, emotional catharsis and wild careening heart palpitations and intense willfull independence. I will write separately about this as Lilith is one of my go-to goddesses.
We have been in the DOG days of SUMMER coinciding with the rising of the star Sirius rising at dawn called “helical rising” from July 3- August 11.
AUG 8 LIONS GATE HELIACAL RISING OF SIRIUS THE LIONS GATE BEGINS JULY 28
AUGUST 9 VENUS RETROGRADE IN LEO SQUARE URANUS IN TAURUS AT 22+ DEGREES-CRYTPO MARKETS, BANKS, CHAOS
MERCURY TRINE JUPITER AT 14+ DEGREES -GOOD LUCK
AUG 11 MARS IN VIRGO INCONJUNCT CHIRON IN ARIES AT 19+ DEGREES
AUG 12 SUN TRINE CHIRON IN ARIES
AUGUST 13 ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF THE YEAR VENUS IN THE HEART OF THE SUN AT 20+ DEGREES AT 28 ‘ LEO A CAZINI IS A VERY TIGHT ASPECT OF CONJUNCTION , A PLANET MUST SIT WITHIN 17 MINUTES OF THE HEART OF THE SUN IT ONL YLASTS FOR A SHORT TIME.OTHERWISE, VENUS IS BURNT UP SCORCHED BY THE SUN. AT 4:16 AM PDT/7:16 AM EDT/11:16 AM GMT
AUG. 14 VENUS TRINES CHIRON AT 19 DEGREES -FIRE TRINE
AUG 15 SUN SQUARE URANUS IN TAURUS-23 DEGREES AFFECTS THE CRYPTOCURRENCIES MARKET
AUGUST 16 NEW MOON AT 23 LEO AT 2:35 AM PDT/5:35 AM EDT/ 9:35 AM GMT
MARS TRINE URANUS IN TAURUS VENUS CLOSE TO SUN AND COMBUST
AUG. 20 SUN INCONJUNCT NEPTUNE IN PISCES
AUG 21 SUN QUINCUNX PLUTO AT 28 DEGREES
AUG 22 VENUS IN LEO RX SQUARE JUPITER IN TAURUS, 15+ DEGREES AT 5:16 AM PDT/8:16 AM EDT/12:16 PM GMT
MARS OPPOSITE NEPTUNE AT 27 DEGREES AT 1:34 PM PDT/ 4:34 PM EDT/8:34 PM GMT
AUG. 23 SUN ENTERS VIRGO AT 2:01 AM PDT/5:01 AM EDT/ 9:01 AM GMT
MERCURY TURNS RETROGRADE AT 21 DEGREES 49’ VIRGO UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15
TURNS RETRO AT 12:59 pm PDT/3:59 PM EDT/ 7:59 PM GMT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15 AT 1:21 PM PDT/4:21 PM EDT/8:21 PM GMT MERCURY BEGINS ITS SHADOW PHASE ON AUGUST 4
AUG 24 MARS TRINE PLUTO AT 5:23 PM PDT/8:23 PM EDT/ AUG 25 AT 12:23 AM GMT-WAR SIGNATURE
AUG 27 SUN OPPOSITE SATURN AT 1:28 AM PDT/4:28 AM EDT/8:28 AM GMT -HEAVY
MARS ENTERS LIBRA, DEBILITATED IN VENUS’ SIGN UNTIL OCTOBER 11 AT 6:20 AM PDT/9:20 AM EDT/ 1:20 PM GMT
AUG 28 URANUS TURNS RETROGRADE AT 7:39 PM PDT 10:39 PM EDT
AUG 29 URANUS TURNS RETROGRADE AT 2:39 AM GMT
AUG. 30 FULL SUPER BLUE MOON AT 7 PISCES AT 6:36 PM PDT/9:36 PM EDT
AUG 31 BLUE MOON AT 1:36 AM GMT CONJUNCT SATURN RETRO
MERCURY RETROGRADE QUINCUNX CHIRON IN ARIES
I have Venus retrograde Karmic chord-cutting readings and rituals available. Http://www.taratarot.com
Please share widely, i am leading a tour with s small group of women in mid October 2023 to coincide with the eclipse.
if you are interested, please email me taragreenetarot@gmail.com a launch will be coming soon.