Renegade Moon

Welcome the Super Moon on 8/1 that reached maximum fullness at 1:32pm(CDT)!  Sun in Leo opposes Moon in Aquarius.  Super moons are closer in orbit to earth in what’s called perigee.

A rare Blue Moon happens this August meaning there are 2 Full Moons in one calendar month! The Blue Moon is August 30 with Sun in Virgo opposing Moon in Pisces.  

The New Moon each month symbolizes beginnings and wiping the slate clean and the Full Moon is a culmination and coming to fruition.  Typically these two phases are tied together as opposites or mirror images of each other, commonly thought to take place in signs 180˚ apart.

One standard assumption in astrology is that a New Moon (sun & moon in the same sign) is always followed two weeks later by a Full Moon with sun and moon in opposite signs.  Such as the New Moon is in Aries (sun & moon in Aries) and the Full Moon is in Libra (sun in Aries-moon in Libra).  This year and into the next looks a bit different. 

The spring equinox in 2023 started with a New Moon in Aries and two weeks later a Full Moon in Libra.  A second New Moon occurred later in April but was again in the sign of Aries which was followed by a Full Moon in Scorpio, setting off a chain reaction for nearly a year and a half.  This trend of the New Moon being followed by a Full Moon in one sign past the opposite of the New Moon’s sign lasts until June 2024.

For instance, this July we had a New Moon in Cancer and today the Full Moon is in Aquarius- one sign past Cancer’s opposite which would be Capricorn!  This cycle last took place July 2020-July 2021.

The monthly lunar cycle fluctuates like the ever-changing carrier and reflector of light- the moon!  How does this trend influence intention setting as cosmic seeds are planted on the New Moon and will it alter the rhythm of manifestation on the Full Moon?  More exploration is needed!