2016 Leo New Moon
2016 Leo New Moon – August 2, 2016
1:44 PM PDT / 4:44 PM EDT / 8:44 PM GMT
10 Leo 57
Astrology Forecast for the 2016 Leo New Moon
To listen to Astrologer Kathy Biehl discuss the 2016 Leo New Moon, click the player below:
“I have the warmth of the sun within me at night.” — Brian Wilson & Mike Love.
Dawn always follows night. The sun always rises. Even if it’s obscured by clouds, even if you can’t see it, it is always in the sky, every morning. And that reliability, bundled with light and warmth, is the promise and gift of the 2016 Leo New Moon.
No matter what you’ve been through recently, your inner spark has not gone out. It’s coming back to life now under the Leo Moon. The 2016 Leo New Moon is reviving you, fanning your flame and inviting you to get out of bed and come out and play. It’s recharging vitality, urges for self-expression, generosity of spirit and appetites for attention.
Still, it’s unlikely we’ll be running around carefree. The 2016 Leo New Moon is delivering oomph with a worldly-wise perspective. We’re returning to the game of life but touched by everything we’ve seen and undergone.
Something deep, serious and profoundly mature is resonating within all of us. Strut your stuff; shine your light; show off — and watch for flickering awareness of responsibility, ramifications, and consequences.
Inner children are basking and frolicking in the sun, no longer innocents, with a sensibility, canniness, and survival instinct way beyond their years. Royalty is not immune to this phenomenon, either, not even self-anointed, pretenders, bees and drama queens.
Get-up-and-go is coupling with caution, or wisdom, or control, or all of the above. The combo comes from the easy flow of a trine between the New Moon, action hero Mars and Saturn the über-adult, enforcer of rules, order and structure.
Mars has just cleared a several month diving expedition in the dankest, scariest and potentially treasure-filled waters of Scorpio, which dredged up all manner of unpleasantness, unfinished business, and psycho-beasties that refused to go back into hiding. His high energy nature is far more comfortable in fire. His entry into Sagittarius is uncorking relief, exhilaration, and the impulse to roam fast, far and free, in both body and mind.
That maneuverability has limits, though, because he’s on a collision course with Saturn, the planet making the tightest major aspect (within a degree) to the 2016 Leo New Moon. Saturn is bestowing old-soul wisdom on our inner children. It’s reining in the flamboyant, self-aggrandizing potentials of the Leo Moon, as well as the rambunctious potential of a masculine drive encountering open space.
Saturn is operating as a throttle or governor, keeping us from going out of control, hogging center stage, or dancing with such self-absorbed abandon that we step on people in our ambit.
There’s another aspect besides responsible action: committing to ourselves, to expressing our voice, and to embracing and enjoying life. The 2016 Leo New Moon encourages keeping your spirit bright no matter what you have endured or witnessed.
Insert a platitude about light shining brighter against the darkness, if that helps grasp what’s on offer. As much as possible, though, focus on the light. Focus on the sun. Focus on the fire inside your being. Allow the flames to grow and spread and send their warmth to the world around you. Bravely. Enthusiastically. And responsibly.
