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The week brings new invitations from the inner planets of Mercury and Mars as they shift into new signs, delve into new space, pave a new path forward, and call new parts of ourselves to emerge from within.
Mars enters Virgo
As a planet moves through the constellations of the zodiac, the way it expresses its essence is determined by the sign in which it sits.
Mars, in astrology, represents will, motivation, direct action, and passion. It is our inner fire that propels us in the direction that excites and fuels our ambition, desire, and forward motion.
Virgo has a beautiful ability to see purity and wholeness wherever they look. She encourages us to create the environment, establish the rituals, the details, and the organized planning to allow for that wholeness to unfold.
While in Virgo, Mars’ raw passion and drive for action take hold. Passion and drive are aspects of human nature that are instinctual to all of us. During this transit, we are offered the pairing of passion with grounded action, ambition with strategy. It is the coming together of the daily steps towards our dreams and the refinement of how we use our inner fire and ambition. Virgo gifts bring containment and careful allocation to the fire of Mars.
From July 10 to August 27, we are invited to review our desires, goals, and ambitions with discernment, practicality, and attention to detail. The fuel that moves us forward can be used in the most efficient and intentional way toward developing our desires into a tangible, lived reality.
Mercury in Leo
One day after Mars begins a new chapter in the sign of Virgo, Mercury makes its shift to Leo.
Mercury rules the mind, communication, thinking, learning, and information processing in our immediate environment. Mercury is curious and practical, fueled by learning, sharing, conversing and venturing through all the knowledge and information that is available in our vast existence. As Mercury enters a new zodiac, that sign becomes the lens through which we think, perceive, process, and communicate.
Leo is ruled by the Sun. Like the Sun, Leo is here to shine, express and bring warmth, love and vitality. She is bold, generous and sincere. Leo represents our sense of self, identity, passions, and the journey through which we move to become more fully ourselves.
When Mercury and Leo come together on July 11, there is a spark of passion within our mental sphere. Clarity around what is ours to shine and a feeling of enthusiasm that wants to enter our reality until July 27. There is a need to share and express in a way that conveys the enthusiasm, warmth and joy that is innate to us. Mercury within the golden realms of Leo is an invitation to learn about yourself, to celebrate the Self, so that we can then express the Self.
your invitation
Despite the differences in the transits this week, there is something of a shared direction in the transits. Virgo, ruled by Mercury, has intentions of practicality, refinement and organization in daily life. Mars and Leo each have the essence of passion, desire, expression and movement fueled by the spark of fire.
Virgo refines. How can you refine your Mars fire, your ambition, your actions toward your dreams, so that you move in service of your vision?
Leo infuses you with yourself. Is your inner fire being channeled in a way that supports you, supports your direction, supports your body, and supports others?
This week is full of desire and expression, passion and ambition, all in service to the embodiment of Self. Are you moving true to who you are, embracing your unique spark and using your fire in a way that receives the most from you? what wears?
It is a time to begin a different daily ritual, routine and long-term plan to support you in the realization of your wishes and the practical planning, refinement, organization and objectivity that will allow you to find your way there. How can you bring your unique desires and your unique expression to your forward direction and vision? Is your address true to you?
Learn more about the influence of astrology on your life, including astrological events, the cycles of the Moon, your Sun and Moon and rising signs, how journaling can help you connect with current influences, and more with Jordane dizzy in Girl and her Moon.
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