Thursday-Sunday August 17-20, 2023
– New Moon Phase – begin, initiate, wish, project, set an intention
– Sunday 8-20 Crescent Moon Phase – challenge, growth, struggle, expansion, gathering
– Moon in VIRGO – Void of Course 8/19 4:51 AM – 7:53 AM Moving to LIBRA
– Retrograde Planets 2023 –
R – Pluto – May 1 – Oct 11
R- Saturn – Jun 17 – Nov 4
R – Neptune – Jun 30 – Dec 6
R – Venus – Jul 22 – Sep 3
R – Chiron – Jul 23 – Dec 26
Mercury – Aug 23 – Sep 15
Uranus – Aug 28 – Jan 27
Jupiter – Sep 4 – Dec 3
– Best Days (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – Aug 18th – Cut Firewood, Mow to Increase Growth, Dig Holes, Wax Floors, Kill Plant Pests
– Planting Calendar (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – Aug 14th – 18th – Best for killing weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests. Clear wood lots and fencerows. First two days are good harvest days.
– Aspect of the Aeon Sophia: (Wisdom): – Kali – Goddess of Beginnings and Endings
– Aspect of the Aeon Thelete: (Will/Desire): Kathe – God of the South, God of Frequencies, Harmonics, and Waves
– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month – New Moon in LEO SUN/MOON – 24 LEO: totally concentrated upon inner spiritual attainment, a man is sitting in a state of complete neglect of his body (EARTH – 24 AQUARIUS: a man turning his back on his passions, teaches deep wisdom from his experience )
SUN –
25 LEO: a large camel crossing a vast and forbidding desert
26 LEO: after a heavy storm, a rainbow
27 LEO: daybreak — the luminescence of dawn in the eastern sky
28 LEO: many little birds on the limb of a large tree
EARTH –
25 AQUARIUS: a butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed
26 AQUARIUS: a garage man testing a car’s battery with a hydrometer
27 AQUARIUS: an ancient pottery bowl filled with violets
28 AQUARIUS: a tree felled and sawed to ensure a supply of wood for the winter
