Monday July 20, 2020
– New Moon Phase (@ 1:32 PM) – begin, initiate, wish, project, set an intention
– Moon in Cancer – Second New Moon in Cancer
– Moon Void of Course – 1:55 PM – 4:16 PM moves into Leo
– Sun in Cancer
– Planetary Alignments – Sun – Venus – Mars
– Retrograde Planets: Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Chiron
– Best Days (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – July 21st – 22nd – Cut Firewood, Mow to Increase Growth, Dig Holes, Paint, Get Married, Buy a Home, Entertain Friends, Host a Party, Travel for Pleasure, Kill Plant Pests
– Gardening tips (from the Farmer’s Almanac) –July 20th – 23rd – A most barren period. Kill plant pests and do general farm work.
– Aspect of the Aeon Sophia: (Wisdom): Dhumavati (The Goddess Who Winnows) –
– Aspect of the Aeon Thelete: (Will/Desire): Kathe, God of the South, God of Experience
– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month: “On a ship, sailors lower an old flag and raise a new one” (& Earth An Indian chief claims power from the assembled tribe)
– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: “A Triangle with Wings”
SUN: 29 CANCER: A Greek muse weighing newborn twins in golden scales
EARTH: 29 CAPRICORN: A woman reading tea leaves
Happy Monday! “Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Welcome to a new week and new month – at least as far as the lunar phases are concerned. Today the Moon will reach the New Phase at 1:32 PM. When we count the Lunar Cycles, we track them according to the zodiac Signs. under which they start.
Simple Math – Each zodiac sign is about 30 days. The Lunar month is between 28-29 day. There will be overlap every once in a while.
In the Gregorian Calendar world, this happens as well. You usually hear about it when there are 2 Full Moons within a month – often times referred to as a “Blue Moon,” which means, in the vernacular of our times, something that does not happen very often.
Sabian Symbols for the New Moon at 1:31 pm EDT on Monday, July 20, 2020 (From www.OracleReport.com
Sun/Moon: 29 Cancer – “a Greek muse weighing newborn twins in golden scales”
Earth/Saturn: 29 Capricorn – “a woman reading tea leaves”
Mercury: 09 Cancer – “a small, naked girl bends over a pond trying to catch a fish”
Venus: 16 Gemini – “a woman activist in an emotional speech, dramatizing her cause”
Mars: 13 Aries – “a bomb which failed to explode is now safely concealed”
Black Moon: 20 Aries – “a young girl feeding birds in winter”
Jupiter: 22 Capricorn – “a general accepting defeat gracefully”
Chiron: 10 Aries – “a teacher gives new symbolic forms to traditional images”
Uranus: 11 Taurus – “a woman sprinkling flowers”
Neptune: 21 Pisces – “a little white lamb, a child, and a Chinese servant”
Pluto: 24 Capricorn – “a woman entering a convent”
Eris: 25 Aries – “a double promise reveals its inner and outer meanings”
Part of Fortune: 30 Libra – “three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher’s head”
North Node: 29 Gemini – “the first mockingbird of spring sings from the treetop”
South Node: 29 Sagittarius – “a fat boy mowing the lawn”
Vulcan: 21 Cancer – “a prima donna singing”