1st Quarter Moon in Libra: Watch Your Language!

Changes occur through groups, organizations, friends, and associates. Resources, benefits, or connections to influential persons as a result of career.

Jul 13, 2024 | 3:48 pm (PST) | Keyword: Outreaching

With the royal star Regulus, representing the heart of the lion, sitting atop the mid heavens, the urge to move forward in life fuels the drive to succeed or shine. This can indicate a noble leader ready to rise above the petty squabbles of others. Quite fittingly, the Moon is winding her way through Libra, the sign of harmony, diplomacy, and cooperation. For many, it signals a change in the circle of friends and associates, but for others, it pertains to shifts within certain groups or organizations, possibly motivated by sympathy toward a community or group interest such as social responsibility, injustice, or environmental problems. Consequently, you may meet new acquaintances or an important person through a mutual friend, and the result is an enthusiastic alignment with those of like mind and the establishment of new affiliations. Events are likely to involve Scorpio persons (sun, moon, or rising sign) as well as those with significant Libra placements in the natal chart.

This period heralds a great deal of movement related to social activities, partnerships, romance and marriage as well as close ties with siblings, neighbors and intellectual acquaintances. This might include travel plans, a move, or a focus on domestic issues and concerns surrounding a mother figure. However, the energy is inauspicious for love and stressful conditions can highlight worries about an intimate partner or provoke confrontation and the breakup of close associations. The repression of love or differing tastes in art or entertainment and its effect on the amount of time spent with loved ones can create a sense of distance. It may be necessary to find pleasure in ‘ones’ own company, develop friendships outside of the norm, or pursue a creative outlet to express love.

The moon’s transit heightens the awareness of all forms of beauty, and may direct your attention toward personal appearance, home decor, working to make the residence beautiful, or entertaining at home. However, you may be facing increasing responsibilities within the home environment, especially if it’s in need of repairs or improvements or living conditions or arrangements are dependent on matters that are unclear or unresolved.

Perhaps you’re in the process of gathering information in order to make a significant decision or choice—to relocate, quit your job, retire, have a child, separate, or divorce. Career issues can underscore an inability to really use formal job training and courses of education in any but the most abstract way. In the extreme, you or a loved one may be facing serious illness, surgery, or the prospect of mortality. A family member’s health could deteriorate, and you may willingly provide for his/her needs in some way, or you may be handling the financial affairs of family members. In some cases, uncertainty about the future might affect your own sense of well-being and security.

However, the pronounced emphasis on the needs of others might also suggest denial for you on some level. Perhaps it’s the view of you as nurturing and the expectation that you provide emotional support that hampers your desire for attention or the spotlight. Eventually, the veneer of conservatism that suppresses your expression and emotions could crack, causing an inappropriate or untimely eruption in rebellion against the pressure. The catalyst may involve difficulty in resolving the roles of siblings, in-laws, and grandchildren. Alternatively, it can be a lack of support that rouses old memories to the surface, exacerbating wounds and resentments connected with family, and your response may be to limit contact or withdraw entirely. Increase is tied to the South Node and shows that what you receive from family or from people to whom you’re emotionally attached may or may not be beneficial. The greater focus is on self-empowerment in the areas of sex, money, or morals through changes that offer the chance to be true to yourself.

In the positive, relationships improve allowing you to resolve any differences. It’s likely that an encounter prompts you to do some soul-searching or provokes powerful changes in your life. Accurately gauging the character of your alliances can help you avoid those who don’t have your best interest in mind or who carry the potential to create detrimental circumstances. While the pronounced emphasis on partnership stimulates acute sensitivity to the attitudes and reactions of others, obstinacy and intolerance can incite self-interest that outweighs consideration of the group. The inclination is to act too hastily or prematurely without regard for the feelings of others sparking arguments about fidelity or favoritism or rejection accompanied by anger or violence. Difficulties arise because of the inability to compromise, legal battles, personal vendettas, sexual harassment or aggression.

But the caveat of the current influence is the assured denial of success when one fails to resist taking revenge. Despite exhibiting independence, detachment, aloofness, or a resistance to social pressure, or fear of the loss of freedom, there’s still a need to feel socially accepted. Given the level of conflict, cooperation, and balance could require the advice or counsel of an expert in some field, especially when dealing with the difficult or macabre aspects of situations. When necessary, this is an excellent period to consult a professional such as a lawyer, doctor, or counselor.

On the other hand, being competitive and self-assertive may serve you in achieving or accomplishing an objective through the application of extraordinary effort. Events may involve a successful contest of strength, a struggle for survival, or passing a test of nerves that brings good fortune directly attributed to having the correct grasp of a situation coupled with timely action to overcome a danger or threat.

Success is most likely to occur in support of large and noble projects or efforts of personal dedication to a larger vision for the good of one’s culture or society. These endeavors may be motivated by injustices towards those who have no power or a sincere desire to help people or animals who’ve suffered. It may be the deep awareness that your quality of life is profoundly dependent on the world at large with mass karma in focus. Factors that impact personal destiny link to the crime rate, the health of the environment, the economy and large corporations or power structures.

The priority is also on reward you receive from career or working on a dream or goal that’s important to you. Situations force you to examine personal objectives to determine if they serve your needs and offer emotional fulfillment regardless of whether you receive support from family or close alliances. This may entail considerations such as budgetary planning, investments or debt relief.

For some, work efforts bring benefits, available resources, and connections with influential people that hold special significance in their direct influence on your “happily ever after.” Opportunities come to you through one-to-one exchanges with offers of aid, assistance, and support materially, and otherwise, to help you achieve what you can’t accomplish solely on your own.

In some cases, this links to literary or intellectual ability, entertainment, theatre, or popular amusement. If involved in a writing project, this is a good time to approach a publisher or agent, or there may be significant meetings or unions related to information. For those who have a different way of seeing the world, recognition manifests through talents in the graphic arts, as clever wordsmiths, or excellent writers or speakers on artistic or musical subjects. Perhaps there’s a gift for writing poetry and stories, or other creative literary work. For some, these artistic efforts reflect a tremendous curiosity about human relationships, psychology, and personal interactions that may extend to the study of astrology or other scientific fields.

However, this energy can also be expressed as a tendency to gossip or playing loose with truth and facts. An interception emphasizes delays and blockages related to problems with communication, education, and transportation. Jealousy associated with status and career operates through hidden enemies that incite the need for quick, unexpected, or unusual measures to deal with personal limitations and difficulties, which in some cases, relates to using knowledge and the challenge of applying it.

A perfect example would be Biden’s debate performance and known speech challenges. The intercepted Mercury creates blockages to eloquent expression and the use of intellectual capabilities becomes problematic in situations due to a language barrier, verbal skills, a speech impediment or maybe a different mindset. This is significant as developing the ability to think clearly is what brings the greatest fortune at this time. Additionally, with Mercury sitting in the sign of Leo and in the house of self-promotion, there’s difficulty in getting noticed, taking center stage, and receiving applause.

Yet, all is not lost as this cycle is superb for trade and business, financial negotiations, and indicates a positive answer to questions concerning wealth and prosperity. Both luminaries are at 22 degrees, a powerful number of building and manifestation meant to assist you in finding the purpose in your existence while marrying the spiritual and the material. This number often comes with the challenge of spiritual tests, but careful assessment and planning assures business success and monetary gain. In fact, a business opportunity may be on the horizon or the offer of a raise or a lucrative investment. The caution is not to allow pleasure at the receipt of wealth to blind you to the consequences of unbridled pursuit. The scales of Libra are a reminder to exercise moderation and maintain balance even in the midst of abundance.

The key word for this cycle is outreaching and may suggest networking, expansion or efforts to bring services or information to a wider audience of people.

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