New Moon-Solar Eclipse-Aug.11,2018- Washington, D.C.
This New Moon in Leo is about self- fulfillment, play and letting your light shine forth. It is perfect that it falls at the time that so many people are on vacation having fun and doing what makes them happy. The fact that the Planet Mercury is involved highlights this as a good time for reading or doing some writing. If one has creative aspirations this is the time to fulfill those since Saturn in the 5th house of creativity means that one will have the discipline to work on a project and also have inspiration with the trine from Uranus. In addition to all this, The Planet Venus- Planet of love and creativity- is in the sign of Libra which Venus rules and it is in the 3rd house (on the chart done for Washington, D.C.) -associated with writing and communication-and in a lovely trine to the Planet Mars-God of energy- in the 6th house of work which further enhances the possibility for creative writing so if you’ve ever wanted to write, go for it!
Another significant aspect is the trine between Jupiter, the Planet of expansiveness and adventure, in the sign of Scorpio-inner transformation- where it is in the final phases before it goes into its own sign of Sagittarius in early November and Neptune which is in its own sign of Pisces which gives an inner flavor to this time period. It’s a good time for meditation and introspection to become clearer about what you would like to let go of or transform in your life.
The lunar nodes are still in the Leo- Aquarius axis so the themes of self- fulfillment as opposed to the good of the collective are still important themes. I did this chart for Washington D.C. and Leo is on the ascendant which further emphasizes the self- fulfillment aspect. Of course, this is the time that congress takes its vacation so as far as government is concerned it will probably be a time when president Trump tweets and talks to Fox News about all of his achievements. The Planet Uranus is up on the midheaven which means there could be some totally unexpected event happening there-especially since Uranus is squaring the lunar Nodes so it could be related to what Trump wants on immigration as opposed to what is the humanitarian approach.
These blogs are a general interpretation of these important times but for one that is tailored to your own chart, a personal reading is more precise. I also realize that I’m posting two days after the actual New Moon but when there’s an eclipse it has an effect for about 6 months. Since the elections will be happening in November, the theme of self- promotion will be prominent during the next few months.