BitchScopes for the week of July 20th
I know my dates are overlapping from week to week just a smidge. This Monday we have the New Moon I talked about in last week’s Scopes. And on Monday the 27th we have a few significant things to talk about that I don’t want you to miss.
I can not state enough that this double Cancer New Moon is an opportunity to get your intentions straight as we enter a new phase. I know, I know, we’ve all been talking about new beginnings every months since forever. But it is clear in the world that things are at a boiling point. This is the alchemy of life. When things are heated they become something new. It isn’t as thought we will wake up one Wednesday and go “woohoo everything is different!”. It’s more like watching your own child grow, in that you don’t notice all the little changes when you see them every day. But one day you recognize that they’ve grown. We are entering a new cycle, personally and collectively, and it happens slowly, but also dramatically. Its like (C’mon, say it with me, it’s my favorite metaphor for anything…) BIRTH.
Look at your life today. Write some things down. What would you like to change, eliminate, develop, enhance, attract? Get clear about it. We’ve been given this glorious open book test this month!
The Sun enters Leo this week, shortly after this New Moon. We are emboldened, braver, more creative, more optimistic. We will feel brighter, more alive, more hopeful. We will still have obstacles, but we will be able to tackle them with greater confidence.
As this week winds down, be slow to speak and slower to judge. Neptune will cloud your perceptions, and Mars will sharpen your tongue. Lean back into that Leo energy that says “Oh, you were working on this computer? Nice. I was just thinking about having a nap on it. Look at my gloriousness!". I’m not suggesting we be selfish and fuck up each other’s work by getting in the way. But do appreciate your own glory. For this week, rule your corner-of-the-world-kingdom with quiet authority.July 20th: New Moon In Cancer - connect to the mother energy in yourself, in the world, from your childhood. Heal. Reclaim safety and security. Explore what “home” means to you. What do you want your home to be and encompass? What is the reality? What are you birthing as we enter a new phase and cycle?
July 20th: Sun Opposite Saturn - inner conflict, self esteem issues, struggle
July 22nd: Sun Enters Leo - we feel bolder, more playful, more entitled, more creative
July 22nd: Mercury Sextile Uranus - flashes of brilliant insight and genius
July 27th: Jupiter Sextile Neptune - Optimistic, hopeful, spiritual connection, a portal for your dreams to become real - This transit happens about every 4-9 years. But in 2020, the year of WTF, this transit happens 3 times. This can be thought of the Universe providing us a bit of a buffer or reprieve from the Pluto and Saturn energies. The first time this happened was February 20th, then here in July, then October 12th.
July 27th: Venus Square Neptune - impressions and perceptions may not be reality
July 27th: Mercury Square Mars - impulsive or even aggressive speech
ARIES - Things are falling in to place in your life, but this is no time to rest on your laurels, or your good looks, or your fit ass. In your quest for greatness (which you achieve naturally), you may have a tendency to get complacent about paying attention to where your life is headed. No doubt, you’re headed in to a good place after a lot of down time and hard work. But you’d do well to enter some coordinates into the starship computer…
TAURUS - It’s time for you to claim what’s yours. That probably sounds arrogant, and that’s probably why it gave you goosebumps. It is within your Divine rights to tell the Universe that you want your Divine inheritance now. This isn’t a shouting match with Goddess. This is you, aligning yourself with your true purpose so that you can receive what was meant for you. Quit hiding and denying and sabotaging. Claim your joy.
GEMINI - You can continue to look at that thing on the shelf and think about the perfect time to take it down and deal with it. Or, you can take it down and start to deal with it. You want resolution, liberation, healing. So it is time for you to step into that energy. Even if right now you can only make small bits of this happen, it is time to work on it. Face the music and dance, even if right now all you can do it “step, together, step, together…” This new moon cycle and the following full moon cycle will help illuminate your first steps.
CANCER - Lately, you feel as though you were not made, but forged. Life has been challenging for quite a while now. If that is true, that you were forged...what is your shape and your purpose? What kind of vessel or tool or weapon are you? Close your eyes and dream about what you want to accomplish in this life. Allow yourself to truly believe that you are already that which you envision. You are entitled to this as your Divine right. If this new moon feels sad and heavy to you, tune in to that and use it to propel yourself forward.
LEO - You are the ultimate symbol and essence of strength. You are tough, unyielding, and unforgiving. But is it possible that you’ve neglected some part of your life because you fear vulnerability? Your friendships? Your passions? This new moon will challenge you. But rather than bristle up and fight, why don’t you sit down and feel? What is that pang telling you? Chase that ache.
VIRGO - The last few months may have seen you retreating into old emotional habits. This has probably been a survival mechanism. But it is time for you to come out of hiding, and ascend into a more better version of yourself. Everyone is entitled to be sullen and bitter now and then. But you’ve worn this ensemble for far too long. Change clothes and evolve.
LIBRA - For someone who loves harmony and beauty and balance, you can definitely wallow in negativity and pessimism with the best of ‘em. Things are looking up and falling into place, but you still are hesitant to believe it. Things truly can be good. And things are good. But you’re glancing in the rear view mirror far too often. What if what you want is right in front of you, but you’re not seeing it because it has changed from what you said you wanted way back when?
SCORPIO - Perhaps this is stating the obvious when talking to a Scorpio, but you may be taking yourself a little too seriously. Your desire for perfection is possibly getting in the way of progress. The thing(s) you want are well within your reach, but you’ll need to put down your red pen and look up to see them.
SAGITTARIUS - You are probably in a much better headspace now than you were a week or 2 ago. Keep doing what you’re doing. As the eternal optimist and idealist, it is hard to get you down, but equally hard to get you back up on the horse when you’ve been deeply disappointed. You’ve overcome some heartaches and are ready now to move ahead and level up. That wasn’t a question. You ARE ready.
CAPRICORN - As hard headed as you are, you are actually very adept at being unbiased and seeing all sides of a situation. You don’t really engage in many debates because you don’t see the point. You need no one else’s opinion, ever. But there may come a time when your voice could bring a great deal to the table. Drowning in your own pragmatic humility, you may not see the need for your 2 cents. But trust us...you’re needed at the table.
AQUARIUS - It’s no secret that you view life through a different lens than the rest of the world. It can be frustrating when you feel like a foreigner who doesn’t speak the native language. Usually to avoid this discomfort you just quietly march to the off-beat drummer in your head. But we are all entering a new cycle, a new era, and ultimately, the Age of Aquarius. Not only will you be heard, but you need to be heard. It won’t always be easy to share your ideas, but it’s also not easy carrying everyone’s water all the time. You can do this.
PISCES - When personal relationships challenge you, nature may be the easiest companion. The healing that you get from exiting the technological matrix is profound. But you are also now being asked to bring that healing back to the collective and spread it around. That looks different for each of us. It is more than a meditation or a bundle of sage. Can you have boundaries, remain protected, and teach others how to nurture themselves they way you have yourself? Yes...