Moondays Report July 14 to July 20
Moments in the Flow: Mercury Retrogrades
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Note: If you are a new reader of the Moondays Report, please see the beginning of the first post for the discussion about the Moon and Moon Cycles. It will help you follow the information in the weekly posts. All information is currently given in EDT time. A quick comparison is UK is 5 hours ahead, and Pacific, 3 hours behind. Also note that during retrograde motion, the letters ‘rx’ next to the Planet’s name indicate this.
This Week’s Moon Cycles
The week beginning Monday, July 14th is in the Third Quarter Lunar Phase. This is a distribution time where we share our new awareness and other fruits of the Full Moon harvest. The Moon, gradually losing light, is called Waning Gibbous.
Waning Gibbous Rizierik on Pixabay Thursday when the Aries Moon squares the Sun in Cancer at 8:38 p.m. we have the Waning Half Moon and the time for considering authenticity, paying bills, and completing projects.
Friday we enter the Fourth Quarter Phase. We review and examine what we need to let go of, transform, and what we should keep. The Moon phase is the Waning Crescent.
Moon Signs for this week are Pisces, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini
NOTE: The matters of the houses in your birth chart that hold the transiting Moon will be highlighted. If you have your birth Moon in one of these signs, you will have a Lunar Return when the Moon is in the same degree and sign of your birth Moon. This moment has a chart that shows your new Personal Lunar Month. Knowing what the Lunar Month holds can be helpful when looking ahead to make plans or choose a good time for travel and specific events. Contact Me to schedule your Personal Lunar Month Reading. Paid Subscribers receive a discount.
Daily Forecasts
The Pisces Moon begins the week. Pisces Moon brings the instinct to empathize, take on the nature and values of others, daydream, seek solitude. Pitfalls: Losing boundaries, escapist behaviors, negative emotions, fantasy, deception. Daily Lunar Forecast: Monday Pisces Moon trines Jupiter in Cancer until 9:46 a.m. EDT, making for a pleasant breakfast. But conversations and meetings are strained while Pisces Moon squares Venus in Gemini until 3:53 p.m.. Moon’s opposition to Mars in Virgo holds the potential for irritation and hurtful criticism until 12:16 a.m. on Tuesday. Relief and a sense of wellbeing is restored during the ‘harmony of the lights’ while Pisces Moon trines Sun in Cancer until 1:10 p.m.. The Moon is Void of Course until Moon enters Aries.
Aries Darkmoon_Art on Pixabay Aries Entry: Wednesday 12:32 a.m. EDT. Aries Moon brings the instinct for freedom, being first, leadership, initiating activity, swift movements. Pitfalls: Quick flash of anger, leaving others behind, selfishness, impatience, acting before considering consequences. Daily Lunar Forecast: Wednesday Aries Moon sextiles Uranus in Gemini at 1:11 a.m. and new, inventive ideas are received. A frustrating conjunction to rxSaturn in Aries bring obstacles to action until 3:53 a.m. and then confusion stops action while Moon joins rxNeptune until 4:15 a.m.. A slight rebound for Aries Moon comes in a sextile to rxPluto in Aquarius until 5:23 a.m. but there will be a conflict ahead for the Moon with expanded sensitivity during the square to Jupiter in Cancer until 3:02 p.m.. An irritated Aries Moon expresses anger. Finally, Aries Moon can move ahead and have some fun while sextile Venus in Gemini until 12:44 a.m. on Thursday. A trine to stationary Mercury in Leo has potential but the slow fixed fire of Leo Mercury is slow to respond Aries Moon’s ideas until 3:21 a.m.. A day of challenge follows while Moon squares the Sun in Cancer until 3:02 p.m.. This brings us to the Fourth Quarter Lunar Phase and the need to create authentic expression. Mercury will retrograde at 12:45 am. on Friday while Aries Moon gets some relief in the void of course, until it enters Taurus.
Taurus Darkmoon_Art on Pixabay
Taurus Entry: Friday, 3:59 a.m. EDT. Taurus Moon brings the instinctive need for acquisition, preservation, sensory experience, strength and grounding. Pitfalls: stubborn, possessive, tight-fisted with money, resistance to change. Daily Lunar Forecast: Friday begins with Moon’s square to rxPluto in Aquarius creating discord while values and plans for the future clash until 8:38 a.m.. But Taurus Moon has a pleasant sextile to Jupiter in Cancer until 6:57 p.m.. Sharing a meal feels good and nurturing brings grounded peace. But peace fades as the square to rxMercury in Leo approaches, exact at 6:08 a.m. on Saturday. The rest of the day brings a good time to work on mundane matters while Taurus Moon trines Mars in Virgo until 11:36 a.m. and then more delicious meals beckon during the sextile to the Sun in Cancer until 2:43 a.m. on Sunday. This aspect can also bring good news about real estate and home improvement, but with Mercury retrograde, use it as research and don’t act unless the project is already in motion. The Taurus Moon is void of course until it enters Gemini.
Gemini Darkmoon_Art on Pixabay
Gemini Entry: Sunday at 6:22.m. EDT. Gemini Moon brings the instinctive need for communication, questioning, information gathering, flexibility, and movement. Pitfalls: worry, overthinking, distraction, flighty behavior, boredom. Daily Lunar Forecast: Sunday Gemini Moon has the freedom of exploring unusual ideas and insights while conjunct Uranus in Gemini until 7:16 a.m. and then Moon sextiles rxSaturn (9:31 a.m.) and rxNeptune in Aries(9:53 a.m.) where it will analyze some of the obstacles and confusion these planets have caused and make helpful suggestions. A conversation about changes both past and those to come, is helpful while Moon is trine rxPluto until 10:52 a.m.. The next aspect is a sextile to rxMercury in Leo that completes at 7:36 a.m. on Monday. Gemini is one of the few Moon Signs that will enjoy going back over all the retrograde issues and sharing some helpful ideas.
There are more aspects ahead for Gemini Moon in next week’s Moondays Report.
PLANETARY AND LUNAR EVENTS
MERCURY RETROGRADES IN LEO
The week will see the slowdown of Mercury until it stations retrograde at 15 Leo on Friday the 18th at 12:45 a.m. EDT. That period is not advisable for beginning or launching a new project or idea. The retrograde energy will bring a review of thoughts, meetings, conversations, and information from the period that began on July 1st.
The Days of the Station, Retrograde, Day After Retrograde Begins are the most difficult in this cycle as with no movement, the mind is not operating as well and we should be aware that this is the case for others, too. If traveling, anticipate strange behaviors from other motorists. The same is true for the week before and the Station Direct.
Those with Gemini and Virgo Sun and/or Ascendant will feel a slowdown in general. All will feel a slowdown in matters of the houses with Gemini and Virgo on the cusp and some ‘retrograde moments’ will be highlighted in the house holding the Mercury in Leo retrograde transit.
Mercury Retrograde is not the time to make a major decision or purchase unless the events were already in motion before the retrograde. Retrograde Mercury energy is internalized, where the mind into a mode of pondering and the best uses are all things beginning with ‘re’: revisit, review, research, retreat, repair, reconnect, etc..
“Remember” is a general issue and during Mercury retrograde. We should recheck and reaffirm the day and time of appointments, the route to take and write lists where necessary. Try to stay aware of where you put things: keys, cell phone, important papers, etc..
Mercury goes direct at 4 Leo on August 11th and will pass the retrograde degrees on August 25th. We experience our previous thoughts and ideas from a different perspective. Mercury will enter Virgo on September 2nd.
PODCAST
This 27-minute Podcast begins with information about Mercury’s Retrograde.
The Daily Forecast for the week ahead follows. Knowing this helps us plan our time and understand what we are experiencing in our lives and in the outer world.
OUTER PLANET SIGN SHIFTS AND RETROGRADES CONTINUE
We have had five major planetary shifts: Pluto into Aquarius, Neptune and Saturn into Aries, Jupiter into Cancer and Uranus into Gemini. All but Pluto, that did its back and forth in 2024 and Jupiter that will remain in Cancer when it retrogrades, will retrograde back for another brief stay in their previous signs.
· Saturn, Neptune and Pluto are now retrograde in Aries. Uranus retrogrades at 1 Gemini on September 6th.
· Neptune and Saturn will reenter Pisces: Saturn on September 2nd and Neptune on October 23rd. Uranus will reenter Taurus on November 9th.
I recommend reading/listening to my recent post Moving Back and Forth for information about all the shifts in 2025, and how this affects us in general.
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