Mars in Aries is fire. It’s the ignition, the spark. Without direction, without intention, fire is dangerous. But if used wisely, fire is energy that can create and fuel our heart’s desires.

This New Moon is perhaps a momentary break, a little vacation--not from, but in the midst of, all the upheavals and transformations of these times. For some of us, if we are so privileged, this will be a really beautiful moment before what looks to be a long and difficult fall. Knowing that we are likely to face lockdowns again, knowing that the US election is coming (not to mention America’s Pluto return which is only just beginning), knowing that winter is on its way, and that we are in this for the long haul; perhaps the best preparation is to take this time for enjoyment, pleasure, and play, to the extent that we can.

This is why we came here--to work a deep transformation on Earth, in humanity, and in our own hearts and minds. 

We are in between the final two eclipses in the Cancer-Capricorn eclipse series that began in early 2019. The solar eclipse in Cancer coincided with the solstice on June 20th, and the Capricorn lunar eclipse is on July 4th. Eclipse season continues until the next lunation on July 20th.

This time is potent. 

These eclipses are part of the big stories unfolding in tandem with Saturn, Jupiter, and Pluto in Capricorn: the story about the end of an era and the birth of a new one. 

At the moment, Jupiter is conjunct Pluto in the natal chart for America, and Pluto is very close by. America is undergoing its Pluto return (amplified by Jupiter), which only happens once every 248 years, and lasts for several years (it will be ongoing through 2023). This signifies an upwelling of the shadow--namely the racisms and violence on which America was founded, and all the resultant, largely repressed or suppressed or unacknowledged, rage, pain, trauma, grief.