Horoscopes by Kerstin Hern from The Mirrored Lantern / Original art for J. Southern Studio by Spirited Animals
Happy birthday month to all the Cancers and early Leos out there… It’s getting hot literally and cosmically! Below are your July 2021 Celestial Insights to move through this month with ease and grace.
The major highlights of this month include: Mars at the helm in the early days of July bringing both confidence and fiery combustion energy to the Saturn/Uranus relationship; we are officially out of eclipse season, but still picking up speed, so some push/pull energy; a cozy and harmonizing New Moon in Cancer to cool the heat; 4 Rx planets til October or later, so lots of inner focus/work; an electrifying and transformative tough-love Full Moon in Aquarius; and Mercury movements end of month that aid in deep psychological awareness, thus availability for processing and healing.
Check out all of the notable transits below. Plus, get ready for rituals around the new and full moons with themes, symbols, and tools to use for your manifestations and releases, along with what house will be most affected for you, per lunation. July blessings, keep your body and soul hydrated!
Notable Dates and Transits:
THEMES & SYMBOLS: Security, home, family, emotions, Mother archetype, the crab, water, intuition, the moon, scarab beetle, sphinx, turtle, white rose, silver, white, violet, seashells
Unlike the last new moon with a square, this new moon is harmonizing with Neptune. This brings with it a sense of flow and inner peace, so doing meditation work during your ritual will align you with this lunation’s intention-setting energies around deep connection to home, family, and even intimate relationships, since Venus and Mars will be conjunct in Leo days after this dark moon. Cancer rules the moon, so there is deep subterranean connection with our emotional bodies at this time. Do ritual using water on your altar (ocean or lake water, if possible), or physically being in or near water, especially the ocean. As Cancer connects us to security and comfort, doing a food ritual, like gathering with friends and/or family in your home and hosting a dinner party, cooking, clinking glasses, and eating together, is great for energy cord connection! If you are feeling solo empowerment vibes, retreat in your “shell” by doing house cleaning/throwing out and donating what you don’t need to clear your space, prepare or order your favorite fancy meal, buy yourself fresh flowers, then light a Water Element candle or New Moon candle and incense and submerge yourself in a salt and herb soak.
YOUR NEW MOON LUNATION HOUSE
Find your sun or rising sign below to see what area of your life will be most impacted by this new moon:
RITUAL + ALTAR INSPIRATIONS
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NEW MOON PETITION
Write your intentions as specifically as possibly on a small piece of paper, in the present tense, as if they are already happening. Fold it 3 times toward you, symbolizing bringing energy to you, and place on your altar under your crystals. You may also place your petition under your water element candle or chime candle holder before you light your candle.
SUGGESTED MANTRA
“I am deeply connected to my intuition and emotions. I safely feel all that is coming up so I may process it out to make room for the new. I easily manifest my intentions, or better, for my highest good. I am safe, I am secure, and I am grateful for all that is coming into my life. So mote it be!”
NEW MOON MEDICINE
Cancer rules the diaphragm, stomach, chest/breasts, uterus, and ovaries. Focusing on the sacral and solar plexus chakras by doing massage around our hips and stomachs, eating nourishing foods, drinking lots of water, and meditating with yellow stones on the solar plexus chakra and orange stones on the sacral chakra will be balancing. Chanting the bija mantras VAM (sacral) and RAM (solar plexus) will clear and strengthen these chakras.
THEMES & SYMBOLS: clearing out, surrender, karmic lessons, new structures, community, humanity, technology, future, electricity, The Water Bearer, owl, orchids, all shades of blue
Sitting snugly between Saturn, karma police and taskmaster, and Pluto, explosive house cleaner through death/rebirth, these two planets that are encompassing this full moon in a sign that tends to the Collective create Tower Card energy. This intimidates some, but it is divine intervention coming in to both clear out old structures and start building new ones—for the benefit of all. It’s not all work, though! Mercury is in Cancer on the Full Moon, adding warmth and compassion to communication, and just one day after the Full Moon peak, Mercury trines Neptune in Pisces… This transit increases ideas and communication about spirituality, intuition, and creativity to fill the newly plowed (or bulldozed) spaces from the full moon. If you release resistance, you will receive a wide expanse of information that will help harmonize you. Since Aquarius is an air sign along with a very active Mercury, clearing your thought patterns and communicating with compassion are key. How’s that for alliteration?
As always, releases and forgiveness are key actions to take after the peak of the full moon within three days while its energy is still abundant.
YOUR FULL MOON LUNATION HOUSE
Find your sun or rising sign below to see what area of your life will be most impacted by this full moon:
RITUAL + ALTAR INSPIRATIONS
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FULL MOON PETITION
In Aquarius, an air sign, you can write out your full moon releases on a small piece of paper, speak them aloud facing east (air direction), and safely light the paper on fire in a cauldron. Mix the ashes with salt in the cauldron then blow the ashes into the wind facing east.
SUGGESTED MANTRA
“I accept the fated releases Spirit is bringing into my life for my highest good. I intentionally release all structures, both internal and external, that no longer serve me or humanity’s highest good. May all blockages between me and my soul path be gently cleared away. My soul soil is now nourished, I give and receive communication with ease, and I am building sustainable new beginnings founded on love and light. I am free. So mote it be.”
FULL MOON MEDICINE
Aquarius rules the knees, calves, shins, Achilles, and circulatory system. If physically able, go for walks in nature to warm up the legs and do the bound triangle yoga pose and chair pose. Drink lavender and chamomile tea to soothe the nervous system. Aquarius is the eccentric rebel, so get weird and express yourself through wild dance, wearing a full sequin outfit out one night, or make a bucket list of 10 things you want to do in this incarnation and make efforts to complete at least one this moon cycle. Humanity and social justice are paramount for this sign, so get active in your community any way you can to promote equity and equality!
QUICK TIP: Our Focus & Awareness Ritual Kit has all the essentials needed to work with this full moon!
Wishing you all a comforting New Moon and a breakthrough Full Moon this June!
Kerstin from The Mirrored Lantern has practiced right hand path magick and tarot for over 28 years and has been a lover and learner of astrology for just as long… She is currently in graduate school for Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Spiritual & Depth Psychology. Follow her on instagram @themirroredlantern for witch tips, occulture, and depth psych tidbits!
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