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The New Moon in Virgo signals a time for practical magick. This is time for finding better Earth element balance in our lives and for directing energy toward creating Earth element security and well-being in our lives. The solar eclipse today cracks the foundations of all that is not working in ourselves and our lives. This is a clearing, reorganizing, and restructuring New Moon. Purge that which needs to be purged. Plant seeds that will help form better practices and habits now. Nurture and nourish your own personal garden, the space in which you live, move, and breathe in. Also contribute with voice, action, votes and what resources you can to those struggling in the greater community you live in. Food and housing prices, both basic human needs and core Earth element life components, are at a crisis level in Montreal, in Quebec, and in Canada. We all have a sacred spiritual duty to contribute to the ongoing well-being of the village we live in and to all those living in it. Winter is coming. Affordable food and housing are basic human needs and should be seen as basic human rights. Advocate for the effective resolution of these grave social issues. Tend to the garden now, both in the personal and the collective sense.
Duncan de la Montagne There is a Full Moon in Pisces with a Lunar Eclipse on Sunday September 7 at 14:09 EDT. This Full Moon in Pisces stirs the waters of your subconscious. How dark is your shadow? How deep is your soul? What karmic burdens do you carry in this manifestation of your spirit self in the world? How strong is your connection to spirit, energy and the metaphysical plane? The lunar eclipse loosens psychic strata from the deeper reaches of your brain. Truth, both pleasant and not, rises to the surface now. We gain deeper awareness of what our motivations are and of who we really are. We gain new understanding of where we are powerful, and what we are capable of in life. Plots, schemes, and affairs are revealed during this Moon, as are ongoing patterns of bad behavior that serve as betrayals in our life. The frequency is intense and frenetic. We are in the dreamscape now, a space where the language is symbolism. Take it all in. Move softly in a slow trance shuffle dance. Rest and take water. Process. Wait until things settle and the message becomes more clear to respond. Impulse can lead to shockingly destructive results now. Duncan de la Montagne The future is fluid. There is no absolute fate or destiny awaiting any of us, save for our own eventual, inevitable departure from the realm of the living on this planet Earth. We are all the sum of our own thoughts, habits, and chosen actions. The New Moon in Virgo (Saturday Aug 23 2:06 AM EDT) affords each of us the opportunity to affect fundamental change in ourselves and in how we live our lives. The quality of our experience and our results in life can improve tremendously in the aftermath of such actions. This Earth Element New Moon forms a powerful transformational aspect with Planet Uranus in Gemini. Reflect inward and conduct an honest inventory during the void of course Moon today. Look for liabilities that don’t serve you. Become open to useful and beneficial changes in your thinking, your habits and your practices. Create a formula and a structure. Plant manifesting seeds that serve to help you realize the changes you desire late tonight or early tomorrow. Take first steps Saturday to solidify commitment. Curate your thoughts. Support, don’t judge. Realize your own true power in life. Strive to be a better version of yourself. Strive to be a better member of your community. Start with focusing on simply being a decent human being, so a person who is considerate and respectful of the basic human rights of those around them. Respect the Earth. Nurture and care for her. The quality of person you are in life is what resonates after you are gone. It also greatly affects how the energies of life respond to you as you move through life. Conjure the healthy energy of the element of Earth now, and enrich the foundational ground of your being.
Duncan de la Montagne Full Moons cast light on that which was previously hidden. They are also powerful magickal energy portals for those who do that sort of spiritual energy work. What is revealed under today's Aquarius Full Moon are the areas of life in which you are or have been inauthentic. We are not sheep, yet we can behave as such often simply due to a desire for peer belonging. This Full Moon asks you to go deeper, to reflect, to consider, to ask what is really important to you as an individual, to consider what your own personal values as a human being truly are. And then it inspires you to align with those values. Furthermore, it asks you to form your own views on important matters based on real actual research. At the same time Aquarius is a ‘higher values’ sign. Aquarius seeks to inspire meaningful progress via creative thought and problem solving, art, science, and the pursuit of further knowledge. Aquarius wants the village to thrive, and if you are open to the process this Full Moon will lead you to awareness of how you can best contribute to the ongoing well-being of the community you live in and of the planet you live on. Aquarius is reason and logic, and reason and logic can serve as powerful tools to counter irrational emotional reactivity and mob mentality. Spiritually, Aquarius values human rights and serves as an energy support for consideration of the rights of others in our daily actions. Aquarius wants us all to be decent human beings in how we treat each other. Saturn retrograde may bring uncomfortable and even disturbing tangible illustrations now of where you have been inauthentic to your true higher values. It may also bring consequences for deviations from your authentic higher self. Aquarius is a sign of both the individual and the collective. We serve the interests of the collective best when we are being our best version of our individual selves day to day in the community.
Duncan de la Montagne The sun moved from Cancer to Leo Tuesday and so we are now in the Season of the Sun. The Sun will transit Leo, the sign it rules, until August 22. The Sun represents the authentic self in astrology, the Ascendant is which flavor or version of our sun sign we are. The Sun trines Neptune and Saturn over the next three days, affording us all an opportunity to realign with true core values and to find inspiration for new growth and development. Ask yourself now what you want to create in your life. Ask yourself what you want to represent and present in the world. The Moon aligns with the Sun in Leo today at 15:11 EDT. Commit to forming a loving and compassionate relationship with yourself. Plant New Moon seeds of desire for fresh experience and future ambition in your life. Step up and step forward in the Season of the Sun. Life is a gift. It is meant to be lived with passion and purpose, and with pleasure and joy.
Duncan de la Montagne We are all spiritual beings on a spiritual journey in this thing called life. Everything is energy and energy is everything. Jupiter is bringing expansion and grace to the sign of Cancer now and for the next 11 months. As the Sun journeys through the final four degrees of Cancer, from now until Tuesday consider how you can be a better person. As a spiritual and not religious person my philosophy in life and approach to life is be a decent human being, and by that I mean show consideration for the basic human rights and basic human living needs of other people. Be empathetic toward others. Do no harm. Implicit in that of course is allow no harm to come to you. Practice acceptance as to where another person actually is their journey. Understand that interpersonal behavior is linked to where a person is in their journey. Apply healthy boundaries in your life as need be. Make healthy loving choices for yourself in your day to day. Make healthy loving choices for the planet. I believe we all have a spiritual obligation to contribute to the collective well-being of the village we are born into or chose to live in. Consider how you can best contribute to the well-being of your macro community. Rest mind, body and spirit now. The times are testing us as the outer planets continue to shift signs. Such times require strength and resilience. Action will be required as summer turns to fall this year. The coming greater quality of time as defined by the outer planets will be set by fall 2026. Be prepared to speak for human rights and basic human decency in the coming months. Advocate for fairness, evolutionary social progress, equal treatment and opportunity, and ethical science moving forward. What we all live in the future will depend on what we say and do in the coming months.
Duncan de la Montagne The self-care summer that was initiated when Jupiter moved into Cancer on June 9 moves to the Earth realms of life now with today's Capricorn Full Moon. A shift toward creating greater Earth/Water balance in our lives is well supported by the transit of Mars in Virgo and the more extended presence of the South Node of the Moon (Karma). Full Moons reveal what was previously hidden and they are powerful portals of energy. Certainly greater self-awareness in the emotional realm is available now with the sextile the Full Moon forms with the North Node in Pisces. Truth about complex relationship situations can be revealed now, though not always comfortably for each party. What we need in love and friendship can become clear. Fresh awareness around purpose in life can occur. Intuition is strong under a Full Moon, and I see this Capricorn Full Moon as an honest Moon, lacking any trickster qualities. Truth is revealed. Aligned direction becomes clear. Check your living energy balance now. Are you putting too much energy into external situations and conditions at the expense of your own well-being and needs? If so, adjust the balance. Are you hyper focused on you and your own little bubble and not considering the overall quality of experience for all members of the community around you? Again, if so, adjust the balance. As spiritual beings we should have a social conscience and contribute to the overall well-being of the community we live in. In order to live effectively in our own lives, in our various relationships, and in our communities we have to nurture and nourish ourselves in body, mind and spirit. We also have to look after our physical and material needs adequately. This Full Moon is about finding the right balance with each of those key realms in life. It is also about checking in with our greater direction in life, and whether it resonates with our true self. Finally it reminds us that we are worthy of good experiences in relationships and compels us to take action to ensure that is the case in the relationships in our lives, or if it is clear such healthy balance cannot be achieved relationships to move on from them.
Duncan de la Montagne While Jupiter is bringing positive energy and opportunity to the Cancer ruled House in your Natal Chart over the course of its transit through that sign which began June 9 of this year and will conclude June 30 2026, in the immediate there is an intense activation of Jupiter/Cancer energies. The Sun moved into Cancer on Friday, joining planet Mercury there, and it is conjunct with Planet Jupiter the first 3 days of this week. Cancer Season brings us all into our feelings and emotions every year. Cancer Season is best experienced as a self-care time, a time to nourish and nurture body, mind and spirit. Certainly this year with everything that is going around us implementing Cancer Season self-care practices will be even more important than usual. They may even prove vital. Cancer Season serves to remind us that we cannot be the caring person in the world we would wish to be if we are not also looking after ourselves emotionally and physically. New Moons are times to plant seeds of desire and intent. Plant seeds of the love you need when the New Moon forms and activates in Cancer on Wednesday (exact 6:31 AM EDT). Open yourself to the emotional bounty of the new Cancer Season, open yourself to emotional intimacy and intimate connection.
We will be experiencing a Full Moon in Sagittarius on Wednesday June 11 at 3:44 AM EDT. Full Moons cast light on that which was previously hidden. They are also powerful magickal energy portals for those who do that sort of spiritual energy work. What is revealed under this Full Moon is what you actually need, as opposed to what you think you need. Of course there is an aspect of letting go and even sacrifice to this sort of evolutionary process, and that is why the Hanged Man is the archetypal significater for this Full Moon in Sagittarius. The Hanged Man tells us nothing of any significance in life comes without work of course and without sacrifice. What will actually nourish and lift you is what will come into your consciousness as a result of reflection, meditation and ritual now. The Nodes of Karma square the Sun and Moon now, and the motivators behind the higher self and lower self choices you make will become apparent. Obviously we do better overall when we are making higher self choices. Self-righteous zealotry is a malignancy of the ego. To be spiritual is to aspire to simply be your better self in your life in the community of humans around you, to contribute and develop, not divide and destroy. Align with your higher self now and find passion and purpose in your life in the world. Let go of inner toxicity that prevents you from finding love, connection, meaning, and well-being in your own life.
Duncan de la Montagne There is a lot going on now. It can seem overwhelming, and, to be candid, in the immediate you are powerless over most of it. A perfect antidote to intensely chaotic times is to invest in relationships that add value to your experience in life, that come with maturity and experience, and that contribute to the creation of stability and grounded well-being in you and in your life. Venus moves into Earth element sign Taurus today, a sign it will transit until July 4. Bring your love to the world and bring love to your life. Liberate yourself from toxic anger and resentment from past experiences. Enjoy languid pleasures that soothe and heal mind, body, and soul, while still advocating for beliefs and causes you hold dear. You cannot be a truly effective advocate in the world if there is no grounding, nourishing, stable love in your life. This Venus transit is prelude to the call to bring spiritual peace, fair treatment for all and overall well-being to the community around you and the greater world that will emanate from Jupiter as it moves into Cancer in mid-June. Venus in Taurus wants you to find peace and well-being in your own life through good friendship, beautiful art, and romantic love.
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