The Leo New Moon on July 24 isn’t about becoming more, it’s about releasing what’s too much. With the Sun, Moon, and Mercury Retrograde all in Leo this is a time to turn inward and get honest about where we’ve been performing, overextending, or stretching ourselves thin to prove our worth. This Moon reminds us that true Leo energy isn’t performative, it’s sovereign. It radiates not from effort, but from alignment. You don’t have to shine harder. You just have to stop dimming who you already are.

This year, Leo Season opens not with a roar, but with a recalibration. Mercury retrograde in Leo invites us to pause before we perform, to speak from truth rather than projection, and to return to a more honest version of visibility. With the Lion’s Gate Portal peaking on August 8 under this retrograde influence, the energy is turned inward.

On Thursday, July 10th, the Capricorn Full Buck Moon rises at a pivotal point in one of the most astrologically charged months of the year. As Cancer Season begins to wane and retrogrades ripple through the sky, this Moon asks us to slow down, tell the truth, and take responsibility for the lives we’re shaping.

As Uranus enters Gemini, we step into an eight-year cycle of mental rewiring, cultural disruption, and accelerated innovation. This isn’t just about external change, it’s a spiritual and psychological shift in how we think, speak, and perceive reality. This is not a time to tune out. It’s a time to wake up.

Oshun is a revered goddess within the Yoruba pantheon, embodying love, beauty, fertility, and abundance. Created by the high god Olorun to infuse the world with joy and life, Oshun is celebrated for her grace and compassion, acting as a protector of women, children, and the elderly. She holds dominion over rivers and waterways, symbolizing prosperity and the fertile land nurtured by these waters. Her worship persists in Yoruba traditions and the African diaspora through vibrant rituals, music, and dance, sustaining her legacy as a potent symbol of nurturing and life.

We are starving in a land of plenty. Not for food exactly, but for meaning, for truth, for something that actually nourishes the parts of us that don’t show up in blood work. We scroll and scroll, feed and feed, stuffing our psyches with processed outrage and artificial virtue, hoping it will fill the emptiness. But it never does. It can’t. Because it was never meant to.

The New Moon in Cancer on June 25 isn’t here to shout or stir the pot. It’s here to invite us back—into our bodies, into our breath, into the quiet places we’ve abandoned or ignored. Cancer asks us to return to what feels real, and Jupiter’s presence beside this Moon reminds us that expansion doesn’t require effort, only readiness. This is a time for emotional clarity, honest care, and intentional rebuilding. You don’t have to push. You’re not behind. You’re allowed to start over, gently and on your own terms.

Every year, around June 21st, the Earth reaches a powerful pause. The Sun lingers at its highest point in the Northern Hemisphere, stretching the day to its longest breath. For thousands of years, people across the world have honored this day with celebration, ritual, and reverence. This is the Summer Solstice, a moment of fullness, light, and turning.

We aren’t dead, but most of us aren’t really living either, not in a way that feels awake, embodied, or connected to anything beyond the next dopamine hit. We’ve become performers in our own Truman Show, scrolling through curated illusions while our deeper selves drift quietly out to sea.

The Strawberry Full Moon in Sagittarius invites us to reflect on what we believe, why we believe it, and whether those truths still match who we’re becoming. Bridging Gemini’s playful curiosity with Sagittarius’ deeper wisdom, this lunation reminds us that sometimes the most important growth comes not from certainty, but from staying open to the mystery.

Ma’at’s is one of the more enigmatic deities in Egyptian mythology. She isn’t just a goddess she is the embodiment of truth, justice, balance, and cosmic order. Her presence kept chaos at bay and offered a path to harmony. In an age overwhelmed by noise, imbalance, and distortion, Ma’at speaks through conscience, reminding us that true justice is rooted in integrity and that the foundation of order is always internal.

In a world obsessed with beginnings and endings, we often overlook the potency of the pause—the liminal spaces where transformation truly begins. The Sacred In Between invites us to slow down and honor the quiet thresholds of becoming, where clarity emerges not through noise, but stillness.

When the Moon disappears into the sign of the twins, we are invited to embrace duality, not as conflict, but as conversation. This Gemini New Moon stirs the winds of curiosity and change, urging us to rewrite outdated narratives and listen closely to the whispers of the mind and the murmurings of spirit. It’s not about having the answers, but about daring to ask better questions.

As Saturn steps boldly into Aries, the teacher dons the armor of the warrior. Discipline meets instinct, structure confronts impulse, and the cosmos asks us to lead with integrity. This transit initiates a new era of self-responsibility, where courage is not the absence of fear, but the steady hand that shapes it into purpose.

In the sacred dance of growth, flexibility becomes our ally. This piece explores how embracing adaptability in body, mind, and spirit fosters transformation, urging us to release rigidity and welcome the unknown with grace.

As the Scorpio Full Moon rises, it illuminates the depths of our emotions. This lunar phase invites us to confront our shadows, embrace transformation, and emerge renewed, much like the phoenix from the ashes.