‘All of us contain a divine expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows. We are shiny, not tarnished; large, not small; beautiful, not damaged – although we may be ignorant of our grace, power, and dignity.’ Julia Cameron
Jupiter in Leo for the next year calls us to claim the gift of individuality, your divine spark. To recognise that all your experience contributes to the evolution of your heart centred-presence. Look at this image of the Sun speeding through our galaxy, giving life to all life on this planet. Your heart – represented by Leo, ruled by the Sun in astrology – is the centre of not just your physical existence but your individuality. Its magnetic field both drawing in & expressing the unique gift of you, here on Earth.
In this image, the planets spiral around the Sun in their unique orbits. Similarly, your self-expression and experience spirals through your sense of being you, delivering the reflection and growth you need to fully incarnate. All of life is calling you to be at home in your centre, in your unique heart presence here on Earth.
There is much I could say about the new placement of Blessing-giver of Jupiter in Leo. This planet of opportunity & growth is in the sign of integrated individuality until July 2027. It’s a very strong focus through July, particularly from 20th, demanding stability of heart-centred presence through all of life’s ups and downs. I am focusing here on its entry into Leo with the ongoing Mercury retrograde (until 23rd) & New Moon at 21 Cancer 10.43BST on 14th. More to come on its connection with the outer planet aspects (and collective evolution) later this month.
The New Moon at 21 Cancer on 14th brings focus to any vulnerability you have about being fully you. It offers a new beginning in self-care, nourishment, knowing & honouring your emotional needs as a natural aspect of being human. The planetary spotlight is on the synergy between love & rejection, self-love & being at odds with oneself.
With Mercury, still travelling retrograde, conjunct the New Moon, messages, insight & intuition about this interface are underlined. Energetically, it’s a potential stabilising of connection between your sacral/solar plexus energies & your heart. How caring for yourself feeds your heart, therefore enabling embodiment of higher frequency energies pouring in. How your emotional connection to yourself & others supports your individuality, or not.
With the New Moon in friction with planets in Aries (where individuality is birthed), how you respond/react to others, or life circumstances, with authentic self-support is key. Aries simply acts or reacts. Cancer is where self-protection from fear of rocking the boat, rejection or abandonment occurs. It reveals where your responses or reactions have become adapted, not completely true to yourself. In early development, many of us learnt to accommodate others and therefore self-deny because it’s easier. But is it?
With friction between the signs of Cancer & Aries, elements of self-creative or self-destructive learned patterning reveal.
This New Moon reveals insight into the emotional habits that no longer serve your individuality. A yod to Venus in Virgo points to finer sensitivity that reveals the interplay, especially within relationships. This sensitivity opens deeper self-awareness & potential for integration where your seeing is not judgmental.
The interface between being oneself and belonging is a delicate balance. In healthy relating it’s constantly shifting and changing like the tides. Our relationships to others acting as a mirror for our relationship to self. Constantly we are thrown back on our self. Perhaps to discover that self-authenticity grows the ultimate fulfilment, for it builds & sustains your heart presence. Like the Sun at the centre of our solar system, your heart is where true belonging lies. Evolution is the growing alignment of consciousness expressing through heart & body.
The sign of the heart, Leo, is where your individuality anchors before expressing in the world. It stands for your power of creativity & self-expression. It’s where you find the courage to be you in your fullness, birthing joy, generosity of spirit & the light of your brilliance. Jupiter in Leo, for the year ahead, delivers a simple message: Dare to be true to you.
This New Moon in Cancer, with Jupiter in Leo, is a pointer: Where are you not supporting the full presence of your individuality because it’s more comfortable not to? It delivers a foundational point of awareness that can act as a foundation for Jupiter’s meeting with the outer planets later this month. More to come on that.
The Astrology
New Moon at 21 Cancer 10.43BST on 14th with Mercury Rx conjunct at 19 Cancer
New Moon square Saturn, Pallas Athena, Vesta, Eris at 14-25 Aries
Jupiter at 3 Leo in a Fixed Grand Cross with Pluto & Juno both Rx at 4/6 Aquarius, Haumea at 2 Scorpio & Chiron at 0 Taurus
Yod to Venus in Virgo from Neptune at 4 Aries & Juno with Pluto at 4/6 Aquarius
