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Harlequin's Haven

Greetings Cosmic Cruisers,

Well here we are smack bang in the middle of the latest eclipse season.  We have already experienced the June 26 eclipse and now we should prepare for the July 12 New Moon eclipse.  Please see a terrific article written by Susan Miller at http://www.astrologyzone.com/eclipses/

I hope it helps you to process the potency and affect of eclipses.

July is predominately the Sun sign time of Cancer.  Cancerians are the “mother archetype” in astrology.  Cancer rules the fourth house of home and family.  So this New Moon and eclipse will figure predominately in this area of your chart.

The New Moon eclipse is 20 degrees Cancer at July 12.  According to eclipse expert Bernadette Brady, “This Saros Series (eclipse family) will bring successful outcomes to long term worries or illness”.  Positive endings are possible now as you navigate life’s murky waters with sensitivity.  New cycles begin at home, with family and in relation to living arrangements.  And uplifting Mercury/Jupiter trine brings opportunities and fresh perspectives.  Action is prime motivators so if in doubt, act it out.  Renewed faith in your own skills gives you the self belief edge you’ve been missing.

The New Moon wish list is focused around Cancerian influences such as:
•    Home and family
•    Safety
•    Growing
•    Intimacy/caring skills/
•    Feelings/moods
•    Nurturing
•    Releasing insecurity.
Remember that this New Moon is a wishing Moon so the cosmos is adding an extra pay load of dynamic lifter.  Don’t be frightened to go for gold in this New Moon phase you may be surprised where it will take you.

July 26 11:36am the Full Moon eclipse Aquarius 3 degrees – this inventive Full Moon highlights the balance between individual creativity and group dynamics.  You really can achieve more as a part of a community now that you can alone.  Saturn aligns with the Sun and Moon offering chances to solidify relationship commitments in spite of personal differences.  Uranus and Jupiter offer the potential for radical change. Solutions to life’s dilemmas are everywhere – you have to think outside the square.


July is a number seven month which is a great time to add to your skills through study or seeking answers to long-standing questions.  It is almost important to rest stop before the success and vibration of the eight month in August.

Our journey through the tarot continues with the suit of the swords.  Swords represent the intellect.  The Ace of swords implies that out of conflict some new creative viewpoint will emerge.  The mental powers are awakening and this means change.  The old order is threatened, and conflicts are bound to arise.  Ultimately a resolution will be possible but there is an inevitability of collision and struggle before such peace is in sight.

Our animal totem for July is not a pretty pet. This totem is Badger and he represents aggressiveness.  Badger may remind you that you are being too meek in trying to reach some goal.  Badger asks how long you are willing to sit and wait for the world to deliver your silver spoon.

The key is to become aggressive enough to do something about your present state of affairs.  Badger is teaching you to get angry in a creative way and say, “I won’t take it anymore.”  You must follow up by keeping your eye on the goal.  Honour the healing process as you express those inner feelings.

Be aggressive but don’t cut others to ribbons on the way – that is too much aggression. Use your anger to stop you lolling around, so that you doldrums of apathy are a thing of the past.  Badger is a powerful medicine when properly used for self-improvement.

Our crystal for July is Moonstone (a stone of new beginnings).  This is a crystal that I use in my New Moon wishes.  I take one drop of Sandalwood oil and rub it over the crystal pendant and say these words:

If wishes were horses
Beggars would ride
Over land and sea
Bring my wishes to me

I wear my Moonstone until the next full moon phase.

During this ritual I light a candle – green for abundance, pink for healing, red for love (there are many more – you choose what is important to you at this particular moment in time).

Moonstone’s healing properties are to make conscious the unconscious and promote intuition and empathy.  It encourages lucid dreaming, especially at the time of the full moon.

Moonstone is traditionally been used to enhance psychic abilities and to develop clairvoyance.  It can be worn as a pendant to encourage acceptance of your psychic gifts.

Psychologically Moonstone calms overreactions to situations and to emotional triggers.  Moonstone is filled with receptive, passive, feminine energy.  It balances male-female energies and aids men who want to get in touch with their feminine side.  It is the perfect antidote for the excessively macho man or overly aggressive female.

Mentally, Moonstone opens the mind to sudden and irrational impulses, serendipity, and synchronicity.  Care has to be taken that it does not induce illusions in response to wishful thinking.

Our Goddess for July is Ix Chel who was at one time married to the Sun.  Becoming tired of his jealousy, she left him, disappearing whenever he appeared.  Also known as Lady Rainbow, Lady-Unique-All-Embracer, Ix Chel was the most prominent deity of the Mayan world.  She was especially revered as a guardian of children and as a protector of women during childbirth.  She is a goddess of water, fertility, medicine, sexual relations and healing.  Through her example, the goddess Ix Chel shows us how to remain healing and loving while retaining fierce independence.

July has the potential to be a wow month – there could be a great deal of intensity around.  Invite the goddess Ix Chel into your life and wear your Moonstone with pride.  Speaking of Pride, Leo will appear as our star in August.  Until then,

Love and Peace,

Harles