The New Moon is the start of a new cycle of energy that runs a course over the two weeks following it. This particular New Moon finds three sattvic planets ~ Sun, Moon & Jupiter ~ conjunct within 1 degree of each other in Gemini, in Ardra Nakshatra (star). Ardra is a rather intense Nakshatra represented by a tear drop and a fierce form of Shiva known as Rudra. Ardra is associated with pain, but it is the kind of pain we must walk through in order to truly transform into new versions of ourselves.

In the first six months of this calendar year we have seen major planetary shifts ~ all the giants have moved signs and the ripple effect of this has been palpable to anyone tuning in and evident in the collective for all to witness. Much of the activity so far this year has been concentrated in the Sidereal sign of Pisces ~ the sign of transcendence, letting go, spiritual growth, self-awareness and intuition. Pisces is the adaptable, flowy energy of water, but it’s important to remember that water also holds incredible depth, power and force. Water can be the trickle of a stream and it can be the crushing force of a tsunami… the depths of our individual and collective unconscious waters have been churned greatly in recent months ~ the effects of which we are only starting to see now..