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Leo New Moon: Open Minded and Open Hearted

By Simone Butler

Melanie Knecht was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair – but she still manages to pursue her life-long love for camping. Trevor Hahn became blind five years ago after contracting glaucoma, but hasn’t let it stop him from scaling tall peaks. The adventurous Fort Collins, Colorado, duo met at an adaptive boxing class. And when they ran into each other again at an adaptive rock-climbing class, they began to suspect that kismet was at play.

Soon—thanks to her vision and his strength—they will trek to the top of a 14,000-foot mountain. “It just seemed like common sense,” Knecht told Good Morning America. “He’s the legs, I’m the eyes — boom! Together, we’re the dream team.” At the start of each hike, a friend lifts Knecht into a carrier on Hahn’s back. Then she gives him verbal directions to navigate the trail.

“It made me so happy to help someone experience what I’ve been able to experience my whole life,” Hahn told GMA. “The best part is being able to make her smile—that gives me purpose. If you want something bad enough, and you find the right people—who also want what you want—you can do anything.”

This is the right attitude for the upcoming Leo New Moon (July 31, 8:11 p.m. PDT) – open-hearted and open-minded. As the Sun joins the Moon in spirited Leo, they link up with companionable Venus, square devil-may-care Uranus and trine spirited Jupiter. There is an element of the unexpected in this combo that can be tricky – but also helps us break free of old ruts and begin again. Mercury turns direct just 45 minutes after this New Moon, giving the go-ahead to move ahead – as long as we don’t rush in too fast and stumble over our own feet!

All matters related to love and money (Venus) get a shake-down at this New Moon. Excitement is in the air, but so is change. It’s essential to pay attention to what your heart is calling for now. Allow more love to flow between you and others. Extend yourself in a new direction, as an experiment. Who or what are you feeling attracted to? Over the next two weeks of the waxing Moon, you’ll have a chance to pursue – and hopefully attain – it. Despite any temporary bumps in the road this week, you’re entering a wonderfully expansive phase. So think outside the box and try something new. Connect with people who have what you lack and inspire you to greatness. You might even create a “dream team” of your own!

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About Simone Butler

Simone Butler is the author of Moon Power: Lunar Rituals for Connecting with your Inner Goddess. She's been a professional astrologer for 30 years. In addition to a worldwide consulting practice on astrology and Astro Feng Shui, Simone offers New Moon collage classes, and writes for The Mountain Astrologer. She also wrote for and edited the Starscroll for many years. Simone’s book Astro Feng Shui: Making Magic in Your Home and Life fuses Western astrology and Western feng shui into one unique, transformative system. Sign up to receive her entertaining, informative bi-monthly blogs and learn about her monthly rituals and tips.

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The Moon is in its
Crescent Phase

in the
Sign of Pisces


Today's Lunar Aspects:

  • Moon sextile Venus, 5:02pm  Jan 16 2021
  • Moon conjunct Neptune, 9:35am  Jan 17 2021

Venus is currently
The Morning Star

in the sign of Capricorn


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