On July 14th, we have a New Moon in the nurturing sign of Cancer. This Moon is in conjunction with Mercury in retrograde, less than two days after Mercury's inferior conjunction to the Sun. The fixed stars of Castor and Pollux are flanked by the New Moon. Together, the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Castor and Pollux are telling us a story related to the past, endings and a new start. Before we go deep into the New Moon, let's discuss the fixed stars. Whenever an important event has fixed stars associated with it, we gain an additional layer of understanding. These two fixed stars belong to the constellation of Gemini. This may seem confusing, since the Moon is in a different zodiac sign. However, due to the precession of the equinoxes, the fixed stars are sitting in the preceding constellation. The tropical zodiac we use for horoscopes isn't pinned to the constellations, it's pinned to the seasons, to the Sun's return each year to the same point at the spring equinox. The a...
