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Leo New Moon, 4th August 2024, 11:12 UTC, 12+ Leo
After all that Cancer-Capricorn energy, we've finally moved on to Leo for this next lunation. However, there's a twist: Mercury is about to station retrograde, and will do so less than a day following the New Moon. These are definitely conditions in which it's worth measuring the depth of the water before taking a dive. Rushing ahead may result in urgent backtracking, especially as the Sun passes through the Leo midpoint, when we reach the astrological Lammas.
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Some minor planets involved
Conjunct New Moon, 12+ Leo- (173) Ino – Asteroid from the intermediate main belt, about 150km in diameter and parent body of the Ino family, with nearly 500 known members. Named for a mortal princess who incurred the wrath of Hera for fostering the infant Dionysos. Hera drove her husband mad and he killed their eldest child; Ino took the other and fled from him, leaping off a cliff into the sea. The pair were welcomed among the sea-gods and Ino became Leukothea. In the correspondences are themes of rapid action, self-transformation, growth, fulfilling potential, inspiration and rectitude.
- (358) Apollonia – Large main-belt asteroid named for an Ancient Greek trade colony founded around 600 BCE in southern Illyria (now Fier County, Albania), which developed into an independent polis. It was located at the crossroads of a prehistoric trade route, on the bank of the Aoös/Vjosë river. May represent multiple interests and developments, combining, travel, long-distance connections[1], focused energies, strategy, working with available resources.