New Moon in Cancer!!! July 12th thru August 11th


	*Forecast for* *The New Moon in Cancer!!* *July 12th thru August 11th* By Rebecca Brents

If you know the astrological positions in your Natal Chart, the best use of the information here comes from reading the entries for your Sun Sign, your Moon Sign, your Ascendant Sign . . . and the sign where any other significant cluster of Natal Planets is located.

If you would like to jump to the forecasts for these astrological sign, click below.

(Rebecca's note: Clicking on words highlighted in this color in the article below will take you to an astrological definition of the term or an article that provides more information here on the site, including an article on the astrological and metaphorical meaning of the New Moon itself. )
We are now moving completely out of the time of Gemini energy, a time of moving about, gathering data and information, learning and studying, communicating ideas and beliefs, sharing knowledge and opinions, brainstorming and collecting the resources to move the "solid new beginnings" of Aries and Taurus energy into expanded growth and greater accessibility – through the use of mental energy and intellectual exchange.
The next step in this cycle of creative development is Cancer energy which represents the establishment of emotional bonds and connections, beginning to care about what exists, feeling feelings and attachments, building a sense of family, putting down roots, acquiring a consciousness of one's heritage and background, and constructing a home base with traditions and responsibilities toward family members.
With the arrival of the New Moon in Cancer, we really do have, on many levels, the astrological event of "coming home." Cancer energy is deeply concerned with matters of home, family, one's domestic surroundings, issues of ancestry, traditional culture, and the conduct of one's private life. Indeed, the Moon rules the sign of Cancer which in astrological terms represents a direct linkage and correlation between the symbolism each represents. Thus the Moon is very much "at home" in the soft, gentle, emotional, sensitive sign of Cancer.
Moods, feelings and emotional attachments are "coin of the realm" where Cancer energy is concerned. And these things are all necessary to the successful establishment of a sense of family and the lasting, dependable security one is supposed to be able to find there. (Of course, what exists "in theory" doesn't always exist "in the real world" . . . but this is how things are intended to work at least . . . and with Cancer energy, the effort is always being made to achieve that elusive ideal.)
Cancers are famous – and infamous – for being passionate, sensitive people. They represent and demonstrate a range of feeling that includes in the whole spectrum of possibility. Indeed, like the Moon cycling through its different phases more rapidly than any other astrological entity, Cancers are changeable, reflective of and profoundly influenced by the atmosphere around them, sensitive to both their own inner moods and fluctuations and to other people and outer circumstances.
The energies of both Cancer and the Moon are affiliated with the Jungian archetype of The Great Mother, the very embodiment of home and family on a trans-personal level. Thus both deal with profound, primitive, and even precognitive (dealing with levels of awareness that exist even prior to conscious thought) needs in all individuals – perhaps even all life forms.
Thus Cancer / Moon energy is emphatically maternal, sensitive, compassionate, dependable, perceptive, nurturing, intuitive, protective, resourceful, sympathetic, sentimental and caring. (And so, too, is the stereotype of what every mother is supposed to be.) This is indeed, the very essence of what "home and family" are intended to provide – and descriptive of what a desirable private life is presumed to furnish.
Obviously abstract energy depicts a purity of expression and circumstances that are rarely achieved "in reality" . . . but the "ideal" remains, regardless. Properly expressed, Cancer energy provides safety, support, a feeling of continuity and bonding, the promise of someone who cares always "being there" for you, and the joyful relief of being intuitively accepted and understood.
Indeed, the feeling of "having a home" and being welcome there always, is fundamental to a solid, dependable sense of personal well-being. It is this feeling that deep in our collective souls, humankind associates with the concept of "mother."
When this energy is not well-integrated into a personal chart, or when it conflicts with more preferred strategies, the results show themselves in actions and attitudes that are passive, emotionally unbalanced, repressed, resentful, clinging, dependent, fretful, anxious, compulsive, moody, complaining, depressed, and self-pitying.
In extreme cases, this energy can also be reclusive, unstable, paranoid and hysterical. The potential for serious family problems and emotional complications are obvious under these conditions – and examples are common in all our lives.
The New Moon in Cancer this year is at 20 degrees of the sign – which is a rather quiet position for it, actually, regarding the other planets and their current places. In "plain English" this energy has "nothing to push against" . . . the Moon having just gone void of course in Cancer with the conjunction to the Sun. (And, yes, yes, I WILL put out an article on what the Void of Course Moon represents . . . because it does have interesting applications in everyday life. Consider it on the "to do" list . . . for when I get a spare moment.)
So while there's not a lot going on out in the world with this New Moon in Cancer position, per se, there may be plenty going on inside your individual chart. Not that there's a lack of "other stuff" to add excitement to life. Mercury is going Rx on July 12 . . . so see the new article, "Mercury in Retrograde – July 12 thru August 5", also available here on the site.
And Venus will be going Rx at the end of the month – with an article from Rebecca forthcoming to mark that occasion, also. AND the Mars in Scorpio / Jupiter in Taurus opposition (which has everybody in total overdrive and extended in the expenditure of physical energy to the max) has now moved into a T-square configuration with Neptune in Aquarius. While that phenomenon is another article waiting to be born, let me briefly note that this means another area of life, making three now at least . . . is conflicted, dissatisfied, and causing trouble.
A T-square, as explained in previous articles, I believe, is a celestial configuration consisting of two or more planets in "opposition" to one another . . . that is approximately 180 degrees apart, and then "square" to a third placement located approximately 90 degrees from each of the other two. For those able to envision it, the figure formed when the elements are connected by lines literally forms a "T" – hence the name.
Very generically, the explanation for this T-square currently in the sky is a feeling of being terribly pushed and overcommitted in one's professional life as you try to deal with all the opportunities for expansion and growth that are presenting themselves (because when Jupiter is stressed, it never rains, it pours) . . . hampered by activity, stress, work to be done, taxed-to-the-max resources and touchy tempers (because of resentments and repressions) in your home, family and private life . . . and now aggravated further by peculiar partnership issues . . . ranging from a partner who "disappears" somehow, either through remoteness, inattention, isolation – or in more serious cases depression, illness or some other circumstances of being "needy" or of "not being there."
There is a nice trine, however, between Mercury – even as it goes Rx – and Pluto, which may help you apply some new ideas and communication strategies to bring attention to yourself and get some long-overdue recognition for your creative efforts. This is always a welcome gift.
With the New Moon in Cancer this year at 20 degrees of the sign, as noted previously, if you have an important personal placement near that point, this month may be especially significant for you. In fact, if you have an important personal placement near 20 degrees of ANY sign, this new Moon event takes on special meaning. But since we must deal in more general terms here, I present the following notes for the experience, interests and themes possible for the various signs this month.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN ARIES: This may be a month when you pull back into the comfort, safety and relative peace of "home and family" for a while, seeking some refuge from the hectic pace you've been managing recently. You really feel a NEED for emotional connections and a sense of belonging during this time . . . because you've not been able to enjoy or pay attention to this area of your life for quite a while. This is especially true if your birthday is around the 10th of April or if your personal placement in Aries is somewhere near 20 degrees of the sign.
Meanwhile, your ongoing personal expansion – especially regarding money matters – is being hampered by conflict with a temperamental partner, adding to your sense that there are just "not enough hours in the day" to do all the work that is facing you. Be aware that your "partner" may be dealing with power issues in the problems between you and not telling you the complete truth about what's going on with him (or her.)
A feeling of vague despair in your career and professional area adds to the frustration and the need to "escape" for a while into a situation where you feel more "understood" . . . or at least where you are not in such ongoing circumstances of irritation and disruption. You may be feeling a deep sense of sacrifice (and possibly fear) in your public life and career efforts.
Indeed, you are probably NOT getting the appreciation and recognition you deserve . . . despite the inspiration you provide. It's likely too many people are too focused on their own "stuff" (and indulging in self-pity) to be paying much attention to your needs . . . or giving back to you properly right now.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN TAURUS: The focus for you this month is very much on your ability to use your mind and communication skills to best advantage. This is a month for talking, thinking, reading, studying, learning and exchanging ideas and viewpoints with others – especially regarding your inner life and deep emotional needs.
"Family members" . . . in the broadest sense of that word . . . could be particularly helpful in this effort, this exercise in personal examination. If, indeed, "talking helps" to resolve the situation you're in, take advantage of the opportunity. This is especially true if your birthday is around the 10th of May, or if your personal chart placement in Taurus is near 20 degrees of the sign.
The preparation, education and "behind the scenes" work you are doing in preparation for an upcoming year of great personal expansion in the year 2000 is being hampered presently by conditions in your work and with your health. This involves both the "job" you do for money and the "stuff" you do as favors and for the benefit of other people.
There is just a sense of WAY too much going on in these areas of your life . . . and the "job issue" is full of conflict, power struggles and repressed tempers presently. Because of your normally placid temperament, the potential for stress and tension is obvious . . . and the toll it is taking on you physically is also obvious. You need a healthier way of life to accommodate all that you are trying to do. These next couple of years aren't going to be very "restful" . . . if you want the truth. Remember where you heard it first.
You are also having to "redo" some of your long standing "rules to live by." Therefore an adjustment in philosophical issues is also part of what is happening here. You are discovering a need to become less self-sacrificing (or self-destructive) in your effort to "do it all" in an effort to be loved and valued. Your tendency to not complain, when that is appropriate, doesn't always serve your personal interests well.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN GEMINI: Financial matters may be very much on your mind this month. Things like income, spending habits, budgetary considerations and the use of your material possessions are very personally and emotionally important to you during this time. You may be looking for additional sources of revenue . . . or giving a lot of thought to the changes and fluctuations that you find occur frequently in your financial life, but are nevertheless very upsetting for you when they put in yet another appearance.
You are just finally accepting, perhaps, that you need more security here. Your emotional well-being requires that . . . and supplying that will go a long way toward finding a bit more peace of mind than has been the case in your life lately. This is especially true if your birthday is around the 10th of June, or if your personal placement in Gemini is somewhere near 20 degrees of the sign.
Heavy involvement with friends, and perhaps the attempt to help them deal with some of their personal issues, has left you over-extended emotionally and perhaps financially as well. You've given an awful lot in this area of your life lately . . . and you're reaching a limit to what you can – or should – be asked to do here.
Instead, you're looking for a greater sense of "fun, romance and play" . . . and this may not be possible in the company of people who are dealing with their own "growth" issues and learning experiences. Too often lately , it seems, that involves some sense of crisis, and you're about tapped out in the sympathy department.
Adding to the complication right now, may be the sad vague feeling that you are undergoing some kind of "death and renewal" of your own inner spirit. You may be dealing quietly with a matter that involved a "significant ending" of some kind in your life . . . and grieving this loss privately, even as you release the matter that has been so problematic and hard to accept, and finally let it go.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN CANCER: You may breathe a sigh of relief this month, as you finally regain the feeling of being "emotionally centered." You may be very interested in gathering your "family members" around you in whatever ways are possible . . . and establishing a sense of connection and bonding that may have been lost for a while in the hectic pace of attending to work, fragmenting your attention and focus into multiple areas of concern, and meeting too many responsibilities to stay balanced and comfortable.
Although "being emotional" is not unusual for you, it will be more "obvious" to others this month that you're reconnecting to your inner feelings and sense of personal strength. You may also be surprised yourself at some of the sentiments and moods that arrive unexpectedly and insist on "being noticed." This is especially true if your birthday is around the 12th of July, or if your personal placement in Cancer is somewhere near 20 degrees of the sign.
Meanwhile, expansion opportunities in your public life have themselves grown beyond anything you expected a year or so ago, and you may have taken on a substantial calendar of professional commitments that are now at least as "burdensome" as they are exciting and "educational."
The stress and effort necessary there may have made you somewhat touchy and temperamental on the homefront, and power struggles with family member may have begun to crop up . . . with disturbing frequency. You may need to clear the air here before long, because some repressed angers and resentful moods have begun to fester . . . on your part as well as that of others.
Because "home and family" is the area where you need to feel safe and valued, you put a lot of effort naturally into spending "quality time" there. But both quantity and quality may have been insufficient to satisfy you these past few months . . . and so the irritation and dissatisfaction with what exists there now is every bit as much yours to recognize and handle as it is your "family's" responsibility to manage.
In fact, you both wanted and needed to be spending more time "at home" and "being with family" and "doing things in your private world" – and the fact this pulled you away from your professional commitments and competed with the time available to devote there . . . IS one of the main contributors to the unhappiness you're coming to terms with now.
Adding to the complications, a partner's "lack of presence" or "inability to provide input and support" when you feel you need those desperately, leave you feeling let down, lost, and confused about where you and this "other person" are, regarding one another. It's a lot to handle for a sign known to go into "emotional overload" very easily. So take it easy, for a while yet. There is still come time to come and some road to travel before this snarl of conflicted emotions and having "too many irons in the fire" clears out and goes away.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN LEO: This month is actually "designed" to be a quiet time of background work, solitude and contemplation for you. Right. Like any of that interests the showman of the Zodiac. You are not interested in backstage scut work, you want the leading role, front and center, and for the lackeys charged with such tasks to polish the spotlight a bit up there in the control room, if you please.
Ok, so this may not be the most comfortable month for you – with its prevailing sense of serenity, confinement and even limitation. But if you can use it as intended, it might work more to your benefit later on. This is actually an important stage in the new creation of yourself that is getting ready to emerge next month. It's a time of turning inward, listening to the inspirational whisperings of your subconscious mind, and hearing the directions of where you need to "go" next in the upcoming year of life.
You can't hear these private, subliminal messages at all if you insist on talking all the time . . . and so, hard as it may be, try sitting back, paying attention to your inner feelings and processes, and asking for guidance from the subconscious mind which holds all the wisdom you could ever want. Then, having asked, listen to what comes and watch the inner visual images that flash "answers" to the problems and dilemmas you are working to solve.
I know it is not the way you normally do things, but this way does have validity. And it can be tremendously valuable if you can only learn to use it. This is especially true if your birthday is around the 12th of August, or if your personal placement in Leo is somewhere near 20 degrees of the sign.
You've been pushing your ideas hard, hard, hard lately . . . and to tell the truth, you may have become dangerously solidified in your position. You are also feeling restless and angry . . . consumed with a need to act, make progress, GET SOMEWHERE. But you also need to understand you are dealing with a partnership issue that is very precariously balanced at the moment.
"Someone else" . . . like a spouse, a business partner, or another "someone" in a close personal relationship has expanded and stretched about as far as s/he can go presently . . . and there needs to be some shoring up and solidification of ground gained in order for the whole house of cards not to some tumbling down. True, the delay is all the more frustrating . . . but so would be the waste of all the effort up to this point.
Continued cooperation and "teamwork" is the key to bringing this whole enterprise to a successful conclusion, which is what all parties concerned really want. So settle down and try not to just be mad and "fixed" on your vision of "what needs to happen now." The possibility of ruthless – and precipitous – action especially on your part is a red flag you need to notice. This is not the best use to make of the assets available here.
The complication in this arrangement may be a feeling of "sacrificial work" that has to be performed now, when you think you have "done enough already." The request for more, more, more may not set too kindly – since you're about ready for some "return on investment" and other rewards, not more opportunities to "give yourself away" for someone else's benefit. Have patience. This, too, shall pass.
The other possibility that you need to pay attention to here is that of some health matter that may crop up and cause trouble, something you may not be expecting, or something you've successfully ignored up til now. This may be solved by something as simple as "getting sufficient rest" . . . because you've been under enormous strain recently. But it could also be as serious as a drug reaction, or a complaint with psychosomatic origins . . . or something VERY related to the underlying tensions in your life, but disguised in its expression . . . like symptoms that defy a solid diagnosis, or an accident that leaves you "helpless" for a while, or a sense of pervasive confusion that undermines the work you're trying to accomplish.
Whether you realize it or not, this may also be your way of signaling yourself that you're tired of "dependency issues" . . . either being dependent in a work situation, or having others be dependent on you in ways you find objectionable and burdensome. Honesty, if you can manage it in this situation, is one constructive possibility . . . but time, that is, simply waiting out the moment will also solve the problem, and before long, too. The choice is yours . . . which may be the best news you've had in this whole forecast.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN VIRGO: This is an interesting month when "more personal independence" may become an issue for you to confront. Career matters were on the front burner for you last month, and your focus on your professional efforts, directions, authority and even "ethics" in the broad sense of the term will now give way to a more pensive outlook, as you turn inward toward issues of "feelings" and "emotions" and ask yourself, "What does it all mean? What do I really want and what am I trying to achieve?"
Listen carefully to the answers that arrive. Some of the information could surprise you. In some ways, this is a very paradoxical energy loose in your life right now. You're consciously focused "on the future" in terms of the "vision" you want to follow and the things you want to achieve as impersonal "contributions" to your life and the world around you. But you are also dealing with "the past" as the foundation upon which this will be constructed. This is especially true if your birthday is around the 12th of September, or if your personal placement in Virgo is somewhere near 20 degrees of the sign.
The value of some serendipitous, unexpected moment could be very significant in the "message" that forms in your mind now The "answers" to your personal questions could be unusual, indeed. If so, don't discount the wisdom. Go with it. Talk it over with friends you trust . . . and consider what the adventure it suggests might provide. You never know. That's the beauty of such a moment.
You've been pushing hard on "financial issues" lately . . . and scurrying to provide "enough" for yourself and the things you want and value in life. No one has to remind you that you're a little teeny bit overextended here presently. And the promises of "other people" haven't yet materialized into anything tangible and solid.
The complication here could be some moments of serious self-doubt and depression regarding "who you are and how you are seen and whether you're really more illusion than substance." These can be very "dark of the night" questions if you let them get the upper hand, so my best advice is that you hang on, let the moods pass and take stock when you're thinking more realistically next month. Things will look better then. This frustration isn't going to last forever.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN LIBRA: The issues slated for your close attention this month involve your career matters, your public standing and reputation, your professional direction, and your claim to standing and authority in your outer life – in many ways the most image-conscious part of your nature. This is especially true if your birthday is around the 13th of October, or if your personal placement in Libra is somewhere near 20 degrees of the sign.
You are really looking for "respect" and "standing" in your professional life at the moment, and the emotional investment you feel here this month may be rather intense. Recognition for your accomplishments, and even some measure of "acclaim," may be required for you to feel sufficiently "valued" by both "the greater community and the powers that be." Given your emotional commitment to find this now, let's all hope you succeed.
You have also been feeling stalled and stymied in the area of self-assertion and pressing some important personal agenda. In fact, there may be quite a sense of anger and resentment built up by this time . . . 'cause this has been going on a while now. You have some areas of individual concern on which you'd like to make progress (and have for months) . . . but the expansion and growth of "someone else" – probably a spouse or some close personal partner has both blocked your ability to operate independently and taxed your patience and your reserves with some of his needs and tactics.
Now, adding to the mix, a vague sense of uneasiness regarding your family situation, your home, your emotional foundations, a member of your household and / or your need for security in your private life keeps you from taking direct action to confront the conflict that I've described above. Something in your individual "history" or some personal psychological quirk . . . makes you hesitate to rock the boat just now. You feel anxious, vulnerable and are likely to sacrifice honesty in order to cope with this matter . . . for the time being.
There is something in this area of your life that you don't want to drag up, or have revealed, or even look at directly yourself. Clearly there is a LOT of potential for dishonesty and "covert activity" afoot -- and you may need to manage matters with great discretion if you don't want them to come back and haunt you later. True, this is a temporary crisis that will pass. But the greater experience in this area may be yet to come . . . and perhaps not as gentle in its display.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN SCORPIO: You may spend time this month involved in some new personal expansion or learning opportunity. Emphasis now is on sharing your wisdom with others -- perhaps in some formal teaching activity, perhaps simply as a mentor and advisor for those who can benefit from your accumulated wisdom and time-tested "rules for living."
Your philosophy of life and the chance to share your vision with others makes this a time of beneficial self-promotion and your ability to offer or apply your "advanced knowledge" with authority and passion, could produce benefits for you and your disciples. This is especially true if your birthday is near the 12th of November, or if your personal placement in Scorpio is somewhere near 20 degrees of the sign.
The experiences of this month are aimed at helping you "acquire a larger vision" of what's possible with your life. You are dreaming of "greener pastures," considering distant ports of call, and / or widening your own cultural horizons. That word "vision" . . . is an important concept here, because your greater abstract mental interests and pursuits are feeding themselves now on the experiences you'll encounter, helping you create those structures on which you'll be basing your future before too long.
You are putting in a tremendous amount of work "behind the scenes" in your life presently, preparing to make some new push at personal assertion in the next few weeks. You are both encouraged and hampered in this effort by an "explosion" in your area of work and service, though. You have much more awaiting your attention and resolution than one person can handle in the time allowed – or with the conditions that exist. You really have to scramble to take care of matters here – and that has been the case for quite a while.
You are further hampered in this effort by a tendency to dream, speculate, fantasize, and ponder possibilities – some of which may not be realistic or practical at all. It's a way of trying to cope with some deep seated fears and psychological problems (including in some cases a lingering, chronic sense of depression, grief or regret.)
You are also confused and anxious in your thinking this month – about issues that are hard to talk about, hard to describe, hard to understand, and hard for you to confront. You may be having to face or deal with some deep-seated illusions, flaws in your thinking that keep you feeling vulnerable and afraid . . . and in that way, also keep you from moving forward with the confidence you may feel you need for the future.
This particular crisis will pass in just a few weeks. But there are others waiting to take its place, and trying to ignore the roots of the problem in hopes the whole thing will disappear . . . is part of that unrealistic thinking I mentioned above.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN SAGITTARIUS: This is an extremely complicated time for you, because you are may be so tangled up in the accumulated details of months recently past, you can barely see the forest for the trees. In fact, this is a time of serious and fundamental transition. In some cases it would not be overstating to call this a "resurrection" happening within and around you, a rebirth of your spirit to help you become more fully the person you were "built" to be.
For someone as high strung as you often are, the emotional release might seem welcome on the surface, but the "rebirth" phase of this process inevitably entails a sense of "loss" or "death" preceding this moment, and the sense of joy at new creation can be shadowed by the grieving for what has necessarily passed away and out of your life recently.
I did say this was a "complicated" month a minute ago, remember? So, along with this sense of growth, evolution and change, you may also be handling thoughts of how to invest yourself and your resources in some enterprise of "mutual value" . . . where what you bring to the equation is vital to the success of the enterprise, but nevertheless, incomplete without the equally important contributions of others who are not exclusively under your control.
You are very good about "working hard" and "taking care of details" . . . but the intensity of life right now can feel overwhelming. Add to this a rising sense of sexual energy and passion . . . and you begin to see why "overwhelming" can seem like an understatement.
You are working this month with "community property," and jointly owned assets and possessions, trying to construct something better and stronger from the "mix" than you – or your partners – would have from just individual effort. Some "visionary project" may also be occupying your thoughts to a great extent, and you are looking for a sense of "friendship" in the formation of this enterprise. This is especially true if your birthday is around the 11th of December, or if your placement in Sagittarius is somewhere near 20 degrees of the sign.
You are also working hard to promote some strongly held personal ideals . . . something you may be quite passionate about. Just be aware of a tendency to "bite off more than you can chew" in all the excitement. That is very much a possibility at this time . . . because there are powerful and ambitious egos involved . . . including yours.
Money is very much an issue in this, and a lack of adequate funding (or empty promises regarding it) – is a red flag to watch out for. If possible, do not commit yourself to more expenses than you can afford to lose for at least a few more months . . . until this potential for exaggerated undertakings subsides and you are seeing things more clearly. Be aware that your own "values" are possibly leading you astray for the moment.
You want very much to "believe in" what you are constructing . . . and therefore, it would be easy to convince yourself of a "truth" that doesn't exist in substantial enough ways to rely on presently. That's not what you need . . . for obvious reasons.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN CAPRICORN: You may be especially concerned with the progress, welfare and emotional issues of a partner this month -- or with the needs of a partnership arrangement -- or with finding a partner this month if you don't have such a structure in your life presently. This is especially true if your birthday falls around the 10th of January, or if your personal placement in Capricorn is somewhere near 20 degrees of the sign.
You are very invested in other people and relationships at the moment – which is actually a two-sided issue. First, this interest does have the value of letting you stand in another person's place, see life through their eyes, feel their feelings, and assess their place as "the other" part of your life – if you use it right. On the other hand, it's also possible to lose yourself in this process – to become so fixed on this new perspective that you lose sight of the fact that a relationship is a relationship, having two components, of which you and your contributions are an essential part of the structure.
You can identify so strongly with another person's attitude, wishes, opinions, etc., that you become convinced they are your own or you automatically assume that your beliefs are their beliefs and lose sight of the fact there is a difference. This itself can cause problems, depending on the degree to which it skews the real facts of the matter. Just be aware.
The conflict of "available time and energy" between home and profession continue this month – with you still feeling stretched way too thin in both places. "Expansion efforts" of some kind in your home situation, family and private life have to be balanced between lots of aggravation and activity in your career and professional circumstances. Adding to the stress this month is a greater than usual tendency to be self-sacrificing – and then feel sorry for yourself which may not be terribly attractive or get you much real sympathy at all. But that's the crux of the dilemma you're handling this month. Fortunately . . . this, too, shall pass. Keep telling yourself that.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN AQUARIUS: Issues of work and service are really on your plate for this month. Under the best of conditions here, you have some project going that you can really put your heart and soul into, something you are interested in "mothering along" in order to enjoy the results you personally have created.
You may also be looking to find or construct a work situation (or physical environment – or relationships among colleagues and associates) that lets you feel more "at home," or somehow involves a sense of "family." If you are able to make the most of this energy, you will find your efforts here produce a place of comfort and refuge for you – which, as I said, is what you are looking for at the moment. This is especially true if your birthday is near the 8th of February, or if your personal placement in Aquarius is somewhere around 20 degrees of the sign.
You can also use this month to "give service" through work performed, favors done, chores completed, and so forth as a way of finding emotional satisfaction with your "contributions" and feeling valuable. For sure, everybody needs that in their lives. And there are certainly worse ways of trying to give yourself a pat on the back.
The trouble is . . . this energy may be stressed in your personal chart in ways it's not experiencing just "in the sky" alone. In that case, you'll find yourself dealing with people who are moody, temperamental, inconsistent, "too emotional" for some reason . . . and who have ego issues they're trying to work out. Unfortunately, too, you may be one of "the people" behaving this way.
You may also find yourself saddled with someone who is very needy and too dependent, who has "family problems" or "private life matters" they want you to help them sort out, or someone who is throwing a pity-part that just gets in everybody's way. (Again: you may be this person, so watch out!!) It's hard to get "job-related" work done, but this is a kind of service – if you think about it, attending to "the whole person" . . . even when it's not convenient or pleasant. (Therapists do this regularly for a living. Maybe you should considering charging for the services!)
In other areas, expansion of your intellectual life (through reading, studying, writing, communicating, and / or travel and "moving around a lot"), may have brought you finally to a feeling of "overload." You're learning a lot, and greatly enlarging your philosophical horizons, but you've also come to a place where you just can't take on any more for a while, although somebody may be pushing their philosophies at you hard enough that you feel you're required to try. (Or in some cases, at least resist theirs and offer your own.)
Interestingly, one of the tactics you may choose in dealing with this stress is "withdrawal" – completely shutting down, either through too much sleep, "time-wasting," "remembering," daydreaming, or, in extreme cases, illness – probably with a heavy psychosomatic component, if this is how the reaction manifests. Just a word of advice: Meditation is a better choice – if you have a choice.

IF YOUR SUN, MOON OR ASCENDANT IS IN PISCES: This month, some personal creative effort dear to your heart has your attention -- some artistic project, some relationship or involvement with a child (or brain child), some opportunity to really put yourself center stage, some chance to "do something you love." In other words, it's time for FUN. How wonderful. This is especially true if your birthday is near March 10th, your personal placement in Pisces is somewhere around 20 degrees of the sign.
Only in a generic sense there is at least one cautionary note about this time. Don't expect it to really produce anything of value right away . . . and maybe not ever. Part of that void-of-course Moon energy I mentioned in the body of the introduction is that things don't "bear fruit." With nothing substantial to push against (which is the very definition of the v/c Moon ) Moon energy get "lost," dissipates, doesn't get anywhere. That's what you're dealing with here.
You might get some interesting ideas about self-promotion, and ways to seek the limelight. You might also get some interesting (and very "emotionally charged") opportunities for romance. Additionally, there new leisure activities, new ways to let your inner kid have a little time out to play, new "speculative ventures," and new "artistic interests" . . . all have their source in energy derived from this placement. So, too, do involvements with children – from spending quality time with your (or other people's) children . . . to interest in having children. (Maybe it's a passing phase.)
The chance for diversion . . . however you choose to apply it . . is nice though. Too bad the finances may not stretch to let you take full advantage of all the delights you find possible. You may, in fact, be a teeny bit over extended financially . . . mostly because of a partner's use of mutual money or community property. This may, in fact, be kind of a sore point with you this month . . . because you really would like a more diverse social life . . . or at least friends who aren't so dependent, unfocused or unavailable all the time.
You also may be wanting to invest energy and assets in some very idealistic vision, possibly connected with either your career or something you want to "be remembered for." That sounds very much like an interest in leaving some kind of legacy behind . . . in years to come, which is indeed part of the long-term energy you're dealing with in your life presently.
But this month, while your interest in "doing something worthwhile with your life" may be very powerful and pleasing to contemplate . . . what you've got in mind most likely isn't very practical. A better picture may be emerging soon. Stay tuned to the channel. The ones you use do exist for a reason.

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