Mars in Cancer, New Moon Solar Eclipse in Leo: The Courage to Listen (#372)

This week we're working with twelve transits, and we're hammering them hard right out of the gate. Ten of them land in the first three days. Two headliners set the tone: Mars moves into Cancer, the Sign of its fall, pulling us back toward home, family, and the past for six weeks... and the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Leo at 20°, the Scorpio degree, asking us to open our hearts and look honestly at the intimate relationships that shaped us. Running quietly beneath all of it is a single question: do we have the courage to actually listen, to sit with a perspective that isn't our own, to feel what it stirs up in the heart, and to stay in the conversation anyway? We'll slow it down, reflect on our roots, and see what's ready to be released.(19:33) Venus in Libra Trine Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius 03° – August 8 – 11 (Saturday – Tuesday) – Monday, August 10.(24:40) Venus in Libra Opposite Neptune Retrograde in Aries 04° – August 8 – 11 (Saturday – Tuesday) – Monday, August 10.(28:18) Mars in Gemini Trine the North Node Retrograde in Aquarius 29° – August 7 – 11 (Friday – Tuesday) – Monday, August 10.(31:52) Mercury in Leo Opposite Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius 03° – August 10 – 12 (Monday – Wednesday) – Tuesday, August 11.(39:50) Mercury in Leo Trine Neptune Retrograde in Aries 04° – August 10 – 12 (Monday – Wednesday) – Tuesday, August 11.(42:27) Venus in Libra Trine Uranus in Gemini 05° – August 9 – 12 (Sunday – Wednesday) – Tuesday, August 11.(46:03) Mars in Cancer – August 11 – September 27, 2026. Previous Mars in Cancer transits: January 6 – April 17, 2025 (29° – 17°) September 4 – November 3, 2024 March 25 – May 20, 2023; April 23 – June 11, 2021May 15 – July 1, 2019.(59:10) The New Moon Solar Eclipse in Leo 20°01' at 10:37 AM PDT on Wednesday, August 12.(1:07:30) Mercury in Leo Sextile Uranus in Gemini 05° – August 11 – 13 (Tuesday – Thursday) – Wednesday, August 12.(1:08:40) Mars in Cancer Sextile Chiron Retrograde in Taurus 00° – August 11 – 13 (Tuesday – Thursday) – Wednesday, August 12.(1:10:47) Mercury in Leo Sextile Venus in Libra 07° – August 12 – 14 (Wednesday – Friday) – Thursday, August 13.(1:14:20) Mercury Conjunct Jupiter in Leo 10° – August 14 – 16 (Friday – Sunday) – Saturday, August 15.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join ⁠my Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theweeklytransit.com/