Sun in Leo. Moon in Aquarius.
Under this Full Moon, Fire and Air are the highlighted Elements. If you’ve taken Level 1, you understand this language. If you’ve read my book The Missing Element, Fire and Air mean an increase of voltage.
If you do study Astrology, you’ve probably heard about Barbault’s Basket, which, in layman’s terms, simply means this: a well-trained French Astrologer predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall, the financial crisis of 2008, and COVID (which occurred the year he died). Then, his final writings talked about 2026, with the last two weeks of July being a turning point for our entire planet.
I don’t want to use all the Astrological jargon. Let me just say the Fire and Air combusted with the influence of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, all in tandem; four planets all at four degrees for a two-week period definitely created change.
Are you feeling it?
If you’re like me, an Air and Fire crazy person (child-like and energetic), you ought to be noticing the wind in your sails has arrived. If you are an Earth and Water personality, better known as the grounded, stable type, you could be feeling pretty annoyed right about now.
Too much change in every area of our outer world. I don’t even want to say AI, or Iran, or ETs, or climate change- because you know. You read about it every day, or hear about it, or at least feel it.
The question is: How do you self-regulate? Whether you like it or whether you resist it, there’s got to be a shift in the energetics. The trick is to be honest and acknowledge your style when dealing with change.
To be personal, once again, death came to visit me in the midst of these cosmic changes. It brought me to my knees, disrupted my digestion, and had me in tears more times than I can count. However, thank you, Astrology. I understand the movement of the four Elements and the requirement to, in this case, cry (Water), get to therapy (Air), anchor into my routine (Earth), and have a drink from time to time (Fire).
Tell me, what do you do? Tell me how you’re managing? In my case, I have become, with practice, an expert of the four Elements. It’s obvious I have good reason to be sad. Are you feeling your feelings? You may not know. Come to our Astrological Immersion in August and do some self-reflection during our meditations and prayers.
Pay attention to the eclipse (August 12th) about to arrive under the next New Moon, and ask yourself: How is my self-care?
Leo’s gift to us is to remember how much you matter. Repeat after me: I matter. Self-care is one of Leo’s specialties when encouraged and reminded to do so. Take advantage of the sky and do what it takes to keep your center. If you need help, come get a reading with one of my Certified Astrologers– it really does help to have feedback.
Sending you Full Moon blessings with tears in my eyes and my heart open. I’m always with you.
This brought me to my knees too. I thought I was having a heart attack… everything in google said so. Radiating arm and neck pain, chest tightness, jaw pain but it didnt feel right, to abdicate myself and go to hospital. I pulled out my energy healing tools and found my basket was too full, cleared my emotions with Body talk and Emotional code, sifted thru all the baggage I had stored in my gallbladder, and anger in my liver, feelings of being taken for granted, financial frustration and boom the calm descended like never before. Self care is now top priority, everything else is just weather. I am consciously putting down some roles I still carried and uncluttering my psyche. I cannot drag the past into the future with me. Let the changes come.
Thank you for finally explaining the commotion about Barbeault’s Basket, and also for sharing you’ve been through such a vulnerable time…😢🙏 When you ask, how do we deal with it? I’m empathic in a way that my body goes down (Neptune in Scorpio in the 8th house square Sun, Uranus in 6th house oppose Sun). So yes self-regulation and self-care is so needed. Thank you so much for all you continually give! 🙏
Sending your sad heart love 💗.
What do I do? Discuss the realities of the situations with people, read books (reading Ecocivilization you recommended in class), take a hike with our dogs in the morning in Glacier Park (our literal back yard) before it gets over 80 degrees (in this heat wave), take astrology classes (taking Mid Points with Rick Levine thru Astrology Hub), make sure I stay hydrated and try and deal with my IBS-D that’s been active for 15 months since I had my total knee replacement and 2 yr old back fusion which started to hurt since Nov. 2025.
Sun: 10 Leo; Asc 7 Leo; Pluto in Leo in first house; Cancer stellium in 12th house; Venus in Virgo in 3rd house; Saturn in Scorpio in intercepted 4th house (Placidus); Mars in Sag in 5th; NN Capricorn along with Chiron in 6th; Moon 3 Libra in 3rd…….
My nephew is a double cancer. He is 13 and wanted to commit suicide. I spoke with him about being a double cancer. He was very receptive and I think it helped him a lot. I talked to him about the importance of creating boundaries and to embrace but not drown in his empathy for all things. I am going to tell him about the Dali Lama. This is going to help him a lot.
I am sincerely preparing to get a reading done by one of your astrologers. Being a cancer sun and cancer ascending mixed with an Aquarius moon some days my mind is interesting and I would really love to know what parts of me I need to be more gentle with. I’m such a contradiction lol
Thank you for the nice comments.
I am so sorry for your loss. Lean on those near and dear. It’s a hard place to be. Sending you hugs.
Love to you Debra… and thank you. Many blessings, Marilyn
These past two years have been the most challenging for me. Though I do not have any serious diseases I feel like I am being pecked to death. I am usually the person everyone comes to, but now all I can do is lots of self care. I feel everything deeply and I hurt for the world and all that is going on. So much pain. But I know as an Astrologer, this is all necessary and that a new world is coming which should be better in every way. I am a Scorpio Sun, a Sagittarius Moon, and an Aquarian First House with Saturn in Virgo(7th) and Uranus my rising signs ruler in Cancer(5th) I am no stranger to therapy and know I have a team in Heaven who protects and guides me. Even now I lean heavily on the Universe, nature and my creativity. I am also an artist and author. I question myself all the time with “what am I supposed to learn”? Or am I being kind and loving and compassionate? Sometimes I fail. Sometimes I am angry. Mostly I am sad and feel helpless. But my Sag moon never lets me stay down for long( my moon is conjunct Venus in my 10th. Yes I was a teacher I have lived 3 quarter’s of a century and I hope I live to see the world come back to the people. I believe that everyone should have a chance at a good life. When we do not include difference we lose so many gifts the world needs. All of us are needed to make this world a kinder place, a safer place and a place where all ideas are accepted and valued.
Hi Tribe,
Goddess I can feel it!!! I am a Leo sun and rising. My Jupiter is very close to 6 degrees In Aquarius and now Pluto is hanging around in Aquarius.
I have been a hermit for these past 4 yrs, lost my sharing voice and afraid to be around other humans, even my closest friends, relatives etc.
I am truly hoping to get out of the closet again❣️. So it has begun 🤞🌈✌️🌻♾️🕊️🥰
Deb, so sorry for your loss. My little brother who was a Leo august 13th and was 31 was murdered on July 6th. I’m in Mexico and had NO WAY of going back to see him or hug him or smell him one final time before he was cremated. I have 5 planets in earth along with my sun, moon and true. Mars and chiron in fire. Saturn and AC in air. Pluto and MC in water. The way the world has been affected me personally and also has kind of let itself become my current obsession and passion well my baby brother( 1/8 kids and only boy)being MURDERED at the beginning of this month along with whatever dance the planets have been doing REALLY has me feeling like a visitor in another person. I have been frequenting all my low roads…. I’ve been everywhere so dramatically and intensely that this final day of the month I find myself feeling VACANT. Not numb, most definitely broken and lost but the feeling I get now is just basillo which in Spanish means empty. Surely I’ve given myself permission to feel my feelings right? (Moon in virgo) Where the hell are they?
Debra, I hear you. Health has been at the forefront of my mind these last few weeks. I had to learn the hard way not to reach for ice-cream every time I didn’t want to feel my feelings. Now I reach for the health paraliminal that probably has saved my life. I’m reaching for foods that nourish and ground me. This is my life lesson with a North Node in Taurus. I’ve gotten off of social media, and I’ve started to taste each bite of my food. I watch the trees sway as I gaze out the window. Is there anything more important than peace or love or crying when you’re sad? Thank you so much for opening up deep conversations about what it means to heal. It’s an ongoing process, and we must be gentle with ourselves as we birth a better world. You’re right — it all starts with self-care.