What's in the sky this month?

In the sky's tarot, three celestial cards will appear to the most observant ones during this new moon period… The Delta Aquarid meteor shower will reach its peak during Monday's moonless sky-although it's not the thickest meteor shower, the dark sky should help bring a shooting star into view every 5 minutes. On Tuesday, thirty minutes after sundown, careful sky watchers in the Eastern time zone can spot the beautiful sickle of a young Moon, barely 19 hours old, (this is only 3 hours older than the record naked-eye sighting for a new moon). On Wednesday, sunset porch sitters with a low horizon line and discerning vision can see the stunning Leo grouping of Jupiter, Mercury, and Regulus, just below and to the left of the Moon. If it's omens you're seeking, quiet your mind, settle into your body, and gently hold a clear question, as you wait for these celestial cards to appear.

But throughout the month, the most brilliant sky sign continues to be Mars, rising just after midnight in the southeastern sky, bigger and brighter than it's been in 72,000 years. Hours after the New Moon, Mars officially goes retrograde… delivering surprising turns, raising hidden tensions or anger, slowing down the forward momentum of events until Mars goes direct in late September. Find the early degrees of Pisces in your chart; this is the area of life where rethinking your position may be most important… avoid hasty decisions, impatient desires… settle in and observe how people and events are testing your motives.