Need Is NOT….

just a four letter word….

Our needs which we become aware of through our feelings are the foundation of our life force. Intertwined with the vitality that originates from within our very being.

When we take a moment to tune into this awareness we understand that through perceiving our feelings we can know what it is we need. Then we can set goals based on a comprehension of our needs. Based on awareness of who we really are.

Not who we think we are or who we think we are supposed to be.

Awareness of our needs allows us to become congruent with our selves in relationship to reality. To live fully in present time. Present time, which is the true point of power that is filled with endless possibilities.

This idea aligns with the beginning of the New Moon planetary cycle begun on 7/14/2026. That was when the Sun and Moon were conjunct in the sign of Cancer @ 21 degrees @ 5:43 AM ESDT.

The Sun/Moon Cancer lunation with its predominant focus on feelings and sensitivities brings us back home to an awareness of our emotions. Emotions and feelings to be decoded and translated into guidance through awareness of our needs.

The Cancer New Moon places emphasis on sensitivity as it reflects our vulnerability. This vulnerable interior requires a safe and secure home.

The New Moon conjunct the Sun in Cancer illuminates our need for safety, stability and security best found within ourselves. Then to develop the skills and the wit to be integrated with what we bring to the world.

So when we are able to glean the nourishment, the comfort and the joy of home, it strengthens our resolve to establish security through work, career and whatever goods and services we have to offer the world.

The Moon is the container of our inner most subjective being, our heart and soul’s journey. While the Sun represents our core identity and our conscious ego as we enter into the world.

It’s only currently that in recent times, once again, we are acknowledging that the body and heart tells the truth through awareness of our feelings. Then the feelings get transmitted to our mind.

In truth, in reality our mind is the part of ourselves that translates the feelings. Our mind is Mission Control and as such is a good translator of what our feelings are. This gets conveyed to us through words, thoughts and ideas that come to mind.

The antiquated paradigm we are being disbelieved of, thanks to the Human Potential Movement, is that only certain feelings such as happy and glad are a sacred part of our experience. The mad, sad and scared parts of the spectrum have been considered sinful.

Thanks to an elevation of the feminine principle, we are reclaiming all of our feelings as sacred. All of our feelings contain guidance that enables us to stay connected to our integrity.

So take a moment and become aware of what’s on your mind? In all likelihood it’s a feeling impulse that is being transmitted to your mind.

Speaking of the mind, during this lunation cycle we had Mercury, planet of the mind, retrograde at 19 degrees in Cancer conjunct the Moon conjunct the Sun at 21 degrees Cancer….

This is a moment where we are invited to value the experience of our feeling nature through our minds. It’s a time of mind, heart and body attunement.

Particularly as this stellium is forming a square to Saturn at 14 degrees Aries.

It can be so stressful and frustrating when two disparate signs form a 90 degree angle aka the square, as they do here. However, the possibility contained within this configuration suggests that structures and systems must be developed to support this new beginning we are at the inception of.

So the friction caused by the Saturn in Aries square, much to the chagrin of the Moon/Sun/Mercury retrograde in Cancer, requires action.

In other words, as we are motivated by the need for the comforts of home we are suddenly becoming aware that inclusively it must be done quite intentionally. That it must serve an intentional goal.

The Saturn in Aries component infuses a sense of responsibility, discipline and direction. Acknowledging how the integration of taking care of one’s self and one’s home serves to revitalize our wellness of being. While at the same time it strengthens our sense of purpose and being in the world. Home and caring for one ‘s self is a practice that becomes a ritual of love and joy.

With Saturn in Aries involved it is helpful to become aware of how we are seeding the ground in order to return to the work place, to the market place, to community and to the world.

Saturn in Aries requires disciplined practices that make our connection to our lives real. To do good work and live balanced fulfilling productive lives where we serve each other in a shared reality.

As we continue on with the fascinating influence of Venus at 5 degrees Virgo square to Uranus conjunct Mars in Gemini.

Conventional wisdom indicates that this configuration brings about sudden out of the blue conflicts and stressful situations.

With Venus involved and what with so much Mercurial influences we do come up against conundrums where needs based on feelings do not necessarily jive with projected wants and desires.

Wants, needs and desires produced by external notions in certain metaphysical circles are considered false needs. Therefore some quiet reflection is required to discern what is the real need vs. just a projected desire.

The wisdom of Mick Jagger comes to mind here….

“You can’t always get what you want,

But if you try sometimes,

you just might find.

You get what you need.”

~ The Rolling Stones ~

Venus in Virgo ruled by Mercury suggests a focus on earthbound practical considerations in terms of finances. This includes forethought and deliberation with attention to values that inform decisions concerning finances and relationships.

While Mars conjunct Uranus in Gemini can run impulsively rampant. Be wary of such restlessness. As both powerful planets, Mars’s instinctual need to survive along with Uranus’s endpoint of liberation as its action is being motivated by Gemini’s Airy desire to explore everything.

When channeled, through conscious breathing and a relaxed meditative mind, this aspect can stimulate some beneficial discoveries, personally and interpersonally. Perhaps this is the time where better ways of dealing with ways of growing food along with how the exchanges of goods and services occurs is emerging. Particularly with the asteroid Ceres in Gemini as part of the equation.

At any rate, to be mindful that, yes this is an unsettling influence at an unsettling time. Therefore it is helpful to remember to take a beat and breathe. Especially before speaking or taking any rash, impulsive actions. This is not a time for hasty decisions. Delays, in fact may prove to be beneficial.

Therefore, utilize this time as a moment of self reflection to give thought to irrelevant habits, behaviors and relationships that no longer serve you.

This ties in perfectly, (Virgo pun intended), as Venus at 5 degrees Virgo is the apex of the Yod.

The Yod is an isosceles triangle. Two equal sides and one unequal side, which serves as the the base.

The Yod formed at the New Moon in Cancer on 7/14/2026 consisted of Pluto retrograde in Aquarius at 4 degrees sextile, (60 degree angle) to Neptune in Aries at 4 degrees.

This sextile indicates an exciting potential that elicits social change and transformation (Pluto/Aquarius) as facilitated through the vibrant sextile energy of the much needed archetype of the Spiritual Warrior,(Neptune/Aries).

The pointed fated finger component of this configuration is illustrated through how the sextile interconnects with Venus in Virgo at 5 degrees through the quincunx, the 150 degree angle that it forms on both sides.

Venus seeking harmony and balance through diplomacy as well as beauty, love and money. However through the lens of Virgo attention must be paid to matters pertaining to health.

All of these needed and necessary changes can be solidified through the way we go about the sacred connection to our daily lives.

In a sense this is an encouraging formation that signifies how there is much power in showing up with gratitude for the day to day. To be mindful of the power of the how potent the extraordinary truly exists so simply and humbly within the ordinary.

We can also tie in the symbolism of the Pisces/Virgo Nodal Axis in the midst of its getting ready to ingress to Aquarius/Leo. The Nodal Axis at this writing, on 7/18/2026, is currently at 0 degrees Pisces. So here we are in the transition as it shortly gets ready to shift to Aquarius/Leo on the 26th of July.

So this moment invites us to reflect on the lessons from the past, through valuing and honoring with respect, acts of service. While the resonance of the Pisces North Node reminds us of how we are all interconnected through understanding, compassion and mercy. To not drown in delusion but rather to be humbled by the mystery of it all.

So it seems with Venus in Virgo, the pointed Finger of Fate is guiding us back to the rhythms that restore balance to the day to day. As we process making the much needed and necessary adjustments required through the powerful shifts in consciousness through new paradigms emerging.

Even as we move through the chaotic instability of the rumblings of old antiquated paradigms being gutted via compliments of Pluto in Aquarius. Pluto. Pluto itself can be interpreted as the “ demolition crew” albeit in service of clearing the way to make way for the new. That new relevant way being Aquarian ideals of an egalitarian society where democracy is practiced with integrity.

So keep feeling, keep allowing yourself to be aware of your needs. As we all must keep seeking and acknowledging the truth. So shall we all continue on.

Let us ,” take a sad song and make it better.” As Paul McCartney sings in his beautiful song, “Hey Jude”.

Dear readers, due to some Uranus-like disruptions that occurred during the writing of this piece, it became quite delayed.

What I understand of this cycle we are in that is supported by my studies, thoughts, reflections and ideas about the New Moon Cancer lunation on 7/14/2026, is here.

Stay tuned for the Full Moon in Aquarius post on 7/29/2026. This will include this lunation cycle through the signs. I look forward to studying the Barbault Basket through all of your signs.

Meanwhile, if you or anybody you know is interested in a deeper dive into their horoscope, I offer readings.

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Thank you.

Love,

Pamela