#eclipses july 2019

[roversrovers]

Cowboy Nicolas Silva enjoys his view of the total solar eclipse on July 2, 2019, atop a mountain ridge near Cabalgatas Altos de Cochiguaz, a ranch in Chile’s Elqui Valley. Credit: Rick Armstrong

[justforbooks]

Hassan Nasrallah

Ruthless head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah who led his movement for more than 30 years

Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, has died aged 64 in an Israeli bomb attack on the movement’s HQ in Dahiyeh, Beirut. His death came after 11 months of conflict between his fighters, based in Lebanon, and Israel.

On 7 October last year Hamas militants from Gaza entered Israel and killed more than 1,200 people. The next day Nasrallah ordered cross-border bombardments on Israel, and a limited conflict of attrition followed. This month Israel dramatically escalated matters by assassinating Hezbollah leaders, infiltrating the group’s security apparatus, hitting tower blocks and sabotaging pagers, walkie-talkies and arms silos, while rebuffing US calls for a ceasefire.

Over three decades Nasrallah, politically astute and often ruthless, transformed his Shia Muslim community, the largest yet most marginalised of Lebanon’s 18 sects – Muslim, Christian and Druze – into Beirut’s powerbrokers. His “party of God” also grew from a local militia into a disciplined body active elsewhere in the region.

Adored by supporters, Nasrallah was essential to Hezbollah’s success. His state-within-a-state runs schools, clinics, scout troops, support for farming, an alternative banking system, armed checkpoints, prisons, radio and TV stations and telecom networks.

Central to Hezbollah’s ethos is muqawama – resistance to Israel and its allies.

Hezbollah claimed credit when in 2000 Israel ended its 18-year-long occupation of southern Lebanon. The militia armed Palestinian factions during the second intifada of 2000-05 (the first having come in 1987-93); it trained Houthi rebels in Yemen and Shia factions in Iraq and Bahrain.

Nasrallah’s fighters became the most powerful non-state military in the Middle East. Hezbollah’s estimated 60,000 troops and 150,000 Iranian-supplied rockets eclipsed Lebanon’s national army.

In July 2006 Hezbollah fought a month-long war with Israel, with more than 1,100 dead on the Lebanese side, and more than 160 Israelis killed. Once hostile Sunnis hailed Nasrallah as the restorer of Arab pride. Their mood changed when in 2012 his forces joined President Bashar al-Assad and Iran in an internal Syrian war that killed half a million mostly Sunni civilians.

In October 2019 many Shia joined protests against him after gross mismanagement led Lebanon to the brink of bankruptcy. Foes blamed Nasrallah for overseeing the same corrupt political system he had once condemned.

Despite championing the Palestinian cause, Hezbollah did little to ease insufferable conditions for Palestinians in Lebanon. Then in August 2020, there was an explosion caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in a part of Beirut harbour under Hezbollah control.

The blast killed 218, rendered 300,000 people homeless, and caused billions in damage, leading demonstrators to hang Nasrallah in effigy.

Hezbollah had a turbulent role in other aspects of Lebanon’s domestic affairs. It was the only civil war militia that had been allowed to keep its weapons after fighting ended in 1990. Nasrallah became Hezbollah secretary general in February 1992, the day after Israel assassinated his predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi.

He was re-elected in 1993 and repeatedly thereafter. Nasrallah rejected UN calls to disarm after Israel withdrew in 2000 and prevented Lebanon’s army from guarding the southern border.

In 2005 a car bomb in Beirut killed Lebanon’s former premier, Rafik Hariri. UN investigators named Hezbollah and Syria as likely culprits. Two months later massive “cedar revolution” protests forced Syrian troops out of Lebanon after 29 years of domination.

Yet Nasrallah choreographed a pro-Syrian alliance with Michel Aoun, a Christian former renegade general newly returned from exile in France. Hezbollah scored well in June polls, and two members joined the cabinet for the first time.

When Lebanon’s pro-western prime minister, Fouad Siniora, rejected Nasrallah’s demand for a blocking veto, Hezbollah shut down parliament for 18 months. In May 2008 Hezbollah gunmen crushed opponents in Beirut, Sidon, Tripoli and Aley – contradicting Nasrallah’s promise never to attack fellow citizens. Still, many Lebanese adored him for defying Israel and affirming their dignity.

Others resented his outsized influence. They said he was an Iranian proxy who killed enemies, including Shia intellectuals, brought starvation to besieged Syrian towns, and recreated the schisms of Lebanon’s 1975-90 civil war. That conflict, and especially the Israeli invasion and occupation of 1982, inspired the young cleric to choose a political path.

However, the greatest impetus was Ayatollah Khomeini’s 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. As the Lebanese analyst Saleh el-Machnouk put it, by 2020 Lebanon had become a “mafia-militia nexus [where] Iran uses Hezbollah as a subcontractor”.

Born in Bourj Hammoud, then a mainly Christian Armenian town, Hassan was the eldest of nine children of Mahdiyya Safi al-Din and Abdul Karim Nasrallah, a grocer. Hassan devoured Islamic texts while his siblings played football. When war erupted in 1975, the family fled to their ancestral village of Bazourieh, near Tyre. Hassan joined Amal (“hope”), the mostly Shia movement that opposed traditional elites, whether Shia, Sunni or Christian.

In 1976 the penniless 16-year-old left for the famous Iraqi Shia seminary in Najaf. Al-Musawi, a fellow Lebanese exile, became his mentor. After Iraq expelled Lebanese students in 1978, Nasrallah studied with Al-Musawi in Baalbek, in the Beqaa Valley, and joined Amal’s politburo.

By 1982 younger Shias such as Nasrallah were deserting Amal for Khomeini’s camp.

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards based in Lebanon turned these radicals into Hezbollah. Its affiliates conducted suicide attacks in 1983 that killed more than 300 US and French peacekeeping soldiers. They later fought Amal and kidnapped westerners such as Terry Waite for the benefit of Iran.

In 1989 Nasrallah moved to Iran to study at the seminary in Qom. Back in Lebanon, in 1991 he grudgingly accepted the Syrian-backed Taif power-sharing accord that formally ended the civil war. A month after he became secretary general of Hezbollah, it was accused of killing 29 people at the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires; in 1994 another assault on an Argentinian Jewish communal centre claimed 85 lives.

Hassan never stood for election; instead, the speaker of parliament and former rival, the Amal leader Nabih Berri, conveyed his views to the world. Nasrallah admitted Tehran was Hezbollah’s chief sponsor. Nonetheless, foreign intelligence claimed that the party benefited from narcotics traffic, an illicit diamond trade and millions more from expatriate tycoons.

Nasrallah cemented his image as a consensual national figure with Maronite Christian clergymen. He promised not to impose theocratic rule on a religiously diverse and often secular public and arranged for Hezbollah to contest elections between 1992 and 2022.

He displayed a dignified response when his son, Mohammed Hadi, died fighting Israelis in September 1997. Nasrallah helped Lebanon’s national army crush a revolt by Sobhi Tufaili, an anti-Iranian populist and first secretary general of Hezbollah, four months later. He tutored Al-Assad before the latter became Syria’s president in 2000. He also returned from Israel 29 Hezbollah captives and 400 Palestinian prisoners in 2004.

Often, however, the moderate facade would slip. Nasrallah praised Holocaust deniers and in 2001 reportedly called Jews “miserly and cowardly”.

In 2008 Nasrallah’s de facto deputy, Imad Mughniyeh, was blown up in Damascus. After that the leader avoided public appearances, and coordinated regional strategy with Qassem Suleimani, Iran’s external operations chief, himself killed by a US drone strike in 2020.

After another two-year shutdown of parliament, Hezbollah ensured that it elected Aoun as president in late October 2016. Following Lebanon’s economic meltdown, however, Nasrallah’s coalition lost its majority in assembly elections in 2022. That same year Hezbollah agreed a maritime and gas field demarcation agreement with Israel. But showing solidarity with Hamas after 7 October, and so displacing 65,000 Israelis in the north of the country, led to his death.

Nasrallah’s wife, Fatima Yassin, and their children Jawad, Ali and Mahdi, survive him; his daughter Zeinab died in the same blast as him.

🔔 Hassan Nasrallah, political leader, born 31 August 1960; died 27 September 2024

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[ms-m-astrologer]

Welcome to the Shadow of the Eclipse

October 4-31, 2023

Some introductory notes

The “shadow of the eclipse” is a time period lasting from 10 days before the first eclipse, to three days after the final eclipse. It is recommended not to start anything new, or schedule anything important, during these days - as usual I refer everyone to the 1981 wedding of Lady Diana Spencer to the Prince of Wales, as an example.

Of course we live in a place/time which scoffs at letting astrology help with the timing of events - therefore don’t lose hope if something falls unavoidably within the eclipse shadow. Just be prepared.

I wanted to take a more thorough approach to delineation, this time. I hope it’s helpful.

South Node Solar Eclipse

A solar eclipse happens when the New Moon lies close (in the Zodiac) to either the North Lunar Node, or to the South one. It occurred to me to do a little research on whether which Node is involved, makes any difference - and yes, it does.

Astrologers call the South Node “the dragon’s tail” - Steven Forrest calls the South Node, “the dragon’s butt” - because here we are “pooping out” what we don’t need and can’t use. (One person’s poop, however, is another person’s fertilizer.)

Eclipses conjunct the South Lunar Node, like the October 14 one, have an outflowing (outpooping?) of energy. They tend to feature external events which we have to “rise up to.”

If you’d like to note how these have affected you in the past (always a good idea to check “what happened last time”), here is a list of the previous South Node solar eclipses in this century:

December 14, 2001, 22°56’ Sagittarius

December 4, 2002, 11°58’ Sagittarius

November 23, 2003, 1°14’ Sagittarius

October 14, 2004, 21°06’ Libra

October 3, 2005, 10°19’ Libra

September 22, 2006, 29°20’ Virgo

September 11, 2007, 18°25’ Virgo

August 1, 2008, 9°32’ Leo

July 22, 2009, 29°27’ Cancer

July 11, 2010, 19°24’ Cancer

June 1, 2011, 11°02’ Gemini

July 1, 2011, 9°12’ Cancer

May 20, 2012, 0°21’ Gemini

May 10, 2013, 19°31’ Taurus

April 29, 2014, 8°52’ Taurus

March 20, 2015, 29°27’ Pisces

March 9, 2016, 18°56’ Pisces

February 26, 2017, 8°12’ Pisces

February 15, 2018, 27°08’ Aquarius

January 6, 2019, 15°25’ Capricorn

December 26, 2019, 4°07’ Capricorn

December 14, 2020, 23°08’ Sagittarius

December 4, 2021, 12°22’ Sagittarius

October 25, 2022, 2°00’ Scorpio

October 14, 2023, 21°08’ Libra

Going down that list was a very uncomfortable trip down memory lane for me. When those South Node eclipses affected me, it was generally a harbinger of some difficult “external event” which I had little to no control over - which is not the same thing as saying “it wasn’t my fault.” I brought some of it on myself due to bad decisions. Some karma chickens coming home to roost, in other words. Not all of them were dire, though. One in particular gave me something of a respite from what had been happening in my life - it was conjunct my natal 12th House cusp.

Saros Series “7 South”

This eclipse is part of Saros Series “7 South.” Bernadette Brady writes,

The individual experiencing this series will find that huge obstacles will suddenly and easily clear or, on the negative side, a pending potential crisis will suddenly manifest and move through his or her life very rapidly. Either way the individual will feel that everything is moving at great speed. (The Eagle and the Lark)

Previous Saros “7 South” eclipses in Ms M’s lifetime:

September 11, 1969, 18°53’ Virgo

September 23, 1987, 29°34’ Virgo

October 3, 2005, 10°19’ Libra

Not quite as depressing for me personally.

Whatever Shall We Do?

1) Determine which of your natal houses this eclipse falls in.

2) Determine whether the eclipse makes an aspect to anything in your chart. Use a 1° orb. In my case, the conjunctions, squares, sesquiquads (135°), inconjuncts, and oppositions made the most obvious impacts.

3) If there is a close aspect to a planet, check to see which house(s) that planet rules. One South Node eclipse was conjunct the ruler of my natal 4th House, and I moved three months later.

4) Avoid strenuously negative thoughts. If you put a lot of energy into anticipating that something is going to be horrible and painful and disastrous, well, guess what - that’s exactly what’s going to happen. If you catch yourself falling into a panic, try to refocus the energy into “the best possible outcome.”

[bl-bam-beyond]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO....

PHUWIN TANGSAKYUEN

On JULY 5, 2024 PHUWIN will be 21 Years Old with over a decade as an actor

Phuwin Tangsakyuen began his career as a baby born July 5, 2003 his first listed credit on MDL is a series called NUENG NAI SUANG (2005, THAI DRAMA)

His next listed drama was support role in 2015 in a Thailand Drama called LUEAD MUNGKORN: KRATING. Then listed also in 2015 is guest role in NUENG NAI SUANG and next listed is support role in 2015 in LUEAD MUNGKORN: HONG.

Next listed is 2016 Guest Role in Thai Drama SALUK JIT.

Then in 2018 came his FIRST MAIN ROLE in a BL SERIES. He was 15 but not in a BL Relationship but he was paired as close bestie with NEO in CAUSE YOU'RE MY BOY

Phuwin played Drake's kid brother Morn while Neo played Gord. Phuwin also played Morn in OUR SKYY and DARK BLUE KISS

In 2019 Phuwin played Namfah in The Charming Step Mom. In 2020 he played WiFi in My Bubble Tea...neither were BL Series Also in 2020 he played Third in THE GIFTED GRADUATION.

Then in an attempt to reunite him with screen partner NEO in 2021 Phuwin was set to play support role of Meen in FISH UPON THE SKY. Where he and Neo would be pair in a relationship but Phuwin later took on the main character as Pattawee aka Pi from WINNY THANAWIN PHOLCHAROENRAT who instead got a support role.

So NEOPHUWIN AND PONDWINNY were eclipsed as PONDPHUWIN became the leads in FISH UPON THE SKY.

Feeling they struck gold GMMTV continued with PONDPHUWIN in 2022 with NEVER LET ME GO

That same year Phuwin played ICE in hetero comedy THE WARP EFFECT. (It had a BL component)

Phuwin also rejoined POND to repeat NLMG roles on OUR SKYY 2 in 2023...also in 2023 Phuwin appeared as a guest on The Jungle. A main role in non BL Wednesday Club though not a BL was in a male to male sexual relationship with THOR before rejoining POND in 2024 BL SERIES WE ARE

Phuwin also had 2 Non BL Roles in upcoming SCARLET HEART and SUMMER NIGHT (with Dunk Natachai)

PHUWIN TANGSAKYUEN

@pose4photoml

[exilology]

This is EXILE HER – the essential library for everything related to exile her's discography. this master list includes all things music related including: pre-debut songs, korean releases, japanese releases, unofficial songs, ost, etc.

PRE - DEBUT ERA.

pre - debut project : project eclipse (released february 11, 2018)

pre - debut single : goblin (released april 2, 2018)

SEASONS OF HER ERA.

mini album : seasons of her, pt.1 (released june 15, 2018)

mini album : seasons of her, pt.2 (released october 15, 2018)

ART VS. ARTIST ERA.

mini album : exile of the lake (released january 17, 2019)

ep : loving, arles (released march 3, 2019)

THE MASS ERA.

ep : the mass: harvey's box (released may 14, 2019)

ep : the mass: case 23 (released august 5, 2019)

album : the mass: hotel (released october 29, 2019)

BIRTHDAY ERA.

mini album : unbirthday (released march 11, 2020)

THE THEATRE ERA.

album : exile theatre (released june 17, 2020)

THE TEMPTATION ERA.

mini album : the temptation: roots (released november 2, 2020)

CONNECTIONS ERA.

ep : connections ep.1: paradise (released april 21, 2021)

ep : connections ep.2: paradox (released august 28, 2021)

ep : connections ep. fin: underground blossom (released 25, 2021)

THE SIREN ERA.

album : siren: seasick (released march 2, 2022)

PLANET EATER ERA.

mini album : planet eater (released june 11, 2022)

JUDGEMENT ERA.

mini album : judgement: a past within (released july 14, 2022)

mini album : judgement: echo of the future (released october 17, 2022)

EGO ERA.

album : ego: no name (released january 23, 2023)

THE SOLEMN ERA.

ep : solemn: the inspiration (released november 19, 2023)

ESCAPE ERA.

ep : escape: her (released september 18, 2019)

ep : escape: dream (released july 13, 2021)

mini album : escape: cosmic (released may 23, 2022)

LABYRINTH ERA.

album : labyrinth: me (released april 9, 2023)

SPECIAL RELEASES.

singles : movie soundtracks (released in 2023)

ep : alone in the … (released december 22, 2023)

[citsrp]

Around 300 BCE: Ouroboros is founded during the time of Alexander the Great. The organization operates in secrecy with the goal of maintaining balance between the Gifted and the Ungifted.

The Inquisition 1500: During this time gifted people were nearly hunted to extinction as they were deemed all manners of supernatural creature and even trialed as witches.

Resurgence December 1920: The dormant double helix stars to resurface and a new generation of gifted humans come into being.

March 6th 1960: Oakbrook Asylum is established as a mental institution, intended to house and treat individuals with mental health issues, including those who are Gifted.

April 20th 1968: The government agency known as Maple Publishing House is created to control and manage works created by Gifted individuals. It operates for a few years but struggles to fulfill its mandate and is eventually dismantled.

October 10th 1976: Kim Entertainment, originally a family-oriented entertainment company, thrives under the leadership of Kim Chung Ae, who expands its influence in the entertainment industry.

July 16th 1986: Oakbrook Asylum, once a respected institution, faces financial difficulties and begins to deteriorate.-

November 9th 1989: Oakbrook Asylum, plagued by financial difficulties, goes bankrupt and ceases operations.

May 4th 1993: Esther Jung purchases the land where Oakbrook Asylum stood and begins extensive renovations to transform it into Westwood Sanatorium, aiming to provide mental health services to the general public.

March 7th 2001: Westwood Sanatorium officially reopens, with a focus on mental health care. But secretly this includes rehabilitation for Gifted individuals struggling with mental health issues.

September 2002: Kim Entertainment's Chung Ae dies and his children move the company's base of operations from Seoul to New York City and undergoes a transformation, becoming Atlas Industries. The company diversifies its interests and becomes involved in various aspects including entertainment, shipping and biotech advancements.

June 26th 2006: Phantom Order, a group of villains seeking to control the destiny of the Gifted, starts making moves and plans to seize power.

February 12th 2007: Helix Academy is established as a boarding school to provide education and support for young Gifted teens and children.

August 2nd 2008: Lightwell Printing Company rises from the ashes of Maple Publishing House, adopting a new purpose of protecting and serving the Gifted community.

November 1st 2009: The Government establishes the Special Abilities Control Unit (SACU).

June 18th 2015: The first video of a Gifted using their powers goes viral.

January 1st 2019: The US Government announces the Registration Act for all Gifted citizens in America.

April 5th 2021: Eclipse P.I. is born when a group of Gifted friends comes together to solve a missing person case. They decide to officially establish their investigative team to assist Gifted individuals and handle cases involving superpowered individuals.

June 8th 2021: Phantom Order intensifies its efforts, particularly in response to government initiatives to control the Gifted population.

January 6th 2023: Westwood Sanatorium, with its secret mission to support the Gifted community and rehabilitate "villains," continues to operate discreetly under the leadership of Esther Jung.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 6.30 (after 1930)

1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. 1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces. 1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. 1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners. 1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood. 1960 – Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). 1963 – Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo. 1966 – The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded. 1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God. 1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. 1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system. 1973 – Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation. 1974 – The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins. 1977 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. 1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. 1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults. 1989 – A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani. 1990 – East and West Germany merge their economies. 1994 – During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board. 2007 – A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before. 2009 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash. 2013 – Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. 2013 – Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. 2015 – A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths. 2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). 2021 – The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) of land before being fully contained on July 30. 2023 – A Tajik citizen with ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, kills two people at Chișinău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country.

[spacenutspod]

1 min read Become a SunSketcher, and Help Measure the Shape of the Sun! Baily’s Beads, tiny slivers of sunlight that pass through the valleys on the surface of the moon, seen during the eclipse of 2 July 2019. Register now for the SunSketcher project to use Baily’s Beads to measure the Sun. Credit P. Horalék/ESO What shape Is the Sun? Hint: it’s not perfectly round! Knowing precisely how the Sun’s shape deviates from a sphere can teach us about its interior and test theories of gravity. You can help measure the Sun’s shape by joining the SunSketcher project! During the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, we need help from volunteers from along the eclipse’s path of totality – the region from Texas to Maine where the Moon will completely block the Sun’s light – to help create a movie of the eclipse. Using the free SunSketcher smartphone app, you’ll capture views of the eclipse and trace tiny slivers of sunlight that pass through the valleys on the surface of the Moon. The science team will combine your images with precision maps of the Moon collected by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to measure the Sun’s size and shape precisely. Are you planning to watch the April 8 total eclipse? Check out the SunSketcher website for information about eclipses and the SunSketcher project. Make your travel plans now. Register as a SunSketcher to receive regular updates on the progress of this exciting citizen science experiment! Share Details Last Updated Feb 20, 2024 Related Terms Citizen Science Heliophysics Explore More 5 min read NASA-Funded Science Projects Tuning In to ‘Eclipse Radio’ Article 5 hours ago 4 min read Sense the Solar Eclipse with NASA’s Eclipse Soundscapes Project Article 1 week ago 2 min read Do NASA Science LIVE on February 21! What’s it mean to be cool? Article 1 week ago

[vitodragone]

A Look at Multifamily Housing in the United States

Multifamily housing can be defined as any living space that supports more than one family, such a duplex or townhouse, though the real estate industry typically defines a multifamily property as one building with a larger number of families sharing individual units. For example, it is not uncommon for a multifamily apartment complex to consist of several hundred units. Multifamily units are in high demand throughout the United States, in part because of potential financial benefits for both renters and property owners.

An apartment complex usually consists of at least five separate housing units. There are about 22 million apartment units in the United States, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council, with two out of five of all apartment units being two-bedroom units. While this may sound like a large number of units, a 2022 report from multifamily journalism and research provider Multifamily Dive estimated that the country would need at least 4.3 million new apartment units by 2035, in addition to a 2023 deficit of about 600,000 units.

The multifamily investment market has experienced ups and downs in recent years. Volumes hit record highs in 2021 and 2022 but have since dropped by more than 70 percent, down to their lowest points in nearly a decade.

Markets featuring Class A rental properties have experienced the most growth since 2019. “Class A” is a term used to describe the highest quality rental options in a specific market, which are usually no more than 15 years old. Asking rents in these markets have grown by upward of 20 percent in recent years; seven of 10 Class A markets have also posted occupancy growth rates.

Industry analysts had forecasted a slowdown in multifamily rental trends despite a stabilized economy, pointing to a perceived inflection point as 2022 drew to a close. Following all-time highs, the final quarter of 2022 involved a decrease in both rent growth and occupancy rates. Rental rates are particularly susceptible to year-end slowdowns, but the drop of 1 percent was greater than usual. The COVID-19 pandemic played an undeniable role in recent patterns, with demand peaking at 663,000 units in 2021, more than double the already impressive average demand from 2014 through 2019.

Rent growth for 2023 had been pegged at 3.1 and 3.6 percent by property management software companies RealPage and Yardi at the end of 2022, but have since been rolled back to 2.6 and 2.9 percent, respectively. The forecast for vacancy rates throughout 2023, meanwhile, is expected to hold steady. Moving forward, the primary headwinds for the multifamily industry include the strength of the labor market and inflation rates.

New supply levels will also influence the multifamily housing market in 2023 and beyond. There were a record number of multifamily housing unit projects under construction in July 2023, eclipsing a mark set 50 years prior. The 1.45 million projects represented a 5.9 percent increase from 2022. While investors would prefer continued growth, the market has behaved predictably following the 2022 year-end slowdown, though a potential recession could be highly damaging for investors.

[nbmsports]

America’s Foreign Vacations Tell Us Something About the U.S. Economy

Forget Emily. These days, a whole flood of Americans are in Paris.People spent 2020 and 2021 either cooped up at home or traveling sparingly and mostly within the continental U.S. But after Covid travel restrictions were lifted for international trips last summer, Americans are again headed overseas.While domestic leisure travel shows signs of calming — people are still vacationing in big numbers, but prices for hotels and flights are moderating as demand proves strong but not insatiable — foreign trips are snapping back with a vengeance. Americans are boarding planes and cruise ships to flock to Europe in particular, based on early data.According to estimates from AAA, international travel bookings for 2023 were up 40 percent from 2022 through May. That is still down about 2 percent from 2019, but it’s a hefty surge at a time when some travelers are being held back by long passport processing delays amid record-high applications. Tour and cruise bookings are expected to eclipse prepandemic highs, with especially strong demand for vacations to major European cities.Paris, for example, experienced a huge jump in North American tourists last year compared with 2021, according to the city’s tourism bureau. Planned air arrivals for July and August of this year climbed by another 14.4 percent — to nearly 5 percent above the 2019 level.“This year is just completely crazy,” said Steeve Calvo, a Parisian tour guide and sommelier whose company — The Americans in Paris — has been churning out visits to Normandy and French wine regions. He attributes some of the jump to a rebound from the pandemic and some to television shows and social media.“‘Emily in Paris’: I never saw so many people in Paris with red berets,” he said, noting that the signature chapeau of the popular Netflix show’s heroine started to pop up on tourists last year. Other newcomers are eager to take coveted photos for their Instagram pages.“In Versailles, the Hall of Mirrors, I call it the Hall of Selfie,” Mr. Calvo said, referring to a famous room in the palace.Robust travel booking numbers and anecdotes from tour guides align with what companies say they are experiencing: From airlines to American Express, corporate executives are reporting a lasting demand for flights and vacations.“The constructive industry backdrop is unlike anything that any of us have ever seen,” Ed Bastian, the chief executive officer at Delta Air Lines, said during a June 27 investor day. “Travel is going gangbusters, but it’s going to continue to go gangbusters because we still have an enormous amount of demand waiting.”Transportation Security Administration data shows that the daily average number of passengers who passed through U.S. airport checkpoints in June 2023 was 2.6 million, 0.5 percent above the June 2019 level, based on an analysis by Omair Sharif at Inflation Insights.And in many foreign airports, the burst of American vacationers is palpable: Customs lines are packed with U.S. tourists, from Paris’s Charles de Gaulle to London’s Heathrow. The latter saw 8 percent more traffic from North America in June 2023 than in June 2019, based on airport data.In a weird way, the rebound in foreign travel may be taking some pressure off U.S. inflation.International flight prices, while surging for some routes, are not a big part of the U.S. Consumer Price Index, which is dominated by domestic flight prices. In fact, airfares in the inflation measure dropped sharply in June from the previous month and are down nearly 19 percent from a year ago.That is partly because fuel is cheaper and partly because airlines are getting more planes into the sky. Many pilots and air traffic controllers had been laid off or had retired, so companies struggled to keep up when demand started to recover after the initial pandemic slump, pushing prices sharply higher in 2022.“We just didn’t have enough seats to go around last year,” Mr. Sharif said, explaining that while personnel issues persist, so far this year the supply situation has been better. “Planes are still totally packed, but there are more planes.”And as people flock abroad, it is sapping some demand from hotels and tourist attractions in the United States. International tourists have yet to return to the United States in full force, so they are not entirely offsetting the wave of Americans headed overseas.Domestic travel is hardly in a free fall — July 4 weekend travel probably set new records, per AAA — but tourists are no longer so insatiable that hotels can keep raising room rates indefinitely. Prices for lodging away from home in the U.S. climbed by 4.5 percent in the year through June, which is far slower than the 25 percent annual increases hotel rooms were posting last spring. There is even elbow room at Disney World.Even if it isn’t inflationary, the jump in foreign travel does highlight something about the U.S. economy: It’s hard to keep U.S. consumers down, especially affluent ones.The Fed has been raising interest rates to cool growth since early 2022. Officials have made it more expensive to borrow money in hopes of creating a ripple effect that would cut into demand and force companies to stop lifting prices so much.Consumption has slowed amid that onslaught, but it hasn’t tanked. Fed officials have taken note, remarking at their last meeting that consumption had been “stronger than expected,” minutes showed.The resilience comes as many households remain in solid financial shape. People who travel internationally skew wealthier, and many are benefiting from a rising stock market and still-high home prices that are beginning to prove surprisingly immune to interest rate moves.Those who do not have big stock or real estate holdings are experiencing a strong job market, and some are still holding onto extra savings built up during the pandemic. And it is not just vacation destinations feeling the momentum: Consumers are still spending on a range of other services.“There’s this last blowoff of spending,” said Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist for the insurance company Nationwide Mutual.It could be that consumer resilience will help the U.S. economy avoid a recession as the Fed fights inflation. As has been the case at American hotels, demand that stabilizes without plummeting could allow for a slow and steady moderation of price increases.But if consumers remain so ravenous that companies find they can still charge more, it could prolong inflation. That’s why the Fed is keeping a close eye on spending.Ms. Bostjancic thinks consumers will pull back starting this fall. They are drawing down their savings, the labor market is cooling, and it may simply take time for the Fed’s rate increases to have their full effect. But when it comes to many types of travel, there is no end in sight yet.“Despite economic headwinds, we’re seeing very strong demand for summer leisure travel,” said Mike Daher, who leads the U.S. Transportation, Hospitality & Services practice at the consulting firm Deloitte.Mr. Daher attributes that to three driving forces. People missed trips. Social media is luring many to new places. And the advent of remote work is allowing professionals — “what we call the laptop luggers,” per Mr. Daher — to stretch out vacations by working a few days from the beach or the mountains. Mr. Calvo, the tour guide, is riding the wave, taking Americans on tours that showcase Paris’s shared history with France and driving them in minivan tours to Champagne. “I have no clue if it’s going to last,” he said. Source link Read the full article

[dertaglichedan]

How Jim Caviezel’s Faith-Based ‘Sound of Freedom’ Became This Summer’s Unlikely Box Office Hit

“Sound of Freedom,” a religious thriller led by “The Passion of the Christ” star Jim Caviezel, is becoming an unlikely box office savior. The faith-based movie about child sex trafficking has collected an impressive $40 million after six days of release.

“Sound of Freedom” opened last Tuesday, generating a mighty $14.2 million on the Independence Day holiday. The film picked up another $18.2 million between Friday and Sunday, enough to place third on domestic box office charts behind “Insidious: The Red Door” ($32.6 million) and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” ($26.5 million). It’s playing in 2,850 North American theaters, a smaller footprint than “Insidious” and “Indiana Jones (3,188 theaters and 4,600 theaters, respectively).

“As with our July 4th numbers, today’s numbers exceed our expectations, and we’re going to continue this momentum,” said Brandon Purdie, head of theatrical distribution at Angel Studios, the independent studio that’s backing the film, in a statement. “We’re getting messages from all over the country telling us about packed theaters, sold-out theaters and spontaneous standing ovations for the film in numerous locations. Seeing this film has become a must, thanks to incredible word-of-mouth.”

Purdie also thanked AMC, Cinemark and Regal, which are three of the biggest movie theater chains in the country, for “having the courage to release ‘Sound of Freedom’ during the busiest movie season of the year.”

It’s one of the biggest openings in recent times for a faith-based film, according to Comscore, which counts this spring’s Kelsey Grammar-led “Jesus Revolution” ($15.8 million debut), 2019’s “Breakthrough” with Chrissy Metz ($11.2 million debut) and 2018’s Erwin brothers musical drama “I Can Only Imagine” ($17.1 million debut) as other top turnouts for movies that cater to religious audiences.

Hollywood rarely backs films that are geared toward this particular demographic. But when they do, it’s a sector that has proven to reliably turn out in force. A similar crowed helped to propel the low-budget “Jesus Revolution” to $53 million, enough to rank among the top 25 domestic releases of this year. “Sound of Freedom” looks to eclipse those box office returns in a matter of days, as long as momentum sustains during the week.

“Sound of Freedom” was originally set at 20th Century Fox and was completed in 2018 before Disney acquired the studio the following year and shelved the film. It’s now being distributed independently by Angel Studios, which recently released this spring’s Old Testament-inspired “His Only Son” and spent $15 million on the Caviezel-led action-thriller.

Religious and conservative media groups have rallied behind the film, which is partially crowdfunded. The Utah-based Angel Studios used other unconventional efforts to promote the film, including an app that allows people to buy and then donate tickets to those who can’t afford the price of admission. About $2.6 million of opening day sales were earned through the “Pay It Forward” app, which the company framed as a way to raise awareness about child trafficking.

Alejandro Monteverde wrote and directed “Sound of Freedom,” based on the true story of Tim Ballard (Caviezel), a former government agent who embarks on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. Mira Sorvino and Bill Camp co-star.

Opening weekend audiences were enthusiastic, bestowing the film an “A+” CinemaScore. It’s the only movie playing in theaters right now with that high of a grade. Ticket buyers have been predominately female, while more than 50% of cinemagoers were over the age of 45 years old.

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[astrology-with-charu]

27-31 July - Quarter moon of 26 July is followed by 5 days of crescent moon as Mercury finishes retro cycle, prompting us to final action necessary for fulfillment of this cycle’s goals. This period will sees us transition from past month’s event to the ball of excitement & surprises that is August!

27-31 July #Astrology #Horoscope Let’s finish what we started, before we go off for the party 🎉

We had the quarter moon on 26 July, followed by five days of crescent moon, which prompts us to final action necessary for the fulfillment of this cycle’s goals which the Solar Eclipse in Cancer of 2nd July initiated.

This coincides with Mercury completing its retrograde cycle in Cancer on 31 July too, creating a sense of urgency & need for completion in the same area of our life.

Message is clear - finish what you started - before the Leo summer party begins from 31st July. So themes of first eclipse will come up for some sort of finality even though they will continue to be in progress in background till around 29 Oct’19 when it yields results in my view.

This period will see us transition from the past months event to the ball of excitement, impulses & surprises that is August prompted by Leo New moon of 31st Midnight/1st August.

Let’s quickly look over the themes of first eclipse & road to success in dealing with them so we are aware of what we are being prompted to complete. These themes will continue as work in progress in background for rest of the year.

[Themes covered in video](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv3tUTLu8-MQ-rnT_cQYdeeCkuYCDaLOL)

Check for your rising/sun/moon sign

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♈️ #Aries

Family, home, parenting, values, your security, your care might have been topic of discussion over last few weeks. Internal troubleshooting, review, home repairs, review of roots, fundamental values of family, parents & parental property might have been focus of your attention. Now we move to other side of it all. Strong awarenesss of where you came from, your roots, faith in who you are as a person at your core, your reinforced support system allow you to take bold steps.

Move forward to what fills you, what your values agree with, what your roots have taught you to be, what’s good for your family & your peace of mind versus what looks good to the world. Clouds are settling fresh light is here - see clearly as it’s shown to you. Your hunches, your gut is right you would be wrong not to trust it. Start anew in your home, family, in your place of living, in your parenting style with the view that the road to success is to not give up your security & your family’s & your needs for any kind of public recognition or requirements of the “others”.

Let your guard down, nourish you, your soul, your family, your private emotions - while career is being restructured - don’t forget, it won’t bring you emotional fulfilment you crave. You have a big heart to share, share that - recognition, title & all that wil come as you release the focus on & need for it.

♉️ #Taurus

It’s been a busy time, with you juggling different priorities, reviewing your communication style, your contracts, marketing strategy, commercial projects, commitments to sibling or neighbourhood, short trips, meeting, greeting, engaging, trying to filter out who or what source of information & what style of sales/ communication is effective. As you reevaluate your new goal post, your next growth area, being in the moment very much connected to the vibe of the present is important for you. Developing a strong communication strategy, marketing style, immediate environment, com,recital pitch or contract might be in order considering what we learned in past few weeks.

Freedom of mind, releasing old belief system, exposure & openness to cultures different from yours - all open you up towards new styles, skills, information that enrich you commercially & add to what one might call “market value”. New mindset & new communication device are also favourable outcomes! Road to success - ease of mind, compassionate communication, using constructive emotions in communication & marketing strategy, new sources of information, absorbing information intuitively!

♊️ #Gemini

Review of assets, financial resources, value system, family values, heritage, skill set & talents that yield value to you, money matters, diet - all resources - physical, mental, psychological- might have been going back & forth in last few days. Now becomes the time for all of it to play out - new networth & self worth, new values, new diet, new assets, resources, new confidence boldness sense of self - all pour out in material world.

Road to success - release any old losses, control, barriers to intimacy, be kind to your body, value you more. Value closeness, intimacy. Take the power away from any tough moment through your boldness, trust your talents, your value. You have something valuable to share so don’t hold back any skill set, your asset, your love, intimacy. Retain your core values of empathy / sensitivity cause that’s your biggest asset - leading you to a place of abundance - emotionally & financially.

Passing on family values, comfort of mothers food or cooking family recipes, use of intuition in investment - all yield tangible positive results.

♋️ #Cancer

This is a rebirth for you, both of the mind & the body. We are recreating who we are, how we want to present who we truly are to the world, how do we make a personal impact, our personality how we show up in the world. We are digging in with the Mercury retrograde & bringing out a different side of us. Our internal communication, the internal talk to us as well as our external communication is being redefined. This new phase, this new you, has impact on your peace of mind as well your commercial destiny - both of which are reborn.

Coming to the other side of self discovery, now we speak our truth into existence, we take active steps towards building our new life, it’s a phase of restoring confidence faith in who you are. Take strong firm steps for YOU.

Road to success while Rahu is in your sign till May 2020 - care about you, your success, your feelings - put personal care over and above acceptance of your identity by others. Honor respect who you are as a person, create a safe environment for you, nurture you, honor your sensitivity & sensibilities, trust your senses, your intuition - trust your emotions to guide you to safer places - to people who are for you & with you. Don’t let anyone else define you, not even your partner.

♌️ #Leo

This was a wait period for you, with the need to take a step back to restructure, retreat, regenerate, heal, study, prepare for your dynamic season which is upon us. You might need to tie a few loose knots before we go full speed forward for your season & speed it shall be. Ease into what’s about to come which is dynamic exciting, extend the rest period while you actively prepare for your new moon of 31 July. You are waiting for collecting harvest of the seeds you planted. Be open to your intuition, your dream life, to your own self care. Listen to your body, your senses more.

Reinforce faith & be ready to shift directions as past few days’ events might have shown you things you didn’t see before coming. Now becomes the time to flex those muscles to shift gears, shift approach - cause as they say - when you know better you do better - you surely know better now.

Inner life is vivid - meditate, release, forgive, purge, restore your health & move forward - its your moment !

This moment of privacy, sleep, rest or long distance travel also regenerates your ability to connect with your friends, social network & create wealth ideas. Also road to success is to continue some of the lessons in self care, self knowledge, spirituality that we have received in this period - now in our day to day life over your new solar year.

Happy birthday to Leo Sun 🎂.

♍️ #Virgo

Focus is on planting seeds of big wealth, the dream, the legacy, the vision you have of launching your Creative talents, your passions at a wider scale. And creating your tribe, the people who will support you in this dream, your business network, your family of friends, people are in tune with your vision & want to co create this legacy collectively which will serve beyond your time.

You understand the needs of society, you are in tune with the trends in the market place, you are releasing one by one the knots, the blockages you have suppressing you sense of self & creativity in the past. You know your calling... burn your flame through the night.

Road to success - socialise, don’t hesitate to go wider & bigger, give your talents a platform to launch, cater to a social need - a cause of material value.

As you restructure your sense of self, self image, your risk appetite & confidence - bring this new sense of self to a wider audience for them to benefit from your light 💫

♎️ #Libra

A new phase in career is on the horizon, in making & a lot of back & forth in last couple of weeks would have happened in terms of finishing old projects, figuring out what you truly want from your career of choice, reconsidering refining your outer image, projection, marketing strategy of your business might have been underway. Now we create the new as the old has been cleared or fairly resolved - what calls you ? Who you want to be seen as - what’s your personal marketing pitch ? How do you want to show up in the world? This is a time of shifts changes & growth in career choices & partnerships.

Road to success - use your emotional intelligence to be an effective & unique leader. Express your unique brand of leadership which is based on integrity, sensitivity compassion for others. Road to success - Family like atmosphere at work, nurturing work environment, moving out of your comfort zone to boldly express yourself - allow yourself to shine, to be seen, healthy ego to take on a more visible role as old ways of valuing you are given away.

♏️ #Scorpio

We are enriching our life purpose, revising kinks in our broader life plan, collecting tools required to steer the wheel towards a more adventurous path.

Things were held for revision, refinement of travel plans /visa application /educational certifications - tools of career growth / publication of impact. Now we proceed. It’s ok if we don’t know the whole path, take your first step. Focus on how it makes you feel. Write emote publish stretch your imagination - you are more - you are beyond mundane, you have an extraordinary gifted mind - honor your skills, your gifts assets. Thank higher powers for your gifts & we start this journey with a new perspective, we start may be a physical journey as well.

Road to success as we restructure how we think, write, speak is - detox the negativity in your immediate environment, in your choice of social media or information source, remove any negative circle of thoughts & replace them with hope, positivity, excitement for the future. Self affirm yourself of that future every morning as what you ask will be given but you gotto ask the right things - consistently without any self doubts💕

♐️ #Sagittarius

Finances & getting your rightful share of material resources has been in focus. We are looking to put to close fairer terms of joint finances, others financial documents - taxes, insurance, will, divorce settlements, mortgages, inheritances, commissions - might need closure & move forward. Did any old addictions show back up in life, old partners, fantasies, things people we detoxed out of our life - reminding us that we are now different.

We have paid up our dues & now is the time for the new. Reallocate your time, resources, love - to that or who truly appeals to you, where you see a future to go deeper. Road to success - merge your resources, talents, emotions with another - go in together with someone - a business or personal partner - but on fairer terms. Whatever doesn’t have the depth you seek would have to go cause you are worth more.

♑️ #Capricorn

You are starting a new phase in your partnerships - personal or professional - client relationships, partner /close friends dynamics shift with that. Saturn Pluto are restructuring who you are as a person, releasing dormant desires, strength, motivation & enormous will power to live on your own terms. Last few weeks might have seen - negotiations,diplomacy, redefinition of terms of personal or professional or client contracts so they are on more balanced terms.

The new phase in partnerships or the new contract or new commitment has gotto reflect this new you. Road to success - don’t do it alone - partner up, delegate, socialise but on fairer terms. Ask for what you need with compassion, love, vulnerability, let your guard down in partnerships. Find emotional intimacy in your personal partnerships as you seek it so openly ask for it. Release certain parts of your role or responsibilities that are blocking your growth. You have the conviction & drive to do it, make contacts, socialise, choose the projects that grow you. Also strategy to handle critics & opponents is developed.

♒️ #Aquarius

A new phase in career & health is here - new kind of projects, new coworkers, new way of managing health routines. After a period of reorganisation or life, clearing out, fixing routines & health, project reworks, sorting out coworker relationships / work structure / vibe - now we are well on our way to live this fresh life we have created.

Relationship between body & mind has been enhanced and highlighted so you choose the right work environment that is nurturing, health practices that embrace strength your body so it all flows positively in your work. Health sensitivities of any have taught us what works in food & daily routines for us.

Work sensitivities if any have taught us what kind of work environment & teams work for us or not. Road to success - release fears, doubts & seclusion now to go into the projects that nurture your talents, work environment that’s embracing & a team which is like family.

♓️ #Pisces

The review of business risk appetite, children, romance, Creative pursuits might have been topic of back & forth in the last couple of weeks. Now we move to the other side of moving in the direction, in the way we feel suits our passions & our heart. Investing in your passions, your creativity, your relationships, your children, your Creative ventures & hobbies is the road to success. Allow space for your talents to grow, allow time for children, love, romance, self expression, hobbies.

Release the care about how you are or your love is or your creativity is received by the society in general. You have something to offer to the world & you came here to deliver that cause that’s your gift. Respect your talents, your artistic sensitivities as you heart chakra is being expanded to overflow in your work. Get out & have fun with it, pleasure of your impact on others, passionate bold feel good self love & self expression is called for & much needed. Dare, mingle, enjoy your children or let free the child within as your passions define your new path. Decondition the past & move to more fertile grounds

[angeloracle]

Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn

🌙July 16/17 2019

This full moon & eclipse is really asking us to purge and leave the stuff that no longer serves us behind. Which is basically what we should do every full moon, but the energies are much more dramatic and intense, so please just let go because what is meant to leave you will leave and it is soo much better to work with those energies and not against them!!

This eclipse might expose liars, dark secrets and it can bring conflict to your relationships.

The moon will conjunct pluto, but I’ll tell you more about that in another post.

After the eclipse tho, we will finally see the results of things we’ve been working on! I am super excited because I feel that we will experience so many rewards and happiness afterwards, if we’ve purged the things we should have!✨

[sunglow-xoxo]

Things are different but it’s much better now.

[dragonsleather]

Happy Lunar Eclipse!!!

[circe-poetica]

July astrology

July 2019- Tremendous Change, Universal Shifts Within the Soul, Massive Completions + Ecliptic Transformations

Welcome to July 2019! We are now stepping into the intense Eclipse season. Eclipse season brings: changes, shifts and twists of fate. The eclipses occur along side the direction of the North and South nodes.The North node, which is currently in Cancer, is where we are headed; our destiny. The South node, which is currently in Capricorn, is what we need to release and let go. We are all purging karma and trauma at unprecedented rates during this eclipse cycle. At the same time, we are being guided towards a higher calling of coming home to our soul and nurturing our path forward. Eclipses tend to bring shifts and events in and around the actual dates of the eclipses and within 30-40 days post eclipse. If they are aspecting your Sun, Moon or Ascendant or Angles(1,4,7,10 houses) these effects can last up to 6 months to 1 year.

The month begins on July 2nd/3rd with a Total Solar Eclipse New Moon at 10 degrees of Cancer. Solar Eclipses are new moons with 10x the power and magnitude of a normal new moon. They signify: life changing new beginnings, starts and initiations. Cancer, the 4th zodiac sign of the zodiac, represents: the mother, the soul, home, family and our deepest emotional core.This New Moon is aligning us with the North Node in Cancer. The Total Solar Eclipse in Cancer will bring a spotlight to how we nurture our soul path and how we express our tender and vulnerable sides. New dynamics around home and family are possible, and these could entail big changes and surprises. There is a sense of being pushed by the universe to honor and express our deepest emotions and at the same time an awareness of how to protect and honor our heart. Major lessons connected to our inner mother or actual mother will come up to the surface to be faced. With the North Node guiding this New Moon eclipse, there is a sense of destiny unfolding and an inner compass of unconditional love and acceptance being brought forth, perhaps, among such massive changes and shifts.

A few days later on July 7th, Mercury the planet of the: mind and communication turns retrograde at 4 degrees of Leo. Mercury will move backwards all the way to the 23rd degree of Cancer, before going direct on August 1st. Leo, the 5th sign of the zodiac, deals with: children, self expression, love, creativity and our vitality. Mercury retrogrades are known to bring delays in: plans, communication mishaps, technological issues and prompt us to go inward to: redirect, reflect and revise. Mercury retrograde in Leo will be a time to return to our inner child and work on our self-expression and sense of self. Many could feel extra prideful and we will need to watch the tendency to express ourselves from our ego. This is a perfect energy to go back and work on creative and artistic projects and revise how we express our deepest desires and wishes. If you have planets between the 23rd degree of Cancer- 4th degree of Leo( such as myself with a 29 degree Cancer moon) then this Mercury retrograde will be significant and felt very deeply. Past issues will come back around to be dealt with and the inner yang/yin (Leo/Cancer) energies will need to be re-directed and re-focused.

Moving to mid-month, we have another fun ride of ecliptic energies. On July 17th, we have the Partial Lunar Eclipse Full Moon at 24 degrees of Capricorn. Lunar eclipses are full moons with 10x the magnitude of power of normal full moons. They signify: huge endings, culminations and manifestations. Capricorn, the 10th zodiac sign, represents: the father, authority, responsibility, karma and obligation. This Full moon is aligning us with the South Node in Capricorn. The Partial Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn will bring endings and culminations to how we perceive control and structure in our lives. There is a purging around lessons of obligation and responsibilities. We could feel a huge sense of relief around having to figure things out and around being weighed down by obligations and duties. Many could receive a promotion or big boost around business and economic affairs. The patriarch side of society will be highlighted with this full moon, and massive shifts in energy and direction will occur. With the Partial Lunar Eclipse conjunct retrograde Pluto in Capricorn, massive transformations around power and sense of entitlement will be purged and released at this time. If your inner planets or your angles(1,4,7,10 houses) are between the 20th-28th degree of Capricorn, then expect massive endings in those areas. Many of these endings could come as a surprise or bring unexpected events.

On July 23rd, the Sun, which represents our: core, ego and vitality moves into its home sign of Leo. Leo, the 5th sign of the zodiac deals with: children, play, creativity, self-expression and pride. We will all feel lighter and ready to explore our creative and loving energies. At the end of the month, on July 31st, we have another New Moon at 8 degrees of Leo. This is known as the Black Moon. This occurs when we have 2 new moons within one month cycle( like the Blue Moon, which represents 2 full moons within one month cycle). New moons as described, represent: new starts, beginnings and initiations. The New Moon in Leo will highlight our sense of freedom and self- expression connected to our heart and joy. We will want to get out and play and be free from external and internal dynamics. After a heavy month of ecliptic energies, this New Moon in Leo will feel like a breath of fresh air and a chance to embrace our inner child with a sense of joy and wonder.

July 2019 is a month that will begin massive changes for many folks. There is an emphasis with these eclipses to honor both the feminine and masculine in profound and life shifting ways. We are at a crossroads within our soul and where we are headed in life. The important thing to remember about eclipses is to let go and let the energies direct you where they will. If you resist change and transformation, then these shifts will be met with much difficulty and turmoil. Remembering that the only way "out" is “through” is key to this month's energies. July 2019 wants you to come back home and re-discover all the amazing gems within your own being. You are so much braver and more resilient than you may have known previously. July 2019 asks you to honor this courage and step forward into a new life filled with: massive breakthroughs in being, life changing soul growth and the ability to manifest miracles.