New Moon in Cancer ~ Ashlesha nakshatra 8.4.24

August 4, 2024 NEW MOON in Cancer - Ashlesha Nakshatra 7:13 AM EST *Mercury will be stationing retrograde today

At the moment of the New Moon, the Sun, Moon and Ascendant are all in Ashlesha nakshatra. With Mercury just over the other side of the gandanta in Leo - in Magha nakshatra, it’s bridging the gandanta zone of Ashlesha-Magha, and connecting those energies. Mercury stations retrograde on the new moon, and also happens to be the planetary lord of Ashlesha.