New Moon in Leo Oracle: Chinchilla
Here is this month's oracle guidance from the Elfin Ally Oracle Deck along with some New Moon questions and predictions from my 2026 Year Ahead blog.
From the guidebook:
Chinchilla Keyword: Magic
Meaning: Your intuition is your guide.
Reversed: You are asleep and not dreaming.
Affirmation: My eyes are filled with stars.
Astrology: Jupiter
Element: Fire
Medicine: Your starry wisdom leads the way into Otherworlds for we trust your vision to guide us.
Lore: In the sweet close of day she shared her starry secrets with Chinchilla, her ally who comforted her with a curious listening stillness that calmed her heart.
I am a happy Elf Princess with a sweet, toothy Chinchilla by my side; lucky me when it's cold outside! I protect her from the rain and hot sun and she protects me so I can dream and dance with the stars and then share my visions with my people who trust them above all else when it comes to making a home in faraway lands.
New Moon Questions for You:
How is intuition your guide?
Journal 1-3 clear examples of how you used your intuition as your guide along with what happened and what you learned.
Reverse Meaning Questions:
In what area of your life are you 'asleep' and in denial? Journal your feelings around this question.
Next time you dream - write it down - answers may appear. They may appear as symbols that you will need to personally analyze - no dream book interpretations! Dreams are too personal for that. Then look for those themes/symbols to crop up over the next 2 weeks until the Full Moon.
August 2026 Predictions:
There is a sense of heaviness in the collective atmosphere. I see people marching for peace and power, sometimes in raw and primal ways.
Hedgeworkers — those who move between worlds — may feel called to work quietly.
If possible, remain in the shadows and prepare through stillness, creativity, meditation, non-attachment, and openness to fluid identities and perspectives.
Rest deeply and protect your mental and spiritual space.
Beach Party Readings
This photo is from a lovely beach reading I gave in San Diego for a bachelorette party. I offered 11 private readings over 2.5 hours. Most were astrology readings based on natal birth charts I'd printed out, but a few were question readings mainly involving the Lefty Deck and a quick peek at the karmic mission astrology of the North/South Nodes of the Moon.
Learn more about in-person group readings here.
New Arrivals: Summer Cats
I just finished a fresh batch of hand painted Kitty Kat ornaments using acrylic gouache on wood. They'll only be available until Monday night, August 17th. Any that remain will be available in person at Enchanted Earth in Temecula.
Inspired by hot summer days filled with bird song, hazy rainbows, summer flowers, love and moon beams.
Sparkly Blessings!
Kathy Crabbe
New Moon in Leo / Total Solar Eclipse
August 12, 2026 • 10:37 am Pacific Time
Eclipse • 10:47 am
Kathy Crabbe is a poet, artist and soul reader in service since 1992. She travels between Temecula, California and The 1000 Islands, Canada with her husband Mark and Djinn Djinn, their wee scruffy pup.