This August month is another doozy, to use the technical term, with many of the characteristics from the previous month that were so transformationally active and confounding, engendered by the outer planet correlations in trine and sextile, now even more greatly accentuated. These are, this time, in quite close aspectual alignment with the recent LeoNew Moon that began the current cycle. This New Moon from the middle of the last full week of July took place at 2° of Leo, opposite Pluto at 2° of Aquarius, and in sextile and trine to Uranus at 0° Gemini, plus the close Saturn-Neptune conjunction in early Aries, at about 2° there as well. When we add all these up, we can see that many areas of life, corresponding to the various houses caught up in this, are affected by the connections made to Pluto, the lord of Death, Rebirth, and Transformation.
Since Uranus has entered the pattern, in Gemini, there could now be a bit more of his archetype of Trickster surprise and unexpected revelation, as we go through. Another difference from the previous July month is that now, Mercury is retrograde – leading to many self-reflective and introspective moments – right from the August month’s very beginning. The pattern of these outer planet and New Moon influences is based on trines and sextiles in the early degrees of signs encompassing more than half the zodiac. Aquarius (Pluto) is sextile to Aries (Saturn-Neptune) is sextile to Gemini (Uranus) is sextile to Leo ( Sun and Moon). The transformational meaning in all this is clear: everything must change. As Bob Dylan was able to remind us in the ferment of the storied 1960s when Uranus and Pluto were in their conjunction, “everybody not busy being born is busy dying.”
The questioning and self-reflective implications of Mercury in retrograde might be subtle, and yet they are there, reminding us to think carefully, and to think twice, before we are satisfied. This attitude of slowing down is bolstered by Saturn being so strongly configured in this planetary pattern of the New Moon. We are indeed moving quite slowly; and yet this is where the lessons are to be found. Meanwhile, Uranus is in another Air sign, ruled by Mercury, and his presence constantly tells us to forget the rules, the a priori structures, the past. Representing “freedom from the known,” Uranus combines with Mercury in discarding previous conceptions; or are they misconceptions? And he similarly urges us to embrace new information, provided that it is not misinformation.
The first week of August also includes the entrance on the 6th of Mars into Libra, opposing Saturn and Neptune at about 2° of Aries, and making a grand trine in Air signs with Uranus and Pluto. Can we spell 1960s anyone? The energy may be a bit frenetic, perhaps rebellious, and this is also a somewhat dangerous configuration because with Mars and Uranus highlighted, actions can be impulsive and often come to accidents.
Immediately thereafter, with that grand trine aligning even closer as Mars comes to 1° of Libra, we have the AquariusFull Moon of August 9th that brings Pluto front and center once again, as it was in the New Moon phase two weeks prior. Now ego-oriented and energetic Leo is balanced by the Aquarius sign that connects us socially in community, and with Neptune murmuring “one-ness” at the same time at 2° Aries in sextile with Pluto. So this AquariusFull Moon might come upon us as a rather kumbaya moment.
The Saturn-Neptune conjunction that is common to all these configurations is worth discussing all by itself. One basis there is that the close sextile to Pluto, and on the other side of Aries to Uranus in Gemini, greatly stimulates this archetypal convergence and its relevance for us both individually and collectively. In terms our private individual lives there is a “stop and go and stop” set of impulses with one foot on the brake at the same time as we are pushing hard on the accelerator; that’s just Saturn. The best thing there is that are important lessons to be learned in every minute of this. That is also Saturn. Meantime what of Neptune factored in? The lessons are at least in part very spiritual ones. We in this current culture, as opposed to the previous millennium, are so rabidly rational and materialistic that we must constantly remind ourselves that as well as the 3D material world, to be truly human, we must open ourselves up to the mystical. The great 20th century psychologist C. G. Jung tapped into this with his Principle of Synchronicity, which also frames how astrology can work. Sometimes the Universe just allows a miracle to step in, and it goes beyond simplistic rationality. With Neptune so wrapped up with Saturn, the lessons of this time can encompass this salient perspective that really does help us mere mortals to understand what it is that we really have going.
In terms of the collective implications of Saturn with Neptune, we have the cogent statement from master astrologer Rick Tarnas, who references for this combination our current state of political polarization, “red states and blue states,” and the further characterization that neither side can see anything of value in the other perspective. That red state/blue state phraseology comes from 2004, when it was coined, and when Saturn and Neptune were in opposition. We used to hear the phrase “working across the aisle” as the way to get things done in an almost balanced congress, which seems like a distant memory these days. The only way beyond this impasse would seem to be that we collectively begin to honor the Goddess, or the Universe, or by whatever name we can give it, in order to allow the re-entry of the Mystical into the societal world.
In this very volatile and transformative planetary pattern there is also Pluto- Haumea to consider, as their square alignment draws even closer. Haumea represents profound connection to Nature and as well to a species of natural law, of right action and of truth-telling, as my research has been able to confirm. In the recent New Moon, the Pluto- Haumea square is matched by Saturn-Neptune and by Uranus, in close sextile and trine to Pluto, also making an extremely tight yod to Haumea at 1° of Scorpio. I mentioned this in connection with the previous July month, when I referenced the meaning of this square as “the truth of the matter coming out, the lies exposed” and that has indeed been somewhat the case in our recent national politics here in the US. It might be important to note that Haumea is now even more closely aspected by these powerful outer planets, with the same consequence foretold of the lies exposed.
Uranus with Saturn, and with Neptune, is also a prominent characteristic of these very strong outer planet patternings, and as we must remember also, Uranus represents “freedom from the known,” the impossible suddenly becoming commonplace, and “making a way out of no way.” In this regard it might be well to quote anthropologist Margaret Mead, herself born in 1901 with Uranus semi-sextile Mars and Jupiter, conjunct Mercury, and opposite Pluto, who once said "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has."
So, in the midst of these fractious times, we all have to simply do the best that we can, putting one foot ahead of the other. We can. In spite of everything, we can go to our inner knowing, what we most deeply in our hearts believe. We can assert those principles and values that are uniquely our own, espousing as we are able the principle of fairness and fair dealing with all of our fellow beings on this beautiful earth we call home; and remembering as well that we in actuality have no choice, as there really is no Planet B. Instead, we are enjoined to make the most of what we do have. And here at AstroGraph we wish you the best with that, together with utmost blessings.
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This is another amazing month, Aries, when fundamental transformation is in the air, and when your creativity is highlighted. Mercury is in retrograde from its beginning and stations direct on August 11th, recovering after this date for another two weeks of the post-retrograde shadow, lasting until the 25th. The retrograde is also, along with the recent New Moon, in your sector of creative self-expression, additionally associated with projects, romance, any children in your life, and what brings you joy in general. While you are off to a fresh start in all these areas, you are also tending to review and ultimately question these things as well, striving for most of August to better understand yourself and your productions. There could be issues of misconnections or of misunderstandings in these areas that will, over time, slowly straighten out and become more clear. This attempt at arriving at a meditative sense of yourself and your creativity is, however, almost drowned out by a particularly wild time of change that finds you up, down, and all around. By month’s ending you could wind up an entirely different person than when you started with regard to your identity, your social connections or life goals, and your communicative outreach to others around you. Your intuitive information is heighted during an active month of meaningful change, and one important trap would be if you fail to pay the closest possible attention to that inner voice that tell you true no matter what, when you can stay centered in that possibility. Your sense of limitation can feel overwhelming, and yet when you can allow yourself to surrender to what is, you will be able to take unexpected advantage of where the cosmos is currently leading you. It might be best to just fasten your seatbelt and trust your higher self to have the intelligence to bring you through.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
The month begins with a generous emphasis on your fellow fire sign Leo, following the recent New Moon in this sign from the last full week of July. This lunation, which governs the weeks ahead and your fifth house of creative projects, romance, pleasure, and joy, features the transformative presence of Pluto, opposite the New Moon. In the chart, of this New Moon, Pluto is also in sextile to Saturn and Neptune in your sign, and trines Uranus in Gemini, in addition to his exact opposition to the LeoSun and Moon, making this an extremely potent new beginning. Saturn and Neptune being greatly highlighted in your sign in this New Moon could bring unconscious elements into play along with a “stop-and-go” kind of ride, with one foot simultaneously on the brake pedal.
Mercury is also retrograding through this same sign of Leo which also colors this month’s astrological energies. You might be questioning, reviewing, or otherwise spotlighting your talents and artistic interests, your happiness, sexuality, fertility and fun, aware of friends and people close to you, or those in your wider network that impact your creative process, your indulgent side, or your experience of children. This New Moon can also touch on how you show up expressing your ideas as an individual. With Venus square Mars during the New Moon, environmental factors could prove significant. Local connections, siblings and general interactions could be a distraction, as you attempt to manage your wellbeing, or creative activities.
On August 6th, your ruling planet Mars enters Libra and your relationship sector, where it’s in detriment and therefore operating in a space that’s deferential, thus you might be inclined to put a partner first. Whether or not this is going on, relationships are likely to take a front seat in your focus right now. Mars forms a trine to Uranus, an opposition to Saturn and Neptune, and a trine to Pluto during its ingress into your house of partners. With this planetary dynamic, you might find your unions are prominent, that you’re paying attention to other people at a very personal level – not only a spouse but all sorts of primary engagements. A best friend or business partner, your peers or community members could impact you, and close allies and all kinds of interactions could feature, with these characters potentially affecting how you see yourself, your sense of identity, and your communication style. One key individual could challenge the way you’re reimagining and re-framing who you are, established as a solo presence in groups or social settings.
In the timing of the AquariusFull Moon of the 9th, there is more of this same dynamic in play, so that there is the potential to reveal something more about your peers, contacts, and your approach to information, language or your mindset. It’s possible you could find yourself illuminating humanitarian goals, dreams and desires that are important to you, while you continue to be focused on your own interests, in alignment with the Sun resplendent in its domicile sign of Leo.
Mercury stations direct in Leo between the 10th and 11th of August and continues to recover from its retrograde over the next two weeks. At the same time, Saturn is precisely sextile Uranus, while Venus in Cancer is conjunct Jupiter. This is perhaps a good moment to pause for thought, considering what you’ve come to realize about the way you express yourself, engaging with people around you, formally, responsibly, and with consistency. Participating in your environment may generally take on a different tone, with advances in your comprehension or use of technology, thanks to Uranus, planet of innovation and change, newly in your third sector of learning, curiosity and philosophical orientation. What could be important are your passions, creativity and how you relate and show up for others, with the potential to gain more clarity around what you want, what makes you happy, and what it’s important for you to articulate. Your caretaking tendencies at home or your role as a nurturer may be boosted, with an appreciation of your inner world and emotional roots. Yet you could be conflicted between what’s personally inspiring you, and what feels practical, secure and safe.
On the 15th, the Last Quarter TaurusMoon lights up your sector of income, values and rewards, in mutual reception with Venus. This could find you leaning into productivity, contributing something valuable to your family, or gaining security within. Mercury connects in a sextile to Mars at this time, perhaps giving you energy to engage and speak up to a significant other, having taken time to explore your desires and what matters to you in relationships. You might avoid putting unnecessary expectations on another person, however, and gauge their reaction to what you propose.
The Sun enters Virgo on the 22nd, the immediate focal point of a powerful yod, or “Finger of God” aspect, from Pluto and Saturn-Neptune.
The VirgoNew Moon soon ensues late that evening PT, or early morning the 23rd for the east coast and Europe, with the same yod formation showing up, which signals another transformational thirty-day lunation cycle ahead, with further emphasis on Saturn in your sign symbolizing limitations, yet also with a mystical overtone that could be very educational in a novel way. The New Moon also squares Uranus, adding an exciting dimension of surprising events and unexpected enlightenment. Your sector of day-to-day preservation and workplace settings is the focus, which encompasses habitual behaviors, household efficiencies, and your heath regimens, and yet also your solo presence and community. At this point, you might be turning over a new leaf approaching your domestic routines, support systems, admin, jobs and the upkeep of your wellbeing but also find you’re considerate of your hopes for friends, peers and people in wider circles you’re involved with, too. Your physical image and a maturity about your character could be impactful in this fresh start, so that your wellbeing goes beyond scheduled maintenance, involving a much deeper dynamic and your social scene.
As maverick Uranus demands attention during New Moon you might adjust to progressive notions – digital innovation, techniques or ideas that are ahead of their time – which are beginning to impact your communications, news engagement, your skills or surroundings, integrating an alteration into your routines or regular employment practice,.
This is yet another wild month for you, Taurus, with enormous transformational possibilities affecting your career sector, where Pluto resides, and additionally your opposing sector of home and family, where the recent LeoNew Moon, directly opposed to Pluto, has just taken place, and where Mercury is also currently in retrograde motion, symbolizing a meditative and introspective period of review, refinement, and potential realignment. You could be investigating familial patterns of relationship, or potentially as well, ancient early childhood issues arising from your family of origin that perhaps still haunt you in your current maturity. There are implications too for the way that you show up in your public persona or in the career decisions that are currently underway.
Also strongly affected by the Mercury Retrograde and the previous LeoNew Moon is your sector of unconscious process and inner work, which is represented in your solar chart by the sign of Aries, where Saturn and Neptune, both at 1° plus, currently reside, as the August month begins. This potent combination of concrete 3D reality (Saturn) and what is instead beyond the physical plane (Neptune) being thus featured is quite telling. You are being given an opportunity to transcend your more normative practicality with a touch of the mystical, and to attempt to find some brand new prism with which you might be inspired to view your life and any current conundrums you may be facing. This could, in other words, represent an invitation to take a more magically inclusive viewpoint that could foster long-term benefits as your spiritual evolution continues to unfold. As archetypal psychologist Thomas Moore was able to assert in the 1970s, “the nature of the soul is paradox,” which opens more doors in the solving of down-to-earth problems than you might initially imagine.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
As you enter August, the recent LeoNew Moon sets the tone with an emphasis on this Fixed fire sign and your fourth sector of home and hearth. In the New Moon chart, the Sun and Moon are trine Saturn and Neptune in Aries, and sextile Uranus in Gemini, with an exact opposition from Pluto in Aquarius, making this an extremely potent lunation. You might feel the energy highlighting your base, how you nest, rest and gain firm footing, yet externals will also be a factor. Your public image, professional trajectory or outer reputation could add pressure, with Pluto there representing long-term changes of which you may not yet be fully aware, so that the way you strive for success, or your career progressions, perhaps are not totally integrated with your life at the core. You might also sense transitions that are underway within you involving your property or household settings, parenting issues, or your sense of security and place. Ways of earning, making a living or a tangible contribution in your role could play into your reset in familiar spaces, or there may be a new approach emerging around your roots and foundations. As your ruler Venus is located in your sector of resources and values, and square Mars in the chart of this recent New Moon, over the course of this month as well, your personal confidence or your ability to perform in your position might contend with passions that take you in other directions – what you want and your sense of happiness could factor in as you address practical considerations.
On Friday, August 1st, we’ve the First Quarter ScorpioMoon in your sector of partnership, during which Venus newly entered into Cancer is square Saturn and Neptune. You could feel conflicted, in one sense keen to draw near to kindred spirits, close companions or best friends to open up and engage. Yet your private life and domestic goings on could make it harder to reach out, or to show curiosity in relationships, connecting with feeling. An invisible wall or restrictive quality could be felt, drawing you to the inside, which could however come to be seen as ultimately beneficial perhaps thanks to what’s being processed within that safe space. Confidential matters within could further blossom and reveal spiritual considerations.
On the 6th, Mars enters Libra and your sixth sector of habits, workplace environment, and health regimens, where it forms a trine to Uranus and to Pluto, plus an opposition to Saturn and Neptune. Efforts to maintain order in your workplace, or any setting that sees you striving to get the job done could be emphasized, or the undertaking of living well. You could be motivated to organize, systematize, or keep on top of your health and finances, or bring to consciousness what’s been hidden under wraps. It may become apparent where you’ve been making quiet sacrifices, prioritizing the wellbeing of others ahead of your own physical constitution or task load, building on your dreams.
On the 9th, the AquariusFull Moon arrives, and this grand trine planetary formation with Mars remains present. You could see revelations around your vocational path or the contrast between your public and private selves. Important partners in your life come into this as well, whether personal or business oriented. There’s perhaps an inclination to be pro-active, doing things differently, managing daily habits and your wellbeing, with an acknowledgment of practical factors or your own success on your radar. You may be illuminating your reputation, your profile in the public eye and accomplishments while family, and situations behind closed doors continue to draw focus. Your mental pursuits are highlighted now and your communicative outreach. You could find your thoughts cycling around and around, so that it might be best to relax into saving up the final intellectual determination for another couple of weeks.
August 10th and 11th are extra special for you, as Venus meets Jupiter in your sector of curiosity, learning, neighbors and soft skills, while Mercury stations direct in Leo. This could be quite a thoughtful time; you may be articulating where you stand and boosting your involvement among kindred spirits or intimate relationships. Where you’re developing socially could also be on your analytic radar. Using your voice, growing through personal encounters or your rapport with like-minded others is balanced with your inner life and operations, and with the spell of introspection you’ve been undergoing. You could be coming to new resolutions in thinking about your family, partnerships, roots and nurturing. There are perhaps profound insights arising around all these or your origin story.
On the 15th, the Last Quarter Moon in your sign lights up your character and social interests, stability, domestic scene, lifestyle practices, or your habits. Mercury is sextile Mars in Libra during this lunar phase, so at this juncture you might tackle practical interests in your domain or introduce a new routine. You might be maintaining and keeping on top of the little things with new ideas about how you want to live at home.
The Sun enters Virgo and your fifth sector of love and creativity on the 22nd, and you may feel the energetic shift as we enter Virgo season, which is somewhat of a wild one.
within ten-hours the Moon is conjunct the Sun, in the VirgoNew Moon at 0° of the sign. Saturn and Neptune are sextile Pluto, forming the base of a yod to the Sun and Moon, making for a consequential thirty-day lunation cycle that covers the remainder of the month and on into September. The New Moon is also square Uranus, adding excitement. Inspiration may be your guide as you delve into artistic projects, romance, romance, what your heart wants, any children in your life, or what brings you joy. Your personal values that are only your own, independent of early conditioning or consensus thought, could become crystal in their level of importance for you, perhaps including key partners. At this point you’ve also to consider your outer image, career, public reputation and perceived successes, and the undertakings most others don’t know about. A novel approach to your income, financial position, assets and personal values could impact you and bring a serious note to enjoying your creative fresh start.
On the 25th, Venus enters Leo and forms a trine to Saturn and Neptune, a sextile to Uranus, and an opposition to Pluto, which is a familiar dynamic as it mirrors the New Moon of late July. At this juncture, it’s possible you’ll turn inward, settling down to address your ancestry, aware of your start in life and where you stand in current household matters, with additional processes going on unconsciously. Adjustments to input or role could be a consideration, coupled with a transforming professional mission or personal trajectory.
This is another month of change and transition for you, Gemini, with your ruler Mercury additionally in retrograde motion, or recovering, for most of it. Transformational Pluto is again greatly emphasized, in Aquarius or your sector of higher mind, while, also, numinous and deceptive Neptune is featured in your social sector where he aligns with Saturn. Another outer planet factor of interest to members of your sign is Uranus, trickster planet of surprising new ways of seeing and even of being, recently entered into Gemini just a few weeks ago. Since the early Gemini degree mark of Uranus is slotted into aspectual alignment with both Pluto and Saturn-Neptune, this is quite a heady stew of transpersonal planetary influences swirling. Perhaps this has you reeling, and yet also somewhat energized in your ongoing metamorphosis. This could manifest in many different directions and yet they all spell an acceleration of ongoing changes on your horizon, and likely within the frame of your beliefs and worldview, or possibly travel or educational initiatives. There is a certain degree of inner work also associated which could represent an important part of the story, and this is exacerbated by the introspection of the Mercury Retrograde period. This shifts on the 11th with Mercury’s Station Direct and gradually winds down for the two weeks following, Mercury escapes its post-retrograde shadow period only on the 25th. With your sector of communication and learning involved in this backward motion, you could be simultaneously feeling fulfillment in this area, affecting your immense learning curve right now as you gain in understanding, and, additionally, be experiencing a time of review and reconsideration of how issues with communication and articulation seem to be currently unfolding in your life. There are undercurrents with your social scene also, reminding you that there is always room for a totally new take on whatever is going on with you in these sorts of matters, sometimes unexpectedly making a way out of no way.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
As you enter August, you are in the window of the thirty-day lunation cycle initiated by the recent LeoNew Moon, allowing a strong focus around the themes of steadiness and inspiration with this Fixed Fire sign and as well your third sector of communications, siblings, curiosity, learning, and near environments. There is also to consider in this New Moon chart the Sun and Moon in close trine to Saturn and Neptune in Aries, or your social sector, plus in sextile to Uranus in your sign, and in direct opposition to Pluto in Aquarius. These present a dynamic interplay, which draws on your unique presence in neighborly interactions, and your broader community settings. Likely currently prominent are your interests, mental performance, articulation and informative exchanges. You may want to remember as well that there are surprises and unexpected revelations wherever Uranus stalks.
Mercury, your ruler, is still retrograde in the Leo sector of your chart as well, up until the 11th and then come the two weeks of the post-retrograde shadow as it winds down, lasting until the 25th. You are all this time to some extent in-dwelling and questioning or reviewing your information and communicative inclinations. Shifting attitudes, perceptions or outlooks could add tension – especially if views and opinions that are being explored and integrated could seem to be at odds with basic engagements, or local ones. Finding a way to reconcile differing approaches in conversation might be necessary, with simple interactions, and deeper, philosophical questions posed. With Venus additionally square Mars in Virgo during the New Moon, a household matter, family issue or home life could also add complexity.
On the 6th, Mars enters Libra and your fifth sector of creative self-expression, where it’s in detriment and therefore somewhat weaker. This ingress could motivate you to indulge in things you love and enjoy, directing attention to your own happiness, talents, children, or personal passions. Because Mars rules your social sector and directly opposes Saturn and Neptune there, this is an important moment to also consider friendships, community circles, and your goals for the future, while also taking into account the inherent difficulties involved in your current stance, with potential illusions or self-deception that could also be involved. You may be ready to take inspired action to go after what you want. Your social scene, and the wisdom inherent in collective, group concerns may be touched on as you devote energy to plans or projects that call you. With Mars also forming a trine to Uranus, there could be unexpected consequences to consider as these come up.
On August 9th, the Full Moon arrives in your compatible air sign of Aquarius, corresponding to your sector of higher mind. This could emphasize different perspectives on worldview, education, travel, or foreign shores and international connection. Your philosophy of life is engaged and could also be subject to the introspective review and questioning of the Mercury Retrograde period, located in the opposite sign of Leo and quite active in its almost stationary condition as it reverses direction a day or two later. You may be awakening to the cultivation of alternative knowledge, and the willingness to understand other belief systems, as you flash with novel ideas or fresh look at your very identity or find you’re awakening to another side of yourself.
Between the 10th and 11th of August, Mercury stations direct in Leo, which can amplify a recent appraisal of your communication skills, how you engage close friends or neighbors, travel short distances, and use your voice. At this time, Saturn is precisely sextile Uranus and Venus is conjunct Jupiter in Cancer, so that you might be more aware of key relationships and your role, values, and resources. There could be a maturity, responsibility, or consistency you’re showing among friends and allies, or hard work could also be apparent, with a dedication to groups or networks. Your presence could impact your peers, with adjustments made allowing you to create rapport, perhaps with discernment. Yet you may be conflicted between your co-conspirators and ways you interact with key partners or feel that the practical position and values you’re cultivating, allowing you to feel accomplished and validated, are really paying off for you socially. There may be a boost around spending or your personal contribution, with growth in your understanding of your purpose and resources, or perhaps reason to appreciate tangible rewards.
On the 15th, the Last Quarter TaurusMoon lights up your solitary twelfth sector. Mercury is in sextile to Mars, so that a social message begins to get through, and you can invite or find news shared among kindred spirits and neighbors. The way you are expressing yourself could inspire you to be creative, playful, or fun! It’s perhaps easy coming up with bright ideas that lead you to perform, showcase your talents, or that connect to your desires. It may serve you to slow down, pumping the breaks, turning inwards to tend to the practicalities, your career, material world and sources of income.
The Sun enters Virgo on the 22nd, your sector of home and family, which could see a shift for you in the way you regard familial connectivity or issues of family of origin, or perhaps in the area of your dwelling, such as the ups and downs of a remodel.
The VirgoNew Moon arrives late evening of the 22nd PT, or early the following morning for points east. The Sun and Moon in conjunction at 0° of Virgo become the immediate focal point of a yod, or “Finger of God” aspect, from Saturn-Neptune and Pluto. This is another very intense New Moon configuration, governing the last week of August and most of September, bringing a confrontative focus and fresh start to your home life, sanctuary, security or nurturing spaces. The base of the yod features Pluto, along with Saturn and Neptune in close conjunction, within 1°, bringing essentially antithetical planetary archetypes in connection with one another in the configurations of these two monthly cycles. This new beginning for your family, property, parenting plans or ancestral ties can also incorporate your community and network, and a transforming belief system, or shifting views on the world. As the New Moon is squares Uranus in your sign, a reset is possible in which you begin to reach outwardly from a deeper and more spontaneous place.
This is another is a series of rather intense months, Cancer, that could, even though it’s summertime in the Northern Hemisphere when we want to be playing, leave you both shaken and stirred. This month features an extreme transformational focus on your career and professional priorities which offers you a realignment in favor of a more spiritually realistic approach, plus enormous changes that could manifest in other areas. Most particularly, there is a huge intuitional influence that can tell you true about your big-picture possibilities if you can allow yourself to consult with your own inner guidance that could be in this manner coming through. You are also shifting in your appreciation of your resources, principles, and values. One question becomes who’s in fact these really are, whether your own or, in actuality, those of your early conditioning or the consensus, and if the latter you might want to participate in a shift. All along, this month, Mercury moving retrograde in your resources sector suggests variation and fluctuation, and this could include your finances. This changes with the very last full week of the month. Matters of identity continue to be brought forward, and there is a subtle internal activist at work within you that wants you to become in certain ways more than you have been in the past. After August’s first week you could find personal transformation along with potential intimate relationships being brought into the equation, with an emphasis also on partnership agreements, and a suggestion of social arrangements furthering your cause. All throughout the month, even after Mercury’s station to direct motion on the 11th, recovering for the next ten to fourteen days, there is an internal force for change taking place deep within you, where it really counts.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
The recent LeoNew Moon from the last full week of July sets the tone for August, governing the thirty-day lunation cycle that stretches into the upcoming weeks. This incredibly potent planetary configuration brought your focus to your second sector of values, income and self-worth. You might sense an emphasis on your assets, as well as the non-material resources that you bring to the table. In the New Moon chart, the luminaries are trine Saturn conjunct Neptune in Aries, corresponding to your career sector, plus sextile Uranus in Gemini, or your twelfth sector of dream imagination and your unconscious, and also appear in an exact opposition to Pluto in Aquarius, where you are engaged in personal evolution and depth work. This configuration could prompt a deep awareness of the power – and position – held by yourself and other people, with respect to their monetary input, resources, or your own vulnerabilities. You might find you’re aligning with your public profile, upholding your reputation and spiritual life with an underlying consideration of other people, and the influence they have on your sense of self.
Mercury is also retrograde in this same sector so that you could find yourself criticizing or second-guessing and seeking to alter your attitude toward possessions, saving and spending, or meditating on what you offer and contribute. Financial arrangements might prove variable. As Venus is additionally square to Mars during the New Moon, social activity or complex interpersonal issues could factor in.
On the 1st, the First Quarter ScorpioMoon arrives – during which Venus in your sign is square Saturn and Neptune in your career sector. Your instincts may lead you to indulge in pleasurable experiences and creative plans, yet there’s perhaps a pressure impacting your solo identity. Your public face, and what you’re building, amassing or doing to prove yourself could restrict who you show up to be in a social sense. It could feel like a time to indulge, to move ahead with passion projects, hobbies, romance, or to pursue the things you love. However, what you want might need to fall in line with career aspirations, personal or professional markers of success, or the external image you’re establishing.
On August 6th, Mars, the ruler of your vocational path and outer profile enters Libra and your sector of home, family, and foundations, potentially motivating you for different focus on support of career objectives amongst home and family matters and your private life. Mars forms an opposition to Saturn and Neptune, and a trine to Uranus and Pluto during its ingress into this air sign, making a grand trine in the sky, so that there are issues, possibly novel ones, for these major areas of home, family, vocational initiatives, and the unconscious process within you, to include relationships also. Your start in life, where you’re from, a parenting issue or even your dwelling space could be suddenly prominent.
The AquariusFull Moon lands on the 9th, illuminating your intimate eighth sector of joint resources, shared space and partnership agreements, and this grand trine planetary dynamic also features into the Full Moon. You could be insightful and candid about a process of give and take, contractual agreements, power dynamics, or issues of partnership trust. Potential revelations around intimacy could be looming, or your legacy or long-term plans and goals could be changing with your internal process another factor that comes into play.
Mercury stations direct in Leo between the 10th and 11th of August, perhaps a turning point in your role or for money-making insights. At the same time, Venus is conjunct Jupiter in your sign. This could encourage you to emphasize a major chapter or journey you’ve embarked on, personally or even physically. Friends might look to you, as you’re reminded of important wisdom, knowledge, and expertise you’ve cultivated, and currently embody. Saturn in Aries is sextile to Uranus in Gemini, so that you have intuition on your side. You could be forging ahead with vocational priorities, waking up to sacrifices you might make, or with one part of yourself retreating inward, with a way to advance in your role, visibly or outwardly accomplished. It’s possible you’re reflecting on the ways you’re rewarded, compensated, or can pay your way, thinking about a portion of your position that is behind the scenes.
On the 15th, the Last Quarter TaurusMoon brings focus to your sector of groups, networking, and the hopes and wishes you have for yourself moving forward. With the Moon in mutual reception with Venus, you could find you’re embraced by community members, or able to show up for a good cause in a supportive capacity, cheering others on. Mercury is sextile Mars during this lunar phase, perhaps helping turn your thoughts to earnings, security and what you have to give behind closed doors. Clarity around your finances could impact your household setting or domestic life, with realizations about the space you base yourself in.
On the 22nd, the Sun enters Virgo lighting up your neighborly sector of communications, curiosity, engagement, and rapport, so that your communicative outreach, in general, is enhanced.
The New Moon occurs this same late evening of the 22nd PT, or early morning the following day for points east. In this extremely powerful lunation, the third of these incredibly strong New Moon configurations, we find the Sun and Moon at 0° of Virgo as the focal point of a tight yod – or “Finger of God” aspect pattern – formed from the positions of Saturn and Neptune remaining in close conjunction in Aries, at about 1°, and from also Pluto at 1° plus of Aquarius. This configuration also pulls in Uranus at 1° of Gemini, square to the New Moon degree. This is therefore another extremely potent New Moon, and highlighting the same areas as at the beginning of August, with Mercury now in direct motion and almost out of the shadow, and with Virgo or your communication sector, as an important part of this story. From this timing until the end of the month, and beyond, into September, you will find a similar scenario with however the difference of the sixty days, rather than just thirty, that have elapsed since things began to get dicey in late June of this year.
This could be your opportunity to re-orient yourself and turn the page, aware of your connections, skillset, manner in which you learn from your surroundings and navigate, while also being mindful of future plans, your loyalties, commitments, and paths to prominence, or outward perceptions of success. With the huge intuitive thrust of highlighted Uranus in your twelfth sector of your unconscious process and inner work, there could be a lot transpiring inwardly, that also has the potential to be expressed to close associates, including them in your evolving developmental progress.
This is another consequential month for you, Leo, with the recent New Moon having taken place near the very beginning of your sign, and same-degree opposed to Pluto in your opposite sign of Aquarius. This implies, simultaneously, a fresh start for you in matters of self-concept and sense of identity, as well as the way that you show up in the world. What you also have going, via this extremely prominent Pluto placement, are the questioning and ongoing transformational process regarding the way that important others impact your life in terms of either personal or business partnerships. Also involved in this month’s astrology is of course the Mercury Retrograde period. Mercury’s backward motion as August begins, and its placement near the Sun, concerns who you think you really are, yielding to review, reconsideration, and ultimately realignment. This sort of questioning and basic introspection might seem confounding, and yet it is a natural effect of your current process, when also the society is in ferment, especially here in the US, so that political and social question marks equally abound. Your own sense of social connection, due to Trickster Uranus in that sector, comes with surprises and unexpected enlightenment. There is a process of maturation that is taking place, within you and without, so that you are likely come out ahead with important lessons learned. After all, if we never have questions about who we are or where heading we are probably missing the point. The best we can do at times is just to pay the closest possible attention to everything and to trust in the universe to have our back and to see us through. Because Saturn is prominent as well, we are slowed down even further in our attempts at progress, with lessons to be learned, and since Neptune remains in close conjunction with Saturn, there is an important spiritual component to additionally be absorbed.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
The month begins with strong focus on your very identity, Leo, as you find yourself in the thirty-day window following the recent New Moon in your sign from the last full week of July. This lunation cycle covers most of the current month and likely indicates quite a strong and perhaps difficult time all the way through August. Your sense of identity and self-awareness may be heightened, with the transformational effects of Pluto exactly opposite the New Moon also creating at least waves, or more likely high seas. In the New Moon chart, the Sun and Moon in conjunction at 2° Leo are trine Saturn and Neptune together at about 2° of Aries – corresponding to your sector of higher mind – with Uranus in sextile at 0° of Gemini, or your social sector. Insights around your life philosophy, beliefs, or worldview and general outlook are important, and a part of new beginnings. An exact opposition from Sun and Moon to Pluto in Aquarius also adds a potent dimension, including personal relationships in your fresh start, and indicates this could be an extremely powerful or intense new beginning for you in these several different areas. It’s possible that key people in your life could comprise a dominant factor.
Mercury is additionally retrograde in your sign as the month begins, lasting through to the eleventh and then recovering for two weeks after that, in what is called the post-retrograde shadow period. You might therefore be in the midst of an introspective period of time while focusing who you are at the core and also questioning and meditating on what exactly that might mean for you as you look ahead. The transformation in which you are engaged as far as contextualizing your place and presence in the dynamic of partnerships, and among your peers, or in groups you’re involved with, could also be subject to review and potential revision as you go through. You will want to be aware of your vitality, and your overall confidence and of a tendency through this current month to hold back from initiating new projects. You are also perhaps reveling is a newly established perspective on world events, as involving your own beliefs and collaborations.
On Friday, August 1st, you have the First Quarter ScorpioMoon, during which Venus newly entered into Cancer is square Saturn and Neptune, so that additional tension could become apparent. Home and family, your inner workings, and a process of reflection could be juxtaposed with your individuality, so that there is a potential for cross purposes, as well as private inner values coming more greatly to the fore and representing your position more completely than received knowledge from early conditioning or consensus thought. This isn’t necessarily easy, as you are attempting to institute a new and more viable set of values to affirm other steps you’re taking to explore your visionary potential.
On August 6th, Mars enters Libra and your sector of siblings, communication, curiosity, and local environment. Mars forms a trine to Uranus and to Pluto, making a grand trine in the sky. An opposition from Mars to Saturn and Neptune in Aries or your sector of higher mind is additionally present, thus highlighting even further these slow-moving outer planets that are quite consequential in their impact. This is somewhat of a dangerous and accident-prone time, so that it pays to be cautious. There may be a motivation to meet your friends, allies, or acquaintances in close quarters, getting together to interact, navigate, learn, or engage in a way that’s more intimate and with also more potential for power struggles.
The AquariusFull Moon lands on the 9th in your relationship sector, which can illuminate loving or platonic/business partners, possibly more direct involvement with a significant other. The planetary dynamic mentioned with regard to the Mars ingress of the 6th is also present in the Full Moon While there’s potential for revelations in one-to-ones, there’s also likely to be a continued focus on you, and your presence, thanks to the recent New Moon in your sign. Meet-ups with relatives or those in neighborly environments, or participating in a committee, or with members of your team, could cultivate rapport and see you more connected. The dynamics of your interpersonal relationships is a topic that might also arise and be pondered. There are mysteries there that might not be fully resolved during this meditative month, yet at least you’re focusing some attention and thinking about that.
Socially oriented Mercury stations direct between the 10th and 11th of August early in your sign, meanwhile Saturn is sextile Uranus, and Venus is conjunct Jupiter. The way that you engage with networks, groups or your social scene may have undergone a process of refinement, and from this point you could be well placed to articulate your dreams to teammates or audiences. This time could also hold the potential for a moment of closure, catharsis, and acceptance, which perhaps involves a nod to how you’re perceived in public.
On the 15th, the Last Quarter Moon in Taurus touches on your vocational sector, so you could be leaning into your career, successes, or your external vocational profile, while also quietly taking space for introspection. The TaurusMoon and Venus in Cancer enjoy a moment of mutual reception, which favors your ambitions, and an unconscious process of renewal, catharsis, and rejuvenation. You might nourish your outer achievements and recognition with a sense of greater contentment. On this day, too, Mercury is sextile Mars in Libra which could bring about an opportunity to express yourself and your opinions. You might need to be mindful not to come on too strong, with concepts and ideas that do not land so well with those you find yourself around. You might be better off keeping it simple.
The Sun enters Virgo on the 22nd, switching your focus to your second sector of resources and values, also of material things, earnings, personal attributes, and self-worth. The shift might be noticeable.
The New Moon in Virgo of the late evening of the same day, early morning the next day of the 23rd for the east coast and Europe, is another very strong lunation, with many of the same attributes as the New Moon in your sign that preceded it thirty days prior. This brings a new beginning energy to the theme of values, income and assets. In the VirgoNew Moon chart, the New Moon is the focal point of a yod, with Saturn and Neptune sextile Pluto forming the base of this “Finger of God” aspect. Your approach to your resources, material assets and values could seem extra heightened, particularly as you navigate important figures and outside perspectives or beliefs you’re integrating into your lived experience. The Sun and Moon being square to Uranus adds another component that’s excitingly novel and potentially unsettling. You may want to consider how you are doing in celebrating the principles and deeper values that truly belong just to you, independent of early conditioning or consensus thinking. Note that this could be a jarring time of new beginnings with material affairs and your resources so that it pays to recognize that your most important asset is your Self.
This is another interesting and perhaps taxing month for you, Virgo, when you have the double-whammy of Mercury, your ruler, in retrograde motion nearly all month, thus signaling an introspective period of time, and also the sector of your solar chart highlighted by the recent LeoNew Moon is the 12th, tied to unconscious process and inner work. Mercury is also there as the month begins, making for a mentality-activated month’s first week with an additional focus on looking within. You are living through a certain degree of questioning and re-thinking of your purpose, as you also attempt to get a better handle on what you have going on beneath your conscious understanding, when you are so internally focused. This is an extremely transformational time, when old outworn habit patterns are up for revision and when relationships and mentorships in your life are undergoing an unusual metamorphosis. You are aware, as you cast your gaze within, of deep questions with outdated answers, and the evolutionary progress that you are simultaneously making as you struggle with this. Your career choices are also in tremendous flux and inspiration; this is sometimes fun, sometimes a little scary, and always surprising. It is worth mentioning that in this vocational area, intuition may well be your guide for surrendering to needed adjustments. In the last week of the month, on the 22nd, the more difficult facets of this could morph and shift. The New Moon in your sign, at 0° again aspects Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto, thus indicating that the final week of August remains extremely transformational extending into September.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
As you enter August, you are in the window of the LeoNew Moon from the last full week of July which gives a strong emphasis to the themes of this fire sign and brings enormous focus to your twelfth sector of unconscious process, inner work, catharsis, and recovery. This New Moon sets the tone for the thirty-day lunation cycle that follows, lasting most of August, which could give you permission to deeply succumb to private inner work, introspection and healing, or a selfless act of courage. As the New Moon configuration features a trine to Saturn and Neptune in conjunction in Aries, and a sextile to Uranus in Gemini, a significant commitment or bonding experience could factor, along with your career trajectory, which is now perhaps moving in a different, alternative direction. An opposition between the luminaries and Pluto in Aquarius – or your sixth sector of habitual day-today patterns and environment – suggests this an extremely potent lunation, so while you may be reflecting and devoting yourself to quiet time, a rebirth, or making sacrifices, your health and regular workplace environments are subtly transforming and add a pressure of something more to consider.
Mercury, your ruler, is also in retrograde motion for the first ten days of August and recovering for the next two weeks – the retrograde symptoms of introspection and questioning various aspects of your life then gradually subside. There is an inner dialog that accompanies your more routine activities. Your job or habitual behaviors aren’t necessarily easy to reconcile alongside the healing modalities, purging process, or your need to let go and surrender. It could be that outmoded habits are in a process of fading and being replaced by new ones. You might be unravelling as you are also striving to uphold your daily functioning, too. Additionally, as Venus in the chart of the recent LeoNew Moon is square to Mars in your sign, your public image, aspirations or career choices might compete with your sense of self, and these affirmative personal actions you’re taking.
On August 1st you encounter the First Quarter ScorpioMoon in your sector of communications, neighbors, curiosity, and learning, during which Venus newly in Cancer comes to square Saturn and Neptune in Aries or your intimacy sector. You may feel conflicted, in one sense keen to socialize, connect to your future vision, participating in the world. Yet intimate agreements and secret steps you’re taking could make it harder to be a part of your community. There may be obligations to important others that hold you back, so that you’re operating in a confined or hidden state of limbo, aware of core vulnerabilities or your primary personal attachments; and yet there are lessons to be learned from all this.
On the 6th, Mars enters Libra and your second sector of values, earnings, and self-worth, where it’s in detriment, and therefore perhaps operating with less drive and initiative. What could be emphasized is making a valuable contribution, being practical or economical, or conversely your spending and your financial position. Yet as Mars arrives opposite Saturn and Neptune, it could be apparent you’re also dedicated to collaborations and joint resources – sharing, merging, and investing in your important relationships. While you could be motivated to make something of yourself, dealing with your assets, and commitments could factor in as well. Mars also forms a trine to Uranus and to Pluto, making a grand trine in Air, and bringing your attention to new ways of seeing your public statement and vocational activity.
On the 9th, the AquariusFull Moon arrives in your zone of day-to-day environment, habits, maintenance, and heath regimens. This is also where Pluto resides and where there is therefore a focus on transformation, growth, and evolution. The grand trine between Mars, Uranus, and Pluto is still quite active, so that this is a potentially dangerous as well as an evolutionary timing. You could see revelations around your habits, routine appointments, work environment, and healthy lifestyle choices. The themes of inner work, meditation, respite, and your regeneration can continue to draw your attention also, so that part of your work is to acknowledge these hidden parts of yourself as important.
Your ruler Mercury stations direct in Leo between the 10th and 11th of August following its retrograde spell in this fixed fire sign, and begins to slowly recover from the retrograde period over the next two week. At the same time Saturn becomes precisely sextile to Uranus. This is a significant turning point for your inner contemplations, intuition, and retreat, or for gaining closure. Consistent steps taken toward a mutually beneficial contract or pact could now underpin your outer reputation, your ambitions, and how you come across or present yourself. You might pause to take the pressure off, gaining clarity around a window of leave or period of recuperation, with your dreams and spiritual life enriching you from within. Partners might help in focusing and steadying your wilder ideas and impulses, which, however, can also be extremely useful in blowing past former limitations in your thinking and career choice imagination.
Venus in Cancer is conjunct Jupiter at this time, as well. There may be a sense of major growth experienced in community networks, which produces beautiful moments with friends and loved ones.
On the 15th, the Last Quarter TaurusMoon brings attention to your ninth sector of higher mind, travel and evolving wisdom. The Moon is in mutual reception with Venus in your zone of the collective and your own long-term aspirations. It could be apparent that you’re learning among members of your circle, with peers in your network or group paying attention to what you have to share. In this lunar phase, Mercury is sextile Mars, which could encourage you to pull back, strategizing what you might do that’s lucrative, recharging and finding a sense of motivation around your role. It’s possible you’ll connect to insights and new ideas about your self-worth.
The Sun enters your sign on the 22nd, the beginning of “Virgo Season” and a time for you of identity considerations coming to the fore. You might be thinking of the way that you come across to others and this is just as Mercury, your ruler, begins to straighten out as fully recovered from its recent retrograde.
The New Moon at the initial degree of your zodiac sign lands late on the 22nd, early morning the next day for the east coast and Europe. The VirgoNew Moon is the focal point of a yod, or “Finger of God” aspect from Saturn and Neptune in Aries, and Pluto. This coming thirty-day lunation cycle signals another extremely intense period, with all these same outer planet aspects still looming. This also signals a fresh start for you personally, for your presence and identity, while also encouraging you to take your wellbeing, physical constitution and a lifestyle practice into consideration, and the long-term investments you’re committing to. The New Moon in your sign is square to Uranus, in your sector of public image, visibility, and vocation, so you might need to reconcile your outer life, professional status or external profile with your sense identity and who you really are.
This is another important and transformational month for you, Libra. The significant position of Pluto that was featured last month in early Aquarius, corresponding to your sector of creative self-expression and romance, is now, for August, even further highlighted. This indicates that you are in the midst of a deep-seated process of evolutionary development in this and many other areas. Also affected are your friendships, your sense of social engagement, and your goals for the future, also likely shifting in some manner, due in part to the recent LeoNew Moon from the end of July in this sector, as well as the ongoing Mercury Retrograde in this area; the Mercury situation is lasting most of this month when you take the two-week period of the post-retrograde shadow into account. The significant transformational impact of Pluto during this climactic monthly cycle currently affects partnerships of all kinds, including business partners. This is also to include career choices and your personal relationships. All these areas benefit as well from sudden moves as symbolized by Uranus newly entered into Gemini – corresponding to your sector of higher mind, plus travel and educational initiatives – indicating that there is a fresh wind of innovative change blowing through, affecting primarily your beliefs and your worldview. The lesson here may be that there is a multiplicity of doorways, some unexpected, so that you achieve the best result in the long run by staying open to possibility. This attitude inevitably affects your relationship and important partners and their fluctuations. One thing to note here is that while things could be shifting in all these areas, remembering the Mercury situation implies that there could be further and perhaps opposite shifts as the month draws to a close in the timing of the VirgoNew Moon of the 22nd governing its final week.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
As you enter August, you’re deep into the afterglow of the recent New Moon in Leo, which sets the tone for the thirty-day lunation cycle that follows, lasting to the 22nd. The energy of this recent New Moon was powerful, featuring outer planets Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto, all combining closely with the positions of Sun and Moon in early Leo. This encourages you to reach toward new beginnings, involving on your sector of friendship, community, and future goals, and enhancing your focus on social spheres and experiences within your peer group. The New Moon features a strong trine to Saturn and Neptune in Aries, your opposite sign, so that key relationships are another significant focus, perhaps involving a mentor connection or a spiritual partnership and its evolution in your life. There is also a sextile to Uranus in Gemini, implying that new revelations regarding your beliefs and worldview could be coming up as well during this monthly cycle. The fresh start for your friendships, group dynamics, and shared goals might also involve a changing life philosophy, evolving principles and beliefs or a significant relationship. There could be a powerful inclination to tend to your own desires, or the people you cherish, so that you’re pleasing yourself, as well.
Mercury is also in retrograde during most of the month, when you count the two-week long post-retrograde shadow period that lasts until the 25th. You could be second-guessing yourself in all of these areas or meditating on how to make certain alterations to your habitual patterns that have grown stale. And, with your ruling planet Venus square to Mars also in this New Moon, your own outlook, knowledge, wisdom, and your understanding of the bigger picture may feel like a point of contrast tension with your mandated inner work.
On Friday, August 1st, you have the First Quarter ScorpioMoon in your second sector of resources and values, during which Venus newly in Cancer, or your career sector, is square Saturn and Neptune in your house of relationship, so there’s a juxtaposition to consider. Partners and money might not mix, or, beyond that, you might sense friction as you consider your professional prominence, or move along your vocational path, in case you encounter significant people or mentors that don’t necessarily appreciate your authority. You might also be considering an activist role regarding social ills that you perceive. It might help to consider the simultaneous support of your allies and those you’re involved with, as well as making moves in your professional role or financial position.
On August 6th, Mars enters your sign, suggesting other people might be looking your way, inclined to follow your lead. Mars connects to Uranus and Pluto in a grand trine in the early degrees of the Air signs, and opposes Saturn and Neptune, in Aries or your relationship sector which could have a bearing on the way that you are redefining your ideas about marriage unions and partnerships.
These aspects are also present in the AquariusFull Moon on the 9th, which illuminates your creative interests and self-expression, passion projects, children, romance and heart. Your talents, a celebration, your sense of fun or love life could be showcased. There’s also a spotlight on your circle of peers, potentially cheering you on. You might explore educational trajectories or paths of global expansion, enjoying yourself and getting attention while also honoring those you encounter as part of your wider collective. There could be serious revelations afloat regarding your partnerships, or your creative self-expression, children in your life, joy, or romance. Your energy is high right now and it might be wise to think twice about where you are directing it.
The 10th and 11th are extra special, as Venus meets Jupiter in the highest corner of your horoscope, encouraging you to be prominent, professional, visible and known, while Mercury simultaneously stations direct in Leo at this time, your social sector, and Saturn is precisely sextile to Uranus in your sector of high mind understandings. Standing together in your sector of recognition and accomplishments, Venus and Jupiter, the two benefic planets, may deliver a validating boost for your public profile, so be aware of the impression you make around these days, and how you’re seen as a success. You might be upheld in your vocation or learn more about your true aspirations.
Interpersonal dynamics could be fascinating to explore at this juncture, with Mercury standing almost dead still in the sky. A liberation in your perspective could be underpinned by significant figures or developments one-on-one. A rethink around those you’re happy to associate with, or complications and delays connecting to people in your orbit could additionally be present, so you can perhaps affirm those alliances and shared dreams that compliment your beliefs, truth, and higher mind.
On the 15th the Last Quarter TaurusMoon lights up your sector of intimacy, shared ownership, joint finances and partnership agreements. An investment that benefits you and another party, with a sense of mutual success, could engender clashes of consciousness. Mercury connects in a sextile to Mars at this time, perhaps giving you a way to personally engage your network and people from your circle, along with key partners.
The Sun enters Virgo and your intuitive twelfth sector of unconscious process on the 22nd, immediately forming a yod, or “Finger of God” aspect with Saturn and Neptune and Pluto forming the base of this planetary dynamic. This could be a special timing of internal awareness leading up to the VirgoNew Moon.
Late that evening, PT, early morning on the 23rd for the east coast and Europe, the Moon is conjunct the Sun in the dynamic VirgoNew Moon. This also features the same yod, and represents another potent lunation, with all three collections of outer planet energies holding full sway. With the focus this time on exploring your inner world of unconscious process, night-time dreams, and inner work, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune, and Pluto are all involved. Your dreams, spiritual life, internal awareness and being somewhat in retreat are grist for your mill of continuing novel revelations, with your happiness, passion projects and collaborations playing into this fresh start. A potent month of self-analysis could follow, so that you might withdraw to examine your approach to dating, sex, fertility or co-parenting, with mentors and your personal creativity as co-pilots.
On August 26th, Venus enters Leo, perhaps inspiring you to identify with a group of friends, a common cause you believe in, or to integrate more into communal environments. Venus now forms a trine to Saturn and Neptune, sextiles Uranus and opposes Pluto, mirroring the aspects of the recent VirgoNew Moon and of the preceding month as well. Again, key individuals and a reimagining of your intimate relationships might be significant, as you become more involved in your social scene, possibly beginning to tune into a radically different way of seeing the world, your beliefs, and your key people.
This is another transformational month for you, Scorpio, as testified by the highlighted presence of Pluto all over the New Moon chart from the last week of the previous month. This current Leo lunation cycle affects mostly your sector of career and profession, where Pluto’s polarity point resides, and where the recent New Moon was concurrently located, indicating a fresh start in this area, together with an ongoing and intensified continuation of the existing sea change. What adds to this is the variation of potential outcomes – or at least their perception – due to the retrograde motion of Mercury through this same sector, or recovering, for most of August. Other areas that are equally in considerable flux are your home and family sector, which Pluto currently transits, your sector of intimacy and personal evolution, currently graced by Uranus for unexpected events and surprise revelations, plus your relationship sector that governs partnerships of all kinds, and the sector of your habitual day-to-day environment, where Saturn and Neptune reside in close aspect to Uranus and Pluto. It may be that old and outmoded habitual patterns are slipping away to be replaced by healthier ones. Interesting too is the presence of the new 21st century Nature planet, Haumea, at 1° of your sign, closely aspected by Mars in the Full Moon of August 9th, and opposed by Chiron, the Wounded Healer, throughout August. This presages that you could find yourself in love with Nature and natural settings over these Northern Hemisphere summer months, with also a strong presence of internal moral compass. You might be recognizing that the simplest thing to do in most circumstances is to treat others, especially vulnerable others, as you yourself would like to be treated. This can be a salve to ongoing concerns about the world and your relationships, especially as regards some of your most important personal connections.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
The recent LeoNew Moon from the last week of July has set the tone for August, with a strong emphasis on your tenth house of career, fame, public life, and reputation, represented by the sign of Leo in your solar chart. The thirty-day cycle that follows cover most of August, and encourages you to step into prominence and acclaim, toward your vocational image or ambitions. An exact opposition from the New Moon your transformational Pluto, currently residing in in your fourth sector of home and inner life, is not to be overlooked. There may be an awareness of your sanctuary, the life you live behind closed doors, and what’s safe or familiar.
There’s the potential to be aware of what you’re striving to accomplish, your external status and where you’re headed, but also a reverence for your roots, ancestral origins and your start in life. Resting, nesting, cultivating stability and a steady base could be just as important to you as acknowledging your goals and aspirations. Additionally, this recent New Moon is trine Saturn and Neptune in Aries, and sextile Uranus in Gemini, so your day-to-day habits, workplace settings, a healthy lifestyle, and partnership agreements can also be a significant factor for this month.
Mercury is also retrograde for the first ten days of August, coloring your experience, and recovering for another two weeks after Mercury’s station to direct motion, thus up to the 25th. You might find yourself questioning and reviewing aspects of your work versus your home situation, perhaps partnership agreements or your unconscious process and inner work, with a sense of reevaluating current direction. Your wellbeing, or a different take on approaching your loyalties can play into the way you might perceive this. Additionally, Venus is square Mars, your traditional ruler, in the New Moon chart, so that another consideration may be friendships, community networks, and your goals. A motivation to show up among your friends could impact the promises you’ve been inclined to make and follow through on with partners.
On August 1st, the First Quarter Moon appears in your sign, during which Venus in Cancer is square Saturn and Neptune. This emphasizes a point of tension between progress in your vocational role or the outer impression you project as you get the job done, versus your personal life, growth experiences, and relationships with people encouraging you to explore. You might have to reconcile a focus on professional undertakings, and opportunities that see you discovering more about the world and yourself.
On the 6th, Mars enters Libra and your twelfth sector or withdrawal and catharsis. Here, you could be powering down, diverting attention to private plans, or entering a window where secrets and stealth activities rule. Upon its ingress to this air sign, Mars forms a trine to Uranus and Pluto, and an opposition to Saturn and Neptune,
These aspects are also present during the AquariusFull Moon which arrives on the 9th. Projects that are hidden from view could draw your attention, so that you’re calibrating internally, yet you could be confronted by the hard work you’ve been putting in, aware of the discipline it’s taken to manage your task load, employment schedules, or health. It may be apparent you’ve been dedicated to routines, or a practice that allows you to maintain your position, but you now might make an effort in an alternative fashion, easing up, finding there’s progress within arrangements that are collaborative. Around this time, the Full Moon illuminates your sector of family and household environments, so a parent, your nurturing tendencies, security, or inherited behavioral patterns might be revelatory, nudging you to address the past. It might be important to acknowledge where you’re from, and changes to the way you operate in contracts, mutually beneficial relationships, or your commitments.
Mercury stations direct in Leo and your sector of outer success between the 10th and 11th of August, so you might find you’re secure taking the stand, or talking publicly about what you want to achieve. Your relationship planet Venus is also conjunct Jupiter at this time, so it’s possible you’ll notice a sweetness around a journey of growth, expansion and knowledge you’ve begun to embrace, which now involves a partner or significant other. Just be mindful that nurturing a path of wisdom, pleasure and global perspective takes you away from daily regimes, and the clarity you’re gaining around what you might be proud to accomplish, which might be frustrating to balance.
On the 15th the Last Quarter TaurusMoon lights up your seventh sector of relationships, so you might embrace someone special that understands and appreciates the path you’re on. During this lunar phase Mercury is sextile Mars, so you’re perhaps thinking about an inner process that allows you to come off well, planning how you might get ahead by taking steps in a confidential setting, or with a hidden agenda. Perhaps you’re maneuvering in a way that’s understated, with actions taken that go unnoticed, yet that lead to a promotion, or the spotlight.
The Sun enters Virgo and your eleventh sector of friendship and communal spirit on the 22nd, becoming the focal point of a significant yod alignment that includes Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto. This is again entirely transformational time as is accentuated in the VirgoNew Moon that immediately follows.
This VirgoNew Moon hits late evening of the 22nd, or it could be early morning of the next day for the east coast and Europe, and the yod, or “Finger of God”, with the Sun and Moon together as the focus, gets even tighter. Saturn and Neptune are sextile Pluto at the base of this yod, infusing the New Moon with longevity, vision and intensity. You might shift your focus to community circles, and the hopes, dreams and wishes you have for your peers. Your approach to regular maintenance, wellness, home life or your household can feature as part of this fresh start, and, as the New Moon is square Uranus, there’s another dynamic to consider. Long-term plans, your investments, and what you promise to give, share or commit to could impact your new beginning.
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This is another month of transformation and change, Sagittarius. You might be feeling the pinch in various areas of your life, most especially perhaps in the twin sectors of higher mind and communications, which could be altering over a years-long period. This includes the way that you reach out to others around you, as well as your natural curiosity and seeking after learning. There is a fresh start for August in terms of higher mind, beliefs, and worldview, possibly education or travel, based on the recent LeoNew Moon from the end of July, and there is also introspection in this area in connection with the retrograde of Mercury through this same sector. Mercury backwards or recovering lasts for most of the month, when you take into account the two weeks of the post-retrograde shadow. You could find yourself questioning your beliefs, which yet serves to cement the ones that you truly value as part of your current evolutionary development, while perhaps downplaying others that do not fully meet that grade. There are other areas of your life that are subject to big changes this month as well, to include doing and doing, however with reservations, inner work, dreams, and moral compass. Your very creativity is morphing, as far as projects you espouse, or whatever brings you joy in terms of hobbies or new romance, with a stop-and-go spiritual orientation, due to the highlighted presence of Saturn and Neptune, in your creativity sector and aspectual combination with transformational Pluto and trickster Uranus. Since Uranus has just entered your opposite sign of Gemini for the Northern Hemisphere summer and early fall, there are implications at the present for your major relationships and business partnerships. All in all, this month represents a big set of changes in many areas for you, as consistent with the soul-intended growth into your next stage, as you can begin to understand your current evolutionary development.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
You enter August under the influence of the recent LeoNew Moon in your own fire element, which covers the thirty-day lunation cycle that follows, up to the VirgoNew Moon of the 22nd. This New Moon took place in your ninth or higher mind sector, illuminating your understanding of visionary plans, what you’re striving to publish or share with the world, and paths of personal development, altered worldview, and novel philosophical understanding. This fresh start also features Saturn and Neptune in Aries, with a trine to this planetary pairing lodged in your fifth house of personal joy, romance, and creative expression, plus a sextile to Uranus in Gemini, your opposite sign and thus lying in your partnership zone. These outer planet aspects suggest your new beginning might encompass a firm resolve around hobbies, passions, love life and any children you have connection with. There is an emerging vision for these independent interests, and for beginning to enjoy what could be radically different experiences in partnerships. The New Moon is in an exact opposition to Pluto in Aquarius, making this an incredibly potent lunation for evolutionary growth and your transforming mindset.
Mercury is also retrograde as the month begins, and after stationing to direct motion on the 11th, the retrograde symptoms of introspection, self-reflection, and missed connections, trail off over the subsequent two weeks of the post-retrograde shadow period. As you engage in review and reconsideration of your very sense of identity, and as well your beliefs and worldview, a reconciliation of different perspectives may be necessary, so that you’re open to new concepts but also sustaining a connection to the old ones, and to those around you. With Venus additionally square to Mars in the New Moon chart, it might prove be challenging to achieve the exact recognition or outer image you could be wishing for.
On Friday, August 1st, you have the First Quarter ScorpioMoon, in your twelfth or hidden sector, during which Venus newly in Cancer is also square Saturn and Neptune. You might therefore start the month off slowly, processing your current commitments and circumstances, and your relationship habits, giving yourself a break to rest and stabilize internally. Inner work right now is key, and there’s tension, potentially with an adventurous spirit or educational journey burning bright, so you might find it necessary to embrace life experiences and what’s in your heart, while also yielding to a necessary introversion, sinking into your project obligations or as a committed participant or partner. It could be challenging to consider what you want, your tastes, desires and what you’re willing to work hard for, while also collaborating, merging, and sharing.
On the 6th, Mars enters Libra and your sector of collective goals and networks, where it’s in detriment and therefore perhaps not operating with quite as much energy. Upon its ingress, Mars forms a trine to Uranus, an opposition to Saturn and Neptune, and a trine to Pluto, making a grand trine in Air signs in the sky. These are aspects that are also present three days later.
On the 9th, the AquariusFull Moon lands in your communications sector with curiosity and learning also key. You might be encouraged toward social activity, getting involved in a good cause, among friends or a team, noticing that you’ve been dedicated to your own interests, creativity and happiness. This Full Moon illuminates close ties, siblings and neighbors, as well as a process of cultivating greater underlying understanding of all of these. Your local area, and people in your inner orbit, might feel significant to be reaching out to. The Sun still shines in its domicile sign of Leo, so that you also remain focused on your specialized comprehension, expertise, and philosophy – going the distance, and always looking even farther afield for answers.
Your relational sector ruler Mercury stations direct in Leo between the 10th and 11th, and also at this time Saturn is precisely sextile Uranus in this same sector. If you’ve been struggling to reconcile thoughts and ideas about partners or the the bigger picture, and even your faith or moral compass, this eventually becomes easier, with relationships benefitting from your evolving clarity. What you now know to be true could be apparent, and you might also find there’s a consistency around your affections, hobbies, talents or kids, and plans with a partner.
Venus in Cancer is conjunct your ruling planet Jupiter at this time as well, which could symbolize a special moment for bonding, working as one, gaining a sense of interdependence and reciprocity. Loyalty and commitment could be demonstrated, or what’s comforting or nourishing could be apparent, so that it’s almost impossible not to learn more about give and take at this stage. Yet you could be conflicted between a familiar safety within your unions, versus passion, and experiences that see you exploring.
On the 15th the Last Quarter TaurusMoon lights up your sector of workplace environments, daily routines, healthy living and maintenance regimens. Habits are one thing and true understanding is another, a gap that might need to be reviewed and reconciled. During this lunar phase, Mercury sextile Mars suggests you might broaden your outlook through your community circle. It could be fun to turn toward your peers, with ideas, projects or a worldly viewpoint, and understanding to share.
The Sun enters Virgo on the 22nd corresponding to your tenth sector of vocation and public image, initiating Virgo season with gusto as you turn your attention to career objectives that are also aligned with evolving internal principles and values.
The VirgoNew Moon ensues late this same evening PT, or early morning the next day of the 23rd he east coast or Europe. This New Moon opens with the Sun and Moon in their conjunctions at the immediate focal point of a yod, or “Finger of God” pattern, Saturn and Neptune are sextile Pluto, forming the base, and indicating another dramatic lunation cycle for the remainder of the month and on into September. This New Moon is somewhat dicey, with transformational evolution in the air and a touch of rebellion. This timing also makes for a fresh start around your career path, aspirations and goals. The ongoing transformation continues of your communication skills, rapport, and concern with your immediate surroundings, and other maturation as well as you reach for a new stage. This could continue to involve matters of the heart, your artistic talents, projects, kids and enjoyment. The New Moon being square Uranus, there is an exciting dimension also emerging via your key relationships as you visualize routes to success.
This is another intensely transformational month for you, Capricorn, based on the outer planet connections that were made manifest in the recent LeoNew Moon from the last full week of July. This affects the first three weeks of the current month, up to and including the 21st, and presages several areas of impact, including your relationships, your values, and the depths of your inner world. Leo corresponds to your sector of intimacy, personal evolution, and partnership agreements, so that what is indicated is some sort of rebirth in these areas. Mercury is also retrograding through this same sector, symbolizing an introspective attitude and an inclination for questioning and second-guessing yourself regarding arrangements and the shared experience that you have with important partners. The conjunction of Saturn, your ruler, in close conjunction with nebulous Neptune, in your fourth sector of home and family is also transformational. Your resources and values could also be inevitably shifting, including your finances, and your deeper attitude toward the material side of life. There is the potential for taking far more seriously what is operating below the surface layers of your psyche. The more you know about yourself at these deeper levels the more you know about intimacy in general and your connection with important others in particular. This month could represent a sea-change in the way you find both internal connections and outer social ones, which are, perhaps surprisingly, related. Your family or tribal associates will also likely sense a difference in you. You might be softer in this regard, more compassionate, perhaps functioning with a more rose-colored or idealized vision. A fresh look at established patterns is also more than possible, where old and outmoded habits die way and new ideas hold sway.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
The recent New Moon in Leo from the last full week of July has set the tone for the month, with the thirty-day lunation cycle that was then launched stretching into most of August with a focus on your eighth sector of intimacy, vulnerabilities, and jointly held resources. You could consider this your invitation to look at important partnerships in your life, together with their stated or unstated agreements, plus asking you to courageously address your weak spots, trust in other people, or attempt to evaluate sensing where your important relationship connections have something valuable to offer. This New Moon is additionally trine your chart ruler Saturn, closely conjunct Neptune in Aries, or your fourth solar sector of home and family, so that this is an area too of transformational activity this month. The New Moon also sextiles Uranus in Gemini, which is your health and workplace zone. It also forms an exact opposition to Pluto in Aquarius or your security sector, making this an extremely potent lunation. Your roots, emotional environment or familiar spaces, and a radically new approach to wellness and daily maintenance could factor in, along with your values, earning power, and your sense of self-worth.
Mercury is also in retrograde motion as August begins, through this same sector. You could find yourself in an introspective mode, questioning certain aspects of your relationship connection. With Venus square Mars in this New Moon, there’s also the potential that your wellbeing and adventurous pursuits may need to be reconciled, while broader horizons may seem exciting and also somewhat challenging.
On Friday, August 1st, you have the First Quarter ScorpioMoon lighting up friendships, groups and collective wishes, during which Venus in your relationship sector is square Saturn and Neptune. Participating in community circles with a fun friend or creative collaborator doesn’t necessarily fit with what you’re establishing in shared spaces or your private life, therefore you might carefully consider your obligations and commitments as the month begins, and the base you’re building with outside parties as a sacred investment between you both.
On the 6th, Mars enters Libra and your sector of public image and vocational aspirations, where it’s in detriment, and therefore operating with less assertion, drive and determination than usual. Your inner world could become more visible, or perhaps you’re ready to embrace your ambitions, finding motivation to appear successful or accomplished. Mars forms a trine to Uranus and Pluto, making a grand trine in the sky, and opposes Saturn and Neptune, so that there is an even greater transformational pressure on your resources, including finances. Your sense of self-worth comes into play here, along with implications for your career and profession.
On the 9th, the AquariusFull Moon lands in your second sector of values, money, and self-worth. With this planetary dynamic you could be aware that household interests and life behind closed doors has taken prominence, so that it might be seem strange bringing attention to your career goals or external advancement. As the Full Moon illuminates your assets, what you do that’s a valuable commodity, and your financial position, there may be a revelation around the ways you contribute or make a living. Around this time, it may also be apparent that your wellbeing, upkeep, or workplace environments are radically changing – how you take care of yourself and others is perhaps a life factor that is due to be adjusted.
Between the 10th and 11th of August, Mercury stations direct in Leo, which could indicate a shift in energy of your relationship situation although nothing is really solved. Things may become further resolved over the course of the next two weeks of the post-retrograde shadow period. You may be deep in thought, processing taboo topics, dealing with confronting elements of intimate relationships and your fears. A negotiation or back and forth may be prominent, with the enmeshment of your energy with others on your mind. At this juncture a rethink of what’s shared, loaned or borrowed could be amplified, and from here on you could find clarity and a way to move forward. Your sense of stability, foundations or home environment could underpin your day-to-day activities, a position of service or healthy living. Venus is conjunct Jupiter at this time, so a fun, loving creative collaboration could become prominent, with affection in your unions You might need to reconcile your family life and what works for you in relationship settings, while also learning more about your partner’s desires, tastes or preferences.
On the 15th the Last Quarter TaurusMoon lights up your sector of romance, fertility, creativity, celebrations, joy and children, so you might be indulging in playdates, or appreciating growth in partnerships. During this lunar phase, Mercury connects to Mars in a sextile, so long-term commitments might be broached, fueling progress toward future plans and outlining a way forward to achieve success.
The Sun enters Virgo on the 22nd corresponding to your tenth sector of vocation and public image, initiating Virgo season with gusto as you turn your attention to career objectives that are also aligned with evolving internal principles and values.
The VirgoNew Moon ensues late this same evening PT, or early morning the next day of the 23rd he east coast or Europe. This New Moon opens with the Sun and Moon in their conjunctions at the immediate focal point of a yod, or “Finger of God” pattern, Saturn and Neptune are sextile Pluto, forming the base, and indicating another dramatic lunation cycle for the remainder of the month and on into September. This New Moon is somewhat dicey, with transformational evolution in the air and a touch of rebellion. This timing also makes for a fresh start around educational paths, long-distance travel and wisdom, or a worldly philosophy. A path that elevates your outlook, and facilitates personal development could come onto your map, with experiences to broaden your perspective on global issues, or your ways to explore further afield. Something could be changing at the core, allowing your home life, the past, your inner safety and a shifting awareness of your own input and resources to become better integrated into your dreams. As the New Moon is also square Uranus, you might find a different approach that you’re taking in your daily life or environment influences your journey.
This is another transformational month for you, Aquarius, when much is in flux and when your creativity is also in transition with new ideas flowing. The biggest current focus for you right now, based on the recent LeoNew Moon – in your opposite sign – from the end of July, is your relationship dynamic with both intimate and platonic others, to include business partnerships and collaborations. This LeoNew Moon at 2° being also exactly opposite to the position of Pluto, at 2° of your sign, in your sector of identity and self-development, has likely brought the ongoing transformational effects closer to the surface layers of your thought process. You might want to be asking yourself what has changed for you over this past year of Pluto’s presence, and where indeed in these fragmented and contentious times you might be headed. With Mercury retrograding through Leo for the first ten days of August, in this same relationship sector of your solar chart, signaling an introspective and a self-reflective timing. Mercury then spends two more weeks recovering. You are also likely mulling over where your key relationships are taking you and of their importance for your life and its direction. Also to be included in the astrological influences that are quite active for you now is the Saturn-Neptune conjunction in Aries, or your sector of communication and learning, very closely trine the New Moon energy that informs this current thirty-day lunation cycle. Your mental process has a great deal of dedicated commitment and slowing down (Saturn) as well as a spiritual tinge, that is to say, an acceptance of that which is beyond the purely physical plane (Neptune). Then, too, Uranus newly in Gemini, your creativity sector, also ruling children and romance, is a source of fresh ideas for your projects and whatever brings you feelings of joy and abundance.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
August begins for you in the afterglow of the recent LeoNew Moon, which due to its lunation cycle of thirty days has energetic effects that last throughout most of August, up to the VirgoNew Moon of the 22nd. This indicates a new beginning for your seventh sector of partnership, and your relationship dynamic itself participates in this, since the Sun is the ruler of your opposite sign, and collaborative experiences. An exact opposition from the New Moon to Pluto in your sign suggests attention may be on you as well as significant others, perhaps even challenging your sense of self and identity. This fresh cycle may also see you forging exciting connections, as the New Moon plugs into Saturn and Neptune in Aries and your third sector of communication, siblings, curiosity, and learning, and Uranus in Gemini, which is welcoming a change of pace in your fun, fertile fifth house of creativity, entertainment, sexuality, affections and enjoyment. Discussions, and the way you express yourself and what you want in your primary relationships could be important. Additionally, Venus is square Mars during the New Moon, so your desires and creative output might impact a commitment you’re making, or how you think about and approach joint resources, what you share, or who you trust.
On August 6th, Mars enters your fellow air sign Libra, and your ninth house of higher mind, where it’s in detriment and therefore perhaps operating with less cut-through and assertion. As Mars governs your close ties, rapport and neighbourly environments, its passage through this opposite sector could challenge you to be openminded, welcoming other perspectives. This area of the skies guides you toward wisdom, adventures and foreign outlooks, so you could be enthusiastic about another way of seeing situations, broadening your world-view. Yet this could also see you questioning your inherent thinking or take on things, your own frame of mind, rationale or conversational tone, and basic interactions, which have recently become more of a consideration.
The Full Moon lands on the 9th in your own zodiac sign. Around this time, your presence, personal life, your look or individuality could be illuminated. Your creative style, passion projects, playful affections, or children could factor too, with your chart ruler Uranus in your sector of artistic expression and children also governing this Full Moon. You could notice progress, sparks and innovation around your hobbies and happiness. Mars forms a trine to Uranus, an opposition to Saturn and Neptune, and a trine to Pluto, which is a volatile and somewhat unstable situation; something could suddenly pop.
Between the 10th and 11th Mercury stations direct in Leo, or your relationship sector. This is the beginning of a two-week period of time when Mercury will be winding down from this standstill, one peak of the retrograde period. It might be apparent you’ve been establishing your voice, staying dedicated to your intellect, and imagination, bringing an authority to the way you navigate and contextualize your ideas and rapport with close relationship ties, which could ultimately underpin joyful moments, your artistry, interests or sense of pleasure. Your co-rulers Saturn and Uranus are connecting in a precise sextile during these same days, perhaps bringing to a head some communication thrust that has been affecting your creative self-expression. At the same time Venus is conjunct Jupiter in your sixth sector, so that routine habits, your health, wellness practices, and workplace could be blossoming, too. Looking after yourself, your valuables or position must likely be reconciled within your environment – among neighbors or those in your orbit.
On the 15th the Last Quarter TaurusMoon lights up your home and family sector, so day-to-day errands and self-care practices are likely topical in a domestic setting. During this lunar phase, Mercury is sextile Mars in Libra, and here’s there could be the potential to straighten out interactions with a partner that have gotten heated. It might serve you to engage with a completely alternative viewpoint, experiencing another way of seeing life, and you might really listen to what someone else is saying. Perhaps you’ll get on the same page, confident you can be personally gratified and happy.
The Sun enters Virgo on the 22nd corresponding to your eighth sector of depth research, intimacy, and partnership agreements, as well as personal evolution.
The VirgoNew Moon ensues late this same evening PT, or early morning the next day of the 23rd for the east coast and Europe. This New Moon opens with the Sun and Moon in their conjunction at the immediate focal point of a yod, or “Finger of God” pattern, with Saturn and Neptune are sextile Pluto, forming the base. This indicates another dramatic lunation cycle for the remainder of the month and on into September. This New Moon is somewhat dicey, with transformational evolution in the air and a touch of rebellion. This timing also makes for a fresh start around joint resources, partnership agreements, shared space and interests, and you might turn over a new leaf with trusted partners, either in a personal or a business sense. Your opinions, communication skills, and sense of identity could impact your fresh start, and you might also consider your passions, and how they affect your agreements. You could be ready to connect in a way that’s deeply personal, poised with the aptitude to get your point across. Sparking joy and indulging with a collaborator might not be easily reciprocated, unless you are ready and willing to negotiate within a binding energetic investment you’re willing to forge.
This is another very lively and transformative month for you, Pisces. Your inner world sems to be coming further to the fore as outer activities yield to a necessary combination of ingredients that majorly include what you intuitively know from deep within your psyche. The recent New Moon from the last full week of July has an amazingly dense collection of tight outer planet aspects that includes your ruler, Neptune, in combination with Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto, which brings up matters of your own sense of true identity and future direction. The New Moon itself was positioned in Leo or your sector of day-to-day events and environments, which Dane Rudhyar also called “Your discipleship to your higher Self.” This latter characterization is relevant now, when amidst the introspection and questioning of the Mercury Retrograde period taking place in this same sector, you are attempting to get to the real truth on yourself and your situation. And this must include these internal matters. Change is inherently scary, and it is now very real for you, so that there is little benefit in ducking. When you begin by accepting that change for you is now inevitable you have made a good start on this month’s evolutionary progress. The Full Moon of August 9th also speaks to this idea of internal forces at play due to its accompanying grand trine in the Water houses of your solar chart. The implication here is that a process of intuition will be key, as described as well in the character of your fanciful and compassionate sign. This area of better understanding what is going on for you below the surface is an important one for this monthly cycle; keeping a dream journal by your bed to record your nighttime dreams is therefore a good idea now. Since Mars resides in your intimacy sector there are also implications for your passion and love life after the 9th. Your true mission over the course of an intense month is to more completely inhabit your authentic self as it is currently evolving.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style
The recent New Moon in Leo from the last week in July has set the tone for August, stimulating your focus on your sixth sector of health, wellness and workplace environments. The Leo lunation cycle runs for thirty days though the first three weeks of August. In the chart, This New Moon features an exact opposition from Pluto in Aquarius, making this a powerfully transformational lunation. You might have that focus on day-to-day lifestyle practices, routine maintenance, your physical constitution and what you do to keep on top of things physically and might also find a deep awareness of alternative healing modalities. You are also aware of the transformational pressure on your area of dream imagination, unconscious process, and inner work, which could be psychologically helpful as well as transformative, so that you might find yourself caught up in their therapeutic nature.
Mercury is also in retrograde motion as August begins, in this same sector as the recent New Moon, lasting nearly the entire month when you take the two-week post-retrograde period into account. Your sector of day-to-day environment, health regimens, and workplace environment is thus also subject to questioning and review, perhaps alteration, as old habits you’ve outgrown might need to be discarded. Your core values, responsibilities in your role, and an evolving sense of security could factor too, with an awakening around your family situation, property, or nurturing style, as the New Moon additionally features a trine to Saturn and Neptune in Aries, or your second sector of personal resources, and a sextile to Uranus in Gemini at the base of your chart. Your private foundations, ancestry or parenting, internal reflections, and what you do that’s worthwhile could influence your fresh start. Additionally, with Venus square Mars during the New Moon, household goings on are perhaps to be navigated within key partnerships, or one-to-one dynamics, also.
On Friday, August 1st, you have the First Quarter ScorpioMoon, during which pleasure-loving Venus in Cancer is square Saturn and Neptune, underscoring your earnings and self-worth. There may be a fun connection that calls, encouraging you to take an inspired leap of faith. However, the contrasts of work and playdates are to be considered, and you might find you’re choosing to do what’s conservative and practical, building on your assets and lucrative plans, rather than indulging in creative, happy moments, adventures, or experiences that expand your heart.
On August 6th, Mars enters Libra and your sector of intimacy, pacts, contracts and trusted agreements, where it forms a trine to Uranus, an opposition to Saturn and Neptune, and a trine to Pluto. Around this planetary ingress, and the grand trine that is created in the sky, there is the distinct possibility of careless passion and exuberance leading, potentially, to untoward events or even accidents.
The AquariusFull Moon lands on the 9th, illuminating your twelfth sector of dreams, subconscious patterns, and hidden agendas. This could prove an ideal time to exhale deeply, letting go, and revealing ways to surrender to a regeneration, rebirth, or selfless side of you. The same grand trine between Mars, Uranus, and Pluto in Air signs is active in this Full Moon configuration, so that passionate excess remains possible. You might find you’re paying attention to what’s shared, combined or a joint effort, with the prospect of a mutually beneficial arrangement impacting or even challenging your perception of your personal value. As you become aware of the input of a partner, and how you might collaborate or depend on them, you’re perhaps also finding attention is directed to your solo contribution and attributes, what you give or make, including financially. A shake up at home, or radical changes to your residence, an inner transformation and ongoing shifts within could be prominent.
Mercury stations direct in Leo between the 10th and 11th of August. At this time Saturn is sextile Uranus, and Venus is conjunct Jupiter. It’s perhaps a good idea to pause for thought in domestic matters, your habits, organization, or in managing your wellbeing and duties, as the topic of healthy living begins to stabilize. Your resources, input, income or contribution could be meaningful, as adjustments are made in familial spaces, your property, or household conditions. The way you make a living could seem reliable even if your foundations are not. There may be proof you’re usefully employed or have clarity around best practice. It could be an extra special moment for passion projects, your happiness, performance, and talents, too. Your fertility, children or sexuality may be amplified, with close friends encouraging you to appreciate and enjoy life.
The Last Quarter TaurusMoon takes place on the 15th in your sector of siblings, learning and local environments, in mutual reception with Venus. This could find you leaning into your surrounding environment, engaging with a celebration, or communicating creatively to express your desires. During this lunar phase, Mercury connects to Mars in a sextile, perhaps giving you a way to contextualize and manage important commitments, having taken time to make sense of your daily rhythms, showing consistency in employment or everyday settings. Notice where you’re able to be of service, or how you’re able to delegate to trusted parties, letting others pick up the cheque – or prove what they can do. It may become apparent you can lean on other people, as you maintain order.
The Sun enters Virgo on the 22nd corresponding to your seventh sector of relationship, initiating a Virgo season of engagement with your relationship connection or involved with an emphasis on the key partners in your life.
The VirgoNew Moon ensues late this same evening PT, or early morning the next day of the 23rd he east coast or Europe. This New Moon opens with the Sun and Moon in their conjunctions at the immediate focal point of a yod, or “Finger of God” pattern, Saturn and Neptune are sextile Pluto, forming the base of the yod, and indicating another dramatic lunation cycle for the remainder of the month and on into September. This New Moon is somewhat dicey, with transformational evolution in the air and a touch of rebellion. This timing also makes for a fresh start around relationship issues generally. Marriage partners, best friends, important unions and artistic collaborations are now emphasized, which could feel both joyful and intense. You might turn over a new leaf, approaching your significant other with romance, tenderness or enthusiasm. Your finances, and imaginative inner processes could impact this fresh start, and you might also consider life under your roof, sudden changes at home or controversy in your family dynamic, and how this affects your partnerships.