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ARIES
There is a 'kiss the ground' quality to this month, as we finally emerge from
what have been the toughest two months of 2019. Last month's eclipses only added
to the intensity that is now dropping back dramatically. In fact, by the time we
move into August the last planetary opposition ended 10 days earlier and unlike
the last two months, there are no more. It will be a while before we have
another planetary opposition. For you, the tension has mainly been between a
parade of planets moving through your home and family sector and their
oppositions to Saturn and Pluto in your career sector.
As this was where the eclipses fell as well, this was mainly a clash between
your home and professional lives or your outer and inner worlds, but with
anything this large this will have had a spill on effect. This is why tensions
in general will ease this month. Contributing to this is the fact that the Sun,
Mercury, Venus and Mars will come together in a fun, playful, romantic and
creatively charged part of your chart. This is the first time that they have all
been in the same area of your chart at the same time since October 2017 and
considering how tough the last few months have been, this is a treat from the
gods.
One by one the planets will begin migrating out of this playful part of your
chart and into your busy work sector, starting with Mars on 18th August,
followed by Venus on 21st August, the Sun on 23rd August, Juno on 24th August
and Mercury on 29th August. This will see the month end with the same planets
together again, this time more focused on work and job matters and this will
have stunning implications. These are the same planets that have spent June and
July opposing Saturn and Pluto in your career sector, but returning to your work
sector puts them at a friendly aspect, something that will have positive
implications across the income, work and career fronts.
TAURUS
While we are all recovering from what may have been a tough few months, with
June and July the most challenging months of 2019, this didn't impact you to the
degree that it did some of your cosmic mates. If there was an issue it is likely
to have been on the communication front, feeling under pressure mentally or
where some universal truths were being challenged. This makes Mercury, the
planet of communication's position in your communication sector until 12th
August a game changer. Mercury retrograded back in for this and after turning
direct in the early hours of the month, will work to ensure the communication
lines are open and you are once again mentally focused.
This month we see the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, collectively known as the
'personal planets' come together in the same area of your chart for the first
time since 2017 and they will do it not once but twice and in a way that creates
a month of two halves. However, there is a lap over between the two, with the
Sun, Venus and Mars starting the month in your home and family sector, but
ending the month in a playful part of your chart. It is Mercury who will
straddle the two but in the process spend time with all planets on both the home
and playful fronts. For after starting the month in your communication sector,
Mercury will move through your home and family sector from 12th August to 29th
August, before ending the month in a playful part of your chart as well.
This will have positive implications on both fronts, with none of the challenges
seen over recent months. You even have some exciting developments on the
financial and professional fronts. Lucky Jupiter's direct turn in your financial
sector on 12th August will see the tide turn on the financial front while
beginning the potential for real financial growth over the coming months. It is
just four days later that a Full Moon in your career sector on 16th August could
trigger some exciting developments on the career and professional fronts. With
Pallas leaving your work sector 10 days later, she will use this to make her
final 10 days on the job front count.
GEMINI
August can be described in many ways. It can be described as a breakthrough
month, the lightness after some challenging months, a 'kiss the ground' month or
just a drop in tension. June and July have been the most challenging months of
2019. While the faster moving planets will always move into opposition with the
outer planets once a year, the toughest of those times are when they move into
opposition with Saturn and Pluto. This year we had the perfect storm in that
Saturn and Pluto are not only together in your financial sector, but just
degrees apart, while the planets on the other side of the sky, moving through
your income sector were also becoming a tighter pack.
For a five week period from mid June to just the final 10 days of July, we were
not only wracked by wave after wave of oppositions, but there were two eclipses
thrown in for good measure last month. While because these standoffs were
between planets on the income and financial fronts this may have created some
financial tension, this will have created a general feeling of pressure that had
a ripple effect. Not for the whole time, but in wave after wave that left you
wondering when the next one would hit. This is now over but the positive
implications on the income and financial fronts will be felt for months and
especially into 2020.
Meanwhile, the fact that the faster moving planets have been moving closer
together has some really positive implications this month. This month we see the
Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, collectively known as the 'personal planets' come
together in the same area of your chart for the first time since 2017 and they
will do it not once but twice. It has already begun, with the planets leaving
your income sector last month all congregating in your communication sector this
month. With Jupiter turning direct in your relationship sector on 12th August,
the timing couldn't be better. Between 18th August and 29th August, the planets
will then one by one transition into your home and family sector, where they
will end the month.
CANCER
While we have all been impacted by the fairly challenging conditions in June and
July, it is fair to say that you have borne the brunt of it. Yet as you
eventually look back on this period you will appreciate the gifts and over time
realise that five challenging weeks was a small price to pay and was even value
for money, considering what you will get in return. This year you not only had
an exceptional amount of planets move through Cancer, far more than you would
normally have to launch a new solar year, as each planet returned it was to find
the North Node here, for the first time in 17 years.
It was the North Node's position here that created a total solar eclipse in
Cancer last month, giving this new solar year a massive tailwind and the promise
of major new beginnings and developments over the next 12 months. You even had
Mars making his first visit to Cancer in two years and Juno, queen of commitment
making her first visit in four years. The problem was that you had both Saturn
and Pluto on the other side of the sky in Capricorn and in opposition and it was
here that last month's lunar eclipse fell. With Saturn and Pluto in retrograde
motion, they stood like roadblocks, which all the new growth coming through had
to push through.
Yet what this was, was the meeting of old resistance and while you don't know it
yet, now that you have broken through everything is now set to open up. In the
meantime, this month we see the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, collectively known
as the 'personal planets' come together in the same area of your chart for the
first time since 2017 and they will do it not once but twice. To begin with this
congregation is taking place on the income front and with lucky Jupiter turning
direct in your work sector on the 12th August the timing couldn't be better. It
is from the 18th August that the same planets will begin moving into your
communication sector, which is when the rebuilding can begin, especially on the
relationship front.
LEO
This is always your month but this year even more so than most. To a point where
it is only once you move into August that you will appreciate how long you have
been waiting for this. The Sun will always spend the first three weeks of August
in Leo, so whether you are a late July or an August born Leo, this is your
month. The Sun is your ruling planet and this is the point in the year when the
Sun literally comes out for you. This year you had to get through some tough
months to get here, which has made the Sun's return to Leo even sweeter. Yet
this month we see the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars come together in the same
sign for the first time since 2017 and they will do it not once but twice.
That they should come together in Leo and with Mars, the planet of passion and
the warrior planet of the cosmos here until 18th August is adding even more
excitement to your birthday month and the launch of this new solar year. With
eyes, heart, mind and passions on the same page, you can see what you want and
howo make it happen. However, it is where they go next that is set to have a
profound impact and not just financially and professionally. The last two months
have been tough because you had a parade of planets move into opposition with
both planets in your work sector in a way that was a case of wave after wave.
Yet as the planets one by one leave Leo, starting with Mars on 18th August they
will return to your income sector, where they will all end the month. As they
do, this will first see them move into a friendly aspect to Uranus, who turns
retrograde in your career sector on 12th August and then with Saturn and Pluto,
the same planets they all opposed over the last two months in your work sector.
This will not only have positive implications across the income, work and career
fronts but will help boost your job confidence.
VIRGO
Even if the last two months had no direct impact on you and it was not as severe
as it was for some of your cosmic mates, there may have been a general sense of
stress, tension or anxiety. Sometimes that is worse because there is nothing you
can put your finger on, with your imagination forced to join the dots in a way
that is pure speculation. For everyone, there is a collective sigh of relief
moving into August because the conditions aren't just slowly improving. This is
a drastic shift, with August as light, optimistic and sunny as the last two
months were challenging. Some astrologers have called June and July 2019 'the
meat grinder' and I wouldn't disagree.
The energy this month couldn't be any more different and to start with, that
means a chance to catch your breath. For the first time since October 2017 the
Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars will all come together in the same area of your
chart, not once, but twice but it is where they come together that is so perfect
for you. You begin the month with the Sun, Mars and Venus in a nostalgic and
reflective part of your chart, with Mercury's return on 12th August bringing
them together for the first time in 20 months. This is a chance to catch your
breath and even find time to hear yourself think.
Yet it is where this powerful and concentrated planetary pack goes next that is
really exciting. It begins with Mars' return to Virgo on 18th August, followed
by Venus' return on 21st August, the Sun's return on 23rd August and Mercury's
return on 29th August. All the faster moving planets in the solar system will
not only end the month in Virgo, giving the launch of your new solar year some
serious momentum, but a New Moon on 30th August will be a chance to commit to
the journey ahead. This makes it important to make the most of a chance to catch
your breath in the early part of the month, making time to hear yourself think.
LIBRA
You may have heard in passing that Libra is a 'cardinal' sign without really
knowing what that means, the power it gives you but also the trouble this may
have caused over the last two months. The word 'cardinal' comes from the Greek
word for 'pivot' or turn. The four cardinal signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra and
Capricorn and these are the signs that mark the start of each season. You were
born at a time of year when the seasons were in transition and there was change
in the air. This makes you flexible, open to change and able to adapt to
changing situations. You are also ready to lead the way.
This may have caused a problem over recent months, as the planets in Capricorn
and Cancer spent five weeks, between mid June to the final 10 days of July in
opposition and it was there that the eclipses fell. Because cardinal signs
represent change, they also rebel against other cardinal points. Spring rebels
against winter, autumn rebels against summer and so on, because the change they
are focused on is about them. While this played out between your home and
professional lives, this was basically a clash between your outer and inner
worlds, where each side wanted to change, but in competition with the other.
This is like one side pulling while the other is pushing, which in the end has
forced you to compromise. Now that this impasse is over and especially with the
Sun no longer in Cancer, there is a sense of ease and all that change that has
been fighting to happen across all four cardinal points is released and can
happen naturally. This will see things start to flow more smoothly and you will
even witness exciting developments across the personal, relationship, home and
professional fronts. There is a nice social vibe to August that is just what you
need, with a playful Full Moon on 16th August the icing on the cake. By the end
of the month, it will be time to begin winding down this current solar year.
SCORPIO
There is just one word to describe moving out of July and into August and that
word is 'phew'. With the toughest months of 2019 and the log jam that was June
and July over, things are set to flow more smoothly and life will become a lot
more free flowing, easy and exciting. There is very little angst between the
stars this month and instead, the same planets that were creating a problem for
the outer planets are this month forming harmonious aspects and this will have a
positive impact in two different camps. I use the word 'camp' because while the
faster moving planets will mainly focus on two areas of your chart this month,
each will have threefold implications.
What do I mean by that? For the first time since October 2017 the Sun, Mercury,
Venus and Mars will all come together in the same area of your chart at the same
time, not once but twice and this will have a ripple effect. Where they first
come together is in your career sector, with the Sun, Mars and Venus starting
the month here and Mercury joining them on 12th August. What I mean by
'threefold implications', is that this will put the planets at a friendly aspect
to Eris and Chiron, in their first full month in retrograde motion in your work
sector and to Jupiter, as the planet of luck turns direct in your income sector
on 12th August. This will have a positive impact across the income, work and
career fronts.
The same thing will happen as the same planets one by one leave your career
sector and return to your friendship sector, starting with Mars' on 18th August
and finishing with Mercury on 29th August. This time, as each planet returns to
your friendship sector they will first move into a positive aspect to Uranus,
who turns retrograde in your relationship sector on 12th August and then to
Saturn and Pluto, in retrograde motion in your communication sector. These are
the same planets, making the same friendly aspects but this time to different
planets but still with a threefold impact, this time across the communication,
friendship and relationship building fronts.
SAGITTARIUS
While conditions ease for everyone this month and August is as different to the
last two months as it is possible to get, there is another factor that makes
this month especially important for you. This is Jupiter's direct turn in
Sagittarius on 12th August, something that signals the beginning of the end, but
in an exciting way. Jupiter returned to Sagittarius last November, with your
ruling planet not only returning to create an expansive year, but to spend 13
months laying down the foundations to a new 12 year Jupiter cycle of expansion.
In retrograde motion since April, this has been put on hold, giving you a chance
to spend time back at the drawing board.
This also allowed Jupiter to hide away during the most challenging months of
2019. Jupiter's direct turn puts the planet of luck and expansion back into
play and between now and leaving in early December, will pack as much as he can
into building for the future and into opening major new doors. This makes this a
major turning point in the year for you, the point where you can stop looking
back and start looking forward and the timing couldn't be any better. For it is
on the same day that Jupiter turns direct that Mercury not only returns to an
adventurous part of your chart but to create something special.
Mercury's return to your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery on
12th August puts the Sun, Mercury, Mars and Venus in the same area of your chart
at the same time since October 2017. These are the faster planets and every
planet that will visit this adventurous part of your chart this year will not
only all be here at the same time, but will all at some point move into a
friendly aspect to Jupiter, just as he is turning direct. However, these planets
aren't done yet and are ready to spread the love as they one by one move on,
starting with Mars on 18th August and ending with Mercury on 29th August, ending
the month together in your career sector. This will have exciting implications
across the income, work and career fronts.
CAPRICORN
Of all the signs you are the ones that have every right to feel hard done by,
let down by what have not only been the toughest two months of 2019 but some of
the toughest months for you personally for a long time. Yet I doubt that this is
how you are feeling at all and I suspect you are more likely to feel not only
empowered but much freer and lighter. A lot of the load you have been carrying
is either gone or considerably lighter. For many of your cosmic mates, there is
no interest or need to look back but for you this is different. For with Saturn
in his last full month of his last full retrograde phase in Capricorn for
another three decades, this is what you are supposed to be doing.
What made the last two months so tough is that a parade of planets moved through
your opposing sign Cancer and ruler of your relationship sector at the same time
and within a five month period, they all moved into opposition with both Saturn
and Pluto in Capricorn. A solar eclipse in Cancer and a lunar eclipse in
Capricorn two weeks later only added to last month's intensity. What you may
have seen or felt is wave after wave of personal and/or relationship tension.
Yet something else was going on and this has been the game changer.
With the North Node in Cancer and the South Node in Capricorn, even without
Saturn and Pluto in retrograde motion, this was a clash between new growth and
what you are stubbornly holding onto. With Jupiter returning to Capricorn in
early December, there are major new beginnings ahead, with the planets barging
their way through Cancer, in essence, the wrecking crew, clearing a path for
that future growth. Those same planets completely turn things around this month
and especially once they start returning to an adventurous part of your chart on
18th August. Everything is set to flow more smoothly, feel lighter and more
optimistic this month, not despite what you've been through but because what you
have been through.
AQUARIUS
This is very much a month of two halves and this makes the Full Moon in Aquarius
on 16th August the perfect point to get a view in both directions. This month we
finally break free from the heavy bonds of the last few months and the immediate
impact is that there is less tension on the job front or with whatever it is
that keeps you busy, while there will be more peace of mind. This will see
tensions in general dial back, at the same time that the faster moving planets
become a tighter pack. The month begins with the Sun, Mars and Venus in your
relationship sector, but with Mercury still tying up some loose ends on the job
front.
It is Mercury, the planet of communication's return to your relationship sector
on 12th August that will do more than just return in time to give your
relationships a voice. This will put the Sun, Mercury, Mars and Venus, all of
the faster moving planets in the same part of your chart at the same time, for
the first time since October 2017. It is your relationships that will be the
first to benefit from this. This also makes the timing of the Full Moon in
Aquarius on 16th August, which is caused by an opposition with the Sun in your
relationship sector auspicious. For with Mercury only in your relationship
sector from 12th August to 29th August, as the planet of communication, he will
be on hand to ensure the communication lines are open.
It is on 18th August that Mars leaves your relationship sector and returns to
your financial sector, for the first time in two years and this begins a new
trend. For it is here that the faster moving planets will end the month,
starting with Mars and continuing with Venus' return on 21st August, the Sun's
on 23rd August and completing with Mercury's return on 29th August. After coming
together to give your relationships the benefit of their combined support, they
will move on to do the same on the financial front.
PISCES
Just by virtue of the fact that June and July, the most challenging months of
2019 are behind us, makes August a special month and a much needed change of
pace. Yet even if this month was simply a break from the pressures of the past
few months this would be enough, but this goes further, completely shifting
things the other way. The main reason that the last few months were so
challenging is that the faster moving planets are drawing closer together, but
they have also been on the other side of the sky to Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto,
creating wave after wave of oppositions.
This month those oppositions are not only over, as the faster planets become
even closer, they start moving into a friendly alliance with the same planet
that they were at war with over recent months. You begin the month with the Sun,
Mars and Venus in your work sector but it is Mercury's return on 12th August
that is both timely and auspicious. Auspicious because this puts the Sun,
Mercury, Venus and Mars, all the faster planets, in the same part of your chart
at the same time, for the first time since October 2017. Timely because this
happens on the same day that Jupiter turns direct in your career sector and as
the planets are all moving into a friendly alliance.
All four will only be in your work sector at the same time for six days, but
where they move to next is even better. Most of the challenges over the last two
months was caused by the pressure on Saturn and Pluto and this is what makes
what comes next so exciting. Starting with Mars on 18th August and ending with
Mercury on 29th August, the faster planets will one by one return to your
relationship sector, where they will end the month together. This puts them at a
friendly aspect Saturn and Pluto and to Uranus, who turns retrograde in your
communication sector on 12th August. This kicks off some auspicious conditions
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