Monday August 22- Sunday August 28 Sun: Leo 29°- Virgo 5° Moon: Cancer-Virgo
The Sun moves into Virgo this week and we will be tested on the integrity of the actions we are taking for the new joy we are seeking in the future. If you haven’t been putting your feelings first, it may start to show. A New Moon at 4° of Virgo early Saturday morning has us looking for the inner details we can devote ourselves to now, that will help us plant the seeds for the new garden we are growing for our lives. It is now time to think of all the things your soil may need to keep your plants happy into the next year. Back to school energy is definitely in full swing.
Mercury begins the week moving through the last few degrees of Virgo before progressing into Libra on Thursday. He makes a trine to Pluto (retro) in Capricorn at 26° on Monday and the details we have been considering around how to devote our minds in the future will help to support the work we are doing with the power structures we are rebuilding. Once Mercury moves into Libra on Thursday and you may start to feel more social as we will be desiring to mentally try on our new way of thinking with others now that we know what we want and have an idea of the details it will take to get us there.
Venus is active this week as she moves through the second decan of Leo. She makes a trine to Chiron (retro) in Aries on Wednesday and squares to the North Node and Uranus (who retrogrades on Wednesday) in Taurus and ends the week with an opposition to Saturn (retro) in Aquarius at 20°. As we are opening up to the kind of joy we can believe in on a daily basis, we are feeling more capable of accepting and receiving the healing work we must do around how we are reshaping our daily behaviors. We will be more open to the decisions that must be made around the future we feel we are connected with now and the identity we have decided to take action on and the new direction we are taking our joy. Her opposition to Saturn(r) will help us determine where we need to be more open to rethinking the feelings we are holding space for and the time needed to attract who you will need to assist you on your endeavor.
Mars is in Gemini for the next 7 months, but at the moment is hanging outside of his retrograde shadow. This week he moves from 1°-4° and our egodrive is identifying the facts and ideas we love and feel we can believe in and belong with on the inside now. This will be part of the groundwork we are laying for our new behaviors based on our new mindset. Pay attention over the coming months, to where old behavior patterns may be coming up for a replay so that we can respond differently and move forward with new actions based on our new mindset. Mars will also be squaring this week’s New Moon at 4° creating a strong need for action on those inner habits you belong devoting yourself to now. This is a great time to write your ideas down about what you desire going forward and the responsibilities required to become what you belong on the inside so we can start acting like it. What kind of garden are you planting and what kind of work do you need to start, grow, and maintain it?
Jupiter is retrograde in Aries at 7° all week and we are re-exploring our options and beliefs around the behaviors we are connected with now. Are there ways of behaving and responding that you have not been able to connect with in the past? What kind of behaviors do we need to be connected with now in order to create the options we are looking for in the future?
Saturn retrogrades to 20° of Aquarius on Friday this week and along with reconsidering our beliefs around the vibe we are hoping to achieve in the future, we are starting to reconsider the work required to hold the emotional tone of that new vibe.
Chiron in Aries is retrograde at 15° this week and we are opening up to the healing work that is required around the behaviors we envision ourselves having on a daily basis. You know where the work needs to be done, what do you need to do to make it happen?
Uranus in Taurus stations retrograde on Wednesday at 18° which could heighten the energies around the new identity that you are acting on. Uranus will retrograde back to 14° of Taurus over the next 6 months, and we will begin to see the effects of how we are working with this new identity on a daily basis so far and have the opportunity to reshape anything that doesn’t fit in with our new values.
Neptune is retrograde at 24° of Pisces for the next few weeks helping us open up to new seas of potential that we may not have felt we belonged with before. Where are you feeling a greater capacity of faith?
Pluto retro in Capricorn is at 26°, where he will be stationing direct in October. He will be spending the next 3 months here giving us ample time to reconsider the decisions we are opening up to around what structures guide our life. Once direct, we will start the transformative process of feeling open to making new decisions that will help us dictate our future.
The North Node moves from 16°-15° of Taurus this week and we are opening up to connecting to new ways of manifesting on a daily basis and imaging what we can create now that we have opened up.
Black Moon Lilith moves from 14°-15° of Cancer this week and could bring up fears around the emotional belonging we have accepted in the past. What feelings do you belong with now and how can you imagine yourself opening up to new ways of seeing now that you have moved past old ways of feeling.
Aspect Pattern of the Week: Grand cross in the Fixed signs
The fixed sign energy continues this week and Venus approaches her opposition to Saturn while squaring Uranus and the Nodes in Taurus. Strong tension is being applied to stubborn energies who can easily tip the scales. Luckily the squares help us determine where we much take action to disperse this tension (created by the opposition). For Venus, who may be running up against a hard no from Saturn in her desires for joy, and excitement. Where do we need to reflect on the past, and the outcome certain things we have been attracted to have created. Where can we open up to more joy around the new identity that we are creating for the future, based on the new values we are putting in place. This will help us determine how to properly balance what we are putting your time and efforts into with what brings us joy now. This new balance will help us attract what we need to keep our flame lit.
Astrology by Liz 