Cosmic Scope for Aug 2024
The month of August exudes a ‘Start-Stop’ vibe, especially when it’s Mercury Retrograde season. There’s lots of activities in both fixed and mutable signs which might build frustrations. Fortunately, the energies will get better towards the end of the month.
August starts off with Venus squaring Uranus on 2 Aug. Venus in Leo wants grandeur, luxe, shine, pampering and Uranus in Taurus is shaking up foundations and the staples which is stopping the desires and temptations of indulgence.
Luckily, immediately on 4 Aug, there’s a New Moon in Leo which kicks off a season of new beginnings in the area of fun, joy celebrations, honor, creativity, pride. We are right in the middle of the Paris Olympics 2024 and there is certainly lots of celebrations and glorious moments being highlighted each day. Think about the area where this New Moon falls and that would be the place where you could start to inject more fun and creativity into it. Being a Virgo Rising, this falls in my 12th House. I could start putting some humor into my healing journey, visualizing people who trigger me as cartoon characters and just laugh it off :P
Venus enters Virgo on 5 Aug, the same day when Mercury goes retrograde. You might find yourself starting to want to tidy up your living space. Get into details with Mercury retrogrades in the sign of Virgo. Striving for perfection could also lead to being overly meticulous.
Watch out for some heated conversations or news that might be blown out of proportions on 14 Aug when Mars meets Jupiter at 16 deg Gemini.
The tension between Mars and Saturn with the square aspect on 16 Aug could be the difficult aftermath of heated arguments where Saturn in Pisces is teaching us to go into self-reflection mode while Mars continues to want to fight back with words of anger. During such moment, I would fall back on the slower moving planet, Saturn in this case to focus on forgiveness, surrender and compassion.
This Leo season sure loves some drama in our lives. Mercury squares Uranus on 18 Aug. Uranus in Taurus will challenge Mercury retrograde in Leo by throwing a curve ball into your pool of resources built from hard work, asking you to wake up from your reminiscing of past glories. This might remind you to focus on making some changes in your way of working. Taurus can be very fixated on doing the same thing the same way but Uranus will prompt you to shake things up. Perhaps re-considering how you can be more creative in doing certain task (Mercury retrogrades in Leo).
On 19 Aug, you might be overwhelmed with the 2 big T-squares in the sky. 1st T-square: Venus in Virgo square Jupiter in Gemini, opposite Saturn in Pisces. 2nd T-square: Full Moon in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus. When it comes to T-square, I always look for the release point which is the sign opposite the T-square. For the 1st T-square, the release point is 17 deg Sagittarius. If you have planet at this point, then focus on how to use it’s energy in the most positive way or generally, go on the high road of Sagittarius of being explorative, adventurous, think bigger picture, be optimistic. For the 2nd T-square, the release point is 27 deg Scorpio. The high road of Scorpio is transformation. Allow yourself to go through the metamorphosis process. You will come out on the other side of the tunnel feeling re-born. Although I have no interest in expressing my opinion about the US politics, it’s interesting to know that this period coincides with the US Democratic National Convention (19-22 Aug).
The Sun enters Virgo on 22 Aug when there’ll be a shift in energies. Virgo is about giving, serving others. Enough of the celebrations and self-glory. Time to get back to work. Venus square Mars on the next day, 23 Aug is asking us to stop the fight or blasting negative news (Mars in Gemini can lead to that direction) and focus on building a better society or to get back to healthy daily habits (Venus in Virgo).
On 27 Aug, Venus trine Uranus. This is a very nice earthy vibe of managing our resources in a new way (Uranus in Taurus) to compliment how we like to live and enjoy our daily lives (Venus in Virgo).
Venus opposite Neptune in Pisces on 28 Aug is guiding us to find a balance between striving for perfection and letting go. On the same day, Mercury finally goes direct and will help us get back on track to go forward. This officially ends the ‘Start-Stop’ season.
The month ends nicely with a focus on relationships on 29 Aug when Venus enters Libra and trine Pluto in Aquarius. I feel a sense of tribal relationships. Building relationships in communities, helping and benefitting one another.
The month of August guarantees drama, fun, frustration and many more. But this is the joy of living as a human being on this little planet, we call Earth!
Sending love, joy and peace for a great month of August ahead.
