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Astrology for the Week of August 8-14

Before we get started, I want you to know that all times I’m going to mention are in the Eastern time zone. If you want to see the aspects discussed in the forecast on your digital calendar in your time zone, you can get that here.

The beginning of the week is mostly productive before we transition to even more Leo energy and a ramping up of intensity on Thursday. 

Monday 8/8: 

• ☽ at 22° 22‘ Sagittarius ✳ ♄ at 22° 22‘ Aquarius | 2:11 AM
• ☽ at 25° 00‘ Sagittarius □ ♆ at 25° 00‘ Pisces | 6:30 AM
• ☽ ▻ Capricorn | 2:39 PM

Monday is great for working on existing projects and getting a jump start on any weekly tasks. Tonight could bring issues with a romantic partner, women in your life, or your relationship with money into focus. If something has been holding you back in one of these areas, it’s time to think about how to move forward instead of avoiding the issue.

Tuesday 8/9:

• ♀︎ at 26° 53‘ Cancer ☍ ♇ at 26° 53‘ Pluto | 1:17 AM
• ☽ at 08° 09‘ Capricorn △ ☿ at 08° 09‘ Virgo | 3:50 AM
• ☽ at 08° 30‘ Capricorn □ ♃ at 08° 30‘ Aries | 4:24 AM
• ☽ at 18° 49‘ Capricorn △ ♅ at 18° 49‘ Taurus | 8:57 PM

In general, Tuesday is a very productive day with the potential for something mildly surprising in the evening. 

Wednesday 8/10:

• ☽ at 24° 00‘ Capricorn △ ♂︎ at 24° 00‘ Taurus | 5:12 AM
• ☽ at 24° 58‘ Capricorn ✳ ♆ at 24° 58‘ Pisces | 6:45 AM
• ☽ ☌ ♇ at 26° 51‘ Capricorn | 9:44 AM
• ☽ at 28° 41‘ Capricorn ☍ ♀︎ at 28° 41‘ Cancer | 12:39 PM
• ☽ ▻ Aquarius | 2:45 PM

Wednesday morning and early afternoon could be “productive” if you can manage your mind around the strong emotions that are likely bubbling to the surface. However, channeling that willingness to work energy into emotional processing would be the best use of the energy if you want transformative growth.

Thursday 8/11:

• ☽ at 08° 25‘ Aquarius ✳ ♃ at 08° 25‘ Aries | 4:08 AM
• ☉ at 18° 51‘ Leo □ ♅ at 18° 51‘ Taurus | 8:53 AM
• ♀︎  ▻ Leo | 2:30 PM
• ♂︎ at 24° 56‘ Taurus ✳ ♆ at 24° 56‘ Pisces | 5:44 PM
• ☽ at 18° 51‘ Aquarius □ ♅ at 18° 51‘ Taurus | 8:47 PM
• Aquarius 🌕 Full Moon | 9:35 PM
• ☽ at 19° 21‘ Aquarius ☉ at 19° 21‘ Leo

Thursday is going to be extra. Big emotions, big ideas, big manifestations, or long overdue releases are all up for grabs. I need to break this down into two parts, Venus moving into Leo and the Aquarius Full Moon.

First, let’s start with Venus getting back in the extrovert saddle after spending a little time in introvert mode while in Cancer.

Venus moves into Leo at 2:30 pm eastern. The house where you find Leo is the area of life where you have a need to creatively express yourself but also where you have a strong desire to be appreciated by others. In this area of your life, you have the potential to show up as confident, dynamic, majestic, creative, loving, generous, and playful or self-centered, overbearing, domineering, patronizing, childish, and insecure.

With Venus in Leo, the way you become more magnetic for the things you want to attract is with self-confidence, dignity, courage, and perhaps a little dramatic performance, romance, or playfulness. However, you’ll want to avoid the urge to be self-centered, selfish, stubborn, childish, possessive, and melodramatic. 

The house Venus is moving into is the area of life where you will be more willing to actively begin attracting the things you value, creating beauty as you define it, and facilitating greater harmony for yourself, between yourself and others, or between your inner and outer worlds. 

By rising sign, topics where you’ll have a little boost of magnetism include:

• Aries Rising: Children, pleasure, romance, dating, sexuality, the things you desire,  and the creative arts
• Taurus Rising: Home, family, home life, land, ancestors, private self, and your emotional foundation
• Gemini Rising: Communication, siblings, divination, short distance travel, your neighborhood, writing, and the divine feminine
• Cancer Rising: Money, possessions, resources, how you make a living, and self-worth
• Leo Rising: Your identity, appearance, personality, the way you view yourself, and your character
• Virgo Rising: Mental health, the subconscious, ways you self sabotage, the ways you isolate yourself, and spiritual liberation
• Libra Rising: Friends, alliances, your hopes and dreams, social media, personal and professional networks, unions, and that which supports you
• Scorpio Rising: Your reputation, profession, actions, relationship with and to authority, and your ambitions
• Sagittarius Rising: Higher education, divination, foreign travel, religion, astrology, and the divine masculine
• Capricorn Rising: Investment, other people’s money, debt, topics concerning death, psychology, taxes, fears, and the occult
• Aquarius Rising: Committed relationships, contracts, business partners, and other contractual relationships
• Pisces Rising: Physical health, coworkers, your job, pets, and the things you feel obligated to

Now let’s talk about the Aquarius Full Moon.

More than likely, whatever came up for you last Monday is about to get triggered again and probably has to do with something going on in your Aquarius house…which the Full Moon is going to be amping up. 

You probably have had some insights about where you want to go in this area of your life and have a better understanding of what you need to do to make that happen. This isn’t what I’d call a “fun” full moon. To clarify, I actually really love the energy of this full moon for making tangible changes - but I’m weird. 

It’s an intense, serious, culmination that involves letting go of something heavy that’s been holding you back. And not in the I should really get on the treadmill but will probably use it as a closet instead kind of way. It’s more of the I’m deleting all of my social media and video streaming services so I have time to run an absurd amount of time each day because I want a medal at the Walt Disney World Marathon kind of way - or whatever.

The thing about realizing that something that used to work great for you is no longer a functional option is that not everyone is going to love or agree with that realization or your desire to move on. Reactions to whatever you’re doing (or your reactions to whatever someone else is doing) could be intense or shocking. Keep that in mind but don’t let it stop you from taking action. If you’re on the receiving end of a boundary that’s in the best interest of someone else try to be compassionate and consider their point of view and then if you want it to be up for discussion make a respectful request.

It’s been brought to my attention that when I say stuff like this some of you think I’m saying the end is nigh- but that’s NOT what I’m saying. It could be absolutely fantabulous as several of my clients discovered last week or it could be barely noticeable depending on your chart configuration. Horrific things and miracles happen every moment in equal measure and the world keeps spinning with barely a blip in the collective consciousness. It’s going to be ok. 

Alrighty. By rising sign, the part of your life that is highlighted during this Capricorn Full Moon is:

• Aries Rising: Friends, alliances, your hopes and dreams, social media, social reform, personal and professional networks, unions, philanthropy, and that which supports you
• Taurus Rising: Social integration, your reputation, profession, actions, relationship with and to authority, and your ambitions
• Gemini Rising: Expansion of awareness, higher education, divination, foreign travel, religion, astrology, and the divine masculine
• Cancer Rising: Investment, other people’s money, debt, topics concerning death, transformation, psychology, taxes, fears, and the occult
• Leo Rising: What you seek in partnership, committed relationships, contracts, business partners, and other contractual relationships
• Virgo Rising: Physical health, coworkers, your job, pets, self-improvement, and the things you feel obligated to
• Libra Rising: Creative self-expression, children, pleasure, romance, dating, sexuality, the things you desire,  and the creative arts
• Scorpio Rising: Home, family, home life, land, ancestors, private self, and your emotional foundation
• Sagittarius Rising: Communication, siblings, divination, short distance travel, your neighborhood, writing, your immediate environment, and the divine feminine
• Capricorn Rising: Money, possessions, resources, how you make a living, and self-worth
• Aquarius Rising: Self-awareness, your identity, appearance, personality, the way you view yourself, and your character
• Pisces Rising: Transcendence, mental health, the subconscious, ways you self sabotage, the ways you isolate yourself, and spiritual liberation

Friday 8/12:

• ☽ ☌ ♄ at 22° 05‘ Aquarius | 1:58 AM
• ☽ at 25° 17‘ Aquarius □ ♂︎ at 25° 17‘ Taurus | 7:06 AM
• ☽ ▻ Pisces | 2:44 PM

Early Friday morning could be a little stabby but the afternoon is actually pretty delightful and a great time to unwind, dream, create, or go on a date.

Saturday 8/13:

• ☽ at 14° 48‘ Pisces ☍ ☿ at 14° 48‘ Virgo | 3:01 PM
• ☽ at 18° 52‘ Pisces ✳ ♅ at 18° 52‘ Taurus | 9:49 PM

Saturday we have the moon in Pisces which can be kind of dreamy on its own. It’s a good day to follow your intuition and attention with curiosity. 

Sunday 8/14: 

• ☽ ☌ ♆ at 24° 53‘ Pisces | 7:58 AM
• ☽ at 26° 35‘ Pisces ✳ ♂︎ at 26° 35‘ Taurus | 10:52 AM
• ☽ at 26° 46‘ Pisces ✳ ♇ at 26° 46‘ Capricorn | 11:10 AM
• ☉ at 21° 54‘ Leo ☍ ♄ at 21° 54‘ Aquarius | 1:10 PM
• ☽ ▻ Aries | 4:43 PM
• ♂︎ at 26° 45‘ Taurus △ ♇ at 26° 45‘ Capricorn | 5:27 PM
• ☽ at 04° 08‘ Aries △ ♀︎ at 04° 08‘ Leo | 11:53 PM

Sunday begins on a note of dreamy idealism and ends with active gratitude - but that in-between part is a doozy.

I recommend focusing on creating a solid strategy for what you want to accomplish in the coming week and beyond, actively plan the execution, and then get started with patience, resilience, and conviction.

If you’re feeling frisky, hit me up on Instagram and let me know how the astrology of the week played out for you.

Until next time, my wish for you is the ability to release what no longer serves you to make space for what does. 

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