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Friends - thank you for your readership. Apologies for my lateness. I’ve been sick but recovering…
Key August Phenomena: Mercury retrogrades in Virgo/Leo, a hybrid retrograde spanning two signs, Venus enters Virgo requesting discrimination and the beat goes on…the Olympics wrap up, the Democratic Convention is held in Chicago.
Quote of Note: “Remember, anybody can say anything! Anybody can write anything! Practice discernment or intelligent evaluation.” – Choa Kok Sui
**A note about aspects. The following list gives you the day the aspect is mathematically exact, but effects are often felt a day before or a day after. With very strong aspects, such as Stations or Eclipses, we may see events several days before exactitude and later when other planets re-trigger those marker degrees. Aspects affect you personally the most if they connect closely to planets or points in your chart. Contact your astrologer for personal interpretations.
1. 8/2/24 – Venus in fixed, fire Leo square #Uranus in fixed, earth Taurus @ 26deg. – This dramatic energy is beyond the norm in some way. That can mean creative or expulsive in a good way or in a way that shocks. Relationships need to adjust to unexpected circumstances, perhaps testing their strength. Love is expressed in novel or creative ways. Slivers of truth are revealed about the values that are most important to you.
2. 8/4/24 – New Moon 12 Leo. – Shine power. This new Lunar month we may probe the deeper layers of the heart, how we express love, how we ask for love, how we accept love that is given. The Sun ruling Leo invites you to express who you are freely and with exuberance to touch and warm the lives of others and encourage them to do the same.
-- Venus enters mutable, earth Virgo (until 8/29/24). – Details matter, especially to Virgo types. When small things are out of place, we feel the dissonance. The big picture is made up of hundreds of small details. Although details do matter, we can get caught in their web of criticisms unnecessarily. The first task of Venus in Virgo is to determine which details make the most impact and which ones hardly matter at all. Then there’s the difference between performing tasks perfectly or criticizing others for every little thing. That usually does not work well. Excellence and mastery are important but not for everything in life. Learning to appreciate what is less than perfect is also a skill and letting it flow once in a while!
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