Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart.

Aspects of Note this Week:
All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time. For Eastern Time, add 3 hours; For Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), add 7 hours.

Monday: Sun quincunx Pluto
Tuesday: Venus square Jupiter, Mars opposite Neptune
Wednesday: Sun enters Virgo, Mercury stations retrograde
Thursday: Mars trine Pluto
Friday: Venus semisquare Mars
Saturday: No major aspects are exact today
Sunday: Sun opposite Saturn, Mars enters Libra 

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SUN IN VIRGO: We begin a new astrological month this Wednesday, August 23, when the Sun enters Virgo at 2:01 a.m. PDT. As the transiting Sun moves through the twelve signs of the zodiac, it highlights the qualities of each sign, subtly influencing our human activities.

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