This morning the moon moves into Gemini causing us to become emotionally curious and extra savvy at getting others to do our bidding.

Leo Sun crosses Pluto this afternoon, making us paranoid.

Venus also spats with Neptune, glossing over problems will come back to bite us.

Mars is moving into Gemini for a very very long visit on Saturday, since it will be hibernating from Oct. 30th - Jan. 12, 2023! 

We expend our energies on talking to and with others as our need for knowledge and companionship takes over.

It can be a great time for innovative new techniques in the pursuit of our happiness goals.

Sunday finds Mercury opposite Neptune -making us unable to distinguish fact from fiction and being wishy-washy.

This weekend will be very fluid and changeable as Gemini energy will push us to be social.

Monday finds the Sun leaving home for school in Virgo where practical applications of our ideas begin.

We learn how to become functional and of service during Virgo's season.

We can be critical of ourselves though which may cause stress. 

*Mindfulness is a Virgo trait that can be easier to access from August 22-September 21.*

This afternoon Saturn checks Mercury causing confusion and anxiousness to our minds and communication with others.

Venus however enjoys her time with giving Jupiter, which may make some lack motivation.

It's a day for keeping our noses to the grindstone and minding our own business, or else we can cause ourselves trouble.

We can reach our higher ideals today if we can manage to not get discouraged by others.

*Mindfulness is needed especially today as we can be misunderstood.*

Today Venus meets up with Jupiter and we feel good energy for our finances/values.

Moon in Taurus helps to ground our emotions towards practical goals.

Early in the morning the Sun has a misunderstanding with Neptune and we can feel confused and lost.

*Resting now and recharging our confidence during Leo season will bring a renewed zest for life.*

Mercury meets up with Uranus today helping us to all think outside of the box in order to unlock our lives from the padded room of crazy thoughts.

Communication will be enhanced with sudden strokes of genius and trail blazing ideas.

Leo Sun will help to push our minds further in order to pursue our deepest dreams.

Technology is rules by Uranus, making this a day of limitless opportunities for creatives to show their talents.

Moon leaves Aries this evening and enters Taurus with a disagreement with Pluto- causing our inner needs to be challenged- waking up needed changes to our personal desires.

*Mindfully navigate inner changes by listening to your heart during Leo's season.*

Coming off of the full moon in Aquarius, we find ourselves fighting the need to be independent but with a special someone along for the ride.

The weekend finds Pisces moon helping us to be more empathic and forgiving of others, but sometimes we can be too kindhearted.

Monday has the Aries moon leading the workweek with enthusiasm, while the North node meets up with Mercury causing some work success through help from others.

The Sun has a meet up with Jupiter also on Monday, causing us all to overestimate our abilities -and possibly leading to corrections in our inner world of expectations.

*Meditate on calmly moving through the rest of August as more surprise awaits.*

Today's Scorpio moon brings deep emotions and the ability to see through facades.

Mercury moves into Virgo until the 24th, shifting our communications towards grounded ideas and fine tuning details.

*Mindfulness will serve us well today as anxiety can occur.*

Libra moon meets up with Saturn today helping us to focus on working with others in peace.

But, Venus has a disagreement with the moon causing us some tension with our values and priorities.

*Good day to manifest our dreams through mindfully moving towards our goals.*

Welcome to August as it arrives with thunder and lightning roaring into our collective consciousness.

The heat rises and so does our creativity to invent ideas that will heal the world and ourselves from the inside out.

Moon in Libra brings diplomacy and intuition to read a room, but can make us indecisive.

As we enter the month in Leo, Virgo is on the horizon at the end of the month.

*Mindful creativity gets our minds working in practical ways to help us all get through unexpected changes.*

July's Golden Guest is Esteban Colon from Kenosha, Wisconsin. 

Esteban was the Poet Laureate of Kenosha from 2018-2019.

I met Esteban when I began my career as a Facilitator at Loyola University's Woodstock, IL campus. Esteban was one of my mentors and is still very inspirational to me as a poet.

Esteban has been writing poetry for a long time, and has recently published a book of his poetry inspired by a trip to a dinosaur excavation site with Carthage College back in 2019- as a representative of Kenosha's poet laureate program.

We have recently reconnected when I heard that Esteban was writing and reading his poems inspired by art pieces at a local art gallery in Racine, WI.

I have included Esteban's readings in this video.

I will share Esteban's links for his writing below:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Esteban-%25C2%...

linktr.ee: @EstebanColon

etsy.com/shop/estepoetry/

TwitterL @Esteviebon

IG: @estecolgne

Bio: https://www.wfop.org/esteban-colon

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

http://www.avatarreview.net/AV15/este...

Google: https://books.google.com/books/about/...

Friday brings moon and Mercury in Leo opposing Mars and Uranus in Taurus; fixed stubborn signs adding misunderstandings and slow downs especially in communications.

Saturday finds the moon moving into Virgo late in the afternoon; while Saturn checks Mercury- causing blunt harsh communications.

Sun brings the meeting of the North Node and Uranus in Taurus- causing shocking life-altering events to unfold having to do with our value systems that will linger.

Monday will bring Mars into the mix of the North Node and Uranus, causing some combustible changes to our value system and collective destiny.

Business as usual in order to calm the anxiety and nerves being caused to our inner/outer worlds- Meditate!

Never before has it been in our lifetime where we will be introduced to new levels of existence as August begins.

*Mindfully move through this weekend focusing on a new exciting reality designed to help you to be more authentically yourself.*