In this weekly podcast, depth psychotherapist and astrologer Shawna McGrath shares the astrology of this week from a psychological perspective.

This week's astrology of August 19th - 25th brings a Full Moon in Aquarius on Monday 8/19 at 11:26am Pacific Time, which correlates to a culmination around your process of becoming, independence, autonomy, and social connections. Also this week, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus will continue to make their aspect called a t-square, which illustrates an apex of themes around expansion-contraction, morals, duties, responsibilities, and how you want to take actions around these themes. Finally, the Sun moves into Virgo to show a conscious focus on intentionality, healing, purposefulness, values, routines & rituals, grounding into the meaning of your life. Wishing you a most easeful and enjoyable week ahead 🦋

This week's astrology of August 26th - September 1st brings several astrological signatures involving Venus: the symbol of relationships, beauty, attraction, flow states, and values. Venus in Virgo will trine Uranus and oppose Neptune - this shows potential for confronting illusions or ideas which then brings sparks of new insights. After that, Venus moves into Libra on Thursday 8/29 and will be there until 9/23. Venus in Libra shifts our relational focus from intentionality and purposefulness (Virgo) to diplomacy, justice, and finding balance (Libra). Once in Libra, Venus will trine Pluto in Aquarius to correlate with experiences we may find healing via exposure of unconscious patterns. Also this week, Mercury stations direct at 21 degrees of Leo on Wednesday 8/28. This marks a transition point of our reflection process that began when Mercury stationed retrograde on 8/4. It's a time to reflect on what you've been changing in your life (or wanting to change) and why. Finally, a collective transit happens this week: Pluto moves into Capricorn on Sunday 9/1 and will be there thru 11/19/2024. This brings us back to the themes of Pluto in Capricorn from 2008 - 2023. Pluto will only be in Capricorn briefly and will move into Aquarius in November 2024 and be there until 2043. These next few months we may connect with the finality of collective experiences that have happened from 2008 to now. Overall, this week emphasizes the multidimensional components of relationship, how you want, what you want, and a potential for healing via your experiences in relationships. I'm wishing you ease, healing, and insight this week 🦋

Shawna McGrath, AMFT is a psychotherapist and astrologer. She offers depth-oriented psychotherapy with astrology to those seeking healing, insight, new possibilities, and deeper meaning in life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find more here.⁠⁠⁠⁠