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: No major aspects are exact today
Tuesday: Full Moon 11:31 a.m. PDT, Mars trine Jupiter, Mars sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mercury opposite Saturn
Wednesday: No major aspects are exact today
Thursday: No major aspects are exact today
Friday: Sun sesquiquadrate Neptune, Venus trine Eris
Saturday: Mercury sesquiquadrate Eris
Sunday: Sun square Jupiter

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SUPER FULL MOON: The first of August's two Full Moons perfects this Tuesday, August 1, when the Moon is at 9°15´ Aquarius and the Sun is at the same degree of Leo. Both this lunation and the one on August 30 are Supermoons, occurring when the Moon is at perigee, its closest point to the Earth in its not-quite-circular orbit. Visually, a Supermoon looks noticeably larger than most Full Moons since Luna is closer to the Earth; we also anticipate that its emotional impact will be stronger.

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The focus for today (and the weekend) is:
I choose to heal my heart and free it from old wounds and sufferings.

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The focus for today is:
The right inner dialogue can help me overcome self-doubt and fear of failure.

The focus for today is:
I choose to expand my connected mind, and turn off my judgmental one.

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The focus for today is:
I choose to learn about myself and make the unconscious conscious.

The focus for today is:
I treat myself with compassion as I am a work in progress.

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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: No major aspects are exact today
Tuesday: Pluto square the nodal axis, Mercury trine Eris
Wednesday: Mercury quincunx Neptune, Mars sesquiquadrate Eris
Thursday: Mercury conjunct retrograde Venus, Mercury quincunx Pluto
Friday: Pluto square the nodal axis, Mercury enters Virgo, Sun quincunx Saturn
Saturday: No major aspects are exact today
Sunday: Retrograde Venus quincunx Neptune

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COSMIC THERAPY: Pluto is often called The Psychotherapist Planet, known for bringing what has been repressed or suppressed into our awareness so that it may be understood, dismantled, and transmuted. With the dwarf planet "at the bending" of the Moon's nodal axis now, we may be surprised by the unsolicited feelings and memories that are coming to the surface. Old personality structures that have limited us in some way are being cracked wide open, allowing a wide variety of emotions to be revealed and experienced.

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The focus for today, and the weekend, is:
I am on a journey back to seeing and experiencing Love in everything.

The focus for today is:
I let go of worry so I can relish the moment and truly enjoy life.

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The focus for today is:
This week, I choose to complete at least one thing that is incomplete.