We are in the last month of summer! The sun is finishing up his last hours in his home sign of Leo ready to move into Virgo on Aug. 23rd. The Sun will be sharing space with Mercury already in Virgo, and just like Venus did back on July 22nd, Mercury will go retrograde on the same day as the Sun moves into Virgo. Happy Birthday to all the children of Virgo. And Happy Solar New Year!

Before we get to Virgo season, we have a few aspects that come on the day before, Aug. 22nd. We will have Mars in Virgo making an opposition to Neptune retrograde in Pisces. Mars is our planet of action, courage, and aggression while Neptune is our planet of faith, spirituality, and illusion. This aspect could find you powering through to get something done or finding ways to get out of working on something that you don't have the bandwidth for at this time. Also, be mindful of unexpected accidents as Mars can push too hard for what it wants, and Neptune will be there to show us our humanness in that kind of situation.

The other aspect taking place on Aug. 22nd is the second of three squares between the benefic planets of Venus and Jupiter. Venus is still retrograde in Leo while Jupiter has slowed considerably as he prepares to go retrograde on Sept. 4th. These two planets will be within 3 degrees of each other for the next month which means that this conversation between Venus, the planet that rules over love, money, and pleasure and Jupiter, the planet that rules over good fortune, optimism, and wisdom is asking us to take stock of who, how, and what we love and how that embodies our values.

Mars will have its last aspect in Virgo with the planet Pluto, who is retrograde and currently back in Capricorn. They will be having a trine, which is a favorable aspect. And both Mars and Pluto get along with each other unlike Mars and Neptune. This trine that Mars and Pluto, the planet of regeneration, power, and rebirth will have may ask that you take some kind of courageous act that will help shift or end something in your life in order to create something new. And with this transit taking place during so many planetary retrogrades this end/beginning may look very different than you would have imagined.

Mars will be moving into Libra on Aug. 27th. Libra is opposite the sign of Aries, which is Mars's home sign. In Libra Mars will be in its detriment which means that it will take possibly more of an effort for Mars to achieve what it wants to go after in the sign of harmony, Libra.

As we get to the last week of this month, we are approaching a Blue Moon on the 30th which is the second Full Moon of this month taking place in Pisces. I will have more on this Full Moon in the next episode.

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