Cosmic Alert
August 24 Last Quarter Moon in Gemini You’re under pressure to act - and to act decisively – so you won’t have any patience for someone yammering on about technicalities, contingency plans, and disclaimers. This will all strike you as dithering. Nevertheless there is something valuable about the information that an expert is [...]
August 24 Mercury sextile Mars This is an excellent energy for negotiating because you’ll be able to organize facts and prioritize them in such a way as to make a compelling case. Moreover you have a very strong sense of what the other party wants which means that you can anticipate their every [...]
August 22 Sun enters Virgo Virgo is often portrayed as a Know-it-All sign and people born under this zodiac constellation are seen as cool, removed, and cerebral. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. The Sun burns HOT in Virgo. Indeed Virgo's famous work ethic comes from having to gather all the [...]
August 19 Jupiter square Saturn Jupiter and Saturn have history in Astrology. In Greek Mythology Saturn overthrew his father Uranus in order to establish his reign in Heaven and when Saturn's son Jupiter came of age, he overthrew his father in turn. These planets represent the archetypal battle of the generations with the [...]
August 18 Retrograde Mercury square Uranus It's easy to question conventional wisdom when convention isn't wise anymore. And that's where you'll find yourself when Retrograde Mercury squares off against Uranus in Taurus. The things that used to work no longer do and the time for waiting to see how developments will play out [...]
August 16 Mars square Saturn Unfortunately others are not amused – especially Authority Figures who have been the butt of your jokes. You may succeed in getting them to laugh along with everyone else in the moment, but there's something about that Mars in Gemini energy that will leave them feeling burned – [...]
August 14 Mars conjunct Jupiter It's impossible to sit still. You've got a million things going on at once. Not only will your mind be racing ahead, interrupting itself, switching topics and then doubling back again, but you have your fingers in so many pies that it will be hard to remember which [...]
August 12 First Quarter Moon in Scorpio It looks like things are finally up and going. This comes as a great relief because it’s been a long time since you had to jump through that many hoops. There were so many loose ends that needed tying up and details to put in order. [...]
August 7 Sun sextile Jupiter Perfect for a change of scene because you’ve been pressing your nose to grindstone for too long and you could use a break. Time away (even if it’s just a day trip) will do a lot to recharge your psychic batteries and put problems in perspective. These two [...]
August 5 Mercury retrograde in Virgo Mercury turns retrograde today. Named after the Roman god of communication and commerce, Mercury retrograde signals a time when you will be plagued by misunderstandings, malfunctions, and faulty merchandise. This is why you always want to check under the hood (both literally and metaphorically) when this planet [...]
