1. Week Ahead Astrology!
August 12-18 :
It is a difficult call as to how this week will play out. The beginning and end of the week are quite
nice, but the mid-week brings a set of challenges. Aggressive Mars has been coming into
alignment with restrictive Saturn for the past two weeks, and the alignment is exact on
Wednesday the 15th.
This supports taking action to bring your long-term ambitions into manifestation. However, a
value check will be needed. Venus moves up to challenge revolutionary Uranus and obsessive
Pluto on Wednesday.
Look to see if your outer world actions, especially in finances and relationships, are
tracking with your inner values. If not, this is the time to begin making choices to realign
your inner and outer world.
It is also the dark of the moon when you are best served by completing projects and being
introspective. So you can see that there are several contradictory influences this week.
The New Moon is on Friday, August 17th at 8:54 AM PDT. A sacred Sabian Symbol for the 26
degrees Leo position of this new moon is “after the heavy storm, a rainbow.” In symbolism,
rainbows connect the celestial realm with the earthly realm. Perhaps the symbol of the heavy
storm causes this connection to occur. Regardless, a Leo new moon is about getting in touch
with your creative passions. This is the time to remember that child within that is filled with joy
and wonder.
For all of you Arcturans out there, the star Arcturus is aligned with long-term planner Saturn
now. In star lore, Arcturus is the bridge between the pioneer and the cultivator. Saturn wants
you to make your ideas and ideals real in the mundane world.
Consider this new moon as your opportunity to blend the need to pioneer a new path, but to
also make it a path that is practical in your current reality.
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Red Letter Day: Venus in Cancer opposes Pluto; Mars conjuncts Saturn in Libra
Published by Priya under Daily Astrology and Cosmic Weather Hello Friends, We’ve been
through major changes lately and the past few months have changed the landscape of our lives.
If it’s been a bumpy ride, take heart in knowing that the planets reflect this time of transition (as
above, so below.) But the planets also suggest we are unequivocally moving forward now, and
have the opportunity over the coming weeks to create a more heart-warming future if we make
wise choices in the present.
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2. This means embracing and accepting reality as it stands, even if it is painful; only in total
acceptance can there be change.
Mercury stationed direct in Leo on Aug. 8, 2012 (returning to the point it first occupied on June
27, 2012) and we can move forward now with a renewed understanding about a situation, our
desires and the truth in our hearts. Be bold, confident, honest and you can re-write a story in
light of what you’ve learned.
Also significantly, Venus is now in Cancer after a long transit through Gemini starting the
beginning of April. Since then she stationed retrograde and even made a rare Transit of the
Sun, all this bringing undeniable changes in relationships.
We’ve learned truths that may have been hard to swallow much less digest them. But
now as Venus moves through Cancer over the coming weeks till Sep. 6, 2012
relationships are deepening; while those without depth and surface attractions are likely
to wash away…
Venus is the Goddess of love, beauty, finances, creativity, sensuality, fertility. In Cancer she is
the Mother Goddess… protecting, nurturing, feeding, healing all she loves, helping us find depth
and empathy in our hearts. On the flip side, the transit could bring to a surface ones insecurities
which can only destroy what we seek to nurture if we act on them. August 15, 2012 is red letter
day — with two major aspects occurring within hours of each other. Venus opposes Pluto in
Capricorn and Mars makes it’s once in two years conjunction to Saturn. As much as this brings
us to the end of a cycle, the end is always a new beginning. With Venus and Mars, most
certainly financial situation and relationships are in the spotlight.
And there is tremendous potential now for evolution and transformation of situations
where we have the strength to draw the line and surrender to change. Expect things to
intensify as we move closer to this date; push is coming to shove. This may bring to the
surface obsessive feelings, desires and emotional attachments. But the more we are are
able to let go, and go with the flow the easier will be the transformation.
The aspects are asking that we evolve to find what is truly precious within a situation — like
sifting for gold or diving deep for pearls — rather than cling to what is dying.
Do your best now to rise above whatever makes you feel insecure and you can ride this wave
safely to shore. You cannot lose anyone or anything that is real. And ultimately only love is real,
and the shore need not cling to the ocean. So trust in the ebb and flow of life, love and money.
The last time Mars made a conjunction to Saturn was on July 31, 2010; we are now coming full
circle from then reaching the end of a two year cycle and beginning a new two year cycle. What
have you learned during this time? And what are the lessons you will take with you? There is a
sense of having to push through an obstacle at this point and drawing boundaries.
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3. But rather than draw the battle lines, this aspect is asking for mutual respect, sharing of
responsibility and (re) building trust. We are at the end of a long Saturn in Libra cycle and the
Mars conjunction is helping bring these lessons home.
Financially as well personally, Pluto in Capricorn asks that we become aware of our
subconscious attachment to material wealth and conditioning handed down by parents,
society and cultural upbringing to discover our integrity, what is real and truly precious
in a situation or a relationship.
Only days after on Aug. 17, 2012 a Leo New Moon in a sextile to Saturn signals a new dawn
and new day…
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