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The transiting Sun moves into the Virgo sign this week. Happy solar return to Virgo Suns! Sun makes an exact conjunction with Jupiter on August 26. Jupiter is a bit enervated in the Virgo sign (a blessing, perhaps, with a muted Jupiter tending to avoid excesses). Sun and Jupiter form a planetary pair, making the earthy conjunction powerful and potentially useful. Jupiter is a minor Sun, with his own “solar system”, and the abundance and optimism of Jupiter melds well with the Sun’s vitality and consciousness. This week therefore can be quite productive in the workplace, for example, other things equal.
Mercury also speeds into the Libra sign by the end of the week. He will be leaving his classical dominion and exaltation in Virgo, but Mercury does well in the air signs. Reading and socializing tend to be more of a focus with Mercury in Libra, as well as exchanges of ideas and mutual benefit in commerce, also propitious for the workplace.
Venus and the three outer titans, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, continue to retrograde, while Saturn slowly but surely crawls towards the Sagittarius sign. Of interest, over half of the planets appear to tend to their own duties this week, separated from the other planets in the transits. The effusive, spiritual Neptune is a towering presence in his home sign, Pisces; Saturn and Pluto continue to play ping-pong, generating a “structured power” theme and emphasizing a last gasp of behind the scenes authority and emphasis on transformation of institutional structures in the mundane world; and Sun-Mercury-Venus are in a medley of their own by the end of the week, combining conscious collaboration with thought and ideas for business or other endeavors of the mind.
What might this week portend for you? Consider your Sun sign and rising sign/ascendant as well.
Aries
The week begins with an inspiration theme and ends with a transformation theme for Aries Sun. Relationships are also a salient theme for Aries this week and relationships have potential for passion and using active collaboration to complete various projects and tasks. This tends to be a busy and active week, suitable for your fiery Sun. Carefully and steadfastly adhering to tasks and using creativity to solve intellectual problems is a strength for Aries this week and quite a combination to help you move ahead at work or elsewhere. August 23 to 25 is promising for attaining insight and using theory, if applicable, in order to cope with various problems or add variety to your life. Also consider how you might be influential to large groups of people on those days, if you have the opportunity to speak or broadcast your ideas for enjoyment or career. Final thought for Aries: moving from one stage to another is not typically bothersome for Aries, but unraveling why you might be doing so can be of benefit.
Taurus
A lingering heavy feeling from authority might occur at the beginning of the week, but if so it quickly fades as the week continues. The week is more about revolution than restriction for Taurus Sun. Relationships are an important factor in your week. With your Sun’s ruler, Venus, still retrograde, relationships have a more “all or nothing” feel to them, and feeling changes or transitions in relationships becomes a stronger theme as the week progresses. August 24 to 27 is opportune for showing leadership, acting decisively in order to reach towards objectives, and use organization in work or personal life to your benefit. Using accumulated experiences and dedicated determination can pay off well for Taurus this week. The week might have its share of surprises, but a sense of fiery spontaneity and flashes of insight are also available to help you navigate the week. Final thought for Taurus: close relationships can be a plus this week, but also be aware of issues of over-reliance.
Gemini
Your Sun’s ruler, moving into Libra at the end of the week, probably feels welcoming, and will signal one of the ten planets residing in an air sign again. Close relationships have greater than average influence for Gemini Sun this week, with the strongest time at the beginning of the week. From about August 23 to 26, you might find that extra work is required to accommodate authority; however, the extra work can be well worth the effort. The week feels rather cerebral for Gemini and perhaps on the exhausting side (all of that information you love to gather needs serious analysis), but Mercury entering Libra on August 27 brings some spice and social energy back into your life. Considering how you are progressing in career or other goals is apropos on August 27 as well. Despite a certain grinding feel to much of the week, watch for opportunities to increase your stature, multiply your efforts, and use mighty force to move your goals to completion on August 25 and especially August 26. Final thought for Gemini: intuiting what someone else is thinking can be effective this week if you find that the usual mode of communication and exchange of logic is off track.
Cancer
Cancer Sun has a heavy first day of the week, in the direct influence of the Saturn-Pluto “structured power” theme. Cancer revisits the Saturn-Pluto theme on August 25. Determining how to respond to behind the scenes authority might be beneficial – and critical – at various times this week, but also, consolidating your power base can be of benefit. Fun and spontaneity may still be had this week. August 22 to 24 has potential for enjoying the close conjunction between Sun and Jupiter in Virgo. Expressing personal optimism and consciously generating and using abundance, particularly material abundance, meshes well with Cancer’s basic identity this week. Relationships are more prominent and tend to flow smoothly for you on August 23, and August 24 is a day of enjoying marriage, family, and togetherness. Bursts of innovation and expressing your unique qualities emerge as themes for you on the last day of this varied week. Final thought for Cancer: initiating projects and ideas can work well this week, but beware of taking on more than you can practically handle.
Leo
The mighty center of the solar system leaves your sign this week. Enjoy the last few days of the Sun in his home sign, and your own sign. Leo Sun, however, has quite a start to the week. August 21 and 22 have potential for staying the course and using persistence in order to exude charisma, be passionate, expand your influence, and push your goals forward with great efforts. Given the proper preparation and perhaps a bit of luck, Leo can experience success of some type on August 23. August 23 is probably the best day of the week for Leo, and you have access to Jupiter’s abundance and expansive qualities throughout the week. August 26 can be another “bumper crop” day in a generally upbeat and productive week. Challenges this week include grappling with authority at the beginning of the week, and dealing with misdirection or nebulous situations towards the end of the week. However, generally this is a week to savor and make your best effort to forge ahead with your goals in mind, particularly at work. Final thought for Leo: approaching problems from various angles and repeated, tenacious attempts to solve them might be the best way to handle them this week.
Virgo
Jupiter will reside in your Sun’s sign for about a year, and transiting Sun will enter your sign this week. The middle of the week contains a nice theme of using keen analytical abilities to expand your interests. Work life is also particularly productive for Virgo Sun this week, other things equal. Support from close relationships can be of use for you this week, and at times “finding the silver lining in the cloud” can help you move forward. Marriage, togetherness, and association with colleagues or extended family members is a nice theme on August 22 and potentially useful for career interests. Career also receives a boost on August 26…combining endurance and persistence in order to learn and generate returns have great potential on that day. Watch for a shift on August 27 with Mercury entering Libra; the more airy feel to Mercury is still of benefit for you, however. Final thought for Virgo: a strong inclination or intuition regarding the root cause of a problem is probably worth investigating this week.
Libra
August 21, the beginning of the week, is a day of ambition, achievement, and self-expression for Libra Sun. The next day repeats the theme for you, to a lesser extent, and it’s a very interesting way for your balancing Sun to start the week. Sun entering Virgo is perhaps a jolt for Libra Sun, but your penchant for teamwork and socially oriented core personality is suited well for moving projects and goals forward at work over the next month. The last half of the week, August 24 to 27, also supports a theme of prospering at work. Acting decisively and persuasively is a beneficial theme, as well as using precision and a laser-like focus in moving forward with your goals. Making use of knowledge in an innovative manner is also a favorable theme for Libra this week, and active collaboration is also of possible use for you despite an ‘independent’ type theme in the transits for you this week. Final thought for Libra: digressions might be common this week.
Scorpio
The ‘harmony in close relationships‘ theme continues for Scorpio Sun this week. The theme fades as the week passes and basically ends at the exact end of the week. Relationships, more generally, is a subtle theme this week that becomes stronger as the week progresses. Perhaps most important this week, drive, will, and ambition begin to become stronger on August 24. Both personal aspirations and relationships are important in the context of the “structured power” and behind the scenes authority of particular influence for Scorpio. Saturn is lingering at the end of your sign, and he continues to tap Scorpio Sun on the shoulder regarding his influence. Will restriction and authority overrun you this week? Or will your intense Sun find a way to expand your limits through responding to authority and using discipline? Jupiter’s abundance and expansion is marginally entering the picture for you this week, which is a boost. Final thought for Scorpio: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going!”
Sagittarius
The planets in Leo continue to shift to the Virgo sign. Your Sun’s ruler, Jupiter, continues to reside in Virgo and will for a while, and Sun enters early Virgo with Jupiter. Sun-Jupiter squaring your Sun by sign gives the impression of taking time to reflect. Sagittarius tends to focus on the big picture and leans towards the abstract; Virgo is concrete and earthy, and detail-oriented. The inherent tension between the signs can be productive, when a way to reconcile the two can be found (seeing both the forest and trees can be a powerful asset, indeed). What will become a long-standing theme of imagination, inspiration, and spirituality becomes stronger for you this week. All of that stated, Sagittarius is somewhat removed from the major themes in the transits this week, giving the impression of a bit of freedom to roam and “pick and choose” what to focus on. Final thought for Sagittarius: actively seeking solutions can help spur creativity this week.
Capricorn
Capricorn Sun might find benefit in taking somebody under your wing this week. August 25 and 26 have potential for being productive, particularly when satisfying both needs and wants is a priority. At times, you might feel that inertia is carrying you through the week, or that you’re going in circles. Steady persistence is well suited to your earthy Sun, and of great use this week when obstacles present themselves. Sun-Jupiter in Virgo works well for Capricorn Sun. An optimistic determination to be of service and cheerfully tending to details combines well with career aspirations. Working with controls and expanding your influence are also relevant themes this week, as your ruling planet, Saturn, is still in Pluto’s sign throughout the week. Responding to authority, even when it’s operating behind the scenes, can be difficult, but Capricorn is also up to the challenge this week. Logical analysis and concrete communication serves you especially well around August 25. Final thought for Capricorn: no additional insights for Capricorn this week.
Aquarius
Aquarius Sun has an increased opportunity to use the mind in a concrete, analytical manner from August 23 to 25. While your quick, innovative mind might have to work at adjusting to logic that seems to plod along, slow and steady wins the race at the beginning of the week, and concrete analysis can be an amazing complement to your lightning fast conclusions. Close relationships are also a strong theme this week. Given the effort, balancing with a significant other might be very productive and enjoyable. Other relationships tend to flow smoothly this week. Venus retrograding gives relationships a type of “all or nothing” feel, but Aquarius is perhaps best suited this week to draw on using creativity and enjoying sociability in relationships. If the week feels slow or unproductive, watch for a nice jolt on August 27 to move you back on track. Final thought for Aquarius: focusing on issues that require closure is important this week.
Pisces
Your Sun’s ruler, Neptune, and your Sun’s classical ruler, Jupiter, are in opposition. This suits Pisces Sun well. Jupiter and Neptune emphasize the spiritual, and useful themes such as “expanding imagination” and “inspired personal growth” become relevant this week as we continue to experience the long tenure of Neptune in his dominion and your Sun’s sign. The first half of the week continues a theme from last week of heightened ambition and personal drive for Pisces. The need to achieve combined with heightened inspiration might help you produce some of your best work! The transits are hinting at an increased influence from authority and structure for Pisces, and work is of general emphasis in the transits this week. Thus, focusing on filling in the details with your big-picture perspective can be very rewarding for you. Final thought for Pisces: of great interest, a renewed focus on drawing issues to completion in various ways, an intense and familiar exercise for you with Sun in the last sign of the zodiac.
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