It's a waning Moon week, which means that your emotional body tides are softening and becoming more vulnerable. The light is diminishing and your focus is turning inward. Venus will move to its sign of debilitation this week, joining Mercury and Jupiter in Virgo. Creativity, life force energy and money are vulnerable this month and require your extra attention. Mars and Saturn will be in exact degrees the first half of the week, causing intense conflict and challenge to surface. Understand that this is an extreme purification cycle, wringing out grief from your emotional body, calling you to simplify every level of your life. Be gentle, go slow and attend to your emotional body wisdom very intentionally. Late in the week, a tight conjunction of Jupiter, Mercury and Venus occurs in Virgo. This will impact finances and relationships directly.

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Monday, August 22nd
Moon in 5th tithi
Panchami

As Monday begins, Moon finishes its transit through Revati and Pisces. Mid morning, Moon leaps from water into fire, jump starting beginnings and openings. As Moon arrives in Aries and Ashwini nakshatra a fresh start awakens. Ashwini is ruled by Ketu, who cuts attachments and provokes release. Open yourself up to the new by letting go of the past. Allow yourself to step into a fresh start and say yes to a new cycle. What are you opening to? What are you closing to? As Moon wanes this week, the energy shifts inward. Reach inward and gather the wisdom of the past cycle so you can use it for the weeks to come. Mars and Saturn in a tight exact conjunction right now. This brings challenges with the physical and emotional bodies. Actions will be slowed no matter how hard you try. Do not force outcomes.

Tuesday, August 23rd
Moon in 6th to 7th tithi
Sashti to Saptami

Early morning, Moon shifts to Bharani nakshatra- a constellation ruled by Venus and Yama. Restraint will be necessary today. Extravagance will not be supported. Simplicity rules the day with all things Venus- money, relationships, comforts, food, sweets and intoxicants. Don't overindulge. Mars and Saturn are in exact degrees today. Saturn, the renunciate, is infamous for simplicity and lack of frivolousness. He wants your serious commitment and scheduled timeliness. Mars is fighting his needs mercilessly, causing tension between polarities- young and old, fast and slow, ancient and new, life and death, masculine and feminine. How can you integrate polarities more consciously? How can each of your parts support the other? Let your light and dark find more balance.

Wednesday, August 24th
Moon in 7th and 8th tithi
Saptami and Ashtami

Just as Wednesday begins, Moon shifts to the final nakshatra of Aries, Krittika. Late morning, Moon arrives in Taurus and her degrees of exaltation. Emotional waves are high! Agni rules this portion of the sky, bringing deep purification and transformation with him as a result. As the sacred fire god, he supports the alchemical change process and supports the transition of all levels of life. He awakens, brings life and increases clarity and exactness. Sun is associated with Agni- currently transiting his own sign, Leo. Power and purpose come to the forefront today. What changes do you need to make in order to step into your power more fully? Mars and Saturn will be forcing you to look at this in an integrated, balanced way. There are no short cuts. Just your willingness to honor your inner and outer realms equally. Let your emotional body be a resource for your alchemy and change process.

Thursday, August 25th
Moon in 8th to 9th tithi
Ashtami to Navami

Moon moves through Taurus and enters Rohini nakshatra just as Thursday begins. Now in its mulitrikona degrees, the Moon's potency is less, but also more manageable. The emotional body becomes a potent creative resource today. Your feelings create your life and help you manifest. You don't create your life from the thinking body, but from the feeling body. Do you feel safe to expand and activate your power and purpose? It's time to clean up your subconscious territory and awaken more possibility in your life. What is holding you back? Mars has shifted to the other side of Saturn, yet is still in almost exact conjunction. In the coming days, this battle will begin to come to a close after many months of challenges and disruptions. Have you extracted the theme and digested the meaning of this intense time period?

Just as the 25th arrives, Venus leaps into Virgo, joining exalted Mercury and Jupiter here. This cycle of Venus provokes a lopsided energy of big, strong creativity, mixed with vulnerability and sensitivity simultaneously. The challenge will be to honor both and integrate the conflict of big and small, expansive and quiet. At the time when Venus moves into Virgo, Moon is also in its mulitrikona sign, Taurus, with Rohini on the ascendant. This increases the huge waves of creative energy during this cycle and builds momentum.

Read more about Venus in Virgo

Friday, August 26th
Moon in 9th to 10th tithi
Navami to Dashami

Just as Friday arrives, Moon shifts to Mrigashirsha nakshatra, inviting in the emotional body, soma and immense creativity. There is much procreative power here, which can be channeled into all sorts of creative acts. Highly fickle in nature, the Moon brings constant change on the mental and emotional body levels. Mars, however, rules this nakshatra, expressing the intense drive to create. How will you use this power? What acts of creativity and expression will receive your action steps?  Moon moves to Gemini mid day, increasing the level of mental body activity. Mars gives his gaze to the Moon, provoking frustration and tension. Movement is awake and enlivened, but stay in right-relationship with the mind and body today or you will be diminishing your life force energy. Mars is finally beginning to separate from Saturn and is two degrees away from him now. Some ease will be felt with action steps and momentum, but going slow and honoring simplicity are still essential.

Mercury, Jupiter and Venus move into a tight triple conjunction in Virgo as of today. This will continue until early next week at which point Venus moves out of the conjunction, but Mercury and Jupiter continue to track each other closely. Watch your finances, pay close attention to relationships, gather resources and support for your process.

Saturday, August 27th
Moon in 10th to 11 tithi
Dashami to Ekadashi

Moon shifts to Ardra nakshatra as Saturday begins. Rudra rules this powerful constellation. There are three levels of the storm god activated today. Through nakshatra, tithi and transit. As Moon shifts into the 11th tithi midday, Rudra is strengthened. Saturn also gives his gaze to Rahu in Leo via transit, which energetically stirs Rudra as well. As the storm god, you can expect powerful release to take place on the emotional body level thanks to Rudra's power. This may also be reflected in Nature as rain, thunderstorms and natural disasters. Creativity and relationship are also impacted. Stay close to your body today. Channel strong emotions in healthy and effective outlets. Use your resources- like art, nature, movement, creativity, connection. Before Saturday ends, Moon shifts to Punarvasu nakshatra and a softening effect arrives. Feel the relief.

Sunday, August 28th
Moon in 12th tithi
Dvadashi

Moon continues through Punarvasu and Gemini today, offering the wisdom and support of Aditi. As the Mother of All Goodness, she showers you with resources and assistance. She birthed 33 Devas- 12 Adityas, 11 Rudras and 8 Vasus, as well as Indra and Prajapati. She brings unity consciousness and the awareness of inter-connectedness. Allow yourself to receive today. Where are you resisting the nourishment and support you so desperately crave? Early evening, Moon shifts to its own sign, Cancer. Outside of the gaze of other planets, there may finally be a sense of softening, release and relief. With Mars and Saturn now over two degrees a part, the conflict is shifting to integration and peace talks. Where are these polarities still provoking you? You might be able to see more clearly now that the heat and pressure are starting to ease. Nourish and nurture yourself today.

Monday, August 29th
Moon in 13th tithi
Trayodasi

Monday begins with Moon moving into Pushya nakshatra, the nourishing star and Brihaspati's domain. As a personification of Jupiter, Brihaspati brings learning, knowledge and wisdom as well as support. How do you accept the support he is offering you? Are you able to receive and acknowledge what is arriving? Let gratitude be a balm for your heart and count your blessings. Saturn rules this nakshatra, requesting stability and steadiness. Go slow and continue to honor the needs he is presenting in your physical and emotional bodies. Stay connected to the wisdom of your body; get embodied. Use the breath as a resource for integration. You are still finding balance within polarities- light and dark, life and death, fast and slow, young and old, masculine and feminine. Use this time to honor all that you are. Lead with the heart as it is the ultimate point of integration and balance. Late evening Moon shifts to Ashlesha nakshatra, provoking the mind and supporting awakening from illusion. Get clear on what is working and what is not working. Clarify your priorities. The tight conjunction of Jupiter, Mercury and Venus continues. Clarify and create, expand and awaken. Let relationships and money be resources for your process of awareness. What mental/emotional body blockages are keeping you locked into old patterns? 

August New Moon

The month begins with a new Moon in Cancer and Ashlesha nakshatra on the 2nd, instigating Sarpa energy for the waxing cycle. Use the August waxing cycle to maximize your heart power, inner energy and dharmic potential by finding your most essential core needs. Gather the resources and support necessary to find greater stability, support and strength. Gain from relationships as they are your most potent resource for healing, transformation and growth. If you're willing to do the challenging work to clear away toxicity, darkness and illusions within the heart, there is potential for increased love, passion and dharma. Your ability to remove the darkness within will determine how able you are to open new doors to self love.

Jupiter in Virgo

On August 11th, Jupiter makes the leap to Virgo. Jupiter transits are one year long and impact all levels of wisdom, knowledge, comfort and support. He leads you to your dharmic path and supports the nourishment gained along the way. Positive effects of Jupiter, or Guru in Sanskrit, bring comfort, support and understanding. He brings learning through understanding, awareness and expansion of consciousness. He is the ultimate teacher- for better or worse- providing some of the most poignant life lessons. Challenges with Jupiter include lack of support, knowledge, and dharma. Everyone can benefit from the helpful and supportive resources that Jupiter provides. Without his support, challenges and struggles increase- which often bring tragedy, trauma and chaos.

The past year, Jupiter has transited through Leo. Half of this transit he has been conjunct Rahu. These energies oppose each other in dramatic ways. Jupiter is sattvic, pure and supports expanded dharma. Rahu is rajasic and brings base level human experiences, cravings and desires. It has been a conflict between light and dark forces on multiple levels- effecting ego, power, the masculine as well as father issues and relationships.

As Jupiter moves out of Leo, he also moves away from Rahu, releasing and finalizing much of the masculine conflicts that have been unleashed in the past few months. Jupiter can step back into his role as the benefic, nourishing support that he is inclined to provide. Rahu will continue to work your ego, masculine and power issues acutely, but Jupiter can now offer his stability and support on a mental body level as he transits through Mercury's sign, Virgo, in the coming year. Jupiter moves into Virgo on August 11th for one year. This is considered a major planetary transit. Likely you are already feeling the effects.

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Saturn Direct

Saturn has been retrograde in Scorpio for many months in an on-again off-again dance with Mars. On August 13th, Saturn goes direct, causing depth and transformation to start moving in a forward motion. His retrograde motion has increased the inner awareness of many, causing challenges as he stirs the emotional body. As Saturn moves into direct motion, there will be an adjustment period. Honor the need for slow, steady steps right now. Pressures with eighth house matters will begin to move forward now- including debt, death, transformation, transcendence and shadow work. Stay in your body and enliven the physical channels for integration on all levels of your being.

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Sun in Leo

Just before the full Moon, on August 16th at 06:46 MDT, Sun shifts to its own sign, Leo, joining a full house of planets. Venus, Rahu and Mercury are still transiting this fire sign that exudes masculinity and power. Sun is our inner and outer light source. It brings strength, ego, empowerment and a connection to the father with it. Just as Sun moves into its favorite sign, Leo will be on the horizon. This cycle brings an intense relationship with masculine power to the forefront. Your father’s lineage will play a major role in this process in the coming month. What parts of your father are helping you step into your masculinity and power more fully? What parts of your relationship with him and your relationship with his power are effecting your ability for self express?

Relationships play an important role in this cycle as well, asking you to confront and awaken your inner power more fully. What is working? What is not? What needs are coming to the forefront and how can you get these needs met more consciously?

Sun loves being seen, noticed and heard, which is also why he loves his own sign, Leo, so much. During this transit, expect your self expression to be confronted. Confusion, uncertainty, overwhelm and challenges arrive instead. As Sun moves closer to Rahu during this transit, problems may surface more acutely. There may be power struggles inside and out.

Heal the wounds with your father and ask for support and guidance with this process. Notice who and what shows up on your path to help you transform and grow. Blockages to your Sun energy will provoke resistance to being seen, heard, noticed and acknowledged. Where are you resisting your power? Your self expression? How has your relationship with father effected this personal mythology with your own power? It’s time to shine more brightly!

August Full Moon

Full Moon arrives on the 18th as Moon steps into Aquarius and Dhanishta nakshatra. This constellation reiterates the need to shine, be seen and get noticed. It wants attention and to express its light. This full Moon brings wisdom and creativity with it, as well as dharmic insights and awareness. There’s ample courage available, if you lead from the heart.

Read more about the full Moon in my August Full Moon Wisdom

Mercury in Virgo

As Mercury moves to its favorite sign on August 19th, there will be a moment of strength with mind and body. With Sun and Mercury feeling strong and stable, tasks can be accomplished more directly and progress can be made in a more empowered way. This stability lasts for under a week- before Venus arrives in Virgo. Venus is considered debilitated in Virgo, which will cause challenges and lack to rise to your conscious awareness.

Mercury loves the focused and precise sign of Virgo, where he is considered both exalted and mulitrikona. Both Mercury and Virgo are airy and bring swift movement. The thinking mind will be strong in the coming weeks, but with Jupiter already in this Mercurial sign, there will be conflicts with the sattva of the guru and the mind stuff, chitta vritti. Jupiter is not fond of Mercury, but Mercury can tolerate Jupiter. Hopefully the guru can smooth and soften the mind and calm some of the inner turmoil.

This Mercury cycle brings immense possibility for healing and creativity but it will require you dive deeply into your unconscious terrain. Finances play a major role in your growth process. Are you hitting up against your shadow? You’ll know because it will show up in the form of lack, resistance or avoidance of your finances and money. You can no longer afford to stay in the dark. Your inability to advance financially has everything to do with your willingness to step into your power more fully. It’s time to be very direct with your personal mythology. What is holding you back? Where are you not showing up for yourself? It’s time to crack open your shadow and shine the light more brightly on your needs and desires. Set your goals big, then notice where the resistance shows up to sabotage your success.

Venus in Virgo

Just as the 25th arrives, Venus leaps into Virgo, joining exalted Mercury and Jupiter here. This cycle of Venus provokes a lopsided energy of big, strong creativity, mixed with vulnerability and sensitivity simultaneously. The challenge will be to honor both and integrate the conflict of big and small, expansive and quiet. At the time when Venus moves into Virgo, Moon is also in its mulitrikona sign, Taurus, with Rohini on the ascendant. This increases the huge waves of creative energy during this cycle and builds momentum.

Venus is considered debilitated in Virgo, which means that your life force energy this month will be very delicate and sensitive. It will require that you tend to your inner resources very consciously. Though Sun and Mercury will be provoking actions and imagination on a larger scale, understand that the body will be easily taxed and burdened by too much excess. Balance is a key element of this cycle. Be conscious of integrating inner and outer, masculine and feminine, power and vulnerability. Polarities will request your conscious awareness.

Relationships, finances and health will be especially effected in this transit. These parts of your life are asking you to look more closely at your alignment with power, purpose and balance. Where are you avoiding or neglecting your inner work? Where do you need more support, new resources and tools to activate new results and greater change?

Mercury Goes Retrograde

Mercury will go retrograde in its sign of exaltation on August 30th. Mercury will be exalted in Virgo (not in its mulitrikona degrees) during this retrograde. An exalted retrograde planet becomes debilitated, impacting the expression of the planet and turning it inward, rather than outward. For over a week, the mental body will be on a unique, inward journey. On September 9th, Mercury will re-enter Leo, joining Sun and Rahu here. This will bring the mind more clarity and external focus, while supporting a unique and innovative process.

The retrograde journey of Mercury will impact finances and comforts primarily. It will ask you to look more closely at your needs for financial support and stability, as well as self expression and communication. These themes are specifically tied to your visibility, empowerment and ego at this time. It is a cycle to re-visit and re-evalute your needs. You may find yourself re-visiting conversations, connections and communication until he goes direct on September 22nd. Use this time to clarify your sense of power and purpose. Seek clarity with your words and think outside the box in terms of getting seen and noticed in more creative and potent ways.

Once Mercury goes direct in Leo, he won't re-enter Virgo again until October 3rd. As he re-enters his sign of exaltation, he joins Jupiter and Sun as well. At this point, we may finally get the positive effects of an exalted Mercury, with the expansive wisdom of Jupiter and the illumination of the Sun to support the awareness. A strong mind will bring more clarity, purposeful communication and potent resources. For the benefits of exalted Mercury to be felt, it will require patience and strong intentions.

Stay true to your direction and continue to take action towards goals and desires. Increased financial support will come with your diligence. Work consistently and pro-actively on clearing limiting beliefs and mental/emotional blockages during this cycle- all that is hindering your ability to step more powerfully into financial abundance. Gather resources and support for this process. Jupiter will be activating your expansion, but only with the right guidance and support.

*Horoscopes are based on your Vedic (sidereal) rising sign. You can also check your Moon and Sun signs for further insight. Do the same with your Navamsa signs for further clarity. Do not use these horoscopes with your Western sign (Tropical) as there is likely no correlation. These horoscopes are meant to be used as a broad overview of the current transits and obviously do not address the specifics of an individual’s unique chart.


Aries: Focus on home and heart until mid month, then bring light into your romantic relationships, as well as children and intuition. Shine brighter and honor your gut wisdom more consciously. You're either helping your digestion or not. How can you support greater assimilation of the life's nourishment- mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually? Continue to dive into your deep, dark terrain and look at your shadow. Transformation is available right now but only through your willingness. As Jupiter makes the leap into your 6th house for the year to come, big changes take place with finances, career and self expression. It's time to make some progress.

Taurus: Your heart, home and mother are a powerful focus this month. Be courageous and creative. Take steps towards your liberation and notice where you are avoiding or neglecting your soft inner realms. There is healing possible right now with masculine and feminine. Seek integration and alignment with your heart wisdom. This requires that you continue to restructure your offerings and career choices. You are also finding new balance with relationships. The challenges are resources. Keep clearing and releasing grief and shadow. As Jupiter moves to your 5th house, the father and solar plexus experience changes and growth. Gains are possible this year, but only through conscious alignment with your dharmic path. Nothing else will be tolerated.

Gemini: Creativity and courage take center stage right now. Your hands are alive and active! Use them to re-create your life and bring your visions into form. Part of you is ready to leap forward and yet there are obstacles with the steps. This is where the healing begins. Where are you resisting and refusing to look at your shadow parts? Healing and gut continue to be potent resources and will show you where you are missing resources and refusing the support. Listen to your body wisdom for guidance. Keep refining your dharmic path and saying yes to your purpose. As Jupiter moves to your 4th house of home and heart for the coming year, career is activated. Inner and outer balance will be imperative. A cycle of deep transformation is awakening. Gather resources, support and guidance to support your process.

Cancer: Your mouth is a big focus right now. What you say, eat, share and express are all powerful and charged this month. Learn to refine and refocus what goes in and out of your mouth. This is connected to your power and ability to be seen and heard. Let your words be potent, while staying true to your heart wisdom and compassion. Power is a primary focus for you right now. Progress is being made- but with stops and starts. Trust your steps and your ability to awaken. It is through your gut intelligence that this process is taking place. Support your digestion and integration process- physically and emotionally. As Jupiter shifts into your 3rd house for the coming year, a new focus on self expression emerges. Challenges and gains will arrive with relationships, but keep your focus and effort on dharma.

Leo: This is a potent month for you. It’s as though everything is happening at once and yet things aren’t happening fast enough. Challenges and frustrations arrive with change and transformation. Stay true to your inner guidance system and learn to simplify. Heart is teaching you balance and integration, so keep showing up for your grief, pain and shadow. Relationships are teaching you about detachment and letting go. Let these mirrors be resources for your own inner awakening. You are looking at yourself. As Jupiter shifts to Virgo, communication expands.  This cycle requires diligence with shadow work, deep personal mythology, healing, bad habits and career. Your plate is full! Find ways to lighten your load.

Virgo: Deep liberation and letting go are arriving right now. Release and align within. Spend time alone and in meditation. Let yourself be on retreat right now. Integrate, balance, hit reset. You are digesting the final pieces of Jupiter in Leo which is the end of a 12 year cycle for you. It’s a poignant time. Meditation and inward time become more important as Jupiter moves to Leo, your 12th house mid month. Don’t push yourself. Continue to find balance with your hands, courage, creativity and parents. As Jupiter moves to your first house, a brand new cycle begins. He will ask you to look deeply at power and father issues in the year to come as well as activating your dharmic path more fully. Relationships will be a powerful resource for your growth. It’s time to step forward in more powerful ways.

Libra: Gains are awakening and stirring you, however pausing is necessary in order to integrate the changes. Keep focusing on career and being seen until mid month, then step into your power more fully for maximum support. Relationships will be supportive for this process but use your words consciously and clearly. In order to receive an increase and more gains, you must first let go and close anything that is not serving you. Create more space for what will truly serve you. As Jupiter shifts into your 12th house for the year to come, transition, transformation and endings arrive. He brings changes to heart and home, your healing process as well as debt and shadow work. Gather resources and guidance to support this process.

Scorpio: The cosmos are asking a lot of you right now. There’s so much willingness for change and transformation, yet resistance and obstacles hindering your steps. Goals and desires are intensifying. Where are the blockages within your heart that are keeping you from making more progress and bigger leaps? Parts of you are saying yes, while other pieces are keeping you in the dark. Keep landing in your heart. Continue to move towards joy and pleasure. Step more fully into your dharmic work. As Jupiter moves to your 11th house, gains come- but not without your conscious effort. Doors must close in order for new ones to open. Relationships and creative courage will be vital resources for the process. What are you saying yes to? What are you saying no to?

Sagittarius: Dharma is fully charged and active right now. Are you stepping towards or away from your path and purpose? What obstacles are showing up to thwart your progresses? What resources are showing up to support you? Let your hands be a tool for activating your creative courage. Ask spirit for support with this process. Liberation and letting go are arriving with stops and starts. Trust your steps, but keep moving. As Jupiter lands in your 10th house for the year to come, your career takes on new shapes and forms. Home and heart expand, while income requires more focus and attention. Expand what is possible for yourself but gather new resources for the process.

Capricorn: It's a deep and powerful time for inner transformation. This process is awakening your inner power, even if it doesn't feel like it right now. Relationships are shining the light on where the inner work is. This theme of inner power intensifies in the coming weeks as Sun lands in your 8th house. Keep bringing light and awareness to your shadow, to pain, trauma and grief. Gains are arriving through this inner work. Share your process with others, with the world. Dance with your vulnerability and power, integrating and grounding more fully. As Jupiter arrives in your 9th house, dharma is activated. He will bring expansion to self, creativity and your inner power. Some protection arrives, but not without your steady, consistent steps.

Aquarius: Relationships are proving to be a complex organism for you right now. There are resources and challenges showing up simultaneously. Are you gathering the insights and letting go of all that is not serving you? It’s time to be radical in the release. Heal, transform and renew. More light is coming this month which will shed even more awareness on your outer mirrors. You are looking at yourself, so be very aware of who and what shows up. These mirrors are effecting your career and how you are seen. Cut away the ego and get to the heart of it. As Jupiter moves to your 8th house for the coming year, depth and transformation come to the forefront. Addressing deep, hidden shadows, wounds and personal mythology will be essential. This is a time of powerful liberation. Make sure you get the necessary resources and support during this time.

Pisces: Healing has been intense and powerful lately. Clear and clean your gut, in order for more clarity and precision with your awareness and intelligence. Old conflicts and challenges are rising to the surface. You are your own enemy. How can you befriend the challenges and let the darkness become the light? Lean into the transformation and liberation of your past. Digest and assimilate your past. Work diligently on finances and gathering new resources of support. Step consciously towards your dharma, even as challenges present themselves. As Jupiter moves to your 7th house, relationships become a strong focus for the year ahead. Gains come from your creativity and awakening your inner awareness. You must be willing to look closely at the mirrors arriving, as these are the resources for your own awakening.