Pisces Horoscope for August 2018

You are in for another profoundly transformative month, Pisces, masquerading as one filled with commonplace events. Your very self-definition is coming into new territory. You are in the midst of a months-long process of seeing through the mundane elements of what you do, whether for work, career, or activism, and finding the deeper meaning. This involves communicating directly with yourself at mystical levels, well known to you although perhaps at times not fully acknowledged. This includes the darker places within you, the residue of ancient trauma, which have much to offer, as they heal. You win when you choose not to look away, but rather to embrace them as vital parts of your experience. The significant lunar eclipse just before the month began, located in your 12th house sector of unconscious process, served as a stimulant in this direction, while the solar eclipse of August 11th acts as another, helping you to bridge the gap, once you know where to look, between the ordinary and the transcendent.

The following was written by this month's guest columnist Adam Elenbaas of The Nightlight Astrology School

Your month begins just as Mars retrograde in Aquarius in your twelfth house of unconscious process makes a square to Uranus in Taurus in your third house. This dynamic transit is following right on the heels of a lunar eclipse in Aquarius, which also took place in your twelfth house, on July 27th. Both events may indicate that you are working through layers of inner frustration or doubt, perhaps being forced to surrender to circumstances that are beyond your control or that you are experiencing some sense of futility or even exhaustion. At the same time, the square from Mars to Uranus suggests that you might be on the precipice of a personal breakthrough, or that you are learning how to assert yourself or stand up for yourself amid a difficult situation. One great benefit of this transit is the way that it may help you to relocate your courage, assertiveness, or sense of power. As one of the most naturally faithful signs of the zodiac, you are made for twelfth house transits because you have the emotional depth, intelligence, and faithfulness to remain hopeful even during trials and tribulations.

On August 6th to August 9th, the planet Venus will enter Libra in your eighth house of intimacy and personal evolution, and immediately make a square to Saturn in Capricorn in your eleventh house. With fortunate Venus entering the house of “other people’s money and resources,” and making a square to a well-dignified Saturn in the house of “friends, groups, and allies,” you may find positive forms of help or support from a variety of people and places this month. On the other hand, you may discover that your romantic relationships and your social life are at odds right now, or that you are struggling to find common ground between the elegance, beauty, and social orientation of Venus and the serious, hard-working and “sober,” Saturnine qualities. Some conflicts of value, taste, or appearance are inevitable in life. In some ways, these moments are good for you because they help you clarify our own commitments, interests, and needs.

Meanwhile, much of the month Mercury is retrograde in Leo in your sixth house of service, and then on August 11th there is a solar eclipse taking place in Leo, also in your sixth house. The sixth house is traditionally related to labor, sickness, and service, and so while Mercury is retrograde in your sixth house this month you might be reconsidering or revising something related to your daily work, or to your health, or you might be thinking of new strategies to implement in the work place. Don’t be surprised if you see some changes, reversals, or revisions related to the people you employ or hire for personal service. You have been experiencing some major changes in your sixth house for some time now, due to the eclipses that have been taking place in Leo dating back to the winter of 2016-2017. Whether things have been changing dramatically at work, or in relation to your health, or if you’ve been laboring with something for a long time or following the call to be of greater service in the world, the changes of the last year and a half are ready to solidify as this final solar eclipse in Leo passes through and brings both a sense of newness and completion, at once. Note that on August 18th, Mercury will turn direct, signaling that this period of review, delay, or revision is over and that things are ready to move forward again.

Finally, on August 26th, the Full Moon in Pisces lands in your first house of identity, while Venus in Libra in your eighth house squares Pluto in Capricorn in your eleventh house. The Full Moon here also announces a moment of completion or accomplishment AND new beginnings, as it lands in your first house. The Full Moon may even bring some level of public attention. At the same time, a Full Moon in the first house may ask that you pay attention to your own needs, your inner life, or your health. Even though Pisceans are often shy and highly sensitive, the Full Moon could make it easier for you to be open and direct about what you’re feeling, what you need, or what’s happening inside of you. With Venus and Pluto square to one another from your eighth and eleventh houses, your relationships, friendships, and allies are also highlighted topics right now. Venus and Pluto in these places can easily seduce you with promises of fame, success or even financial benefit or assistance, but be careful because there is often more than meets the eye where Pluto is involved. Beware that you do not compromise yourself ethically or put on a show simply to get noticed or to find support from influential people. Similarly, you might need to be careful of being used or using others, of taboo or subversive issues arising in relationships, or an unhealthy attraction to someone or something you are obsessing over. Remember that you are at your best when your natural innocence, intelligence, and faithfulness combine to light the path before you.

Pisces Horoscope for August 2018

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