Posted on July 31, 2024 by Henry Seltzer of ASTROGRAPH.COM
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This is a partnership month for you, Aquarius, that brings others very much into the picture of your own continuing evolution. As Pluto has settled into your sign over recent months, your identity itself and where you are heading with it has been a moving target. You are also checking in more thoroughly on your deepest principles and values, and how these can align more closely with career choices and your public statement. The Leo New Moon of August 4th references your relationship sector and all kinds of personal connection. Because Mercury begins its retrograde path on the very same day, in your sector of intimacy, inner exploration, and personal evolution, you are also sizing up your situation regarding partnership in your life and how to allow it to be more current, and to truly shine. There will likely be introspective questioning, along with review and refinement of what close connection in your life actually consists. This is a natural process and, if you can go with it, will ultimately strengthen your relationships. The Full Moon in your sign of the 19th is very dynamic for you as well, emphasizing once more your interpersonal connections, home life, your depths, and the roots of your creativity.
The following was written by our guest columnist Elodie St-Onge Aubut of Ninth House Astrology
August arrives in the last few days of the Cancer lunation cycle from the previous month. Pluto at the very beginning of your sign was greatly emphasized all through, especially in the timing of the July 21st Full Moon. You are likely to be feeling the cosmic pressure upon you now to be the very best and most authentic version of yourself that to can be, and this internal mandate continues into the present monthly cycle.
On the 4th, the New Moon in your opposite sign of Leo kicks off a brand-new cycle for your relationships and dedicated partnerships. The Sun and Moon receiving support from Jupiter and Mars in Gemini currently transiting in your creative sector implies a connection between these two different parts of your life, suggesting collaboration on art, joy, or romantic pleasure. These could be fruitful, and your biggest challenge may be related to getting clear on here you stand on your most basic values.
Mercury retrogrades from the 4th to the 28th, beginning in the sign of Virgo, or your sector of intimacy and personal evolution, and later moving backwards into Leo which is also directly involved with your partnerships. The introspection of this period of time could help assess relational dilemmas and better understanding your own independent way forward.
On the 18th, Mercury joins the Sun for its inferior conjunction. The Cazimi period of this one afternoon is thought to bring clarity to your meditative process of reevaluation. With Mercury forming its second of three squares with Uranus in Taurus at this time, there could be an even more thoughtful result that represents an amalgamation of conflicting positions.
The Full Moon takes place in your sign on the 19th, and this could tie together many of the topics above illuminating desires, resources and commitment to creative or romantic pursuits. This could be your cue to get clear about your motivations, your passions and also current challenges. Because the Sun and Moon are in close aspect to Uranus, your ruler, this could be a very consequential timing for you. And because Jupiter and Saturn are also forming a close square in this configuration, financial autonomy could be one potential goal in the sense of taking on added responsibility for your own resources. It is also possible that you could see more clearly into any existing conflict between what you value and the way that you do your creative endeavors.
On the 22nd, the Sun’s entry into Virgo continues to emphasize relational dynamics in the coming weeks along with the agreements that bind you to others.
Venus entering Libra on the 29th could help you see the big picture allowing you to make adjustments to your sails over the coming weeks with fewer glitches. Mercury is now in direct motion, but just barely, and will straighten out over the following two weeks of the post-retrograde shadow period.
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