Horoscopes August 2008

August 2008 Horoscopes

Leo (July 22 – August 22) With the Solar Eclipse New Moon in Leo you may get the boost in respect and promotion that you deserve. As you read in Signs of the Times, however, this lunation is more about getting what you deserve. If you have been a good little boy or girl, your ice cream sundae will have a cherry on top; if you’ve been bad, you will be relegated to eating humble pie. Around the 14th of August there will be a Lunar Eclipse Full Moon—this is the moving fickle finger of fate. When God says, “Let go,” let go. If you do, there is always something better than you could have imagined waiting.

Virgo (August 23 – September 22) Mars and Saturn have been getting together in a tight conjunction for a number of weeks in Virgo. This means that you have been accelerating and breaking at the same time—getting nowhere! Be patient and don’t kvetch and kvell too much while you’re in the waiting room. God has a plan and this is the planning stage of your next extreme makeover. For the last dog days of summer, meditate. Journal. Ask what you can do for someone else. It will take your mind off of you. Good astrological idea, huh?

Libra (September 23 – October 22) With Jupiter in Capricorn until January 2009, you’d better not get yourself into any more trouble with too many irons in the fire. Known to be a worrier who can never make up his (or her) mind, down size expectations, including speculating in the stock market, and you will do better later. There are a few words of caution for those of you having relationship problems (if married, check out the condition your marriage is in and change the one you can: you)—the grass may look greener on the other side, but the other side is full of women (or men) panting with great expectations for the next catch of the day (or month or year). Nothing is as grim as starting over when you’re starting over with the same old flaws you’ve been stuck with. Stay put.

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21) That Solar Eclipse New Moon is going to square (cause trouble) you, so make sure you don’t fly off the handle and say things you will regret. Check your script over and make sure you’re not stepping on someone else’s lines—you know, trying to upstage or talk down to a more wicked witch than you are. There could be some repercussions to such outbursts. My cosmic advice to those of you with deadly stingers would be to chill. Run your insane mind chatter by someone you trust, and then say nothing. Getting something off your chest is never worth the amends you’ll have to make later.

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 20) Since Pluto has slithered back into your best laid plans for a while longer, let me suggest that you check out your tendency to do nothing—goofing off when you should be applying yourself or get into trouble with someone else’s girlfriend (boyfriend). You are known as the Bachelors (Bachelorettes) of the Zodiac. It’s not that you are some sex fiend—you just were just never good with boundaries or keeping the rules that apply to the rest of us. This Leo cycle you better watch your p’s and q’s because Pluto is watching and waiting to see if you need another deep soul cleanse.

Capricorn (December 21 – January 19) You Goats may be feeling like Noah did when everyone wanted to know why he was building that big ole’ Ark. You are onto what you need to do to put a firmer foundation beneath your feet and a sturdier house over your head. Stay the course. You are known to be frugal (oftentimes stingy), but whatever your still small voice is telling you, keep listening. You are going to be able to survive when the rest of us who are trying to keep up with the Joneses are getting what the Joneses always get: peter out and the money wells run dry trying to be something we are not.

Aquarius (January 20 – February 17) You get a lot of criticism for always being out of step with the rest of the world. With the Eclipses coming the first two weeks of August you may be feeling like ET from the blockbuster movie when he said “Home”. What you may be hearing is new news about how to be a bearer of hopeful tidings rather than sink beneath all the Doomsday hype plastered across newspapers and blaring on television and the radio. The stars are trying to guide you with a mission that only you understand now—later we will all know what you have always known.

Pisces (February 18 – March 20) Now that you are beginning to live life on life’s terms, learn to add and subtract as well as trying to live in your Zen state of consciousness. It is just as important to tend to the ‘here and now’ as it is to dream dreams and see the world through rose colored glasses. Reality comes with a price tag unfortunately. Uranus in Pisces retrograde is giving you breathing room from all the sudden changes that have been going on the first part of the year. Intuition is higher and more dependable this month than ever.

Aries (March 21 – April 20) You may think that the world has turned on you big time. Not. Actually, since you are the most reckless of all the signs and too selfish and self-centered for your own good, those Capricorn planets just might be saving you from another hair-brained scheme or even a broken neck from how fast you drive. The good news for you is that the Eclipses this solar cycle are going to boost your economy and some of your way-laid plans will materialize. Don’t crow—receive the bounty to share.

Taurus (April 21 – May 20) I have been working with a lot of Taureans lately and it is amazing how thick-headed and thin-skinned you Bulls really are. The Eclipses in August are going to challenge you to stay the course rather than picking up your marbles and storming off because you don’t like the game you anted into. These lunations are trying to teach you that kinder, softer, gentler will get you more than ‘my way or the highway’ skewered thinking. You have had so much cosmic help this year so bend your knees and thank God for what you have—and don’t have. Keep it all simple and you will breathe more easily.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) The Eclipses are going to pull you out of your funk and you are going to feel like you are on the Price is Right and the announcer has just called your name and said, “Come on down”. There is no sign in the Zodiac that likes to roam without a tether more than you do. Reach deep into your emotional bag of tricks and see what nagging voice is trying to beat you down—confront it—tell it to “Get lost”—and then enjoy the playground the Lords of Karma have laid out for you. This is a month for you to see the glass as half full—and drink in all the blessings that will come your way.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) The longer you live the more time you have to let go of the tight rein you hold on all those around you. This is a cycle for you to tend to matters of home—is it time to redo a room in the house? Will you have room for all the company that would rather stay with you than pay for a hotel room? The focus is on tending to your business and letting the rest of the world go by. The quicker you accept that Jupiter and Pluto in Capricorn are not moving to harm you—but to refine you and make you better—the faster you will be right-sized for what life has to teach you and also what all of us can learn from you. Bottom line: tend to your own business.

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