Venus and Jupiter in Cancer
Venus and Jupiter, two benefic planets, now both in Cancer, bring blessings and benefits to Cancer and, to a lesser degree, the other water signs, Scorpio and Pisces.
Four Retrogrades
Mercury remains in retrograde, which can cause mix-ups and misunderstandings for many people. Saturn in Aries, Neptune in Aries, and Pluto in Aquarius are also in retrograde, creating challenges and complications for anyone with planets and points early in all the signs.
Challenging Lunar Aspects
The lunar aspects listed later in this newsletter show three challenging aspects occurring close together this afternoon and Saturday morning. Recall that lunar aspects are in effect for a few hours (versus days) before and until the times given for ET.
Mars Into Libra
Wednesday evening, Mars moves from Virgo to Libra, which will energize Libra and help, to a lesser degree, the other air signs, Gemini and Aquarius, until September 22, when it enters Scorpio.
On the other hand, with Mars related to desires, passions, conflicts, urgency, impulsiveness, and stress, Mars in Libra will challenge the planets and points you have in Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.
A Full Moon
Moon in Aquarius opposes Sun in Leo on Saturday at 03:55 AM ET at 17 degrees Leo and Aquarius, which makes this Full Moon more relevant for anyone with their Sun, Moon, and any planets at 17 degrees of the fixed signs (Taurus Leo Scorpio Aquarius).
Full Moons intensify matters, heighten emotions, and often create extremes, such as with the weather. This Full Moon should be more intense due to the significant aspect described below.
Mars Opposite Saturn
One of the most challenging aspects in astrology, Mars opposite Saturn, has been in effect this past week and will peak this weekend, creating many problems.
Issues, differences, and controversies come into focus. Tensions run high. Frustrations, fears, delays, disputes, bitterness, and uncertainties are more likely. This aspect is also related to severe weather conditions, travel delays, accidents, aggressions, shootings, violence, murders, escalated military tensions, global conflicts, and natural disasters.
This tense aspect is more relevant for anyone with Sun, Moon, planets, and points around 01 degrees Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces.
According to the principles of right timing, any business, project, decision, relationship, wedding, or child born, for example, started around this time, will have the qualities and characteristics of this aspect.
Current Sun Sign Factors
These sun-sign assessments are only “the tip of the iceberg” for what you should know. Besides your Sun sign degree, there are many other factors to consider that these newsletters cannot cover, such as the transits to your Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ascendant, and Midheaven degrees. However, awareness of the current transits to your Sun’s position can be invaluable because the positions of the slower-moving planets (Jupiter in Gemini, Saturn in Pisces, Uranus in Taurus, Neptune in Pisces, and Pluto in Aquarius) can create significant trends and events in your life.
To use this information correctly, you need to know the degree of your Sun sign, but the degree of your Sun is not your date of birth. If you need to know the degree of your Sun, please call me. I will calculate it for you.
Aries
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 13 degrees Aries and any planets and points you have around 13 degrees Aries.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 23 degrees Aries.
Saturn: a significant 29-year juncture with tests, lessons, and steady accomplishments possible for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Aries and any planets and points around 01.5 degrees Aries.
Saturn/Neptune: strange and peculiar feelings and events are more likely for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Aries.
Uranus: favorable shifts, opportunities, and breakthroughs for anyone born around 01 degrees Aries.
Neptune: opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Aries. Also, possible confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions for anyone born around 02 degrees Aries.
Pluto: favorable changes, influences, and opportunities for anyone born around 02 degrees Aries.
Taurus
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 22.5 degrees Taurus.
Saturn/Uranus: stress, tensions, and setbacks for anyone born around 01 degrees Taurus.
Pluto: significant challenges and fundamental changes (more likely related to career and destiny) for anyone born around 02 degrees Taurus.
Gemini
Uranus: once every eighty-four years, this aspect brings dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, shocks, breakthroughs, and new freedoms to anyone born around 01 degrees Gemini.
Jupiter/Uranus: fortunate shifts and changes for anyone born around 22 degrees Gemini.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 02 degrees Gemini.
Neptune: opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Gemini.
Pluto: favorable changes, influences, and opportunities for anyone born around 02 degrees Gemini.
Cancer
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 13 degrees Cancer and any planets and points you have around 13 degrees Cancer.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 23 degrees Cancer.
Saturn: a significant 07-year juncture with tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to career and destiny) for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Cancer and any planets and points around 01.5 degrees Cancer.
Saturn/Neptune: strange and peculiar feelings and events are more likely for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Cancer.
Neptune: once every forty-two years, this aspect brings confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions to anyone born around 02 degrees Cancer.
Pluto: significant challenges and fundamental changes for anyone born around 02.5 degrees Gemini.
Leo
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 22.5 degrees Leo.
Saturn/Uranus: stress, tensions, and setbacks for anyone born around 01 degrees Leo.
Uranus: favorable shifts, opportunities, and breakthroughs for anyone born around 01 degrees Gemini.
Neptune: favorable opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Leo.
Pluto: once every 250 years, this aspect brings significant challenges and fundamental changes (more likely related to identity and relationships) to anyone born around 02 degrees Leo.
Virgo
Jupiter/Uranus: favorable shifts and changes for anyone born around 22 degrees Virgo.
Saturn: a significant 29-year juncture with tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to work and health) for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Virgo and any planets and points around 01.5 degrees Virgo.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 02 degrees Virgo.
Uranus: once every twenty-one years, this aspect brings dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks (more likely related to career and destiny) to anyone born around 01 degrees Virgo.
Neptune: possible confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions for anyone born around 02 degrees Virgo.
Pluto: significant challenges and fundamental changes for anyone born around 02 degrees Virgo.
Libra
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 13 degrees Libra and any planets and points you have around 13 degrees Libra.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 23 degrees Libra.
Saturn: tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to relationships and identity) for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Libra and any planets and points around 01.5 degrees Libra.
Saturn/Neptune: strange and peculiar feelings and events are more likely for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Libra.
Uranus: favorable shifts, opportunities, and breakthroughs for anyone born around 01 degrees Libra.
Neptune: possible confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions for anyone born around 02 degrees Libra.
Pluto: favorable changes, influences, and opportunities for anyone born around 02 degrees Libra.
Scorpio
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 13 degrees Scorpio and any planets and points you have around 13 degrees Scorpio.
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 22.5 degrees Scorpio.
Saturn: tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to intimacy and finances) for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Scorpio and any planets and points around 01.5 degrees Scorpio.
Saturn/Uranus: stress, tensions, and setbacks for anyone born around 01 degrees Scorpio.
Uranus: dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks for anyone born around 01 degrees Scorpio.
Neptune: possible confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions for anyone born around 02 degrees Scorpio.
Pluto: significant challenges and fundamental changes (more likely related to home and family) for anyone born around 02 degrees Scorpio.
Sagittarius
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 13 degrees Sagittarius and any planets and points you have around 13 degrees Sagittarius.
Jupiter/Uranus: fortuitous shifts and changes for anyone born around 22 degrees Sagittarius.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 02 degrees Sagittarius.
Uranus: once-in-a-lifetime dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks (more likely related to relationships) for anyone born around 01 degrees Sagittarius.
Neptune: opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Sagittarius.
Pluto: favorable changes, influences, and opportunities for anyone born around 02 degrees Sagittarius.
Capricorn
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 13 degrees Capricorn and any planets and points you have around 13 degrees Capricorn.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 23 degrees Capricorn.
Saturn: a significant 07-year juncture with tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to home and family) for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Capricorn and any planets and points around 01.5 degrees Capricorn.
Saturn/Neptune: strange and peculiar feelings and events are more likely for anyone born around 01.5 degrees Capricorn.
Uranus: dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks for anyone born around 01 degrees Capricorn.
Neptune: once every forty-two years, this aspect brings confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions to anyone born around 02 degrees Capricorn.
Aquarius
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 13 degrees Aquarius and any planets and points you have around 13 degrees Aquarius.
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 22.5 degrees Aquarius.
Saturn/Uranus: stress, tensions, and setbacks for anyone born around 01 degrees Aquarius.
Uranus: favorable shifts, opportunities, and breakthroughs for anyone born around 01 degrees Aquarius.
Neptune: opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Sagittarius.
Pluto: once every 250 years, this aspect brings fundamental changes, meaningful accomplishments, and/or significant tests and challenges for anyone born around 02 degrees Aquarius.
Pisces
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 13 degrees Pisces and any planets and points you have around 13 degrees Pisces.
Jupiter/Uranus: favorable shifts and changes for anyone born around 22 degrees Pisces.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 02 degrees Pisces.
Uranus: once every twenty-one years, this aspect brings dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks (more likely related to home and family) for anyone born around 01 degrees Pisces.
Lunar Aspects
With Moon in Capricorn and Aquarius, the most important lunar aspects are listed below. The descriptions do not intend to tell you what will happen in your life at the listed times. Instead, they provide some of the possibilities you can expect around the times given so you can plan your life more wisely. It is often apparent which time frames are better for timing a party, trip, decision, project, business, or other events.
Lunar aspects are in effect for a few hours (versus days) before and until the times given for the Eastern Time Zone. Therefore, you need to adjust the time to where you live. For example, if you live on the West Coast, there is a three-hour difference, so you must subtract three hours.
The plus (+) lunar aspects are favorable. The minus (-) lunar aspects are more likely to bring challenges or difficulties. Sometimes, there is a + and – lunar aspect, which can exhibit positive and negative influences.
Tuesday, August 05
01:04 PM ET Moon enters Capricorn, where it will remain until Thursday evening when it enters the next sign, Aquarius.
Moon in the earth sign Capricorn boosts Capricorn and, to a lesser degree, the other earth signs, Taurus and Virgo. Moon in Capricorn also helps any planets and points you have in Capricorn, and should bring together more things for Capricorn in the short term.
Moon in Capricorn supports anyone’s involvement with Capricorn-related attitudes and activities such as defining and working toward longer-range goals; being more organized, disciplined, resourceful, economical, practical, and task-oriented; connecting with people in positions of power and authority; and improving one’s professional profile and impressions.
03:05 PM – (Moon in Capricorn 150 Uranus in Gemini) opportunities for increased instincts, willfulness, and aspirations regarding anything new, different, exciting, and adventuresome. However, it also brings nervousness, anxiety, upsets, restlessness, excitability, and volatility.
03:53 PM – (Moon in Capricorn 90 Saturn in Aries) opportunities for orderly, steady, conscientious, pragmatic, and realistic plans and activities. However, this aspect is challenging because it is emotionally restrictive and can create issues, worries, and differences.
04:44 PM – (Moon in Capricorn 90 Neptune in Aries) opportunities for daydreaming, imagination, creativity, prayer, meditation, and highly refined artistic and spiritual feelings and aspirations. However, this aspect increases the possibilities for haziness and emotional confusion and is not ideal for logical discussions and clear-cut decisions.
Wednesday, August 06
02:30 AM + (Moon in Capricorn 180 Venus in Cancer) opportunities for cooperation, cheerfulness, affection, pleasantries, gracefulness, emotional sharing, and artistic expression, especially involving females.
01:39 PM + (Moon in Capricorn 180 Jupiter in Cancer) opportunities for any interpersonal situation, including meetings and working with the public. This lunar aspect also increases the possibilities for kindness, benevolence, positive attitudes, shared feelings, and uplifting emotional support.
Thursday, August 07
09:18 PM ET Moon enters Aquarius, where it will remain until early Sunday morning when it enters the next sign, Pisces.
Moon in Aquarius boosts Aquarius and, to a lesser degree, the other air signs, Gemini and Libra. Moon in Aquarius also helps any planets and points you have in Aquarius and should bring together more things for Aquarius in the short term.
Moon in Aquarius supports anyone’s involvement with Aquarius-related attitudes and activities such as analyzing, observing, questioning, experimenting, and investigating; exploring what is new, novel, unusual, progressive, and nonconforming; science, technology, engineering, computers, electronics, inventions, and aviation; and working with clubs, organizations, special interest groups, and philanthropic and charitable organizations.
11:19 PM + (Moon in Aquarius 120 Uranus in Gemini) opportunities for instincts, intuition, and forward-looking aspirations regarding anything new, different, exciting, and adventuresome.
Friday, August 08
01:25 AM + (Moon in Aquarius 00 Pluto in Aquarius) this once-a-month lunar aspect intensifies emotions and brings opportunities for exploring deeper feelings and psychic impressions.
03:30 PM + (Moon in Aquarius 150 Venus in Cancer) opportunities for cooperation, cheerfulness, affection, pleasantries, gracefulness, emotional sharing, and artistic expression, especially involving females.
09:31 PM + (Moon in Aquarius 150 Jupiter in Cancer) opportunities for any interpersonal situation, including meetings and working with the public. This lunar aspect also increases the possibilities for kindness, benevolence, positive attitudes, shared feelings, and uplifting emotional support.
Saturday, August 09
02:43 AM – (Moon in Aquarius 45 Saturn in Pisces) opportunities for orderly, steady, conscientious, pragmatic, and realistic plans and activities. However, this aspect is challenging because it is emotionally restrictive and can create issues, worries, and differences.
02:55 AM – (Moon in Aquarius 135 Mars in Libra) opportunities for bolder and more direct actions. However, this aspect magnifies feelings and passions, bringing impatience, rashness, impulsiveness, anger, and even forceful actions.
03:39 AM – (Moon in Aquarius 45 Neptune in Aries) opportunities for daydreaming, imagination, creativity, prayer, meditation, and highly refined artistic and spiritual feelings and aspirations. However, this aspect increases the possibilities for haziness and emotional confusion and is not ideal for logical discussions and clear-cut decisions.
Sunday, August 10
12:27 AM + (Moon in Aquarius 135 Jupiter in Gemini) opportunities for any interpersonal situation, including meetings and working with the public. This lunar aspect also increases the possibilities for kindness, benevolence, positive attitudes, shared feelings, and uplifting emotional support.
02:50 AM ET Moon enters the next sign, Pisces.
Guidelines for Using This Information
These newsletters are not your typical sun sign column. They provide much more information and guidance, but it may be challenging to sort everything out with so many factors presented, even for astrology students. Therefore, I keep everything as clear and straightforward as possible.
The most critical factor with right timing is what is occurring in your horoscope. When negative aspects dominate your horoscope, the chances of success with right timing diminish, no matter how favorable the aspects are in the sky. These newsletters cannot cover what is occurring in your horoscope. However, applying the information in these newsletters with common sense enables you to make more informed decisions and take more effective actions.
The basic premise with right timing is that it helps to have the “stars” on your side. Starting a marriage, trip, surgery, business, real estate deal, or a major purchase, for example, at an inopportune time reduces the chances of success no matter how good your intentions and how hard you try: the better the timing, the higher your chances of success. Even an hour can make a significant difference in important decisions and events.
Moon enters each zodiac sign about every 28 days and remains in each sign for about two and a half days. When the Moon is in your sun sign, matters will likely come more together for you on a short-term basis unless significant aspects are currently challenging your horoscope.
The traits and qualities I assign to the signs in these newsletters describe the signs’ functions and meanings, versus describing your personality. However, the descriptions may be entirely accurate for you. Furthermore, to understand a person’s personality and character from an astrological perspective, dozens of factors besides one’s sun sign must be considered.
Contact me to know what’s going on in your horoscope and to make better decisions at better times. We will schedule a private consultation at my office or on the phone so you can know more about your future and better understand the issues and opportunities in your life as well as your relationships, job, career, education, finances, children, parents, travel, health, location, retirement, karma, and purpose in life.
Ed Kluska
B.S. Physics
M.S. Psychology
C.A. Certified Astrologer
Meditation Teacher
54 Years in Practice
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