First Plus: Mars Opposite Saturn Is Over
As highlighted in my last newsletter, An Intense Full Moon Week, one of the most challenging aspects in astrology, Mars opposite Saturn, ended this past weekend.
Many issues, differences, and controversies came into focus. Tensions ran high. Frustrations, fears, delays, disputes, bitterness, and uncertainties were more likely, as well as severe weather conditions, travel delays, accidents, aggressions, shootings, violence, murders, escalated military tensions, global conflicts, and natural disasters.
This aspect was more relevant for anyone with Sun, Moon, planets, and points around 01 degrees Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces.
Second Plus: Mercury Is Now Direct
Mercury turned direct yesterday morning, which should bring relief. Mercury retrograde periods tend to be problematic. Many clients and subscribers complain about the havoc Mercury Retrograde plays with their everyday affairs.
Mercury turning direct is also significant because there are usually substantial shifts and changes with our plans, decisions, negotiations, projects, and relationships around the days Mercury goes retrograde and direct.
Also, the choices you made and the plans you started when Mercury was retrograde are now seen differently as unforeseen assumptions and mistakes “come to light” because Mercury, the planet ruling thinking and communication, is changing direction relative to the earth’s movement.
Third Plus: Challenging Lunar Aspects
There are no clusters of challenging lunar aspects listed later in this newsletter as there was this past week.
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 15 degrees Aries and any planets and points you have around 15 degrees Aries.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 23.5 degrees Aries.
Saturn: a significant 29-year juncture with tests, lessons, and steady accomplishments possible for anyone born around 01 degrees Aries and any planets and points around 01 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 23 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 23 degrees Gemini.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 01.5 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 15 degrees Cancer and any planets and points you have around 15 degrees Cancer.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 23.5 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 degrees Cancer and any planets and points around 01 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 23 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 23 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 degrees Virgo and any planets and points around 01 degrees Virgo.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 01.5 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 15 degrees Libra and any planets and points you have around 15 degrees Libra.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 23.5 degrees Libra.
Saturn: tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to relationships and identity) for anyone born around 01 degrees Libra and any planets and points around 01 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 15 degrees Scorpio and any planets and points you have around 15 degrees Scorpio.
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 23 degrees Scorpio.
Saturn: tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to intimacy and finances) for anyone born around 01 degrees Scorpio and any planets and points around 01 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 15 degrees Sagittarius and any planets and points you have around 15 degrees Sagittarius.
Jupiter/Uranus: fortuitous shifts and changes for anyone born around 23 degrees Sagittarius.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 01.5 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 15 degrees Capricorn and any planets and points you have around 15 degrees Capricorn.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 23.5 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 degrees Capricorn and any planets and points around 01 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 15 degrees Aquarius and any planets and points you have around 15 degrees Aquarius.
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 23 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 15 degrees Pisces and any planets and points you have around 15 degrees Pisces.
Jupiter/Uranus: favorable shifts and changes for anyone born around 23 degrees Pisces.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 01.5 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 Aries, Taurus, and Gemini, 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 12
06:32 AM ET Moon enters Aries, where it will remain until Thursday morning when it enters the next sign, Taurus.
Moon in the fire sign Aries boosts Aries and, to a lesser degree, the other fire signs, Leo and Sagittarius. Moon in Aries also helps any planets and points you have in Aries and should bring together more things for Aries on a short-term basis.
Moon in Aries supports anyone’s involvement with Aries-related activities and attitudes, such as being more spontaneous, direct, assertive, forceful, courageous, and competitive; exploring, innovating, and crusading; and engaging in physical endeavors like manual labor, exercising, and working out.
08:33 AM + – (Moon in Aries 00 Saturn in Aries) this once-a-month lunar aspect brings opportunities for orderly, steady, conscientious, pragmatic, and realistic plans and activities. However, this aspect can also be challenging because it is emotionally restrictive and can create issues, worries, and differences, especially involving females.
09:36 AM + – (Moon in Aries 00 Neptune in Aries) this once-a-month lunar aspect brings opportunities for daydreaming, imagination, creativity, prayer, meditation, and highly refined artistic and spiritual feelings and aspirations.
12:38 PM – (Moon in Aries 180 Mars in Libra) opportunities for bolder and more direct actions. However, this aspect intensifies feelings and passions, leading to impatience, rashness, impulsiveness, anger, and even forceful actions.
Wednesday, August 13
06:51 AM + (Moon in Aries 90 Jupiter in Cancer) opportunities for any interpersonal situation, including meetings and working with the public. Additionally, this lunar aspect enhances the likelihood of kindness, benevolence, positive attitudes, shared emotions, and uplifting emotional support.
09:02 AM + (Moon in Aquarius 150 Venus in Cancer) opportunities for cooperation, cheerfulness, affection, pleasantries, gracefulness, emotional sharing, and artistic expression, especially involving females.
06:54 PM + (Moon in Aries 120 Sun in Leo) a harmonious aspect between the Sun and Moon in the fire signs, Aries and Leo.
Thursday, August 14
04:24 AM + (Moon in Aries 00 Chiron in Aries) this once-a-month lunar aspect brings opportunities for family matters and more loving and healing relationships.
09:21 AM ET Moon enters Taurus, where it will remain until Sunday morning when it enters the next sign, Gemini.
Moon in the earth sign Taurus boosts Taurus and, to a lesser degree, the other earth signs, Virgo and Capricorn. In addition, Moon in Taurus helps any planets and points you have in Taurus and should bring together more things for Taurus on a short-term basis.
Moon in Taurus also supports anyone’s involvement with Taurus-related activities such as gardening, landscaping, agriculture, and geology; connecting with nature by walking in a park or going to the countryside; dealing with financial matters such as organizing records and collecting debts; buying and selling things of value; and artistic endeavors such as singing, painting, sculpture, and designing.
12:56 PM – (Moon in Taurus 90 Pluto in Aquarius) opportunities for digging deeper into your emotions and feelings. However, this aspect can complicate relationships with subtle yet emotionally charged situations, including manipulation, hidden motives, and power struggles, although you may only fully realize these factors later.
05:45 PM – (Moon in Taurus 150 Mars in Libra) opportunities for bolder and more direct actions. However, this aspect intensifies feelings and passions, leading to impatience, rashness, impulsiveness, anger, and even forceful actions.
Friday, August 15
There are no significant lunar aspects.
Saturday, August 16
01:12 AM + (Moon in Taurus 90 Sun in Leo) a disharmonious aspect between Sun in the fire sign Leo and Moon in the earth sign Taurus.
11:56 AM + (Moon in Taurus 45 Jupiter in Cancer) opportunities for any interpersonal situation, including meetings and working with the public. This lunar aspect also increases the likelihood of kindness, benevolence, positive attitudes, and uplifting emotional support.
12:00 PM ET Moon enters Gemini, where it will remain until Monday afternoon, when it enters the next sign, Cancer.
Moon in Gemini boosts Gemini and, to a lesser degree, the other air signs, Libra and Aquarius. Moon in Gemini also helps any planets and points you have in Gemini and should help bring more things together for Gemini on a short-term basis.
Moon in Gemini supports anyone’s involvement with Gemini-related activities such as sales, teaching, writing, and intellectual pursuits; communicating and exchanging information by sending emails, writing letters, and calling friends; any social event that connects you with new acquaintances; exploring curiosity by reading a book, watching documentaries, and gathering information on different topics; and short trips for fun, pleasure, and education.
02:11 PM + – (Moon in Gemini 00 Uranus in Gemini) this once-a-month lunar aspect brings opportunities for increased instincts, willfulness, and aspirations regarding anything new, different, exciting, and adventurous. However, this aspect also brings nervousness, anxiety, upsets, restlessness, excitability, volatility, and emotionally charged situations.
03:31 PM + (Moon in Gemini 120 Pluto in Aquarius) opportunities for experiencing and exploring deeper feelings and psychic impressions.
Sunday, August 17
07:28 PM + (Moon in Gemini 90 Node in Pisces) opportunities for connecting with people via networking, social interactions, and alliances with large and small groups.
Monday, August 18
03:05 PM ET Moon enters the next sign, Cancer.
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
545 Ludlow Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45220
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