August 2007 Astrocast

Key Events:  

New Moon: 8/12/2007

Full Moon: 8/28/2007/Eclipse

Jupiter Direct:  8/06/2007

Other RX Planets:  Venus, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto 

As luck would have it, there's a lot of action in Leo, your Natural 3rd House of mental activity, neighborhood events and short trips.  The Sun is there until the 24th; the New Moon is there on the 12th; Mercury, your ruling planet, is there between the 5th - 20th; Saturn has been there for quite a while; and Venus will back into that area via retrograde (RX) motion on the 10th.  Since Gemini's live in the Universal 3rd House, this is an area that is near and dear to your heart to say nothing of a comfortable place to be. 

The Sun brings attention and emphasis to whatever sign he's in, so that alone would highlight this house for you.  Mercury will further stimulate your mental processes, whether learning, thinking or communicating, which will undoubtedly feel good since you thrive on mental activities.  You hate being bored and it's unlikely you'll have to worry about that this month.  With the New Moon in Leo as well, you can expect either some new idea or a new phase of an existing one to come about.  If your birthday falls between June 6 - 13 this should definitely be noticeable.  Saturn has been hanging out there for quite a while now, perhaps too long in your estimation, but there's a good chance that during his stay he has taught you a few things about structure, authority, delays and hanging in there.  Without these qualities ideas can evaporate through lack of planning, as I'm sure you've seen happen many times.  Perhaps now, through the tutoring of your planetary friends, you will now be able to pursue your ideas in a more orderly manner and see them come to fruition more often than you have in the past. 

Venus RX generally internalizes thoughts relative to relationships and finances.  Depending on what your brainstorm involves, these may be factors that deserve some consideration.  You know your circumstances and how this fits in, so make use of it in any way that you can.  This flurry of activity will begin to fade away on the 20th when Mercury moves into Virgo, followed on the 24th by the Sun, so don't think this will last forever.  Put aside your dozens of other activities and concentrate on the most important one so as not to dissipate this energy without having something to show for it.  It will not, I repeat will not, last forever.

When Mercury and the Sun move into Virgo, your Natural 4th House, the emphasis will shift to your home environment.  If you really give whatever project you're pursuing your all, you will probably need to throw some attention toward the home front for obvious reasons.  Bear this in mind as part of your plan for success.  If things at home crumble during the time you're working on making your ideas come to life, you'll pay a price later.  It would thus be a good idea to not entirely neglect your home during this busy month.

Your relationships have probably been something you've been thinking about quite a bit for several months, more specifically those of a one on one nature, whether business or personal.  Jupiter is in your Natural 7th House of relationships and will come out of retrograde on the 7th.  During the RX period that energy has been internalized, perhaps keeping a relationship from moving forward as it should.  When he returns to direct motion, this energy will be released and considerable expansion should result.  This may not be an entirely comfortable occurrence, but may require a few compromises or negotiations for you to feel good about it.  This will be particularly influential for those born between May 27 - June 4, give or take a day or so.  Expect one or possibly more of your relationships to escalate, perhaps taking you by surprise.

Pluto has been in your 7th House for a long, long time.  This will have given considerable depth to your relationships, at least those that survived.  You may have found that some were no longer worth having and moved on accordingly.  Pluto also unearths hidden elements, fosters transformations, and ultimately aids in the healing process and we move on from dysfunctional relationships to healthier ones.  Take a moment to think about this and how this has been operative in your life for the past several years, then take conscious note of what you've learned from that so it can serve you better in the years to come.

The Full Moon on the 28th is in your Natural 10th House of career, reputation and community status.  It is also a lunar eclipse, which will give it some additional punch.  If you were born the last month of May, this will probably trigger some significant action in this area.  Full Moons ordinarily signal the culmination of something, particularly when it involves an eclipse.  More than likely something that started a few months ago, most likely around the March timeframe, is about to come to fruition or die on the vine, one or the other.  Since Uranus has been hanging out in this house for quite a while, you have probably experienced numerous surprises, unexpected events, upsets and disruptions in this area; in a word, instability.  This is likely to continue for a while, but knowing how you adapt well to change as a Mutable sign, don't like to be bored, and have strong mental capabilities, for a Sign of lesser abilities it could be a problem, but for you it will probably provide stimulating challenges on which you're thrive.

This should be a very interesting and possibly even exciting month for you.  Focus your main idea to shepherd it to completion, don't neglect the home front, and expect something of note to occur in the career venue.  This is likely to be an August you'll remember for a while with great satisfaction.