Aries
You may find yourself at the center of a bizarre love rhombus. Them's some mighty fine meatballs in that pasta. They bounce jubilantly like children with superballs installed in their feet. People expecting a change in their career or people looking out for better job prospects can expect interesting news coming their way this August but you’ll get a hell of a lot more out of September’s experiences, I guarantee you. The dancing bear puts the red dress back on, announcing grandly that you and I are the guests of Le Comte de Lautréamont. We trash the place, but leave swiftly when physical injury from retaliation appears imminent. (Any number of optional analogous actions - use your Aries imagination – will work) It is an uphill climb August 4-11. Respect your physical limits and don’t miss the chance for career advancment after the 8th. Illumination from a friend may come with the Full Moon.) . Much of the past decade has taken you on a prolonged journey where you have seen many strange things, encountered a world bigger than you ever imagined, and endured several difficult tests of your mettle. You have wrestled with your conscience (and, likely, that of someone else). At times, you have prevailed in these tests of integrity and at other times, events have seemed to crush your preconceived ideas. You are now in a well-deserved phase of reconsidering what you have been through, and the decisions you make through the winter will be absolutely essential in determining your life path for an entire long phase of your life. So tell me, now that you know this, can you afford to play any games with what you know? I don't think so, particularly not since all the forces of the Metaverse are conspiring to focus your power. The whole problem with power in this world is that it does not care much for the difference between right and wrong. Most people in a position to conduct themselves this way -- and to some extent, that includes anyone privileged enough to be reading this horoscope -- have granted themselves an exemption from karma. You have no such luxury now, and neither do you want it. You have responsibilities that are much more worth while. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Taurus
Let your creative nature loose in August. Thoughts of your beloved will keep you busy when alone. You will be highly romantic during this month, and you will crave to do something that would impress your lover immensely. This yummy crayon never quits scribbling ,weighing events like dough and mutton. You will probably send him/her a costly gift or could probably write your thoughts in the form of poetry and send it across by mail. Thoughts of the past will keep you engaged, and you will be rewinding and reliving your love life A moaning ape reweaves its apparel, like a poor Chilean nun with tanned loins. an innocent free-association exercise will ultimately reveal a dark and deep-seated connection you hold between azalea bushes and garden trowels. There will be a renewed zest in your managerial skills. Can you really not know something about yourself? Well, you can think it's possible, and if so, you can set up a smokescreen between you and your self-awareness. Yet even given that basic factor, you have at least two choices: delve in bravely and with a sense of exploring (which means, yourself and the world) or pull away and hide inside your shell. You may ask what 'the world' has to do with this, but if astrology . means anything, your process of self-definition is intimately mingled with the society you inhabit; with the people you share creative energy amongst; with your mission in life, as you define it; and most of all, with the patterns that dominate your life. To get anywhere, you need to define those patterns yourself, and to do that, you need to witness the current ones for what they are. One of your greatest liabilities is that you are a creature of habit. If you are going to develop one dependable fixed pattern, let it be that of constantly changing your fixed patterns. But see to it that you don't get carried away from what your colleagues say about you. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Gemini
THIS BUSINESS of Gemini and dualism -- it's getting old. I'm not sure who has convinced us all, particularly we the supposedly intellectual ones, that 'the world is dualistic.' Somebody did. Yet however many viewpoints, people or concepts of ourselves we encounter or possess, it seems to be a heck of a lot more than two. The only actual dualism that exists, as far as I can see it, is based exclusively on seeing oneself as separate from others (and that may be all it takes). Pretend you can breathe even if you have a butternut squash shoved down your wind pipe. True, it helps not at all that so many people insist with such passion that they are separate from us (greed is a significant influence here), that they have different interests, and most of all, that they have different ideas that typically turn out to be the lack of ideas. That being said, how you get along with yourself is a critical question at this point. Bygones are bygones - and there is no point in analysing your past. That which has to end will end no matter what you do. At this juncture you need to let go your past and take time to bring back the lost energy and enthusiasm. Once you are completely open - a fresh relationship will unfold bringing immense joy into your life. This is where you let me ... no – you won’t even let me do that here, will you. Watch your health. You’re not the routine type, but do try to stick to a healthy schedule. Taoist eyes reveal the ripening of new sex, dazed with the amorous knowledge of death this August, The old will come to an end, and a new phase will begin. The change could reflect in your life in the form of a new job or an altogether new assignment in the present environment. now is the time Your uniqueness and originality will pave way for your success. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Cancer
From August 5 to 15 neighbors or relatives may bring frustration, maybe even pent-up rage. So tread carefully. Night goggles for the fancy-dress, for a two bit brother, his brat dog and a caustic shot, aimless on the back of the neck and Face You will be content with what you have in hand at present. You neither would try to extract pleasure from your love life nor would you experiment much with your partner - instead you will love to spend some time 'alone'. On the romantic front this will not be a boring two months for you. I'll put you on a lemon-yellow plastic bridge over an endless mirror lightly flooded with Chartreuse. THE FUNNY THING about you is, you move in cycles, but the cycles are predictable, and you keep coming around to the same basic place of honoring your commitments. It took you a while to learn to trust yourself in this process: to mean it when you say, I'll be back in the future to take care of this; this is what I intend to get done by this date, or whatever the commitment may entail. The breakthrough came when you discovered that your track record supported the meaning of your words, rather than the words being a promise of speculated future action. If those who doubt you knew how seriously you take your commitments, they would be compelled to question their own integrity, and rightly so. The stars will be out in full force and the mirrorstream will be kleiglit by lamps affixed to the underside of the bridge. I love the way you play with our expectations. Like a little dragon-faced hen bursting with tinsel and frayed at the wrong end. Patience will pay you with immense luck and fortune. You surely will be able to crack an impressive deal in the month of august on the career front. If you have been contemplating of finding a new job, it will surely get manifested. An elderly person will be of immense help in guiding you through the rough patch. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Leo
TO THE EXTENT you can, you need to choose the course your life is taking as a conscious act. In the Western world, this is the only path to enlightenment. We are faced with options; our one remaining power is to make decisions. Believe it or not, those decisions are most often choices between what is true and what is not. Life does not always seem this simple, and I doubt it seems so simple for you right now, but that is the nature of the moment you are in. Your great lesson the next four seasons is discernment. Surely, in hindsight long after this year has passed, what was worth believing and what was not will seem obvious. In any event, you have learned something in recent years, which is that you can influence the course of your own existence. You have an edge on those who typically refuse to do this, which is that you are willing to take full responsibilities for your successes as well as your errors. August is a month of major changes in your love life. Relationships that were dilly dallying will get over with a sudden interference of divine will. Though initially you might feel bad about it, later you will realise that what had happened was for your own good., you and the radial-arm-saw-wielding stranger in your basement will finally just agree to disagree. You will take the initiative of breaking some interesting deals and you will be successful in carrying them out. A person of opposite sex will be of immense help for you this august - it could even be your spouse. This scummy æon never quits snivelling, weighing events like dough and mutton, a moaning ape reweaves its apparel, like a poor Chilean nun with tanned loins. Don't ignore what he/she has to advice you about your career. August 7 to 9 and again August 16-18 you will find excellent work opportunities. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Virgo
RECENTLY, the truth came running to you like the last albino dacshund bolting out of the catacombs into your arms. What did you do with it? Do you still have it? While many complain that the truth is not knowable, or is a philosophical concept and not a provable reality, our problem involves how we respond once we encounter it. A peculiar function of the mind, known as denial, makes sure that we are usually out of contact with our most vital knowledge. You can afford no such luxury at this point. The reason for this is that you are gathering too much power to cut yourself off from your personal truth, or any other truth. This is one of the key life transits, and it can happen at any age; it is happening to you now or in the immediate future. In a personal chart, the theme is about fundamentally coming to terms with yourself. If it portends change, that change is about getting relief from nervousness and instability, and calling your life into focus. It is about having the confidence and substance to stand up to the world, which is so rare to find. Finally, this transit is about finding the ability to go deeper into yourself. Don't bother if your partner ignores you in august. At this point it is better for you to play it safe, and give your partner enough freedom. Have trust in your partner and faith in the divine and events will surely unfold in your favour. Careful investments made before July 11th can work out well. The Full Moon period is time to relax a bit. You will be able to win over peers and colleagues with ease this august. Office politics will create some stressful moments for you. Use your diplomatic tactics to win over critical situation. You have immense divine helping. Your hard work, sincerity and dedication will get recognised and appreciated by the right people. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Libra
Why do we never get an answer, When we're knocking at the door? With a thousand million questions, About hate and death and war. It's where we stop and look around us, There is nothing that we need. In a world of persecution, That is burning in it's greed. Few people truly want to face their fears. Fewer yet want to face themselves. The planets are pushing you to do both. Not only will you be a better person for it, you will feel better and live with a greater sense of connection to your own existence, and to all these people who surround you: those whose names you know and those you do not. The whole problem with your fears is that they are so detailed. This detail gives them a sense of reality that they might not otherwise have. What this season of your life is trying to teach you is that you are bigger than your anxieties and, as such, they are like pictures you draw rather than lions who can eat you. The ability to see this distinction is not learned in a day. Most people live like they are being chased down the street by a pack of wild dogs. But there are those points of breakthrough, and you are in one right now. Part of the process involves acquiring mental discipline that is not, frankly, a skill that's rewarded and barely even noticed in our current moment of collective psychic chaos. When you express yourself in a daring way, you will take the pressure off of yourself. The hottest focus of your chart these days is on the sign Aquarius, the most creative house in your horoscope, and the place you go when you feel like a genius. This you do from time to time, but the paradox is as follows. To tap into your brilliance, that true light that comes from beyond you, you need to soak yourself in your struggle. You need to feel and live through the extent to which your revelations are the result of your pain, your sense of not belonging, and most of all, your craving for the passion that you have not yet experienced. At least in recent years, you have begun to move toward that hunger, rather than trying to satisfy yourself with a fantasy. Here is a clue. Give the darkness in you a voice that you own. Paint with the colors of your shadow. Feel the freedom in doing so, and listen to what others say to you when they respond. All in all, this is the miracle of healing. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!!
Scorpio
Torso-miming the first act of a logistical play, startling and incestuous protective and cacoëpistic, so pretty and artistic, vernacular and déclassé little flyer. YOU HAVE LONG regretted stealing the giant ham. YOU HAVE LONG felt different; what you must now do is act differently. I know -- you are still mulling that one over. Sometimes you take so long to think about things that you make your friends over in Taurus seem like a kid on Red Bull and rollerblades in the mall. I will concede that at the moment (August 2010) you are still working out all the negotiable points with someone close to you, and they seem to have a viewpoint that's difficult to pin down. You may be uncertain if someone close at hand is a friend or an enemy -- of themselves. If you've gotten that far in your observation process, you're living up to the psychological capabilities of your sign. That is precisely the issue: whether anyone who gets close to you is on their own side. The ones who are, you can work with; the ones who are not you must consider dangerous. Now, as you sort this out, you're going to come across a diversity of ways that you are divided against yourself, and that is indeed a great time to pause. Pause, that is, and consider this. You have been dragged over hot coals the past decade of your life trying to establish your independence, your autonomy or perhaps just a healthy self-sufficiency. Exactly what you were recovering from I cannot be sure, but God did not make you a Scorpio for nothing. Usually someone as strong as yourself is that way for a reason, and the reason can be found in early childhood. But it will show up again and again in your life. You developed the idea that you have to be sufficiently powerful (in particular, financially and spiritually) to withstand the extreme swings of loyalty that you were exposed to. Now that you have grown up and accomplished that, you are being put back into the position to cultivate mutual trust, a sense of community and a new lesson, that of interdependence. But this will all go a lot smoother if you remind yourself every moment that you must be committed to your own cause, and use that as the criteria for who you involve yourself with. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Sagittarius
You have the property of setting things into motion; you must accept that you may never see the results of any process you start. exotic and embroidered--nothing like Ohio which is default for mundane-anywhere, nothing like you dressed up in a blond wig, holding a spoon that you threaten you'll shove down your throat. All of this is untrue. All of it is the first thing you hear on an airplane. After being welcomed with kitty cat cup cakes. Ungodly pink like an underwater plant. After a sweet hello, stupid goodbyes, before Thailand after the rain falls. Most of them are either invisible to perception or occur too far from the reach of your senses to register consciously. Some will bear fruit in a measure of years that exceeds the length of a human lifetime. And some, you don't notice because you're not doing that elusive thing known as paying attention. Yet set things into motion you do, and you do it effectively: for good, or for ill. You have always known this, but the time has arrived to live as if it were true. If you are some kind of 'cause' in the process of cause and effect, keep the experience as conscious as possible, so that you can make choices while you have the opportunity to do so. See if you can notice the results, be they immediate or extended over time, and observe the vast constellations of forces that have come together in order to manifest anything. Look back and observe what you have inspired, facilitated or ignited and be grateful that some of it actually worked. See if you can make amends for that which did not work so well, or that which harmed anyone at all. Remember that you are only getting a small sample of what you could be seeing, but as the next four seasons progress, it will be more than enough to inform you as you make some radical revisions to your values system. There is something from the past, some old idea that you are dragging around, that is about to get torpedoed. As visionary as you are, there is an attribute of your values that could be described as antique. Now, it is true that anyone who is authentically a radical needs to have a strong footing in tradition. Yet it is also true that a tradition is not a tradition unless it is alive. The way things were done in the past is not an excuse for anything; the reason things were done in the past is an excuse for even less. Mid August brings your attention to finances/possessions. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Capricorn
WE LIVE on a planet where people will kill one another for the right to kill a tree. We also live on a planet where people will give their last dollar, their only blanket or one of their kidneys to someone in need. Unfortunately, between the ordinary saints and the boring warmongers there exists a vast ocean of what you might call gray area, and I don't mean gray matter. This is the least common denominator, which is getting lower all the time. Look around at the world and notice how many people aspire to mediocrity. Heck, you've even done it yourself a few times. Enter Pluto into your birth sign. This has been warming up for two years as Pluto has been crossing the Galactic Core. That particular transit (which peaked in December) has put you into contact with a deeply hidden attribute of yourself: the one that is immune from all the limits and conventions of the world; the one that connects directly to Prime Source. Now you're aware of this it's no longer hiding down in a cave, but rather waiting in the wings for its moment on the Great Stage of your life. This is a transit that affects every living creature. We all have approximately one calendar year of the transition until the energy takes hold through 2024. This portends many, many changes for the world, including structural changes to society and the Earth herself (Edgar Cayce was onto this a while ago). For you, it means reaching to your depths and ripping forth into the community with all your energy. It means embodying the Shiva-like attributes of Pluto: becoming the embodiment of change itself. That is to say, by changing, you will set change in motion. By allowing yourself flexibility, you will create the same around you. By being willing to question yourself to the depths of your existence, you will hold open the space for the people around you to ask the questions that they need to ask. By being fair and insisting on fairness, you will create that pattern around you. Travel goes best when it is not rushed. Be Flexible and consider not travelling until after August 13. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Aquarius
YOUR SIGN, like you, presents one of the most complex equations in all of astrology, to allow for light's extremely high speed even though it was not required mathematically, but "action at a distance" seemed absurd That makes some sense: Aquarius is the sign of humanity itself. You see how complex you are, and how complex the human race is; you must live with yourself and the rest of us; the people who live with you coexist in a conscious way with your complexity. Let's skip for a moment the constellation of planets that has taken up long-term residence in your region of the sky. Let's consider a bit of theory: Aquarius is ruled by two planets considered vastly different by astrology -- Saturn, the planet of tradition and structure, and Uranus, the planet of revolution, innovation and upheaval. Even in ancient times before the discovery of Uranus, Aquarius was considered the sign representing places where minerals are quarried -- a place where old stuff was dug out of the ground to make something new; a place where what is ancient and natural is being made into something new at the hands of human industriousness. The planets now in your sign, mainly Chiron and Neptune, are taking you to extraordinarily deep places lately. Neptune has been raising a question; it has almost been negating your existence, making you feel like you are distant from yourself or granting you relief from having an ego. Chiron, which arrived more recently, is making it painfully clear that you are indeed a product of and partner in humanity. All your faults are magnified such that you can see the hairs on their nose. The injuries you have suffered in your life seem to be with you still, and you are aware that you can always get hurt again. But for some extremely odd reason, everything you have struggled with is becoming a source of strength and wisdom. Places that were once the scene of an ache or pain are now the place where you can grasp something heavy, carry a load with unusual strength, or express yourself in a way that was, for most of your life, impossible. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
Pisces
IF YOU TELL yourself the truth, you can do just about anything else you want. That is the price you will have to pay in order to go to the next level or stage of your life; the price of freedom. This is a small tariff for some people, and the highest there is for others. Which is it for you? While you're sizing that up, you can also size up the price of any other way of living, and there are several options, to be sure. Of course, the real price of the truth is that which is not true. For some people that is no price at all; for others, it would represent the collapse of their entire existence, at least psychologically. Now, as a Pisces, you need your fantasies, and you need your dreams. But you need them in moderation, like any drug or substance (including art and music) that provides a pathway beyond the rational world. Yet what you need the most, if astrology means anything, is to break the partitions that separate your visions for your life -- and for the world -- from your simple desire to make them happen. It's like you typically get stuck right at the point where you can take something out into the world where it can do some good. You know what you create is worthy of attention and that it would be good for the world. You also know how hard it is to penetrate into that space where the past is not so heavy that it crushes or confines that which is new and seeking to take root and grow. Now, believe it or not (and I don't blame you if you don't, yet) you are about to see what kind of impact is possible, particularly where the stalwart structures of society need a little...shall we say...encouragement to update their files. Society can mean your friends, your family, your professional vision and most of all, your personal vision for how you will fit into the world. There is an extremely good reason you must be honest with yourself at every opportunity: you will be handling power that can be dangerous if you are not. Communications and workplace matters will improve in the second half of August, unless you live in Northern Japan In that case, your Fucked!
