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Daily Horoscope Check-In for Wednesday, August 7, 2024
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Good morning, friends!
Well, I am feeling much better today. Good thing too because it is my youngest son’s birthday, Happy birthday to my little Leo! And yesterday, I missed wishing one of my dearest friends and amazing artist, Elizabeth Anne, a Happy Birthday, as well, so Happy Birthday Beautiful Leo! (Check out her Facebook Page to see her incredible art!)
I hope you both have a great year!
Okay, let’s get into…the astrology
Today’s Transits
(All times are in Eastern Time unless mentioned otherwise)
Super early, or late last night, depending on where you are on the planet, at 12:07 am the Virgo Moon formed a square (90°) to Jupiter in Gemini, and then a few minutes later at 12:13 am she made a sesquiquadrate (135°) to Pluto in Aquarius retrograde.
Now, before I get into what that means I have to tell you about a transit coming up in mid-August that the Moon in Virgo is activating today.
On August 18, 2024, Venus in Virgo will oppose Saturn in Pisces retrograde while also making squares to Jupiter and Mars (who will be conjunct at that time and making squares to Saturn in Pisces), indicating a very big event taking place this month where important decisions about the future will be made and then executed during Jupiter’s retrograde period, I believe. Now, we have a ways to go still before this transit really gets going, but Jupiter is now within the 3° of engagement to forming his square to Saturn, and the Moon first forms a square to Jupiter and then she opposes Saturn, thus activating this dynamic T-Square; meanwhile, Mercury is meeting up with Venus tonight. I will be talking more about this transit as we get closer to August 18, 2024.
The Virgo Moon in a square to Jupiter in Gemini and concurrent sesquiquadrate to Pluto in Aquarius retrograde suggests that we are irritated with the details right now and perhaps feeling critical of ourselves or others not taking part in the day-to-day tasks that support the big picture plan that we have. It’s important with this transit to not throw out caution and give in to being petty and small-minded and instead do our best to have self-control and stay positive. We need to keep the big picture in mind and avoid being too harsh or critical at the moment about things. We may feel that as of late we’ve been dealt a bum hand—and maybe you feel justified in believing that and rightly so, I don’t know what’s been going on in your life—but as always, with Jupiter transits, there is a silver lining, and so the lesson here is to stay positive, open-minded, and in a receptive state so that we can find solutions to whatever is going on.
At 5:44 am ET, the Virgo Moon opposed Saturn in Pisces retrograde which is a reality check moment and symbolizes taking a look at all the details of your reality and making a decision about which boundaries to enforce and when, or perhaps boundaries were enforced on you. Now, the Virgo Moon has a tendency to be overly critical of herself and others and complain about what others aren’t doing that she has to do or what she herself is not doing. Either way you cut it, criticism, complaining, and being too focused on the petty details could be a hard stance to take today as Saturn in Pisces is about learning how to control our emotions, our dreams, our imaginations, and the stories we tell ourselves within meaningful boundaries. If you find yourself nitpicking on yourself or others or you feel you are up against a brick wall of time, constraints, or limits—it is probably this transit speaking. Take a breath, center yourself, and make a decision from the heart and with your higher self. We can’t change other people, only ourselves, so do what you can do today to create a solution that you are happy with that doesn’t involve cutting anyone else down.
I have a very mundane, yet perfect example of this: There are seven people in my household and thus a megaton of dishes to do every day. I do not have a dishwasher. Everyone has dish chores and is “supposed” to wash their own dishes, as well as do the dinner dishes twice a week, except for my 4 ½ year old (she does wash some, but she’s in training, so I don’t expect her to wash all her dishes and she most definitely does not have a dish night). Every day there is a mountain of dishes and it seems to never end. I do them all and they magically reappear the next day.
Now, the last few weeks have been a literal shit show (LOL) and I haven’t been on top of my dishes, but still, there are five other people who are “supposed” to help out. Through my deductive reasoning, I know that two of my children do their dish chores regularly and so I’d like to send them a huge Thank You! But the others…well, they do not.
They all use about 1,000 dishes every day and maybe wash one. It’s just really getting to me.
In the past, when I was a young new mom I would’ve probably thrown a tantrum and complained to them about needing help and they live here too, yadda yadda, but today I just made an executive decision to pack away all the extra dishes.
Everyone already has a “set” of their own dishes that they are supposed to be responsible for (we implemented this strategy a while ago and gave everyone their own unique set of dishes so it would be easier for them to remember what they needed to wash, which worked beautifully for a time. We kept extra dishes on the top shelf for guests and whatnot. Inevitably, instead of washing their dishes they just use the guest dishes which obviously doesn’t reduce what I end up having to wash!).
This is the Moon in Virgo (literally, Mom the dishwasher) opposing Saturn (creating a boundary)! I’m not going to say anything as there really is nothing to say, they all know what they are expected to do, this will just force them to wash their dishes. They will meet the boundary that I am making, like a wave hits the shore—it will just be there and they will have to deal.
Then at 6:26 am Jupiter in Gemini forms a sesquiquadrate to Pluto in Aquarius retrograde—this transit combined with the Moon’s square to Jupiter and sesquiquadrate to Pluto forms a “Thor’s Hammer” configuration (two 135° angles and one 90° which forms an isosceles triangle) which you can see in red in the chart below.
Jupiter in Gemini sesquiquadrate Pluto in Aquarius retrograde represents delays and setbacks to something you are aiming for and since the Moon is involved in making this a Thor’s Hammer configuration this could be something you’ve repeatedly shot for and have an emotional attachment to, and you are making another push toward it today. This is a frustrating transit because it means that as soon as one hurdle is jumped over, another one shows up to take its place, just like my dishes! It’s like as soon as you put out one fire, another sparks up, or as soon as you pay one bill another expense takes its place—it is a relentless stream of things you have to overcome and it can be exhausting.
The good thing with this transit is that your hard work will pay off in the end.
As I said, Jupiter is applying to square Saturn in 11 days, so big decisions are coming up that could be catalyzed by something that feels kind of harsh, but it will move you up the ladder or require you to pivot and make a change that will be better in the long run, like relocating or getting a new job or title that comes with more responsibilities, or switching your worldview. An adjustment to where we are aiming ourselves is on the horizon due to powerful forces that may feel like hitting a brick wall, but it is a wall that will force us to figure out a detour and this detour could lead us to great things.
Speaking of great things, the Sun in Leo will perfect a sextile (60°) to Jupiter in Gemini at 9:36 am representing the opportunity for great things! This transit means feeling confident, larger than life, optimistic, and ready to take on the world. It is a very sunny positive transit and means that you may encounter people or situations today or in the next week or so, that expand your world, bringing in more abundance, aid, happiness, and hope. It’s an aspect that sets the stage for royalty to appear or roll out the red carpet for you to walk upon. The Sun sextile Jupiter says that the cards are in your favor and may even throw them in your lap, but you still have to pick them up and play them. The Sun is shining on you and there is luck in the air, but you still have to put yourself in the sunlight, and go on the adventures so that you meet the people who open the doors; the message is waiting for you, but you have to open your email, or take the walk out to the mailbox and get it. Opportunities are there, so open your eyes and accept them!
Later this afternoon at 4:16 pm the Moon in Virgo forms a quincunx (150°) to Chiron in Aries retrograde symbolizing that what we are trying to heal and reconcile feels odd at the moment and maybe out of sync with our immediate environment. It’s possible that something we used to identify with just doesn’t fit anymore and today we feel we can let it go and separate ourselves from that story. It’s like letting go of an old title that you no longer want to be known by.
By 11:12 pm ET Mercury in Virgo retrograde will conjoin (00°) Venus in Virgo. You may be able to see Venus in the west after sunset, but probably not Mercury as he is a lot lower in the sky than Venus and thus more obscured by the Sun’s rays.
Mercury retrograde conjunct Venus in Virgo symbolizes going back to something beautiful, making music or art, meeting up with a woman, sister, daughter, Aunt, or lover, having good conversations, or receiving pleasant messages. Mentally we can appreciate beauty and aesthetics at this time and we are able to bring ourselves into harmony with others in our environments. This is a nice transit that means we are looking at the details of whatever it is we are reworking, revising, renegotiating, or bringing back into our focus and infusing it with practical, simple, solutions. Again, Virgo can be critical so we could be feeling nit-picky, but Mercury and Venus together mean that we are finding solutions to our problems by doing realistic things—like taking the drive to the store and buying the milk or cheese or whatever it is that we need or picking up the phone and making the call to schedule the whatever, or taking the time to write the list so that we can stay on task and accomplish our goals—whatever it is, the solution is right there in front of you. One of my teachers, David Palmer, The Leo King, taught me that with Mercury the solutions are right there, close at hand, because Mercury is all about the local environment that you find yourself in.
But, also this transit can represent making or appreciating art, music, and even math because of all the detail involved and since Mercury is retrograde this could be going back to making or appreciating something artist, fashionable, aesthetically pleasing, musical, or intricately detailed.
For example, I love to crochet and have been crocheting for over 20 years, but recently I have not been making the time to work on any projects. The new Waldorf homeschooling curriculum that I implemented has a huge focus on art, music, and handwork, like crocheting and knitting. Because I am teaching my kids how to knit and crochet, this has inspired me and I started a new crochet project for Christmas/Solstice presents—I can’t tell you what I am making because some of you will be receiving them as gifts!! But, I am excited, reinspired, and enjoying crafting again.
Additionally, Mercury could be bringing Venus the news, a message, or a tactic to accomplish her goals or Venus could be bringing the love, beauty, and simplicity to Mercury to accomplish his goals—it doesn’t matter—a solution is coming today, tomorrow, or in the coming days, and it is within reach.
The Moon in Virgo finishes her night with a trine (120°) to Uranus in Taurus and this means that the solution that presents itself may surprise you, first, by what it is and second, by how fast it works!
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