
We begin the month with Mercury retrograde at 8° Leo and moving back to 4° through August 11th. In addition, the outer planets of Pluto at 2° Aquarius and Neptune at 1° Aries and Saturn there, too, are also in retrograde motion. Uranus turns retro in early September 6th at 1° Gemini so it is basically stationing later this month and gaining power.
While Uranus is in good aspects with those planets mentioned above, there are big changes brewing this month but the first ten days remains relatively quiet. There is much more upheaval after the full Moon on August 9 when the Moon is in the same sign as Pluto and Mars enters Libra opposing Saturn and Neptune in Aries. That aspect triggers a lot of anger and upheaval in the world and even more so after the 11th when Mercury turns direct at 4 degrees Leo. People are pissed and it is a troubled time.
On a positive note, Venus will be conjunct Jupiter on the 12th and 13th at 13 and 14 degrees of Cancer. This has a protective vibe to it where people may start to be more caring and concerned about security for themselves but also take action to help others.
During the last half of August, we have a new Moon at 1 degree of Virgo on August 22 or the 23rd, depending on your time zone, which creates a 90 degree square aspect to that powerfully stationed Uranus at 1 degree of Gemini. This hard aspect often portends an unexpected event that changes things dramatically.