Month: August 2011

Mercury moving direct will free you to complete any transactions that may have been on the back burner. Take action on problems that have been lingering for sometime. Get your cues from a good chess player and use foresight in formulating your next move. Mercury is in the sign of Leo. Leo is a masculine, fixed, fire sign. With Mercury in Leo, you have the feeling that things spin around you like a centrifuge. This planetary placement doesn’t necessarily indicate introspection but could reflect self-aggrandizement.

Don’t be led into a trap by your own short sightedness. Look down the road a bit and see where your actions will ultimately lead. Foresight is the mother of invention. When you go for immediate satisfaction, you may set yourself up for an unexpected fall. Better to take a more far reaching approach and consider the many possibilities that are foreseeable.

Mars in the sign of Cancer and Saturn in the sign of Libra were just in an exact square aspect. The square between these two planets, Mars and Saturn cause conflicts with the environment and problems with timing. Either you are too early or too late. Now that this exact aspect has passed you will be clearer about the timing of important matters.

This is a good time to change tracks. There is an abundance of consternation about which track to pursue but now is the time to take a chance. Make the change. When an opportunity arises, take it. Finally, you feel calm and confident enough to make a leap of faith. These last months have been treacherous with little change or opportunity for mobility.

Create a brave new world in your own environment. Risk is anxiety provoking. Nevertheless, be bold. Good fortune follows the courageous one. It is part of our instincts to take the path most travelled. We feel more secure when we think that we can predict the outcome of a situation. This is really illusory and we should use intelligence and wisdom to choose the most beneficial path.

A division of wisdom and intelligence causes an unbalanced approach to life. Intelligence is youthful and accompanies our decision making process. Wisdom is a riper approach that results in using experience to find solutions.

The planets are always moving, providing us with new options. It is when we become crystallized in our thinking that we can’t advance our purpose. Flexibility combined with values that are developed influence our psychology and create success.

Life is a landscape that can be changed and improved by creativity and personal involvement. It can be used to help us find comfort in being ourselves. It is a backdrop to finding our individual identity. Life is a relationship with ourselves. Know yourself and you will know the others.

The week begins with the feeling of lingering anxiety. Planetary influences dictate a continued environment of agitation and insecurity. You can moderate these feelings by staying focused on the present. You can be in the moment. By putting the focus on the here and now, you will block the surrounding feelings of doubt and desperation.

You can establish a lighter and brighter outlook by using the solar influences of the sign of Leo. There are 3 planets in Leo now which are the Sun, Mercury and Venus. These can shore up your sense of insecurity by giving you the power to be yourself. Look around you and see that you are not the only one having these experiences.

Try to engage other people in dialogue that is inspiring and creative. Think of things that you can do to make your life and the life of others more pleasant. Do something relaxing and therapeutic. Devote your energy to things that will make you feel happy and more satisfied with your life.

Eliminate things around you that are not working for you. When you eliminate something, you are likely to replace it with something else. Make sure that your replacement is superior to what you are discarding. Take control over matters that are within your expertise and allow others to help you when they have more experience.

This is a good time to reevaluate your financial situation.

Powerful planetary influences make exact aspects during this week. Pluto square Uranus and Pluto opposed to Mars. These volatile planetary influences threaten to mix things up. As if things are not confusing enough these influences bring to light the serious changes that need to be addressed before transitioning to a calmer and collected state of being.
Major changes are underfoot, although they have not been formed completely. Details will emerge slowly in the future.

Embrace the new energy that will be produced in this planetary cocktail. It is possible to convert negative emotions into positive actions. It requires stepping into the problem and not over reacting to passing circumstances. Character is destiny.

Mercury is retrograde and will cycle back in the sign of Leo. This will give you a trio of planets in Leo; the Sun, Mercury &Venus. This is a festive group. They like to have fun and play games. This can lead to real fun or ostentatious behavior. In any case, there will be plenty of shenanigans to keep you amused.

Do the times bring about the man, or does the man bring about the times? It’s probably a combination of both. The psychological influences the physical and the physical influences the psychological. The “human spirit” is a miraculous thing and we are endlessly surprised by it’s power.