August 2013 horoscope - Virgo

I follow the sidereal calendar; this is the monthly solar horoscope for birthdays from 16^th September to 15^th October or Virgo Ascendants and Moons

By Louise Gilbert

Virgo, a lot is moving forward for you this month in particular around our career, reputation and overall visibility. This time of the year is always a very outgoing and social time for you and where the new Moon in July unlocked the potential to make changes in either your professional life or where you want to go next in life in general, this month introduces the potential to increase your income through a bonus or other profits. These can come through your network of friends and business associates, your client base if you are self-employed or long-term projects that now land on your desk.  All of this is supported by the stellium in Gemini that’s connected to the ongoing Grand Trine in air together with Saturn and Neptune.

During these times, we tend to be highly idealistic, we intellectualise situations and issues but we are also more social during this time. We formulate our ideas, develop connections and expanding our mental faculties with greater ease. All of the airy Gemini energy opposes transformative Pluto, who, in your 4^th house has been changing your tracks over the past years including your home life, where you live with and with whom. As I mentioned, this is a busy time of the year with a lot of party invites, networking opportunities and general group activities highlighted. As a Virgo, you are quite focused on your health, so early August is a good time to join a health or a diet club. If you do, you’ll probably make new contacts and friends quite easily this month. However, I feel that the majority of the networking you’ll be doing is work related. As a result, your finances look excellent this month and it is not solely through your own making but bonuses come from your social skills and who you know – from being in the right place at the right time. Especially after the 10^th August, when Venus, the ruler of your money house moves into your own sign, attracting the right opportunities to you to increase your bank balance.

Added to the Grand Trine, we now Pluto in the mix too, forming a Kite aspect. The influence of the Kite pattern is similar to Grand Trines and the vocal point of this Kite is in Gemini, your 10^th house of life direction. But where a trine is easy and we might not even notice it if we don’t pay attention, the Kite motivates and opens up potential. You may have to wait another month to really see the (financial) results, but in August you can certainly get the ball rolling. Things could then move quite quickly due to the square of Uranus, the planet of sudden transformation. This could mean, you get a call out of the blue from someone offering you a new job or it may be that there are changes in your partners circumstances that introduce changes in your own life in particular around the time of the new Moon on 6^th August.

This new Moon is in the nakshatra of Aszlesa, ruled by Mercury. It’s the intimate connection and embrace. It’s where we find emotional strength to defeat your enemies. It’s also a time when we are emotionally needier than at others times and with Mercury, the ruler of this nakshatra in the same sign of Cancer, you or others in life may speak before they think and react to events more emotionally and even harshly with Saturn eye on this new Moon. If can, take a step back.

The full Moon on 21^st August is in your house of work and health. So if you really didn’t get inspired by the Tour de France or Wimbledon and joined a health club earlier this month, then this is the time when you realise that you, too, need an outlet to release the stress. It’s been a hectic time and the work load may be getting to you a little, so try and take some time out if you can. Although work may be a bit busy, late August is not a time when you feel like being out and about all time as opposed to earlier on in the month and instead, you should make plans to go on holiday. The longing to get away from it all might be quite noticeable – if you don’t, daily demands might just get on top of you and manifest in you feeling physically quite uncomfortable. Try and avoid getting into unnecessary arguments around this time.

The month ends with all planets, not counting Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, spreading out in six subsequent houses. Vedic astrology calls this Kal Sarp Yoga when all the planets are hemmed between Rahu and Ketu or the Moon’s nodes. With this combination, there is a rather deep and complex compulsion across the axis of the nodes – Aries and Libra, the relationship axis. So, the end of August seems to be a time where we do a lot of subconscious processing of the past, we’re more withdrawn as we work on unresolved emotions. Across the Aries and Libra axis, there is a lot of growing beyond unhealthy relationship patterns and how we communicate in relationships. For you Virgo, this also has to do with your own self-worth – personal and financial - and what you value in general.

Have a great month, Virgo!

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