This will be a major month for you, where so much can be accomplished in regard to home, property, and family matters, as well as concerning your career news, that it looks like you may be jumping for joy. Grab your skateboard, dear Taurus. You may have assumed not much happens in August, but if so, think twice! This won’t be a sleepy, lazy little month, but one packed with lots of action. You won’t have a moment to spare!
As you enter August, your home appears to be a big focus, and you may be busy calling in the painters, making important repairs, or comparing paint chips, fabric swatches, and kitchen top samples (as a few examples) to give your home decor a sleek upgrade. Jupiter is orbiting with the Sun, considered a fantastic aspect, and will continue to be boosted by the new moon of July 26, when Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, was conjunct that new moon last month.
That new moon of July 26, so perfect for you to improve any domestic, real estate, property, or home-related situation, will still be very strong in early August. You now have a rare opportunity to improve your living space, or to find new house of apartment that you love and will move into very soon. (Many Taurus have moved into their new home already, in July or August, and will now be fixing up their space.)
If you have been trying to sell a house / condo or buy one, you will be luckier than a Leprechaun with Jupiter in Leo at your side, so be sure to take seriously all offers you receive. If you are selling or buying property, follow your broker’s advice if you are about to price a property or put in a bid. When buying, do not settle for anything less than a large, sunny space, in the neighborhood of your choice. It looks like your new space will offer a beautiful view too. You may see an array of less than spectacular spaces at first, but keep looking! If you are working with a designer to decorate your space, at times you may not agree with your designer, but allow time to consider his or her ideas, and then come back to meet and talk about them. You have your chance to create a dream of a decor, so find ways to move forward.
If you need furniture, you may find beautiful selections, and because it is July, many pieces will be on sale, and you may be able to pick up quite a bargain for a handsome piece you love. The aspects you are under now are rare, and although Jupiter will remain in your fourth house of home until August 2015, this month will bring together exceptional opportunity. There is no reason to wait!
Taurus, ruled by graceful Venus, has strong links to the land and to flowers, trees, and other greenery, so if you live in the country (or suburbia) and want to landscape the land around your house, do it now. City dwellers can add flowering plants and small trees to their home to give it life and beauty. If money is tight, you can simply add some new accessories or do a thorough cleaning job, tossing out items you no longer need. It would be a shame not to use these golden vibrations in some way, whether you want to take large or small actions for your home other property (such as a vacation home), or to find answers for a family-related question.
Major, exciting career news is due to come up for you on or near the weekend of August 9-10 (minus two days or plus four days), when you will have a full moon in Aquarius at 18 degrees, shining at the very top of your chart (the “mid-heaven”). Many people in your industry will become aware of your good work at this time, and delicious praise, publicity, or a promotion may be showered on you. You may be tasked to judge a contest or make a major appearance, or be given a new position that comes along with much status, power, and responsibility. If you are self-employed, it will be obvious you’ve made all the right moves and richly deserve the kudos that are coming way. Your confidence will rise, for you will know you are doing well, and everyone around you will know that, too.
One other note - the full moon is in Aquarius, so the topic of career conversation may center on a new app you have developed and just debuted, or have to do with Internet or television media, where you may be interviewed or asked to host a show. Aquarius is about all things new and never developed before, and is closely aligned with electronic media and software, coding and apps, exploration of outer space, as well as scientific discovery of all kinds, including biological and medical breakthroughs. If you work in one of these fields, you should do extra well, and if you represent talent - say, an actor or writer - the work that comes up now may center on a TV, Internet, or social media project. If you work in science or in communications (including PR, publicity, marketing or sales), this full moon will have an extra strong effect.
You may feel this full moon of August 9-10 early, as much as two days before it appears, say, August 7 or 8, or after the full moon reaches fullness, any time from August 11 to August 14. Uranus rules Aquarius, the sign of this full moon, and will be beautifully angled to it, so expect random, out of the blue career news that will have you jumping for joy. For some reason, you won’t expect what is coming up! This is significant! Be sure to look your best at all times, even when you visit the post office!
One of my Taurus friends called me last night (I will call her Denise.) She said, “Be sure to talk about money! I need money!” If you feel the same way as Denise, you will have to superb days this month to generate good money (or to find bargains for things you need). Those days include August 1-2, due to Mercury conjunct Jupiter. (Mercury is the planet that rules your solar second house of earned income.) Next, circle August 21, when Mercury will contact Pluto, helping you generate money from overseas markets or from electronic media or apps. And finally, August 25 (this day has more aspects than cars moving along on a Los Angeles highway), when Mercury will reach out to Saturn and stabilize your income over the long term. You might sign a contract or introduce a product or service that turns out to be a great new pipeline to cash.
Mars is now touring your opposite sign of Scorpio, so you may be collaborating closely with your romantic or business partner, or with a person you currently represent (or who represents you). This would include a broker or designer you are working closely with too, as the seventh house represents experts we hire. (That would also include a physical therapist or doctor, for example or your lawyer.) Mars will only remain in your partnership house until September 13.
Sometimes Mars opposed to the Sun can bring too much energy and cause strife, so if you find you are not agreeing with one of your collaborators, or with your close romantic partner, the reason is that Mars’ job is to churn up any debris that he may find under the surface. Part of the mission of Mars in any house he visits is to 1) energize that house and 2) cleanse that house.
Because Mars is in your close, committed partnership house, Mars is busy studying the way you get along with those who are closest to you. Be open to discuss any differences of opinion that may come up now. Don’t wave off any complaint as trivial, as the topic may not be trivial to your partner. It is always better to know exactly what your partner is thinking and doing than to have to guess. You can’t fix something if you don’t know about, and so if your partner is important to you, you will want to iron out little wrinkles. Sometimes, however, you are horrified to learn that a partner has betrayed you, and alas, then you may have to leave. That might come up now too, but hopefully it won’t.
In terms of health, Mars opposed to the Sun, as Taurus has now, can be strenuous and draining. You also have Saturn opposed to the Sun, too, which can be even more taxing. Taken together, it’s important that you take very good care of yourself. On August 25, both Saturn and Mars will conjoin in your close relationship house, and both will oppose your Sun, especially if your birthday falls near May 6 to May 8. August 25 would not be the best day to climb up a mountain, or, on an emotional level, to have a big talk with your business or romantic partner. If you must have a talk, listen and reflect on the words of your partner, but voice what you will do about what you hear a few days later.
Now let’s talk about romance! August 25 has many aspects associated with it, including a beautiful one - the new moon!
The new moon on August 25 will work hard to help you find fun and love, for it will appear in a sign that blends perfectly with yours, Virgo, 2 degrees, and it will light your house of true love. This is your once-a-year new moon to help you find new love if you are single, or to draw closer to your present love if you are attached. Pregnancy and the children you may have now is ruled by the same fifth house, so you may decide to have a baby now, or to adopt one, and if so, this month would be a great time to set that plan into motion. Indeed, this will be the best new moon of the year for engendering romance and creativity, and for starting any plan involving a pregnancy or a child, so make it work for you, dear Taurus. Remember, however, you have to DO something to unlock the goodness of this new moon. Leave the house!
This day, August 25, brings Venus, your ruler, in ideal angle to Uranus, so if you are single, you may be surprised by sudden, electric chemistry you feel with someone new and special.
Always remember this rule of thumb: begin your actions at the day of the new moon, or AFTER it appears in the week that follows, but NOT in the days BEFORE it appears. New moons work very differently than full moons.
If you were born on April 21, you will feel the benefits of this new moon in the most exciting way. The same is true if you have a natal planet in Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn, or have Taurus rising at 2 degrees, or if one of these planets or your rising sign is close to that degree (within five degrees).
There is another day I would like to you to circle on your calendar, August 2, when Mercury, the sign that is on the cusp of your house of true love, will conjoin Jupiter. This day would be fabulous not only for meeting someone new, it would also be special for shopping for home-related things (including closing on a house), travel, shipping, and signing a contract.
On August 25, Mercury will be in fine angle to Saturn, so you might decide to make a promise to the person you care about, or institute a plan, and if so, it’s a good time to do it. Saturn will give your action longevity. Mercury rules agreements, so if you do make a plan or promise, or sign papers, your endeavor will stay in place a very long time, possibly forever.
Before I go, there will be a weekend to circle on your calendar in gold, August 16-17 (and add Monday, August 18 too), when Venus, your ruler and planet of happiness, will be conjunct Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck. This may be your best day of the year for romance, or for just about any other action you want to do. When your ruler (Venus) meets with Jupiter, luck is showered on you! A day THIS fortunate comes only once a year. When your ruling planet, Venus, is involved with Jupiter, life shimmers and glows, and just about everything you touch turns to gold. These two planets will meet in your house of home, property, and family, so you may find the perfect house or apartment to lease, rent, or buy, or find design solutions that are perfect in every way.