August begins with Jupiter and Venus in Gemini, Sun and retrograde Mercury in Cancer, Ketu in Leo, Mars in Virgo, Moon in Libra, Rahu in his own sign of Aquarius, and retrograde Saturn in Pisces.
August Transits:
Gayatri Jayanti on the 9th
Mercury direct on the 11th
Jupiter in Punarvasu nakshatra on the 12th
Kali Jayanti on the 15th
Krishna Janmashtami on the 16th
Sun in Leo on the 16th
Venus in Cancer on the 20th
Ganesha Chaturthi on the 26th
Mercury in Leo on the 29th
Full Moon in Capricorn and Sravana Nakshatra on August 9th at 01:54 am MT
Clean up of mind and body continues with retrograde Mercury and Saturn. Ancestral grief work is particularly important right now- especially father and father’s lineage. Ketu in Leo is asking you to awaken from the trauma hiding in your masculine. Venus and Jupiter in Ardra nakshatra intensify the stormy inner waters. Relationships are in deep transformation. What are you learning? About yourself and your needs?
Mars in Virgo is asking for precision, clarity, and simplicity for the next two months. Clean it up, get organized, be precise. It’s time to focus on results & the action steps required to reach your goals. Avoid being overly critical & perfectionistic.
Ketu moved to Purvaphalguni nakshatra on July 20th. Relationships, love, romance, abundance, wealth and resources will have sudden change, restructuring, losses, and release. READ MORE
This Capricorn Full Moon takes place in Sravana nakshatra bringing a powerful cycle ahead with spiritual insight, dharmic support and resources to sustain ones path. Lord Vishnu rules over this portion of the sky, gifting the constellation of Sravana with momentum for one’s purpose. He sustains and upholds that which supports the dharmic path. If it is life supporting and honors Natural Law, Vishnu will bless it and help it thrive. If it does not bring life and sattva (purity), it won’t get his support.
Sravana nakshatra reminds us to align with our inner wisdom and to strengthen the capacity to listen for truth. What is your truth? What is your deepest intention and soul purpose? What is the driving force and inner intelligence that gives you strength? Put emphasis here and pay close attention in the coming cycle for reminders. Gather resources, support and guidance to assist your clarity, purpose and inner guidance. If it’s not nourishing you, let it drop away- or it will likely fall away on its own.
Remember, there is no dharma without the ancestors. In this powerful month of Sravana Nakshatra in the Vedic calendar, make your dharmic path and ancestral work your only priority. Are you moving closer to your soul nourishment, or further away from it?
New Moon in Leo and Magha Nakshatra on August 23rd at 00:05 am MT
August is a relatively quiet month of transits, but don’t be fooled into complacency. Eclipse season starts in September and you’ll be getting a preview of what’s to come starting this month. Notice who and what is requesting your attention. Transformation, shedding and releasing, as well as awakening power and purpose, are all potent themes for August.
Mercury hovers in Ashlesha the entire month of August, causing mental body challenges. Sarpa is sure to create shedding and releasing in the mind, nervous system, and with finances. You are changing. Let the old mental body stories go! It’s time for an upgrade!
Sun in Leo traverses own sign and mulitrikona degrees, offering a surge of power, ego, and strength. Feel your potency, ask for more, awaken your masculine strength. Ketu conjunct Sun, however, will demand a restructuring of your solar energy so be prepared to find a very different way forward. Less physical strength and more spiritual strength will be necessary.
Venus in Cancer only increases the emotional body focus, relationship woes, and the need for heart work. Mother, home, heart and the emotional body will feel the watery waves. What does your heart say? What does it need?
Moon completely empties moments after the 23rd begins- while transiting Leo and Magha nakshatra. The cycle ahead is asking you to be more vigilant with your power- how you use it, why you use it, what it means for you. Are you in right relationship with your masculine, power source, and inner strength?
Magha nakshatra is considered a gandanta. One of three gaps in the zodiac between water and fire, notorious for uprooting the psycho-emotional bodies. Whatever unconscious entanglements are gripping you, it’s possible to loosen them and release them at this time. Be honest with your shadow work and diligently acknowledge personal mythology with your disempowerment, victim, use of strength and power in the cycle ahead. Father trauma, issues with the masculine, and lineage challenges emerge in the cycle ahead.
Pitr rules the domain of Magha which automatically connects this portion of the sky with the ancestors. There is a direct correlation with father and father’s lineage here as well. Remember 75% of your karma and grief work is connected to your ancestors. 25% of your karma is specifically from your father and his lineage. Magha brings lineage grief to the surface and will ask you to face your power, karma, and lineage issues directly.
This is an ideal time to pay homage and give gratitude to your ancestors. Feed them, bring offerings to your ancestor altar, notice symbols or message arriving directly from the ancestral realms. Do your grief work and don’t bypass the undigested emotions emerging. Give your blessings to those who have come before, as well as the gifts they have shared with you. After all, you would not be here without them.
Where do you feel connected to your ancestors and your lineage? Where do you feel disconnected? In what ways are you creating connections with your ancestors and building a relationship with them? How do the ancestors show up for you and what messages do they share?