Astrology forecast for the next week

Hello, heart astrologers, and welcome to another Heart Astrology forecast. Thank you for being a paid subscriber, either on Patreon or on Substack. I appreciate you. This is the weekly astrology forecast for the week of August 6th through August 13th.

This weeks forecast will be free to everyone, because the upcoming eclipse is really challenging to navigate. This forecast is available to paid subscribers weekly.

So, there’s a big week coming up ahead. We have the eclipse. Now, eclipses tend to be something that impact everybody’s lives. You notice them going on around you. Whether you’re being directly stressed out by it or not depends on how it lines up with your chart. This eclipse is going to be at twenty degrees Leo. And so, if you have a pivotal point at twenty degrees Leo, then you need to be aware that this eclipse could be affecting you. Otherwise, you’re probably just going to notice it going on around you.

But before we get to the eclipse, let’s look at today. Today, August 6th, Venus enters Libra, and the Sun trines Saturn. So here is the Sun trine Saturn, creating an opportunity for structure and understanding, working through difficulties, and creating dynamic change in the structure of how something is unfolding.

Also, with Venus entering Libra, Venus rejoices in Libra. Traditionally, astrologers say that Venus is in its rulership in Libra, and what it means when a planet is in rulership is that it can do what it intends to do. Libra intends to create harmony. So this is a time when harmony can be created through diplomatic understanding. Whether it’s on a personal level, in your work, or in a community, diplomatic understanding becomes more of what the dialogue is about, rather than just the differences or the nitpicking details that might have been focused on while Venus was in Virgo.

So those are the two highlights of today. The Moon is also being ruled by Venus because the Moon is in Taurus, so this should create an uplifting energy for the day, even with the Moon being in the terms of Saturn for the rest of the day. Because Saturn, again, is being trine by the Sun, and the Sun has rulership and is exalted in Aries, there is this giving energy going on—this giving energy to healthy, constructive, and reconstructive dynamic phenomena that are going on in our lives right now.

If we go on to tomorrow, Friday, August 7th, the Moon is going to enter Gemini. It’s going to conjunct Uranus. As it conjuncts Uranus, there could be surprising news that comes to public attention because Uranus is in Gemini, the planet of news, conversations, stories, and intellectual brilliance. So you could feel a lot more energetically or mentally capable tomorrow than you did today, as today the Moon is in Taurus.

From August 7th through August 9th, the intellect is brilliant. Conversation is brilliant. There’s a lot to enjoy by having conversations with one another on Friday. This is a great day for short trips and good networking. It’s also a positive day for shifts and major developments to occur that help promote community understanding because that Moon is going to be trine Venus. So this is a very positive day, too. We’ve got some positive things going on at the start of this week cycle. Take advantage of it because it’s going to get a little bit heavy as we move into the eclipse.

Now, as we go to August 8th, the Gemini Moon continues to make harmonious aspects through the day. Well, let’s see. By the end of the day, it’s moving toward a conjunction with Mars. I don’t know—Moon conjunct Mars in the terms of Saturn is not necessarily harmonious. We have to look at the condition of Saturn. I know it was receiving the support of the Sun through the beginning of the week, but it’s no longer getting the support of that Sun.

So what is Saturn’s condition? Traditionally, we would say it is in fall and retrograde. This is going to become a very important component of the next week, as it means we cannot rely on authority structures to support us during the crisis of the eclipse. That’s because a planet in fall is a planet that is losing its status. It’s not capable of doing its purpose, and the purpose of Saturn is support. A planet that is retrograde is having to look at itself, and that makes it difficult for it to be supportive in the long term.

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So by the time we hit Saturday, we’re feeling a little bit groundless going into this eclipse energy, especially with that Moon conjunct Mars. There is this fervor for a need for dynamic change. Conversation is very feisty on that day. Be careful with what you say to other people, or you could create disharmony. If you lead from the heart, ruled by Venus in Libra, you’re going to create harmony. If you lead from the intellect, where we have Uranus, the Moon, and Mars, it’s going to be coming from a place of reactivity, polarity, and a lack of harmony. So I’d suggest this weekend, the less you say, the better, if you find yourself in any type of dramatic situation.

Let’s move on to Sunday. We have the Moon going into Cancer. This creates a tone shift, so to speak, as we move out of this emotional and intellectual reactivity into wanting to come from the heart. But the Moon in Cancer is also protective of emotions, so you have to be careful not to trigger other people’s emotions.

At the same time, Mercury has just entered Leo, so it’s less about protecting the tribe and more about communicating your needs into the world. This becomes very strong. It’s a communication of who you are within the world from a place of your own individual creativity expressing itself.

At the same time, Mercury, as you can now see, is opposed Pluto, and it’s going to be opposed Pluto for the next three or four days. This is, again, about being careful within your conversations, because what you say can be heard by the community in a different way. That’s the impact of Mercury opposed Pluto in Aquarius. Aquarius is generally the community, and the impact is that you’re speaking your needs, but others may be hearing that you’re not caring for them or that you’re not thinking of everybody. So we’re still in this place where communication needs to be very careful. Tend to yourself. Care for yourself. Do what’s right for you, but don’t expect a lot of support from the world around you. Be calm, be patient, be loving. I think I say that a lot.

At the same time, Venus is opposed Neptune. Venus opposing Neptune here—Neptune is in Aries. This is the desire to create harmony and the illusion that anger is helpful. It is the illusion that something new needs to be done, because Neptune is illusion and Aries is something new. But that Neptune is retrograde. It’s not the time for putting forth that new vision. I would rely on Venus. Speak with a soothing, loving, gentle, communicative heart with whatever issues come up, and then you’re activating Mercury communication—your communication—sextile Venus, creating harmony. So that’s the way to angle that as we have the Moon in Cancer, meaning that there’s an emotional rawness as an overtone to the day.

We move on to August 10th. The Moon is still in Cancer. This is still very qualitatively emotional. But we do get an exact sextile then. Well, not an exact sextile, because Venus is actually moving really quickly. So is Mercury, which means situations are dynamically changing really quickly. We get an exact opposition between Venus and Neptune on that day. Someone is trying to create balance from a heart place. Others are just not listening because they’re too concerned about their own opinions, thoughts, initiative, need to create something, establish something new, or tear something down. Retrograde means removing things, too.

Again, Saturn in Aries right now is trying to tear things down, trying to tear structures apart so they can be rebuilt. It’s controlling that North Node, which is trying to find a new way forward for the community. But as it does so, it’s difficult. It’s not clear how it’s doing that right now because the North Node is being ruled by Saturn. This is very important because as we move into the eclipse, which is going to be on Wednesday, what you’re going to see is that it’s a very difficult eclipse.

I’m just going to skip to that. We’re going to move to the Moon conjunct Mercury on Tuesday. This is the need to speak for yourself, the need to be clear with your own authenticity. It’s going to be applying to Jupiter before it gets to the eclipse. Tuesday should be a really good day, honestly. That’s because the Moon and Jupiter conjunct always creates this sense of good feelings, good possibilities, and good hope. Maybe that’s not realistic. That can also be part of what the Neptune-Venus opposition, which we’re experiencing through the week, is going through. It’s creating unrealistic paths toward harmony and unrealistic paths toward how you feel good—unrealistic in the sense that there’s some type of delusion. There’s something not being seen in the air, so you want to be careful of that. You don’t want to rely on something that’s not really creating harmony.

So that’s part of the challenge of it. But again, the theme of this week is always just remaining true to yourself and maybe not saying too much because there’s a lot of opposition right now. There are a lot of hidden things being said. There are a lot of hidden emotions. There are a lot of hidden cultural connotations that are coming to the fore right now. Mercury, by Tuesday, is exactly opposed Pluto. This is speech that is shocking coming out, shocking revelations coming out as this aspect happens.

And it’s the balsamic Moon. It’s the dark Moon. So things are being undone that one was perhaps able to rely upon, because that’s what the balsamic Moon is always doing. It is always disassembling what was relied upon during the previous lunation. The previous lunation was in Cancer, as boundaries were relied upon. Emotional protectionism was relied upon. Perhaps tribalism was relied upon. The new Moon is now going to be in Leo. So that’s authenticity of the self, authenticity of one’s own creative vision being expressed truly into the world. That’s what to rely upon.

But it’s going to be tricky on Tuesday because we’re going to have that Moon-Mercury opposition Pluto, which is like this dwelling bringing forth of the unconscious mind and getting it out in the open. Be careful on Tuesday.

Then we move to the day of the eclipse. This eclipse is smoking, and, as I promised, I’m going to explain why. To understand eclipses, one thing you want to do is look at the nodes because that’s where the eclipses are occurring. The South Node is what has been relied upon. It is the clarity of a leader. The ruler of the South Node is getting eclipsed. That means the leader cannot guide in any kind of social situation. Be careful there.

And the ruler of the North Node, again, is Saturn in fall and retrograde. That means the path forward out of the eclipse cannot clearly be seen. It’s a structure that is not actually supportive in the long term. In addition to that, it’s retrograde. It’s going to be disassembled at some point and reassembled when Saturn goes direct. So we’re seeing an eclipse that is a severance of our expectations of our leaders, with no clear path forward. Nobody’s stepping up with a clear vision of how to go forward. It’s really messy. This is a messy eclipse.

It could play out on a national stage. It’s definitely going to play out with some political things going on with Spain because the eclipse shadow is hitting Spain. It probably means the passing of a ruler. I have theories about who that can be, but I’m going to keep them to myself. Although I would not be surprised if the President of the United States did, in some way or another, lose power, if you catch my drift, over the next six months with this particular eclipse. It impacts his chart, too.

Anyways, that’s the dynamic energy of the week ahead. Be careful on the eclipse yourself. Be careful of your heart because the eclipse is occurring in Leo, which rules the heart. Be careful of your shins because the eclipse is in Aquarius, which rules the shins. It’s opposing the North Node in Aquarius. And be careful of how you are within communities because this eclipse is very much about leadership struggles within communities playing out.

Bernadette Brady’s delineation of this eclipse is that, after a very difficult time and a very difficult crisis, the individual, the world, the group, or the community gets over it, and many new paths are seen forward. And that’s right. That’s what this Saros series is. That’s how you delineate it. But I’m saying that because of Saturn being retrograde and in fall, ruling the North Node, the way forward is not going to be clear for a while. We’re all going to have to sit and be patient for it. Probably the way forward from the crisis that one experiences during this eclipse comes when Saturn goes direct in December.

Anyways, sorry that this has not been as upbeat as I usually like to try to be, but it is an eclipse, and eclipses are difficult weather, and there’s a lot of difficult astrology out there right now.

There are good things. I guess I have to point this out. There’s also this good thing, which is that on the day of the eclipse, there is a grand kite formed between Uranus, Mercury, Venus, and Pluto. This is in the area of harmonious communication and conversation. So although I’m saying that there’s not a way structurally forward, there are good ideas coming out, and those good ideas will lead to beneficial experiences. So if you have planets early in signs, this eclipse is not going to be as challenging for you because of this grand kite as it will be if you have planets later in signs. The twenty-degree point is going to be very challenging.

Anyways, take that to heart. If you have any questions, put them in the chat, text me, call me, do whatever. I don’t mean to scare anybody. There are always positive ways to work with whatever energy is coming up. And thank you for being a subscribed subscriber, either through Patreon or through Substack. I appreciate you and look forward to updating you with a much more positive outlook next week.

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