Can you believe August is almost here, beautiful gems? Well, it is, and we’ve entered the ethereal glow of the orange-tinged pink summer skies. The waves of change continue to permeate the air as transformation brings about divine revelations that help us perceive and understand the great mysteries and cosmic laws of the Universe. This month also brings more abundance, healing, growth, and greater self-mastery.
August is generally known as the eighth month. However, August’s collective numerology for 2024 is “seven,” representing creativity, practicality, knowledge, and wisdom.
7 is associated with the following energy:
- Chakra awakening
- A desire to uncover hidden truths
- Spiritual enlightenment through examining your character
- The emotional, mental, & physical planes of consciousness
Key Astrology Themes in August 2024
August brings us to the heart of Leo season, a time characterized by vibrancy, passion, and love, as the Sun is right at home in this ambitious sign. This sign inspires one to shine brightly, be bold, love, and take brave steps toward your dreams. While the energy of Virgo season brings healing, organization, attention to detail, and long-term planning.
Considering the elements these signs rule, fire signifies change, transformation, and new beginnings, while earth signifies mastery, focus, and grounding. Both teach us how to pursue our soul’s desires and goals while remaining grounded. In addition, this month will feature a divine meeting between Jupiter and Saturn.
Now, before we dive into this in-depth cosmic forecast, here are themes to expect this month:
- Cosmic Initiations
- Health & the body
- Harmony & idealism
- Relationships & healing
- Safety & high consciousness
- Learning to respect life’s cycles, stages, and phases of nature and humans
What to Expect Astrologically in August 2024
August 2: Venus-Uranus Square
A Radical Awakening of the Heart
The month begins with a Venus-Uranus square on August 2nd, creating a cosmic shake-up. This transit brings a significant heart awakening. It’s a time when love and relationships take on an exciting and unpredictable vibe, challenging traditional norms and societal standards. This transit also affects collective financial and agricultural affairs.
Expect sudden changes and unexpected developments in these areas. Traditional methods and structures may be challenged, leading to more unique and non-traditional approaches.
August 4: Leo New Moon
Igniting Inner Ambition
August is already proving to be a vibrant month, as a New Moon arrives on August 4th at 6:12 AM CST. A New Moon occurs when the Sun and Moon align in the same sign, bringing a burst of energy, endings, and new beginnings.
The New Moon, in the sign of Leo, is all about embracing your inner light, walking in your power, and shining it brightly. This is a time to manifest confidence, creativity, intimacy, and pleasure, connect with your inner child, and birth a more authentic creative voice. The Universe nudges you to reflect on hidden desires and how to present your authentic self to the world. Think about what you need to release and what you want to achieve in the next 28 days.
Things become even more interesting as Venus enters Virgo and Mercury turns retrograde in Virgo later that night. Venus in Virgo wants you to pay attention to the details in relationships and personal lives while finding balance and compromise and not being overly critical of others. At the same time, Mercury retrograde, in its home sign, can bring some minor challenges. Communication may become tricky or harsh, creating misunderstandings. However, this period is ideal for revisiting, reviewing, and refining your plans and thought process.
Tune into your needs and desires, yes, with a critical eye, but also with an open heart. Mediate on the role your relationships play in your life as a source of safety, comfort, and security. Think about healthy ways to enhance your self-esteem.
Remember, the Universe sees you and is working on your deepest manifestations. So, spend this time aligning with your true self and set the intention for a beautiful month ahead.
August 14: Mars-Jupiter Conjunction
Unlocking New Possibilities
On August 14th, Mars closely aligns with Jupiter, triggering a powerful burst of energy, enthusiasm, and drive. When together, Mars and Jupiter bring expansive, optimistic, bold, and adventurous energy. This creates a strong desire to achieve goals, take risks, push boundaries, and embrace opportunities with confidence and vigor. This heightened cycle of manifestation creates a massive shift in achieving success. On a social scale, it may highlight conflict or an almost intense warlike energy.
At the same time, Mercury RX re-enters Leo, adding a layer of introspection and reconsideration to this energetic surge. While this energy may make you feel invincible, it’s critical to resist making rash decisions without thorough consideration, meaning weighing the pros and cons and thinking long-term.
Avoid taking on more than you can handle. Be realistic about your capabilities and avoid spreading yourself too thin.
August 16: Mars-Saturn Sqaure
Confronting Obstacles & Developing Strength
After a magnetic meeting with Jupiter, Mars squares Saturn RX on August 16th. These two bring significant challenges, as Saturn restricts desire, action, ambition, logic, and reason.
Despite the strong desires recently ignited, Saturn comes in and triggers a struggle to set clear goals. This is potentially due to past criticism or strict discipline. In the past, these triggers may have expressed inadequacy. Any energies of inadequacy or rejection need to be released, as Mars’ energy can provoke anger or health issues when paired with Saturn.
This moment of truth often creates discomfort, but it’s the necessary friction needed to shed the skin and move beyond current blockages and limitations.
August 19: Aquarius Full Moon
Accessing Innovating Pathways
On August 19th at 1:26 PM CST, an electrifying Full Moon in Aquarius will light up the sky, bringing a wave of exhilarating energy. Full moons are always a time of culmination and heightened emotions, but this one, with its Aquarian flair, is especially potent. This is a great time to manifest changes that benefit the collective and embrace new ways of thinking because Aquarius is all about innovation, freedom, and community.
Take advantage of this energy to let go of outdated beliefs and open yourself up to new perspectives. Now is the time to find your tribe, contact like-minded individuals, and develop solutions that can lead to a brighter future for everyone.
Adding to the intensity, we have a T-square between Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. This cosmic configuration can bring tension, particularly in personal and social affairs. On a personal level, you might feel pulled between desires for expansion and pleasure (thanks to Venus and Jupiter) and the need for discipline and responsibility (courtesy of Saturn). Jupiter and Saturn’s square activates their 2020 grand conjunction cycle, making this union even more magical.
Squares often test our resolve, pushing us to confront obstacles and re-evaluate our desires and efforts. As this square unfolds, it also acts as a catalyst for spiritual development.
In addition, the Sun-Uranus square adds unpredictability, shaking up the status quo with sudden, explosive changes. This energy can be both thrilling and unsettling, pushing you to break free from constraints but also requiring you to stay grounded amidst the chaos.
Themes to expect as a result of the Full Moon:
- Increased creativity
- Peace & protection
- Heightened psychic abilities
- Transformation of destructive attitudes
- Inspiration to take care of your inner self, your house, & your home.
- More topics of political & social leaders, administrators, decision-makers, & ambassadors. Or social disorder.
August 22: Virgo Season
Virgo season begins on August 22nd, as the Sun leaves its home of Leo. Virgo season is a time when the cosmos asks you to be more discerning about where you focus your energy and attention. During the Sun’s transit in Virgo, you are called to pay close attention to your habits, health, daily rituals, and the things you consume, both physically and mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Purification and refinement are the hallmarks of Virgo. This is an ideal time to cleanse or detox. Listen closely to your body and prioritize self-care. Focus on the habits that need to be changed.
This year, Virgo season begins with a Venus-Mars square. The square between Venus and Mars at the start of Virgo season signals a time of potential conflict or friction in relationships and creative endeavors. It may bring underlying tensions or desires to the surface. However, it also offers an opportunity for growth and development as we navigate these contrasting energies.
Don’t obsess over every small flaw or detail. This can lead to unnecessary stress and tension. Avoid overthinking and becoming overly critical of both yourself and others. When things don’t work out according to plan, that is the Universe’s form of protection. Remain flexible and open to change.
Happy Birthday, Virgo!
August 28: Mercury Direct
Unlocking Your Potential
Mercury turns direct in Leo and there’s forward momentum flowing through the air. This direct motion will clear up misunderstandings and delays experienced during retrograde. Meanwhile, the Moon in Cancer, paired with a Venus-Neptune opposition, heightens emotional sensitivity and intuitive energy.
Dreams during this time may be particularly vivid and insightful, offering significant messages from the subconscious. It’s a period where intuition guides actions and imagination flourishes, making it an ideal time for creative pursuits and deep, meaningful connections. Use this energy to reflect on what you’ve learned this month. Focus on setting clear intentions for the month ahead.
August 29: Venus Enters Libra
The Restoration of Balance & Harmony
On August 29th, at 8:22 AM CST, Venus returns home to Libra, heralding a period of justice, fairness, and harmony in relationships and personal values. Venus in Libra invites you to explore the power of love and connection through the lens of understanding the need to shift and heal from outdated views.
There’s a sense of cooperation and mutual understanding that fills the air as Venus draws us to create beauty in our environment and relationships. This is also about the importance of self-love and self-worth. Venus seeks to teach us the value of loving ourselves unconditionally, which enhances the quality of our relationships.
At the same time, Venus manifests with Pluto RX, marking a radical transformation in how we relate to others and value ourselves. Expect major revelations that enhance your self-worth and empowerment. While this period may bring intense shifts and revelations, particularly on a global scale.
Venus in Libra seeks to bring hearts together to foster peace and understanding amidst turbulent times.
August’s 2024 Energy Oracle Card
This month’s Oracle card is “Ajna Durga,” Power of the Good, from the Earth Warrior’s Oracle deck.
This Oracle is confirmation that the divine has its protective eye on things for you. Trust that there is a greater power working behind the scenes, even seeking to alert you when you need to know or understand karmic lessons and patterns in your life. If you experience confusion or negativity this month, call on the divine. Spend time grounding, clearing negative energies, and protecting yourself. Divine support is all around you; you should call on it as much as you need this month and even after.
In addition, you are asked to focus on healing and releasing attachments and experiences of rejection and abandonment that clog your energetic field. Practice confidence, self-love, and unconditional trust in a higher power.
How to Make Productive Use of August’s Cosmic Energy
Here are some essential self-care tips for August.
- Nurture Your Heart Chakra: Practice heart-opening yoga poses or stretches. Incorporate green foods like spinach and avocados to support your heart chakra’s awakening. Connect with the heart meridian.
- Stay Grounded: Spend time in nature, walk barefoot on the grass, or meditate with grounding crystals like hematite or smoky quartz to stay grounded during the transition into Virgo season.
- Hydrate Mindfully: With Leo’s fiery energy, drink plenty of water and add slices of cucumber or mint for a refreshing twist.
- Creative Expression: Engage in creative activities like painting, dancing, or writing to heal sacral energies and express your true self.
- Detox & Cleanse: Try a detox or cleanse. Use herbs linked to your astrological sign.
- Journal: Try this shadow work prompt, “Identify a recurring fear that holds you back. What past experiences contribute to this fear, and how can you release its grip on your present and future?”
In summary, this month is about allowing the heart to rise open in love and healing from fear, grief, loss, hurt, pain, or any other challenging emotion. As we continue to experience global shifts, being gentle with yourself is imperative. At times like these, it may feel like the entire world is in overdrive. Maybe that’s because the nervous system is overstimulated.
However, all it takes is one person to stop, breathe, and ground. This will set the trend of slowing down and honoring your need for rest, self-care, nourishment, and love. So, grab your paintbrush this month, blend, express, and allow your imagination to reach greater heights.
Be gentle, kind, and patient with yourself.
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