Astroview Weekly Column
Planetary Transits for August 14th– August 20th
(Interpretations based on the Systemsʻ Approach to Vedic Astrology)
Notes: Mercury is under the influence of Rahu (the northern node of the Moon) until August 19th. Be vigilant with stocks, business, technology, communications and intellectual property.
Transits for this Week:
Sun transits out of Cancer and into its own sign, Leo, August, 16th at 8:53 p.m., CDT. Sun is under the seventh aspect of Saturn, until August 18th. Cancer, Virgo, and Pisces rising sign persons, companies and countries (including USA and Russia) should be careful and patient.
Moon is waning and transits Aquarius, Pisces, Aries and Taurus.
Mars transits Taurus, from 02:10 to 06:20°. Mars is weak in degrees until August 18th. Continue to be patient with the police, military, athletes, surgeons, executives, engineers – along with weather and property matters.
Mercury transits out of Leo and into Virgo, August 20th. Mercury is under the fifth aspect of Rahu until August 19th. Be vigilant with stocks, business, technology, and communications.
Jupiter transits its own sign, Pisces, from 14:06 to 13:39°. Jupiter is in excellent strength. This should be favorable for law and justice.
Jupiter is in retrograde motion until November 23. Contrary to popular belief, this is not a problem in general. Taurus, Cancer and Capricorn rising sign persons, companies and countries (including USA, Russia and Ukraine), however, should be careful and patient when Jupiter is within five degrees of their rising sign degree in any house, or any planet, by aspect or conjunction.
Venus transits Cancer, from 08:48 to 17:23°. Venus is in good strength. This should be favorable for women, medicine, romance, luxuries, architecture, and the fine, healing or performing arts. Venus is under the 5th aspect of Jupiter until August 21st. Taurus, Cancer and Capricorn rising sign persons, companies and countries, (including USA, Russia and Ukraine) should be careful and patient.
Saturn transits Capricorn, from 27:46 to 27:14°. Saturn is weak in degrees until late September. There may be some vulnerability for the masses, the elderly, the poor and needy, and working-class persons, along with manufacturing, agriculture and the oil, gas and minerals industries.
Saturn is in retrograde motion until October 23rd. Contrary to popular belief, this is not a problem for most people. The impact is primarily for Cancer, Virgo and Pisces rising sign persons, companies and countries (including USA and Russia) – and ONLY when Saturn is within five degrees of the rising sign degree, or any other planet, by aspect or conjunction.
Rahu and Ketu transit Aries and Libra, respectively, from 23:15 to 22:57°. People, companies, and countries with planets or rising signs between 21 and 25 degrees in Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius should be careful and patient.
The Impact of the Transit Planets for each “Rising Sign” (not “Sun Sign”)
Aries: Be careful for a few days with your health and finances. These may be vulnerable to sudden issues. Focus on your family life. Be direct and speak with courage. Connect partnerships, joint ventures and foreign lands with property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life – through August. Take care of pets, children, education and investments; these may be vulnerable to debts, disputes or health issues. Income and friendships are favorably connected with your career through November. Take care of father and religious figures through March. Travel, retreats, institutional life and international ventures are possible through March.
Taurus: Take care of your pets, children, education and investments for a few days. These may be vulnerable to sudden issues. Work out of your home on independent projects connected with writing, business, technology and intellectual property. Be careful, however, with communications and entrepreneurial ventures to manage debts and disputes through August. Consider retreats, ashrams or international ventures through October 15th. Be direct and competitive — but patient with expenses and separations. Good fortune is likely with your career through mid-January. There may be a marriage, windfall, legal or insurance settlement through March 2023. Teach, publish and advise.
Gemini: Be careful with property, vehicles and home life for a few days. These may be vulnerable to sudden issues. Focus on independent projects involving writing, business, technology and communications. Your pets, children, education and investments contribute to your wealth, status and family life. Be patient with income and friendships through Oct. 15th, and with father figures and long-distance journeys through mid-January. You should be able to count on success at work – connected with marriage, partnerships, joint ventures or foreign lands – through next March. Teach, publish, consult and advise – professionally.
Cancer: Be patient for a few days with communications and independent projects. These may be vulnerable to sudden issues. Women, property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life are forefront through August. Focus on your appearance; get a haircut and buy new clothes, Expect success with writing, business, technology, communications and intellectual property. Recent stress at work begins to dissipate. Professional gains are likely through mid-October. Connect with older people through mid-January, but be patient with relationships in general. You likely have protection against debts, disputes, health or legal issues through next March — except when Jupiter is close to your rising sign degree or any other planet by aspect or conjunction.
Leo: Be patient for a few days with your wealth, status, speech and family life. These may be vulnerable to sudden issues. Continue to be vigilant with women, communications and entrepreneurial ventures. These may be vulnerable to expenses, separations and foreign lands through August. Focus on writing, business, language, technology and intellectual property. Partnerships and joint ventures are forefront. Expect a lift mid-August to mid-September. Relationships, however, may be vulnerable to debts, disputes, health and legal issues through mid-January. Mixed results are likely with pets, children, education and investments – ranging from setbacks and obstructions to marriage, inheritance or windfalls — through next March.
Virgo: Be vigilant for a few days. You may be vulnerable to sudden issues. Stay rested and reclusive for one more week. Ashrams, institutions or foreign lands remain forefront. These are connected with writing, business, technology, communications, income and friendships. Recent losses, expenses and separations begin to dissipate. Expect gains from women, luxuries, medicine, family, and the fine, healing or performing arts. There may be good fortune with marriage, inheritance, windfalls and legal or insurance settlements. Father or religious figures may be vulnerable through mid-October. On the other hand, you should be able to count on success with property, vehicles, fixed assets, and home life – connected with partnerships, joint ventures, or comforts living abroad through next March.
Libra: Be vigilant for a few days to manage sudden losses, expenses, and separations — or issues with insomnia, intimacy and foreign lands. Focus on your career through August. Upgrade your workspace and consider a new company car. You should be able to count on support from the women associated with your professional life. Expect gains, income and friendship mid-August to mid-September. Be patient with relationships through mid-October. These may be vulnerable and going through transformations. Connect children, education and investments with property, vehicles and home life through mid-January. Consider independent projects connected with law, sports medicine, finances, social work or psychology through next March.
Scorpio: Be vigilant for a few days to manage sudden issues at work involving income and friendships. Focus on writing, business, communications, technology and intellectual property. Take a leadership position and ask for a raise or promotion mid-August to mid-September. You may receive an award or recognition. Long-distance travel, or losses and expenses with father or religious figures are possible through August. Be vigilant with marriage, partnerships, joint ventures and foreign lands through mid-October. These may be vulnerable to debts, disputes, health or legal issues. Work out of your home, on independent projects through mid-Jan. The transits of the slow-moving and favorable Jupiter and Saturn, (ruling your wealth, status, property, vehicles and family life), may well contribute to your success through next March.
Sagittarius: Be vigilant for a few days to manage sudden issues at work. By next week, however, you should be able to count on a big lift with your career. Focus on writing, language, business, technology and communications. Be patient with income and friendships through August. These may be vulnerable to delays and setbacks. Take care of your pets, children, education and investments through mid-October. These may be subject to debts, disputes, health or legal issues. Be conservative with entrepreneurial ventures through mid-January — but expect long-term success. Teach, publish and advise, working out of your home through next March. Divine grace is likely with you and your family, through March.
Capricorn: Take care of father figures and with long-distance travel. These may be vulnerable to sudden issues. There may also be setbacks with relationships. Connect your career with marriage, partnerships, joint ventures or foreign lands through August. There may be a windfall, inheritance, legal or insurance settlement mid-August to mid-September. Connect property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life with children, education and investments through mid-October. Focus on independent projects involving teaching, publishing and consulting — associated with institutions, spiritual centers, or long-distance places — through next March.
Aquarius: Be vigilant for a few more days to manage setbacks and to avoid accidents. Marriage, partnerships and joint ventures are also vulnerable to debts, disputes or health issues for a few more days. On the other hand, relief is on the way — you should be able to count on a big lift with relationships through mid-September. Father and religious figures – and long-distance travel – may be vulnerable to debts, disputes or health issues through August. On the other hand, income, friendships and siblings contribute to your wealth, status and family life through next March. Teach, publish, consult and advise.
Pisces: Be vigilant for a few more days with marriage, partnerships and joint ventures. These may be vulnerable to sudden debts, disputes, health or legal issues. However, you should be able to count on good experiences with relationships, August 20 – October 25. In the meantime, continue to take care of your pets, children, education and investments through August. These may be vulnerable to setbacks. At the same time, your mind is creative; study the fine, healing or performing arts. Connect your wealth, status, speech, and family life with independent, entrepreneurial ventures through mid-October. Fortunately, divine grace and professional opportunities appear to be with you through next March. Teach, publish, consult and advise. Many people will seek your advice.
Note: Planetary remedies add a protective covering to life. Strengthen your favorable planets (with color and gemstone therapy and/or the mystical pendant known as the kavach: (https://astroview.com/mystical-pendant/) and do “Bhoota” and “Deva” “Yagyas” (charities and chants) for the planets that cause adverse effects in your horoscope.
Awakening Video of the Week:
A Retreat for Your Mind | Eckhart Tolle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naVGx2h-cKE&t=521s&ab_channel=EckhartTolle
Quote of the Week:
“Nonresistance is the key to the greatest power in the universe.” Eckhart Tolle
Health Tip of the Week:
The Uses of Apple Cider Vinegar & Lemon Water for Liver – Dr. Berg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqQnJIx17io&ab_channel=Dr.EricBergDC