Shuistrology

Your Stars:
Your financial forecast is as hot as the temperatures this month with a potential to see it rising, in the form of a raise, looming large on the August horizon. Of course, you will have to start believing in that possibility and stop worrying about potentially drowning in debt. With first Venus, the planet of love and money and then Mars, her warrior consort both pissing off Pluto in your solar 8th House of Intimacy and Money for much of August, you’re attention is bound to be tied up in your bottom line. And, if your stars have anything to say about it, you’ll be pondering your paydays while sitting on a beach or mountaintop somewhere since the August 5 Full Moon beckons you to pack your bags and head off to a short and sweet vacation. Look, if you suspend your constant shopping for five minutes you could actually afford to go someplace relaxing and revivifying. And, well, since you should also be avoiding making important, key or critical domestic decisions involving life on the home front for a few weeks this month it makes perfect sense to try and escape during these dog days. Now, while we’re speaking of dogs, I should also mention that with Mars marching through your sign for the majority of August you’ll have a hankering to unleash an onslaught of ambitions. Of course, this will feel sort of counter intuitive to hanging ten or backpacking through a beautiful state park. Trust me, you can rest and relax during certain parts of this month while also making a big splash on the work front as well. Like I said though, since Mercury is making waves in your 4th House of Home from the 2nd through the 25th, you’ll want to have your focus following your career and future prospects there as opposed to pointing anywhere inside your own front door. Don’t allow any seemingly pressing personal matters distract you from dreaming of future destinations during the middle of this month either. With Jupiter and Chiron traveling alongside Neptune mid-month you are poised to push through to some personal spiritual enlightenment and inspiration. But it will be incumbent upon you to remain focused on the big idea contrary to the frustrations associated with an apparent inability associated with a lack of follow through. Look, if I’m telling you that you’re going to feel a little unfocused, scattered and out of kilter from the 19th through the 22nd, then why don’t you just go ahead and plan accordingly? Do something constructive and demonstrative to diffuse the tensions surrounding those days that doesn’t have to do with stopping by the local mall for some retail therapy. We covered spending any of your August agenda that way already, didn’t we? Unfortunately, the energies don’t get much more supportive at end month either with a whacked out New Moon rising on the 20th in your 3rd House of Communications. An unsettled sense of anxiety can add to your already amped up feelings of frustration and irritation. So, this then would be yet another perfect time this month to pack it up in order to escape the temptation and tendency to potentially pack it in. Don’t allow your restlessness to prompt rash behavior, but, rather, use those energies as fuel to find a happy place where control issues and power struggles don’t exist. The only decision maker you should be alienating at the end of this month is the one standing behind the Tiki bar waiting for you to decide on the margherita or the rum punch. Go ahead and pull that punch as opposed to involving yourself in any other struggles. Believe you me, you’ll be really happy you did!

Your Shui:
There’s just no stellar way around it Gemini, there are times this month, due to pushy and sometimes stinky planetary influences that will cause you to feel a little wacky and a lot wigged out. That’s the perfect time to get the hair for the passport if you ask me. But, in the case that travel to far out destinations isn’t financially feasible then just be sure to keep your mouth closed and your mind open with a good book waiting for you on a beach nearby. The good news is that you can help affect and assimilate all the wonderful inspiration offered you this month by placing a statue of a tortoise (or an image of same will do this trick too) anywhere inside your space. A tortoise, especially one made out of stone, both symbolically as well as physically slows down the movement of Chi and causes life to flow at a slow but really steady pace. If you do decide to enact this adjustment in some sort of 3-D form but don’t have a turtle to help you keep the pace, even placing a small collection of rocks or one heavy stone can promote a similar influence and impact. Be still and be smart and you’ll enter next month ready for all the opportunities that are soon to come your way.