Shuistrology

Your Stars:
All work and no play makes Sag, well, kind of crabby. This month though get ready to get happy as August pledges, promises and then delivers opportunities to bring much needed balance to both of those aforementioned agendas. And this month does that all while throwing some fantasy and fun in between! With both a Full Moon AND a New Moon illuminating, respectively, your houses of communications and also the one related to travel, there will never be a better time than now to plan a little vacation that will pack a lot of positive, interesting and potentially very informative punch. It’s okay to let go of the fear that the other shoe is about to drop while you are high-stepping it around town this month too. Just because you are having a semblance of a personal life in August doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll fall behind or get backed up in your professional one. You can do both! With Mercury, the planet holding the line on the communiqué front firing energies into your 10th House of Fame and Honors on the 2nd, you will feel the start of this month long foray into a sort of faint tug of war between work and play. It will behoove to begin thinking of employing stricter strategies that are self directed and disciplinary towards your job as Mercury’s appearance early on really will enhance your career status. It appears that everyone now notices your competence and confidence and your innate leadership qualities. Those same ones that have been there all along???? Apparently all you needed to get the recognition you deserve was Mercury pulling the trigger and firing the shot heard ‘round your office. This will become even more acute when the innovative Aquarius Full Moon rises on August 5, lighting up your 3rd House of ALL Things Communications. This particular skill set is a strong suit of yours so be perfectly assured that you can now turn an impressive array of ideas into positive actions. In fact, these ideas into actions will support you in the days, weeks and months to come. This Mercury transit and the ensuing Full Moon is actually setting up a busy September that will have you face to face with key and critical decision makers whiles also making an almost indelible mark with some well received (and prepared) projects and presentations. Yeesh, even I need a vacation now. Which is exactly how you are going to feel as well when Mars and Saturn square off on the 10th. This planetary pissing match might make you feel like you are chafing at the bit to feel some freedom and release from the daily demands that you are always so adeptly handling. But encouragement and beneficial blessings from allies and supporters put you in the perfect place to compartmentalize your commitments at the office and the adventure you’d like to go in search of in the big, wide world. Well, just wait because come the 17th you will all of a sudden feel like you can take on that world and then have the best of both. Know why? Because you can! A Sun-Mars sextile as well as Mars trining Neptune during these most super stellar days of your month virtually guarantee that your intuition and instinct are indeed intact and that you can overcome any obstacles towards your dual intents. You find your passion for play and feel like you’ll fit perfectly in anyone’s sandbox thanks to these planetary pairings and waves of energy. Enthusiasm remains intact at end month thanks to the New Moon on the 20th adding an electric charge to your 9th House of Travel and Learning. Imagination and adventure can be found packed inside the pages of a great book or even anywhere an actual weekender ends up getting unpacked. Just be sure to get out of your own way, preferably while getting out of town and you will be so, so, so much the better for it!

Your Shui:
I simply cannot say it any better than this: your vocation might be entirely and even enthusiastically fulfilling for you this month, but, your vacation…ah…your vacation will bring even more inspiration, attitudinal adjustment and positive adventures than even you could have hoped for. You say poe-tae-toe, I say poe-tah-toe. You say toe-mae-toe, I say toe-mah-to. You say vocation and I say vacation. Go on now and pack those bags and beat feet to the nearest agency that can take you to the farthest destinations! Don’t worry about the dichotomy set up between the world of work as the stars are now presenting plenty of grounds for you to get out and play. Their case is made and yours should be packed once you locate the ‘Helpful People and Travel’ area of your home and/or office. Try to hang a six-rod metal windchime in this area to kill two intentions with one chime. Hanging this piece in this place will allow the energies to shift in your travel directions in order to make that goal easy and effortless. At the same time, this adjustment will also begin to ring out your reputation to all the necessary and key players who will now climb out of the woodwork to bring you whatever assistance you need to make your professional dreams come true. All while you’re off on a beach somewhere! This August, just let the rest of the world go by. You’ll be able to catch up and then take your usual lead all too soon enough!