When the magic is on, be wise and strong, but when the magic is gone, look out for what is wrong…

Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces

ARIES (21/3-20/4)

You may have had a week of conflict behind you which culminated on the 10th. The atmosphere is filled with enormous discord in the face of constraints, and you may (or have done so already in the past week) break out with aggression and upheaval. Your work place, colleagues and people or institutions of authority are slap bang in the middle of this disagreeable energy. Expect your plans to move in stops and starts. Hostility can take its toll on you psychologically. Your luck will turn towards the middle of the week with three days of expansive opportunities which you should use – without becoming over-confident. Reprieve from work tension can be found at home – with loved ones in deeper affection, bonding and nurturing – for which there is also renewed opportunity now.

TAURUS (21/4-20/5)

Failed plans and cold relationships turn positive in the middle of the week with Mars favouring Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion. After a week of impossible decisions you can move forward from the 13th and implement on a large scale and with enthusiasm. You can turn the tides in your work situation. Money is likely to be abundant, although you may experience stress in making it. Be careful not too push things too far at the end of the week, from the 14th. Towards the end of the week you may feel sensitive about issues in yourself and feel that you need help in understanding your emotions. It is a good time to reflect on your emotional hurts and love scars, and to soothe your own vulnerability.

GEMINI (21/5-20/6)

August is filled with lots of energy for you. It can be an intense period of verbal battles and head-on collisions of various kinds, so be careful in your car or when crossing roads, impatience can cost you! Although this assertive Mars energy can get you into conflict, at the same time you will also make progress and can get productive with you plans. If you put your mind to it, you can wrap up trouble and make fast decisions without sentiment or dwelling on the past. Sexually the energy is still high, but you may struggle to find tenderness under the influence of an urge to assert yourself and make your point. Thursday the 13th is red-hot for sexual expression.

CANCER (21/6-22/7)

Make hay while the sun shines… Venus the love planet is still in homely and affectionate Cancer until the 26th of August. It is a beautiful time for feelings… especially expressed in your home environment, or in activities that make you feel secure and appreciated. You will have a satisfying time with food, love, family and or friends. Enjoy your own moods and sensitivity and ground yourself in the reality of bonds with people close to you. Money will come in, but lavish Venus is likely to spend it on luxuries instead of saving it. Mars, the planet of war and self assertion, which is in direct contrast to sensitive and shy Cancer, is also in your orbit. Be careful in your dream state not to let friends, family, financial matters trip you up.

LEO (23/7-22/8)

It is likely that last week’s eclipse of the Moon has brought a change in your relationship. You may have enjoyed good times, but also a feeling of excess that is not grounded in security and longevity. These matters will become the focus this week. Probably not without storm clouds and issues about money. The best will be to park heated discussions for another time when intense feelings have subsided and you and your lover or partner are willing to be realistic. This will take discipline, which may take a few days to materialise – once you both have realised the sensibility of not arguing for days and nights. Feelings of excess and grandiosity may make you feel that you can eat, drink say and do anything. Rethink that, rechannel your energy.

VIRGO (23/8-22/9)

A difficult week may be ahead for you… Aggressive Mars will pull everything that is unresolved between you and your lover out of the closet. Emotions may run high and wounding can come easily and with fierceness. In addition to this strong energy, Neptune is also causing confusion, like a giant cosmic fog machine. If you have ever driven through fog next to steep cliffs, you will get the picture. Missing a turn or getting confused can happen in the wink of an eye. You will have to take a firm decision to hold back your words and let the energy pass if you don’t want to suffer afterwards from painful emotions and an inability to glue your life together. Take these influences seriously and you will be able to grow through and extremely difficult and challenging period.

LIBRA (23/9-22/10)

You can make solid progress by making the right impression on people you meet related to your work situation. You creative side is energetic and your enthusiasm will take you places. On the darker side of the moon you may experience problems related to your health and with an inability to make sense of your situation, or how to explain it clearly to other people or health professionals. In romantic relationships you may experience some frustration, or your partner may experience some frustration with you in that your emotions are large and promising, but 5 minutes later you dip into rationalisation and lose connection with your body. Ouch. This too will pass.

SCORPIO (23/10-22/11)

Mars is in the eight house of sex, death and mystery. If you do any research or investigation, this is the time to put the puzzle pieces together. You could find yourself in weird circumstances, or having to deal with complicated spiritual issues or cultural situations and issues behind the veil. You are likely to react aggressively and irritable, but at the end of the day you are likely to gain understanding of very deep psychological needs in yourself and others. You become very attracted to training in an occult or foreign ethnic spiritual practise – as long as it has strong physical and dramatic energy that will express hidden feelings. Your relationship should be plain sailing, in that your partner will support you through anxious moments and pick up some of the flack for you. Travelling will be good for both of you…

SAGITTARIUS (23/11-21/12)

The full moon eclipse on the 6th featured in your house of communication and will activate this aspect in your life. You can expect to get a lot more out of communication in the next weeks. It is likely to have an uncanny soothing influence on you from time to time – because dreamy and spiritual Neptune is in the vicinity. Psychic connections and soul mate feelings will abound. There will be much more energy in your arena of partnerships, from lover/s to business. Expect some breakdown in communication as well, because energy from Mars sometimes over-activate situations. If you keep your perspective on the transience of life events, you will be able to get beyond the explosive patches.

CAPRICORN (22/12-20/1)

Unforeseen stressful events can occur in your work situation. Really crazy stuff like an email virus sending you 30 emails while you are in angst about a deadline for something really important that you need to send urgently. It will feel at times that the responsibility you are expected to carry is overbearing. Money matters are generally fine, but you won’t be able to hang on to it and save as you wish. Relationships are good. You experience fulfilling sensuality and you will sometimes wonder why can’t you just remain in the love nest, in stead of going to work…

AQUARIUS (21/1-19/2)

First things first, your hormones may be galloping on Thursday the 13th, so make sure the lube, the tube, the love and the vibe are all in the right place so you don’t fumble around in the dark like a souskluitjie. Your relationships at work are quite harmonious and enjoyable with Venus well-aspected in the sixth house of jobs, tasks, maintenance, health and pets. It is a good time for a new haircut or anything that will enhance your personal beauty, charisma and health – even a visit to your astrologer, the doctor or sangoma, if that will give you peace of mind. It is definitely a time for implementing changes – and you don’t have to wait for a crisis to enforce it this time.

PISCES (20/2-20/3)

The good news is that there may be love and work opportunities. But apart from that, you may be in for a hectic time. Relationships may be really constipated and exhausting, blocked and difficult in progress. Family life and personal life are likely to be subject to upheavals and lots of conflict and open fighting and anger. In spite of work opportunities, stress around too little money and home affairs schlurping up your resources will make you wonder what the heck you have done to deserve this on a lonely planet? Lots of worries and people stepping on your tender toes.