August has been an absolutely wild month, but this week we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. After a month of pivots, pain points and (some well fought) progress, things are settling down.
Love planet Venus is the star of the week as she connects with rebellious Uranus on the 27th, faces off with mystical Neptune on the 28th, and then enters her home sign of Libra on the 29th before making an energizing trine to cathartic Pluto. What that means in plain English is: when it comes to love, art and beauty, we’re taking risks, opening our hearts, and then gaining a fresh (yet very solid perspective) on what commitment and stability even means. Now’s the time to date outside your type, pick up a new instrument or switch up and simplify your beauty routine. This isn’t about rocking the boat but about finding a balanced grounding. As the kids are saying “Very demure! Very mindful!”
Mercury retrograde ends on the 28th and the days that follow bring some necessary stillness. If you’re still feeling overstimulated from August’s rollercoaster ride, the weekend should be a calming balm for the nervous system. The moon enters Leo on the 30th and spends the entire day on the 31st traveling between connections with benefic planets Venus and Jupiter bringing us a whole lot of well-deserved sweetness during the quiet days before the new moon.
(Horoscopes follow for each sign. If you know your rising sign, reading for that sign too will provide further insight.)