- The Moon is in Aquarius.
- The Moon is waxing and in its Waxing Gibbous phase until the Full Moon at 2:10 PM, after which the Moon is waning and in its Full phase.
- The Full Moon (Lunar Eclipse) occurs today at 2:10 PM in the sign of Aquarius.
- Mercury is in its pre-retrograde shadow (Mercury will retrograde from August 12-September 5).
Horoscopes
Aries
Your social life can be laced with drama now and in the coming weeks, dear Aries. Children, love affairs, group associations, and friends are areas of your life that are touched by a Lunar Eclipse that occurs today. Your feelings for someone, about a relationship, or about romance, in general, can be pivotal now, reaching a turning point. You might also come to powerful realizations about long-term happiness goals. Events occurring now are designed to push you in the right direction – along a more authentic path. Pay particular attention to your feelings and realizations this week so that you prepare yourself for related new beginnings after the Solar Eclipse on the 21st. You need this background now to make meaningful choices later.
Taurus
Emotions are heightened today with a Lunar Eclipse that acts as a supercharged Full Moon, dear Taurus, affecting your life for many months. This can push recognition or awards, or it may result in a change in your career path. The need to put your past behind you is strong so that you can make necessary changes in both your personal and professional lives. Your approach now is bolder than others expect of you, and you could be stirring up a bit of controversy! A project can come to fruition, or those things you’ve swept under the carpet demand attention now and in the coming weeks. You’ve been very focused on home and family or your private world these days, and now your responsibilities to the outside world call. You’ll have more time to sort out the delicate home-work balance over the coming year and a half, but you’re getting distinct prompts to begin sorting everything out now.
Gemini
The Lunar Eclipse challenges you to confront some important, perhaps previously buried, issues in your life, dear Gemini, particularly related to ideas and beliefs. Remember that you are likely to be driven by instincts today, rather than reason or logic, and while it’s a powerful time for the discovery of your feelings on a matter, you may need to let everything sink in before coming to conclusions. Taking control of your life requires time and energy, so resolve to make changes, but don’t expect immediate results. This eclipse generates a lot of emotional and mental energy and focusing it all can be difficult. Give yourself time to process any news or new information coming your way. Commitments to travel, belief systems, publishing, or learning endeavors may come up for inspection in the weeks ahead. This eclipse also prompts you to fit more extracurricular activities into your life. It’s a time for expanding your skills and knowledge as well as exploring new ideas and ideologies.
Cancer
The Lunar Eclipse that occurs this afternoon stimulates a turning point, realization, or epiphanies surrounding financial, ownership, intimate, or sharing matters, dear Cancer. Now and in the coming weeks, there may be some drama with regards to financial support, taxes, debts, investments, or a close relationship and its power dynamics or issues of trust. There can be new money coming into your life or the need to shuffle around your finances to accommodate changes. This eclipse brings buried or long-brewing situations to a head or the surface. Tensions revolving around money can quickly emerge now. This is a time for reaching a settlement or making changes in the way you depend on others. While resolutions may not come just yet, events and realizations can get the ball rolling towards that end.
Leo
There has been quite a bit of focus on your personality and personal plans recently, dear Leo, with more of this theme to come! However, with today’s Lunar Eclipse in your opposite sign (Aquarius), your attention is pulled to the perspective, agenda, or needs of a significant other. This can help balance things out, although you could feel temporarily drained or overwhelmed. There is likely to be an unusual amount of social and relationship activity in the coming weeks. It can be a time of increased invitations or social engagements, new clients, or other circumstances that get you more involved with others. It can be a time for an important announcement, or a commitment might be an issue on the table now. Epiphanies about a significant relationship can lead to substantial changes. Events over the next while help you define your life concerning your partnership needs.
Virgo
The Lunar Eclipse this afternoon can challenge you to deal with loose ends, looming deadlines, health matters, or scheduling issues, dear Virgo. Realizations occurring now can prompt you to get going on an exercise or nutrition program that you know you have to do to feel more balanced, or there can be a culmination of a job or work project that gets you to a turning point. Demands seem to be high now, and emotions are on the strong side. Disruptions are highly likely now, but while they may seem annoying, they can help redirect you on a more authentic path. You have a good sense that if you stay on top of the demands, you’ll be able to make meaningful changes. Resolutions come to matters that need to be put behind you so that you can begin anew. Hunches about your work, services, or health are likely to be correct now.
Libra
Revelations or news surrounding children in your life or a romantic partner can occur now and in the coming weeks, dear Libra. There might be illumination in a romantic affair and possibly some tests, but the path is being cleared for more clarity in the future. The energy of the partial Lunar Eclipse that occurs today can shed new light on a friendship or romance, or even a creative project. Your true feelings about a person, romance, or a project can flood your awareness, and this everything changes as a result! There can be a culmination or turning point now. Letting something go makes room for a rush of new creativity flowing. This is a time for connecting with a cause, group, or your community and balancing it all with your personal life. You won’t have all the answers yet, but you’re certainly on your way.
Scorpio
The Lunar Eclipse that occurs this afternoon is emotionally charged and inspires realizations or epiphanies, dear Scorpio. Feelings that you held at bay or haven’t yet acknowledged are impossible to ignore now! What emerges now tends to clear the path for improvements in your life, particularly related to career, reputation, status, home, and family. For some of you, there could be home repairs, family dramas, or internal changes to deal with in the coming weeks, and you’re in the position to balance out your attention to outside responsibilities and your personal life. If you’ve been over-extending yourself, and many of you have, you need to find ways to get more down time. You may need to do some catch-up work around the home or with family.
Sagittarius
Emotions run high today with a Lunar Eclipse in your communications and transportation sector, dear Sagittarius, leading to important discoveries, ideas, and changes in your mindset or attitude. Watch for impulsive self-expression, but give weight to your emotions and any new feelings experienced now. A culmination of a writing or learning project can occur for some of you. Publicity and promotion are themes. There can be a sudden rush to handle your daily affairs after perhaps excessive attention to everything but! For some, a change of plans prompts a scuffle of activity. Themes related to travel, belief systems, communications, transportation, and making connections are big now and this month and today’s eclipse reminds you of connecting with your true feelings about what you’re learning, communicating, and sharing.
Capricorn
Heightened emotions surrounding money and possessions, as well as personal values and talents, can be a theme now with a Lunar Eclipse landing in your resources sector this afternoon, dear Capricorn. Even though this is a partial eclipse, it nevertheless holds power over you to face feelings and make changes and improvements that get you to a stronger sense of security, predictability, and safety. You might experience a significant revelation about money or business, or you could be dealing with matters related to your values and sense of self-worth, as well as boundaries in a relationship. Realizations about how to better handle or manage your money can occur now. This lunation can serve as a push to get on top of your finances. Show your abilities in the best possible way now, as others are noticing. Take your time before making any pivotal decisions, but aim to examine what feelings come to the surface now and this week, however raw they may be at the moment.
Aquarius
A Lunar Eclipse occurs in your sign today, dear Aquarius, and you experience an emotional awakening of sorts. The truth you face now is about something that’s been with you for some time, but that you haven’t yet acknowledged or fully noticed. Emotions run high, especially surrounding a personal matter or close relationship, and even with all of the emotional excitement, you’re liable to feel energetically drained. A Lunar Eclipse has the effect of a super-charged Full Moon — it heightens your emotions and can bring about a significant revelation, likely to do with your feelings about someone or about your image and personal impact. An extraordinary culmination can also occur now. Events or epiphanies happening now seem to force a desire to make big changes — even a personal reinvention of sorts — related to your sense of independence.
Pisces
With a Lunar Eclipse occurring today, there may be some tough decision making or pressure that forces an issue, dear Pisces. Disruptions in your routine force you to pull yourself away from the daily grind. Put your fears aside and deal head-on (or heart-on) with whatever comes your way. Remember that as one door shuts, another opens. Watch for speaking about a matter too soon, however, as the Lunar Eclipse occurs in your privacy sector. There is a stronger need for rest and reflection or time alone. In fact, circumstances happening now and in the coming weeks will force you to get this break if you don’t make it happen of your own accord. A work or health matter can come to a head now for some of you, but it’s also a time to put more effort and energy into taking care of your emotional health.
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Astrology of Today – The Details:
If you’re astrologically inclined and interested in the details of the Astrology of today, here are some of the factors considered in the forecasts:
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 0:00 am
Event: Moon in Aquarius
Description: The Moon in Aquarius
This is generally a good time for social pursuits, group projects, trying something new, joining a group, and networking. A change of pace refreshes. Hobbies, clubs, and groups may demand attention now. It is time to build networks and cooperate. Humanitarian pursuits are highlighted.
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 2:10 pm
Event: Full Moon at 15°Aq25′
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 2:10 pm
Event: Lunar Partial Eclipse (FM)
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 2:38 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Qnx Ves
Description: Transiting Moon Quincunx Transiting Vesta
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 4:15 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Qnx Mer
Description: Transiting Moon Quincunx Transiting Mercury
It can be difficult to be objective at this time. This can be a “foot in mouth” time. We should think before we speak, or there could be hurt feelings.
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 4:39 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqr Pal
Description: Transiting Moon Square Transiting Pallas
Our judgment may be temporarily impaired by excessive emotions, or emotional bias. We may be experiencing a conundrum. Someone’s belief or idea can make us feel insecure or out of sorts, or otherwise rub us the wrong way. There can be sensitivity to others’ opinions experienced now.
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 5:36 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cpl Sun
Description: Transiting Moon ContraParallel Transiting Sun
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 6:41 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Opp Mar
Description: Transiting Moon Opposition Transiting Mars
We may be acting on impulse now, and if we’ve been holding back our feelings, they might burst up and out now. There can be touchiness, we can be temperamental, but also courageous. There could be domestic conflict or a conflict within ourselves (whether or not to express something, or to act upon a desire).
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 6:45 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Qnx Cer
Description: Transiting Moon Quincunx Transiting Ceres
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 10:03 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Chi
Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Chiron
Hurt feelings may be opportunities for healing. Now is the time for building bridges, not burning them.
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 2:10 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Opp Sun
Description: Transiting Moon Opposition Transiting Sun
A Full Moon occurs now. Discrepancies between our actions and your emotional needs can reach a head. This is a time for acknowledging our feelings, but there is also a need for some self-control.
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 7:05 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Jup
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Jupiter
We want to do good and to honor our inner code. We don’t sweat the small stuff right now. We are generous with our energy, time, and money. A great time to take up new feel-good opportunities. Show your confidence and optimism and reap the rewards.
Date & Time: Aug 7 2017 8:38 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Jun
Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Juno
There may be clinging or controlling behavior if we are driven by our fears. Hypersensitivity and moodiness are possible. Tread lightly with tricky emotional issues.
Strong Signs, Elements, Modes
BALANCE OF SIGNS
LEO STRONG
Self-confident, generous, warm-hearted, powerful leader, dramatic. Can be overly proud, vain, extravagant, arrogant.
AQUARIUS STRONG
Humanitarian, innovative, group conscious, progressive, serving others. Can be rebellious, eccentric, aloof, emotionally superficial, overly extroverted.
BALANCE OF ELEMENTS
FIRE STRONG
Fire is enthusiastic, dynamic, and spontaneous, but lacks reflection. We are more courageous and adventurous now, with a tendency to act before thinking. There is little concern about what happened in the past. We are competitive and possibly impatient or bored easily.
BALANCE OF MODES
The modes are balanced.
LUNAR PHASE: GIBBOUS
Moon 135 to 180 degrees ahead of the Sun.
We are looking to attach value and meaning to our goals. This is a time for analyzing, questioning, perfecting, and improving.
The following aspects (major only) and positions are at noon (EDT) on August 7th:
Note that when an aspect is applying, it has not yet happened but is within orb – it’s pending. When an aspect is separating, it has already happened/perfected and is moving away from the aspect. Depending on the speed of the planet/body involved, the aspect will have perfected–or will perfect–in a matter of hours (often the case with the Moon), days, months, and possibly years in the case of the very slow-moving outer planets and bodies.
Note that the Moon moves at a rate of approximately one degree every 2 hours, so that if an aspect involving the Moon is applying and has an orb of 5 degrees, the aspect will perfect (be exact) in about 10 hours. If the Moon is separating from an aspect with an orb of 2 degrees, it has already formed said aspect approximately 4 hours ago (since the following are positions at noon today, then it would have occurred at about 8 AM today).
**I suggest paying close attention to applying aspects. The energy of the aspect builds as it gets closer to exact. Once an aspect involving inner planets has happened, it’s over. Separating aspects are good to know for context, but in terms of energy that is with us today, applying aspects are most important. (This is the case for daily astrology influences involving inner planets, which pass quickly, and not natal astrology aspects, which are with us for a lifetime).
THE MOON
THE MOON IN AQUARIUS
You feel secure with intellect rather than emotions. You may be aloof from emotions, or distrust emotions as irrational and unpredictable. You may have viewed your mother as emotionally erratic.
15TH DEGREE OF AQUARIUS
Part of Body: Lymph vessels of right lower leg
Sabian Symbol: Two lovebirds sitting on a fence.
ASPECTS OF THE MOON
OPPOSITION THE SUN Orb 1°02′ Applying
Discrepancies between our actions and emotional needs can reach a head. This is a time for acknowledging our feelings, but there is also a need for some self-control.
OPPOSITION MARS Orb 2°36′ Separating
We may be acting on impulse now, and if we’ve been holding back our feelings, they might burst up and out now. There can be touchiness, we can be temperamental, but also courageous. There could be domestic conflict or a conflict within ourselves (whether or not to express something, or to act upon a desire).
TRINE JUPITER Orb 3°39′ Applying
We can be motivated to honor our inner code. We don’t sweat the small stuff right now. We are generous with our energy, time, and money. A great time to take up new feel-good opportunities. Show your confidence and optimism and reap the rewards.
CONJUNCTION THE SOUTH NODE Orb 9°53′ Applying
We can be sticking with what’s familiar instead of reaching out and challenging ourselves now.
THE SUN
THE SUN IN LEO
You are good-hearted, have a sunny personality, and a strong need for attention. You have a generous nature, but can be arrogant.
16TH DEGREE OF LEO
Part of Body: Left atrium
Sabian Symbol: Sunshine just after a storm.
ASPECTS OF THE SUN
CONJUNCTION MARS Orb 3°39′ Separating
We are more direct, spontaneous, and impulsive now, but can also be too self-focused and impatient.
SEXTILE JUPITER Orb 2°36′ Applying
There can be a good, nice, and healthy feeling of optimism and confidence now. We might promote, publish, advertise, or market with greater success. We are generous and tolerant, giving people the benefit of the doubt, expecting the best from others and from ourselves. We can see the big picture.
TRINE SATURN Orb 6°06′ Applying
We are taking pride in our responsibilities or performance. This can be a time of steady progress and increased self-discipline. We are more inclined to humble ourselves to authority or good advice, and tend to employ traditional methods.
QUINCUNX NEPTUNE Orb 1°44′ Separating
Dreaming, creating, and imagining have better results than hard decision making right now. There can be a temporary loss/lack of clarity. We can be questoning whether what we are doing or pursuing feeds our spiritual needs. Make adjustments if there is a discrepancy.
QUINCUNX PLUTO Orb 2°07′ Applying
We could have a hard time deciding how to proceed about a matter. There may be a moral dilemma now, or a tough decision between taking the high road or the low road. We may be resisting change that is necessary in order to move forward or let go of something. We may be in denial about our own personal power or ambition.
CONJUNCTION THE NORTH NODE Orb 8°51′ Applying
We might come to realizations of personal or professional truths, and these can propel us forward on a new path, or advance our current goals. People tend to support and assist us now. We might recognize our need for others. This is a good time for setting goals.
MERCURY
MERCURY IN VIRGO
You have a discriminating mind, and can be critical and analytical. You can also become obsessed with detailed knowledge. This may be to your detriment in daily life, although it is very beneficial for doing any kind of research. You like to be precise in your communications with others.
11TH DEGREE OF VIRGO
Part of Body: Falciform
Sabian Symbol: A boy moulded in his mother’s aspirations for him.
ASPECTS OF MERCURY
SEXTILE VENUS Orb 2°15′ Applying
We are sociable, making connections, dipllomatic, and ready to negotiate. Expressions of affection or clarifications of feelings.
OPPOSITION NEPTUNE Orb 3°10′ Applying
Our minds open to many different possibilities and options. We can feel inspired or we might be thinking in imaginative or possibly impractical ways. We see beyond physical or material concerns and solutions. There is extra sensitivity now. We may be dealing with deceptions or self-deceptions, and it can be difficult to be discriminating. We may not be seeing the obvious, and instead are imagining more complicated scenarios.
VENUS
VENUS IN CANCER
You place emphasis on family relations. You will form strong emotional bonds within your own tribe. You may have an emotional need for financial security.
9TH DEGREE OF CANCER
Part of Body: Pylorus
Sabian Symbol: A tiny nude miss reaching in the water for a fish.
ASPECTS OF VENUS
TRINE NEPTUNE Orb 5°25′ Applying
We are more sensitive to others’ needs and wants, and more desirous of harmony, love, beauty, and balance. We are generous, compassionate, open, and vulnerable. Spiritual/emotional concerns trump material ones at this time.
MARS
MARS IN LEO
You have a strong need to express your personal creativity. You may display dramatic and confident behaviour, and like to make an impact on your surroundings. You may also be arrogant.
12TH DEGREE OF LEO
Part of Body: Vertebral column
Sabian Symbol: An evening lawn party.
ASPECTS OF MARS
QUINCUNX NEPTUNE Orb 1°55′ Applying
We can feel vaguely discontented and without direction under this influence. The tendency to be careless is also strong now. Poor judgment or laziness can prevent us from realizing our plans.
JUPITER
JUPITER IN LIBRA
You have a strong concern for justice. You are a diplomatic teacher, and express your spiritual values in your relationships.
18TH DEGREE OF LIBRA
Part of Body: Fatty capsule of kidneys
Sabian Symbol: Two men placed under arrest.
ASPECTS OF JUPITER
SEXTILE SATURN Orb 3°29′ Applying
You have a chance to be very successful as you are neither profligate nor mean, but have a balance.
SQUARE PLUTO Orb 0°28′ Separating
You will need to learn to have confidence in yourself even when life deals you a few blows. You range from over confident to completely lacking in confidence. The truth lies somewhere in between.
SATURN
SATURN IN SAGITTARIUS
Saturn in Sagittarius asks us to take on the responsibility of living according to our personal truths and principles — and to be loyal to these. This is a time for turning a critical eye to those beliefs and principles that don’t accurately reflect our authentic selves. (December 23, 2014, to June 14, 2015, then September 17, 2015, to December 20, 2017)
22ND DEGREE OF SAGITTARIUS
Part of Body: Right trochanter
Sabian Symbol: A laundry.
URANUS IN ARIES
The urge to start fresh, to break free from restrictive attitudes or circumstances, to totally redesign an area of our lives (or even our personalities), and to gain freedom through independence is strong during this cycle. (May 27, 2010, to August 13, 2010, then March 11th, 2011 to May 15, 2018, then November 6, 2018, to March 6, 2019).
29TH DEGREE OF ARIES
Part of Body: Auditory canal
Sabian Symbol: A celestial choir singing.
NEPTUNE
NEPTUNE IN PISCES
A long-term influence in which fantasy, imagination, compassion, and spirituality are in stronger focus. (April 4, 2011, to August 4, 2011, then February 3, 2012, to March 30, 2025, then October 22, 2025, to January 26, 2026)
14TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Right cutaneous veins
Sabian Symbol: A lady in fox fur.
PLUTO
PLUTO IN CAPRICORN
Tests of our boundaries; breaking down and rebuilding structures and rules. (From January 25, 2008, to June 14, 2008, then November 26, 2008, to March 23, 2023, then June 11, 2023, to January 20, 2024, then September 1, 2024, to November 19, 2024).
18TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Ligaments of right knee
Sabian Symbol: The union jack flies from a new british destroyer.
Chiron, Major Asteroids, and Moon’s Nodes: in Sign and in Aspect
CHIRON
CHIRON IN PISCES
Strong awareness of our own vulnerabilities and humanity stimulates compassion for others. (April 20 to July 20, 2010, then February 8, 2011, to April 17, 2018, then September 25, 2018, to February 18, 2019).
29TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Toenails of right foot
Sabian Symbol: A prism.
VESTA IN VIRGO
You have a perfectionist streak. You work hard and expect the same from other people. You need to avoid being overly critical. Positively, you have the ability to set up efficient and productive routines at work.
10TH DEGREE OF VIRGO
Part of Body: Left hepatic lobe, bile
Sabian Symbol: Two heads looking out and beyond the shadows.
PALLAS
PALLAS IN TAURUS
You have the ability to see the beauty in nature and the arts. You have much common sense and wisdom. You may become involved in either healing with your hands, or healing the earth through environmental movements.
11TH DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: Cervical and brachial plexi
Sabian Symbol: A woman sprinkling flowers.
JUNO
JUNO IN CAPRICORN
You want a partner who you can respect, and who respects you. You seek long-term commitment and may marry later in life.
4TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Cutaneous nerves of lower leg
Sabian Symbol: A party entering a large canoe.
CERES
CERES IN CANCER
Your ability to nurture others is closely linked with your own relationship with your mother. If you had a close and loving relationship with your mother then you will enjoy the same with others in your adult life. If not, you may form dependent relationships.
12TH DEGREE OF CANCER
Part of Body: Greater curvature of stomach
Sabian Symbol: A woman nursing a baby with a message.
THE NORTH NODE
THE NORTH NODE IN LEO
This a quest to develop your inner strength. You may find that you experience times of loneliness. These times are part of your lesson to forge your own creative life in order to give generously to the world.
25TH DEGREE OF LEO
Part of Body: Pericardium
Sabian Symbol: A large camel crossing the desert.
THE SOUTH NODE
THE SOUTH NODE IN AQUARIUS
This a quest to develop your inner strength. You may find that you experience times of loneliness. These times are part of your lesson to forge your own creative life in order to give generously to the world.
25TH DEGREE OF AQUARIUS
Part of Body: Left tibialis anterior muscle
Sabian Symbol: A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed.
*** CONJUNCTIONS TO SELECT FIXED STARS ***
Transits 7 Aug 2017 – Event Chart
Aspects to Sun 15°Le19 +16°14′
Cnj 15°Le26 DUBHE Loving but forceful
Aspects to Ven 08°Cn10 +21°57′
Cnj 07°Cn25 MIRZAM To have one’s say.
Aspects to Plu 17°Cp27 -21°35′
Cnj 16°Cp53 RUKBAT Steadiness and strength.
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