Astrological Overview and Horoscope: August 15- 21, 2022

Written and Narrated by Pam Younghans. Astrological Overview: August 15 - 21, 2022 Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart. Aspects of Note this Week: All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time. (For Eastern Time, add 3 hours; For Greenwich Mean Time, add 7 hours.) MON: Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter TUE: Mercury trine Uranus WED: Sun quincunx Neptune, Sun trine Eris; Moon in Aries conjunct Eris and square Pluto THU: Venus trine Jupiter, Mercury quincunx Saturn; Moon in Taurus conjunct Uranus and square Saturn FRI: Sun quincunx Pluto, Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune SAT: Mars enters Gemini SUN: Mercury opposite Neptune, Mars semisquare Chiron **** THE HEAT OF AUGUST: No matter what season it is where you live, the heat is definitely turned up this month. The challenging energies of the Pluto-Eris square and the Saturn-Uranus square, which I wrote about last week, are building now and will be with us through early November. On top of that, the planet Uranus is very strong right now, since it is moving very slowly in anticipation of stationing retrograde on August 24. The influence of a planet when it is moving slowly versus when it is moving at normal speed can be likened to the difference between walking in filtered sunlight versus standing still, in direct sun, at high noon. The heat of the sun hasn't suddenly changed, but we feel its effects more profoundly because the energy is more focused in our experience. For the rest of August, we... Continue Reading this article at InnerSelf.com (plus audio/mp3 version of article) Music by Caffeine Creek Band, Pixabay ***** The Journal entry is usually updated by Sunday evening, with the recordings appearing late Sunday or by Monday depending on your time zone. Please share this information with those who might benefit. ***** For previous weeks of the Astrological Journal, click here. ***** About the Author Pam Younghans is a professional astrologer, editor, and writer. She lives in a log home northeast of Seattle, Washington with her beloved animal companions. She has been interpreting charts professionally for over 25 years.