Astrological Overview: August 14 - 20, 2023

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 (GMT), add 7 hours. Monday: Venus trine Chiron, Saturn semisquare ChironTuesday: Sun square UranusWednesday: New Moon 2:37 a.m. PDT, Mars trine Uranus, Mercury quincunx ChironThursday: No major aspects are exact todayFriday: Sun trine ErisSaturday: No major aspects are exact todaySunday: Sun quincunx Neptune **** LEO NEW MOON: Our second (of three) lunations this month is a dramatic New Moon that occurs this Wednesday, August 16. The Sun and Moon will align at 2:37 a.m. PDT on that day, when the two Lights are at 23°27´ Leo. This New Moon and the new lunar cycle that begins on Wednesday are likely to bring surprising twists and turns, and many sudden changes that test our adaptability. The excitement is due to a tight square between the New Moon and radical Uranus, at the same time that the sideways-spinning planet is strongly activated by a trine to energizing Mars (also exact on Wednesday). Continue Reading