Horoscope and Astrological Overview: August 23 - 29, 2021

Written and Narrated by Pam Younghans. Astrological Overview: August 23 - 29, 2021 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: Venus trine Saturn TUE: Mercury opposite Neptune WED: Mercury sesquiquadrate Saturn, Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter THU: Venus opposite Chiron, Mercury quincunx Eris, Mercury trine Pluto, Moon conjunct Eris (11:00 a.m. PDT), Moon square Pluto (11:02 a.m. PDT) FRI: Neptune conjunct Pallas Athene, Mercury quincunx Jupiter, Pluto square Eris SAT: Venus quincunx Uranus, Sun square nodal axis SUN: Mercury sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mercury enters Libra THESE ARE THE TIMES that we incarnated to be a part of. Yes, there are multiple and varied reasons for each Soul's choice to be embodied on planet Earth in this Now, many of which are unique to the Soul's own growth experience. But there are also grander purposes that we chose to experience in the current lifetime, evolutionary processes that we wanted to partake in, and so we chose this particular timeline. We are moving through one of those pivotal periods that I visualize as a starburst on humanity's timeline. In our pre-life consults, we saw this bright light and knew that it would represent a major shift for all embodied Souls on the planet, and even for those in other dimensional states as well. And we wanted to participate, and to do what we knew we were capable of doing – or, more accurately, to Be who we knew we were capable of Being – to support and facilitate this awakening, this expansion of consciousness, this time of incredibly fast-paced growth. GROWING PAINS associated with this process have been particularly intense throughout the month of August. Situations around the world and in people's personal lives are heating up. We are being pushed beyond our comfort zones, which means we must... Continue Reading at InnerSelf.com (plus audio/mp3 version of article) Music By Caffeine Creek Band, Pixabay 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.