Mercury, the planet of mind and communication, went into the sign Libra on Friday 28 August AEST where it will stay until Nov 2, due to it’s retrograde motion from Sep 19 until Oct 11. Here’s my take on how it may function in that sign. This placement gives good reasoning powers based on objective … Continue reading
Category Archives: astrology aug 2015
Aug 27 Astrology Update
Varij Aug 27 Astro-Update Aug 27 is a most auspicious day as the Sun conjuncts Jupiter, the planet of higher understanding, prosperity consciousness and all round good fortune in Virgo – a once in 12 year occurrence! God is in the detail. Or cooking a meal to perfection is a perfectly valid way to honour … Continue reading
Jupiter in Virgo Quote
A quote from American Transcendantalist Ralph Waldo Emerson, just right for the guru planet Jupiter, now transiting through Virgo, the sign of analysis and discrimination. He has this placement in his birth chart, conjunct his Virgo Ascendant. “We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the … Continue reading
Virgo and Health
Jupiter, the planet of higher mind, enters Virgo on Aug 11, at 9:11 pm, AEST, where it will reside until Sep 10. 2016. To mark this significant astrological event, here’s a vignette on the topic of Virgo and Health, a classic preoccupation of the sign. Virgo and Health Virgo is a mutable, dualistic sign and … Continue reading
Mercury enters Virgo Aug 8
Mercury entered Virgo this morning, Aug 8 AEST, where it will reside until the 28th of August. This is a happy home for Mercury as it is dignified there. Here’s my take on how it may express in that sign. Virgo gives Mercury a gift for analysis and a versatile practical intelligence that facilitates precise, … Continue reading
Aug 6, 2015 Brief Astrology Update
This week’s major planetary alignment is the stellar Mercury, Venus, Jupiter conjunction in Leo squaring a newly direct, but still slow moving Saturn in Scorpio. A moment of truth has arrived. Am I as good, great and deserving of love and success as I think I am? The stage is set for a decisive encounter … Continue reading
