The Stars This Week: "Pay Attention!" - August 11 - August 17, 2008

[I Have A Dream]

Pay Attention!

08/11/08 - 08/17/08

When the Sun in confident Leo opposes spiritual Neptune on August 15, it's important to balance your own needs with others. The August 16 lunar eclipse in group-minded Aquarius underscores this theme! Keep you eyes and ears open toward the end of the week as warrior Mars squares intense Pluto. Communing with your spirituality is wonderful, but when you're challenged to stand up for yourself, make sure you know how to do that in a positive way!

August 15: Sun opposite Neptune

While it's important to be confident about your own abilities, it's also essential to keep the greater good in mind. At this midway point of the Neptune retrograde cycle (which began May 26) tune in to your hopes and dreams. Examine how you can live your life more fully. Yet Neptune in Aquarius is quite community-minded, so your circumstances will let you know where reaching out to others is not only necessary, but personally fulfilling as well. This opposition in tomorrow's lunar eclipse makes this aspect doubly important! For greater insight, examine the house in your birth chart where this opposition occurs.

August 16: Lunar eclipse in Aquarius

Lunar eclipses are dramatic visually -- and they portend dramatic earthly events as well! This current eclipse in independent Aquarius is no exception. Eclipses are highlighters and bring awareness to what needs your attention. Dynamic aspect patterns are present in this eclipse including this week's Sun/Neptune opposition and the Mars/Pluto square. Also incorporated is an explain-yourself Saturn/Mercury conjunction. Watch what you say because somebody takes the gloves off in the midst of a rather confusing situation. Luckily, next week's Sun trine Pluto suggests that somebody will step forward in a good way and take control. Maybe it'll be you!

August 16: Mars square Pluto

Go-getter Mars traveling through the last couple of degrees in efficient Virgo comes into challenging contact with powerful Pluto, currently in its retrograde in belief-driven Sagittarius. All those plans you've instituted the last several weeks now need a major transformation. Whether you overhaul something or stand up and prove yourself -- now is the time. You'll be tested, but this is your opportunity to show the world you have what it takes to be successful. Keep in mind that how you handle challenges and disagreements says a lot about you.

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[marions ghost]

1. thank you

I certainly have had a "pay attention" shock in my life this week...a culmination of five years of tension and paralysis....for better or worse things are moving again...