It doesn't want to let go without a fight.
~ Deborah
Happy Birthday Leo! (July 23-Aug. 23) Okay, down time is over. The next 12 months are all about you: Your home, your work, your shared resources, even, dare we say, your future. You have an itch to get moving, you're raring to go, but...something holds you back. On one hand you have plenty of drive and determination, but on the other you feel frustrated. Obstacles seem strewn across your path like oak leaves after a windstorm. From now till next July is yours but it gets off to a slow start, so trust it will happen and bide your time. The lesson for August is: Compromise and patience
Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) Most experts believe that you Virgo's are far more comfortable as the power behind the throne than actually sitting on the throne itself, but no one works as hard as you do without expecting at least a modicum of recognition for all that running around. And admit it, you're mighty proud of what you've accomplished to date. So why does it feel like everyone gets the credit but you? Don't worry. It's simply a timing thing. This month, support your partners. Next month, in an explosive burst of creativity, your partners support you.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Go ahead: Welcome that partnership, accept that raise, step up to the podium and grab that gavel, you deserve it. You won't even be able to take a coffee break without someone patting you on the back for a job well done. And the hits just keep on coming. You're inspired, brilliant and lucky, especially with friends and acquaintances. You'll spend the next 12 months shaking your head in wonder at the people who show up in the right place, at the right time. But one little caveat: Home life? Not so much. See it as a casualty of war.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.21) The last 12 months were about philosophical and spiritual wool gathering, but that will be the last chance you have to do that for a while. August hits you like a ton of bricks, forcing your hand at work and giving you almost transcendent creativity and intuition. You are as clear thinking now as you were befuddled last month. What were you holding on to, and why? You are perfectly willing to unshackle yourself now, if only that pesky career would let you, so it's a battle. Expect the next 6 months to be revelatory and life-changing, but the real transition happens in December. Get ready.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) It's been stressful watching you guys alternate between Rock-em Sock-em robots and Pachinko (metaphorically) in your quest to figure out just what the *%#k is going on in your life. We tell you to be patient (if you even don't ask) but telling a Sagittarius to be patient is like trying to teach a pig to sing-- it's a waste of time and it annoys the pig. Let's just say this: Relax and enjoy this brief 6 month respite, because when December hits you won't have another one for, say, 3 years.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) This month you have 2 key words: 'Quiet', and 'Small'. August's planetary atmosphere is conflicted, negative, and absolutely not conducive to forward motion or growth, so be smart and imitate Gandhi. As a pioneer of 'Satyagraha', or resistance through non-violent civil disobedience, he became one of the major political and spiritual leaders of his time, and it's a good for you as well. So, be a study in non-violence and non-action. Be patient. Be passive aggressive. Don't push, try to forward your own agenda, or rise to anyone else's aggressive tactics. Just sit on the floor, cross your legs and say "Om".
Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb. 19) In June's 'Fortune' magazine, a Stanford chemical engineering prof talks about how business-genius-then-student Elizabeth Holms came to him with an idea to start a new company. He knew she was stellar, that she viewed complex technical problems in a unique way, and that she may even be like a young, female Bill Gates. Still, he balked. Eventually he gave her his blessing, but not his partnership, so she went on to create 'Theranos', a company valued at more than 9 billion, by herself. This month, she's your guru. Fly solo. Don't waste August trying to wrangle a partnership.
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) This is it: Creativity sparks from your over-active imagination like electricity through a Tesla coil. You're raring to go, to use your ideas to fly higher at work than you've ever flown...but...wait. You may be jumping the gun a little. "I'm ready!", you say. Well, you may be but they're not. So use the first ten days to collect yourself and establish a clear plan of action. Do your paperwork, do your research, dot your 'I's' and cross your 'T's, so you have all the weapons, er, tools you need. Cover all your bases so that nothing can knock you off balance...in December.
Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) Think of what's left of 2014 as a war, August just one battle, and you're a stealth sniper. There's no friendly army backing you up yet and you're only doing re-con work. You may have a good idea of the lay of the land but you're outnumbered by the (metaphorical) enemy. You can't win the whole war by yourself, and you can't actually win this months particular battles, either. The only thing you can do (and for Aries it's counter-intuitive) is to retreat. The factors holding you back this month will give way completely in December.
Taurus (Apr. 21-May-21) August is still focusing on home and partnerships, but instead of a romantic, rosy glow kind of soft-focus, everything seems a bit too sharp. It's as if you're watching a favorite 90's film on your new high def TV: Flaws you never saw before stand out in startling and unforgiving clarity. It can be scary, but exhilarating, because it feels like now you have the whole truth, instead of an idealized version of it and you can maneuver safely. And when the harsh glare moves off of your partnerships in December, you'll be sharing resources with a smile on your face.
Gemini (May 22-June 20) No one gets off easy this month, but you Gemini's experience perhaps the softest landing. Work success is explosive and combines with an almost psychic creativity makes your mind fire off ideas like a 12 piston engine. The biggest problem is, you don't really have any support, almost from Day 1. Gemini's are social creatures and resist the idea of working alone, but keep this in mind: Your colleagues, no matter how polite or supportive they appear, can only win this month if you lose. It's in their best interests to enable your defeat, so watch your back.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) What is it about 'doing the right thing' that is so difficult to pull off this month? Your educational direction and belief systems are busy creating their own religion and you even have acolytes and followers, but here you are at work, forced by circumstances beyond your control to 'do the dirty'. Cancers can be some of the best liars in the Zodiac, but in August you truly want to keep your nose clean, your head down and out of the line of fire, and your hand out of the till. That way, when the s&#t hits the fan it's not your s&#t.
Deborah can be contacted at:
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