August 2
Lammas/Lughnassa
August 3
Chiron Retrogrades at 00° Taurus
August 6
Venus moves into Libra
August 9
Mercury moves into Leo
August 11
Mars moves into Cancer
August 12
New Moon in Leo
Total Solar Eclipse at the New Moon: The Sun and New Moon are conjunct at 20° Leo, and loosely conjunct Jupiter at 09° Leo and Mercury at 05° Leo. The Sun and Moon are opposing a retrograde Neptune at 04° Pisces.
August 16
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period ends
August 22
Sun Moves into Virgo
August 25
Mercury moves into Virgo
Women’s Equality Day
August 27
Full Moon in Pisces (the Barley Moon, Chrysanthemum Moon, Corn Moon, and the Harvest Moon)
Partial Lunar Eclipse at the Full Moon: The Sun is at 04° Virgo, conjunct Mercury at 05° Virgo. The pair is opposing the Moon at 04° Pisces and the North Node at the Anorectic and most powerful degree of 29° Aquarius. Both pairs are squaring Uranus at 05 ° Gemini.
