August Astromedy
With the Sun and his noisy friends Mercury and Mars gallivanting in Leo, it's time for you to shine and succeed in the house currently hosting this effervescent pack of planets. Here are some hints to help you get the most out of August:
Leo Rising: Whoa! Not the shy, retiring type to start with, your life seems like a three-ring circus with the Sun, Mercury and Mars all vying for attention in your first house this month. My advice to you: Bask in the Glory! You feel good, you sound good, and You Look Mahvelous, Dahling. If you've got some contacts to make, do it! No one, and I mean no one, can resist you right now. Be sure to carry extra hankies because everyone around you is drooling.
Virgo Rising: With the cosmic cluster in your 12th house, you may be tempted to sit around and analyze your navel, the mysteries of life, or the blueprints for your new house's plumbing system. Well, stop it right now. Venus slips into your first house August 7, and she's a harbinger of things to come. Take this golden opportunity to get yourself a summer makeover so you look vibrantly spectacular next month when the sun steps demurely into your first house. All eyes will be on you. Really, they will. I know better than to kid a Virgo Rising about such things. You'll look Mahvelous!
Libra Rising: Could there BE a better time for summer entertaining, my gentle Libra Rising friends? I don't THINK so! You've got old friends calling, stopping by, and probably a bunch of kids running through your house. No worries! Fire up the barbie and bring it on! And I have no doubt that fabulous home and garden of yours looks Mahvelous.
Scorpio Rising: Power up, dudes and dudettes! You've got the big cosmic hoe-down in your 10th house. If you're in sales - it's gonna be a BIG month, and I mean $BIG$. Just THINKING about new business brings it in. Who's going to give the best speeches at the Republican and Democratic conventions? Find the Scorpio Rising. And if you just hate your job, polish your resume, dust off that portfolio and get yourself out there NOW. You look Mahvelous, Dahling!
Sagittarius Rising: It doesn't get any better than this. The Sun's in your 9th house and you get to realize your Mahvelous Sag-rising urges. Send me a post card from wherever it is you land! While I admit that the more subdued among you will forego travel in preference to reading about Esoteric Thought in Ancient Rome, do it with flair! Mount an expedition to the main library and speak Latin all day! (Call me and I'll Veni-Vidi-Vici with you!)
Capricorn Rising: This is probably your favorite time of year. The sun's in your 8th house and while some of us would be having wild, erotic dreams, you're helping your folks review their finances by day, and fantasizing about how to invest your inheritance by night. With all that money, one day you'll look Mahvelous! Meanwhile, get some sun, Cappy Rising. We're getting tired of your motel-tan.
Aquarius Rising: There's only ONE thing that would make this month perfect -- if the Sun in your relationships house manifested as a real life LEO walking into your life. Oh, Aquarius Rising, I know how you feel. We all have our addictions. If one doesn't show up, there's always chocolate. Those of you who DO have that special someone(s) might want to consider popping the question this month. Ha ha ha, just yanking your chain! That joke was Mahvelous!
Pisces Rising: Happy little Pisces Rising, you're taking inventory of personal health issues this month. If you get confused, just flutter your lashes over your pretty blue eyes and I'll bet a nice Virgo will magically appear to help you sort it all out. It's worth it. You'll feel Mahvelous! And for the Pisces Risings are studying healing, I need to talk to you about my lower back...
Aries Rising: GET OVER YOURSELF! Good grief. Aries Rising is bad enough, but now the sun's in your fifth house and you're, like, TOTALLY on stage. Yes, Aries, you DO look Mahvelous and we applaud the fact that you exist. We are all SO enriched by it. Meanwhile, we wait impatiently for the sun to move into your 6th house so you get back to work! Sheesh!
Taurus Rising: There is no such thing as an August travel vacation for Taurus Rising. You did it again, didn't you? Summer vacation at home, enjoying crossing off every item on your home improvement "to-do" list, camping out in the back yard with the kids, the dog, and your cellphone programmed with the Mosquito Abatement Hotline. By the way, your sunburn looks Mahvelous!
Gemini Rising: With the Sun in your Third House, Gemini Rising, you ... hey! Where'd you go? Ah, you're back. OK. With the Sun in your Third House ... Stop interrupting me! Um, where was I? The Sun in ... NOW where are you? Gemini Rising is a bit TOO Gemini this month. If you live with one, take a Xanax and let nature take it's course.
Cancer Rising: Hey, Cancer, deal with it. The sun's in your second house and you're going to have to SPEND MONEY. I can feel you clutching your check book already, preparing to pounce on the Labor Day sales. But, really, Cancer, you can indulge yourself NOW. May I suggest that little antique store you've been afraid to walk into? Go buy something Mahvelous!
