WEEK OF August 21 – 2 7, 2023
Settle onto your meditation cushion; queue up some guided meditations. This Wednesday, August 23, kicks off your annual monthlong introspective cycle, with the Sun hunkered down in Virgo and your twelfth house of reflection, letting go and healing. This is the final chapter of your solar year, the perfect time for some deep psychic clearing. Before the Sun beams into Libra on September 23, launching your astrological New Year, you’ll want to have done the inner work so you can start with a clean slate. This solar slowdown helps you prioritize being quiet and still, and keep your phone tucked away. It’s too easy for you to get distracted by other people, so you’ll have to be extra disciplined with yourself. But it’s a worthwhile mission, because if you pay attention—and maybe work with a professional—you can identify and move through sticking points that have been holding you back. What have you been clinging to, Libra? Is it a certain relationship (whether out of a misplaced sense of loyalty or wishful thinking)? Or perhaps it’s your inner saboteur, who keeps messing things up as you’re on the threshold of a new high point. Surround yourself with positive, supportive people, and leave plenty of space over the next four weeks for your feelings to arise, which, by the way, could run the gamut from joy to grief to anger—and back again.
You may have to work a little harder to see things for what they really are starting on Wednesday, because analytical Mercury turns retrograde in Virgo and your introverted twelfth house until September 15. It might be necessary to rethink a relationship or situation that’s reached the point of no return. If you’ve done everything in your power to be supportive and find a mutually acceptable solution to no avail, it may be time to cut your losses. If you get into classic Libran analysis paralysis, reach out to an objective pal or professional who can talk you through the thought process. It’s never easy for your people-oriented sign to lose a friend (or lover), but if spinning your wheels is holding you back, it’s time. Take until early September (or longer) to process and heal. And ask yourself what drove you to choose this in the first place—and why did you stay so long? Once you recognize a pattern, you can begin to break it for good.
But not to worry, Libra: You won’t spend all your time “processing.” On Sunday, exuberant Mars blasts into your sign and self-authorized first house after being away for nearly two years! From now until October 12, the warrior planet’s invigorating beams will turbocharge your competitive spirit, inspiring you to pursue your passions. But don’t expect the world to beat a path to your door. What will bring your vision to life are your efforts. So a good question to ask yourself now is, what’s needed to get you from where you are to where you’d love to be next year? Do you need a copywriter, photographer, designer or maybe a branding specialist or publicist to spread the word? Mars also ups the lust quotient in your life, so you can look forward to your mojo spiking over the coming six and a half weeks. Have your fun, but don’t let a good one slip away because you’re so busy chasing after something that’s fuel for your ego but not a true vibrational match.
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