With six planets going into retrograde at the end of August, Tatler’s astrologer Casey Chan explains what each star sign can expect next week
As August ends with six planets in retrograde, consider next week the final leg of what feels like an ultimate slowdown. When Mars enters Libra on August 27, where he stays until the middle of October, it will bring more diplomacy and gentleness into how we do things. Mars governs our actions and energy drive, and Libra is a diplomat at heart—so during this time, we need to navigate conflicts with careful communication and proper consideration to both sides of the story.
Uranus officially joins the retrograde party in the sign of Taurus on August 29. Wherever we find Uranus on our astrology chart, it points to a moment in life when we feel an impulse to make a change or rebel against the system. In its retrograde motion, we are going to experience more of an internal revolution. Over the next five months, consider where in your life you could shake things up a little, especially surrounding rules and structures that may be conventional, but not necessarily beneficial.
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On the last day of August, we welcome a rare cosmic event that is the second full moon of this month. In the sign of watery Pisces, deep emotions and wounding may surface. As we are still navigating Venus in retrograde, these deep feelings might well be related to matters of the heart, perhaps triggered by love or financial challenges.
With Saturn being in conjunction with the Moon, we could experience an ending of a cycle and the completion of a lesson. Think of Saturn as a stern father figure who is here to teach us about accountability, responsibility and strength, while Pisces is the cosmic ocean that holds infinite love, wisdom and compassion. During this time, we are invited to witness ourselves in both our strength and our softness.