Thursday, AUGUST 8

Today’s Venus-Jupiter trine stimulates friendly energy and our desire for the ideal, and it can lift our spirits. This aspect helps to both soften and strengthen us. We are big-hearted, and our feelings are big, begging expression. Gestures tend to be thoughtful and verbal. We’re hopeful, cheerful, and cooperative. This is a friendly and possibly lazy or self-indulgent time. Our tolerance for rudeness or crassness decreases. We are quick to find meaning in our social connections. We are especially open and trusting of others, expecting the best, and both integrity and loyalty are favored.

Even so, we’re heading toward a Venus-Saturn quincunx that is exact early tomorrow, bound to pull up realistic or material considerations. This influence can present a dilemma or difficulties feeling entirely at ease with others and making satisfying choices for entertainment or pleasure. It may leave us feeling torn between joy and responsibility, and perhaps not able to fully appreciate or deal with either. The Moon continues its transit of Scorpio until 4:35 PM EDT, after which it transits virtuous Sagittarius.

The Moon is void from 10:58 AM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a trine to Mercury), until the Moon enters Sagittarius at 4:35 PM EDT.