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August 2023 Horoscope: Predictions for Gemini
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Overview for this Month: Gemini (All)
August 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Gemini:
August begins with an eye-opening Full Moon in your spirit sector, dear Gemini, ushering in new information that changes your perspective. A project or pursuit can blossom now, or you may recognize the need to get away from it all and take a break from the usual routine. Even so, the prominent themes in your chart for August tend to keep you closer to home. A strong focus on the solar third house suggests extra attention to your daily affairs, current projects, people close to you, and studies. Additionally, home and family life grab more and more of your attention.
You have a special interest in learning, connecting, communicating, and branching out. There are better times for focused concentration, but you're in great shape to explore your options and learn new information. August is excellent for studies, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors.
Mars continues to transit your home and family sector until the 27th, energizing your domestic world. It's a time of higher energy and perhaps some commotion or agitation in your personal life or family unit. Directing energy into household projects and family activities can be constructive and satisfying.
Venus is retrograde all month, and your ruler, Mercury, is retrograde from the 23rd forward. As you see past relationships and expectations in a different light, you naturally redefine what you now want and need from your connections and projects. Further information can surface that shines a light on a past issue, or there can be a connection made with someone from your past. Either way, you can feel as if you're starting fresh, but it's important to note that there will be more to the story after Venus turns direct in early September.
August can bring a chance to redo a significant project or to return to a project or research that once seemed to be a lost cause. Instead, you could recognize a line of study, personal interest, or calling that fits you better.
You can be quite focused on bringing more harmony to your communications, daily life, and relationships in August. You might concern yourself with understanding matters from the past, mainly related to your relationships and projects, and you may be returning to old conversations, ideas, or studies. From the 13th forward, you're processing these new insights. Later, when Venus turns direct on September 3rd, you'll start applying them.
Aim to keep your cool and take your time with important decisions. You may need to fix some problems or deal with delays. However, it's a time of great ideas and increased enjoyment of your domestic life. Positive action or support can come from behind the scenes or unexpected sources. You could consider reviving an old relationship or discover a secret attraction. Opportunities to bring your work home with you are possible now, or you could work especially well in solitude or privacy. You might choose to focus your energy on a pet project or something genuinely worth pursuing. It can be an excellent time to break through an emotional barrier or resolve a home-related problem.
The Sun moves into your home and family sector on the 23rd, and you're bringing more heart to your personal life. Mars moves harmoniously with your sign from the 27th, lightening your load and boosting your confidence.
Working on fine-tuning, editing, and refining projects can be helpful and satisfying. In the last days of August, there can be a turning point for a career or life path matter. You might attract attention for positive efforts or a good deed. Pacing yourself comes more naturally to you now. Your ability to mediate, negotiate, and treat others fairly is in strong focus today, and the people around you especially appreciate you.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Gemini (Born May 22 to 31) and Gemini Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Gemini:
August 2023 Gemini Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until August 23rd:
The Sun continues to highlight your solar third house--a time of the year in which you are most likely to be a "busy bee". Communications, short trips, errand-running, and general busy-ness feature now. You could have a finger in many pies, so to speak, as your curiosity is piqued by a larger variety of things than usual. Used well, this could be a period in which you come up with solutions to a number of problems. You are more inclined to take pride in your intellectual accomplishments and/or your ability to socialize and make connections.
From August 23rd forward:
With the Sun spotlighting your house of family and home, these areas are your instinctive focus during this period. Your family, home, property concerns, roots, and heritage come into focus and become a source of pride. You are likely quite preoccupied with feelings of security and your inner experiences. This is a time when you send down roots and seek a feeling of belonging. You could be thrust into a position of leadership on the home front.
Ego confrontations with family members are possible now, but the best way to handle this energy is to do your best to strengthen your relationship with your family and your home base. This is a time to do what you can to build trust in your family life and a strong foundation within yourself so that regardless of what you meet in the outside world over the next months, you have a secure place to return to. Besides spending more time tending to domestic affairs, the focus can be on cultivating and nourishing the inner foundations that support you and your growth. This is a time to collect yourself--to fill your well, so to speak.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Venus is retrograde all month (from July 22nd to September 3rd):
Venus retrograde in general: As the planet of love and values, Venus retrograde periods are periods during which we re-assess what--and who--we value. It is a period that most astrologers consider inopportune for getting married or starting a new relationship. Major financial undertakings are not advised during this period as well.
Venus retrograde cycles are good times for creating budgets and financial plans, and for re-thinking our personal relationships. Old friends and lovers may re-appear, perhaps complicating current relationships. We are called upon to deal with relationship issues from the past. Events occur that seem fated or predestined.
It can be a real challenge getting close to a lover during this period of time. Unorthodox, experimental, and non-intimate relationships may be favored. Relationships that have been especially challenging may come to an end during this cycle.
However, strong relationships will survive it, even if there are a few bumps and bruises along the way. For singles, this is a good time for "eyes wide open" or experimental dating. It is not a time when people recognize the need for another person to complete them, or some people may be questioning whether they are with partners who actually fulfill them. This period is good for re-evaluating our relationship needs; but, again, major love decisions are best saved for after the cycle ends.
This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs in your third house of communication, siblings, and neighbors. You may withdraw from chit-chatting during this period, and this might alienate a few people, especially siblings and perhaps neighbors.
Conversely, you might find it hard to derive satisfaction from these people, or from learning situations in general. Communications may seem insincere. In fact, you may have a hard time getting your ideas across in a warm, genuine manner. You may be misreading body language as well.
For some, conversations about love or about past relationships can figure strongly, and much can be gained from these! However, cut this off it becomes too much.
Because Venus rules your romance sector, don't jump to conclusions if a lover is acting a little distant. Wait it out. Venus also rules your twelfth house, and your desires from love and relationship may be hard to figure out for the time being.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
All month:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fourth house. Your thoughts tend to revolve around personal matters, especially family, home, and domestic issues. You enjoy, more than usual, discussions and stories about the past and about family.
You are more rational and objective when it comes to your relationships with those close to you, so it is, in fact, a good time to open up discussions with family. There can be increased activities in and around the home during this cycle. You are not as interested in worldly matters and career as you are in your personal life for the time being.
Mercury is retrograde from August 23rd to September 15th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of your personal presentation or image to others and communications with family because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Because Mercury is your sign's ruler, all of the common Mercury Retrograde issues may apply. Put off making important decisions with regards to family and domestic matters (Virgo-ruled for you) just now, and take care when it comes to communicating with family members.
Occurring in your solar fourth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to family relations, real estate matters, and domestic issues. Be as non-judgmental as you can with family members. It may be challenging to keep a healthy perspective regarding deeply personal matters and family. Family members may be on edge, or appear to be. Home repairs may not turn out as expected. Try to put off major decision- making with regards to home improvement, moving, and family matters for the time being. New initiatives surrounding home and property are best left for a better time, but reworking and reorganizing your home can be especially fruitful now.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 27th:
Mars continues to activate your solar fourth house. More energy and enthusiasm is brought to your home life, but there can also be a tendency to stir up trouble if you are not careful to channel any excess energy into constructive and productive pursuits around the home. You desire to take the lead, but you should do so in a respectful way so as not to get anyone's goat.
From the 27th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar fifth house. This is a very self-expressive time when you have lots of energy, but not necessarily self-discipline to match. You have more energy at your disposal to express yourself creatively, through activities with children, romantic activities, hobbies, or sports. Your love life may step up a notch, and this could be an especially passionate time. You tend to put more energy into play and pleasure! Be careful not to burn the candle at both ends. Also, watch out for a tendency to want to gamble. You are more playful than usual, and especially magnetic. You have a likeably competitive, more energetic, and pleasingly assertive temperament during this transit. However, in some cases, you may be coming on too strong or aggressively, or meeting with aggressiveness in romantic relationships.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Gemini:
August begins with an eye-opening Full Moon in your spirit sector, dear Gemini, ushering in new information that changes your perspective. A project or pursuit can blossom now, or you may recognize the need to get away from it all and take a break from the usual routine. Even so, the prominent themes in your chart for August tend to keep you closer to home. A strong focus on the solar third house suggests extra attention to your daily affairs, current projects, people close to you, and studies. Additionally, home and family life grab more and more of your attention.
You have a special interest in learning, connecting, communicating, and branching out. There are better times for focused concentration, but you're in great shape to explore your options and learn new information. August is excellent for studies, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors.
Mars continues to transit your home and family sector until the 27th, energizing your domestic world. It's a time of higher energy and perhaps some commotion or agitation in your personal life or family unit. Directing energy into household projects and family activities can be constructive and satisfying.
Venus is retrograde all month, and your ruler, Mercury, is retrograde from the 23rd forward. As you see past relationships and expectations in a different light, you naturally redefine what you now want and need from your connections and projects. Further information can surface that shines a light on a past issue, or there can be a connection made with someone from your past. Either way, you can feel as if you're starting fresh, but it's important to note that there will be more to the story after Venus turns direct in early September.
August can bring a chance to redo a significant project or to return to a project or research that once seemed to be a lost cause. Instead, you could recognize a line of study, personal interest, or calling that fits you better.
You can be quite focused on bringing more harmony to your communications, daily life, and relationships in August. You might concern yourself with understanding matters from the past, mainly related to your relationships and projects, and you may be returning to old conversations, ideas, or studies. From the 13th forward, you're processing these new insights. Later, when Venus turns direct on September 3rd, you'll start applying them.
Aim to keep your cool and take your time with important decisions. You may need to fix some problems or deal with delays. However, it's a time of great ideas and increased enjoyment of your domestic life. Positive action or support can come from behind the scenes or unexpected sources. You could consider reviving an old relationship or discover a secret attraction. Opportunities to bring your work home with you are possible now, or you could work especially well in solitude or privacy. You might choose to focus your energy on a pet project or something genuinely worth pursuing. It can be an excellent time to break through an emotional barrier or resolve a home-related problem.
The Sun moves into your home and family sector on the 23rd, and you're bringing more heart to your personal life. Mars moves harmoniously with your sign from the 27th, lightening your load and boosting your confidence.
Working on fine-tuning, editing, and refining projects can be helpful and satisfying. In the last days of August, there can be a turning point for a career or life path matter. You might attract attention for positive efforts or a good deed. Pacing yourself comes more naturally to you now. Your ability to mediate, negotiate, and treat others fairly is in strong focus today, and the people around you especially appreciate you.
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See also general trends for Gemini in 2023.
See also detailed 2023 Yearly Horoscope for Gemini.
Gemini (Born June 1 to 11) and Gemini Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Gemini:
August 2023 Gemini Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun is illuminating your communications sector now, suggesting "busy-ness" and movement. You are exploring and searching, making connections, and paying more attention to your immediate environment. Social interaction is in emphasis during this period, and is, for the most part, light-hearted.
Give other people a little extra time and attention, notice their efforts on your behalf, and strengthen your connections. You are more curious and alert than usual, and you could be quite busy with errands, paperwork, phone calls, and light socializing. Much energy is expended in understanding and adapting to your immediate environment. Siblings, neighbors, close relatives, friends, and co-workers may play a more important role than usual in your life during this cycle.
You are more interested in exploring your own neighborhood than you are of something entirely new. This is not a time of big adventure-seeking! Rather, it's a time of little adventures close to home.
Neither is this a time when you are especially focused. In fact, you could have a finger in many pies right now. You are especially resourceful, and you could find yourself enjoying (or seeking) attention for your intellectual know-how. The ability to express and communicate your ideas is extremely important to you at this time. You are eager to investigate new things, whether scientific or technical.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Venus is retrograde all month (from July 22nd to September 3rd):
Venus retrograde in general: As the planet of love and values, Venus retrograde periods are periods during which we re-assess what--and who--we value. It is a period that most astrologers consider inopportune for getting married or starting a new relationship. Major financial undertakings are not advised during this period as well.
Venus retrograde cycles are good times for creating budgets and financial plans, and for re-thinking our personal relationships. Old friends and lovers may re-appear, perhaps complicating current relationships. We are called upon to deal with relationship issues from the past. Events occur that seem fated or predestined.
It can be a real challenge getting close to a lover during this period of time. Unorthodox, experimental, and non-intimate relationships may be favored. Relationships that have been especially challenging may come to an end during this cycle.
However, strong relationships will survive it, even if there are a few bumps and bruises along the way. For singles, this is a good time for "eyes wide open" or experimental dating. It is not a time when people recognize the need for another person to complete them, or some people may be questioning whether they are with partners who actually fulfill them. This period is good for re-evaluating our relationship needs; but, again, major love decisions are best saved for after the cycle ends.
This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs in your third house of communication, siblings, and neighbors. You may withdraw from chit-chatting during this period, and this might alienate a few people, especially siblings and perhaps neighbors.
Conversely, you might find it hard to derive satisfaction from these people, or from learning situations in general. Communications may seem insincere. In fact, you may have a hard time getting your ideas across in a warm, genuine manner. You may be misreading body language as well.
For some, conversations about love or about past relationships can figure strongly, and much can be gained from these! However, cut this off it becomes too much.
Because Venus rules your romance sector, don't jump to conclusions if a lover is acting a little distant. Wait it out. Venus also rules your twelfth house, and your desires from love and relationship may be hard to figure out for the time being.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From August 5th:
Mercury moves through your solar fourth house. This is a time during which you can enjoy increased powers of concentration. You may require solitude in order to get mental work done during this cycle. Your memory is more retentive than usual, and your thoughts often turn to personal matters, family, and loved ones. You might particularly enjoy discussions about your early life, the past, or family matters during this cycle. In fact, it's a great time to open up conversations with loved ones, as you are more rational when it comes to personal matters now.
Your mind often wanders to domestic concerns, and issues surrounding your home, family, and personal past. On the other hand, this transit sometimes indicates an especially busy, and perhaps hectic, period on the domestic scene. For example, you might take home work or find that people drop by your home often during this cycle.
Mercury is retrograde from August 23rd to September 15th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of your personal presentation or image to others and communications with family because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Because Mercury is your sign's ruler, all of the common Mercury Retrograde issues may apply. Put off making important decisions with regards to family and domestic matters (Virgo-ruled for you) just now, and take care when it comes to communicating with family members.
Occurring in your solar fourth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to family relations, real estate matters, and domestic issues. Be as non-judgmental as you can with family members. It may be challenging to keep a healthy perspective regarding deeply personal matters and family. Family members may be on edge, or appear to be. Home repairs may not turn out as expected. Try to put off major decision- making with regards to home improvement, moving, and family matters for the time being. New initiatives surrounding home and property are best left for a better time, but reworking and reorganizing your home can be especially fruitful now.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to activate your solar fourth house. More energy and enthusiasm is brought to your home life, but there can also be a tendency to stir up trouble if you are not careful to channel any excess energy into constructive and productive pursuits around the home. You desire to take the lead, but you should do so in a respectful way so as not to get anyone's goat.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Gemini:
August begins with an eye-opening Full Moon in your spirit sector, dear Gemini, ushering in new information that changes your perspective. A project or pursuit can blossom now, or you may recognize the need to get away from it all and take a break from the usual routine. Even so, the prominent themes in your chart for August tend to keep you closer to home. A strong focus on the solar third house suggests extra attention to your daily affairs, current projects, people close to you, and studies. Additionally, home and family life grab more and more of your attention.
You have a special interest in learning, connecting, communicating, and branching out. There are better times for focused concentration, but you're in great shape to explore your options and learn new information. August is excellent for studies, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors.
Mars continues to transit your home and family sector until the 27th, energizing your domestic world. It's a time of higher energy and perhaps some commotion or agitation in your personal life or family unit. Directing energy into household projects and family activities can be constructive and satisfying.
Venus is retrograde all month, and your ruler, Mercury, is retrograde from the 23rd forward. As you see past relationships and expectations in a different light, you naturally redefine what you now want and need from your connections and projects. Further information can surface that shines a light on a past issue, or there can be a connection made with someone from your past. Either way, you can feel as if you're starting fresh, but it's important to note that there will be more to the story after Venus turns direct in early September.
August can bring a chance to redo a significant project or to return to a project or research that once seemed to be a lost cause. Instead, you could recognize a line of study, personal interest, or calling that fits you better.
You can be quite focused on bringing more harmony to your communications, daily life, and relationships in August. You might concern yourself with understanding matters from the past, mainly related to your relationships and projects, and you may be returning to old conversations, ideas, or studies. From the 13th forward, you're processing these new insights. Later, when Venus turns direct on September 3rd, you'll start applying them.
Aim to keep your cool and take your time with important decisions. You may need to fix some problems or deal with delays. However, it's a time of great ideas and increased enjoyment of your domestic life. Positive action or support can come from behind the scenes or unexpected sources. You could consider reviving an old relationship or discover a secret attraction. Opportunities to bring your work home with you are possible now, or you could work especially well in solitude or privacy. You might choose to focus your energy on a pet project or something genuinely worth pursuing. It can be an excellent time to break through an emotional barrier or resolve a home-related problem.
The Sun moves into your home and family sector on the 23rd, and you're bringing more heart to your personal life. Mars moves harmoniously with your sign from the 27th, lightening your load and boosting your confidence.
Working on fine-tuning, editing, and refining projects can be helpful and satisfying. In the last days of August, there can be a turning point for a career or life path matter. You might attract attention for positive efforts or a good deed. Pacing yourself comes more naturally to you now. Your ability to mediate, negotiate, and treat others fairly is in strong focus today, and the people around you especially appreciate you.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Gemini in 2023.
See also detailed 2023 Yearly Horoscope for Gemini.
Gemini (Born June 12 to 21)
AND Gemini Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Gemini:
August 2023 Gemini Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until August 12th:
The Sun continues to transit your solar second house. This is the most "financial" period of the year for you. You might have a more materialistic view of life for the time being, or you have an increased interest in your own possessions, during this cycle. You are more attracted to objects and possessions that give you a sense of comfort, status, or luxury now.
You probably should be on the lookout for a tendency to create your own financial stress due to extravagant spending habits. At this point in the year, you are unlikely to take many risks, however, and you can be quite resistant to change. This is a time when "comfort zones" are more important to you than usual--you value the familiar.
From August 13th forward:
The Sun is illuminating your communications sector now, suggesting "busy-ness" and movement. You are exploring and searching, making connections, and paying more attention to your immediate environment. Social interaction is in emphasis during this period, and is, for the most part, light-hearted.
Give other people a little extra time and attention, notice their efforts on your behalf, and strengthen your connections. You are more curious and alert than usual, and you could be quite busy with errands, paperwork, phone calls, and light socializing. Much energy is expended in understanding and adapting to your immediate environment. Siblings, neighbors, close relatives, friends, and co-workers may play a more important role than usual in your life during this cycle.
You are more interested in exploring your own neighborhood than you are of something entirely new. This is not a time of big adventure-seeking! Rather, it's a time of little adventures close to home.
Neither is this a time when you are especially focused. In fact, you could have a finger in many pies right now. You are especially resourceful, and you could find yourself enjoying (or seeking) attention for your intellectual know-how. The ability to express and communicate your ideas is extremely important to you at this time. You are eager to investigate new things, whether scientific or technical.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Venus is retrograde all month (from July 22nd to September 3rd):
Venus retrograde in general: As the planet of love and values, Venus retrograde periods are periods during which we re-assess what--and who--we value. It is a period that most astrologers consider inopportune for getting married or starting a new relationship. Major financial undertakings are not advised during this period as well.
Venus retrograde cycles are good times for creating budgets and financial plans, and for re-thinking our personal relationships. Old friends and lovers may re-appear, perhaps complicating current relationships. We are called upon to deal with relationship issues from the past. Events occur that seem fated or predestined.
It can be a real challenge getting close to a lover during this period of time. Unorthodox, experimental, and non-intimate relationships may be favored. Relationships that have been especially challenging may come to an end during this cycle.
However, strong relationships will survive it, even if there are a few bumps and bruises along the way. For singles, this is a good time for "eyes wide open" or experimental dating. It is not a time when people recognize the need for another person to complete them, or some people may be questioning whether they are with partners who actually fulfill them. This period is good for re-evaluating our relationship needs; but, again, major love decisions are best saved for after the cycle ends.
This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in your second house of money and values. As such, in addition to the general cautions associated with Venus retrograde, hold on to your money.
Take the time to re-think your sources of income and how you spend your cash during this period, and avoid making any big purchases until a few weeks after the retrograde. You might use this time to work on how you attract (or repel) the income you deserve.
Because Venus rules your romance sector, don't jump to conclusions if a lover is acting a little distant. Wait it out. Venus also rules your twelfth house, and your desires from love and relationship may be hard to figure out for the time being.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until August 17th:
Mercury continues to move through your solar third house. Mercury feels right at home in the third house. Your mind is especially inquisitive during this cycle, when learning, short trips, and other forms of communication and making connections, appeal strongly. Some are fidgety or nervous during this cycle, perhaps due to increased errand-running, phone calls, or information overload. Others enjoy the challenge of tackling a variety of subjects.
As well, talking, writing, and studying can be good ways to handle stress. It's a great time to pick up information from your environment and the people in it. Your mind is often distracted, particularly when required to stick to routine, so this is not the best transit for focusing on one task or project. You might spend a lot of time in your car making short frequent trips, running errands, communicating with siblings and neighbors, and visiting friends and relatives.
From August 18th:
Mercury moves through your solar fourth house. This is a time during which you can enjoy increased powers of concentration. You may require solitude in order to get mental work done during this cycle. Your memory is more retentive than usual, and your thoughts often turn to personal matters, family, and loved ones. You might particularly enjoy discussions about your early life, the past, or family matters during this cycle. In fact, it's a great time to open up conversations with loved ones, as you are more rational when it comes to personal matters now.
Your mind often wanders to domestic concerns, and issues surrounding your home, family, and personal past. On the other hand, this transit sometimes indicates an especially busy, and perhaps hectic, period on the domestic scene. For example, you might take home work or find that people drop by your home often during this cycle.
Mercury is retrograde from August 23rd to September 15th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of your personal presentation or image to others and communications with family because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Because Mercury is your sign's ruler, all of the common Mercury Retrograde issues may apply. Put off making important decisions with regards to family and domestic matters (Virgo-ruled for you) just now, and take care when it comes to communicating with family members.
Occurring in your solar fourth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to family relations, real estate matters, and domestic issues. Be as non-judgmental as you can with family members. It may be challenging to keep a healthy perspective regarding deeply personal matters and family. Family members may be on edge, or appear to be. Home repairs may not turn out as expected. Try to put off major decision- making with regards to home improvement, moving, and family matters for the time being. New initiatives surrounding home and property are best left for a better time, but reworking and reorganizing your home can be especially fruitful now.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 11th:
Mars continues to activate and energize your solar third house now. You may be especially busy running errands and tending to daily activities during this cycle. It's a strong time for putting your energy into intellectual projects or studies. You tend to communicate in a more direct manner now, and you might want to be careful that you don't come across as insensitive or abrasive. You may find it too easy to become impatient with others if they seem to be taking up too much of your time, such as with other drivers or with people who are not speaking as directly as you are. Channel your extra energy into mental tasks so that this transit can be highly stimulating (instead of stressful).
From the 12th:
Mars activates and energizes your solar fourth house. You have more energy at your disposal for domestic projects or activities. Because your actions are governed by your instincts during this period, you may be especially defensive and protective. You may work hard at making yourself feel more secure, and you may be called upon to take charge on the home and family front. You may have more energy to invest in homemaking, house repairs, redecorating, or family activities. In fact, if you are feeling very restless, moody, or defensive during this period, it would be a good idea to do any of these things! You may have an increased desire to rule the roost, and if this transit stimulates conflict or disputes, it is likely to be family-related--you may have arguments with them, about them, or on their behalf. You may also encounter opposition from career-related matters or people. You may get worked up about old angers or regarding emotional issues from the past that are resurfacing now.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Gemini:
August begins with an eye-opening Full Moon in your spirit sector, dear Gemini, ushering in new information that changes your perspective. A project or pursuit can blossom now, or you may recognize the need to get away from it all and take a break from the usual routine. Even so, the prominent themes in your chart for August tend to keep you closer to home. A strong focus on the solar third house suggests extra attention to your daily affairs, current projects, people close to you, and studies. Additionally, home and family life grab more and more of your attention.
You have a special interest in learning, connecting, communicating, and branching out. There are better times for focused concentration, but you're in great shape to explore your options and learn new information. August is excellent for studies, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors.
Mars continues to transit your home and family sector until the 27th, energizing your domestic world. It's a time of higher energy and perhaps some commotion or agitation in your personal life or family unit. Directing energy into household projects and family activities can be constructive and satisfying.
Venus is retrograde all month, and your ruler, Mercury, is retrograde from the 23rd forward. As you see past relationships and expectations in a different light, you naturally redefine what you now want and need from your connections and projects. Further information can surface that shines a light on a past issue, or there can be a connection made with someone from your past. Either way, you can feel as if you're starting fresh, but it's important to note that there will be more to the story after Venus turns direct in early September.
August can bring a chance to redo a significant project or to return to a project or research that once seemed to be a lost cause. Instead, you could recognize a line of study, personal interest, or calling that fits you better.
You can be quite focused on bringing more harmony to your communications, daily life, and relationships in August. You might concern yourself with understanding matters from the past, mainly related to your relationships and projects, and you may be returning to old conversations, ideas, or studies. From the 13th forward, you're processing these new insights. Later, when Venus turns direct on September 3rd, you'll start applying them.
Aim to keep your cool and take your time with important decisions. You may need to fix some problems or deal with delays. However, it's a time of great ideas and increased enjoyment of your domestic life. Positive action or support can come from behind the scenes or unexpected sources. You could consider reviving an old relationship or discover a secret attraction. Opportunities to bring your work home with you are possible now, or you could work especially well in solitude or privacy. You might choose to focus your energy on a pet project or something genuinely worth pursuing. It can be an excellent time to break through an emotional barrier or resolve a home-related problem.
The Sun moves into your home and family sector on the 23rd, and you're bringing more heart to your personal life. Mars moves harmoniously with your sign from the 27th, lightening your load and boosting your confidence.
Working on fine-tuning, editing, and refining projects can be helpful and satisfying. In the last days of August, there can be a turning point for a career or life path matter. You might attract attention for positive efforts or a good deed. Pacing yourself comes more naturally to you now. Your ability to mediate, negotiate, and treat others fairly is in strong focus today, and the people around you especially appreciate you.
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Because these energies or transits do not unfold neatly into any given calendar month (many transits carry forward from one month to the next), you will find some of the energies continue from the previous month.
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