WEEK OF August 10 – 1 6, 2020
Give people a chance before you jump down their throats on Thursday, August 13! Your planetary rulers, aggro Mars (in feisty Aries) and provocateur Pluto (in controlling Capricorn), form their annual tense square, which can do a number on your temper and stress levels. Mars is on a long, slow haul through your critical sixth house, and the edgy beam from penetrating Pluto in your expressive third house can set you off like a volcano. It’ll be easy to spew an angry rant—and TBH it might feel incredible in the moment. But when the dust settles and the other person limps away wounded, you’re going to come out looking like the bad guy. So unless you’re 100 perfectly willing to lose a friend or ally, the onus is on YOU to find a way to channel these negative emotions into something more palatable. It’s a Scorpio instinct to brandish that deadly stinger, but that’s a kneejerk reaction you don’t have to fall back on. Remember, your sign’s totems include the high-flying (and all-seeing) eagle AND the transformational phoenix. If you can talk yourself down off the ledge—or get a grounded friend to play that role—you’ll gain a wider and wiser perspective on the whole dynamic. Could you just bring your differences to the negotiation table and discuss them like adults—with a neutral third party to mediate if necessary? If you really feel offended by what someone has done and aren’t able to accept their explanation (or even apology), then at the very least, get yourself out of the vortex and don’t even THINK about interacting with them till tomorrow; ideally next week. And while you’re stewing in your juices, why not look at any role in this situation that YOU might have had. Truth: Conflicts are seldom caused by just one party.
A closer, more intimate relationship might go sideways without much warning on Saturday, so to the extent you can, expect the unexpected! Volatile Uranus kicks off its annual retrograde, reversing through Taurus and your partnership house for five months. This doesn’t mean your good thing will come to a screeching halt (although some wobbly connections can start to reveal the cracks in the foundation). This is an annual occurrence, and for the past few years, you’ve experienced it in this realm. Use your Spidey senses to get a read on things—especially if communication lines get scrambled. You prefer relationships that are clear and stable and give you a fair amount of control! Ah, but that’s love—and Uranus retrograde—for you! If you’re in a relationship, you might start to feel like you’re getting mixed signals from bae—or suddenly YOU could feel like pulling a disappearing act after a recent flash flood of intensity. Some longtime couples may need to “open things up” a bit, but for everyone’s sake, TALK about it before you do anything. Singles can become hugely frustrated with swiping-texting-virtual-everything’ing, and crave real connection. The upside of this yearly transit is that it gives you a chance to reflect deeply on the status quo—and ways to shift it around if you’re not satisfied. But nothing too rash, please! You’ve got until January 14, 2021, to make some decisions and changes, with plenty of time to test-drive the options.
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