Mercury, Jupiter and Mars are marginally affected by this eclipse. Thus there can be some minor financial disruption, more change in spiritual or charitable organizations you’re involved with, more dramas in the lives of gurus and guru figures, and more psychological confrontations with death.
Saturn moves away from his stressful aspect with you on July 1. Health, which has been good all year, gets even better – and it will be still be good even after the 23rd when the Sun makes a stressful aspect with you. True, it is not one of your best health periods, but nothing serious seems to be happening there. You can enhance your health even further through arm and shoulder massage. Shoulder massage will also help the neck, which is always important for Taureans.
Finances are good this month. Venus will spend all month in your money house again. This shows your focus. By the spiritual law we get what we focus on. It also indicates gaining money from work. Your good work ethic is money in the bank. Your financial planet Mercury will spend the month in your 3rd house. This favours trading, retailing, buying and selling. It favours a good marketing and advertising strategy for whatever you are doing. Until the 12th your financial intuition is good; afterwards it needs some verification. The only financial complication – aside from the eclipse of the 5th – is Mercury’s retrograde on the 12th. Avoid making major purchases or investments after that date: try to wrap things up before then.
You are entering the midnight hour of your year, beginning on the 23rd. But this midnight hour is different to most. You’re not soundly asleep. You’re still very focused on the career and outer affairs. Figuratively speaking it is as if you sleep and then wake up, sleep and then wake. You nap and then focus on your outer life. Still, as we said last month, you can shift some energy to the home and family.
August
Best Days Overall: 1, 2, 10, 11, 19, 20, 28, 29
Most Stressful Days Overall: 3, 4, 17, 18, 23, 24, 30, 31
Best Days for Love: 2, 3, 4, 11, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24, 29
Best Days for Money: 2, 8, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 28, 29
Best Days for Career: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 19, 20, 28, 29, 30, 31
Planetary retrograde activity is very intense this month. From the 15th onwards half the planets are in retrograde motion. This is not quite the maximum for the year but we’re close to it. Things slow down in the world. Taurus handles this slow down better than most. You are patient by nature.
The upper half of your chart – the day side – is still stronger than the lower half. But the retrograde planets are all in the upper half of your chart. Even your career planet, Uranus, is retrograde from the 15th onwards. So you may as well focus on the home, family and your emotional wellness. Career issues will need time to resolve.
Venus has been in your money house for four months now, but on the 7th she moves into your 3rd house of communication and intellectual interests. So you are more focused on these things. You’re reading more, studying more, talking more and connecting more with others. It is a good transit for students below college level and for marketing people, PR people and retailers. Your mind is sharper now and the communication skills more enhanced.
Health is good overall but this is not one of your best health months. You will feel the difference after the 22nd when your health and energy return to their usual levels. In the meantime you can enhance your health and energy through arm and shoulder massage until the 7th, and through abdominal massage after that date. Diet becomes important healthwise after the 7th.
Finances are not a major interest after the 7th but still look good. Mercury is now moving speedily. You make quick progress. You have multiple paths to earnings. Until the 5th sales, marketing, PR, teaching and writing – mental activities – are profitable. Neighbours seem helpful. Until the 20th there is good financial support from the family. You are probably spending more on the home and family too. From the 5th to the end of the month you have happy money – money that is earned in happy ways and spent on happy things. Probably you spend more on the children or children figures in your life. You are more speculative than usual too. Taureans are not known as free spenders, but from the 5th to the 20th you seem to be.
Love is complicated this month – especially after the 7th. Your love planet, Pluto, is still retrograde. And Venus, your ruler, is in opposition to the love planet. So you and your current love are distant from each other. This might not be physical distance but psychological distance. You see things in opposite ways. There is a need to bridge your differences this month.
September
Best Days Overall: 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 24, 25
Most Stressful Days Overall: 14, 15, 20, 21, 26, 27
Best Days for Love: 2, 3, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Best Days for Money: 6, 7, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27
Best Days for Career: 6, 7, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27
Since August 20 there has been a Grand Trine in the Earth signs – your native element. This is very fortunate for you and you are comfortable with a lot of earth. Further, your financial planet was part of this Grand Trine. So there has been prosperity. Mercury moves out of this Grand Trine on the 5th, so earnings will require more work and effort. There are more financial challenges happening. Mercury will be in your 6th house of health and work until the 27th. This indicates earnings that come from work – from employment and second jobs. It is not the aspect of a lottery winner. (Last month was better for speculations than this month.) In spite of the increased retrograde activity this month – we will be at the maximum amount for the year from the 9th to the 12th (and after the 12th we will still have half the plants moving backwards) – it doesn’t seem to affect you financially. Earnings are moving forward.
The Western, social sector of your chart increased in strength last month and this month it is even stronger. It is now the dominant sector. So the social life is becoming more active and more important. Personal independence is weaker than usual. Now is a time to put the interests of others ahead of your own. Good comes to you through the good graces of others. It is time to cultivate your social skills. This is especially true in the realm of finances from the 27th onwards. Your social grace plays an important role here.
Your love planet Pluto is still retrograde, so important love decisions – one way or another – are best postponed. This is a time for social review and for attaining social clarity.
Health is good and you are more focused here after the 22nd. This is a month for focusing on your emotional health and wellbeing. Your health planet Venus enters your 4th house on the 6th and your family planet, the Sun, enters your 6th house of health on the 22nd. You might be more focused on the health of family members than on your own. Work to keep your moods positive and constructive and all will be well.
The upper half of your Horoscope has been dominant all year and this month, on the 27th, it becomes even more so. The focus is on the career. The only problem is the retrograde of your career planet, which will go on for many more months. So focus, but research and study your career moves. Resolve your doubts.
October
Best Days Overall: 4, 5, 13, 14, 21, 23, 31
Most Stressful Days Overall: 11, 12, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
Best Days for Love: 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 31
Best Days for Money: 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 23, 26, 31
Best Days for Career: 4, 5, 13, 21, 23, 24, 25, 31
Retrograde activity is lessening this month and this will be the case for the rest of the year. Events in the world are moving forward – little by little. Mercury will go retrograde on the 14th so important