Horoscopes By Lorelai Kude
NOW IS THE SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT Sun in proud, passionate Leo, Mars in assertive, insistent Aries, a nation under pandemic siege divided between compliant believers and defiant deniers, and a once-friendly world turning its back on a recalcitrant government hell-bent on enforcing a skewed, partisan reality while desperately grasping rapidly diminishing power—what could go wrong? The personal inner planets— Mercury, Venus, and Mars—insist we take insults to our collective intelligence and offenses against our communities very, very personally during the long, hot, dogdays of summer. August begins with a bang at Mercury’s opposition to Pluto on the 1st. Explosive public revelations rock the already crumbling foundations of stability. Pride goeth before a fall when Leo Sun square Uranus in Taurus August 2; the Full Aquarius Moon August 3 with Mercury opposite Saturn and Mars square Jupiter August 4 demands justice be delivered in the court of public opinion. Closed door deliberations and back-room deal makers find their doors kicked in and back room overturned. Compromise of ideals brings scathing criticism by August 13’s inflammatory square of Mars to Pluto: nobody is going to be in the mood to cut the status quo any slack. Revolutionary Uranus stations retrograde August 15, ensuring collective cultural consequences until the harsh lessons of our communal history we should have absorbed by now are internalized. Sun and Mercury trine Mars August 16, introducing a powerful new security communications initiative. Sun enters rational, analytic Virgo by August 22, begging for cooler heads to prevail, but Mars square to Saturn August 24 resists compromise. Ideological purity tests don’t pass muster August 30 at Mercury’s opposition to Neptune. Discovering individual moments of pleasure, personal creativity, meaning, and significance while letting go of things we can’t control helps takes the edge off what surely promises to be the summer of our communal discontent.
ARIES (March 20–April 19) Mars in Aries for the rest of 2020 empowers you, but what will you do with all that raw power? Mars squares Jupiter August 4, Pluto August 13, and Saturn August 24: a monumental test of self-control, reflecting external tensions which must be resolved by your own conscious effort. Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn scream for security, stability and status quo; Mars in Aries wants to burn the whole thing down and start over, or in some cases, take up arms to defend the old regime to the very end. Which side of the barricades are you on?
TAURUS (April 19–May 20) Venus enters family-oriented, emotional Cancer August 7, recalling remembrance of things past. Last Quarter Moon in Taurus August 11 inspires a sentimental journey; Venus sextile Uranus at the New Moon in Leo August 18 opens the door for a new and unusual relationship, perhaps with someone extremely “different” than your usual cup of romantic tea. The opposition of Venus to Jupiter August 25 prompts emotional extremism; Venus opposite Pluto August 30 is a power struggle for emotional resources. The trine of Venus to imaginative Neptune August 27 empowers big, creative dreams. Don’t let anyone take them away from you. A practicing, professional astrologer for over 30 years, Lorelai Kude can be reached for questions and personal consultations via email (lorelaikude@yahoo.com) and her Kabbalah-flavored website is Astrolojew.com. 60 HOROSCOPES CHRONOGRAM 8/20
