July/August Sun Sign Predictions
July 2008
Jollean Schaffer
by Jollean Schaffer
Cancer: June 21 – July 21
The 10,000 things that must be accomplished or at least acknowledged nibble at you but it’s not until the 10th when a challenge from a partner demands that you focus. By the 18th you have mastered at least five of the 10,000. Relationships incline toward adventure by the 26th. Make lists when you travel to minimize the risk of forgetting crucial details. August is a month of unexpected financial shocks. Manage resources proactively. Engage your partner in this task and by the 16th you’re sitting pretty. From August 19th turn toward home and family. If there is work to be done, roll up your sleeves and dive in. Everything calms down after the 30th.
Leo: July 22 – August 22
For July focus on things that matter. Invest resources in things that help you walk your talk on the 10th. By the 26th, engagement with things (and people) of value bears fruit. It feels as though you are actually living the life you are meant to live. Love, if lost or thwarted, returns and grows from the 16th. August is demanding from the 1st – 17th. Whether you’re climbing a mountain or helping the needy, it’s all about you. Who are you? What makes you tick? Ask the question. No matter if answers come or not. Love reveals the easy possibility of getting along with loved ones with hearts wide open from August 13th – 16th. The 17th lights a flare, showing the power dynamics between you. Talk things out until the 21st. From the 30th the stresses and challenges of August recede. You were meant to see the truth and the lie of life in the manifest world.
Virgo: August 23 – September 22
There is work to be done even if it is summer. No problem if you love the work and enjoy the people. Be social on the 3rd. Aim for excellence on the 6th. Do what has to get done on the 10th. Engage with people and their issues from 14th – 19th. Enjoy your unique abilities on the 26th. No one does it like you do. Powerful dreams on August 1st awaken your inner reality. Nature speaks to us through signs and symbols if we have the eyes to see. Family tensions ease on the 5th. From August 13th – 17th you stand like a rock in a river of swirling, white, emotional froth. When you don’t panic everyone around you benefits, is healed and believes in the possible. Wash your hands of other people’s chaos from the 30th. In ancient mythology Virgin Goddesses would retreat once a year to renew their virginity (code for making themselves whole). From August 30th onward comes your month to renew.
Libra: September 22 – October 22
Freedom is relative. To some extent we are all prisoners of this life simply because we are limited by our bodily existence. This condition gives rise to awareness. If we could have everything we want without effort we would maintain ignorance which is a different kind of prison. Let the tyranny of circumstance be your teacher at least until the 10th of July. You’ll be amazed at how free you feel by the 26th if you make this your practice. Love rises like the first rays of dawn from the 16th. Cultivate it gently. Integrate her/him with your social life on the 31st. What is love anyway: romance, friendship, the endless aching need? All these things and more! From the 1st – 17th of August support friends even if they are annoying enough to make you want to run away. If you have been especially cranky since the beginning of July you can look forward to an influx of energy as of August 19th. Show this world what you can do. Give it all you’ve got on the 23rd. Ignore words spoken in anger from 27th – 29th. They vanish like mosquitoes in a cold wind after the 30th.
Scorpio: October 23 – November 21
If you need to spill your beans to someone special or to the world at large, the 3rd – 6th is the time. People who couldn’t be bothered with your story are suddenly interested. Blog on! By the 10th take a leadership role or prepare to be led. Most Scorpios don’t like to be told what to do. A nod of thanks to the old folks is in order on the 31st when you strut your stuff. From the 1st – 5th of August put effort into getting a well deserved raise. Dance beneath the diamond sky from the 6th – 9th and pay the piper on the 13th. Well worth the price. Competitive tension on the 16th is alleviated by good intentions if they are supported by meaningful actions. Otherwise it’s the road to hell. Love turns an unexpected face toward you on August 23rd. Don’t push it away but don’t let it swallow you up either. Love is like the ocean. The waves never stop coming – learn how to ride them. It’s back to school for you starting on the 30th. A clean desk and some sharp pencils is the way to go.
Sagittarius: November 22 – December 20
Why is it that the simple act of being here now is so radical, so difficult? We all know it’s the only game in town yet we struggle endlessly to achieve what we already have. Is it fear of the enormity of that which we have been given – the relentless miracle of creation? On the 3rd show gratitude for what you have by sharing it with those who cause you to fear as well as to love. Giving to the needy is good but so is giving to those with whom you share deep emotions. It challenges your fear of intimacy. Take responsibility on the 10th and reap rewards by the 26th. On a lighter note, August 1st – 5th is time to shake loose and let the river take you. A break from service to your community until the 30th would be good. Then begin again. This time with vigorous support from people around you.
Capricorn: December 21 – January 19
The burden of the boon is upon you. You must share your abundance with your person. Things could be worse. On the 3rd you are deeply loved and appreciated for all you give. This may elicit a strange desire to pontificate. Better to express your beliefs on the 10th with conviction, leaving room for others to express themselves as well. Between the 17th – 27th wisdom and gratitude come to you in great measure because you are able to hear a perspective different from your own. From August 6th it is clear that you need a vacation. Also clear is the fact that you know where you want to go and you can afford it. Free-flowing, uncensored conversation from the 16th reveals unexpected truths around the 23rd; don’t make more of this than is warranted. But it sure is interesting.
Aquarius: January 20 – February 17
What lays beneath the surface both intrigues and frightens us. Denial, although it seems effective in the moment, generally creates a worse situation down the road. There will always be forces you cannot know, shaping and determining your destiny along with ones that can be known and directed. Finding and holding the middle ground between these realities on the 10th transforms your life noticeably by the 26th. Be open to love’s simple and pure expressions after the 16th and especially on the 31st. Romantic delusion interferes with love’s purity from August 1st – 17th. Don’t confuse Hollywood with real life. Summer adventure calls to you from 20th. Choose traveling companions willing to share expenses as well as experiences on the 23rd. From the 27th – 29th social activity bores you if it isn’t also about sports or higher learning. Choose a game of volleyball over a cocktail party.
Pisces: February 18 – March 19
Your partner wants everything – commitment as well as permission to be imperfect. Hopefully s/he is willing to extend the same to you. If you have a solid basis of friendship, this could work out. See if you do on the 3rd, 9th, 10th and 26th. It’s funny how the love of friends can last a lifetime but the love of partners goes in and out of conditions. From August 1st shift your focus from the other to the self; time to explore and perhaps reshape your habits. From the 1st – 15th be ruthlessly honest with yourself about how you live. Be kind. Measure the actuality of eating, exercising, cleaning, working against your ideal of how it should or could be. From the 16th build a new ideal that takes into account the real. Seek out the company and support of people who care about you.
Aries: March 20 – April 19
Hard work and ambition are rewarded this month but don’t stop working to achieve your goals. On the 3rd let those who love and support you do just that. If “they” are the cat or your garden, that’s ok too. On the 10th you will excel if you double check details and remember procedures. Skill and technique make the difference. Your ambition is achieved and satisfied on the 26th. If you noticed the absence of love in your life over the last few months you might notice its return after the 16th. No need for grasping. It will keep. Ambition trumps love in July. From August 1st – 5th unexpected events involving romance and/or children pop up. Man makes plans and God laughs. You might as well laugh along. Sustain yourself by celebrating the simple things from the 13th – 17th. Let everyone you meet challenge you to excellence from the 19th. Honour the quantum world of change and mystery from the 23rd – 29th. You are both particle and wave, and yet neither.
Taurus: April 20 – May 20
It’s a wonderful thing to be both capable and creative. Take advantage of these gifts throughout July by taking the time to look great and sound intelligent. You are the original earth sign. It’s good to remind yourself that, according to spiritual teachings, our truly great awakenings come because we grapple with the manifest world: earth. Be glad you have that opportunity from the 18th – 27th. Unexpected changes in your home and/or family are to be expected between August 1st – 17th. It could be a roof that needs fixing or a relative in a kafuffle. Stay out of the drama and cope well between the 13th – 17th. Spruce up your wardrobe for fall after the 30th. It suits you to look the part over the next year.
Gemini: May 21 – June 20
Heavy matters from your ancient past rise up to meet you. Do not turn your back on the past. It has a valuable contribution to make but you, the original iconoclast, must show respect. Look for the pearl of great price on the 3rd. Do what must be done between the 10th -15th. Receive benefits from the 18th – 27th. Fantasies of how smart you are on the 31st are shocked into reality on the 1st – 6th of August. It’s all good if you will organize your brilliant thoughts. Share your most precious gifts with your significant other on the 16th. This may be your thoughts. Hold back on the criticism. Domestic responsibilities are unpredictable and chaotic on 21st – 29th. Make sure you attach the hose to the right spigot.
Jollean Schaffer is a practising astrologer in Toronto. She would like you to understand that Sun Sign astrology has its strengths and its weaknesses. Take it lightly; use it as you will. Tel: (416) 424-3079. Visit her website at www.lighttravels.com/JulieSimmons
Cancer: June 21 – July 21
The 10,000 things that must be accomplished or at least acknowledged nibble at you but it’s not until the 10th when a challenge from a partner demands that you focus. By the 18th you have mastered at least five of the 10,000. Relationships incline toward adventure by the 26th. Make lists when you travel to minimize the risk of forgetting crucial details. August is a month of unexpected financial shocks. Manage resources proactively. Engage your partner in this task and by the 16th you’re sitting pretty. From August 19th turn toward home and family. If there is work to be done, roll up your sleeves and dive in. Everything calms down after the 30th.
Leo: July 22 – August 22
For July focus on things that matter. Invest resources in things that help you walk your talk on the 10th. By the 26th, engagement with things (and people) of value bears fruit. It feels as though you are actually living the life you are meant to live. Love, if lost or thwarted, returns and grows from the 16th. August is demanding from the 1st – 17th. Whether you’re climbing a mountain or helping the needy, it’s all about you. Who are you? What makes you tick? Ask the question. No matter if answers come or not. Love reveals the easy possibility of getting along with loved ones with hearts wide open from August 13th – 16th. The 17th lights a flare, showing the power dynamics between you. Talk things out until the 21st. From the 30th the stresses and challenges of August recede. You were meant to see the truth and the lie of life in the manifest world.
Virgo: August 23 – September 22
There is work to be done even if it is summer. No problem if you love the work and enjoy the people. Be social on the 3rd. Aim for excellence on the 6th. Do what has to get done on the 10th. Engage with people and their issues from 14th – 19th. Enjoy your unique abilities on the 26th. No one does it like you do. Powerful dreams on August 1st awaken your inner reality. Nature speaks to us through signs and symbols if we have the eyes to see. Family tensions ease on the 5th. From August 13th – 17th you stand like a rock in a river of swirling, white, emotional froth. When you don’t panic everyone around you benefits, is healed and believes in the possible. Wash your hands of other people’s chaos from the 30th. In ancient mythology Virgin Goddesses would retreat once a year to renew their virginity (code for making themselves whole). From August 30th onward comes your month to renew.
Libra: September 22 – October 22
Freedom is relative. To some extent we are all prisoners of this life simply because we are limited by our bodily existence. This condition gives rise to awareness. If we could have everything we want without effort we would maintain ignorance which is a different kind of prison. Let the tyranny of circumstance be your teacher at least until the 10th of July. You’ll be amazed at how free you feel by the 26th if you make this your practice. Love rises like the first rays of dawn from the 16th. Cultivate it gently. Integrate her/him with your social life on the 31st. What is love anyway: romance, friendship, the endless aching need? All these things and more! From the 1st – 17th of August support friends even if they are annoying enough to make you want to run away. If you have been especially cranky since the beginning of July you can look forward to an influx of energy as of August 19th. Show this world what you can do. Give it all you’ve got on the 23rd. Ignore words spoken in anger from 27th – 29th. They vanish like mosquitoes in a cold wind after the 30th.
Scorpio: October 23 – November 21
If you need to spill your beans to someone special or to the world at large, the 3rd – 6th is the time. People who couldn’t be bothered with your story are suddenly interested. Blog on! By the 10th take a leadership role or prepare to be led. Most Scorpios don’t like to be told what to do. A nod of thanks to the old folks is in order on the 31st when you strut your stuff. From the 1st – 5th of August put effort into getting a well deserved raise. Dance beneath the diamond sky from the 6th – 9th and pay the piper on the 13th. Well worth the price. Competitive tension on the 16th is alleviated by good intentions if they are supported by meaningful actions. Otherwise it’s the road to hell. Love turns an unexpected face toward you on August 23rd. Don’t push it away but don’t let it swallow you up either. Love is like the ocean. The waves never stop coming – learn how to ride them. It’s back to school for you starting on the 30th. A clean desk and some sharp pencils is the way to go.
Sagittarius: November 22 – December 20
Why is it that the simple act of being here now is so radical, so difficult? We all know it’s the only game in town yet we struggle endlessly to achieve what we already have. Is it fear of the enormity of that which we have been given – the relentless miracle of creation? On the 3rd show gratitude for what you have by sharing it with those who cause you to fear as well as to love. Giving to the needy is good but so is giving to those with whom you share deep emotions. It challenges your fear of intimacy. Take responsibility on the 10th and reap rewards by the 26th. On a lighter note, August 1st – 5th is time to shake loose and let the river take you. A break from service to your community until the 30th would be good. Then begin again. This time with vigorous support from people around you.
Capricorn: December 21 – January 19
The burden of the boon is upon you. You must share your abundance with your person. Things could be worse. On the 3rd you are deeply loved and appreciated for all you give. This may elicit a strange desire to pontificate. Better to express your beliefs on the 10th with conviction, leaving room for others to express themselves as well. Between the 17th – 27th wisdom and gratitude come to you in great measure because you are able to hear a perspective different from your own. From August 6th it is clear that you need a vacation. Also clear is the fact that you know where you want to go and you can afford it. Free-flowing, uncensored conversation from the 16th reveals unexpected truths around the 23rd; don’t make more of this than is warranted. But it sure is interesting.
Aquarius: January 20 – February 17
What lays beneath the surface both intrigues and frightens us. Denial, although it seems effective in the moment, generally creates a worse situation down the road. There will always be forces you cannot know, shaping and determining your destiny along with ones that can be known and directed. Finding and holding the middle ground between these realities on the 10th transforms your life noticeably by the 26th. Be open to love’s simple and pure expressions after the 16th and especially on the 31st. Romantic delusion interferes with love’s purity from August 1st – 17th. Don’t confuse Hollywood with real life. Summer adventure calls to you from 20th. Choose traveling companions willing to share expenses as well as experiences on the 23rd. From the 27th – 29th social activity bores you if it isn’t also about sports or higher learning. Choose a game of volleyball over a cocktail party.
Pisces: February 18 – March 19
Your partner wants everything – commitment as well as permission to be imperfect. Hopefully s/he is willing to extend the same to you. If you have a solid basis of friendship, this could work out. See if you do on the 3rd, 9th, 10th and 26th. It’s funny how the love of friends can last a lifetime but the love of partners goes in and out of conditions. From August 1st shift your focus from the other to the self; time to explore and perhaps reshape your habits. From the 1st – 15th be ruthlessly honest with yourself about how you live. Be kind. Measure the actuality of eating, exercising, cleaning, working against your ideal of how it should or could be. From the 16th build a new ideal that takes into account the real. Seek out the company and support of people who care about you.
Aries: March 20 – April 19
Hard work and ambition are rewarded this month but don’t stop working to achieve your goals. On the 3rd let those who love and support you do just that. If “they” are the cat or your garden, that’s ok too. On the 10th you will excel if you double check details and remember procedures. Skill and technique make the difference. Your ambition is achieved and satisfied on the 26th. If you noticed the absence of love in your life over the last few months you might notice its return after the 16th. No need for grasping. It will keep. Ambition trumps love in July. From August 1st – 5th unexpected events involving romance and/or children pop up. Man makes plans and God laughs. You might as well laugh along. Sustain yourself by celebrating the simple things from the 13th – 17th. Let everyone you meet challenge you to excellence from the 19th. Honour the quantum world of change and mystery from the 23rd – 29th. You are both particle and wave, and yet neither.
Taurus: April 20 – May 20
It’s a wonderful thing to be both capable and creative. Take advantage of these gifts throughout July by taking the time to look great and sound intelligent. You are the original earth sign. It’s good to remind yourself that, according to spiritual teachings, our truly great awakenings come because we grapple with the manifest world: earth. Be glad you have that opportunity from the 18th – 27th. Unexpected changes in your home and/or family are to be expected between August 1st – 17th. It could be a roof that needs fixing or a relative in a kafuffle. Stay out of the drama and cope well between the 13th – 17th. Spruce up your wardrobe for fall after the 30th. It suits you to look the part over the next year.
Gemini: May 21 – June 20
Heavy matters from your ancient past rise up to meet you. Do not turn your back on the past. It has a valuable contribution to make but you, the original iconoclast, must show respect. Look for the pearl of great price on the 3rd. Do what must be done between the 10th -15th. Receive benefits from the 18th – 27th. Fantasies of how smart you are on the 31st are shocked into reality on the 1st – 6th of August. It’s all good if you will organize your brilliant thoughts. Share your most precious gifts with your significant other on the 16th. This may be your thoughts. Hold back on the criticism. Domestic responsibilities are unpredictable and chaotic on 21st – 29th. Make sure you attach the hose to the right spigot.
Jollean Schaffer is a practising astrologer in Toronto. She would like you to understand that Sun Sign astrology has its strengths and its weaknesses. Take it lightly; use it as you will. Tel: (416) 424-3079. Visit her website at www.lighttravels.com/JulieSimmons