🌕 Challenge, Action, Restriction & Full Moon Energy | Astrology Forecast 7–10 August

What a Martian week — fiery, energising, and full-on. Mars is on the move, making a series of both supportive and challenging aspects, stirring up action, restriction and intensity in equal measure. If you’ve got a day chart, you’re likely to feel this even more keenly. We’ve got big summer energy layering on top of a potent full moon, amplifying the heat and the pace. It’s a lot, so it’s vital to find ways to soothe, cool down, and conserve your energy where you can.

Thursday 7th August

Mars Moves Into Libra

• Mars is in detriment here – not as tricky as its fall, but still not at home. It’s in Venus’ sign.

• Mars is about action – it fights, it moves forward, it’s directional and single-minded.

• It doesn’t pause to think – it charges and cuts straight through.

• Libra, on the other hand, is all about peace, balance, beauty. It sits in the middle, weighs things up, acts as the judge. Impartial, in a sense.

• I don’t hate this energy – when we’re aware of the dissonance, we can actually use it. Direct it more consciously.

• In balance, this can be a social justice warrior vibe – the fight for peace, harmony, fairness.

• A shift from gritty, detail-focused Virgo energy – the spreadsheets, the getting-shit-done, the luteal phase kind of vibe – into something more relational, outward-facing.

Friday 8th August

Mars in Libra trines Uranus in Gemini @ 1 degree

• A really energising transit – got a bit of a buzz to it.

• A jolt into motion.

• Uranus is the awakener – it sparks revolution, stirs things up, shakes the norm.

• This combo gets things moving. If Uranus has already delivered some sudden changes or insights since it moved into Gemini a few weeks back (start of a 7-year chapter), this is the day to act on them.

• TAKE ACTION – harness that energy, follow the impulse.

Saturday 9th August

Mars in Libra opposes Saturn in Aries & Neptune @ 1 degree

• This kind of Mars-Saturn opposition happens every 18 months or so – but not always with Neptune in the mix.

• Two malefics pulling in opposite directions.

• Mars wants to go – act, push, break through.

• Saturn wants to hold back – pause, consider, slow the pace.

• Neptune clouds things, makes it hard to see clearly – adds fog and confusion.

• All three planets are in signs they don’t exactly thrive in.

• There is a kind of mutual reception though – Mars is in the sign where Saturn is exalted, and Saturn is in Mars’ home sign. So there’s a bit of shared understanding – not harmonious, but not entirely disconnected either.

• This is tension. A tug-of-war between wanting to act and feeling blocked.

• Can feel frustrating – perhaps even like mental burnout (Mars in an air sign).

• Definitely speaks to overload. Watch for that. BE MINDFUL – this week is energetically big. Full Moon energy, peak summer – it's a lot. Be gentle with yourself.

Full Moon in Aquarius @ 16 degrees

• Big, energised mental energy.

• A culmination of something that began back in February.

• Aquarius is ruled by Saturn – so there’s a preference for structure, logic, a plan.

• But it's also future-focused, innovative, a bit on the edges – thinking outside the box.

Sunday 10th August

Mars in Libra trine Pluto in Aquarius @ 2 degrees

• Mars is still in trine with Uranus, and still opposing Saturn and Neptune – so the big themes of the week are very much active.

• There’s just a lot going on energetically – that continues here.

• This Mars–Pluto trine is powerful and supportive though.

• Mars and Pluto share a similar energy – Pluto’s the higher octave of Mars.

• There’s strength here – the kind that can blast through blocks and shift things.

• Happening in air signs, so this is about mental clarity, breakthroughs, transformation of thought.

• Also about communication – could be intense or impactful words, conversations, messages.

• Your words have power today. Libra – social justice, diplomacy; Aquarius – collective, humanitarian, the greater good. Say what matters.

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