Taurus Monthly Forecast

Until he leaves a playful and creative part of your chart on 7th August, Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos will be working to put guardrails in place when it comes to a balance between work and no play and for good reason. While the Sun will return to take over on 23rd August and a New Moon on the same day will get this off to an empowered start, there will be a period of just over two weeks where there is no planetary activity here. That shouldn't be a problem, for until Mars returned in June, there had been no planetary activity here this year, as is normally the case. The difference is that back then you didn't have Mars in your work sector, with his return on 7th August not only kicking off the busiest months of the year, but with immediate implications across the income, work and career fronts. Within two days of returning Mars will have not only caught up and formed a friendly aspect to Uranus in your income sector and to Pluto in your career sector, but they will just be coming together when a Full Moon on 9th August is going to energise things across the income, work and career fronts. This is the forging of a partnership that will remain strong until Mars leaves on 22nd September, with ongoing implications. Meanwhile, still behind the pack after a retrograde phase earlier in the year, Venus only returned to your communication sector on 31st August to begin her annual mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice. This was nine days after the Sun left, but by the time she returns to your home and family sector on 26th August, it will be just three days after the Sun leaves, taking the solar spotlight off home, family and/or property matters. Venus is catching up, but now, where the solar spotlight shifts and there is an opportunity for reality checks and to pay attention, Venus will be following behind to give your heart a voice and explore the potential that has been exposed.

While the Sun's return to your romantic sector on 23rd August is the point in each year when the solar spotlight will always shift onto matters of the heart and all things romantic, this year you not only have a head start but the love gods are dividing this into two chapters. The first chapter began on 17th June, when held back by a retrograde phase Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos finally returned for his first visit to your romantic sector in two years. Mars returned to find Venus, the planet of love still in Taurus and while she left last month, the weeks they spent together not only added to Mars' romantic passions and fighting spirit but helped to shape your romantic expectations for the rest of the year. When Venus moves through Taurus each year, she is on a mission to update your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year, but rarely with any planetary activity on the romantic or relationship fronts at the time. This year you not only had Mars in your romantic sector but the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment and especially commitment to your relationships making her first visit to your relationship sector in four years. Both are still here and while Mars will leave your romantic sector on 7th August, Juno is not only in your relationship sector until October, but in her first full month back in direct motion. While Mars' departure will leave your romantic sector empty, only until the Sun and Moon both return on 23rd August. The Moon's return less than 12 hours behind the Sun will not only create a very early New Moon, but when it comes full circle next month it will not only create a second New Moon, but this time a solar eclipse. With Venus and Mercury, the planets of love and communication both returning to your romantic sector next month, this journey is far from over. Meanwhile, when the Moon returns to your relationship sector from 1st August to 3rd August Venus, the planet of love will be in her early days in your communication sector. Venus is here until 26th August, with her mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice getting an early boost.