At the beginning of August, your sign ruler Mars moves into Cancer, and the emphasis changes from a rather intense period of mental and psychological self-examination to a more outgoing period, when a search for meaning on a higher level becomes important for you. This leads to an expansion of your intellectual horizons either through travel, cultural activities, debate or education.
In fact, intellectually the pressure is piled on you, and you may have to deal with some powerful emotions connected with your views and opinions, or with matters of right and wrong. Confrontations with neighbors, siblings, teachers – people you bump into everyday – can come to a head, and you have a very short fuse in the first half of the month. At work too, there may be unforeseen changes which rattle you, and you tend to react by giving an ultimatum, or insisting on your views.
What works best in August is hard-work and self-restraint. If there is a job to do, concentrate one-pointedly on it, because you have superhuman powers at your disposal to do the impossible. Therefore challenges should be welcomed, and a lid should be placed on any extreme emotions that might put you out of balance.
