August 2008

Trust your hunches and sudden blasts of insight that start on the 1st, intensify mid month, and then continue to reap benefits during the weeks and months to come. You can't go wrong by tilling your private secret garden this month. Everything is in bloom. You feel more alive for good reason: You're passionately challenged and engaged in a new relationship or enterprise. What you once thought was 'the ultimate' may now be just a stepping stone to something even better. Everything in August feels like a milestone and a progression. You make progress every day - sometimes in inches and sometimes into the next dimension. Your gift for gluing yourself to a challenge until you've learned everything there is to know about it and ultimately mastering it comes in handy. As demanding as parts of this month are, you exit the month feeling very proud of what you accomplished, even in the face of dreary doubters and a chorus of 'don't get too excited YET' from alleged motivational types. You know you're onto something that others may not yet understand. Live your dream - that's the only mantra you need this month. Keep plugging away and within weeks, you'll notice that you're pulling ahead of the people that used to be your so-called superiors. You'll manage to keep friends, collaborators, cranky family members and competitors all on your side, even when you defy their wishes. Secretly, they wish they could be you - at least for a few months. You also grow amazingly independent, sometimes dropping old attitudes, fears and other limitations, and boldly, brazenly taking chances normally reserved for naïve dreamers and superheroes. You're neither naïve nor superhuman, but you are a dreamer who has an extremely strong chance of pulling off the 'impossible'. Yes, your dream probably would be impossible in someone else's hands - but not in yours. One by one, planets begin to converge in your sign this month, piling up a reserve of energy, stamina and goodwill. This doesn't happen on a sprinkling of days: It's a crescendo of transformation throughout the month. You may find that fighting hard for your beliefs and preferences is a requirement at the beginning and middle of the month. The rest of the time, with only a few minor spats that you can painlessly glide past, should be a marvelous construction project. You oversee the fulfillment of a dream - probably a shared one. You have so much to be proud of now. Your closest friends and allies are extraordinarily proud of you - and it's only the beginning. Monthly touchstone: Ammonite.