August 2008 forecast

Cancerians are usually pretty good with money but hey, you can always use some more, right? You’ve got a fantastic opportunity this month to overhaul your financial situation for the better with the Sun in your solar second house of income until the 23rd, joined by Venus until the 7th and Mercury until the 11th.

If you want to ask for a raise, consolidate your credit card debt, refinance your mortgage, chase monies owed, create a budget, ask for a better deal, or seek an additional source of income (whether it’s as a freelancer or eBaying horrible house-warming gifts you’ve kept for too long out of sentimentality), great days to create change (pardon the pun) for the better include the New Moon of the 1st, 5th, 9th and 21st. You could also receive unexpected dividends, a rebate, bonus, refunds, a wonderful gift or two, or finally reach your budget goal to purchase something you’ve always wanted on these days. But don’t sign or believe anything finance-related on the 6th, 15th and Full Moon of the 16th.

You could also be having a lot of conversations and paperwork galore with huge emphasis in your solar third house of communication with Saturn in your third house joined by Mars until the 20th, joined by Venus from the 7th, Mercury from the 11th, and the Sun from the 23rd. Good days to make important decisions or schedule serious conversations include the 13th and 15th, to use your famous sideways seduction style to get your way on the 17th (in the morning), 18th and 21st and to create a new way of getting your point across after the New Moon of the 31st. These are also good to achieve closer communication with your brothers and sisters. But you could be hyper-critical (even hypocritical) on the 6th, 17th (from lunchtime), 23rd, 28th and 29th.

Mars will enter your solar fourth house of home and family from the 20th which makes it ideal for scheduling household clean-ups, demolition, renovations, landscaping, painting, or anything requiring a little muscle power at home. Which could include insisting that your favourite slacker does more housework!