August 2008 forecast

If there’s a month when Pisceans tend to surreptitiously check out Seek and other recruitment websites, it’s August. This is traditionally a hard work month for you with Venus until the 7th, Mercury until the 11th and the Sun in your solar sixth house of work and health until the 23rd.

Great days to work with colleagues on special projects, receive favours from superiors, update your CV, attend work functions, join recruitment agencies and notice nicer working conditions in general include the New Moon of the 1st, 5th, 9th and 21st. Since the sixth house also rules health, it’s also ideal to dust off your gym membership, start a diet (again) and do all those boring medical check-ups. You could feel ill at ease either physically or psychologically at work on the 6th, 15th and Full Moon of the 16th which are not good dates to tout for work or a new role.

A large number of Pisceans could decide to make a romantic commitment, move in together, propose or receive proposals, set the wedding date or sign the dotted line on a business relationship this month. You’ve got a record five planets in your solar seventh house of relationships, being Mars until the 20th, Venus from the 7th, Mercury from the 11th, the Sun from the 23rd and Saturn until October 2009.

The medium-term effect of Saturn is to make you see reality, work hard and to commit to the area in which it’s transiting. You could find yourself willing to settle down (not settle – there’s a big difference) on the 13th and 15th, and feel more positive about your relationship than ever on the 17th (in the morning), 18th and 21st and see a fresh start for togetherness from the New Moon of the 31st. Avoid explosive fights with your partner on the 6th and 23rd and tread extremely carefully with a relationship vs career dilemma on the 17th (from lunchtime), 28th and 29th.