August 2008 forecast

Hello? Can you hear me? Speak up! Yes, it’s possible you could be in the Land of Far, Far Away this month with quite a bit of emphasis on your solar ninth house of travel. Planning a holiday? Driving your travel agent crazy with your changing ticketing requirements? Trying to work out if you’ve accrued enough annual leave yet?

With the Sun in your solar ninth house of travel until the 23rd, preceded by Venus until the 7th and Mercury until the 11th you will be well and truly infected with the travel bug. Great days to get away, win an upgrade or spot an incredibly cheap travel package include the New Moon of the 1st, 5th, 9th and 21st but don’t buy that travel voucher off eBay or fall for anything else dodgy on the 6th, 15th or on attempt to explain your escape plans on the Full Moon of the 16th.

At the same time you’re breaking your neck to get away, you also have an amazing number of opportunities in Career Land with five planets in your solar tenth house of career which could cause a should-I-stay-and-get-ahead-or-should-I-jump-on-a-plane-somewhere effect. These include Venus from the 7th, Mercury from the 11th, the Sun from the 23rd, Mars until the 20th, and taskmaster Saturn until October 2009. With a bit of legendary Sagittarian luck, you may be able to tack on a holiday on the end of a business trip. All your past efforts will be spotlit now like never before! If you’ve been doing the hard yards – and continue to during this period – your star should rise.

Those of you with your own businesses will be thrilled by unexpected opportunities –actually they’re not that unexpected as you’ve been slaving away for quite some time now – while 9-5ers will cast an optimistic eye over their prospects at their existing and/or new workplaces, especially on the 13th, 15th, 17th (in the morning) 18th, 21st and New Moon of the 31st. These are great days to get yourself out there. If there’s a business function you can attend – be there! You could be up against some unexpected rivals on the 6th and 23rd while you could be your own worst enemy on the 17th (from lunchtime), 28th and 29th if you don’t take your foot out of your mouth before speaking. Since you find that kinda hard to do, lay low then!