The Planets This Week: August 13, 2018

Aired Monday, 13 August 2018, 9:00 PM ET

The Planets This Week: August 13, 2018

The astro headline of the week is Mars retrograding back into Capricorn while the dreaded Mercury retrograde finally turns direct at the end of the week.

While Mars is in Capricorn and depending on how this influence affects your birth chart, you’re driven to succeed. You’ve got the discipline and focus to achieve your ambitions, and you’re not afraid of hard work. Success is a high priority for you now, and you’re willing to do whatever it takes to get to the top. In fact, you might have a tendency to be more calculating than usual, and at worst, people could accuse you of being ruthless. Be sure to consider other people’s feelings in your quest for success, otherwise you could find yourself “lonely at the top.”

During this transit, you want tangible, measurable results — concrete evidence of your efforts. You’re a paragon of pragmatism now and aren’t likely to make a move unless you’ve thought through all the possible outcomes. You might have a tendency to being too cautious or even fearful, missing out on a golden opportunity. Trust your instincts to guide you toward cautious risks.

Also, Mercury changes direction which means we can all breathe a sigh of relief as it starts to pick up pace once again in the sign of Leo. Depending on how this transit influences you personally, you may be great fun to be around, stimulating warm and lively conversations and interacting easily with other people. For this reason you have the potential to be quite popular and may receive many party invitations, since you’ll light up the scene no matter where you are.

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