AQUARIUS FULL MOON SQUARE JUNO IN SCORPIO AUGUST 9: ARE WE EQUAL PARTNERS OR ENEMIES?

JOIN SHERI HORN HASAN @ https://www.karmicevolution.com/astrologically-speaking
FOR THIS WEEK’S ASTROLOGICALLY SPEAKING PODCAST WHICH DROPS AUGUST 8!

We discuss how this August 9 Aquarius Full Moon reflects the light of the Leo Sun back onto itself, thus exposing its shadow side: Excessive pride & arrogance. The Aquarius Moon—when it arrives at exactly 17-degrees of Sun-ruled Leo at 12:55 a.m. PT & 3:55 a.m. ET on August 9--then asks the Leo Sun to release any hubristic tendencies to act like a powerful but selfish & uncaring king.

This lunation’s square to Juno in Scorpio mirrors back to us the tension of the current power struggle over whether America is still based on a partnership between its government--created originally by & for the people--or a monarchy under the rule of a tyrannical king.

This lunation makes clear we’re still under the recurrence of energies of the U.S. natal Sibly birth chart’s Pluto return, begun in February 2022, that kicked off its original quest for independence. And that we’ve got a long way still to go, but that if we band together against such uncaring energies which disrespect our right to individual freedoms, only then can we save our nation from reverting to its original roots before its creation, that of an selfish & unstable monarch.
This week’s podcast recaps the Astro News You Can Use from the beginning of this month’s lunar cycle on July 24--because only by looking back can we know how we’ve arrived at where we are today, which, in turn, helps us better plan our future.

We look at the deeper meaning of the current Leo New Moon’s monthly lunar cycle, which asked us to plant seeds that honor our individual, creative, solar selves on July 24. Next, we note how its opposition then to Pluto in Aquarius portended power struggles, & how it has manifested thus far.
Especially as we waxed past the Sun/Mercury retrograde inferior conjunction of July 31, the first quarter monthly “crisis in action” waxing square of the Scorpio Moon to the Leo Sun, & the delusional square of Venus to Neptune & the dissatisfying one to Saturn August 1 & 2.

We note the many announcements made since this Sun/Mercury Rx conjunction—starting with Donald Trump’s firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor & Statistics on August 1. Such a move, on the heels of the Venus squares to Saturn & Neptune, reeked of a king who chose to kill the messenger rather than pay attention to the actual message, without a care for his partners.
This, in turn, leads to the inability of Americans to trust the data coming out of its formerly trustworthy government agencies in charge of such economic statistical analyses. More examples in this podcast!

And that leads us to other August 1 announcements such as the one from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that it will shut down next year. Then there’s the news that convicted sex trafficker & pedophile Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a “Club Fed” prison after her recent meetings with the U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump’s former criminal attorney in 2024 when Trump was convicted in the NY Stormy Daniels hush money case.

What’s becoming clear now also since Uranus entered Gemini on July 7 is the public’s change in perspective. That means a change in opinion, as the Trump/Epstein scandal becomes the monster that just won’t die. Meanwhile those formerly supportive of Trump begin to turn against him as they hope against hope that he will adjust his grip & “release the Epstein files” as Venus quincunxed Pluto August 1 & 2, too.

That this is symbolic of the energy of tomorrow’s Aquarius Full Moon square Juno in Scorpio, as Mars opposes both Saturn & Neptune August 8/9 & creates a huge amount of frustration & a sense of impotence a la “but what can I do about any of this?”


It's clear that under the SA/NE in Aries energies that boundaries continue to erode. From those between the federal government & the people it’s supposed to represent; the boundaries between federal & state governance; & those between our military—designed to fight an external enemy—who invade our local borders & our city's streets.
This becomes even more obvious since the FBI has now been tasked by King Trump to hunt down Texas democratic state legislators who refuse to vote for gerrymandered maps that further curtail the right of Black & brown people to equal representation when it comes to voting. Never mind if it's legal to use federal FBI law enforcement resources this way…
The ultimate message of this Aquarius Full Moon, however, is that when we stand together as a group & face the bully, there’s ultimately more power in numbers than in that of a weak, narcissistic wannabe king. Together we stand, divided we fall would be this month’s full Moon message--& that we cannot succeed if we do not even try.
Hence, as America government becomes increasingly autocratic, it becomes ever more evident that the only way to stop this is to band together to fight the authoritarian powers that be. Whether that ultimately means masses of people protesting together to get their message across, or worse, is yet to be determined. What’s clear is that now is not the time to back down.
However, it’s fine to take a break, especially from social media—much of which under Uranus in Gemini is filled with propagandist BS, even from the left--& withdraw, for a little while. Strengthening our critical thinking skills is what’s it’s all about over the next seven years as Uranus in Mercury provides the ability for sudden revelatory insights as information becomes more a tool of distortion than one of fact.
In the short term, as Mercury stations direct in Leo on August 11, we have the ability to regroup, observe & begin to pay attention. As more people become increasingly aware of what’s going on around them, more will join the fight. And what’s most worth paying attention to, according to this Aquarius Full Moon is that none of us is alone in this obvious astrological recurrence of the quest for American independence from tyranny IF we all stick together.
Join us starting August 8 @ https://www.karmicevolution.com/astrologically-speaking to hear more astrological details that further illustrate how Americans are being disenfranchised around the world as former trade partners change their perspectives of what America truly is: A friend or an enemy given the current trade wars. And what the heavens are advising us to do.
Plus, so much more…See you then! Namaste…