Sagittarius Monthly Horoscope
August: Careful Dream Weaving
By Molly Hall, About.com
Your strengths now are: expansive vision; physical vitality; contagious optimism about the future. Your vulnerabilities now are: leaping before you look; being restless and distracted.
Walking the Line
Your life's work is on the radar, with Mercury in precise Virgo giving you a sharpened focus. It may be time to redo the resume, or jump on new career opportunities that excite you. You're in a position to enjoy steady progress, as you carefully plan out the steps. Mars in your opposite sign Gemini pulls you toward new fascinations, and the impulse to roam.
Synthesizing and Breaking Through
And the travel might serve a Gemini dual purpose, for work and play. Your ruler Jupiter is in Aquarius, triggering breakthroughs in how you see your position in the universe. This may influence your travel choices, such as visiting a sacred site, or ancient civilization ruins. But you may also be swept up in an adventure with new, unusual friends, and explore places that are truly "otherworldly." With Mercury in Virgo, your mind is able to organize all this new info gathered, and find practical applications for what you're learning.
A Solid Presentation
This ability to ground your knowledge gains momentum, when the Sun moves into Virgo on August 22nd. You are in a position to be a "new paradigm" pioneer. That means not wasting time knocking on doors of a collapsing structure (some areas of the current economy). This month's combo of discernment, efficiency, discipline, and the spirit of expansion (favorable Jupiter aspects) set you up for success. You bring old school minding of P's and Q's to new thought, so it looks like a solid idea to others.