The Week of August 21st: Mercury retrograde and the start of Virgo season give us a cosmic review
Astrology of the Week Ahead with Chani Nicholas
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🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Episode 140
In this podcast, New York Times bestselling author and astrologer Chani Nicholas discusses the astrology of the week and what it might mean for us all.
The astrology of the week of August 21st, 2023, is here to clean up our act. On Wednesday, the Sun enters Virgo, encouraging us to get our systems in order. Later that same day, Mercury (the planet of communication) stations retrograde, ushering in a time of recalibration — and potentially some misfires. On Thursday, Mars (the planet of action) trines Pluto (the planet of transformation), giving us the motivation to dive deep into an issue and return with buried treasure. On Sunday, the Sun makes an opposition to Saturn (the planet of restriction), presenting us with an obstacle, reality check, or course correction. Also on Sunday, Mars moves into Libra, heating up the part of your chart that contains the sign of the scales. But the main signature of this week is Mercury retrograde. So back up your technology. Triple-check everything. And be extra compassionate with yourself and others.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, y'all, the message this week is loud and clear. |
| 0:03.5 | If the check engine light is on, you need to stop, drop, and roll. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm mixing metaphors, but the point is this week, Mercury stations retrograde, and it is on. |
| 0:18.0 | We need to make sure that we have double, triple, checked all the facts on. We need to make sure that we have double, triple checked all the facts, all the data, |
| 0:26.2 | and probably pause more than once for a systems update. |
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| 1:06.8 | This is The Astrology of the Week Ahead. I'm your host, Chani Nicholas. |
| 1:12.7 | In this episode, we are talking about the week of August 21st. |
| 1:19.5 | And, you know, Mercury retrogrades are always times of recalibration. And if we can enter into this Mercury retrograde with that |
| 1:32.8 | thought and with that as our goal, like this next three-week period is going to be one that is |
| 1:42.2 | going to teach me a great many things about what wasn't working, |
| 1:47.0 | what was bound to break anyways, and what needed an update. Then I will be less likely to be |
| 1:55.2 | frustrated when things go off course. This is my every Mercury Retrograde pep talk. We talk like this. |
| 2:04.0 | We have this little talk about, you know, three times a year, sometimes four times a year, |
| 2:09.3 | because that's how common Mercury's retrograde is. And, you know, my mode of thinking is that |
| 2:15.5 | if something happens often, then it is most likely meant to be or here for a reason that is possibly trying to help me out. |
| 2:25.9 | And again, even though Mercury retrogrades can be exceptionally rude, in the end, if we don't take it personally, we will come out with something |
| 2:39.2 | that feels like a much better game plan or a much better system. Now, the interesting thing |
| 2:47.0 | about this Mercury retrograde is it's happening the same day just after the sun enters |
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