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• August 5, 2008 12:21 PM
• Horoscopes

Star Struck: August

By Virginia Bell

See what the stars have in store for you this month.

LEO July 23-August 22
Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby (a Leo, naturally) just celebrated her 40th birthday and although she planned a quiet day with family she couldn't escape the publicity. With the dramatic solar eclipse in Leo on the 1st, there's going to be fireworks, so stop pretending you don't love the spotlight…go ahead, live it up. This is your time; say "yes" to absolutely everything. You can worry about the consequences later.

VIRGO August 23-September 22
Even the most practical Virgos may experience spontaneous memories of past lives or alien abductions this month. Blame it on the eclipse in your psychic 12th house. Once the sun enters Virgo on the 22nd, you'll be back to your senses, although strangely altered. A rare second new moon in Virgo on the 30th may have you writing and talking about your experience. And the story will interest plenty more people than just you.

LIBRA September 23-October 23
Your sovereign, seductive Venus, gets naughty with several planets this month (on the 4th, 16th, 21st, 23rd, and 29th), and you may find yourself acting like an audacious Aries, flirting and dancing outrageously. Before you get into any serious trouble (or a ménage a trios), you may want to rent those two French classics, Jules and Jim and Belle du Jour; not necessarily solo.

SCORPIO October 24-November 21
According to Chaos Theory, small changes set off a chain of events that lead to large scale phenomena. The eclipse on August 1st takes place in your career house; any effort you make now will have brilliant results. Work is your Holy Grail this month; don't even think about a vacation. By Labor Day when everyone else returns broke and sun-burned, you'll be running the world.

Check out the entire Zodiac after the jump.

SAGITTARIUS November 22-December 21
Holly Golightly, Truman Capote's heroine in Breakfast at Tiffany's, may very well have been a Sadge. After all, her calling card read; Miss Holly Golightly, Traveling. With the new moon eclipse on August 1st in your house of faraway places, magic (not to mention romance) happens on the road, in a train, or on a gondola. Don't even bother to pack; you can shop when you get there.

CAPRICORN December 22-January 19
Ever since Pluto slipped back into your mysterious 12th house you've been acting like J. Edgar Hoover, convinced people are screwing up and not giving you the support you deserve. Maybe they're not as evolved as you. Forgive them anyway. Once Pluto turns direct next month and re-enters Capricorn in November, you enter a new level of power. You better make sure your karma is squeaky clean.

AQUARIUS January 20 - February 18
Aquarians don't take advice or crap from anyone, but with four planets in your relationship house in early August, everyone else (your mother, your Pilates instructor, even your dog) knows what's good for you. A relationship has reached a critical point, and you need an intervention. So start listening. Although you may wax eloquent about freedom, you're really just scared to death of being alone.

PISCES February 19-March 20
Foggy Neptune makes you even more sensitive than usual. Annoying co-workers stress you out and you're worried sick about the dead baby penguins and global warming. Focus on the small things you can control. Once Mars enters Libra on the 19th, your financial picture brightens, and thanks to Venus, your love life gets a B-12 boost on the 21st. Of course, in your case, you may not even notice.

ARIES March 21-April 19
Your ruler, pushy Mars, is unstable this month; it challenges Uranus on the 6th, then crosses paths with Pluto on the 16th. With the solar eclipse in your creative 5th house, channel that energy into something artistic. In 1973 fellow ram, Erica Jong, wrote Fear of Flying and coined the phrase, "the zipless fuck." It sold 20 million copies. Sometimes the pen is more powerful (and lucrative) than the sword.

TAURUS April 20-May 20
Bulls hate change almost as much as cheap beauty products and polyester, but with two eclipses happening in the most sensitive area of your chart it's non-negotiable. You can go quietly or kicking and screaming—your choice. Lucky, the asteroid Vesta joins Jupiter and Venus to form a protective grand trine. As they say, "jump and the net will appear."

GEMINI May 21-June 21
Big ideas and grandiose schemes can embarrass you at the lunar eclipse on the 16th. Fragrances based on comfort foods; a reality show about dog sledding? Please! On the 21st, smart Geminis have an epiphany and realize what's working in their life is what they already have. The rest of you suckers will be heading for Antarctica with a camera crew and cases of dog food.

CANCER June 22-July 22
"I've been broke but I've never been poor; broke is temporary; poor is a state of mind," said Mike Todd (legendary producer and Elizabeth Taylor's 3rd husband). Two eclipses in your wealth area should usher in a new era of prosperity. Of course, your old fears about the poor house may flare up. This is the perfect time to change your attitude about money; otherwise you really will be back home living with your parents.

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