Episode 216 features the astrological forecast for August of 2019, with astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan.
In the first part of the episode we catch up on Kelly and Austin’s recent moves, and reflect on coming out of the other side of the difficult transits in June and July, and then in the second part of the show we get into the forecast for August.
The first half of August features a bunch of inner planets moving into Leo and trining Jupiter in Sagittarius, while the second part of the month has many of the same planets forming a stellium in Virgo.
Later in the episode we also present one auspicious electional chart for starting different types of ventures and undertakings this month.
There is a section for timestamps below, if you want to jump straight to the forecast portion of the episode.
This episode is available in both audio and video versions below.
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News and Announcements
Just a few pieces of news and announcements this month:
- The price of Chris’ online course on ancient astrology is going up on August 1.
- Chris and Leisa’s 2019 electional astrology report is now on sale for half off.
- Our 2019 Astrology Calendar Poster Bundle is now on sale for $12.95.
- Kelly’s August 10 webinar: Power Points – Activate Your Ascendant and Midheaven.
- Austin is teaching a Tarot and Astrology Class that starts August 8.
- The NCGR conference is happening in Baltimore August 30–September 3, 2019.
- Shakirah Tabourn’s thread on twitter for drawing astrological glyphs.
- Other examples by Diana Rose, Bear Ryver, and others.
- Tem Tarriktar, the founder of The Mountain Astrologer magazine, passed away on July 8. He was interviewed on episode 149 of the podcast last year: Tem Tarriktar on the Mountain Astrologer Magazine. Thanks to listeners Sousa Jefferson and Sheila Roher who recently made a transcript of the interview with Tem Tarriktar.
The Astrology of August
Here are some of the highlights of August:
- Venus square Uranus August 2
- Sun trine Jupiter August 7
- Venus trine Jupiter August 8
- Jupiter station direct at 14 Sagittarius August 11
- Mercury into Leo August 11
- Uranus station retrograde at 6 Taurus August 11
- Venus conjunct the Sun August 14
- Full Moon at 22 Aquarius August 15
- Mercury square Uranus August 16
- Mars into Virgo August 18
- Venus into Virgo August 21
- Mercury trine Jupiter August 21
- Sun into Virgo August 23
- Venus conjunct Mars August 24
- Venus trine Uranus August 26
- Mars trine Uranus August 28
- Sun trine Uranus August 29
- Mercury into Virgo August 29
- New Moon at 6 Virgo August 30
Auspicious Electional Charts for August
The auspicious election this month that was chosen by Leisa Schaim is set for:
There are a four more electional charts that we found for August, which are available in our private subscriber-only podcast on auspicious elections that was released yesterday.
Timestamps
Some approximate timestamps if you want to jump to specific parts of the episode:
- 00:00 – Pre-forecast chat.
- 00:42 – Forecast for August.
- 59:50 – Auspicious electional astrology chart for August.
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I have Saturn exactly conjunct ascendant and I had a twin who died in utero ……..Also Stan Grof has allot of writing on the Birth Matrix’s which I use in my astrology work and Cranial Sacral work…..
Hello , I am a beginner. I was born Dec 31, 1989 and after digging into my funny looking chart, I’m learning I am from the Capricorn Stellium ? Do you have any advice on where to get my chart read, in regards to the current astrological positions and all of these connections ? Thank you !
See my video on tips for learning astrology:
You mentioned on the podcast that Solar Fire is going to be available for Mac computers. I went to the Astrolabe site and didn’t see anything mentioned. Wondering if I misheard.
They have been working on it behind the scenes for a while, and it is supposed to come out eventually, but no firm release date has been set as far as I know.
OK. Thanks for letting me know. Much appreciated!
I have a fairly interesting birth story I thought I’d share and feel there’s an awful lot of symbolism in it! I was born in Hong Kong at 11:45am on 1st nov 1983 on the tail end of a typhoon. There was an attack at the airport (2 drunk soldiers!) and an explosion of gunpowder (fireworks) on the mountain – I know this because of my dad’s job there at the time. I was a breach birth, but had the cord wrapped round my neck 3 times so strangled myself on the way out. The doctor at one point declared there was no foetal heart beat however once out and the cord removed I was pretty vocal apparently. Poor mum lost a lot of blood and needed a transfusion (or 2 maybe?!). Interestingly my younger brother was also breach and had the cord wrapped his neck, but was a Caesarian birth and asleep when delivered… the family have always attributed these birth stories to our very different personalities!
Chris: would getting solar fire NOT configured to Mac be a big pain compared to just waiting til the Mac version comes out? I really need to get it, but worried about jumping the gun.
The only issue with the Mac version is that they have been promising that it would be out soon for what seems like forever now, and I have no real idea of how soon it will actually be released. Could be later this year, or there could be more delays. Who knows.
I was an emergency c-section, nearly one week late (due 9/26; born 10/2/81), with Mars conjunct my ascendant. Melissa LaFara said my chart reflects it: Moon, Venus and Uranus in Scorpio (lots of Scorpio usually meaning an intense birth for the mother), Uranus signaling emergency situations, and Mars representing the surgeon’s scalpel cutting me out at the exact right moment!
Ex has Mars conjunct ASC partile. He was born premature. The funny story here is that he and two other members of a band he was in always arrived early for gigs, which is quite unusual for musicians. While waiting for the others to arrive, they discovered in conversation that they were all born premature!