Planetary News

Planetary News August 2022 from Komilla Sutton

PATCHES OF INSTABILITY IN AUGUST

August begins with the Mars Rahu conjunction and Mercury in Cancer Leo Gandanta. At the start of the month, we must navigate the three Gandanta transits of Sun, Mercury, and Venus, plus the Mars Rahu. The rest of the month is relatively calm. The Sun is powerful in Leo after the 15th.

PANCHANGA AUGUST 2022

Key dates in August - compiled by Keiko Shanti. (https://keikoshanti.com)

- All times listed are UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
- Mean nodes are used.

As we start the month of August...

• Rahu and Mars are almost conjunct
• Mercury has just entered Leo and is still in Gandanta
• Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are in dignity
• Rahu and Ketu are debilitated in Navamsha

1 August

Mars-Rahu conjunction 24°07 Aries Bharani Nakshatra 8:05 am.

2 August

Nag Panchami is a festival celebrating the Great Naga, the serpents, an important day to do remedy for Rahu Ketu. Nag Panchami Festival

6 August

Venus enters Cancer (until 31 August) 11:51 pm.

10 August

Mars enters Taurus (until 16 October) 3:41 pm.

12 August

Full Moon 25°11 Capricorn Dhanishta Nakshatra 1:36 am.

This Full Moon is closely conjunct Saturn at 27°55 Capricorn.

14 August

Sun-Saturn mutual aspect 27°43 Cancer-Capricorn 4.51 pm.

17 August

The Sun is in Gandanta from 16 August 5:55 am until 17 August 10:16 pm.

18 August

Krishna Janmashtami Krishna Janmashtami Festival

20 August

Mercury enters Virgo, its sign of exaltation (until 27 October) 8:34 pm.

On this day, Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn are in dignity.

27 August

New Moon 9°53 Leo Magha Nakshatra 8:17 am.

28 August

Venus - Saturn mutual aspect 26°41 Cancer-Capricorn 6:16pm.

30 August

Swarna Gauri Vratam Swarna Gauri Vratam Festival

31 August

Ganesh Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi Festival

Venus enters Leo (until 24 September) 10:49 am.

Venus is in Gandanta from 30 August 7:15 pm until 1 September 2.42 am.

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PATCHES OF UNCERTAINTY IN AUGUST

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JUPITER IN RETROGRADE IN PISCES

28 July to 23 November 2022

Jupiter retrogrades and remains in Pisces. It is strong and beneficial throughout this period. We should watch the day it turns retrograde on 28 July and direct on 23 November, therwise,it does not make a challenging conjunction, and we will not feel the retrograde during most of the transit.

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