Weekly Mundane Astrological Climate - Week of August 4 to 10, 2025

Introduction

You can view global aspects for any day and time using the Transits application, in simple chart mode after unchecking angular aspects in the form. Positions and aspects are calculated from Monday to Sunday at 12:00 PM UT.

The orb for major planetary aspects is set at three degrees. For the True North Node and Lilith, true positions are used. Minor aspects are excluded from interpretation due to their limited influence.

Planetary aspects shape the global context, influencing politics, economics, and social trends. Lunar aspects are not included here, as their brevity makes them too fleeting for a weekly analysis.

The same applies to the North Node, Lilith, and Chiron, whose influence through aspects remains insufficiently demonstrated.

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This is not a personal horoscope but a form of mundane astrology highlighting planetary influence on a collective scale.

This week of August 4 to 10, 2025 opens under a dynamic and vibrant sky, with the Sun in Leo sparking a strong drive for self-expression, sometimes with a touch of drama. The dissonances involving retrograde Mercury and Venus in Cancer, along with the early tensions of Mars shifting into Libra, create a climate of relational friction, misunderstandings, or emotional missteps.

The harmonious aspects connecting Mercury to Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune still offer flashes of insight, intuition, or mental clarity. As Mars opposes the Saturn and Neptune conjunction in Aries, a sharp tension arises between the urge to act and forces of inertia, confusion, or lack of direction. Yet its trines to Uranus and Pluto provide a backdrop for emancipation or strategic breakthroughs. Beneath the surface, Chiron's slow journey through Aries continues laying the foundation for a deeper collective shift, still taking shape but already resonating.

Planetary Positions and Aspects – Short-Term

Planetary Positions – Fleeting Influences

• The Sun, from 12°22' to 18°07' Leo, moves through the second decan of the sign, highlighting personal expression, pride, and the quest for brilliance. The atmosphere favors displays of power, overt ambition, or identity-based assertions. The life force takes on a desire to leave a mark, sometimes excessively so.
• Retrograde Mercury, from 6°34'Я to 4°17'Я Leo, disrupts communication and encourages revisiting past stances. Bold declarations may backfire, and rhetorical flourishes can miss their mark. Discernment becomes crucial in a climate of fevered or poorly calibrated discourse.
• Venus, from 5°02' to 12°02' Cancer, heightens the need for tenderness, security, and emotional attachment. Feelings take on a more intimate or family-oriented tone, but tensions with the slow-moving planets in Aries complicate the fluid expression of sentiment. The desire for protection may drift into hypersensitivity or over-cautiousness.
• The Moon, from 15°05' Sagittarius to 2°58' Pisces, moves through fire, earth, air, and water signs, stirring a swirl of emotional tones. The collective mood alternates between activist enthusiasm, internalized discipline, cerebral detachment, and melancholic dreaming. The weekend looks blurrier, favoring withdrawal or escapism.

Planetary Aspects of the Week – Short-Term Climate

• Retrograde Mercury (Leo) sextile Mars (Libra) stimulates intellectual reflexes and sharp comebacks. This aspect supports quick decisions, pointed arguments, or lively debates, especially when the stakes are concrete and clearly defined.
• Retrograde Mercury (Leo) trine retrograde Saturn (Aries) structures thinking and stabilizes expression, despite the retrograde atmosphere. It allows for the formulation of clear and lasting ideas, sometimes at the cost of a more restrained tone or deliberately slow exchanges.
• Retrograde Mercury (Leo) sextile Uranus (Gemini) brings a sudden flash, a new idea, or a shift in perspective. Perceptions evolve, often with a playful, provocative, or nonconformist edge.
• Retrograde Mercury (Leo) trine retrograde Neptune (Aries) invites imagination, intuition, or symbolism. Messages take on a poetic or spiritual tone, especially welcome in artistic, literary, or introspective contexts.
• Retrograde Mercury (Leo) opposite retrograde Pluto (Aquarius) heightens verbal tension and ideological battles. Discussions may escalate into mental confrontations, revealing hidden power struggles or obsessive arguments.
• Venus (Cancer) conjunct Jupiter (Cancer) amplifies desire, emotion, and pleasure. This aspect encourages affectionate demonstrations, generosity, or protective impulses, sometimes with a touch of indulgence or excess.
• Venus (Cancer) square retrograde Saturn (Aries) confronts feelings with reality. Doubts, restraints, or obligations may hold back the heart's momentum, generating a sense of nostalgia or quiet frustration.
• Venus (Cancer) square retrograde Neptune (Aries) heightens disappointments or emotional misunderstandings. Vague expectations, cherished illusions, or emotional projections may collide with a sense of disenchantment.
• Mars (Virgo) opposite retrograde Saturn (Aries) signals a standoff between efficiency and blockage, between the will to act and underlying constraints. External resistance slows down initiatives or tests perseverance.
• Mars (Virgo) trine Uranus (Gemini) boosts adaptability and technical creativity. It's a quick, inventive aspect that favors effective adjustments within precise frameworks or constrained situations.
• Mars (Virgo) opposite retrograde Neptune (Aries) weakens defenses and motivation. It may bring discouragement, confusion in action, or misguided efforts, especially when goals lack clarity.
• Mars (Virgo) trine retrograde Pluto (Aquarius) strengthens the drive for concrete transformation. Action becomes more strategic, deeper, and may aim to discreetly yet effectively reform existing structures.

Planetary Positions and Aspects – Longer-Term

Planetary Positions – Medium-Term Climate

• Mars, from 28°28' Virgo to 2°12' Libra, completes its transit through a methodical sign before entering Libra on August 7, noticeably shifting the tone of action. The final days in Virgo sharpen technical efficiency, practical rigor, and analytical reflexes. Once in Libra, energy becomes more social, more adaptable, or more fragile depending on the relational context, highlighting the search for balance, cooperation, or indirect confrontation.
• Jupiter, from 12°27' to 13°42' Cancer, reinforces values of protection, family roots, and loyalty to a meaningful past. It supports nurturing impulses, domestic solidarity, or group identity dynamics, though it may also intensify defensive or fusion-based attitudes in overly closed environments.
• Retrograde Lilith, from 9°27'Я Scorpio to 27°39' Libra, continues its backward motion, leaving Scorpio to reenter Libra on August 8. It shifts from a near-instinctive emotional intensity to more social, relational, or aesthetic concerns. The end of its transit through Scorpio intensifies control issues and silent revolts, while its return to Libra revives tensions around partnerships, imposed norms, and ambiguous compromises between authenticity and appearances.

Planetary Positions – Long-Term Climate

• Retrograde Saturn, from 1°31'Я to 1°17'Я Aries, continues to challenge individual authority structures and responsibilities tied to personal initiative. This slow introspective phase demands discipline, autonomy, and perseverance, within a framework that rejects shortcuts or impulsive decisions.
• Uranus, from 1°01' to 1°10' Gemini, moves forward slowly but steadily through a sign of cognitive disruption. This passage continues to encourage the reconfiguration of knowledge systems, the digitization of exchanges, and the multiplication of non-linear communication pathways.
• Retrograde Neptune, from 1°56'Я to 1°50'Я Aries, diffuses a utopian energy tinged with ambiguity, centered on collective causes or ideological revolutions. Inspiration runs high but often remains vague, calling for discernment between fruitful intuitions and illusionary drift.
• Retrograde Pluto, from 2°21'Я to 2°13'Я Aquarius, continues to erode dominant collective structures, exposing underlying tensions in technocratic systems or the digital world order. It sheds light on the fractures of contemporary power and the long-term metamorphosis of societal dynamics.
• Retrograde Chiron, from 27°09'Я to 27°07'Я Aries, deepens the introspection initiated by its change of direction on July 31. It sharpens awareness of identity or existential wounds, encouraging a more inward, slow-paced, yet potentially healing journey.
• Retrograde True North Node, from 18°58'Я to 18°30'Я Pisces, resumed its usual backward motion on August 2, redirecting collective focus toward values of detachment, faith, or reconciliation. It invites a reassessment of shared commitments through the lens of non-linear wisdom, sometimes mystical, sometimes disenchanted.

Long-Term Planetary Aspects – Enduring Trends

For this week of August 4 to 10, 2025, there is no change compared to the previous week.

• Retrograde Saturn (Aries) sextile Uranus (Gemini) embodies a rare synergy between order and innovation. This planetary combination offers ideal ground for patient yet bold reforms, where structure adapts without breaking and progress unfolds within realistic frameworks. On a global scale, it may support the implementation of innovative public policies or the modernization of old institutions, provided internal tensions are managed through a coherent vision.
• Retrograde Saturn (Aries) conjunct retrograde Neptune (Aries) marks a moment of crystallization between spiritual aspiration and the demand for reality. This aspect urges the embodiment of high ideals through tangible projects, giving shape to an ethical or mystical vision via concrete commitments. It may signal the rise of charismatic leaders with a collective mission, or social structures with symbolic weight, but caution is needed in the face of seductive illusions or rigid utopias.
• Retrograde Saturn (Aries) sextile retrograde Pluto (Aquarius) supports deep but well-framed transformations of power systems. It anchors collective change in stable foundations, combining strategic clarity with constructive patience. This atmosphere encourages lasting institutional reforms, the overhaul of governance mechanisms, or the establishment of new social norms aligned with the demands of the contemporary world.
• Uranus (Gemini) sextile retrograde Neptune (Aries) unites the search for inspiration with the breath of progress. It fosters a climate conducive to meaningful technological advances, linking collective intuition with concrete innovation. This configuration encourages bridges between science and spirituality, between digital networks and human awareness, between idealism and social efficiency. It harbors the seeds of new approaches to solidarity or education in the digital age.
• Uranus (Gemini) trine retrograde Pluto (Aquarius) activates a powerful dynamic of societal regeneration. It is an aspect of calm yet determined revolution, where change naturally takes hold in areas related to technology, shared governance, or public infrastructure. It enhances the transformation of communication systems, the rise of new collective intelligences, and the deep questioning of established paradigms.
• Retrograde Neptune (Aries) sextile retrograde Pluto (Aquarius) works deeply within the collective unconscious. This underlying current favors the emergence of new worldviews, often through gentle ruptures with former models. It supports a symbolic renewal of shared beliefs, political or spiritual ideals, and a gradual transformation of the invisible structures that underpin societies. The undercurrents it generates may remain unnoticed for a long time before profoundly reshaping the collective imagination.

Conclusion

The week of August 4 to 10, 2025 unfolds under a paradoxical light, between Leo's brilliance and the quiet pull of long-term collective changes. As the Sun advances through the second decan of Leo, it fuels a strong desire for recognition and creative impact, while Mercury and Venus heighten emotional sensitivity and interpersonal tension. The overall mood resembles a dazzling performance, occasionally disrupted by miscommunication or relational strain.

Behind the scenes, the slow-moving planets are reshaping core dynamics in high-impact signs like Aries and Aquarius. Chiron stirs collective questions around identity, while the Saturn and Neptune conjunction in Aries begins redefining shared meaning and purpose. At the same time, Pluto initiates a deep transformation of collective systems. In this delicate balance between self-assertion and reflection, the most effective strategies will blend inner awareness, mental agility, and patience. A week to shine, just don't burn your bridges.