August 14th - Mars conjunct Jupiter, Mercury regresses into Leo

Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, & Venus are all looking at another in one way or another in a T-square for much of the month. Mars & Jupiter can give us triumphant victory & enthusiasm--exceptional quarterback Tom Brady has this conjunction natally. Mars & Jupiter also represent war & peace respectively, which bodes ill for current conflicts. Explosions & guns are also signified here: the largest non-nuclear explosion, in a Beirut warehouse, occurred under a Mars-Jupiter square. Mars-Jupiter means aggressive expansion, but with Saturn poised to square each of them in turn later this month, we'll soon run into barriers. Beware excessive confidence; it can backfire. In economic significations, Obama signed in his 2009 stimulus package under this configuration, as did Congress in 2020 (this also influenced by other major configurations, including Saturn).