August 18th - Retrograde Mercury cazimi

Occurring at 26 degrees of Leo, this is the halfway point of the retrograde & occurs shortly after Mercury squares Uranus. Things start to clear up & turn around in the retrograde story. However, now Venus starts activating all this Mars-Saturn-Jupiter stuff. She's applying to a square with Mars which is interrupted by contacts to other planets, but we'll be feeling the buildup to it in the background