Daily Horoscope for Aries

Horoscope Cast for Saturday, August 8th, 2009

by daniel "bud" dowd

Daily Horoscope for Aries Summary

As we head into the weekend, there's a Mars-Saturn aspect that will be gaining power (so the effects might be smaller Friday, but by the time Sunday rolls around, this energy will be in full force). Mars and Saturn can be a difficult bunch to handle, so you need to be on your toes this weekend. People are going to place a premium on doing the things they want to do, which can lead to them half-assing their way through their responsibilities. But Saturn isn't going to take that. If you do a crappy job once, you'll get stuck doing it over again, further delaying you from doing the things you really want to do.

In addition to this, because we'll be in such a rush, there can be tasks that we'll face here that are dependent on other people contributing before we can resume our duties. For instance, say you work at a store and you can't close the store and go home until Johnny finishes mopping the floor. You can bet this weekend that Johnny will never mop more slowly in his life. This can build a lot of frustration up as you're powerless to do anything but wait. It's important that you don't let this frustration carry over to other elements of life though. You need to separate it out, or else you'll stay irritated all weekend.

In and of itself, this is a tough transit, where people can neglect stuff they really must do (or they might overwork themselves to the point of physical exhaustion). But you combine it with the grander astrological landscape, where people are questioning the greater purpose of their actions, and it just seems like piling on. The best you can do is take care of business. Even if you aren't sure what the point is in going to work every day, or if you aren't sure whether the payoff is worth what you put in, there's still something worthwhile about doing a good job. Even if you put in a hellish day at work, if you did a good job, you can wipe your brow, relieved that you put forth a solid effort and that it's over until the next day. Don't lose the value in that. Best of luck.

Bud

The Daily Horoscope for Aries

Some of your settings can start to get too cramped. You might have an over-abundance of stuff (with more on the way), but the area you have to store things in isn't getting any larger. This can lead to some difficult decisions about what you are going to do with everything (because you realistically won't want to get rid of anything). In truth though, some of the things you want to hold onto probably lack any realistic use. If you're having trouble coming up with ideas for what to discard, ask someone else to come in and start picking things out (as they'll be unbiased and they'll tend to pick out the stuff you won't use again).

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Today's Astrology Quote of the Day:
Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences? ~ Walter Scott

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Daily Tao

While alive, the body is soft and pliant
When dead, it is hard and rigid
All living things, grass and trees,
While alive, are soft and supple
When dead, become dry and brittle
Thus that which is hard and stiff
is the follower of death
That which is soft and yielding
is the follower of life
Therefore, an inflexible army will not win
A strong tree will be cut down
The big and forceful occupy a lowly position
While the soft and pliant occupy a higher place

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