August 2025: Recognizing bottomless well situations

Although we prefer to spend the summer with cloudless relaxation, this August, the meeting of Mars, retrograde Saturn and Neptune, which stir up heavy energies, may sweep more serious issues under the rug. There is no reason to panic, but it is worth consciously dealing with the situations that are now emerging.

Triple opposition during the August full moon

Between June 28 and September 12, Mars will be in the constellation Virgo according to the Vedic astrological system. During this month and a half, it will be in opposition to Neptune and Saturn, who have been retrograde in the constellation Pisces since July.

The exact Mars and rSaturn-rNeptune opposition will occur during the full moon on August 9. That is, the effect of the planetary position will be felt most intensely in the days around the full moon. At that time, all three planets will be at the 7th degree of the opposing signs in the Vedic system.

Saturn and Neptune have been moving at the same degree for several weeks since the beginning of July, as Saturn will be in retrograde from July 13 to November 28, while Neptune will be in retrograde from July 4 to December 10, so Saturn will also be strongly connected to Neptunian energies.

The resolution of the now recognized truths may take place in the winter, but it would be important to realistically view our situation and our possibilities in the issues that have not yet been clarified.

So what issues can we face during August?

• Stuck Life Situations
• Chaos Caused by Illusion
• Excessive Sacrifice

Where Does Our Energy Go?

What or Who Takes Our Energy, Time, and Money? Where Does the Majority of Our Attention Go? This August provides an excellent opportunity to examine the fact that our stuck life situations have most likely not yet started on the path to improvement because an unjustified large portion of our time and money is spent on something, an obsession, or a person that, like a black hole, sucks up our resources but hardly gives them back.

This summer, we can identify activities or habits that, like a bottomless well, absorb our energy and drain our capacities. Because of this, we no longer have enough strength left for new or forward-looking opportunities and relationships.

We may encounter windmill-fighting-type situations this August, which have existed before, but it would have been unpleasant to face them and tell the truth that this cannot continue in this form.

For example, it is possible that we have been trying to make ourselves understood and accepted by someone for decades, but if that person misjudges us despite all the energy invested, it is recommended to recognize that further conversation and rapprochement will be futile. There is little point in wasting our time on it.

What is the solution?

According to the formula, on the one hand, we need to face the fact that no one will "save" us from our predicament, but we need to lend a helping hand ourselves. To do this, we need to recognize our inherent strength and innovative ability.

On the other hand, we should introduce new habits, reorganize our dysfunctional or unsustainable systems in the long term (e.g. household, time schedule, work tasks, lifestyle, nutrition, exercise, etc.). We need to build our lives around our goals.

Everything that is not functional should be ended. This is no small task, especially if we have been performing our daily tasks according to bad habits for decades, but according to the formula, we have every chance of making positive changes by the end of the year.

Finding a new direction while sailing in the fog

Retrograde Neptune in Pisces, together with retrograde Saturn, can be symbolically compared to sailing in a dense fog full of obstacles. In what direction are we heading? This may also arise as a question recently. In certain matters it would not hurt to take a course towards new goals, because what has been floating before our eyes as a goal until now was just a mirage.

Of course, this will not be true for everything, but during August we may recognize long-cherished dreams that have no basis in reality. Illusions - that is, things that only existed in our heads - may have generated chaos and a stagnant life situation.

The other big theme in August is to identify those extra activities and draining relationships that still prevent us from moving in the direction of our dreams. We came here to experience, by vegetating we say no to our own lives.

Sacrifice for the sake of order

The Virgo-Pisces axis reflects servitude, service, and sacrifice. It shows that we may have made an unjustified sacrifice for the sake of something or someone, which has delayed the result, the progress in the present, and put us at a disadvantage. The obstacles could perhaps be removed if we sacrificed something, if we gave up something in order to create lasting order.

Overall, August holds a huge opportunity to sort out the more messy situations in our lives. Let's live it wisely!