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Weekly planetary zodiac positions from:
Monday August 5th 1996. A clear guide to the major astrological influences shaping the week ahead, showing where each planet sits in the zodiac and how these positions set the overall tone behind your daily and weekly horoscopes.

Sun and Moon:

Sun in Leo: Visibility increases, making your contributions more noticeable to others.

Aries Moon (Aug 3–5) 🌖 Direct, increases emotional clarity, helping you feel more decisive, sharing what you have learned.

Taurus Moon (Aug 5–7) 🌖 Grounded, helps create a sense of order, settling emotional ups and downs, gentle emotional unpacking.

Gemini Moon (Aug 7–9) 🌗 Light, makes communication easier, making it easier to change direction, choosing which paths to close.

Cancer Moon (Aug 10–12) 🌘 Gentle, helps you notice what feels safe, bringing closeness into relationships, quiet release.

Inner planets:

Mercury in Virgo: Analytical, helps you break big tasks into steps, and helping you refine systems and routines.

Venus in Gemini: Curious, supports flirting through words and ideas, and helping you explore different types of people.

Mars in Cancer: Protective, encourages you to respond when feelings are stirred, and helping you honour your moods through action.

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Outer planets:

Jupiter in Capricorn (retrograde): Brings review of growth, working by retracing previous steps, especially in responsibilities and commitments.

Saturn in Aries (retrograde): Brings internal restructuring, working through correcting past decisions, especially in self-discipline and motivation.

Uranus in Aquarius (retrograde): Internalised tension, through reviewing recent changes, in groups and shared causes.

Neptune in Capricorn (retrograde): Brings softened clarity, working through noticing where you avoid clear answers, especially in personal standards and self-judgment.

Pluto in Sagittarius (retrograde): Inward pressure for change, by looking again at where you gave power away, in beliefs, philosophy, and faith.

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August 5th 1996 Weekly Zodiac Astrological Planetary Positions

Sun and Moon:

Inner planets:

Outer planets: