Henry Seltzer – This is an unusual month, beginning as it does in the wake of the Leo New Moon that featured a partile or same-degree square from the Sun and Moon to disruptive Uranus in Taurus, indicating unexpected events and surprise enlightenment.
We must note that this lunation cycle still has the first two weeks of September to go before its thirty days have ended. This unusual emphasis on the Trickster is coupled with the inner planet retrogrades of Mercury and of Venus as the month begins.
Jennifer Hoffman – Every calendar year we have a number of planets that have retrograde cycles and this year is no different. Except this year and specifically this month, we will have 7 retrograde planets and that is a lot. The only planet that is not retrograde will be Mars and it did a 3 month retrograde in Gemini in 2022, ending it the first week of January 2023. That Mars retro is significant to what is happening now, more on that later. If you wonder why I don’t mention the sun and the moon, it’s because they never go retrograde and they don’t figure in here.
Lorna Bevan – Expect to really feel the elemental shift this week from Fire to Earth, as the Sun exits Leo on August 23rd returning to Virgo where 
Gillian MacBeth-Louthan – As the vibrations of Mercury wraps itself around us we once again journey to the land of ‘nots’. In this land of many knots (nots) you are asked to look at what still binds you in body, heart, and soul.
Kelly M Beard – With this energy, it is best to understand that you will have two distinct pulls within – obligation to others versus responsibility to Self. It’s not nearly as bad as it feels, however, it does bring up something we all work really hard to balance to some degree or another – self and others .