The Water Oracle Monthly Horoscope
August 2019 Horoscope
Feeling the Fire!
With the sun in Leo we will all bask in the heat that this fiery sign brings. August and Leo energy light up our solar plexus and sense of identity ushering in ways we can see and be who we really are.
In August we are asked to examine our relationships to others but also the lens in which we view ourselves as well. How does how we perceive others effect how we then see ourselves? The universe is working very hard to remove the veil from our eyes to reveal such truths. We are first asked to see this truth by bearing witness to the harsh realities of the world we are now living in. We see our country and our neighbors for who they really are. Bursting the bubble that “all is well” and ushering in times of true discontent. We see and feel the harsh contrasts of our peoples and of our environment. Both struggling for survival in a world that has until now, mostly turned and looked away hoping for a better view. This distortion of reality has been unraveling for some time now and its final pieces, its coup de grace, lies within us, the individual.
August will bring an attempt to burn away the illusions, misconceptions and distorted viewpoints we have developed of ourselves. The universe will be asking us to look, see and come to terms with our own personal truths. To then not only accept those truths but to rise proudly with them, our masks finally thrown aside.
The world we live in today, our modern culture perpetuates a very destructive, cyclic behavioral pattern designed to keep us distracted with our own self sabotage. A society driven to distraction constantly chasing their own tails. Media at all levels has always been designed to sell us something. Who we should aspire to be, who we are as a country, all the way down to what we should fear. All forms of media are scripted to sell a particular agenda and move the minds of humanity. Social media has us constantly living a life in comparison to others. Through these platforms we are only taught to tolerate individuality not how to cultivate or express it. In fact, our education system is designed specifically to propel us all in the same direction. Individuality in our youth is seen as an abnormality, one which we have been taught to again, tolerate but not to model ourselves after. We are not taught through the mainstream of our culture to be different or to find and develop our passions. We are taught to pick from a list of accepted life paths and go from there. Which list we receive is based on the level of privilege we are starting from. As adults we continue to face a constant barrage of conformity and regulation. We are told these things are just “responsibilities”. Adults must do this, achieve this, etc. There is an unwritten set of expectations for us and predetermined outline of what success looks like. When we do not measure up to these expectations or find that we do not want to, we are left with a sense of perceived failure. Our inability to maintain this false construct or follow this predetermined narrative must mean there is something wrong with us. We are besieged on all sides with reminders of how imperfect we are. Beautiful looks like this person. Successful means having “this” lifestyle and “x” amount of money. We become caught up in a cycle of consumerism to “become” and to fulfill this often unachievable or unrealistic set of goals.
Spirit is begging us to get off this merry-go-round. It's time to stop comparing yourself to others. Your path and purpose is not your neighbors path and purpose. That person on Instagram, your friend on Facebook that all seem to be living their best lives, are not posting pictures of their personal struggles only their highlight reels. And more often than not, those perfect moments aren't even real ones. Though we're reminded of this again and again, it's hard to combat the damage this does on a psychological level. Pictures impact us a thousand times more than words do. The constant streaming of lives you feel are better than your own are setting you up for wave after wave of envy and disappointment. Which leads down a rabbit hole of self-doubt and depression. In August try to dial down the social media usage and let this be your new trend to follow.
You are unique for a reason. You are a snowflake. Let’s take that word back right now. Delicate, pure, unique and beautiful. If we were all meant to be the same and live the same life, we’d all look exactly the same. We’d have all the same opportunities and the same resources. The hard truth is we don’t. The point is that you make something with the ingredients you have. Not long for and pine away for the one ingredient you lack. Use what you’ve got. Celebrate what you do have. What are your strengths? What are your abilities? What are your unique features? Take off the mask of who you think you need to be and relish who you actually are. Stop thinking that that’s not enough. That is lie that the media sells you so that you will buy shit. Whether that’s self-help classes or plastic surgery or a car you can’t afford. Stop buying stuff that you think are self-identifiers! Identity does not come with a price tag nor will it come from assuming someone else’s appearance or lifestyle or life goals. We must become a world filled with people again not sheeple. Your search for wholeness and wellness needs to be about how to express who you are and cultivate that. Love on that. Real wellness stems from the courage to be yourself in a world that wants you to be anything else. Why? Why would anyone want us to be like sheep? Because your personal power lies in who you are not who you pretend to be. When you are disconnected from your personal power you live a life that is fear based and are more easily fooled and more readily duped or taken advantage of. When we act like sheep it is so much easier to pull the wool over our eyes mistaking it for help or kindness when it is actually manipulation. Don’t’ let society dictate who you are. My advice: Wakey, wakey before you become someone else’s eggs and bac-y.
Allow the heat of August to come as a flame of inspiration. A candle is lit within you, time to turn the gas up a little. Indulge and explore your awesomeness. Allow a small amount of peacocking. You can and should strut your stuff a little. You have worked so very hard to be you after all. Do not shrink away from a compliment. Or in complimenting someone else either. Allow people to see you and hear you. Take the opportunity to talk about yourself for once, especially if you’re the “good listener” type.
August is a month to work in collaboration with others. Ask for that overdue favor or brainstorm with like-minded friends or co-workers. The energy is ripe for manifesting something great by Fall if we invest in ourselves and kindle the flame in others. Leo energy loves people gathering. Take advantage of this natural influence to weave together the people you need for whatever it is you are working on. Energy will run high in any project you invest the “real” you in.
We are constantly being told to “just be ourselves”. It is hard to do sometimes isn’t it? Embrace the wisdom that comes with lion energy by spending time with people who you feel you can be yourself around. Let that pump your confidence level up a little bit so you can get that blast of courage you need to walk the walk and talk the talk all the time. It is truly time for the real you to show up.
Be happy and well! - Stacey
Copyright © 2019 by Stacey Held The Water Oracle
Feeling the Fire!
With the sun in Leo we will all bask in the heat that this fiery sign brings. August and Leo energy light up our solar plexus and sense of identity ushering in ways we can see and be who we really are.
In August we are asked to examine our relationships to others but also the lens in which we view ourselves as well. How does how we perceive others effect how we then see ourselves? The universe is working very hard to remove the veil from our eyes to reveal such truths. We are first asked to see this truth by bearing witness to the harsh realities of the world we are now living in. We see our country and our neighbors for who they really are. Bursting the bubble that “all is well” and ushering in times of true discontent. We see and feel the harsh contrasts of our peoples and of our environment. Both struggling for survival in a world that has until now, mostly turned and looked away hoping for a better view. This distortion of reality has been unraveling for some time now and its final pieces, its coup de grace, lies within us, the individual.
August will bring an attempt to burn away the illusions, misconceptions and distorted viewpoints we have developed of ourselves. The universe will be asking us to look, see and come to terms with our own personal truths. To then not only accept those truths but to rise proudly with them, our masks finally thrown aside.
The world we live in today, our modern culture perpetuates a very destructive, cyclic behavioral pattern designed to keep us distracted with our own self sabotage. A society driven to distraction constantly chasing their own tails. Media at all levels has always been designed to sell us something. Who we should aspire to be, who we are as a country, all the way down to what we should fear. All forms of media are scripted to sell a particular agenda and move the minds of humanity. Social media has us constantly living a life in comparison to others. Through these platforms we are only taught to tolerate individuality not how to cultivate or express it. In fact, our education system is designed specifically to propel us all in the same direction. Individuality in our youth is seen as an abnormality, one which we have been taught to again, tolerate but not to model ourselves after. We are not taught through the mainstream of our culture to be different or to find and develop our passions. We are taught to pick from a list of accepted life paths and go from there. Which list we receive is based on the level of privilege we are starting from. As adults we continue to face a constant barrage of conformity and regulation. We are told these things are just “responsibilities”. Adults must do this, achieve this, etc. There is an unwritten set of expectations for us and predetermined outline of what success looks like. When we do not measure up to these expectations or find that we do not want to, we are left with a sense of perceived failure. Our inability to maintain this false construct or follow this predetermined narrative must mean there is something wrong with us. We are besieged on all sides with reminders of how imperfect we are. Beautiful looks like this person. Successful means having “this” lifestyle and “x” amount of money. We become caught up in a cycle of consumerism to “become” and to fulfill this often unachievable or unrealistic set of goals.
Spirit is begging us to get off this merry-go-round. It's time to stop comparing yourself to others. Your path and purpose is not your neighbors path and purpose. That person on Instagram, your friend on Facebook that all seem to be living their best lives, are not posting pictures of their personal struggles only their highlight reels. And more often than not, those perfect moments aren't even real ones. Though we're reminded of this again and again, it's hard to combat the damage this does on a psychological level. Pictures impact us a thousand times more than words do. The constant streaming of lives you feel are better than your own are setting you up for wave after wave of envy and disappointment. Which leads down a rabbit hole of self-doubt and depression. In August try to dial down the social media usage and let this be your new trend to follow.
You are unique for a reason. You are a snowflake. Let’s take that word back right now. Delicate, pure, unique and beautiful. If we were all meant to be the same and live the same life, we’d all look exactly the same. We’d have all the same opportunities and the same resources. The hard truth is we don’t. The point is that you make something with the ingredients you have. Not long for and pine away for the one ingredient you lack. Use what you’ve got. Celebrate what you do have. What are your strengths? What are your abilities? What are your unique features? Take off the mask of who you think you need to be and relish who you actually are. Stop thinking that that’s not enough. That is lie that the media sells you so that you will buy shit. Whether that’s self-help classes or plastic surgery or a car you can’t afford. Stop buying stuff that you think are self-identifiers! Identity does not come with a price tag nor will it come from assuming someone else’s appearance or lifestyle or life goals. We must become a world filled with people again not sheeple. Your search for wholeness and wellness needs to be about how to express who you are and cultivate that. Love on that. Real wellness stems from the courage to be yourself in a world that wants you to be anything else. Why? Why would anyone want us to be like sheep? Because your personal power lies in who you are not who you pretend to be. When you are disconnected from your personal power you live a life that is fear based and are more easily fooled and more readily duped or taken advantage of. When we act like sheep it is so much easier to pull the wool over our eyes mistaking it for help or kindness when it is actually manipulation. Don’t’ let society dictate who you are. My advice: Wakey, wakey before you become someone else’s eggs and bac-y.
Allow the heat of August to come as a flame of inspiration. A candle is lit within you, time to turn the gas up a little. Indulge and explore your awesomeness. Allow a small amount of peacocking. You can and should strut your stuff a little. You have worked so very hard to be you after all. Do not shrink away from a compliment. Or in complimenting someone else either. Allow people to see you and hear you. Take the opportunity to talk about yourself for once, especially if you’re the “good listener” type.
August is a month to work in collaboration with others. Ask for that overdue favor or brainstorm with like-minded friends or co-workers. The energy is ripe for manifesting something great by Fall if we invest in ourselves and kindle the flame in others. Leo energy loves people gathering. Take advantage of this natural influence to weave together the people you need for whatever it is you are working on. Energy will run high in any project you invest the “real” you in.
We are constantly being told to “just be ourselves”. It is hard to do sometimes isn’t it? Embrace the wisdom that comes with lion energy by spending time with people who you feel you can be yourself around. Let that pump your confidence level up a little bit so you can get that blast of courage you need to walk the walk and talk the talk all the time. It is truly time for the real you to show up.
Be happy and well! - Stacey
Copyright © 2019 by Stacey Held The Water Oracle
