VIRGO (August 23–September 23)
Looks like you’ve had just about enough of all this heat, sand, and day-drinking. I picture you yearning for sweater weather and opportunities to sharpen your mind on an especially complex problem. Your horoscope ruler, Mercury, turns retrograde on the same day the sun enters your sign. By the 23rd, you’re champing at the bit to clean up the sloppy, overflowing excesses of this summer and create some order. Please go easy on yourself and others. There’s a lot of unruliness working against you. What if you got really serious and diligent about reflection and enjoying your passions in solitude?
This article appears in August 2023.
