Your Horoscope for Capricorn
by Susan Miller
SUMMARY
Lately, you have been thinking about how to make more money. You were ready and motivated to act on this goal last month, after the new moon July 24, which will still be strongly influencing you during the beginning of August. That new moon appeared in your eighth house of other people’s money, so if you did inquire (or soon will) about borrowing money, applying for a mortgage, or asking you employer for an upgrade in benefits, such as better health insurance, a year-end bonus, or flex time, you might have encountered pushback.
With Pluto opposed to the Sun and new moon last month on July 24, it was harder than usual to negotiate and get a reasonable response. I am not only referring to asking your boss for better benefits or a more reasonable commission—even getting money from your bank or a venture capitalist may have been harder than usual, too. If you owe taxes, negotiating with the tax auditors may have seemed weirdly hard, even if you were friendly and eager to set up a payment plan. Go figure. That July 24 new moon brought financial obstacles and sometimes roadblocks. The power brokers who held the purse strings were simply not as cooperative as you had anticipated. It will not always be this way.
Mercury is currently retrograde in your financial eighth house, and that could explain any difficulty you possibly encountered. Mercury started its backward slide on July 18 and will turn direct August 10.
However, when it comes to getting fair compensation, you will likely have far better luck at the full moon August 9 (influential from one day before, August 8, to four days after, August 13). Mercury will be going direct on August 10. To get the money you want, bring up the topic of salary instead of such things like company benefits, bonuses, commissions, or vacation days. Surprise-a-minute Uranus is now based in Gemini and your work-a-day assignment sector and will send the August 9 full moon a brilliant, supportive vibration—you may be amazed at the positive response you receive.
