The sky · Saturday, August 15 (UTC)
Mercury-Jupiter conjunction; Moon through turbulent and grounded trines
August 15 brings Mercury and Jupiter into exact conjunction at 11:22 UTC, favoring clear communication and expanded thinking. The day's lunar weather is more complex: the Waxing Crescent Moon in Virgo trines both Uranus and Pluto (the latter exact at 21:13 UTC), grounding innovative impulses, yet squares Mars at 19:36 UTC and opposes Neptune at 21:32 UTC, creating tension between clarity and confusion as evening deepens. Slower-moving planets form a supportive backdrop—Neptune and Pluto sextile, Uranus and Pluto trine—suggesting that despite the Moon's friction, deeper structural shifts remain constructive.
12 aspects within 3° today — everything wider was cut.
- Mercury conjunction Jupiterexact todayexact at 11:22 UTC
- Moon trine Uranuswithin 1°does not perfect today
- Moon trine Plutoexact todayexact at 21:13 UTC
- Neptune sextile Plutowithin 1°does not perfect today
- Moon square Marsexact todayexact at 19:36 UTC
- Moon opposition Neptuneexact todayexact at 21:32 UTC
- Mars square Neptunewithin 1°does not perfect today
- Mercury sextile Venuswithin 3°does not perfect today
- Venus sextile Jupiterwithin 3°does not perfect today
- Uranus sextile Neptunewithin 3°does not perfect today
- Uranus trine Plutowithin 3°does not perfect today
- Venus trine Uranuswithin 3°does not perfect today
Moon in Virgo — Waxing Crescent.
Where everything is
- Sun23° Leo
- Moon29° Virgo
- Mercury10° Leo
- Venus9° Libra
- Mars3° Cancer
- Jupiter10° Leo
- Saturn14° Aries ℞
- Uranus5° Gemini
- Neptune4° Aries ℞
- Pluto4° Aquarius ℞
