August 7th: Balance between personal and social issues and strategy design as Mercury retrograde complements the Witch Head Nebula with mental clarity.

August 7th: Venus in opposition to Vesta and 60° from Saturn indicates a balance between social life and personal affairs. We should distribute time adequately, but considering that yesterday the general trend was towards concentration, it is likely that participation in social activities will be rewarding today. This astrological mix helps the relationship with authority figures and routine becomes more enjoyable as well as fulfilling obligations. In love and romance, a little relax would do well in order to dissolve hidden fears to be controlled by partners.
The Sun in  parallel to Pallas and 135° from Ceres is great for designing plans of all kinds, short, medium and long term. This combination is excellent for grapical arts and manual labor with crafts, and also to order the domestic environment. It also encourages a competitive spirit, not to be taken to the extreme in team work situations, because it can cause unnecessary confrontations. In that case, the goal is to increase productivity, not be the best.
Mercury retrograde in contraparallel to the Witch Head Nebula and 150° from Ceres shows great clarity of mind coupled with intuition.  This favors introspection, dream analysis, premonitions, visualization, psychoanalysis, oracle consutations. To increase perception you must have a receptive attitude and calmness. On the other hand, rational analysis and a practical approach to reality can positively complement subjective impressions that can be emotionally disturbing by themselves.