Astrology Arizona
Connecting the World with Astrology
In the Summer of 2026!
Welcome!
Welcome The Summer of 2026!
Welcome to the Astrology Arizona (AAZ) website! Here’s what’s up with our organization and the Astrological forecast for August
What’s Coming in Our August Presentation
This presentation is not to be missed!
Our August 22 event will be our free Summer presentation. So far we have several topics up for discussion, including a more extensive analysis of Jupiter in Leo, Venus retrograde, and the 2027 Mars retrograde in Virgo and Leo.
This event is free, but you still have to register via the website, or email Bill to be put on the list to receive the entry codes. You can register at https://azastrologers.org/ Your email lets Bill know you want to attend, and the zoom entry codes are sent out the day before the presentation.
Please join us for good fellowship, good astrology discussions, and another great presentation. I have no doubt it’s going to be another excellent event, and we hope you will join us for this event, since “what one astrologer misses another catches.”
Our paid events will resume in September. As usual, the admission for our presentations is $10 for members, $15 for non-members. You can register at https://azastrologers.org/. Your payment generates an email letting Bill know you’ve registered, and the zoom entry codes are sent out the day before the presentation.
To address a concern, we do not provide free copies of our talks to attendees. If there’s enough interest, we’ll professionally edit the audio and make it available for a small price.
Future Programs Down the Road
Stay tuned, since we have more top shelf presentations on the way! All of these talks are guaranteed to inform, entertain, and open many doors of perception. Looking ahead into 2026:
Our September 26 event features legendary astrologer Richard Nolle who will lead us in an exploration of“The Third Luminary – how recognizing the primal Three Luminaries changes everything.”
Our October 24 event brings the return of spiritual Astrologer Eric Meyers. I’ll let you know the topic when he gives it to me.
November 21 features Lalia Wilson giving a talk on Four Pillars Chinese Astrology known as BaZi. There’s more to Chinese Astrology than most internet sites offer, and this approach includes the 12 animals and 5 elements, creating the cycles of 60 years, months, days, and hours, with each having their representation within “the four pillars,” where each pillar is a combination of an element and animal.
December 19 is our annual free Winter Solstice gathering. As we do each year, we’ll see what the Winter Solstice chart tells us about 2027.
We look forward to seeing you at our high-quality astrology talks offered by some of the best of the best in the field. We’re continuing our price of admission for the presentations of $10 for members, $15 for non-members, which is easily one of the most affordable prices for the quality anywhere!
You can register at https://azastrologers.org/.
A Look at Some of Our Past Presentations
Our October 25 talk featured Eric Meyers speaking on “The Astrological Biorhythm: The Progressed Moon by Declination.” It was a fascinating look at how the declination of the Progressed Moon takes us through times of ascent and descent over a 28 year period, with “seasons” where we hit peaks and valleys every 14 years as the Progressed Moon moves through the Solstice signs.
Our November 29 talk featured yours truly, Professor Robert, speaking on “the Spiritual dimension of Astrology – Navigating the Changes in the Collective Field.” We discussed the "seasons" of the “century cycle,” the emergence of “Divine Mother energy,” and astrological markers when global transformations can be expected. We explored the major changes we’re all going through in 2025-2027, and how to use the intensity of the collective field to fulfill our purpose.
Our December 20 gathering was our yearly free Solstice Presentation. Robert took us through a thorough analysis of the Solstice chart and the themes for the next 90 days, as well as “time triggers” for when we can expect shift and changes. Doc Benton added his take, and gave us a preview of the March Equinox chart as well.
Our January 24 event covered our yearly Predictions for 2026 featuring forecasts, big, small, and absurd, from astrologers and other forecasters all over the world. This one was one of the best yet, with predictions ranging from doom and gloom to the death of leaders to Taylor Swift’s marriage being good for the global economy! A very good time was had by all!
Our February 28 presentation featured a discussion of two topics led by Professors Doc Benton and Robert. The first presentation was about which one of EIGHT possible Solar return outer planet combinations we had in 2025, and which of four possible combinations we’ll have in 2026. After that Doc gave us a wide-ranging discussion on "Saturn Conjunct Neptune – The Morning After," where we looked at events leading up to and happening at the time of the conjunction, and what we can expect in the months ahead.
Our March 21 presentation featured Ray Grasse in a multi-topic discussion of “Hard Angles, Elevated Planets, and How Past Transits Link to Current Conditions.” We discussed how hard angles can be used productively, how various planets manifest when on the angles, and how past transits teach us about future ones. Lots of examples and interaction.
Our April 25 event featured Professor Robert leading an exploration of several topics, including recent Solar eclipses and the powerful “Eclipse Yod” created by the 2023 Solar eclipse at 30 Aries, the 2025 Solar eclipse at 30 Virgo, and the 2026 Solar eclipse at 29 Aquarius. We also discussed what to expect with Jupiter in Leo, had a deep exploration of Venus retrograde and its coming Oct/Nov retrograde, and took a brief look at the coming Mars retrograde.
Our May 30 event featured humanistic astrologer Lars Panaro who discussed Rudhyar’s final book The Astrology of Transformation. We examined the chart wheel as a living mandala showing us the how, when, and why of the four levels of human functioning, those being biological, sociocultural, individual, and transpersonal.
Our June 27 event featured Elizabeth Hazel talking about “A Matter of Judgment: the 9th House and Decision Making.” We explored the 9th house correlations with the decision-making process and what the astrologer should look for in a chart before and during consultations about big decisions. She offered tips on assessing situations and making the best possible decision, with sample cases of people who made life-changing decisions.
Our July 25 event featured Richard Fidler speaking on “The Synthesis of Western & Vedic Astrology.” We explored the differences and similarities of the two systems, and how they each have primary approaches which the other system can learn from.
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Some talks are available for purchase. Prices vary by length of the talk. The are all recorded on sound files which we then send to your email, but your box must be able to accept large sound files, like Hotmail, Outlook, Gmail, and a few others. Then you can download it to a file on your desktop.
When we have a list of all the talks which are available, we'll list them on this site. You can purchase a copy by either sending an email to astrologyarizona@gmail.com to let us know, or you can go to the paypal button on our website and make your donation which will generate an email to us.
How To Attend Our Events
This is the era of Zoom. We do all our presentations online. If you would like to attend, please make sure you’ve downloaded the latest Zoom update so you don’t get delayed trying to get into the talks. You can download the latest software on their site. They release new versions often, so upgrade in advance. Details are provided in our two AAZ alerts in the two weeks prior to the presentation.
To anticipate a question, you don’t have to have a camera or microphone to attend a ZOOM webinar. All you need is internet access and speakers. If you’re interested in attending the webinars, please contact us at astrologyarizona@gmail.com and we'll put you on our mailing list to notify you in advance of the presentations. You can make your donation for membership and admission to events by going to https://azastrologers.org/donate Admission fees are usually $10 for members, $15 for non-members.
Please Drop By Our Facebook Page!
There’s always something going on at our Facebook page, with articles to feed your astrological imagination. To find out more, come on over to our Facebook page where questions, comments, and discussions are most welcome! You can find us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/111582320851163and we hope you’ll join the social media initiative going on there.
Calling All Members!
If you haven’t already joined our group, please consider visiting our site at https://azastrologers.org/ and becoming a member. For $36 a year, you get a discount on admission to all talks and many other benefits, including free advertising for your business on our website, access to the awesome documentary Changing of the Gods, as well as a discount for audio copies of our talks as they become available.
For two people living at the same address, both can become members for $54. Don’t delay, renew today! We prorate your dues so that all subsequent renewals will occur in January. Of course your donations are always welcome.
As a member, you’ll continue to enjoy the full version of our newsletter sent directly to your email. An abbreviated version is available at our website homepage at the above link.
Who we Are - Contacts
We are an astrology group based in the Phoenix area dedicated to the art and science of Astrology. Our organization is a New Moon double Aquarius trine a Gemini Ascendant, affirming a wider Aquarian intention and a welcoming Aquarian vibe for all who come.
We encourage your suggestions about potential speakers and topics. We envision our 21st century group being a point of light to help students of Astrology who want to know more in the emerging 20 year Aquarian Era
If you have questions about who we are and what we do, or want to suggest a topic for a future program or apply to speak, please direct all correspondence to one of these current AAZ Board members:
Bill Nastasiak (Vice President and Education Director)
Robert Wilkinson (President and Editor of AAZ Newsletter)
laughingcat51@hotmail.com
Mary Katherine Kracht (Treasurer)
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AN ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW
AN ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF AUGUST 2026
by Robert Wilkinson
(This column is an abbreviated version of what we send to members at the beginning of each month. If you want the complete overview, please join our organization.)
This month continues the Uranus/Neptune/Pluto double sextile trine, with Pluto entering its stationary direct degree at 4 Aquarius, and Uranus entering its stationary retrograde degree at 6 Gemini. We have Mercury speeding up after its recent retrograde, and both Venus and Mars slowing down in anticipation of their coming retrogrades.
August begins under the beams of the Full Moon on July 29 at 7 Leo/Aquarius, showing the first half of the month is about an explosion of Fire as we see the surfacing of many things we tended the past year when Jupiter was in Cancer. Take a new look at the permanent patterns in your life as the foundation of a new adventure, expressed through the new developments of “the child born out of the cosmic egg,” promising new developments coming from Cosmos as a result of all that we haven’t realized before now.
Jupiter is now in its year-long adventure in Leo! This month it makes a very favorable stabilizing trine to Saturn in Aries, bringing fire and light to any planets we have in the middle degrees of the Fire and Air signs. Be courageous, be creative, be inspired, and see how a new inspiration is stabilizing your life where you have Leo and Aries. We’re now in a year of “expansive Fire,” so look to your Leo sector to see where your adventure will take you!
Of extraordinary importance is that Saturn is septile Uranus from mid-May through September, creating a “nonrational” energy field showing we’re all at a “fork in the road of destiny” wherever we have mid-Aries and early Gemini. Saturn and Uranus are both spiritual heavyweights who cooperate to bring forth our spiritual individuality in forms that are perfect for us to fulfill Dharma/Tao.
Zones most affected include 13-17 Aries, 4-8 Gemini, 26-30 Cancer, 17-21 Virgo, 8-12 Scorpio, 30 Sagittarius- 4 Capricorn, and 22-26 Aquarius. If you have a planet or Ascendant in one or more of these zones, your life is about to take some dramatic turns over the next few weeks. As with all septile aspects, I am reminded of the great Yogi Berra statement, “If you get to a fork in the road, take it!”
Because of everything that’s happening, this month accelerates our expansion into the Jupiter in Leo era. We’ve already experienced Jupiter beginning to bring things to the surface after its opposition to Pluto, and now that it’s trine Saturn, it brings harmony to our Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces sectors and planets. Get inspired, allow “brightening influences” to show you the Light of the future, and you’ll see major progress in your Leo and Aries sectors by November!
The Spiritual Field
We now have the closest Neptune sextile with Pluto in 30 years! This is an extraordinarily productive relationship, and now that Uranus is in Gemini, Neptune in Aries, and Pluto in Aquarius, it echoes and mirrors the early 1940s when we had Uranus in Gemini, Neptune in Libra, and Pluto in Leo. The revolution has begun!
We’re now solidly in the new Saturn/Neptune in Aries era, ending what began in Capricorn in 1989. This initiates a powerful proactive energy in the collective spiritual field which lasts through 2061. These conjunctions mark global shifts in “atmosphere,” what’s “in fashion,” and the general mindset for decades to come.
As that conjunction was at 1 Aries, there will be agitation to “get things done” and little patience for excuses, bureaucracy, and stonewalling. Many will “walk out of the ocean onto dry land” for the first time in their lives, since this is a major restructuring of collective consciousness in the sign of pioneering direct action! When we add the 14 year cycle which began April 2024 when Jupiter conjuncted Uranus at 22 Taurus, we are definitely being moved into a new era promising us all a new life.
Uranus is now on its stationary retrograde degree at 6 Gemini through the end of October. This promises new information, new understanding, and new learning initiatives which will bring us forms of “wealth and power” in the future. As Uranus will be sextile Neptune and trine Pluto through May 2029, we’re weaving an entirely new set of spiritual responses in the early Fire and Air sectors of our charts.
Neptune in Aries is spreading a new energy which will “be in fashion” in collective consciousness for decades to come. It went stationary retrograde on the “avatar” degree at 3 Aries in July 2025, promising new world leaders and new icons of an Aries nature through this century and beyond. This month Neptune moves from its stationary retrograde degree at 5 Aries back to 4 Aries, so keep opening new doors of imagination showing glimpses of the future as you see that you have freedom now that you haven’t had before.
Pluto in Aquarius puts us on the cusp of historic change. This month it moves from 5 to 4 Aquarius, showing that relying on our spiritual “ancestral wisdom” will bring us forms of healing through revealing hidden powers we didn’t know we had.
We also have several long wave Aries cycles in play. Jupiter launched a major healing and mentoring cycle when it conjuncted Chiron at 15 Aries on March 11, 2023. That long wave Chiron cycle lasts until Summer 2036.
Not all Chiron cycles are the same length. When Chiron transits between Aquarius and Gemini, it moves relatively slowly and has conjunctions with Jupiter about every 13 years. However, it can take 19-20 years for the next conjunction after Gemini or Cancer. That means once the conjunction at 16 Gemini happens in the Summer of 2036 we won’t have another conjunction of Jupiter and Chiron until the Spring of 2056 in Aquarius, which will launch another long term “expansive healing/mentoring” cycle.
Mars
Mars has now begun to slow down, preparing to go stationary retrograde in January 2027. This month begins with Mars in late Gemini and by mid-month it’ll be in Cancer, activating the promise set into motion by the Sun conjunct Jupiter at 4 Cancer in June 2025. Mars makes a square to Neptune in mid-August, marking a first emergent turning point in their cycle which began at 3 Aries in April. Avatars and new leaders are about to make their appearance on the stage of life!
This month Mars activates the house(s) where we have 24 Gemini through 14 Cancer. August 1-11 puts Mars between 23 and 30 Gemini, creating an agitating effect on planets we have between 23-30 Pisces, Gemini, Virgo, and Sagittarius. August 12-26 finds Mars between 1-10 Cancer, creating agitation on planets we have in the first decan of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. August 26-31 puts Mars at 11-14 Cancer, creating an agitating effect on planets we have in those degrees of the signs just mentioned.
As I’ve offered before, when Mars is within a degree of forming or separating from a hard aspect with a planet, slow down and show deliberation and caution in how you use force. Hard aspects to/from Mars always require that we moderate or antidote impulsiveness and impatience.
We’re Actors On A New Stage With A New Set – The Bigger Picture
We’re still in the initial years of a new era in human evolution. The Grand Mutation of Jupiter conjunct Saturn at 1 Aquarius began a new 20 year Aquarian Era in December 2020, as well as a new 200 year era, moving global energies out of Earth and into Air. We’ve begun to grow beyond the materialism of the past 200 years and have entered two centuries of Air emphasis, with its qualities of relatedness, receptivity, versatility, movability, lightness, and cooperative ideas, visions, and ideals.
We’re still "under the beams" of the Solar Eclipses of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and these “cosmic recyclers” continue to remove what we no longer need in our lives. Take note of where you have 29 Aquarius, 1 Cancer, 24 Sagittarius, 10, 20 and 30 Aries, 11 Taurus, 30 Virgo, 11 and 22 Libra, and 2 Scorpio, since we’ve all had to let go of many things related to these sectors the past few years.
The two most recent Solar eclipses are recycling our lives where we have 30 Virgo and 29 Aquarius. The Virgo eclipse is about all of us “escaping from a narrow destiny” over coming months and years. The eclipse at 29 Aquarius shows the next few years will prove very disruptive of the status quo everywhere. That eclipse encourages us to stop making excuses for non-action and actively pursue our heart’s desire. Coupled with the 30 Aries eclipse, we are now under the beams of a “Solar Eclipse Yod” with the nozzle being the 30 Virgo eclipse.
This month we have a Solar eclipse at 21 Leo, the same degree that Mars will go stationary direct next March. This Solar eclipse will shut down elements of our life wherever it falls, as will the Lunar eclipse at 5 Virgo/Pisces.
As we study how successive Eclipses have affected various areas of our charts and lives, we can get a sense of the utility of these “Cosmic Recyclers” in removing what we no longer needed in those areas, creating a void which attracted new life experiences. They invite us to see the continuity of “letting go, taking in, letting go, taking in” across the years.
Primary Action Beats for the First Half of the Month
As mentioned, August begins under the beams of the Full Moon at 7 Leo/Aquarius, showing the first half of the month is about seeing the relatively permanent patterns in our life so we can sprout the seeds coming when the Cosmic visitation brings us a new “actuation of effort” based in what is yet unrealized in our life. This begins the great adventure promised by the July New Moon, with everything accelerating in early October.
The first week of the month shows Chiron going stationary retrograde, Venus entering Libra and quincunx Chiron, and the Sun trine Saturn. This will help us all confirm that we have “escaped from a narrow destiny” since last September while helping us catch glimpses of the future so we can begin preparing accordingly. Chop your metaphoric wood and set it up for Winter.
The second week is dominated by Mercury entering Leo and squaring Chiron, opposing Pluto, trining Neptune, and sextiling Uranus, Venus trine Pluto, opposed Neptune, and trine Uranus, Mars entering Cancer and sextiling Chiron, the Solar eclipse at 21 Leo, and Mercury sextile Venus. So a lot’s going on, all fairly good!
Mercury is tracking the same aspects made by the Sun and Jupiter in late July, giving us information, signs, and signals from our Soul about the emerging Leo energies combining with the double-sextile trine to create another “Basket” giving solid productivity and stable inspiration in our early Fire and Air sectors. With Moon in Leo on August 11 and 12, the focus is on the new Leo energies already expanding in our lives.
Primary Action Beats for the Second Half of the Month
The third week begins with Mercury conjunct Jupiter and Mars quincunx Pluto, so see the expanding possibilities fusing the houses in your charts ruled by Mercury, while showing caution with implementing the new allegiances and life directions indicated by Mars. With Mercury trine Saturn, we’ll get an understanding of what the Leo/Aries connection is about, opening a favorable void in Sagittarius.
With Venus sextile Jupiter, we have great productivity as a more beautiful picture takes place in our Libra sector. As the week ends with Venus opposed Saturn, and Saturn trined by Mercury and Jupiter, we have extraordinarily productive awareness generated in the middle of Fire and Air, with a void in mid-Aquarius promising us accelerated progress, with blessings and happiness coming down from angelic realms.
The last 9 days bring the Sun entering Virgo and trining Chiron, Mercury entering Virgo, with the Superior conjunction on August 27 just before the Lunar eclipse Full Moon at 5 Virgo/Pisces. From August 25 to 29, Sun and Mercury are nozzles for Yods due to their quincunxes to Neptune and Pluto, showing an intense focus of spiritual energies requiring multiple “expansions through sacrifices.” Add that they’re both square Uranus, and it’s a time of high tensions, as well as brilliant ideas. The month ends with the solid Jupiter trine Saturn, which governs the meta-atmosphere all month.
Evolutionary Development
This is the first month of the North Node in Aquarius era! During the time the North Node has been in Pisces, we’ve grown though empathy and compassion, demonstrated through our sense of service. Now that the North Node is in Aquarius, we’ll grow more through idealism and group work.
Of note is that 1 Pisces/30 Aquarius is literally “the Cusp of the Age,” where the Age of Pisces meets the Age of Aquarius. This is where the Precessional point is right now, so last month and this month gives us signs and signals of the larger shift in the Ages going on in this 21st century.
The Sun in Leo is a time to see the Light of new “radiations of heart energy” and releases of our creativity, spontaneity, and playfulness. Take a look at your life and find ways to play! This is the “burst of energy” which will be shaped into “significant form” in Virgo, so get ready for heart transfigurations you can take out into the world in September.
Because we’ve begun the sixth year of a new 20 year and 200 year cycle, remember a new era has dawned. Have courage and take the initiative to leave the Earth and fly free as the Grand Mutation expands its promise into the Divine transfigured ideal of a more just truth and future. While the old dies, the new has arrived!
Even though the ideal is far away, we are the midwives and mid-husbands to a new way of relating to Life, Energy, Consciousness, each other, and the Earth Herself. Because our essential nature is Loving Wisdom, remember to lighten up, play a little, and be willing to explore new arenas of effective activity where you can work and play with other Light Spirits. This is the time to take heart as we navigate the dawning of the Pluto in Aquarius era.
We are now collectively transfiguring into a greater vision of the one Light/Life we all are together. Continue to find your heart strength and new forms of genuine happiness appropriate for who you are now, and who you are becoming relative to just a few months ago.
We now have launched into a newer, more active long term era. Having made the transition between past and future, we’re now on a trek into a new world of new potential, new adventures, and new ways to enjoy being ourselves while doing our work of Destiny. Open to the new potential ahead of you, since we are all on a rocket ship to the stars!
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Until next month
(or whenever we meet again, since tomorrow is never guaranteed)
Robert Wilkinson
Editor, AAZ Newsletter
aquariuspapers.substack.com
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