Lights, camera, Aries! This month is threaded with flamboyance and fun as the Sun burns a fiery trail through passionate Leo and your lusty, live-out-loud fifth house until August 22. This is one of your high-energy cycles (and a time when you're at your creative best. Think of the ripeness of late summer, when everything is bursting with riotous colors and life force energy. That's the only mood you should be chasing this month, Ram.

But first, brace yourself: On August 1, changemaker Uranus and the karmic north node will collide with your ruling planet Mars, a combustible cocktail that could bring dynamic change flying at you from every direction. This convergence will happen in Taurus and your second house of work, money and daily affairs. Get ready for a shake-up to your routines and a potent turning point around your finances.

On August 20, your ruling planet Mars will begin an extended trip to Gemini, activating your third house of communication and kindred spirits. Mars typically stays in one sign for six or seven weeks, but due to a fall retrograde, it’s here until March 25, 2023! This five times longer stay will bring some fascinating and fiery characters into your world (yay for that), and could help you put a powerful message out into the world.

When Virgo season arrives on August 22, you can restore some order to the Aries court. As el Sol heats up your healthy and grounded sixth house, you can resume your lapsed wellness routines and get into an early back-to-school groove. But don’t be too rigid with your regimens. On August 24, erratic Uranus will turn retrograde for five months, a time to make those sweeping life changes at a more measured pace.