In episode 457 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock look ahead at the astrological forecast for August 2024. We spend the first hour of the show discussing recent news and events surrounding the Mars-Uranus conjunction over the past few weeks, and then in the second hour we jump into looking at the astrology of August. The first part of the month is dominated by Mercury going retrograde in Virgo and Leo, and then in the second week Mars moves into a tens conjunction with Jupiter as well as a square with Saturn. The biggest outer planet alignment of the month is Jupiter squaring Saturn in the third week, and around that time Venus in Virgo swings in to square Mars and Jupiter and then oppose Saturn. By the end of the month Mercury finishes its retrograde period and stations direct, while Venus departs from Virgo and moves into its home sign of Libra. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. New eBook Version of Chris’ Hellenistic Astrology Book https://theastrologypodcast.com/books/ Austin’s Websites https://austincoppock.com https://sphereandsundry.com Timestamps * 00:00:00 Introduction * 00:01:00 Quick overview of August astrology * 00:03:29 News segment begins * 00:04:00 Mars-Uranus conjunction * 00:10:15 Trump assassination attempt * 00:16:48 Documents case dismissed * 00:20:14 Vance picked as VP * 00:23:02 Biden gets Covid * 00:26:36 Largest tech outage in history * 00:30:47 Biden steps aside * 00:36:30 Kamala Harris becomes nominee * 00:43:52 Other news stories * 00:53:58 Halftime * 00:57:32 August forecast begins * 00:58:15 Major transits this month * 01:03:14 Mercury retrograde & New Moon in Leo * 01:20:40 Mars conjunct Jupiter in Gemini * 01:33:33 Jupiter square Saturn * 01:40:37 Mars square Saturn * 01:53:26 Venus T-square with Jupiter, Saturn & Mars * 02:05:06 Parallels with 1968 * 02:13:45 Mercury direct + Venus in Libra * 02:16:56 Uranus station + Pluto returns to Capricorn * 02:24:29 Final reflections * 02:29:03 Credits Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube here: – Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 457 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode Listen to the audio version of this episode or download it as an MP3: