Summary for Cancer by Susan Miller

It's time to restructure your finances, and even if you don't feel ready, the total solar eclipse on August 1 will do it for you if you don't. Eclipses are the most powerful tools the universe uses to affect change, and this month you'll train your attention on how you earn, spend, save, and invest.

A solar eclipse usually portends the end of one situation and the start of another. If you have not been properly compensated, the universe will sweep away your present job to help you find a new, better paying one. If you're self-employed, a trusted client may end the relationship, forcing you to pitch another more lucrative client. Later you'll be glad for this - a solar eclipse doesn't just end things, but opens a new path, too.

In this highly financial month, two weeks later, on the lunar eclipse August 16, you will need to look at debt and how you manage it, as well as money owed to you and whether you are receiving those payments. If you have been in the process of a divorce or wrangling with an insurance company over a payout, things are likely to get settled at this lunar eclipse August 16 plus approximately seven days. If you don't get a resolution now, you will in early February 2009.

Still, before you sign any contract or agreement, make sure certain information is forthcoming and not being withheld to change your perception of the picture being presented. Neptune will be active, and Neptune is notorious about obscuring information. This will be a more emotional point in the month, as lunar eclipses are always full moons. You'll need to stay objective and rational to sort out all that is being discussed and decided, as hard as it may be to do.

A partner or middleman appears to be influential in helping you find workable financial solutions. If you do need to sign a contract, do so after the month's second new moon, August 30. Be sure of what you are signing at this time, for whatever you agree to will stay in place a very long time. This agreement would represent a serious commitment.

This month won't be just about calculator tape, statements, and receipts (although, admittedly, it might feel that way in the first three weeks with two eclipses emphasizing this part of your chart). There's plenty of evidence that you will be able to flee town in late August to enjoy quick weekends away in the countryside with friends or family. The diversion will do you good.

You also seem interested in changing your home space, perhaps in big or little ways. If, after you analyze your income and outgo, it becomes clear that your rent is too burdensome, you may now move. If you can afford it, you will start to make important changes to make it more personal and cheery. If you don't finish things, you'll get another opportunity in late September and through October to continue your plan. It would be fun to window shop at the very least, to decide among your decorating options. Mars will help you find wonderful ideas.

Romantically, with so many serious subjects on your plate, you may not feel as amorous as you usually do. Bide your time - late October through November will not disappoint you.

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