While Mercury will clash with all three planets in your relationship sector before leaving Cancer on 5th August, as the planet of communication this is more a chance to ensure the communication lines are open. The real challenges came in the final 10 days of your birthday month when the Sun opposed all three planets in your relationship sector and in the case of Saturn and Jupiter, for the last time for decades. It was the Sun's departure that saw personal and/or relationship tension drop as soon as your birthday month ended. This might rise again when Mercury opposes Pluto on 1st/2nd August and Saturn on 4th August but this is more a push to ensure the communication lines are open. While Venus, the planet of love will finally return to Cancer on 8th August, it won't be until the end of the month that she will have any interaction with the planets in your relationship sector. This is Jupiter and Saturn's last full month in retrograde motion and with Mercury still in Cancer at the start of the month because of a retrograde phase, he is still on hand to give your relationships, the past and unsaid words a voice. Held back by her own retrograde phase, Venus' return on 8th August is a chance for the planet of love to make up for lost time and with Mercury gone by then, any relationship tension he might trigger in the early days of the month will be as well. Instead, Venus is more focused on bringing the spirit of romance into play and to make up for lost time there. While there has been continuous planetary activity in your relationship sector all year there has been none at all on the romantic front and won't be until next month. However, the Moon's return to your romantic sector from 23rd August to 25th August could create the most romantically charged days of the month and of Venus' time in Cancer. Meanwhile, Mercury's return to your communication sector on 20th August and the Sun's on 23rd August will give your relationships the voice they have been waiting for.