DISCOVER YOUR HOROSCOPE FOR AUGUST 2024

Breeze into August socially active and connected, Aries, with maximum enthusiasm for local interests, sibling ties, teaching, writing or learning.

Your greatest stimulus may be close-knit relationships or encounters where knowledge is exchanged. Be light, curious, creative and keen to communicate, developing key skills or finding something in common. Have fun, inspired by those similar to you, gaining perspective or sharing your outlook and philosophy on life.

Leo Season is a playful time of vitality, so express yourself, enjoy life, celebrating, partying or embarking on a vacation! Be around children or pets, bask in the sun and explore your environment. Art, music, festivities and pleasure are to be embraced!

The 14th stands out, as your ruler Mars teams up with Jupiter. Notice the impact you have on those around you, and try not to get overwhelmed on this potentially demanding day.

The 16th, 19th and 21st are also cosmically tense, so anticipate interruptions are likely. Accept your limits, be flexible and remember what you’ve come to know about your own serenity, inner peace and equilibrium without having to broadcast your take.

Mercury transits your house of health and employment until the middle of the month, so routine jobs, admin and wellness items may be on your mind. Rethink ways your help yourself and others, what you do to be productive and useful.

It may be necessary to re-strategize your employment or to remind yourself of past methodologies that work for you. Listen to advice about managing your money or belongings on the 6th and 7th. As Virgo Season begins on the 22nd, begin to bring order to your finances and all areas of operation.

Relationships enjoy a fortifying moment on the 29th, as Venus moves into Libra and powerfully aligns with Aquarius-based Pluto. A negotiation or partnership could stand out, so that you recognise important figures and their influence.

Welcome a focus on your property, family, parenting style or home life entering August, Taurus. Bring attention to your sanctuary, stability, safety and familiar environments, identifying with your roots, or finding your way in your private life.

A fresh start arrives on the 4th with the New Moon encouraging you to acknowledge security and household matters. Finances, your role and earning capacity may be part and parcel, with a nudge to broach what you’re owed or can build, develop and own.

Only friends, associates or a commitment to participate as part of a crew can distract you from what you’re aiming to achieve. Be aware of tension between the 16th and 21st, when it’s not so easy getting what you want.

From the 5th, Venus tours your element, moving into earthy Virgo.

Until the 28th you could be occupied with meeting your own desires, finding out what brings you true happiness. On the 6th and 7th make a concerted effort to remember what (and who) sparks joy. Embrace heartfelt notions concerning your love life, fertility or children, with vacations, celebrations, music, the arts and your own passion projects foremost. Lean into creativity, hobbies and fitness, setting aside the wishes of others in favour of your own.

Rethink what inspires and delights you, taking a break from groups or a social scene that now seems demanding. Set aside a community network or circle of peers to please yourself. This might not straightforward on the 19th, 21st and 28th.

An important syncing in the stars on the 29th sees Venus aligned with Pluto. Attune to your evolving public image or professional direction, with realizations regarding your habits, health, reputation and what you might do to reach your goals. Find you’re well positioned to acknowledge ways to stay balanced, productive and even profitable.

Leo Season brings warmth and conviviality until the 22nd, spotlighting close relations, good friends, siblings and neighbourhood dealings. The New Moon on the 4th is a fresh start highlighting the part you play among school or work mates. Look to your environment and those in it, considering the big picture as much as your local area.

Initiate get-togethers, inviting key people to your table, aware of what you mean to those around you.

Your ruler Mercury spends the first half of August in neat-as-a-pin Virgo, and the home, family and household sector of your horoscope. Think about your property, making arrangements in your space, yet don’t get ahead of yourself, Gemini.

Mercury will retrograde from the 5th, giving you reason to pause and ascertain what brings happiness and peace under your roof. Bed down on the 6th and 7th, engaged with your four walls and links to the past. Security and stability might be worth discussing, or talks with a parent, elder or landlord may be important.

On the 15th, Mercury dips back into Leo, inviting you to revisit a significant exchange or social connection. At this time, your inner circle and partners might seem demanding – people could be eager to have you present or available. However, your career, a position of prominence, responsibilities around the way you show up (perhaps as an authority) could be felt. A significant relationship that’s being nurtured or managed could also pile on another consideration that adds tension.

Try to navigate particularly challenging days: the 14th, 16th and 21st, and the Full Moon on the 19th. Here, a global matter or international relations can come into prominence. The 29th also underscores long-distance travel, foreigners, legal proceedings, negotiations or higher education. Relief comes on the 28th for you, as Mercury ceases its retrograde.

Your role, financial position and the way you make a living may be in focus entering August, with a New Moon on the 4th poised to help affirm prized assets and the contribution you make.

Look to your own values and what’s important to you, acknowledging and accepting what you possess, what you can feasibly do and were you’re at.

It’s okay to be in a state of limbo. You could be planning, dreaming, healing or supporting others, finding yourself in escape mode or anticipating next steps. Mars and Jupiter now encourage you to retreat and let go of expectations, particularly around perceived success, your workload, health, long-term ambitions and goals. There may be an alternative path or schedule you’re following, with profound acts of service now undertaken.

Look at ways you’re rewarded or compensated for your efforts, and be prepared to revise what you dedicate yourself toward.

Close friends are important too, with a sense of sisterhood or camaraderie between the 5th and 7th. Be willing to rethink how you learn, teach or connect to your companions. Notice what you relate on and discuss, ready to develop communication skills. Writing, emails, talks or exchanges on these days may be important and revisited at a later date.

The 14th breeds tension, as you could be called to tend to necessary life admin, yet projects stop you in your tracks. Try not to spiral into frustration, as the cosmic weather is challenging though to the 21st. Regular maintenance may require utmost flexibility.

The Full Moon peaks on Monday the 19th in your house of intimacy, long-term plans and shared resources. Here you’re encouraged to address your commitments, and yet you could be preoccupied, unable to honour a promise made. It’s easier on the 29th, when you can acknowledge loyal friends that make space for you to unravel.

The spotlight shines on you now Leo, as the Sun tours your first house of identity, persona and personal affairs. Bring attention to your body, vitality, strengths and purpose, open to a fresh start with the New Moon on the 4th.

Let your community network feature on your journey, in your personal development, and find yourself socially active. The first week of August could see you at the heart of a group or organisation, turning heads!

Go-getter Mars and lucky Jupiter now appear in your house of friends and common interests, inviting you to have fun with teammates, or to put a good cause first. You might be called to broadcast your talents, with opportunities that are educational in nature. Relish creative moments among your peers, or look to your children, foreign friends and even those long-distance to feature.

However, note finances, your personal assets, the work you do or your sense of value and reward presents a challenge. Money or sources of income could complicate opportunities to be social, with tension in the stars.

What’s more, your commitments, shared resources, ties to an individual, or private, intimate agreements could also seem significant. An agreement, obligation, contract or sacred bond could stop you getting on with a crowd as you’d like.

Between the 14th and 21st there may be a heightened atmosphere. Plus, with Mercury retrograde in your own sign you may be prompted to review how you speak, how you connect to others, how you write, message, engage or present information.

By the end of the month you’ll likely be clearer on addressing those in the world around you. Relationships are an important subject on the 19th and 29th, with the Full Moon and Venus illuminating partnerships. Acknowledge what’s coming up for you, with powerful information and companions revealed.

Bring the spotlight to friends and community, common interests in a circle of peers, and your social life.

Devote attention to a network – or find you’re putting the interests of others first. There’s plenty to learn and knowledge to gain from those around you, and a journey of personal expansion underway to seize upon. Say “Yes” to bold people giving you a nudge to broaden your outlook and horizons. Travel, publishing (including social media) or a course of study could be a way to enhance your global relationships. Legal proceedings, international negotiations, or projects further afield could be prominent, so develop vital interpersonal skills or connect to what’s required of you.

Be aware of opportunities to speak on world-wide issues, gaining rapport with individuals that display a different perspective. Reflect on who you’ve met around the 4th, turning toward allies and your dream team.

From the 5th Venus tours earthy Virgo, and your twelfth house of closure and catharsis.

Although you’re likely to be continually engaged with your peers, you may also subtly shift your priorities, pulling back from the crowd.

Find you’re healing, resting, waiting patiently – even if outcomes are unknown and you find yourself in limbo. Tend to yourself, rejuvenating, soothing or cocooning, ready to metamorphosize into another guise. There could be a call to lose yourself in selfless acts of service, maybe you’re helping and supporting members of your group.

The 19th could be challenging, as you strive to maintain routines and be available but are unable to follow through. Be mindful of inflexible schedules, time limits and endless admin, try to book in a personal reprieve and days off if you can.

Yet another shift comes on the 29th that touches your personal happiness, fertility, children, creative outlets or desires. Underscore what you really want on this potentially potent day.

As a Virgo, Leo Season is a month to retreat, escape, dream and disappear.

The weeks before your birthday invite you to take leave, wind down, and review what’s working for you. Perhaps this looks like getting extra rest and recuperation, or maybe you’re finding a way to prepare yourself for another year that sees you older and wiser.

And yet, in August 2024, Jupiter and Mars appear at the top of your horoscope, signalling a time to flourish in your career or be active publicly.

Your star is rising, with visibility, acclaim and praise for your status, image and profile, or perhaps mastering a collaboration, your private life and vulnerabilities. It’s likely a compelling time to devote attention to long-term goals and your path. Notice where you’re headed on a road to success, as a parent, wife, brand ambassador, or in spaces you’re known.

Find a way to blend your ambitions or external validation with moments of peace, healing and down time, particularly around the 4th.

Embrace opportunities to switch off. Before the month is through, you’ll have likely found yourself soul searching, questioning routes to inner peace. Ask yourself how you genuinely help yourself and others to live well, maximising acceptance and gaining closure.

The Aquarius Full Moon on the 19th further highlights work, systems, productivity and routines – the way you manage employment, employees and your lifestyle. It might not be easy, however, try to attune to what you’re striving to accomplish. Balance health, your own purpose and methodologies, both conscious and unconscious.

Partnerships may not chime in harmony with professional tactics or the direction you’re moving in at this time. Pause, integrating knowledge you’ve gained over long-term, and pull back into even greater reflection. Focus on what you can do to support a spouse, best friend or significant other, or resolutely tend to your own wellbeing.

Leo Season can bring recognition around your career or personal accomplishments, Scorpio.

Acknowledge long-term plans and aspirations, connecting to what success means to you.

Comprehend how you’re perceived in the public eye and ways you make your mark in collaboration and unity with a partner. Commitments, investments or promises made may be important.

Your status, title or profile may be tied to a significant other, through marriage or a mutually beneficial agreement. Be seen working together, sharing your lives or depending on each other’s input. A financial pact or contract may bind you to certain people, which breeds loyalty, confidence and a path to advance in the first week of the month.

The New Moon on the 4th brings extra resolve to your goals, and could be a time to announce a love story or creative achievement. Acknowledge this fresh start that touches your aspirations and intimate relationships.

Community features strongly between the 5th and 7th, too, with an increasing focus geared toward your network or social life. Be willing to rethink what you think you know about friendship, teamwork, and what you all agree on.

The 14th to the 21st are the most tense days astrologically. For you, there may be frustrations around your kids, love life or passion projects, a vacation, celebration, having fun or your artistic output.

Balancing what you want to express and enjoy with a group may be difficult, as well as obligations in your private life.

Try to be a part of society, participating where a common interest is found. However, know identifying your own happiness is vital, and has come a long way too.

Later in the month sees the potential for harmony at home or among family, as Venus aligns with Pluto on the 29th. Catch your breath in spaces you find yourself in.

It’s likely you’re discovering the benefits of partners and collaborating, as your ruling planet Jupiter is presently hosted by your partnership sign, Gemini. You could literally be putting yourself in the hands of others, or perhaps have found yourself acutely aware of key people, and their hold on you.

Notice who stands out, the unions you’re actively participating in – and what there is to learn. There’s profound wisdom available, as Leo Season highlights philosophies, theology, cultural awareness, global developments and paths to enlightenment. Allow yourself room to explore – focus on your beliefs, and what you know to be true. There’s an invitation to revise your outlook or understanding in the second half of August, particularly on the 18th and 19th, which reveals news or information.

You may be gaining knowledge thanks to one person in particular, or, several friends may be inspiring, motivating you to pursue your passions, pregnancy or authentic happiness.

Yet relationships are to be tempered with work you’re putting in at home.

The 19th and 21st can remind you of the reality of household issues, your own security, stability and family. There may be a need to tend to a parent, property or other responsibilities in familiar spaces or your domestic life around these days.

What’s more, you may desire public acknowledgement, to be seen in the world at large.

From the 5th, Venus could arouse a desire for status, personal or professional praise, recognition, or approval. Show interest in how you’re perceived and come across, yet question what it looks like to have ‘made it’.

Be willing to rethink success, show an appetite to re-educate yourself and review what you believe. The answers may surprise you!

Toward the end of the month, your close friends, siblings, neighbours and social connections stand out, with striking conversations, and your online presence potentially prominent. Lean toward honest communications!

Leo Season typically spotlights intimate relationships for you Capricorn, and taboo topics that are private or held sacred. You may be aware of the need to involve others in your personal affairs, even relying on a partner for financial or emotional security.

There may be trust issues touched upon, with awareness of your health, work, or day-to-day lifestyle choices.

Let people in, delegating or honestly revealing how you manage systems, admin or multitask your employment and domestic matters.

Bring commitments to the fore, affirming where you’ve made a pledge, vow or promise.

Tangible resources aren’t the only thing we share – we confide secret vulnerabilities, broach our past, our family and future legacy. You might now comprehend where you stand, what you owe or can expect from key figures, as you face your fears.

Mars and Jupiter team up in your house of wellness and daily routines on the 14th, however this is a challenging day in the stars. Take it easy, embracing wisdom yet allow others a chance to sense where you’re at, with a way to act accordingly to support you.

Get creative, as you comprehend contracts or agreements, find ways to share and depend on others. Give graciously and receive, step closer, appreciative of what’s on offer.

August also encourages you to explore other life philosophies, perspectives, cultures and places. Tentatively research what you’re interested in knowing more about, exploring your options between the 5th and 7th.

Long-distance travel, higher education or a path to another school of thought could be pertinent, including religion, faith or theology. Gaining knowledge is tough on the 19th, 12st and 28th, yet keep an open mind, willing to see another point of view.

Pay attention to practical and professional matters on the 19th and 29th, including your own values and how you’re publicly perceived. Your role and contribution strongly plays into your status, reputation and ambitions at months end.

Relationships take centre stage in August, as Leo Season lights up one-to-one engagements and both platonic and romantic partnerships. Consider a fresh start in working, creating or living with others, as the New Moon amplifies togetherness on Sunday the 4th.

Infuse a marriage with optimism, turn the page with a work wife, best friend, coach, therapist or family member.

The first week of the month is ideal for playdates, having fun, and generally finding yourself grounded or secure with a plus one. Be the one to initiate good times, romanticising convivial moments, celebrating love, hobbies and making space for someone special if you’re single.

Conversations likely turn serious between the 5th and 7th, with private matters, personal information or secrets discussed. For example, the next steps you’re taking regarding joint expenditures, shared space, an investment in property, childcare, or addressing what you’re both expected to contribute.

You may be considering long-term plans, your legacy, inheritance, taxes or a debt, thinking about where you’re vulnerable and dependent. Commitments, obligations and promises made may be on your mind, with a prompt to revise your terms.

However, don’t rush into things, as Mercury will retrograde; rather talk things through at length, waiting until next month to move forwards, if you can.

Ascertain what you want, what will bring you happiness, and how to come together so that you and others are in agreement. This might not be easy on the 14th, 16th, or 21st. Your earning potential, financial position, assets or role could present a sticking point.

Note the Full Moon on the 19th in your sign has the potential to bring greater awareness of your needs. News around a health or work issue may transpire, too.

A fortifying moment arrives on the 29th, as Venus aligns with Pluto in Aquarius. Here, you might find international projects or long-distance connections reveal more.

August could be introspective, with the stars encouraging you to pause and look within.

Slow down and take stock, acknowledging your limits and boundaries you’re keen to uphold. Take it easy, particularly between the 14th and 21st. Lay low, knowing developments at home or around family, parenting and your private life could test you.

Domestic routines, work life and your own wellbeing is likely in focus, with Leo Season spotlighting healthy habits and all that’s undertaken in your day to day. The 4th sees a New Moon and a fresh start around upkeep, maintenance and employment. Find yourself equipped to implement positive systems for optimum vitality.

Self-sufficiency and your capabilities both financially and in household environments is an ongoing theme this month. Yet in the weeks ahead you’ll likely look increasingly toward a partner, considering their part in your relationship.
One-to-ones are particularly significant on the 6th and 7th, when you might find you’re questioning what others could do for you, what they have to give and what you’re expected to provide in return.

Brainstorm ways to collaborate without rushing to set plans in stone. Maintain room to manoeuvre, remembering you both have permission to change your mind, with freedom and flexibility traits to cultivate. You’ll likely be ready to accept a co-pilot’s presence from the 22nd, however there’s refinement that will unfold naturally.

You could be keen to employ helping hands or find you’re delegating, organising and getting the right support. Lead those in familiar environments, aware of when you’re coming off as an authority, boss or captain. This approach may be met with resistance on the 16th and 21st. The 14th is testy, so too the 19th, when a Full Moon reminds you that you’re not in control. Take a backseat on this particular day, nurture yourself, and actively rest and recoup.