Today’s Moon:
- The Moon is in Gemini.
- There is no void Moon period today.
- The Moon is waning and in its Third Quarter phase.
- The Last Quarter Moon occurred yesterday.
Retrogrades:
- Mercury is retrograde until tomorrow (Mercury is retrograde from August 5th to 28th).
- Mercury is Rx, Saturn is Rx, Neptune is Rx, Pluto is Rx, and Chiron is Rx.
**Times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Daily Horoscopes/Astro Highlights for each Sign:
Aries
An opportunity to feel lighter and freer arrives today, dear Aries, although it’s also a time of connecting with your passion for learning or a special interest. Monotony is uninspiring now; you need a change of pace! Bright ideas about practical matters, work, or money can figure strongly. A more relaxed and creative approach to your life leads to openings or improvements. You might hook into an alternative method, recognize an opportunity, or leave a burden behind you. A new and improved approach both appeals to and benefits you. Letting go of fear or detaching just a little can open up creativity and improve your health. Combining work and play comes naturally and works well for you now. There can be an exciting find or purchase. You might instead experience the excitement of redesigning or reorganizing your things. You’re mentally active, and you might run into someone (or information) you need to further a project or complete a goal.Taurus
Today’s transits stir your desire to express yourself, dear Taurus, and they also connect you with your needs and wants. While it’s not an ideal time for new endeavors, your desire to branch out is strong. You’re open to experimenting with feelings and ideas, and your powers of attraction grow as you do. The inclination is to follow your heart, and you express your affections through your sense of fun. You might treat yourself to some extra time to express and enjoy yourself or create something unique. You might discover the need to rework a project, task, or job. A brewing matter related to money, respect, or comfort can animate or move along today. You have a fresh and positive attitude towards your self-worth and value. Improvements and opportunities are likely in your practical affairs.Gemini
New experiences and feelings inspire you today, dear Gemini. You’re more accepting of any unusual or different experiences or emotions that emerge. In fact, alternative approaches to feelings, intimacy, and family or household matters can be refreshing and successful. For example, eliminating clutter in your home can be especially helpful for improving your outlook, as you can feel lighter and freer. Detaching yourself just enough to see another side of a situation can be not only fun, but also a great opportunity for learning! As a result, you might break ground on a tricky topic. As you free yourself from an emotional block, you can feel pleasantly surprised. The Moon in your sign, and its alignment with Jupiter and Mars, reinforces a spontaneous approach to your day. You’re forward-looking, even if you need to face a re-emerging problem or wait for an answer to a question. Consider that you have more impact on others than usual today, and watch for impatience or impulsiveness.Cancer
You’re opening up to new ideas, topics, and perhaps even a friendship now, dear Cancer. Your personal appeal is skyrocketing on a mental level. A new attraction, craving, or interest can lead you to a fun discovery, or an unconventional idea might inspire you today. Mental stimulation and variety are themes, and a pleasant surprise can be part of the picture. As you gently push some boundaries in your conversations and exchanges, you can discover truly interesting things. Transits now can sway your thinking and change your mind about past decisions. You’re seeing things from a different perspective and finding new ways of expressing yourself. While you’re feeling wide-eyed, ready, and emotionally awake, but with the Moon in your privacy sector all day, another part of you is interested in recharging and restoring your energy. Still, your personal life is colorful and motivating.Leo
Today’s transits encourage you to interact and enjoy lively exchanges, dear Leo, as well as pay special attention to your practical affairs. The trick is that you’re in better shape approaching money and business in nonconventional ways. A pleasant discovery or surprise can figure prominently. Certainly, you gravitate to different methods. Influences today help you successfully combine comfort with excitement, and it’s an interesting mix. Your intuition regarding business and financial matters can be excellent, and you might enjoy a great buy or find. New or updated methods can improve your life. The ability to detach from some aspects of your life, even temporarily, can feel freeing and pleasant. The Moon spends another day in your social sector. Today, it reinforces an experimental, positive, forward-looking approach. You are wide open to learning, improving, and growing right now. It’s an excellent time to focus on the positive side of things.Virgo
You’re viewing your life in different ways these days, dear Virgo, with Mercury retrograde until tomorrow and current influences on your Sun. Still, pushing things forward is not likely a wise strategy for a little bit longer. Today’s transits inspire you nonetheless, and you can be in the mood for something different. It can be a time of sudden or unusual attractions, experiences, and goodwill. Influences encourage connecting with ideas that inspire you or experiencing different pleasures and pastimes. People are attracted to your originality this week, particularly your intelligence, thoughts, and beliefs. It’s a time for improvising and enjoying yourself, letting things flow, and loosening up on a matter that has annoyed you. You’re experimenting and enjoying the process. Opportunities emerge from (or for) breaking out of your routine; this breath of fresh air is most welcome. At the same time, you can be motivated to reach a goal or fulfill a duty.Libra
Today’s influences bring a refreshing spirit of freedom to your life, dear Libra. A mind-expanding or pleasant conversation can figure strongly and inspire an idea, plan, or interest. You could be released from an obligation, and you feel a little lighter. While you’re more aware of the hidden elements of any particular situation, you’re less sensitive or private about these things, making it easier to share. You might benefit from purging or letting go of burdensome attachments, a process that comes more naturally to you this week. As you view the world through different filters, you’re arriving at compelling inner revelations. It may be challenging to communicate with Mercury still retrograde for another day, but there is no rush.Scorpio
Today’s influences are excellent for opening your mind and heart to new ideas, visions, and possibilities, dear Scorpio. Mercury remains retrograde for another day, and it’s best not to push out something new, but you’re in great shape for gaining inspiration. You’re willing to leave something you no longer need behind to help welcome fresh energy into your life. Liberation is possible in a meaningful way as you drop unhealthy expectations of others and relationships. Detaching yourself just a little from a situation gives you more freedom to be spontaneous and enjoy yourself. Your exchanges can be exciting. It’s a time to breathe new life into your friendships and connections, experiment, think (and feel) outside of the box, or lose some self-consciousness and enjoy yourself more thoroughly as you do. Love and friendship can bring pleasant surprises. Events and feelings stirring now can help you understand where you’ve been limiting yourself and your happiness, which can be revealing.Sagittarius
Today’s transits open you to new ways of enjoying yourself and relating to others, dear Sagittarius. The desire for a change in your routine can be strong, but you’re also feeling pleasantly motivated. It’s a time for moving forward with less baggage, and your approach or attitude demands something different. You may forget some of your troubles and have a better time as a result. Social pleasures and inspiring interactions can be in the spotlight. A change of pace with your practical affairs, career, or health can be particularly refreshing and inspiring. You’re up for an adventure or new ideas, and you’re flexible enough to change your methods in the process. Your reputation can get a nice boost, and your feelings about someone can come on strongly. Tomorrow, Mercury will end its retrograde, making today and tomorrow a time of shifts. It’s better to observe than lock something down, even an idea about someone!Capricorn
While past matters and tasks can be rehashed or recirculated today, dear Capricorn, you’re in a fabulous frame of mind for catching some inspiration. Transits now encourage your taste for something different, particularly with self-expression, personal enjoyment, entertainment, pleasure, and learning. Your spirit for adventure may show itself in your imagination, cravings, and dreams. You would do well with a break from the routine or some detachment from recent worries, concerns, and intensity. Today’s attractions and desires may not be long-standing but can lead to interesting discoveries and ideas. Creativity can blossom! But even with a strong and positive focus on recreation, you’re also winding up and excited about your duties and wellness goals.Aquarius
Today’s energies excite your desire to enjoy yourself, dear Aquarius, while also inspiring an emotional breakthrough of sorts. Letting go of patterns that have weighed you down can be most freeing and rewarding. There can be pleasant changes on the home front or a sudden desire to update your environment. A refreshing change of pace can figure strongly and pleasantly. With some detachment from a matter, you can gain some wisdom on it. It can certainly be a day of fascinating observations. There’s a lighter and freer energy to the day, which is refreshing. At the same time, as the day advances, you’re passionate about your personal interests and hobbies. Ways to improve or boost your personal life can come to you in a flash, and your interactions benefit from new approaches.Pisces
With Mercury about to turn direct, dear Pisces, you need more time to arrive at conclusions. While something may need revising, clarity isn’t likely coming your way just yet. As well, there are positive, forward-looking themes to the day. Freedom and acceptance are strong themes in your relationships today. You’re more willing to open up and enjoy yourself. You could discover new ways to connect that add an interesting layer to your exchanges. Different ways of expressing yourself can also emerge, and they’re satisfying, or an unusual idea or method can lead to exciting discoveries and wonderful feelings. Either way, there’s a breath of fresh air that elevates you. You’re likely to find life more interesting and lessons more hearty if you make a special effort to harmonize and enjoy others.* Remember to read horoscopes for your Ascendant sign and Sun sign. If you don’t know your Ascendant sign (and you know your birth time), you can look it up here.
Astrology of Today – The Details:
If you’re astrologically inclined and interested in the details of the Astrology of today, here are some of the factors considered in the forecasts:
Planet Color Key: The longer the bar, the slower the aspecting planet, and the longer the duration of the planet’s transit.
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