Sandy Tide Readings

You may even know your Sun, Moon, and Rising.

But do you know your decans?

Each zodiac sign is divided into three 10-degree sections, which can add another layer to the way a placement is interpreted. My new personalized Decan Reading looks at the decans of your Sun, Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, and Mars, then brings them together through career, relationship, and personal-growth themes.

If regular zodiac descriptions have always felt almost right but never quite specific enough, this may be an interesting next step.

The new article explains what decans are, why they matter, and what you can learn from looking a little closer at your birth chart.

The personalized Decan Reading is also now available in the Sandy Tide Readings Etsy shop.

From Aug 10 to Aug 16, Leo energy takes the lead.

The New Moon and Solar Eclipse in Leo bring a powerful turning point around identity, confidence, visibility, creativity, romance, and the courage to be seen.

This is not only about getting attention.

It is about showing what you truly care about, choosing what lights you up, and stepping into the version of yourself you have been waiting to claim.

Mars also enters Cancer, bringing more energy to home, family, emotions, and the places where we seek safety.

This week asks for both courage and care.

Show yourself more honestly. Protect what matters. And stop shrinking the part of you that is ready to begin.

I also included the Top 5 luckiest zodiac signs of the week.

888 is as powerful as it gets.

August 8 already gives us 88. Add 2 + 6 from 2026, and today becomes 888.

For those who pay attention to signs and synchronicities, this Lion’s Gate Portal may feel especially meaningful, bringing the symbolism of 888 even closer.

Venus enters Libra, one of the signs it rules.

This is often described as a sweet, romantic, socially graceful transit, and it can be all of those things.

But Venus in Libra is not only about charm.

It asks what kind of harmony is actually honest.

Where are we creating beauty because it supports us?

And where are we keeping things pleasant because we are afraid of disturbing the balance?

This transit can bring attention to love, attraction, style, partnership, negotiation, social life, and the way we make ourselves visible to others.

But underneath all of that, there is a deeper question:

Can I be with others without leaving myself behind?

I wrote a new essay on Venus entering Libra, with reflections on love, beauty, mutuality, and advice for all 12 zodiac signs.

You open your schedule in the morning.

None of it looks impossible.

Still, answering one email feels annoying. Going outside feels like too much. The project you planned to work on already seems heavier than it did yesterday.

So you cancel everything.

Then you spend the rest of the day thinking about what you are not doing.

My new article looks at what to do on a low-motivation day when you need rest but do not want the entire schedule to fall into tomorrow.

Sometimes the useful goal is not completing the task.

It is reading the message without answering yet, opening the file, preparing the materials, or reducing tomorrow’s first step.

I also included a sign-by-sign look at what may help each zodiac sign keep one small part of the plan.

A day does not have to go according to schedule to leave tomorrow with an easier place to begin.

Oda Nobunaga is often remembered as a ruthless warlord who broke old systems and changed Japan by force.

But his birth chart tells a more complicated story.

A Cancer Sun in the 4th house points to a life shaped by family conflict, territory, inheritance, and the need to secure a fragile foundation. Aries rising and Mars in Leo add boldness, speed, pride, and the willingness to take risks others avoided.

In this new essay, I follow Nobunaga from his troubled youth and the Battle of Okehazama to Azuchi Castle, national expansion, and the sudden betrayal at Honnō-ji.

It is a story about ambition, innovation, control, and the danger of moving faster than the structure around you can support.

You check your bank account before bed.

A few minutes later, you are reading job listings, worrying about where you will live five years from now, and wondering whether every decision you have made has left you unprepared.

The first question was about this month.

Anxiety turned it into a problem about your entire future.

My new article looks at how to separate problems that genuinely need attention now from questions that do not need an answer tonight.

It also explores the difference between preparation and worry, why immediate relief can lead to poor decisions, and what each zodiac sign may need to remember when the future feels unusually uncertain.

Improving your luck does not require convincing yourself that everything will work out.

Sometimes it means refusing to let several years of imagined problems make today’s decision for you.

The Lion’s Gate Portal is often described as a powerful period for intentions, manifestation, and personal change, with August 8 considered its peak.

That can make the day feel strangely urgent.

You should write a bigger goal. Make an important decision. Begin something before the opportunity passes.

My new article looks at a quieter way to approach the Lion’s Gate period.

Before adding more intentions, it may help to notice what you are already tired of carrying, which responsibilities you accepted through habit, and whether a meaningful date is creating clarity or simply making you feel rushed.

I also included a sign-by-sign guide for all 12 zodiac signs.

A special day does not have to produce a dramatic transformation.

Sometimes the most useful result is one burden that takes up less room after the date has passed.

You finally get a day off.

You plan to do almost nothing.

Then you notice the laundry, answer one message, check what needs to be bought, and somehow lose the entire morning.

Technically, you rested.

But part of you kept looking for the next thing that required attention.

My new article looks at why fatigue can remain even when you are sleeping or spending more time at home.

Sometimes the problem is not a lack of downtime. It is that work, unfinished decisions, other people’s needs, and small responsibilities continue following you into it.

I also included a sign-by-sign look at the habits that may help each zodiac sign recover without turning rest into another project.

Improving your luck during an exhausted period may have less to do with adding a better routine and more to do with reducing the number of decisions made while you have very little room left.

From Aug 3 to Aug 9, the Sun in Leo continues to support confidence, creativity, visibility, and self-expression.

But this week also brings a softer relationship shift.

Venus enters Libra, bringing attention to love, charm, connection, beauty, social ease, and the balance we create with other people.

This is not only about being seen.

It is also about choosing how you relate, who you reconnect with, and where you can be yourself without losing your balance.

Express yourself clearly. Meet people with openness. And choose connections that feel both kind and real.

I also included the Top 5 luckiest zodiac signs of the week.

After trying Substack for a few months, I’ve realized something.

Substack isn’t particularly strong as a platform for reaching large numbers of new people. In many cases, it seems that writers who are already well known are simply bringing their existing audience and influence with them.

That doesn’t mean there’s no value here. I’ve met new people through Substack, and I’m genuinely grateful for those connections.

But astrology is a field where trust matters a lot, so it makes sense that readers are more likely to pay attention to astrologers they already know. I understand that. It’s simply the reality.

Maybe people just aren’t that interested in my astrology content yet.

To other astrologers on Substack: have you had any success getting readers to visit your own website?

Even so, I still believe that showing up and continuing to write matters. So I’m going to keep going, one post at a time.

♈ Aries Acts before thinking ♉ Taurus Processes emotions slowly and at their own pace ♊ Gemini Sorts through feelings by talking them out ♋ Cancer Feels safe when protecting the people they love ♌ Leo Feels fulfilled when appreciated ♍ Virgo Tries to analyze and organize emotions ♎ Libra Finds emotional balance through harmony with others ♏ Scorpio Feels secure through deep emotional bonds ♐ Sagittarius Feels lighter when they have freedom ♑ Capricorn Often puts responsibility before emotions ♒ Aquarius Steps back to understand how they feel ♓ Pisces Easily picks up on other people’s emotions

Already know your Moon sign and want to understand how to manage your emotions better? You may find the answer here.

Individual PDF guides are available for every Moon sign, along with a complete 12-sign bundle.

You can explore your own Moon sign or choose a guide as a thoughtful gift for a family member, friend, or partner.

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Even if you don’t know your Moon sign, there are plenty of online tools that can help. Just search on Google and enter your birth date and birth time to find your answer.

With AI-powered search results, you may even be able to see your Moon sign right on the results page.

Why not give it a try?

For a moment, you feel relieved.

Then the alternatives begin looking better.

Maybe you acted too soon. Perhaps the situation would have improved. What if the path you chose does not work out?

My new article looks at why doubt often becomes louder after a decision has already been made.

Sometimes new information means the choice genuinely needs to be reconsidered. Other times, the discomfort comes from losing familiar routines, accepting responsibility for the outcome, or imagining the path you did not choose without remembering its problems.

I also included a sign-by-sign look at what each zodiac sign may need to check when post-decision doubt appears.

Feeling afraid after choosing does not automatically mean you chose badly.

Before changing the answer, check whether the facts changed or only the feeling did.

Nothing openly bad happens. Still, you replay every sentence afterward and begin wondering what changed.

My new article looks at what to do when a relationship feels strained, especially when you do not yet know what the other person is thinking.

Sometimes the most helpful step is not a dramatic conversation.

It may be answering one unfinished message, clarifying one uncertain detail, changing how or where you communicate, or returning one part of your own day to normal.

I also included a sign-by-sign look at what may help each zodiac sign when the energy between two people feels difficult.

You do not have to repair the entire relationship in the next conversation.

You only need to make the next interaction a little easier to understand.

The Sun and Jupiter meet in Leo, and later that same day, the Full Moon rises in Aquarius.

This is a bright, expressive, almost cinematic kind of astrology. Leo asks us to recognize our own light, while Aquarius asks where that light belongs in the larger future.

So this is not only a moment for confidence, creativity, romance, visibility, or self-expression.

It is also a moment for friendship, community, freedom, and the question of who can actually meet the version of you that is becoming more honest.

Sometimes growth makes us louder.

Sometimes it makes us clearer.

And sometimes, as we begin to take up more space in our own lives, we also begin to see which spaces were only comfortable when we were smaller.

I wrote a new essay on the Sun conjunct Jupiter and the Aquarius Full Moon, with reflections on confidence, belonging, creative expression, and advice for all 12 zodiac signs.

A crowded event may give you several new contacts, but no natural reason to see any of them again. A smaller place you return to regularly can reveal much more about someone than a polished first introduction.

My new post looks at why good connections often begin in places where people can meet more than once, along with a different recommendation for every zodiac sign.

The right place is somewhere you would still want to visit even if you met no one that day.