horoscopes for week of august 9th, 2026
these are written predominantly for the *rising* signs but they are also intuitively "channeled" enough that they should work for any dominant energy you have! (try your sun if you don't know rising, or more advanced readers can try moon, anywhere you have a stellium, etc and see what works best for you!)
aries: sometimes it's painful to see your fantasies are not able to become reality, or at least not in the way you had hoped. yet at the same time, as disappointing as reality might look this week, not everything is as it seems.
taurus: changes to or upsets in the home occur and you probably get little to no control over them. and you're not really meant to control this. or if it's not your abode it's your family of origin. let it be whatever it is and trust that you can weather it.
gemini: if anyone thrives in the chaos of eclipse season it's mutable you. not to mention you're financially blessed and blessed in local exchanges too with a mercury-jupiter conjunction. so while i wouldn't exactly describe your eclipse season as being all fun and games, it benefits you ultimately.
cancerians: this month's new moon is a solar eclipse in your second house. finances cannot be expected to go easy. at the same time, the instability in your resources points out a lot to you that you can use to your benefit.
leo: solar eclipses like this week's (which is in your sign to boot) tend to not be the easiest time for such solar figures as you. but if you have been wanting/needing to reinvent yourself or any part of yourself, adopt your new identity from then onward.
virgo: eclipse volatility is something that happens mostly psychically or behind the scenes for you. it's not that it's small, just that it's not obvious. what you notice more is ceres into cancer and how you're surrounded by kindly mentors and benefactors through this type of process.
libra: friend/social circle dramas are likely to erupt this week especially wherever issues have not been properly addressed heretofore. take the high road in all such cases; manipulation or deception will fail you at this time.
scorpio: underlying eclipse season drama there is a plutonic theme humming away. like an extremophile, whether you actually enjoy the chaos or not (and it's ok if you do, and ok if you don't!) you thrive in it and alchemize it to a degree that seems very magical to the people around you. don't absorb their envy if it is there.
sagittarius: delay educational/philosophical pursuits/long distance travel/publishing for a few weeks or accept how they unfold without your interference. meddling will almost certainly backfire. but there is a blessing of some kind in what appears to be a meltdown.
capricorn: without being too flippant about it, don't take the eclipse too terribly seriously. it is unlikely to be about you unless you have major fixed sign placements (and then read horoscopes for those signs this week too) even if you get caught in some crossfire. ideally, you spend the week nurturing your most important human connections.
aquarius: i'm not saying your relationships will be in shambles but i am definitely saying they are not going to feel like they are on extremely solid ground (whether they are actually on solid ground or not is immaterial to the feeling.)
pisces: you're deeply connected to something that most people aren't even remotely aware of. and it gets you through all the upheaval of the week. you can be right in the middle of massive chaos and maintain your cool to a degree that may surprise even you.
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