Aug 16 – 22, 2026 • Weekly Forecast
8/17 • Mars (action & desire) ~square~ Neptune (dreams & illusions):
You must consider this a test of sorts. Confront your fears & clarify your desires, that will be the most effective way to manage this period.
8/17 • Mars (action & desire) ~square~ Neptune (dreams & illusions):
You must consider this a test of sorts. Confront your fears & clarify your desires, that will be the most effective way to manage this period.
8/9 • Mercury Enters LEO (until Aug 25th): As Mercury moves into Leo, we get the benefit of the recent Cancer Retrograde to be more creative and make new connections to how we’d like to express ourselves. This year more than ever, it is time to “think with your feelings”.
Every Venus Retrograde begins a new chapter in our relationship with Love, Values, Beauty, Resources and the Sacred Feminine. Although the Retrograde itself unfolds between October & November, the larger cycle actually begins in late Summer.
This week, Chiron Retrogrades at Zero Taurus and starts moving back toward Aries. Over the next 5-months, you will likely notice how new issues are arising and old issues are fading because you have evolved, integrated & released them through your soul work and shadow work, which is what we do with Chiron.
August marks the very cusp of completion & initiation of cycles large & small, which is facilitating a healing & integration of a whole new foundation. We will look back on Aug/Sept 2026 as a monumental shift on many levels.
7/12 • Mercury Rx (ideas & thoughts) ~conjunct~ Sun (energy & focus): This compelling energy urges you to express yourself across multiple layers of existence. Communication stands at the forefront, yet it is crucial that it flows both ways, as a genuine exchange of ideas.
The story of July is that we are entering the second wave of a larger evolutionary sequence unfolding all Summer & beyond. June initiated the shift in values. July activates movement & choice. August brings conscious integration through new ideas, relationships & self-awareness.
Summer Solstice is the MidPoint in the year, bringing another turn of the Wheel, the peak power of the Light before it surrenders, moving toward true completion of that which was seeded at Winter Solstice.
6/14 • GEMINI Super/New Moon:
This New Moon initiates a fresh cycle of awareness around how you think, communicate, learn, gather information & exchange energy with the world around you.
6/9 • Venus (values & priorities) ~conjunct~ Jupiter (beliefs & consciousness): This highly potent energy merges two influential forces to kickstart a fresh new cycle, heightening your awareness of your own evolving values, which are leading to a new narrative that is based on your earned wisdom over the last year or so.