Aries Monthly Horoscope
August 2024 Horoscope: Predictions for Aries
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Overview for this Month: Aries (All)
August 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
August is a good month for recreation, pleasure, and creativity, dear Aries, although you may need to double-check schedules as not everything is likely to go according to plan. There's also a pleasant focus on your work, health, and daily routines that builds as the month advances. Your social life calls to you around the 19th, but the larger focus is on your personal life and pastimes.
After the New Moon on the 4th, you're breaking out of your shell and sharing your affections and creations with others. This celestial event can clear the path for a new start in a romance or with a creative project or recreational pursuit, filling you with hope and optimism.
You continue to be quite motivated and energized with pet projects, local activities, transportation, studies, and making connections as Mars, your ruling planet, spends all month in your communications sector. You're excited about learning and/or sharing.
This month, you could see past loves or people you previously rejected in a new light. With Mercury retrograde from the 5th to the 28th, you may return to old problems or review recent decisions. While misunderstandings and delays are possible, you also see new layers to a situation. Remember, if you avoid pushing things that aren't ready to move, the month is strong for connecting with your heart. Taking a moment to catch your breath and review recent projects can help you feel reassured and in control.
Retrograde Mercury divides its time: from the 5th to the 14th, it's in your work and health sector, and you see old routines, work projects, and ventures in a brand new light. From the 14th to the 28th, Mercury is still retrograde but retreats into your sector of joy and pleasure. Backtracking may affect a relationship or creative pursuit. You could spend time revising and reviewing, which seems to slow things down. Information blocks can still figure strongly, but they're now more likely related to matters of the heart.
On the 18th, you see a past matter related to hobbies, creativity, romance, or children in a brand new way. The information, conversations, or connections you make now can be integral to redirecting you along a new and improved path, filling you with excitement and a sense of openness to change.
The Full Moon on the 19th might bring a friendship issue to a head, particularly if you've allowed frustrations to build. Instead, this can be about budding needs for others. New opportunities to explore and share ideas are opening up to you.
A Jupiter-Saturn square also emerges around this time. This influence highlights a conflict related to your urge to expand your mind, contacts, and experiences as it competes with your obligations to caring for others or your increased need for downtime, especially structured time to yourself. If you've lined up too many potential projects or if you're faced with too many choices, you could reach a point of feeling overwhelmed in the face of other responsibilities that limit your progress or hold you back. This transit will resurface later this year, so you have some time to work on finding a better balance, but it's a good idea to consider ways to moderate things now.
Venus spends much of the month, from the 4th to the 29th, in your work and health sector, and the Sun heads into this area of your solar chart from the 22nd forward. You spend more time and energy enjoying and improving your daily routines. Work and services can be in stronger focus, and so can efforts to maintain health and promote wellness. It's a fine time to bring more order to your daily life.
You could acquire new skills, enjoy romantic or social activities related to your work or health goals, or improve relationships with the people you spend time with daily. While this is not the most sociable of times for you outside of your routine, it's an excellent time to make changes that help you feel more comfortable with your day-to-day life. You have wonderful ideas for improving your personal environment.
Mercury's direct turn on the 28th and Venus moving into your partnership sector the next day can point to an attractive, upbeat, and sociable shift as August draws to a close. You're feeling far less encumbered and more interested in companionship.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Aries (Born March 21 to 31)
AND Aries Ascendant from 0 to 10 degrees Aries:
August 2024 Aries Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until August 22nd:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar fifth house. This is a time when pleasure-seeking and creative activities come into focus and grab much of your attention. You are particularly personally charming in a spontaneous, natural way during this solar cycle. This is the time of year when you are ready to perform and to express yourself creatively.
This is a very playful cycle, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. It's a good time for recreation, romance, connecting with children, and enjoying and performing the arts. Your ego is tied up in your children, romantic relationships, and creative output now, so that you can be especially proud of these people and things. You can also be over-sensitive about these matters if you feel you are not getting enough appreciation.
From August 22nd forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar sixth house. During this cycle, you take more pride in the work you do and in your health routines than any other time of the year. You are sorting through the experiences of the last several months, separating the worthwhile from the worthless. This is a good time to build your skills, to get organized, and to attend to your health and wellbeing. It's a great time to make improvements to your regular routines. Your self-esteem and your ego are tied up in the work you do and in the services you give. Details are more important to you now.
It's time to bring order to your life by focusing on the little things that make up the whole. This cycle presents an opportunity to get rid of what doesn't work in your life, while also discovering what does. You could seek distinction and strive towards perfection in your work. Efficiency should be your goal now. Your physical health, as well as the relationship between your body and your mind, are in focus.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until August 4th:
Venus continues to transit your solar fifth house. Your popularity is on an upward trend during this cycle as others find you especially attractive and friendly. You may have the desire to dress well and in good taste. There is strength in your feelings of love and the power of attraction, which may open the door to new romantic relationships. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Conditions are highlighted in connection with young people, and quite possibly a female child--a stronger bond could be formed during this period. You are feeling inspired creatively and romantically and you express your loving feelings quite openly now. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. You will also thoroughly enjoy artistic, musical, or cultural events and activities, especially in the company of a loved one. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
From August 4th to 29th:
Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.
From August 29th forward:
Venus graces your solar seventh house during this period. This is a time for extra attention to a partner or significant other, as well as from that person! You are more inclined to flatter and charm others during this cycle. One-to-one relating appeals to you more than group activities or more casual connections. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections--very willing to compromise, negotiate, and make peace.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from August 5th to 28th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.
Occurring in your solar fifth and sixth houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to romance, children, creativity, work, and daily routines. Be as non- judgmental as you can with co-workers, romantic partners, and your children. Re- thinking the suitability of your job and/or romantic relationships is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. Work-related mess-ups can frustrate you. Double-check your work. There may be the need to revisit old issues with your children or lover, or there could be some communication problems with the same. Arguments with a lover may be blown out of proportion far too easily. Both you and your lover should avoid harping on the words used and try to get to the meaning behind the words instead. Or, a romance may not be moving forward in obvious ways. It might seem like stagnation, but it's actually a period of review and rest. Other possibilities include calls that are not returned, a lover is late for a date, or dates get cancelled. Speculation and gambling are not advised right now. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers, professors, lawyers, romantic partners, and children, or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to activate and energize your solar third house now. You may be especially busy running errands and tending to daily activities during this cycle. It's a strong time for putting your energy into intellectual projects or studies. You tend to communicate in a more direct manner now, and you might want to be careful that you don't come across as insensitive or abrasive. You may find it too easy to become impatient with others if they seem to be taking up too much of your time, such as with other drivers or with people who are not speaking as directly as you are. Channel your extra energy into mental tasks so that this transit can be highly stimulating (instead of stressful).
Overview Horoscope:
August 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
August is a good month for recreation, pleasure, and creativity, dear Aries, although you may need to double-check schedules as not everything is likely to go according to plan. There's also a pleasant focus on your work, health, and daily routines that builds as the month advances. Your social life calls to you around the 19th, but the larger focus is on your personal life and pastimes.
After the New Moon on the 4th, you're breaking out of your shell and sharing your affections and creations with others. This celestial event can clear the path for a new start in a romance or with a creative project or recreational pursuit, filling you with hope and optimism.
You continue to be quite motivated and energized with pet projects, local activities, transportation, studies, and making connections as Mars, your ruling planet, spends all month in your communications sector. You're excited about learning and/or sharing.
This month, you could see past loves or people you previously rejected in a new light. With Mercury retrograde from the 5th to the 28th, you may return to old problems or review recent decisions. While misunderstandings and delays are possible, you also see new layers to a situation. Remember, if you avoid pushing things that aren't ready to move, the month is strong for connecting with your heart. Taking a moment to catch your breath and review recent projects can help you feel reassured and in control.
Retrograde Mercury divides its time: from the 5th to the 14th, it's in your work and health sector, and you see old routines, work projects, and ventures in a brand new light. From the 14th to the 28th, Mercury is still retrograde but retreats into your sector of joy and pleasure. Backtracking may affect a relationship or creative pursuit. You could spend time revising and reviewing, which seems to slow things down. Information blocks can still figure strongly, but they're now more likely related to matters of the heart.
On the 18th, you see a past matter related to hobbies, creativity, romance, or children in a brand new way. The information, conversations, or connections you make now can be integral to redirecting you along a new and improved path, filling you with excitement and a sense of openness to change.
The Full Moon on the 19th might bring a friendship issue to a head, particularly if you've allowed frustrations to build. Instead, this can be about budding needs for others. New opportunities to explore and share ideas are opening up to you.
A Jupiter-Saturn square also emerges around this time. This influence highlights a conflict related to your urge to expand your mind, contacts, and experiences as it competes with your obligations to caring for others or your increased need for downtime, especially structured time to yourself. If you've lined up too many potential projects or if you're faced with too many choices, you could reach a point of feeling overwhelmed in the face of other responsibilities that limit your progress or hold you back. This transit will resurface later this year, so you have some time to work on finding a better balance, but it's a good idea to consider ways to moderate things now.
Venus spends much of the month, from the 4th to the 29th, in your work and health sector, and the Sun heads into this area of your solar chart from the 22nd forward. You spend more time and energy enjoying and improving your daily routines. Work and services can be in stronger focus, and so can efforts to maintain health and promote wellness. It's a fine time to bring more order to your daily life.
You could acquire new skills, enjoy romantic or social activities related to your work or health goals, or improve relationships with the people you spend time with daily. While this is not the most sociable of times for you outside of your routine, it's an excellent time to make changes that help you feel more comfortable with your day-to-day life. You have wonderful ideas for improving your personal environment.
Mercury's direct turn on the 28th and Venus moving into your partnership sector the next day can point to an attractive, upbeat, and sociable shift as August draws to a close. You're feeling far less encumbered and more interested in companionship.
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Aries in 2024.
See also detailed 2024 Aries Yearly Horoscope.
Aries (Born April 1 to 10)
AND Aries Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Aries:
August 2024 Aries Career, & General Trends
August 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until August 12th:
Venus continues to transit your solar fifth house. Your popularity is on an upward trend during this cycle as others find you especially attractive and friendly. You may have the desire to dress well and in good taste. There is strength in your feelings of love and the power of attraction, which may open the door to new romantic relationships. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Conditions are highlighted in connection with young people, and quite possibly a female child--a stronger bond could be formed during this period. You are feeling inspired creatively and romantically and you express your loving feelings quite openly now. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. You will also thoroughly enjoy artistic, musical, or cultural events and activities, especially in the company of a loved one. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
From August 13th forward:
Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from August 5th to 28th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.
Occurring in your solar fifth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to matters surrounding romance, children, and creativity. Be as non-judgmental as you can with romantic partners and your children, if applicable. Re-thinking the suitability of your romantic relationships is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. There may be the need to revisit old issues with your children or lover, or there could be some communication problems with the same. Arguments with a lover may be blown out of proportion far too easily. Both you and your lover should avoid harping on the words used and try to get to the meaning behind the words instead. Or, a romance may not be moving forward in obvious ways. It might seem like stagnation, but it's actually a period of review and rest. Other possibilities include calls that are not returned, a lover is late for a date, or dates get cancelled. Speculation and gambling are not advised right now. It's probably not the best time to launch a new creative project, but it's a good time for reworking an existing one. Same goes for romance! Things will change after Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with romantic partners, and children; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 4th:
Mars continues to energize your solar second house. You tend to put more effort into making money or making your life more comfortable and secure during this cycle. Your strong desire to be financially independent could lead to positive things, such as paying off debts or increased enterprise. The opposite side of the coin is asserting your independence by making impulsive purchases or taking risks with your money. You are more protective of the way you earn or spend money, as well as with the values you live your life by, and if others question you about these things, there could be arguments.
From August 4th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar third house during this period. You are likely to have many ideas and plans going during this transit, and you might be inclined to scatter your energies as a result.
Channelled well, however, this is a good time to sell your ideas to others, or to present your case in some manner. You may be especially busy running errands and communicating with others now.
More articulate than usual, you may also have a more assertive, self-centered, or provocative communication style at this time. As such, discussions might more readily become heated or they might escalate into arguments. If this is the case, it's likely because you are taking things very personally right now, or because you are over-identifying with your beliefs and ideas.
A tendency to be impatient or impulsive while driving or while performing manual tasks, generally with the hands, may lead to accidents, so it's wise to be careful on the road or while operating machinery or even using scissors! This is an excellent time for working on intellectual tasks with more vigor and passion.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
August is a good month for recreation, pleasure, and creativity, dear Aries, although you may need to double-check schedules as not everything is likely to go according to plan. There's also a pleasant focus on your work, health, and daily routines that builds as the month advances. Your social life calls to you around the 19th, but the larger focus is on your personal life and pastimes.
After the New Moon on the 4th, you're breaking out of your shell and sharing your affections and creations with others. This celestial event can clear the path for a new start in a romance or with a creative project or recreational pursuit, filling you with hope and optimism.
You continue to be quite motivated and energized with pet projects, local activities, transportation, studies, and making connections as Mars, your ruling planet, spends all month in your communications sector. You're excited about learning and/or sharing.
This month, you could see past loves or people you previously rejected in a new light. With Mercury retrograde from the 5th to the 28th, you may return to old problems or review recent decisions. While misunderstandings and delays are possible, you also see new layers to a situation. Remember, if you avoid pushing things that aren't ready to move, the month is strong for connecting with your heart. Taking a moment to catch your breath and review recent projects can help you feel reassured and in control.
Retrograde Mercury divides its time: from the 5th to the 14th, it's in your work and health sector, and you see old routines, work projects, and ventures in a brand new light. From the 14th to the 28th, Mercury is still retrograde but retreats into your sector of joy and pleasure. Backtracking may affect a relationship or creative pursuit. You could spend time revising and reviewing, which seems to slow things down. Information blocks can still figure strongly, but they're now more likely related to matters of the heart.
On the 18th, you see a past matter related to hobbies, creativity, romance, or children in a brand new way. The information, conversations, or connections you make now can be integral to redirecting you along a new and improved path, filling you with excitement and a sense of openness to change.
The Full Moon on the 19th might bring a friendship issue to a head, particularly if you've allowed frustrations to build. Instead, this can be about budding needs for others. New opportunities to explore and share ideas are opening up to you.
A Jupiter-Saturn square also emerges around this time. This influence highlights a conflict related to your urge to expand your mind, contacts, and experiences as it competes with your obligations to caring for others or your increased need for downtime, especially structured time to yourself. If you've lined up too many potential projects or if you're faced with too many choices, you could reach a point of feeling overwhelmed in the face of other responsibilities that limit your progress or hold you back. This transit will resurface later this year, so you have some time to work on finding a better balance, but it's a good idea to consider ways to moderate things now.
Venus spends much of the month, from the 4th to the 29th, in your work and health sector, and the Sun heads into this area of your solar chart from the 22nd forward. You spend more time and energy enjoying and improving your daily routines. Work and services can be in stronger focus, and so can efforts to maintain health and promote wellness. It's a fine time to bring more order to your daily life.
You could acquire new skills, enjoy romantic or social activities related to your work or health goals, or improve relationships with the people you spend time with daily. While this is not the most sociable of times for you outside of your routine, it's an excellent time to make changes that help you feel more comfortable with your day-to-day life. You have wonderful ideas for improving your personal environment.
Mercury's direct turn on the 28th and Venus moving into your partnership sector the next day can point to an attractive, upbeat, and sociable shift as August draws to a close. You're feeling far less encumbered and more interested in companionship.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Aries in 2024.
See also detailed 2024 Aries Yearly Horoscope.
Aries (Born April 11 to 20)
AND Aries Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Aries:
August 2024 Aries Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until August 11th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar fourth house. This is a period of recharge, of getting in touch with your innermost feelings, of connecting with your roots, and of spending more time and energy on home and family. Home and family matters capture your attention and are a strong source of pride now. It's a time when worldly matters are not as important to you.
Use this energy to find ways to improve your family relations and your home environment. During this heart-warming cycle, you would do best to allow yourself to explore your inner needs so that you can nurture yourself and others in a healthy, growth-oriented manner, in preparation for more outgoing times to come.
From August 12th forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until August 21st:
Venus continues to transit your solar fifth house. Your popularity is on an upward trend during this cycle as others find you especially attractive and friendly. You may have the desire to dress well and in good taste. There is strength in your feelings of love and the power of attraction, which may open the door to new romantic relationships. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Conditions are highlighted in connection with young people, and quite possibly a female child--a stronger bond could be formed during this period. You are feeling inspired creatively and romantically and you express your loving feelings quite openly now. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. You will also thoroughly enjoy artistic, musical, or cultural events and activities, especially in the company of a loved one. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
From August 21st forward:
Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from August 5th to 28th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.
Occurring in your solar fifth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to matters surrounding romance, children, and creativity. Be as non-judgmental as you can with romantic partners and your children, if applicable. Re-thinking the suitability of your romantic relationships is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. There may be the need to revisit old issues with your children or lover, or there could be some communication problems with the same. Arguments with a lover may be blown out of proportion far too easily. Both you and your lover should avoid harping on the words used and try to get to the meaning behind the words instead. Or, a romance may not be moving forward in obvious ways. It might seem like stagnation, but it's actually a period of review and rest. Other possibilities include calls that are not returned, a lover is late for a date, or dates get cancelled. Speculation and gambling are not advised right now. It's probably not the best time to launch a new creative project, but it's a good time for reworking an existing one. Same goes for romance! Things will change after Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with romantic partners, and children; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 19th:
Mars continues to energize your solar second house. You tend to put more effort into making money or making your life more comfortable and secure during this cycle. Your strong desire to be financially independent could lead to positive things, such as paying off debts or increased enterprise. The opposite side of the coin is asserting your independence by making impulsive purchases or taking risks with your money. You are more protective of the way you earn or spend money, as well as with the values you live your life by, and if others question you about these things, there could be arguments.
From August 20th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar third house during this period. You are likely to have many ideas and plans going during this transit, and you might be inclined to scatter your energies as a result.
Channelled well, however, this is a good time to sell your ideas to others, or to present your case in some manner. You may be especially busy running errands and communicating with others now.
More articulate than usual, you may also have a more assertive, self-centered, or provocative communication style at this time. As such, discussions might more readily become heated or they might escalate into arguments. If this is the case, it's likely because you are taking things very personally right now, or because you are over-identifying with your beliefs and ideas.
A tendency to be impatient or impulsive while driving or while performing manual tasks, generally with the hands, may lead to accidents, so it's wise to be careful on the road or while operating machinery or even using scissors! This is an excellent time for working on intellectual tasks with more vigor and passion.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
August is a good month for recreation, pleasure, and creativity, dear Aries, although you may need to double-check schedules as not everything is likely to go according to plan. There's also a pleasant focus on your work, health, and daily routines that builds as the month advances. Your social life calls to you around the 19th, but the larger focus is on your personal life and pastimes.
After the New Moon on the 4th, you're breaking out of your shell and sharing your affections and creations with others. This celestial event can clear the path for a new start in a romance or with a creative project or recreational pursuit, filling you with hope and optimism.
You continue to be quite motivated and energized with pet projects, local activities, transportation, studies, and making connections as Mars, your ruling planet, spends all month in your communications sector. You're excited about learning and/or sharing.
This month, you could see past loves or people you previously rejected in a new light. With Mercury retrograde from the 5th to the 28th, you may return to old problems or review recent decisions. While misunderstandings and delays are possible, you also see new layers to a situation. Remember, if you avoid pushing things that aren't ready to move, the month is strong for connecting with your heart. Taking a moment to catch your breath and review recent projects can help you feel reassured and in control.
Retrograde Mercury divides its time: from the 5th to the 14th, it's in your work and health sector, and you see old routines, work projects, and ventures in a brand new light. From the 14th to the 28th, Mercury is still retrograde but retreats into your sector of joy and pleasure. Backtracking may affect a relationship or creative pursuit. You could spend time revising and reviewing, which seems to slow things down. Information blocks can still figure strongly, but they're now more likely related to matters of the heart.
On the 18th, you see a past matter related to hobbies, creativity, romance, or children in a brand new way. The information, conversations, or connections you make now can be integral to redirecting you along a new and improved path, filling you with excitement and a sense of openness to change.
The Full Moon on the 19th might bring a friendship issue to a head, particularly if you've allowed frustrations to build. Instead, this can be about budding needs for others. New opportunities to explore and share ideas are opening up to you.
A Jupiter-Saturn square also emerges around this time. This influence highlights a conflict related to your urge to expand your mind, contacts, and experiences as it competes with your obligations to caring for others or your increased need for downtime, especially structured time to yourself. If you've lined up too many potential projects or if you're faced with too many choices, you could reach a point of feeling overwhelmed in the face of other responsibilities that limit your progress or hold you back. This transit will resurface later this year, so you have some time to work on finding a better balance, but it's a good idea to consider ways to moderate things now.
Venus spends much of the month, from the 4th to the 29th, in your work and health sector, and the Sun heads into this area of your solar chart from the 22nd forward. You spend more time and energy enjoying and improving your daily routines. Work and services can be in stronger focus, and so can efforts to maintain health and promote wellness. It's a fine time to bring more order to your daily life.
You could acquire new skills, enjoy romantic or social activities related to your work or health goals, or improve relationships with the people you spend time with daily. While this is not the most sociable of times for you outside of your routine, it's an excellent time to make changes that help you feel more comfortable with your day-to-day life. You have wonderful ideas for improving your personal environment.
Mercury's direct turn on the 28th and Venus moving into your partnership sector the next day can point to an attractive, upbeat, and sociable shift as August draws to a close. You're feeling far less encumbered and more interested in companionship.
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Our detailed monthly horoscopes are designed to reveal and interpret the current transits of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars in your solar chart.
Because these energies or transits do not unfold neatly into any given calendar month (many transits carry forward from one month to the next), you will find some of the energies continue from the previous month.
For example, the Sun might transit the fifth house of your solar chart from July 22 to August 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both July and August’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. While new months can hold new energy, transits don’t abruptly change because the calendar month changes.
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