Cancer Monthly Horoscope August 2018

Cancer (Born June 22 to July 1) and Cancer Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Cancer:

August 2018 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

Until August 22nd:

The Sun continues to transit your solar second house. This is the most "financial" period of the year for you. You might have a more materialistic view of life for the time being, or you have an increased interest in your own possessions, during this cycle. You are more attracted to objects and possessions that give you a sense of comfort, status, or luxury now.

You probably should be on the lookout for a tendency to create your own financial stress due to extravagant spending habits. At this point in the year, you are unlikely to take many risks, however, and you can be quite resistant to change. This is a time when "comfort zones" are more important to you than usual--you value the familiar.

From August 23rd forward:

The Sun is illuminating your communications sector now, suggesting "busy-ness" and movement. You are exploring and searching, making connections, and paying more attention to your immediate environment. Social interaction is in emphasis during this period, and is, for the most part, light-hearted.

Give other people a little extra time and attention, notice their efforts on your behalf, and strengthen your connections. You are more curious and alert than usual, and you could be quite busy with errands, paperwork, phone calls, and light socializing. Much energy is expended in understanding and adapting to your immediate environment. Siblings, neighbors, close relatives, friends, and co-workers may play a more important role than usual in your life during this cycle.

You are more interested in exploring your own neighborhood than you are of something entirely new. This is not a time of big adventure-seeking! Rather, it's a time of little adventures close to home.

Neither is this a time when you are especially focused. In fact, you could have a finger in many pies right now. You are especially resourceful, and you could find yourself enjoying (or seeking) attention for your intellectual know-how. The ability to express and communicate your ideas is extremely important to you at this time. You are eager to investigate new things, whether scientific or technical.

Eclipse

A Solar Eclipse Occurs on August 11th: A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings. The Solar Eclipse marks a new beginning for you. Letting go of the past is necessary in order to move forward. This eclipse occurs in your solar second house, suggesting a new approach to handling money and personal resources or new sources of income. A focus on ways to increase your income or a new budgeting/saving plan may be part of the picture in the coming months, as well as a sense of renewal and reinvigoration with regards to the way you handle making yourself feel comfortable and secure. This is a phase when you have an increased awareness of the physical world of the senses, and this is a time to start fresh in terms of how you arrange your life in order to feel a sense of value and worthiness. It is also a wonderful time for taking moments to pleasure yourself through earthy, tactile, and comforting endeavors.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until the 6th: 

Venus continues to play in your solar third house during this period, indicating a more light-hearted, curious, and intellectual approach to love and pleasure, as well as a more easygoing communicative style.

During this cycle, you are especially charming in your communications. Your words are soothing, and you tend to use words to smooth over problems that you see around you. You are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual.

Essentially, you are quite companionable during this cycle. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you see value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. Good companionship is as equally important as romance to you during this cycle.

You prefer an intellectual, communicative, and witty partner just now, and your powers of attraction increase through expressing these types of qualities. You are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport, and you are especially good at mediating conflicts now. If you were to begin a romance or friendship during this cycle, it would likely be quite light-hearted.

From August 6th forward: 

Venus warms your solar fourth house now. During this cycle, you are especially fond of the life of the home and family. You are more receptive and gentle on a romantic level, and tend to be sentimental or nostalgic.

You may particularly value the aesthetics in and around your home during this period. If things are out of whack on the home front, you will do whatever you can to create a peaceful and stable atmosphere.

In relationships, loyalty and sensitivity are more important to you than typically. You might focus on ways to earn money in or from your home. This is a calming influence--a time when simple pleasures most appeal.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

All month: 

Mercury continues to transit your solar second house. You might play with various ways to increase personal funds, resulting in more than one avenue for monetary gain. Avoid letting undue pressure from others push you into signing important papers that may create a serious financial commitment. Shopping when experiencing nervous tension should also be avoided. Your mind is always active with new ideas for an increase of income during this cycle. Brothers or sisters, or communications, may be a source of financial or material gain or loss now.

Mercury is retrograde until August 19th:

All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.

Occurring in your solar second house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to new financial initiatives. There may be the need to revisit old, nagging issues regarding personal finances. Take this time to re-budget instead of making premature purchases. Hold off on major decision-making regarding money. Instead, take the time to re-think your sources of income and how you spend your cash during this period, but put off finalizing anything important for the time being. In fact, some money-making ideas or ventures may be put on hold due to circumstances beyond your control. This is an excellent period for review, however.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

Mars is retrograde from June 26-August 27

All Mars retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of your career, professional life, ambition, public relations, and your reputation because Mars rules these areas of your life in your solar chart. Stalling, snags, challenges, or seeming setbacks might alert you to the need for re-organizing your energy and enthusiasm for these matters, for re-assessing goals, or for changing plans.

From June 26-August 12:

Occurring in your solar eighth house during this date range, enthusiasm for intimate and sharing matters, in general, may wane, perhaps due to some problems or setbacks in these areas of life. Intimate matters may become more intense and complicated. Joint financial projects or initiatives may stall, or you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in personal ways. A lover or yourself may especially intense or obsessive. Ambiguity with finances, particularly debts and shared money or resources, could dominate now. There can be the magnification of fears and phobias, unexplored desires, and addictions now. Refocus, backtracking, and review become necessary and recommended. You could be exploring anger and assertion over deeply buried matters, and learning to better manage your life on an emotional level.

From August 12-27:

Occurring in your solar seventh house during this period, enthusiasm for a partnership or coming from a partner could appear to be waning. A partner could seem to be less direct or could be harder to reach. Partnering projects or initiatives, or negotiations, could stall, or you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself well in a one-to-one manner. Watch for pent-up anger and passive-aggressiveness with partnerships. A lover may be especially intense or obsessive, or you could experience this in your own behavior. Refocus, backtracking, and review become necessary and recommended now. This cycle forces you to reorganize your energy with regards to people and partnerships. You could be re-assessing the ways in which you approach relationships, as well as what it is you want from your relationships. You are doing very important "work" that can benefit you greatly. You have the chance to reassess how you've been dealing with partners or potential partners, and you may be finding new and improved ways to get along. If you're stimulating angry situations, you need to consider your role in the interaction. If you're coming on too strong, you need to find ways to tone things down.

Mars is direct from the 27th:

Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.

Overview Horoscope:

Cancer Monthly Horoscope Summary for August 2018: This is a good month for settling in and focusing on comfort, financial, and security, dear Cancer. With more planets retrograde than usual, it's better for all of us to focus on developing what we have than to push forward with brand new beginnings in August. Fortunately, your astrology encourages a take-it-easy approach this month, and it's well-timed-- you'll find it more natural than most other signs to slow things down. With current transits, you're especially aware of what you have and what you might want to build or strengthen to feel safer and more content down the road. Mind you, the Lunar Eclipse in the last week of July may have encouraged you to move out of your comfort zone, and it's a good idea to do so from time to time so that you don't get (or feel) stuck.

Much of August is pleasurable and slow, but there are busy and even chaotic elements possible with Mercury retrograde until the 19th and Mars until the 27th. Some backtracking or review of money may be in order in the first three weeks of August, after which business deals or money matters begin to move forward. If you've been overshooting, particularly in your intimate life, or spending/borrowing too much, it's a time for making some important adjustments to get yourself back on track. Trying to do too much too soon will only serve to exhaust you, though, so do pace yourself. The impulsive Solar Eclipse on the 11th can find you shutting down a project in hopes of going in a brand new direction. However, it's best to tame impulses now since August is not an ideal time for major changes.

After spending about a month in your communications sector, Venus heads into your home and family zone on the 6th, where she will stay for the rest of the month and beyond (until September 9th). While this cycle and retrograde Mercury overlap from the 6-19, be extra mindful if pulling away from others, as your silence can be misunderstood. However, it's a beautiful time for bringing more harmony and even artistry to your family and home life. You may be seeking refuge from demanding situations or quiet time more often than usual. You can be particularly attached to the past and what's familiar, which keeps you looking back rather than forward. This can be a good time for decorating, hosting, entertaining, and family activities. Some hesitancy and caution when it comes to love, the pursuit of pleasure, and money is common with this cycle. Improved living conditions and arrangements or family relationships can be in the spotlight now.

Around the 7-8, new information about a past matter, or new thinking on an old problem, can motivate you, particularly on financial or business levels. These can ultimately lead to an important new direction, but again, take things easy, as there is more thinking on the matter to do. You could be focusing on recycling old ideas or discovering that a particular attitude or project may no longer be motivating you. You may find a lost item or even a forgotten source of income at this time.

Retrograde Mars moves into your partnership sector for the last leg of its retrograde period (from the 12-27), and you may need to redirect your energy with regards to people and partnerships. You could be re-assessing approaches to others as well as what it is you want from your connections. It's time for taking a second look at things.

A Jupiter-Neptune trine occurring this month first happened last December and is now forming for the third and final time. It's a warm influence that's particularly favorable for you in areas of romance, children, creativity, publishing, travel, and self-expression. This is a time for using your imagination to your benefit instead of allowing it to stand in the way of happiness and success. Matters of the heart can be inspiring. There can be beautiful connections made through travel or educational endeavors or shared adventures. It's a time for opening your mind and spirit to new experiences. Trips or learning experiences could be especially rewarding for you, not only as breathers from pressures in your life but also for connecting you with people and projects. Your creative works may even inspire others and certainly serve to motivate you.

The Sun moving into your communications sector on the 23rd tends to speed up the pace of your life, and Mars turning direct on the 27th has a similar effect. You also have a wonderful Grand Earth Trine supporting your efforts in the last week of August, helping to ground you and possibly reinforce a partnership or friendship, improve your finances, and help you advance your studies or learn valuable skills. You are combining the old with the new or the exciting with the stable elements quite seamlessly now in your relationships, or you may be rewriting some of the rules for the better with friends and partners.

Mars ending its two-month retrograde on the 27th helps you clarify your desires. Life begins to smooth or straighten out, and ideally, you now have a better sense of what you want (and don't). Mars moves direct in opposition to your sign until September 10th, and while straightforwardly dealing with others may have been challenging, relationship dynamics smooth over and problems can be dealt with more directly going forward. You can expect some recent challenges to untangle in the coming weeks, mainly involving close relationships. Money-making projects are likely to pick up speed, especially those that involve a business partnership. The desire to move forward on a relationship matter can be intense, or you feel that you now have the psychological tools or enough information to go ahead. Ease back into action now for best results!

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See also detailed 2018 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.

Cancer (Born July 2 to 12)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Cancer:

August 2018 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

All month:

The Sun highlights your second house now, and your focus is on material affairs and comfort issues. Security is a driving force for you at the moment, and you might find that you are especially interested in accumulating possessions. What you have and what you don't have come into focus--what makes you feel comfortable, your sense of security, and what you value.

This is the time of year when personal finances and possessions receive maximum attention. Pour your energy into your work and your finances, and you might just be able to take your ideas to the bank.

Extravagance with your pocketbook is something you may want to look out for, however. If you find yourself itching to make unnecessary purchases, know that at the root of this urge is the desire to pamper and comfort yourself. Nothing wrong with it, but there are inexpensive (and even free) ways to make yourself feel good.

This is not the most eventful time of year for you. You are more inclined to dig in your heels and hang on to what makes you feel most secure than to take big risks.

Eclipse

A Solar Eclipse Occurs on August 11th: A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings. The Solar Eclipse marks a new beginning for you. Letting go of the past is necessary in order to move forward. This eclipse occurs in your solar second house, suggesting a new approach to handling money and personal resources or new sources of income. A focus on ways to increase your income or a new budgeting/saving plan may be part of the picture in the coming months, as well as a sense of renewal and reinvigoration with regards to the way you handle making yourself feel comfortable and secure. This is a phase when you have an increased awareness of the physical world of the senses, and this is a time to start fresh in terms of how you arrange your life in order to feel a sense of value and worthiness. It is also a wonderful time for taking moments to pleasure yourself through earthy, tactile, and comforting endeavors.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until the 17th: 

Venus continues to play in your solar third house during this period, indicating a more light-hearted, curious, and intellectual approach to love and pleasure, as well as a more easygoing communicative style.

During this cycle, you are especially charming in your communications. Your words are soothing, and you tend to use words to smooth over problems that you see around you. You are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual.

Essentially, you are quite companionable during this cycle. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you see value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. Good companionship is as equally important as romance to you during this cycle.

You prefer an intellectual, communicative, and witty partner just now, and your powers of attraction increase through expressing these types of qualities. You are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport, and you are especially good at mediating conflicts now. If you were to begin a romance or friendship during this cycle, it would likely be quite light-hearted.

From August 17th forward: 

Venus warms your solar fourth house now. During this cycle, you are especially fond of the life of the home and family. You are more receptive and gentle on a romantic level, and tend to be sentimental or nostalgic.

You may particularly value the aesthetics in and around your home during this period. If things are out of whack on the home front, you will do whatever you can to create a peaceful and stable atmosphere.

In relationships, loyalty and sensitivity are more important to you than typically. You might focus on ways to earn money in or from your home. This is a calming influence--a time when simple pleasures most appeal.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

Mercury is retrograde until August 19th:

All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.

Occurring in your solar second house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to new financial initiatives. There may be the need to revisit old, nagging issues regarding personal finances. Take this time to re-budget instead of making premature purchases. Hold off on major decision-making regarding money. Instead, take the time to re-think your sources of income and how you spend your cash during this period, but put off finalizing anything important for the time being. In fact, some money-making ideas or ventures may be put on hold due to circumstances beyond your control. This is an excellent period for review, however.

Mercury is direct from August 19th forward:

Mercury continues to transit your solar second house. You might play with various ways to increase personal funds, resulting in more than one avenue for monetary gain. Avoid letting undue pressure from others push you into signing important papers that may create a serious financial commitment. Shopping when experiencing nervous tension should also be avoided. Your mind is always active with new ideas for an increase of income during this cycle. Brothers or sisters, or communications, may be a source of financial or material gain or loss now.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

Mars is retrograde from June 26-August 27:

All Mars retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of your career, professional life, ambition, public relations, and your reputation because Mars rules these areas of your life in your solar chart. Stalling, snags, challenges, or seeming setbacks might alert you to the need for re-organizing your energy and enthusiasm for these matters, for re-assessing goals, or for changing plans.

Until August 27th:

Occurring in your solar seventh house during this period, enthusiasm for a partnership or coming from a partner could appear to be waning. A partner could seem to be less direct or could be harder to reach. Partnering projects or initiatives, or negotiations, could stall, or you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself well in a one-to-one manner. Watch for pent-up anger and passive-aggressiveness with partnerships. A lover may be especially intense or obsessive, or you could experience this in your own behavior. Refocus, backtracking, and review become necessary and recommended now. This cycle forces you to reorganize your energy with regards to people and partnerships. You could be re-assessing the ways in which you approach relationships, as well as what it is you want from your relationships. You are doing very important "work" that can benefit you greatly. You have the chance to reassess how you've been dealing with partners or potential partners, and you may be finding new and improved ways to get along. If you're stimulating angry situations, you need to consider your role in the interaction. If you're coming on too strong, you need to find ways to tone things down.

Overview Horoscope:

Cancer Monthly Horoscope Summary for August 2018: This is a good month for settling in and focusing on comfort, financial, and security, dear Cancer. With more planets retrograde than usual, it's better for all of us to focus on developing what we have than to push forward with brand new beginnings in August. Fortunately, your astrology encourages a take-it-easy approach this month, and it's well-timed-- you'll find it more natural than most other signs to slow things down. With current transits, you're especially aware of what you have and what you might want to build or strengthen to feel safer and more content down the road. Mind you, the Lunar Eclipse in the last week of July may have encouraged you to move out of your comfort zone, and it's a good idea to do so from time to time so that you don't get (or feel) stuck.

Much of August is pleasurable and slow, but there are busy and even chaotic elements possible with Mercury retrograde until the 19th and Mars until the 27th. Some backtracking or review of money may be in order in the first three weeks of August, after which business deals or money matters begin to move forward. If you've been overshooting, particularly in your intimate life, or spending/borrowing too much, it's a time for making some important adjustments to get yourself back on track. Trying to do too much too soon will only serve to exhaust you, though, so do pace yourself. The impulsive Solar Eclipse on the 11th can find you shutting down a project in hopes of going in a brand new direction. However, it's best to tame impulses now since August is not an ideal time for major changes.

After spending about a month in your communications sector, Venus heads into your home and family zone on the 6th, where she will stay for the rest of the month and beyond (until September 9th). While this cycle and retrograde Mercury overlap from the 6-19, be extra mindful if pulling away from others, as your silence can be misunderstood. However, it's a beautiful time for bringing more harmony and even artistry to your family and home life. You may be seeking refuge from demanding situations or quiet time more often than usual. You can be particularly attached to the past and what's familiar, which keeps you looking back rather than forward. This can be a good time for decorating, hosting, entertaining, and family activities. Some hesitancy and caution when it comes to love, the pursuit of pleasure, and money is common with this cycle. Improved living conditions and arrangements or family relationships can be in the spotlight now.

Around the 7-8, new information about a past matter, or new thinking on an old problem, can motivate you, particularly on financial or business levels. These can ultimately lead to an important new direction, but again, take things easy, as there is more thinking on the matter to do. You could be focusing on recycling old ideas or discovering that a particular attitude or project may no longer be motivating you. You may find a lost item or even a forgotten source of income at this time.

Retrograde Mars moves into your partnership sector for the last leg of its retrograde period (from the 12-27), and you may need to redirect your energy with regards to people and partnerships. You could be re-assessing approaches to others as well as what it is you want from your connections. It's time for taking a second look at things.

A Jupiter-Neptune trine occurring this month first happened last December and is now forming for the third and final time. It's a warm influence that's particularly favorable for you in areas of romance, children, creativity, publishing, travel, and self-expression. This is a time for using your imagination to your benefit instead of allowing it to stand in the way of happiness and success. Matters of the heart can be inspiring. There can be beautiful connections made through travel or educational endeavors or shared adventures. It's a time for opening your mind and spirit to new experiences. Trips or learning experiences could be especially rewarding for you, not only as breathers from pressures in your life but also for connecting you with people and projects. Your creative works may even inspire others and certainly serve to motivate you.

The Sun moving into your communications sector on the 23rd tends to speed up the pace of your life, and Mars turning direct on the 27th has a similar effect. You also have a wonderful Grand Earth Trine supporting your efforts in the last week of August, helping to ground you and possibly reinforce a partnership or friendship, improve your finances, and help you advance your studies or learn valuable skills. You are combining the old with the new or the exciting with the stable elements quite seamlessly now in your relationships, or you may be rewriting some of the rules for the better with friends and partners.

Mars ending its two-month retrograde on the 27th helps you clarify your desires. Life begins to smooth or straighten out, and ideally, you now have a better sense of what you want (and don't). Mars moves direct in opposition to your sign until September 10th, and while straightforwardly dealing with others may have been challenging, relationship dynamics smooth over and problems can be dealt with more directly going forward. You can expect some recent challenges to untangle in the coming weeks, mainly involving close relationships. Money-making projects are likely to pick up speed, especially those that involve a business partnership. The desire to move forward on a relationship matter can be intense, or you feel that you now have the psychological tools or enough information to go ahead. Ease back into action now for best results!

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.

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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 Cancer in 2018.

Cancer (Born July 13 to 22)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Cancer:

August 2018 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

Until August 12th:

The Sun continues to move through your solar first house. You experience a renewal of energy and vitality now, and it's a strong time for increased personal confidence. The emphasis is on self-expression, what kind of impression you make on others, and beginning new personal projects.

You are a little more self-centered than usual, and this is quite natural and healthy as long as you don't take it too far. You are more decisive and forward-looking now, and you put more faith in your own abilities. Physically, you are likely feeling strong. This is an excellent cycle for making personal changes in your manner or appearance, and for any self-improvement endeavors. Personal projects that you begin now are likely to blossom nine months down the road.

From August 12th forward:

The Sun highlights your second house now, and your focus is on material affairs and comfort issues. Security is a driving force for you at the moment, and you might find that you are especially interested in accumulating possessions. What you have and what you don't have come into focus--what makes you feel comfortable, your sense of security, and what you value.

This is the time of year when personal finances and possessions receive maximum attention. Pour your energy into your work and your finances, and you might just be able to take your ideas to the bank.

Extravagance with your pocketbook is something you may want to look out for, however. If you find yourself itching to make unnecessary purchases, know that at the root of this urge is the desire to pamper and comfort yourself. Nothing wrong with it, but there are inexpensive (and even free) ways to make yourself feel good.

This is not the most eventful time of year for you. You are more inclined to dig in your heels and hang on to what makes you feel most secure than to take big risks.

Eclipse

A Solar Eclipse Occurs on August 11th: A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings. The Solar Eclipse marks a new beginning for you. Letting go of the past is necessary in order to move forward. This eclipse occurs in your solar second house, suggesting a new approach to handling money and personal resources or new sources of income. A focus on ways to increase your income or a new budgeting/saving plan may be part of the picture in the coming months, as well as a sense of renewal and reinvigoration with regards to the way you handle making yourself feel comfortable and secure. This is a phase when you have an increased awareness of the physical world of the senses, and this is a time to start fresh in terms of how you arrange your life in order to feel a sense of value and worthiness. It is also a wonderful time for taking moments to pleasure yourself through earthy, tactile, and comforting endeavors.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until August 28th: 

Venus continues to play in your solar third house during this period, indicating a more light-hearted, curious, and intellectual approach to love and pleasure, as well as a more easygoing communicative style.

During this cycle, you are especially charming in your communications. Your words are soothing, and you tend to use words to smooth over problems that you see around you. You are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual.

Essentially, you are quite companionable during this cycle. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you see value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. Good companionship is as equally important as romance to you during this cycle.

You prefer an intellectual, communicative, and witty partner just now, and your powers of attraction increase through expressing these types of qualities. You are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport, and you are especially good at mediating conflicts now. If you were to begin a romance or friendship during this cycle, it would likely be quite light-hearted.

From August 28th forward: 

Venus warms your solar fourth house now. During this cycle, you are especially fond of the life of the home and family. You are more receptive and gentle on a romantic level, and tend to be sentimental or nostalgic.

You may particularly value the aesthetics in and around your home during this period. If things are out of whack on the home front, you will do whatever you can to create a peaceful and stable atmosphere.

In relationships, loyalty and sensitivity are more important to you than typically. You might focus on ways to earn money in or from your home. This is a calming influence--a time when simple pleasures most appeal.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

Mercury is retrograde until August 19th:

All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.

Occurring in your solar first and second houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to new financial initiatives and body language. Reviewing your budget rather than jumping into new purchases is in order now. Go over any financial documents carefully. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. Take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.

From August 31st forward: 

With Mercury in your solar second house, this is a strong period for analyzing your cash flow, income, and earning power. You are more practical and rational in your approach to finances during this period. With your conscious mind focused on money and possessions, as well as personal values, this can be a strong period for gathering new money-making ideas.

Alternatively, it could be a time when you tend to fret over your finances. Conversations tend to be practical rather than frivolous now. Financial gain may come through communications.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

Mars is retrograde from June 26-August 27

All Mars retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of your career, professional life, ambition, public relations, and your reputation because Mars rules these areas of your life in your solar chart. Stalling, snags, challenges, or seeming setbacks might alert you to the need for re-organizing your energy and enthusiasm for these matters, for re-assessing goals, or for changing plans.

Until August 27th:

Occurring in your solar seventh house during this period, enthusiasm for a partnership or coming from a partner could appear to be waning. A partner could seem to be less direct or could be harder to reach. Partnering projects or initiatives, or negotiations, could stall, or you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself well in a one-to-one manner. Watch for pent-up anger and passive-aggressiveness with partnerships. A lover may be especially intense or obsessive, or you could experience this in your own behavior. Refocus, backtracking, and review become necessary and recommended now. This cycle forces you to reorganize your energy with regards to people and partnerships. You could be re-assessing the ways in which you approach relationships, as well as what it is you want from your relationships. You are doing very important "work" that can benefit you greatly. You have the chance to reassess how you've been dealing with partners or potential partners, and you may be finding new and improved ways to get along. If you're stimulating angry situations, you need to consider your role in the interaction. If you're coming on too strong, you need to find ways to tone things down.

From August 27th forward:

Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.

Overview Horoscope:

Cancer Monthly Horoscope Summary for August 2018: This is a good month for settling in and focusing on comfort, financial, and security, dear Cancer. With more planets retrograde than usual, it's better for all of us to focus on developing what we have than to push forward with brand new beginnings in August. Fortunately, your astrology encourages a take-it-easy approach this month, and it's well-timed-- you'll find it more natural than most other signs to slow things down. With current transits, you're especially aware of what you have and what you might want to build or strengthen to feel safer and more content down the road. Mind you, the Lunar Eclipse in the last week of July may have encouraged you to move out of your comfort zone, and it's a good idea to do so from time to time so that you don't get (or feel) stuck.

Much of August is pleasurable and slow, but there are busy and even chaotic elements possible with Mercury retrograde until the 19th and Mars until the 27th. Some backtracking or review of money may be in order in the first three weeks of August, after which business deals or money matters begin to move forward. If you've been overshooting, particularly in your intimate life, or spending/borrowing too much, it's a time for making some important adjustments to get yourself back on track. Trying to do too much too soon will only serve to exhaust you, though, so do pace yourself. The impulsive Solar Eclipse on the 11th can find you shutting down a project in hopes of going in a brand new direction. However, it's best to tame impulses now since August is not an ideal time for major changes.

After spending about a month in your communications sector, Venus heads into your home and family zone on the 6th, where she will stay for the rest of the month and beyond (until September 9th). While this cycle and retrograde Mercury overlap from the 6-19, be extra mindful if pulling away from others, as your silence can be misunderstood. However, it's a beautiful time for bringing more harmony and even artistry to your family and home life. You may be seeking refuge from demanding situations or quiet time more often than usual. You can be particularly attached to the past and what's familiar, which keeps you looking back rather than forward. This can be a good time for decorating, hosting, entertaining, and family activities. Some hesitancy and caution when it comes to love, the pursuit of pleasure, and money is common with this cycle. Improved living conditions and arrangements or family relationships can be in the spotlight now.

Around the 7-8, new information about a past matter, or new thinking on an old problem, can motivate you, particularly on financial or business levels. These can ultimately lead to an important new direction, but again, take things easy, as there is more thinking on the matter to do. You could be focusing on recycling old ideas or discovering that a particular attitude or project may no longer be motivating you. You may find a lost item or even a forgotten source of income at this time.

Retrograde Mars moves into your partnership sector for the last leg of its retrograde period (from the 12-27), and you may need to redirect your energy with regards to people and partnerships. You could be re-assessing approaches to others as well as what it is you want from your connections. It's time for taking a second look at things.

A Jupiter-Neptune trine occurring this month first happened last December and is now forming for the third and final time. It's a warm influence that's particularly favorable for you in areas of romance, children, creativity, publishing, travel, and self-expression. This is a time for using your imagination to your benefit instead of allowing it to stand in the way of happiness and success. Matters of the heart can be inspiring. There can be beautiful connections made through travel or educational endeavors or shared adventures. It's a time for opening your mind and spirit to new experiences. Trips or learning experiences could be especially rewarding for you, not only as breathers from pressures in your life but also for connecting you with people and projects. Your creative works may even inspire others and certainly serve to motivate you.

The Sun moving into your communications sector on the 23rd tends to speed up the pace of your life, and Mars turning direct on the 27th has a similar effect. You also have a wonderful Grand Earth Trine supporting your efforts in the last week of August, helping to ground you and possibly reinforce a partnership or friendship, improve your finances, and help you advance your studies or learn valuable skills. You are combining the old with the new or the exciting with the stable elements quite seamlessly now in your relationships, or you may be rewriting some of the rules for the better with friends and partners.

Mars ending its two-month retrograde on the 27th helps you clarify your desires. Life begins to smooth or straighten out, and ideally, you now have a better sense of what you want (and don't). Mars moves direct in opposition to your sign until September 10th, and while straightforwardly dealing with others may have been challenging, relationship dynamics smooth over and problems can be dealt with more directly going forward. You can expect some recent challenges to untangle in the coming weeks, mainly involving close relationships. Money-making projects are likely to pick up speed, especially those that involve a business partnership. The desire to move forward on a relationship matter can be intense, or you feel that you now have the psychological tools or enough information to go ahead. Ease back into action now for best results!

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