Cancer Monthly Horoscope
August 2024 Horoscope: Predictions for Cancer
We’ve divided our 2024 monthly horoscopes into 3 groups (or decanates) per sign for more accuracy. Remember that if you know your Ascendant, read forecasts for both your Sun sign and your Ascendant sign. If you know your birth time, but don’t know your Ascendant, be sure to see How to Obtain Your Astrology Chart here.
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Overview for this Month: Cancer (All)
August 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
August brings a strong focus on personal finances and comforts, dear Cancer. While there are better times to make significant purchases, it's an excellent month for reviewing money matters. You might uncover a resource you never knew you had or find a lost valuable item.
Money, comfort, security, and connecting are August's larger themes. It's a time to appreciate and develop your natural talents. Fortunately, you have an intuitive sense for using them resourcefully and to your advantage.
You might get a fresh start with finances, income, valuables, self-esteem, or comfort matters after the New Moon on the 4th. This lunation can give you a fantastic push towards taking better care of your money and resources. There are indications that you have some loose ends to tie up before pushing ahead, but it's a great time to rethink your plans.
There can be an important and intense examination of the past at times in August. It's an excellent time for cutting through appearances and uncovering something previously unknown or hidden. With Mars in the sign behind yours all month, you could feel compelled to do something about a burdensome situation. It can be a period when stepping back from your goals just a little helps you gain a new and valuable perspective. In the process, you might identify a pursuit that is better off put to rest.
Certainly, Mercury is retrograde much of the month--from the 5th to the 28th--but Venus blesses your communications sector from the 4th to the 29th, helping soften the associated delays or misunderstandings. You take more pleasure in sharing and learning. You may be verbalizing your affections successfully, and loving words or sweet talk can figure strongly. Your studies, games, learning, and connecting are more enjoyable and satisfying. Putting your feelers out for new information comes naturally and can benefit you.
Nevertheless, Mercury's retrograde does complicate some communications. The impetus is to reach out and communicate more than usual, but there can be obstacles in your way. Fortunately, this cycle encourages you to explore different ideas, learn new things, or develop current studies and interests. It can also be a time for rediscovering an old interest or recognizing that a current project, venture, or personal interest is no longer serving you well. Ideas can spark a long-term project, but it's all very new and not yet mature, so pay attention but take your time with decisions. Exercise patience for best results.
You might review different elements of your life and question where things are going. Editing current pursuits seems more prudent than taking on all-new ones. Sometimes, delays are blessings in disguise, especially if they give you the chance to make important edits.
From the 14th to the 28th, you're in a fine position to find lost items or discover information you may have missed the first time around. Delays or information blocks are possible, especially related to money and belongings.
The 17th to 18th are standout days for gaining a better understanding of a matter from the past, especially related to money – new information emerges, and you're better off for it!
The Full Moon on the 19th reminds you to tidy up your finances or dependencies. You become more aware of what you have, need, and want. If you feel guilty or indebted, you're not working at full capacity, and now is the time to fix the problem first by recognizing it. Be sure to remind yourself that attachments aren't inherently unhealthy, so do consider ways to become more comfortable with the healthy connections in your life.
A Jupiter-Saturn square emerging around the same time can indicate some sidetracking or difficulties concentrating on your priorities. While you have a great need and desire to enjoy more downtime, privacy, and rest or detox, outside obligations such as courses or special goals can be calling, and you can feel limited just for now until you find workarounds and a compromise.
The Sun moves into your communications sector on the 22nd, where it illuminates matters related to the mind, learning, and connecting. You take special pride and interest in your personal environment and interactions with others, making it an excellent time to make improvements along these lines. Because demands on you, and your own interests, can be very diverse during this cycle, it can be challenging to work on any one project with exclusive focus. Even so, this cycle is more about discovery and branching out than specializing. With this special focus on the mind, you'll feel particularly freer and lighter after Mercury ends its retrograde on the 28th.
Cancer (Born June 22 to July 1) and Cancer Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Cancer:
August 2024 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2024
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 22nd 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.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until August 4th:
Venus continues to grace your solar second house during this period. You might receive gifts or bonuses now, or you find much comfort in what you already own and have. You may be a little extravagant with money for the time being, as your desire for luxury and comfort items is increased now, and this is something to watch for. When it comes to love, you value those who make you feel comfortable and secure.
From August 4th to 29th:
With Venus moving through your solar third house during this period, you are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual, during this transit. Essentially, you are quite companionable now. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you find great value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. During this period, you are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport. You are especially good at mediating conflicts. Smoothing over differences using your diplomacy skills figures now.
From August 29th 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 from August 5th to 28th:
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 and third houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to new financial initiatives, composing letters, emails, and phone calls, as well as communicating with neighbors and siblings. Back up your computer and allow sufficient time for delays or transportation mishaps when going for appointments. As well, it would be wise to choose your words carefully. What you say or write can too easily be misinterpreted during this period. 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 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. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers, neighbors, and acquaintances, 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 energize your solar twelfth house now. While Mars occupies the twelfth house, asserting yourself in a direct and straightforward manner can be difficult. This is largely due to a feeling of not being in touch with what it is you want or desire just for the time being as you reassess your goals and needs.
This lack of direction and self-knowledge should prompt you to look within to learn about your desires. It is likely that you will be much clearer when Mars reaches your first house. For the time being, take some time for rest and give your ego a break.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
August brings a strong focus on personal finances and comforts, dear Cancer. While there are better times to make significant purchases, it's an excellent month for reviewing money matters. You might uncover a resource you never knew you had or find a lost valuable item.
Money, comfort, security, and connecting are August's larger themes. It's a time to appreciate and develop your natural talents. Fortunately, you have an intuitive sense for using them resourcefully and to your advantage.
You might get a fresh start with finances, income, valuables, self-esteem, or comfort matters after the New Moon on the 4th. This lunation can give you a fantastic push towards taking better care of your money and resources. There are indications that you have some loose ends to tie up before pushing ahead, but it's a great time to rethink your plans.
There can be an important and intense examination of the past at times in August. It's an excellent time for cutting through appearances and uncovering something previously unknown or hidden. With Mars in the sign behind yours all month, you could feel compelled to do something about a burdensome situation. It can be a period when stepping back from your goals just a little helps you gain a new and valuable perspective. In the process, you might identify a pursuit that is better off put to rest.
Certainly, Mercury is retrograde much of the month--from the 5th to the 28th--but Venus blesses your communications sector from the 4th to the 29th, helping soften the associated delays or misunderstandings. You take more pleasure in sharing and learning. You may be verbalizing your affections successfully, and loving words or sweet talk can figure strongly. Your studies, games, learning, and connecting are more enjoyable and satisfying. Putting your feelers out for new information comes naturally and can benefit you.
Nevertheless, Mercury's retrograde does complicate some communications. The impetus is to reach out and communicate more than usual, but there can be obstacles in your way. Fortunately, this cycle encourages you to explore different ideas, learn new things, or develop current studies and interests. It can also be a time for rediscovering an old interest or recognizing that a current project, venture, or personal interest is no longer serving you well. Ideas can spark a long-term project, but it's all very new and not yet mature, so pay attention but take your time with decisions. Exercise patience for best results.
You might review different elements of your life and question where things are going. Editing current pursuits seems more prudent than taking on all-new ones. Sometimes, delays are blessings in disguise, especially if they give you the chance to make important edits.
From the 14th to the 28th, you're in a fine position to find lost items or discover information you may have missed the first time around. Delays or information blocks are possible, especially related to money and belongings.
The 17th to 18th are standout days for gaining a better understanding of a matter from the past, especially related to money – new information emerges, and you're better off for it!
The Full Moon on the 19th reminds you to tidy up your finances or dependencies. You become more aware of what you have, need, and want. If you feel guilty or indebted, you're not working at full capacity, and now is the time to fix the problem first by recognizing it. Be sure to remind yourself that attachments aren't inherently unhealthy, so do consider ways to become more comfortable with the healthy connections in your life.
A Jupiter-Saturn square emerging around the same time can indicate some sidetracking or difficulties concentrating on your priorities. While you have a great need and desire to enjoy more downtime, privacy, and rest or detox, outside obligations such as courses or special goals can be calling, and you can feel limited just for now until you find workarounds and a compromise.
The Sun moves into your communications sector on the 22nd, where it illuminates matters related to the mind, learning, and connecting. You take special pride and interest in your personal environment and interactions with others, making it an excellent time to make improvements along these lines. Because demands on you, and your own interests, can be very diverse during this cycle, it can be challenging to work on any one project with exclusive focus. Even so, this cycle is more about discovery and branching out than specializing. With this special focus on the mind, you'll feel particularly freer and lighter after Mercury ends its retrograde on the 28th.
See also general trends for Cancer in 2024.
See also detailed 2024 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.
Cancer (Born July 2 to 12)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Cancer:
August 2024 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2024
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.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until August 12th:
Venus continues to grace your solar second house during this period. You might receive gifts or bonuses now, or you find much comfort in what you already own and have. You may be a little extravagant with money for the time being, as your desire for luxury and comfort items is increased now, and this is something to watch for. When it comes to love, you value those who make you feel comfortable and secure.
From August 13th forward:
With Venus moving through your solar third house during this period, you are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual, during this transit. Essentially, you are quite companionable now. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you find great value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. During this period, you are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport. You are especially good at mediating conflicts. Smoothing over differences using your diplomacy skills figures now.
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 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
Until the 4th:
Mars continues to activate your solar eleventh house. You take a more direct approach to realizing your dreams now, rather than simply hoping and wishing.
You might find that you have more energy and enthusiasm for spending time with others, but arguments now may be with or on behalf of friends. You can be especially effective at encouraging others now, as well as at leading or organizing a group.
From August 4th forward:
With Mars moving through your solar twelfth house, this is the time to research and reflect upon your goals. It can be a time when past actions catch up with you--and this is not necessarily a bad thing!
It could also be a time when much of your energy is channeled into private matters, or when you prefer that others not observe what you are doing. This is natural--you may just as well do your best work alone for now. Unconscious behavior patterns could influence the way you assert yourself.
Some may experience insomnia during this phase, especially if they are not allowing themselves the chance to recoup and if they are not letting their intuition serve them. Others may enjoy a more active dreaming life (this includes day-dreaming), and, if allowed to run free, the imagination can serve them very well, especially with regards to goals and new concepts.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
August brings a strong focus on personal finances and comforts, dear Cancer. While there are better times to make significant purchases, it's an excellent month for reviewing money matters. You might uncover a resource you never knew you had or find a lost valuable item.
Money, comfort, security, and connecting are August's larger themes. It's a time to appreciate and develop your natural talents. Fortunately, you have an intuitive sense for using them resourcefully and to your advantage.
You might get a fresh start with finances, income, valuables, self-esteem, or comfort matters after the New Moon on the 4th. This lunation can give you a fantastic push towards taking better care of your money and resources. There are indications that you have some loose ends to tie up before pushing ahead, but it's a great time to rethink your plans.
There can be an important and intense examination of the past at times in August. It's an excellent time for cutting through appearances and uncovering something previously unknown or hidden. With Mars in the sign behind yours all month, you could feel compelled to do something about a burdensome situation. It can be a period when stepping back from your goals just a little helps you gain a new and valuable perspective. In the process, you might identify a pursuit that is better off put to rest.
Certainly, Mercury is retrograde much of the month--from the 5th to the 28th--but Venus blesses your communications sector from the 4th to the 29th, helping soften the associated delays or misunderstandings. You take more pleasure in sharing and learning. You may be verbalizing your affections successfully, and loving words or sweet talk can figure strongly. Your studies, games, learning, and connecting are more enjoyable and satisfying. Putting your feelers out for new information comes naturally and can benefit you.
Nevertheless, Mercury's retrograde does complicate some communications. The impetus is to reach out and communicate more than usual, but there can be obstacles in your way. Fortunately, this cycle encourages you to explore different ideas, learn new things, or develop current studies and interests. It can also be a time for rediscovering an old interest or recognizing that a current project, venture, or personal interest is no longer serving you well. Ideas can spark a long-term project, but it's all very new and not yet mature, so pay attention but take your time with decisions. Exercise patience for best results.
You might review different elements of your life and question where things are going. Editing current pursuits seems more prudent than taking on all-new ones. Sometimes, delays are blessings in disguise, especially if they give you the chance to make important edits.
From the 14th to the 28th, you're in a fine position to find lost items or discover information you may have missed the first time around. Delays or information blocks are possible, especially related to money and belongings.
The 17th to 18th are standout days for gaining a better understanding of a matter from the past, especially related to money – new information emerges, and you're better off for it!
The Full Moon on the 19th reminds you to tidy up your finances or dependencies. You become more aware of what you have, need, and want. If you feel guilty or indebted, you're not working at full capacity, and now is the time to fix the problem first by recognizing it. Be sure to remind yourself that attachments aren't inherently unhealthy, so do consider ways to become more comfortable with the healthy connections in your life.
A Jupiter-Saturn square emerging around the same time can indicate some sidetracking or difficulties concentrating on your priorities. While you have a great need and desire to enjoy more downtime, privacy, and rest or detox, outside obligations such as courses or special goals can be calling, and you can feel limited just for now until you find workarounds and a compromise.
The Sun moves into your communications sector on the 22nd, where it illuminates matters related to the mind, learning, and connecting. You take special pride and interest in your personal environment and interactions with others, making it an excellent time to make improvements along these lines. Because demands on you, and your own interests, can be very diverse during this cycle, it can be challenging to work on any one project with exclusive focus. Even so, this cycle is more about discovery and branching out than specializing. With this special focus on the mind, you'll feel particularly freer and lighter after Mercury ends its retrograde on the 28th.
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See also general trends for Cancer in 2024.
See also detailed 2024 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.
Cancer (Born July 13 to 22)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Cancer:
August 2024 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until August 11th:
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.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until August 21st:
Venus continues to grace your solar second house during this period. You might receive gifts or bonuses now, or you find much comfort in what you already own and have. You may be a little extravagant with money for the time being, as your desire for luxury and comfort items is increased now, and this is something to watch for. When it comes to love, you value those who make you feel comfortable and secure.
From August 21st forward:
With Venus moving through your solar third house during this period, you are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual, during this transit. Essentially, you are quite companionable now. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you find great value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. During this period, you are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport. You are especially good at mediating conflicts. Smoothing over differences using your diplomacy skills figures now.
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 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
Until the 19th:
Mars continues to activate your solar eleventh house. You take a more direct approach to realizing your dreams now, rather than simply hoping and wishing.
You might find that you have more energy and enthusiasm for spending time with others, but arguments now may be with or on behalf of friends. You can be especially effective at encouraging others now, as well as at leading or organizing a group.
From August 20th forward:
With Mars moving through your solar twelfth house, this is the time to research and reflect upon your goals. It can be a time when past actions catch up with you--and this is not necessarily a bad thing!
It could also be a time when much of your energy is channeled into private matters, or when you prefer that others not observe what you are doing. This is natural--you may just as well do your best work alone for now. Unconscious behavior patterns could influence the way you assert yourself.
Some may experience insomnia during this phase, especially if they are not allowing themselves the chance to recoup and if they are not letting their intuition serve them. Others may enjoy a more active dreaming life (this includes day-dreaming), and, if allowed to run free, the imagination can serve them very well, especially with regards to goals and new concepts.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
August brings a strong focus on personal finances and comforts, dear Cancer. While there are better times to make significant purchases, it's an excellent month for reviewing money matters. You might uncover a resource you never knew you had or find a lost valuable item.
Money, comfort, security, and connecting are August's larger themes. It's a time to appreciate and develop your natural talents. Fortunately, you have an intuitive sense for using them resourcefully and to your advantage.
You might get a fresh start with finances, income, valuables, self-esteem, or comfort matters after the New Moon on the 4th. This lunation can give you a fantastic push towards taking better care of your money and resources. There are indications that you have some loose ends to tie up before pushing ahead, but it's a great time to rethink your plans.
There can be an important and intense examination of the past at times in August. It's an excellent time for cutting through appearances and uncovering something previously unknown or hidden. With Mars in the sign behind yours all month, you could feel compelled to do something about a burdensome situation. It can be a period when stepping back from your goals just a little helps you gain a new and valuable perspective. In the process, you might identify a pursuit that is better off put to rest.
Certainly, Mercury is retrograde much of the month--from the 5th to the 28th--but Venus blesses your communications sector from the 4th to the 29th, helping soften the associated delays or misunderstandings. You take more pleasure in sharing and learning. You may be verbalizing your affections successfully, and loving words or sweet talk can figure strongly. Your studies, games, learning, and connecting are more enjoyable and satisfying. Putting your feelers out for new information comes naturally and can benefit you.
Nevertheless, Mercury's retrograde does complicate some communications. The impetus is to reach out and communicate more than usual, but there can be obstacles in your way. Fortunately, this cycle encourages you to explore different ideas, learn new things, or develop current studies and interests. It can also be a time for rediscovering an old interest or recognizing that a current project, venture, or personal interest is no longer serving you well. Ideas can spark a long-term project, but it's all very new and not yet mature, so pay attention but take your time with decisions. Exercise patience for best results.
You might review different elements of your life and question where things are going. Editing current pursuits seems more prudent than taking on all-new ones. Sometimes, delays are blessings in disguise, especially if they give you the chance to make important edits.
From the 14th to the 28th, you're in a fine position to find lost items or discover information you may have missed the first time around. Delays or information blocks are possible, especially related to money and belongings.
The 17th to 18th are standout days for gaining a better understanding of a matter from the past, especially related to money – new information emerges, and you're better off for it!
The Full Moon on the 19th reminds you to tidy up your finances or dependencies. You become more aware of what you have, need, and want. If you feel guilty or indebted, you're not working at full capacity, and now is the time to fix the problem first by recognizing it. Be sure to remind yourself that attachments aren't inherently unhealthy, so do consider ways to become more comfortable with the healthy connections in your life.
A Jupiter-Saturn square emerging around the same time can indicate some sidetracking or difficulties concentrating on your priorities. While you have a great need and desire to enjoy more downtime, privacy, and rest or detox, outside obligations such as courses or special goals can be calling, and you can feel limited just for now until you find workarounds and a compromise.
The Sun moves into your communications sector on the 22nd, where it illuminates matters related to the mind, learning, and connecting. You take special pride and interest in your personal environment and interactions with others, making it an excellent time to make improvements along these lines. Because demands on you, and your own interests, can be very diverse during this cycle, it can be challenging to work on any one project with exclusive focus. Even so, this cycle is more about discovery and branching out than specializing. With this special focus on the mind, you'll feel particularly freer and lighter after Mercury ends its retrograde on the 28th.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
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About These Monthly Horoscopes:
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 second house of your solar chart from June 21 to July 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both June and July’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. Transits don’t abruptly change as the calendar month changes.
These monthly horoscopes also include an overview paragraph, as well as other energies specific to the month, such as retrogrades, eclipses, or major outer planet transits.
The Lunar Cycles section reveals lunar cycle dates. Lunar cycles repeat themselves approximately every 28 days, so it is normal to see the same lunar peaks, such as “Your Personal New Moon” and “Monthly career peak” repeat themselves from month to month, but with different dates. They serve as a helpful guide to cycle peaks in different areas of life, such as financial, career, romance, and partnership.
The horoscopes are divided into three groups or decanates, and the differences between the groups are subtle in parts and large in other parts. For those who prefer a whole sign approach to horoscopes, simply read the first decanate regardless of your birthdate.
Learn all about the signs of the zodiac. We offer interpretations of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the Ascendant in the signs:
Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces
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