August 2025 Horoscopes for each sign

Alex Katz

ARIES

Maybe more than any other sign this year, the Ram is going to appreciate Leo season in all its Bollywood excess. Why? You’ve got the Sun transiting your 5th House of Fun, Romance, Creativity, and Entertainment until the 22nd. That is to say, you have a great alignment of season, house, and your Aries nature. Use this rockstar transit to explode with creative pursuits and don’t be afraid to strut tall because it’s all Miami Sound Machine at their “Conga” peak for you this Leo season. But then, because the zodiac is a cruel mistress, be prepared for a volte face, as the Sun switches over to your 6th House of Routine with the start of Virgo season on the 22nd. Virgo, the actuarial adjuster of the zodiac, loves the 6th House, but after your Leo season romp you will be bristling at the imposition of order that Virgo will require. In general though - a good month.

TAURUS

With the showy Leo sun in your Home zone this month, the stars are saying that now is a good time to have people over to check out your view, your new sofa, your place. Leo in this part of the chart has to do with flaunting domestic possessions. Do you lack stuff to flaunt? Maybe think about making your place a bit more glam, if not for yourself then for the gaze of others. The full moon on August 9th marks the perfect day to celebrate your home with friends. Home is also almost functioning as a metaphor for Self here. Work on one to work on the other.

Your ruling planet Venus is in Cancer for most of the month, turning your sensible Taurus mouth into something straight out of Brideshead Revisited—all nostalgic sighs and inappropriate emotional attachment to perfectly ordinary conversations. Your words, usually as practical as farm equipment, suddenly drip with the kind of sentimental longing that transforms casual conversations into unexpectedly intimate moments (or makes some people back away slowly). Either way, you've a penchant for nostalgia this August.

GEMINI

So how are you finding life with your new cosmic tenant, Uranus, who settled into your sign on July 7th with the sort of quiet authority that suggests he intends to rearrange not merely your furniture but your entire sense of what constitutes normal daily experience? You've likely begun to notice that what once felt like the reliable architecture of your routine has been gently but persistently dismantled.

Your ruling planet Mercury is performing its retrograde waltz through your communication sector until the 11th, which means launching fresh ventures is ill-advised. However, this is precisely the moment to resurrect those abandoned projects that have been gathering dust in your mental attic—Mercury retrograde has a particular genius for revealing what you missed the first time around. More intriguingly, with Uranus now rewiring your entire operating system, you might find yourself approaching these old endeavors with a completely revolutionary perspective, as if you've been handed a new pair of glasses that suddenly make visible patterns you never knew existed

CANCER

Venus in Cancer has you feeling like you've finally come home to yourself—think less cosmic exile, more Proust finding his perfect madeleine—and you're irresistible right now because you're operating from pure emotional authenticity instead of that guarded Cancerian shell. Your love life gets the full nurturing treatment: you're cooking for crushes, remembering their favorite things, and radiating that maternal goddess energy that makes people want to build pillow forts with you forever.

The Sun in Leo will be illuminating your money zone until the 22nd, making you feel ridiculously confident about your financial prowess—probably splurging on beautiful things that "spark joy" and somehow justify it as an investment in your aesthetic wellbeing. Then Virgo season slides into your 3rd house of siblings and neighbors, turning you into the delightfully meddlesome local maven who orchestrates dinner parties that accidentally solve everyone's relationship problems and somehow makes grocery store run-ins feel like scenes from a charming indie film. You'll become the person who knows exactly which neighbor has the good wine, which sibling needs a surprise care package, and how to turn a casual coffee chat into the kind of conversation that makes people feel genuinely seen.

LEO

Usually Leo season unfolds with all the assured elegance of a perfectly appointed drawing room where you're both the most fascinating guest and the reason everyone else showed up, but this year feels rather like discovering that someone has been subtly rearranging the social architecture while you were occupied with more pressing matters. Mercury retrograde has been residing in your sign since July 18th with the particular brand of disruption that comes from having one's most reliable charms suddenly require translation. Until the 11th therefore, it's a good time to think before you speak and actually try being a better communicator—revolutionary concepts for someone who usually operates on pure charismatic instinct. Mercury retrogrades in Leo don't come around every year, so you're being specifically asked to do better, which is the universe's polite way of saying your natural charm could use some actual technique behind it. Consider this your cosmic performance review: you're still the star, you just need to learn your lines properly instead of winging it through every scene.

A full moon blazes through Aquarius on the 9th, promising some kind of revelations good or bad. With Mercury still stumbling through retrograde, wait until after the 11th to decide whether you're devastated, vindicated, or just need better friends. When the Sun shifts over to grounded Virgo and your 2nd House of Finances on the 22nd, things stabilise, as punctilious Virgo energy will focus your attention toward getting money matters more in order.

VIRGO

The red planet, Mars, is glowing hot in your 1st House of Self until the 7th of August. Mars passes through a natal sign every two years, so this is a somewhat rare transit that will have you feeling all double espresso inside. Mars has been here since June 17th, so you’ve probably had some epic showdowns, ghosted a few toxic situations, and said 'fuck this' to at least one terrible project. Cool. Now it's time to channel all that chaotic energy into actually crushing your goals because this is literally your last shot of big bold energy for a while.

While this is a great transit to finish a project that has been looming—pay attention to work/life balance and avoid over-taxing yourself. While Mars isn’t super aggressive in Virgo, be on the lookout, nonetheless, for needless self-reproach and criticism, which you struggle with even when Mars isn’t all up in your sign.

On the 22nd, the Sun inaugurates Virgo season, further energising your practical nature. With all these high octane transits, your countertops and kitchen floors are going to be extra clean the end of August. The New Moon in Virgo on the 23rd is the chance to restore order to all areas of your life.

LIBRA

Your ruling planet Venus—goddess of both love and lucre—is notoriously restless, never lingering long in any cosmic neighborhood. August opens with Venus nestled in Cancer, a fellow cardinal sign but one far more inclined toward sentiment and nostalgia than your refined sensibilities. More intriguingly, she's illuminating your professional sphere, making August prime territory for meaningful feedback and recognition. If your annual review looms on the horizon, the stars suggest you should anticipate rather favorable outcomes. Since Venus governs aesthetics—both personal and environmental—this fleeting transit presents an ideal opportunity to elevate your home, workspace, and physical presence. With Venus gracing your career sector, expect enhanced harmony in both romantic and professional relationships. Consider adorning your home office with fresh blooms or introducing an elegant photograph to your workplace desk. Remember, charm will prove far more effective than confrontation this month—your honeyed words will open doors that force never could.

SCORPIO

August splits into two distinct friendship phases for you.

Phase One (until August 7th): Mars finishes up in your friendship sector. This is your last week of being the friend who shows up with plans, energy, and zero patience for wishy-washy nonsense. You're organizing group hangs like a general commanding troops, and probably telling at least one friend some brutally honest truth they needed to hear (whether they wanted to or not). Mars plus your Scorpio nature can make you a little too surgical with your observations, so watch that tongue.

Phase Two (August 22nd onward): The Sun moves into your friendship zone for Virgo season. Now the energy shifts. Instead of Mars' aggressive "let's do everything NOW" vibe, you get this warm, analytical approach to your social circle. You become the friend who notices details others miss, who actually reads the fine print on group projects, and who can untangle the bureaucratic mess that's blocking your friends' dreams.

The middle stretch (August 8th-21st) gives you a breather between these two very different energies—use it to recover from Mars' intensity before the Sun asks you to become everyone's favorite problem-solver.

SAGITTARIUS

Leo, fellow fire-sign,”trines” your sign until the 22nd, meaning it is 120 degrees apart from you on the zodiac wheel. Trines are super auspicious placements, allowing you to bask in another sign’s glory--like a favoured prince or princess next to the ruling Monarch. Leo is nothing if not royal, so expect to feel quite atop a gilded throne this season, especially when it comes to 9th House matters (philosophy, travel, spirituality). And yet, like Prince Hamlet, there could be a twinge of melancholia to your outlook this month in that your ruling planet, Jupiter, the cosmic patron of abundance and indulgence, is playing a subtle game in your chart—tucked away in your 8th house of shared resources, investments, and other people's money. However this is a place in your life that can now offer unexpected pleasure - time to up-skill: take that investment class, research new financial strategies, or finally understand what the hell a Roth IRA actually does. Your capacity to absorb complex financial concepts is heightened.

On the 22nd, the Sun enters into Virgo and your 10th House of Career. This is a choice placement for getting organised and recognised on projects.

CAPRICORN

Leo season flavours life with a sense of flair and flamboyance—two things not usually associated with your more understated silken elegance. But with that big Leo-Sun lighting up your 8th House of Secrets and Intimacy until the 22nd, perhaps it’s time to get slightly more freaky with intimate partners. Share a secret, fantasy, or kink. What’s the worst that can happen with such a confession? Well, lots of things. But that’s both the risk and thrill of intimacy.

When the Sun shifts into Virgo season and your 9th House of Philosophy on the 22nd, you will feel more in your comfort zone. Virgo’s detail-oriented nature and the epistemological persuasions of the 9th House are much more in line with your calculating Goat-steps. This is the time to read some heavy-duty prose, or, since the 9th House also concerns travel, to start developing a highly specific itinerary for a trip that involves lots of trains, planes, and automobiles with the help of Virgo’s added meticulousness.

AQUARIUS

Due to your more abstract and impersonal concerns for things like humanity, the collective, and the common good, you’re often characterised as detached and perhaps even cold, when it comes to one-on-one relationships. While caring for humanity is fine and good, this month is all about the personal for you. Indeed with the Leo-Sun in your 7th House of Marriage and Partnerships until the 22nd, you’ve got double fire heating up your usual coolness in interpersonal affairs. This will not be a time for abstract ruminations on distributive justice. Instead, Leo’s flair for the dramatic could have you playing a more emotionally robust and impassioned role amid the kitchen sink realism of married life.

On the 22nd, the Sun moves into Virgo and your 8th House of Secrets and Intimacy. Again: nothing impersonal about this 8th House transit, especially with Mars there, as well, for the start of August (Malefic Mars+Virgo (details)+ your Aquarian nature (cerebral) can lead to excessive fretting and worrying about 8th House concerns such as shared finances, taxes, and sexual potency. But don’t fret too much. Mercury stations direct in your partnership zone on the 11th, and suddenly all those relationship puzzles that had you second-guessing everything will snap into perfect focus. The fog lifts, the mixed signals decode themselves, and you'll finally understand what your partner (business or romantic) was actually trying to communicate during all that retrograde chaos.

PISCES

Leo season is like being forced to attend a dinner party where everyone insists on discussing their latest achievements while you're contemplating the erotic tension between the candlelight and the wine glasses. Leo's solar tyranny infiltrates your 6th house, demanding you perform productivity like some capitalist fever dream when your soul yearns to dissolve into the afternoon light streaming through venetian blinds. But here's the perverse pleasure in it all—Leo wants theater, and you, sweet fish, can transform even the most banal office meeting into a subtle performance of desire and mystery. Make your daily rituals into acts of rebellion against the ordinary.

On the 22nd Virgo season arrives like a lover who insists on analyzing the precise mechanics of passion, activating your partnership house with surgical precision. Where you prefer to love through telepathic communion and shared silences, Virgo demands footnotes and behavioral modifications. Yet there's something almost masochistic in submitting to this earthbound dissection of intimacy—let Virgo teach you the archaeology of your own desires, the way morning light reveals what darkness only suggested.