This week holds a portal, a moment in time you can look back at and say, “this is where it started.” This week holds an eclipse, and maybe you can feel the heaviness of gravity’s hand shutting a door behind you as you move into the next season of your life.
At the same time, the sun and moon are guiding us into authenticity, acceptance, and the power of groups to shift the story of the world. Meanwhile, eclipse season lasts about a month, with the two weeks surrounding the new and full moon holding the churning swirl of change.
Then Mars moves into the tidal sign of Cancer on Tuesday, August 11. So be prepared to slow down and move with the tides.
These horoscopes are written for your rising sign, though you can read for your sun sign as well!
When you’re passionate and follow your instincts, Aries, you’re a bright flame of authenticity. So this eclipse is opening a door towards your idealistic dreams. In order to fly to those places, you have to be willing to be real, raw and passionate. Harnessing the bravery to be cringe, yet real in your passions, is freedom.
Read your full Aries weekly horoscope.
Where you come from is the beginning of your story, Taurus. How has that story rooted into your identity? Ultimately, the eclipse is showing you the truth of those roots, in all of its shadowed glory.
Sometimes, growing means moving away from the stories you were raised with and writing more radical ideals on the sky. Or instead, reading the stories of your elders with new perspectives and grace.
Read your full Taurus weekly horoscope.
Your neighborhood can be a holy place, Gemini, if you can slow down long enough to see. Your siblings can speak prophecy, if you can listen. And your journal can be your magical book of spells, filled with manifestations that will come true with faith and tenacity, if you can only take the time it takes to write down your desires.
Words are spells that enchant your world. So you just have to speak, and listen for the universe to respond.
Read your full Gemini weekly horoscope.
You’re so self-sufficient and independent, Cancer. What if you let someone else help you? This eclipse starts a new cycle of learning about power and the exchange of power.
Still, you can feel in your body how connected we all are. Let your empathy and intuition show you how the energies of power swirl through your life. Eventually, it might be time to reassess those pathways into more efficient and healthy forms.
Read your full Cancer weekly horoscope.
This is a week of growing pains and tender spots, Leo. Basically, the person you were last year fits like a too-small shoe. But you aren’t quite sure what this new you is like, yet. Normally so sure in yourself, this eclipse can feel heavy.
Meanwhile, your partners in romance, work and friendship are here to support this shedding of old yous. If you need more softness than usual, ask for it. If you need more confidence, ask for a pep talk. No one’s meant to grow alone.
Read your full Leo weekly horoscope.
Finding the rhythm of routine settles your quick mind, Virgo. Of course, there’s comfort in knowing you have a system for your home, your body, your creature friends, and your work. After two years of massive change in your relationships, you’re still stumbling towards the efficiency of your personal rhythm.
It’s okay to mess up your new habits and rituals, as long as you try again the next day. It’s time to explore which routines actually work for you, instead of forcing yourself into a box of “this should work.”
Read your full Virgo weekly horoscope.
A creative egg is being given to you, Libra. In order for this egg to hatch, you have to incubate it. What if the incubator lies in your dreams and friendships? Sometimes, Libra, you sacrifice your authenticity for acceptance in a group.
But creativity, passion, and joy are uniquely personal experiences that make you stand out from the crowd. Play with pleasure, desire, beauty and aesthetics like an eccentric scientist experimenting with new theories. Then throw colors and scents and whimsy at the wall to see what sticks. And don’t worry about who’s watching.
Read your full Libra weekly horoscope.
Part of you decided at a young age, Scorpio, that home was an idea that didn’t feel warm and fuzzy. So you reach for the light within yourself to leave a hot mark on the world that’s uniquely you-shaped. And now you’re outgrowing that, too.
Still, if your life story is shaped like a spiral, you’re coming back to your roots again. You’re reshaping the story of home, family, ancestry, and land into something new, and uniquely you. But this doesn’t burn hot and fast; this soothes, cool like a breeze at night.
Read your full Scorpio weekly horoscope.
There’s a voice on the wind, Sagittarius, telling you to take your eyes off the horizon. Running away to a new place, or diving into a new study, isn’t quite scratching the itch it used to.
Instead, the eclipse is starting a new phase of practicing what you’ve been preaching. You’ve spent plenty of time learning, in theory, about so many things. Now’s the time to actually use those theories in real life, and hone your skills.
Read your full Sagittarius weekly horoscope.
A tangle of knots has lived in your gut for a long time, Capricorn. Sometimes, you pluck at a thread, and sometimes the thread plucks at you. Finally, the eclipse is handing you a comb, and maybe some scissors, to help you untangle.
The power between you and other people, between you and large institutions, is being reoriented. With quiet assurance, remember your power lies in being the person you say you are.
Read your full Capricorn weekly horoscope.
Sometimes, Aquarius, it can be easy for you to say, this is me, and this is you, and this is us together. But this week is showing how those boundaries aren’t just ideas – boundaries are the way we can love, too.
Because being in relationship with other people means letting go of control of the narrative as a solo project. How can you let your light shine without being intimidated by another’s? How can you be honest with your beloveds, and how can they be honest with you?
Read your full Aquarius weekly horoscope.
After two years of massive personal change, Pisces, you deserve time to rest. Of course, the rapid-fire quantum leaps of identity you’ve experienced have left you drained. The eclipse is a quiet place, though maybe slightly haunted by some emotions you’ve been avoiding.
Don’t be afraid. In fact, not all ghosts are spooky and some could even be friendly. You’ve learned that avoidance can be a trap, and you know better than to be tricked again. So let yourself rest, recuperate, and heal.
Read your full Pisces weekly horoscope.