Your Daily Horoscopes for Friday, August 12

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Horoscopes for Friday, August 12

 

Aries

Career, reputation, publishing, travel, legal matters, and education are all affected by Saturn in your solar chart right now, dear Aries, and these are areas of your life that may need some extra attention to rules and structure. Saturn’s direct move today is an empowering one, but the shift can bring sudden awareness of realities regarding any of these things. Examples could be receiving news about a career matter, recognizing a need to update your skills, or facing some pressure to perform on the job. The trick to managing this time in your life is to work on taming expectations and bringing them back to earth. Reminders that you should be paying attention to the realities of a situation can abound now. Self-improvement endeavors can be in focus and successful as you go forward.

Taurus

There can be a disappointment this week, possibly peaking today and tomorrow, dear Taurus, when it comes to a financial or intimate relationship, a project that hasn’t taken off, or a matter surrounding travel, transportation, education, or communications. Saturn will soon begin moving forward after retrograde motion since March, and you become clearer about a responsibility to someone or a commitment in the coming weeks. There could be sobering news about a financial matter, or you might recognize that money matters are out of order and need to be organized. This places you in a more empowered position, even if there is a reality to deal with now.

Gemini

Saturn is about to turn direct, dear Gemini, and you’re likely to receive a significant reminder of your responsibilities. While this may hang heavy in the air now, as you move forward, you are likely to have more clarity, particularly regarding a partnership or your feelings about relationships. Partnerships may have been put through the wringer recently, or you may be seeing the less flattering side of others or yourself through a relationship, but you are in a better position to see where you’re headed along these lines as you go forward. There could also be the need to manage a financial matter now. If you’ve been juggling too much, particularly related to attention spent on personal and domestic matters, you may need to add some variety in your life.

Cancer

There is a tinge of seriousness to the day and the week, dear Cancer, with Saturn nearing its direct station and later clashing with Venus. If you have been putting more faith in a job, project, person, or relationship than they/it deserves, there could be a reality to face now. The untrue and impractical elements of your life or of recent events can emerge. This can lead to some feeling of being let down, but the good news is that you can also find a lot of strength in the fact that you now know where you stand. The weeks ahead are active for organizing your routines, work, and health regimes. Focus on clearing up clutter and firming up your work and daily routines. If you’ve taken on too many personal projects or interests, you could find that this impacts your attention to responsibilities or professional goals. Look for ways to divide your attention in a more balanced way, even if this means cutting back on certain activities.

Leo

With Saturn turning direct, dear Leo, you’ll be at your best if you see the benefits of facing reality, rather than nursing feelings of discouragement. Saturn’s direct station is a yearly occurrence, and this year affects your work, health, daily routines, romance, creative projects, and hobbies. You’ll be busy firming things up in some of these areas of life in the coming weeks. With an awkward Jupiter-Uranus transit, there may be a dilemma over funding for your travels, education, or adventures for some of you. For others, if you’ve taken on too many business projects or commitments, as much as you’re enjoying them, you could feel the need to free up some time for new or broader experiences and spontaneous activities. The challenge now is to find the time for both practical application and experimentation.

Virgo

Challenges in your domestic life may surface this week, dear Virgo, with Saturn moving direct, but facing certain realities puts you in a strong position to manage them. Saturn’s direct move teaches us about managing our expectations. For some of you, there can be something uncomfortable in, or doubt surrounding, a love relationship. This is an important week for processing recent events and feelings, as well as for thinking up solid, structured plans of action, even if part of you is resisting this process. With Jupiter in your sign in a challenging aspect with Uranus, you have to watch for tensions that arise from doing or attempting too much. Remind yourself that you don’t need to rush. In fact, slowing down is important now.

Libra

Saturn is turning direct in your communications sector, dear Libra, making it a good time to firm up your work, routines, habits, and communications. Facing reality is ultimately strengthening, as knowing the truth is a powerful thing, even if it’s a little uncomfortable at first. Responsibilities and duties are magnified now, particularly related to learning, security, and home matters. As dull as this sounds, you’re inclined to feel good about taking charge, and you might enjoy formulating some long-term or big plans. On another level, a Jupiter-Uranus quincunx points to the need for a better balance in your life, particularly between your need for companionship and an increased need for solitude.

Scorpio

Saturn is coming to its yearly direct station, dear Scorpio, and there may be the need to face up to a responsibility or reality. Saturn is influencing money, resources, talents, communications, and learning in your solar chart, and any of these areas are likely to figure strongly now. A dream may not look as rosy as it did in the past or a financial matter may need attention. However, you can find tremendous strength in knowing where you stand. As uncomfortable as it may be to face reality in certain areas of your life, with some of the uncertainty gone, you can make better plans moving forward. The focus should be on actions that are responsible and mature. With a Jupiter-Uranus quincunx also influencing you now, be sure to remember to make time for yourself and life’s unexpected moments, and be sure that work and health matters get their due attention as well.

Sagittarius

Saturn is coming to its yearly direct station, and this year, it’s in your sign, dear Sagittarius. This is an empowering change, but right now, responsibilities and problems may be magnified in your mind. There can be the need to pick up your socks in some manner now, and taking responsibility for health, personality, or financial matters may be necessary. In the weeks ahead, there can be a strong focus on getting organized, following the rules, and attention to practical details. Your ruler opposes Chiron and moves towards a quincunx with Uranus, serving as another checkpoint when it comes to expanding your goals, reach, or projects. Consider your need to “play” freely from time to time – to act on impulses, to do something fun or creative spontaneously. If you are filling up your life too full of projects, even if they are thoroughly exciting, you’ll end up feeling too burdened or overwhelmed.

Capricorn

Today, there can be some feelings of discouragement that ultimately lead to a sense of strength, dear Capricorn, with Saturn, your ruler, coming to its yearly station, this year in your solar twelfth house. You have been facing elements of your past that are resurfacing as truths or realities, and these are authentic learning experiences. Knowing your position can lead to making better plans, and now that Saturn is turning direct, you’ll feel more equipped to put negative habits and attitudes behind you. While serious energy can hang over you as this shift occurs, moving forward, you’re likely to feel stronger, more capable, and clearer. Even so, there can be some restlessness experienced today and on some level all week if you feel overwhelmed with things to do or choices to make. It’s important to make some time for freeform activities and leisure or else even your more enjoyable projects could end up feeling burdensome.

Aquarius

Saturn is turning direct in your sector of happiness goals, ideals, group connections, and friendships, dear Aquarius. Ultimately, truths coming to light will help you to get a better grip on the reality of friends who are on your side. For some, this influence can be about a long-term plan, aspiration, or goal rather than a relationship. You can make better plans knowing what is viable and what isn’t. It’s a strong time for organizing and analyzing. Decisions are hard to make right now, but once made, a sense of relief can arrive. Focus on moving forward, and the best possible way to do so. It’s important to look for ways to simplify or cut back, even if this is not the easiest choice. Watch for restlessness that leads to imprecise or sloppy communications.

Pisces

Career matters become clearer now and in the coming weeks, dear Pisces. It’s easier to formulate goals with Saturn turning direct. Responsibilities to the outside world are magnified this week as you adjust to Saturn’s change of direction, and there could be some form of “reality check” to deal with. Ultimately, you’ll be in a stronger position, even if you feel some discouragement initially. Friendship, educational, legal or travel matters can begin to move forward. Focus on moving slowly towards your goals or into conversations, rather than rushing in. Find ways to either separate partnership and business, or aim to share as much as possible with someone close to you in order they gain more understanding of your goals.