Your Daily Horoscopes for Friday, August 7th

 

Aries

Today, Mercury leaves your self-expression sector and tomorrow, Mars will enter it, dear Aries. Mercury transits your sector of work, service, health, and routines until the 27th, making it a strong period for really sorting things out, organizing, and taking care of details. It’s also a good time for learning new skills, information that helps your health or work, and conversations that lead to making improvements. You are seeing things for their details and perhaps their flaws as well now. While there can be some tendency to fret and worry during this cycle, it’s otherwise very helpful and useful, particularly if your daily life and routines can use some shaping up. With so much emphasis on your creative, expressive, entertaining sector these days, Mercury moving on from it can point to the beginnings of a mindset that is geared up to take care of business. There may be some conflict over issues of independence stimulated today that pits home life and outside responsibilities against one another.

Taurus

Mercury leaves your home and family sector today, and Mars will enter it tomorrow, dear Taurus. From now until the 27th, with Mercury in the sector of your solar chart that rules creative self-expression and pleasure, you’re beginning to think about having a bit of fun and sharing your ideas with others. In truth, you have been a tad withdrawn lately with so many planets in your hearth sector and your ruler, Venus, retrograde. While this trend continues a while longer, Mercury’s move today can bring you out of your shell a little. You might take a few more risks when it comes to expressing yourself and learning. Others tend to respond better to your ideas as well during this cycle. The Moon continues to transit your sign all day (until very early into the day tomorrow), and your emotions tend to rule.

Gemini

Mercury moves out of your communications zone and into your sector of home and family today, dear Gemini. Until the 27th, you’re likely to think a lot about home, family, and personal matters. You may keep a little more to yourself during this cycle. At times, you could discover that you’re not coming across as smoothly or can’t seem to find the right words to express yourself. There can be a lot of mental activity at home, learning and working could be done in the home environment, and there can be interesting tidbits of information coming your way through family. There continues to be a strong focus on reaching out to others with many planets still in your communications sector and Mars entering it tomorrow, but starting from today, you’re a little more inclined to need your personal space in order to arrive at decisions.

Cancer

There is a strong focus on your sector of comfort, material goods, and resources these days, dear Cancer, and while this will continue a while longer, Mercury moves on from this zone of your solar chart today. With Mercury transiting your sector of communications from now until the 27th, you’re becoming more curious, branching out a little more, and reaching out as well. You can be more communicative and interested in learning. There is more mental activity in your life, and eagerness to either write, study, speak, or share ideas. Today, with Mars in your sign opposing Ceres, you may need to watch for coming on too strongly or brusquely with others, and especially a partner.

Leo

There is a strong emphasis on your personality these days with so many planets in your sign, dear Leo. This will continue a while longer, and Mars is set to enter Leo tomorrow as well. However, today, Mercury leaves your sign and enters your solar second house. This transit that lasts until August 27th can stimulate preoccupation with practical matters, money, resources, talents, and business affairs. You are beginning to want to see more in the way of tangible signs of success or progress now. You might attempt to learn more in order to earn more, and you are better at strategic planning with money at this time, largely because Mercury’s energy is reasonable and rational. During this cycle, you might also seek out feedback for your intelligence or talents. Today could bring some feelings of being under the weather if you’re not feeling motivated. Otherwise it’s very strong for seeing patterns and coming up with useful ideas.

Virgo

Mercury enters your sign today, dear Virgo, where it will stay until the 27th. There continues to be a strong emphasis on the sign just behind yours and your privacy sector, and this will happen a while longer, especially with Mars entering that area of your chart tomorrow. However, Mercury is the first of these planets to move into the light in your solar chart. In less than a week, Jupiter will emerge as well. For now, you are beginning to share a little more, by talking, writing, and connecting with others. This is nevertheless a rather independent time, as you tend to be a self-starter and you often make executive decisions during this cycle. However, you are more aware of the goings-on around you, and you are more willing to talk about yourself and your plans. Today’s Moon in your adventure sector all day can certainly get you moving, whether this is physical or mental or both.

Libra

Mercury begins its transit of your privacy sector today, dear Libra, where it will influence until August 27th. There is a move towards more insular but also more intuitive thinking during this almost three-week cycle. Decision making can also be more solitary, and it can also take a little longer, even than usual, as you can feel as if there are so many variables to consider that it’s hard to come to definite conclusions. There can be an increased tendency to think about matters of the past now, and this is reinforced with your ruler, Venus, retrograde through to the first week of September. You are more inclined to keep secrets or simply spend more time in your own little world. This is certainly not the most outspoken period in your life, but this can be a necessary thing for the time being. You might also frequently work and learn in solitude.

Scorpio

From now until the 27th, you’re likely to have more contact with friends, groups, and associates, dear Scorpio, and you can pick up some very useful information through others. Networking assumes more importance in your life with Mercury now in your solar eleventh house, and it’s a time for sharing your knowledge with others, taking part in group activities, or simply spending more time with like-minded people. You are more likely to entertain non-traditional ideas and you can be attracted to alternative subjects or plans. You can be especially excited about new, unusual, and original ideas for future projects or long-term plans during this cycle. The Moon spends another day in your partnership sector today, however, and you may in fact feel better in one-on-one situations than group settings just for now. There may be some angry words or frustration with narrow viewpoints.

Sagittarius

Today until the 27th of August, Mercury transits your tenth house of career and reputation, dear Sagittarius. During this cycle, your thoughts might often turn to your responsibilities, plans, work, and reputation. You tend to be more accountable for what you communicate, and you might be more aware of how you are coming across when you speak or write. People may be turning to you for advice, as your intelligence or knowledge is more noticeable to others during this period. This can be a good time for making business contacts and connections or simply for learning more about your field. You might find yourself in the position to make important decisions, or decisions about your life direction now. There could be new goals or lifestyle changes entertained now. Today, the Moon is in your work and health sector, and you continue to take special interest in the details of your daily life.

Capricorn

The Mercury cycle that begins today and runs until the 27th eases self-expression and smooths out communications, dear Capricorn. There is a more positive outlook, although also a searching, somewhat restless spirit on a mental level. Your thinking is less about the details and more about the bigger picture. The down side of this is that you may overlook important points, but the positive side involves more enjoyment and pleasure in learning, and less stressing about problems. This is an excellent time for learning, particularly of broad subjects rather than developing skills and know-how. Today brings nice energy for recreational pursuits and self-expression overall, but you could find someone is coming on too strong or is pushy with you when a more delicate approach would be more effective.

Aquarius

Mercury moves out of your partnership sector today, and Mars will move into it tomorrow, dear Aquarius. Mercury’s transit of your solar eighth house until the 27th brings a stronger interest in, and attention to, the hidden elements of your life. You are picking up a lot more from your environment than usual, and seeing motives, subtleties, power dynamics, and more in your own behavior and in the people around you. There can be less impetus to share your ideas with others, with the possible exception of a trusted friend or partner with whom conversations can be frequent, during this cycle. You might have less patience for conversation, information, or learning that is superficial. Today, you continue to crave more time to yourself or with family.

Pisces

Today, intelligent Mercury enters the sign directly opposite yours and your partnership sector, dear Pisces. This transit, lasting until the 27th, brings a stronger tendency to seek out others for ideas and decisions, as well as to attract talkative people into your experience. You tend to enjoy input from others not so that they can make decisions for you, but so that they can help stimulate your own thought processes. Today’s Taurus Moon is a usually busy one for you, as it falls in the communications sector of your solar chart. Watch for a conflict with a friend over issues of protectiveness or freedom. Look for every opportunity to learn something new now.