Your Daily Horoscopes for Thursday, August 27th

 

Aries

Today is strong for applying yourself to your work or devoting your attention to a creative project, child, or romantic relationship, dear Aries. You are especially independent and self-directed right now. However, you are also entering a cycle today that stimulates a stronger desire to communicate with others. Mercury enters your solar seventh house today and will continue to transit this sector that rules partnership for a longer time than usual, until November 2nd. There is a shift in mental focus to making connections and collaborating. Mental cooperation is especially important to you during this cycle. You can gain a better perspective on your own life, thoughts, and ideas through discussion with a partner or someone special in your life. You could find that discussions with others tend to be more objective and reasonable. You seek out learning experiences, mental encounters or connections with others, and intellectual stimulation.

Taurus

Today, Mercury enters your solar sixth house, dear Taurus. While Mercury typically transits a sign in about 3-4 weeks, this transit will last until November 2nd. You’re especially focused on details during this cycle, and some of you could be learning new, or updating old, skills and areas of knowledge. While you should certainly watch for overwork, a tendency to fret, or an inclination to nitpick at this time, it’s a strong cycle for attention to important systems in your life. You can get a lot done now. Work, schooling, or daily life and routines can keep you especially preoccupied and busy. You could be perfecting your skills or researching health or work methods to your advantage. There can be strong ideas for business and money, particularly on a detail-oriented level. While the outside world can demand your attention today, you can benefit from working on a domestic project that requires strong focus or concentration.

Gemini

Mercury is your ruler, dear Gemini, and so its sign changes might have a stronger effect on you than many. Today, Mercury enters Libra and your solar fifth house, and being in the same element (Air) as your sign has its benefits. You’re more self-expressive and your ideas tend to be received well during this cycle that lasts until November 2nd. There can be more dialogues, communications, and thoughts about creative or romantic pursuits at this time. You can be a little more showy or theatrical in your approach, enjoying putting on a show or entertaining others with your observations. You are attracted to others on a mental level more than usual during this period. Today, the Moon moves into harmony with your sign as well, allowing emotions easier expression. Life engages you more than usual now, and you can be feeling especially vital and curious.

Cancer

Mercury moves into your solar fourth house today, dear Cancer, where it will stay for a longer than usual time, until November 2nd. This is a lively time for family or home life. Your thoughts can frequently turn to personal matters during this cycle, and you can be filled with ideas about activities that improve your domestic world. You could need space to think, and may very well come up with the best ideas while in a comfortable environment. There can be work or learning going on at home, or more activity or “traffic” there, such as making many small changes or attending to details in the home. Circumstances can stimulate more memories of the past, and people from your past may figure strongly now. or trailers. Even so, today is especially strong for applying yourself to work or business matters. You seem to have more patience or determination to draw upon now.

Leo

Mercury begins its transit of your solar third house today, dear Leo. This is a longer than usual transit of Mercury and it happens to be a very supportive one. Until November 2nd, there is a stronger curiosity and focus on learning, sharing, teaching, communicating, and connecting. Your communications tend to flow more naturally and others more often understand what you intend them to understand. You could be busier and more communicative than usual, particularly with classmates, siblings, neighbors, and acquaintances. This is a strong time for learning from friends or networks, and also for sharing your own knowledge with others. There can be more movement or “traffic” in your daily life during this period. Today is strong for applying yourself to learning, particularly something new or an entirely different subject or perspective on a subject. New methods can engage you and absorb your attention.

Virgo

Mercury enters your solar second house today, dear Virgo, and will stay in this area of your solar chart for a longer period than usual, until November 2nd. During this cycle, you are inclined to frequently think about manifesting results, building upon your ideas, or putting plans into practical action. Material affairs, business, and finances can be in stronger focus now. You’re especially interested in producing tangible results. It’s a good time for communicating about practical affairs and business communications in general. There can be more pleasure in planning ahead or organizing your affairs. It’s also a strong period for educating yourself on financial or commercial matters, and for developing your talents and resources. During this cycle, you can be feeling especially desirous of independence and may be especially responsible for earning income and managing money. It’s a fabulous time for specializing, so focus on those things you know well and learn even more about them.

Libra

Mercury enters your sign today, dear Libra, and will stay in Libra for longer than Mercury’s usual three or four weeks, and in fact until November 2nd. You are communicating with more impact during this cycle, and can be more talkative, curious, and perhaps restless or on the go. You are sharper, more observant, and tend to find no problems being “heard”. Because Mercury rules your solar ninth, you may be more verbal about your beliefs and opinions about larger matters. You can be especially focused on learning new things. This is a time when you have more mental initiative than usual, wanting to put your ideas into action. Some of you could find that you’re intellectually competitive at this time. You tend to make executive decisions and rely more on yourself and your observations when making decisions, depending less on what others think you should do. While this doesn’t always work out well for other signs, you generally do consider all sides of a situation, and at this time, can benefit from some independence and self-interest. Today, however, is strong for getting things done, particularly with a partner.

Scorpio

Mercury begins its transit of your privacy sector today, dear Scorpio, and will stay in this area of your solar chart for a longer period than usual, until November 2nd. This is a good period for contemplation, reflection, research, and meditation. Your thinking is especially influenced by, and focused on, past experiences and memories. This analysis is good and helpful, of course, to a point, after which it can lead to frustration or can keep you fixated on emotionally unhealthy matters and inclined to want to escape from your more practical affairs. There can be some inconstancy with studies or work, but overall this period is good for seeing details you may not normally see, building your intuition, and bringing some objectivity to emotional issues. You may be working in relative solitude, people may be taking you into their confidence, and there can be fascinating reveals of secrets or discoveries of hidden resources during this cycle.

Sagittarius

Mercury moves into your solar eleventh house, dear Sagittarius, where it will transit for some time, until November 2nd, so you’ll have plenty of time to work with this energy and use it to your advantage. This is a strong idea cycle! It’s also good for networking and gaining inspiration from what you learn through and share with others. With Mercury in harmonious aspect to your sign, communications in general are easier, natural, and mostly well-received, although there can be some miscommunications during the upcoming Mercury retrograde cycle (which will occur from September 17-October 9). People tend to seek you out or get in touch with you more often. Partnering with a friend in some manner may figure strongly during this cycle. This is a time when conversations with friends and various networking activities can offer valuable learning experiences. You are thinking outside of the box. Today is especially strong for applying yourself to something creative or educational.

Capricorn

Today, Mercury moves into your career and reputation sector, dear Capricorn, and will transit there until November 2nd. Due to an upcoming retrograde cycle, this transit lasts far longer than the usual Mercury transit. This is a time of increased learning and communicating on professional levels, and also of stronger impact, particularly in terms of what and how you communicate. You seem to be more accountable for what you say and what you know. There can be more movement, a hectic pace, or increased communications in the work you do at this time. For some of you, your ideas may come into public view now. You are likely doing some multi-tasking regarding career and business matters. This is a fabulous time for ambitious ideas and thinking. Even so, there may be increased mental pressure at times during this cycle. Today is strong for independent study and research.

Aquarius

Mercury begins its journey through your adventure sector today, dear Aquarius, where it will transit until November 2nd. This is a longer transit than Mercury’s usual, and it happens to be an easy one for you. Communications and learning are favored in a general way, and ideas are mostly well-received during this cycle. You may be meeting people, and possibly romantic interests, through the internet, schooling, or travel. There can be a stronger interest in getting away from it all or changing up your routines at this time. You might also be especially interested in long-range visions, ideals, and goals. Conversations are often about broader issues and beliefs or opinions. Today, the Moon moves into your sign early morning, stimulating a more vital and involved approach to your life. There is good energy today for applying yourself to learning and studying.

Pisces

Today and until November 2nd, Mercury is transiting your solar eighth house, dear Pisces. There is emphasis on deep thoughts, study, research, secrets, or mysteries during this cycle. This is not the best cycle in which to be clearly understood, although you may be quite content on this level, and communications within an intimate relationship can improve. You might also learn a lot about your own inner workings at this time. This can be a cycle in which you learn significant things about a partner, finances, shared finances, taxes, and debts. It’s in fact a strong time for making financial plans and strategies. You are especially interested in motives and hidden elements of life at this time. Today, the Moon moves into your privacy zone, prompting you to need more time to yourself and some form of emotional withdrawal and renewal. It’s a good day for independent work. You could find that you are especially able to apply yourself to your work right now.