Aug 8-15, 2025

Be sure to look at your Sun, Moon, and Rising signs for an expanded perspective. You can click any card to enlarge the view.

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Aries

• Private celebration; intimate gathering
• Possible travel—accommodations for a romantic getaway; honeymoon
• Private quarters that serve the need to relax; feeling less guarded in your own intimate space
• Open doors that may be related to guests or accommodations
• Good news linked to relationship deepening in ways that may lead to greater physical and/or emotional intimacy

Taurus

• Examining whether someone is seeking the royal treatment; excessively demanding (you/others)
• Looking at authoritarian behavior—a need to look under the surface for the truth
• Control issues—discernment about who’s in control or how to take (or take back) control
• Wearing a mask to maintain control of self or situation—may be in response to domineering or aggressive behavior
• Hiding true self related to feelings about one partner taking on most of the responsibility in the relationship
• Seeing a deeper truth surrounding a sense of entitlement (deserved or not)
• Game face strategy that grants control; self mastery or command of a topic, skill or expertise

Gemini

• Happiness, laughter, enjoyment related to travel plans or escapism
• A need to tread lightly—unresolved issues affect the way you engage with others; not letting go of old wounds and resentments (you/others)
• Putting it out there (in negative ways)—inability to get past chronic negative behaviors may damage or prevent relationship
• Taking a risk may be related to tendency to partner based on a shared history of disappointment rather than common goals or interests
• Airing grievances (or “dirty laundry”)—relationship saddled with baggage from past conditioning—childhood patterns, ego, past relationships, etc. (you/other)

Cancer

• Need for change (instead of ”kicking the can down the road”)
• Future transformation; changes related to long range plans; time factor plays a role in what’s ahead
• Preparation for a road trip; scenic route
• Looking ahead at opportunity for change
• A focus on the future and following a dream

Leo

• Something you’re not seeing—someone is keeping secrets
• Something you’re hiding—being discreet is important due to circumstances
• Stirring up the past may be linked to element of relationship that is clandestine, secretive, or hidden
• A need for something to come to light—inability to read emotions (you/others)

Virgo

• Abundant blockages linked to repetitive behavior; dead end—round and round about the same issues without resolution
• Abundantly clear that this relationship is going nowhere; confusion about where relationship is headed
• Desire to block “progress” in matters that impact nature or the environment
• No-win situations that influence matters of abundance (money, time, effort, energy, emotions, etc.)
• Connection to nature opens consciousness in situations with no apparent solutions
• False start to the flow of abundance; relationship may progress only to suddenly end at a closed door
• A shift in scarcity consciousness influences abundance; practice of gratitude has an effect on material and emotional wellbeing
• Reaping the fruits of efforts in matters where progress was blocked or after dealing with delays

Libra

• Awareness of waiting in vain—lack of change
• Facing the truth of your intuition
• An ending—trust your instincts about whether this relationship feels right or should move forward
• Intuition about needed change; a change in level of awareness
• Transformation may arrive when intuition reveals a message about an encounter

Scorpio

• Inclination to be alone but may need community or to get out of your shell
• Turning down invitations because of a greater need for solitude rather than engaging with others
• Invitation (given or received) to sea side destination; new friend and locations near water
• Opportunity to create a private world or go on retreat
• A need to be alone as a couple links to budding romance
• Quiet socializing; invitation that may offer use of home while owner is away

Sagittarius

• Trying to control the imagination from running away—a need to sort out fiction from reality; dreams/visions
• Control by ghosting (or being ghosted) in situations where there are excessive demands; disappearance of the person in charge
• Control issues related to mental health or mind-altering substances
• Domineering or aggressive behavior—someone in la-la-land motivated by a sense of entitlement or in seeking the royal treatment
• Authoritarian—someone in fairyland concerning too many demands or how much control they have
• The grown up in the room; free to just float because one partner takes on most of responsibility in the relationship
• Luck, knowledge, timing and creativity place you in control, in charge, or in the lead
• Creating magical reality may link to skill that requires imagination
• Taking control or using mastery of skills or expertise in support of believing in your dreams

Capricorn

• Grief about being alone OR wanting to be alone with your grief
• Grieving in solitude—mulling over issues linked to sadness due to betrayal, separation or death
• Inner listening—may connect to the grief of others—unhappiness because of a loss, disappointment or rejection
• Seeking sanctuary from situations that cause pain or due to emotional wounding
• Need for rest and withdrawal to come to terms with matters OR grief because you can’t get the rest you need
• Re-energizing after a period of grief (changes may take place at the next quarter moon)

Aquarius

• Reunion—secret meeting or reconciliation; make up after breakup; falling in love again
• Stirring up the past—making peace with your partner to reconcile past hurts (may be related to secrets)
• Something you’re hiding—reconnecting with someone you previously separated from
• Something you’re not seeing may call for relationship counseling or therapy
• Need for something to come light—working out issues or terms

Pisces

• Healing related to children—relationship, health, etc.
• Children are impacting the relationship—time out from or with children
• Childhood dream to be a healer
• Inner/outer healing may be related to childhood or inner child; need for self love may connect to involvement with someone from your childhood
• Self-nourishment may link to something new—lifestyle, interest, habits, pursuit, endeavor, etc.
• Time out for play; remembering the childlike exuberance of romance; playful interactions
• Inner/outer healing supports youthful appearance
• Dating someone younger or someone new

Decks: Romantic Love Oracle, Love is a Garden Affirmation Deck, A Word of Advice, The Alchemist Astrologer; The Good Tarot, Collette Baron-Reid; Mystical Healing, Inna Segal

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