{"id":162908,"date":"2024-08-01T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/?p=162908"},"modified":"2024-08-01T08:52:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:52:31","slug":"august-2024-horoscopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/august-2024-horoscopes\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2024 Horoscopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When life&#8217;s cycle wheels into a bumpy patch, who do you want to show up as? August is a hot, messy month requiring crafted and thoughtful leadership. Here, you\u2019re asked to put <strong>hard-won wisdom<\/strong> into patient practice, with a few situational edits, of course. <strong>August 4th<\/strong> is a busy day when self-generated confidence is crowned king. A sparky <strong>New Moon in Leo<\/strong> rides high, but its heat is tempered by Venus\u2019s shift into practical Virgo, balancing desire and notoriety with realism and responsibility. We may find an equilibrium between our cravings and the understanding that serving others enriches our capacity for pleasure. Then, <strong>Mercury retrograde<\/strong> begins on <strong>August 5th<\/strong>, moving through distinctly layered phases for much of the month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, Mercury rewinds in its home sign of Virgo from <strong>August 5th through the 14th<\/strong>, an overall helpful position for noticing and knotting out the kinks in the practicalities of the systems and routines that help life move along smoothly. Things become decidedly more tangled\u2014and perhaps heated\u2014when Mercury backtracks into Leo from <strong>August 14th until the 28th<\/strong>. The confidence and joy discovered during the Leo New Moon earlier in the month give rise to a passion that compels strategy. But no matter how badly we want to act on this energy, this period is for waiting in the wings and examining the details. Proceed with caution, as the <strong>Full Moon in Aquarius<\/strong> on <strong>August 19<\/strong> sharpens our awareness of social responsibilities, urging us to balance our commitments with a mindful approach. Approaching this downtime with patience prepares us to revisit our desires and plans with renewed clarity and purpose when Mercury stations direct on <strong>August 28th<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>August Legend:<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>August 4:<\/strong> New Moon in Leo, Venus enters Virgo<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>August 5:<\/strong> Mercury turns retrograde in Virgo<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>August 15:<\/strong> Mercury (retrograde) enters Leo<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>August 19:<\/strong> Full Moon in Aquarius<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>August 22:<\/strong> Sun enters Virgo<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>August 28:<\/strong> Mercury turns direct in Leo<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>August 29:<\/strong> Venus enters Libra <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When life&#8217;s cycle wheels into a bumpy patch, who do you want to show up as? August is a hot, messy month requiring crafted and thoughtful leadership. Here, you\u2019re asked to put hard-won wisdom into patient practice, with a few situational edits, of course. August 4th is a busy day when self-generated confidence is crowned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":151982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162908"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162918,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162908\/revisions\/162918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}