Scorpio August 2026

The Mercury retrograde in Cancer which ends today, July 23, really did a number on you. I’m sorry. Have people been asking if you were okay? Best to stay home as July ends, especially July 29, when there’s a full Aquarius Moon in your fourth house. Then, as August begins, it’s all about your career and work. Which means you’re going to be fully “out there” again. AND very, very lucky!

For you have lucky Jupiter in your tenth career house until July 26, 2027. This means a whole year of fantastic work opportunities, offers, and money (Jupiter rules money) and I’d seize on them because this kind of luck only comes round every 12 years; the next time won’t be until 2038.

The interesting part of this, however, is that, while your luck and opportunities for your career and public legacy are plentiful, the actual work is challenging and may be hard to organize. For you have three bodies in retrograde — Saturn, Neptune, and Pallas You need to get super disciplined here and give yourself a schedule. This enables you to do the work you need to do to back up such a fabulous career! Taskmaster Saturn approves.

Your personal life is a different matter.

A relationship goes back to square one, or to where you always feared it would go. The universe asks you to wait it out. It gets lonely and cold in the land of survival and wisdom and history where you live.

I never have to tell you — as I do our more impulsive fire signs! — Kierkegaard’s “Life is a hard teacher. She gives the test first, the lesson after.” You wrote the book, honey… But it seems at this time I do. What did you say, Scorpio?? (I ask, somewhat aghast…)

If you haven’t realized it yet, this is a happening time for you. Here’s is just a brief line up promising your future goodies in your tenth house. Fame, public recognition and acclaim, your acknowledgement in the world, your professional and spiritual legitimacy, your career, all the lessons about you in the world.

In here you have:

Awesome, life-giving Sun

Lotto lucky Jupiter

Brilliant thought and word planet Mercury after August 9

A total solar eclipse new Leo Moon on August 12 (at 1:36pm ET to be exact)

And your tenth public house, traditionally ruled by ambitious Capricorn, covers these areas of your life:

Your public reputation
Your career
Your life path
Claiming your talents
Your ambitions
Striving and attainment
And often — your MOTHER.

This will help with trying to decide about jobs and work-lives. The work and survival element has been the key stress here. Now that it’s gone, you decide more clearly and rightly.

Also your passion is coming back, and that’s what is important.

You’ve been dealing with so many dark sides – not only of yourself, but of other people’s – that you had to keep yourself cool to avoid getting burned. Now the dark turns into light, and you are free to feel again.

Congratulations. You swam and climbed and came a long way to be here.

You may be feeling a little cut off from life…but not to worry. Some necessary changes are taking place, most beneath the surface, and you just need some time before you feel like jumping in again with both feet. Take a break — especially from others’ demands. That’s a lot of activity not being made available to your conscious mind.

Don’t worry about all those commitments you generally worry about. You’re on the right track, you need to take your own sweet time right now, and you’ll know when to move forward. Don’t doubt yourself.

This is an exciting time for you as the people in your life continue to change. All this movement has certainly altered your perspective and given you a break from the humdrum. Just don’t repeat your mistakes – make sure you’re being heard. Forget present partners…you’ve got some coming out of the bushes from the past.

And a little bit about how you used to look, as well.

You’re looking VERY good right now. Beautiful, actually.

Part of the problem may be how darned good you’re looking nowadays, and how successful you seem to be. People are envious…

What’s REALLY happening is a kind of Dorian Grey scenario – serenely charismatic on the outside while a rolling ball of fury is gathering on the inside. No matter how tortured or anxious you feel inside, no one would ever know – it’s incredible, isn’t it?

Go ahead and scream! It’ll do you good.

I’m concerned with the health of your soul, and how you’re doing internally. As are your closest intimates. One of whom may wish you to get the hell out of Dodge and join them somewhere else.

Somewhere calmer, where you can relax. And have some much-needed wonderful sex.

So, again, know you are doing well, and stop torturing yourself about moving forward. Open that bottle of wine. Look at that beautiful ocean. Embrace what is going on around you – all without you lifting a finger. Look how nature keeps going without your help – it’s a miracle!

Benevolent Venus blesses your shared monies (eighth) house until August 11. There will be much more money coming in until that time. You can cease worrying.

Keep your temper in check (remember to scream into that pillow) and look forward to positive change as August gets underway. You will not be disappointed.

Scorpios survive everything. Plagues, locusts, the flood, you name it. So what’s the use worrying about your health? What’s a pain here or there?

Honors, awards, accolades. That’s where it’s at this month, Scorpio. Public reputation. Your career. Your professional standing. Professional acclaim. Fame. Ambitions. Striving and attainment. Honoring your talent. Honing your skills. What you Will be Known As.

You are concerned about which parts of yourself you show, and which parts you don’t show, in the world.

As you should be.

Your standing in the world, your professional reputation, is where it’s all at this August. The main planetary action is occurring in your tenth house of career and your public reputation.

This means an awful lot of people looking your way, including some superiors whose looks matter – a lot.

Strictly professional. Whomever you are trying to impress will not let you off lightly. You know this by now.

Be prepared and be ready. The public will, and can, look over you at any time.

A matter of property reaches a foregone conclusion by the solar eclipse new Moon August 12.

Jupiter grants you many wishes before November. As they say, be careful what – or whom – you wish for. Johnny, I think, was disappointed he couldn’t show you and Mona POST NEWS STORY. After July 23, there is no more worry (or text) about any number of things.

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In the mute August afternoon
They trembled to some undertune
Of music in the silver air;
Great pleasure was it to be there
Till green turned duskier and the moon
Coloured the corn-sheaves like gold hair. – August by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

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