Weekly Astro Forecast: August 16 to August 23
From the Fire of Leo to the Grounded Magic of Virgo Season
⛰️ Sunday, August 16th
- Moon in Libra
🗣️ Monday, August 17th
- Moon enters Scorpio at 2:47 PM PT
🥀 Tuesday, August 18th
- Moon in Scorpio
⌛ Wednesday, August 19th
- Moon in Scorpio
🌅 Thursday, August 20th
- Moon enters Sagittarius at 1:30 AM PT
🪂 Friday, August 21st
- Moon in Sagittarius
♍ Saturday, August 22nd
- Moon enters Capricorn at 1:59 PM PT
- Sun enters Virgo at 7:19 PM PT (Virgo Season begins)
⛰️ Sunday, August 23rd
- Moon in Capricorn
This week we come down from the mountaintop of the eclipse and begin the powerful work of building. It opens with the Moon in Libra, keeping the energy soft and relationship focused, then it deepens as the Moon moves into Scorpio midweek, inviting you to feel what is really moving beneath the surface after such a big turning point. By Thursday the Moon lifts into Sagittarius and the mood brightens with hope and a wider view, reminding you of the bigger picture you are living toward. Then comes the shift of the week. On Saturday the Sun leaves Leo and enters Virgo, closing the season of the heart and opening the season of devotion, health, and sacred everyday magic. Virgo season is where the dreams you claimed under the eclipse become real, one intentional step at a time. This is your invitation to take what your heart wants and give it a plan.
♎ Sunday, August 16th
- Moon in Libra
We begin the week with the Moon in Libra and a gentle, harmonizing energy that asks you to find your balance again. After the intensity of the eclipse, this is a day to slow down, restore your peace, and reconnect with the people and beauty that fill you up. Libra rules relationships and harmony, so notice where your life feels a little out of balance and lean toward whatever brings you back to center. Spend time with someone you love, create something beautiful, or simply give yourself a slow and lovely day. You do not have to keep pushing. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is rest, soften, and let your life feel good again.
Where is your life asking for more balance, and how can you gently restore it today?
🗣️ Monday, August 17th
- Moon enters Scorpio at 2:47 PM PT
The day starts in the airy calm of Libra, then the Moon moves into Scorpio in the afternoon and the energy grows deeper and more intense. Scorpio does not do surface level, so as the day goes on you may feel called to look beneath your own feelings and notice what is truly there. This is a powerful time for honesty, for the kind of inner work that helps you understand yourself more fully. If old emotions rise, do not push them away. Let them show you what still wants your attention after the eclipse. Scorpio reminds you that your depth is not something to fear, it is where your real power lives.
What feeling have you been avoiding that is quietly asking to be felt?
🥀 Tuesday, August 18th
- Moon in Scorpio
With the Moon in Scorpio all day, this is a powerful day for transformation and truth. You may feel things more intensely, and that intensity is an invitation to go deeper rather than to look away. Scorpio rules the parts of life we do not always talk about, our fears, our desires, our capacity to change from the inside out. Use today to be radically honest with yourself about what you want and what you are ready to release. This is a beautiful day for journaling, for meaningful conversation, or for a quiet ritual of letting go. What you are willing to face, you are able to change. Trust your strength to move through the deep water toward the light.
What are you ready to release so you can step forward lighter and freer?
⌛ Wednesday, August 19th
- Moon in Scorpio
The Moon stays in Scorpio for a second day, keeping the mood deep and reflective. This is a good day to sit with everything that has surfaced and let it settle into clarity. Scorpio is the sign of regeneration, of endings that make room for real beginnings, so notice what is quietly falling away in your life and let it. You do not have to hold on to what no longer fits simply because it is familiar. Give yourself permission to close a chapter, to shed an old identity, to trust that release always makes space for something truer. The seeds you planted under the eclipse need this clearing to grow. Let the deep water do its work.
What old version of yourself are you ready to lovingly let go of?
🌅 Thursday, August 20th
- Moon enters Sagittarius at 1:30 AM PT
The Moon moves into Sagittarius in the early hours, and after the depth of the last few days the whole mood lifts. Sagittarius brings hope, optimism, and a wider view, reminding you of the bigger picture you are living toward. This is a day to reconnect with your faith in life, to look up from the details and remember why you began. Where has your sense of adventure been waiting for you? Say yes to something that expands you, whether that is a plan, a conversation, or simply a more hopeful story about where all of this is leading. After the inner work of Scorpio, Sagittarius invites you to trust that the path ahead is bright.
What would you reach for if you fully trusted that life was leading you somewhere beautiful?
🪂 Friday, August 21st
- Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon in Sagittarius keeps your Friday bright, open, and full of possibility. This is a wonderful day to expand your horizons, learn something new, or step outside your usual routine. Sagittarius rules adventure, freedom, and the search for meaning, so follow whatever makes you feel more alive. You have moved through a powerful stretch of the year, and today you get to feel the lightness on the other side of it. Let yourself be hopeful. Dream about where you are headed and let that vision pull you forward. The wisdom you have gathered through this eclipse season is meant to be lived, not just understood.
What is life inviting you to explore, and where is your soul asking for more freedom?
♍ Saturday, August 22nd
- Moon in Sagittarius, entering Capricorn at 1:59 PM PT
- Sun enters Virgo at 7:19 PM PT (Virgo season begins)
Today holds the biggest shift of the week. In the evening the Sun leaves Leo and enters Virgo, closing the season of the heart and opening the season of devotion, health, and everyday magic. Welcome to Virgo season. If Leo asked you to feel who you are, Virgo asks you to build a life that honors it. This is the season to turn your dreams into routines, to care for your body and your home, and to find the sacred in the ordinary. Earlier in the day the Moon moves into Capricorn, adding even more grounded, goal oriented energy, so this is a powerful moment to set an intention for the weeks ahead. Ask yourself what daily practice would move you closer to the life you claimed under the eclipse, then begin.
As Virgo season begins, what small daily practice would bring you closer to the life you want?
⛰️ Sunday, August 23rd
- Moon in Capricorn
The week closes with the Moon in Capricorn and a steady, purposeful energy that pairs beautifully with the first full day of Virgo season. This is a day to get clear on your goals and to lay the groundwork for what you want to build. Capricorn is the sign of mastery and long term vision, so use today to make a simple plan you can actually follow. What is one structure, habit, or boundary that would support the version of you that is emerging? You do not need to do everything at once. You only need to begin, and then to keep showing up. The magic of Virgo season is that small, consistent steps create real and lasting change. Start where you are.
What is one foundation you can begin building today that your future self will thank you for?
Your Tools for Grounding the Magic This Virgo Season
🌱 As Virgo season begins on August 22, the energy shifts from dreaming to building, and this is the moment to give the intentions you set under the eclipse a real, grounded plan. Virgo season is all about sacred routines, so the Moon Workbooks are your guide to turning what your heart wants into the daily practices that make it real.
✨ Before you build, it helps to know what has been standing in your way. Take our free Abundance Blocks Quiz to discover your unique abundance block by your zodiac sign, so you can clear it and let more of what you want flow in.
🌙 The Moment App has daily has guided meditations and visualizations to help you work with every Moon sign this week, from a Scorpio release ritual midweek to grounding support as Virgo season begins. It also has the Virgo Season Forecast for you to listen to. Start a free trial today!
🎙️ On the Spirit Daughter Podcast, my conversation with Erin Walsh airs August 18, and our Ninth House mini episode drops August 21 to help you expand your vision as the Moon moves through Sagittarius.
📖 And if you are ready to go deeper into living an aligned life, my book Spirit Daughter shares my journey from neuroscience to spiritual teaching, along with the practices that changed everything.
Here is to a week of integrating all you have moved through, and to grounding your brightest dreams into a life that holds them.
xx ❤︎
