Weekly Astro Forecast: August 9 to August 16
The Total Solar Eclipse in Leo and the Reset of Your Whole Story
🪞 Sunday, August 9th
- Moon enters Cancer at 12:46 AM PT
- Mercury enters Leo at 9:29 AM PT
🛀 Monday, August 10th
- Moon in Cancer
🦋 Tuesday, August 11th
- Moon enters Leo at 1:39 AM PT
- Mars enters Cancer at 1:31 AM PT
🌑☀️ Wednesday, August 12th
- Moon in Leo
- New Moon Total Solar Eclipse in Leo at 10:45 AM PT (20°01)
🌱 Thursday, August 13th
- Moon enters Virgo at 3:19 AM PT
🧸 Friday, August 14th
- Moon in Virgo
🕊️ Saturday, August 15th
- Moon enters Libra at 7:21 AM PT
💐 Sunday, August 16th
- Moon in Libra
Everything builds toward Wednesday, when a Total Solar Eclipse in Leo rises at 10:45 AM PT and resets your story for the next six months and beyond. Eclipses are the universe's fast forward button, moments when life shifts in ways we could not have planned, and this one lands in Leo, the sign of the heart, asking you to step more fully into who you truly are. The week opens softly with the Moon and Mars both moving into Cancer, drawing your attention home before the big turning point. Then the energy rises into Leo for the eclipse, a powerful New Moon that plants seeds for a whole new chapter of self expression, courage, and joy. As the week closes, the Moon moves through Virgo and into Libra, helping you ground the enormous energy of the eclipse into real, practical steps. Something is beginning. Let it.
🪞 Sunday, August 9th
- Moon enters Cancer at 12:46 AM PT
- Mercury enters Leo at 9:29 AM PT
We begin the week close to home. The Moon moves into Cancer in the early hours, softening the mood and turning your heart toward the people and places that make you feel safe. This is a beautiful day to rest, nurture yourself, and tend to your inner world before the powerful week ahead. Meanwhile Mercury enters Leo, warming the way you think and speak and giving your words more heart and confidence over the coming weeks. Use today to get quiet and honest with yourself about what you truly want out of this eclipse season. Cancer knows that the strongest foundations are emotional ones, so fill your own cup first. Everything you build this week will grow from how safe and supported you feel right now.
What do you need to feel safe enough to step into something new?
🛀 Monday, August 10th
- Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer all day, Monday asks you to lead with tenderness. Your feelings may run closer to the surface, and that is a gift, not a weakness. This is a day to honor your emotional needs, to check in with the people you love, and to create a sense of comfort wherever you are. Jupiter is still shining brightly in Leo, keeping the whole season lit with luck and possibility, so even as you slow down and nurture yourself, know that expansion is quietly building beneath the surface. Let today be about care. Nourish your body, protect your energy, and rest before the turning point. The eclipse is close now, and you want to meet it with a full heart.
How can you care for yourself today the way you would care for someone you love?
🦋 Tuesday, August 11th
- Moon enters Leo at 1:39 AM PT
- Mars enters Cancer at 1:31 AM PT
Today the energy begins to rise. The Moon moves into Leo in the early hours, building toward tomorrow's eclipse and turning up the volume on your heart, your creativity, and your desire to be seen. At almost the same moment, Mars enters Cancer, shifting how you take action over the coming weeks toward protecting what you love and moving from a place of feeling rather than force. This is the eve of a powerful reset, so treat today as sacred preparation. Get clear on what you want to release and what you want to call in. Feel into the version of you who is ready to shine without shrinking. Tomorrow the sky opens, and the more honest you are with yourself today, the more ready you will be to receive it.
Who are you when you stop dimming your light for other people's comfort?
🌑☀️ Wednesday, August 12th
- Moon in Leo
- New Moon Total Solar Eclipse in Leo at 10:45 AM PT (20°01)
This is the day. The Total Solar Eclipse in Leo rises at 10:45 AM PT at 20 degrees of Leo, and it is one of the most powerful turning points of the year. Eclipses are supercharged New Moons, moments when the universe clears space and sets a new story in motion, often faster than we expect. This one lands in Leo, the sign of the heart, courage, and authentic self expression, and it belongs to the new Leo and Aquarius eclipse cycle that will shape the next two years of your growth. The invitation now is to step fully into who you really are. Where have you been waiting for permission to shine, to create, to be seen, to love out loud? Today the door opens. Write down what you are ready to become and plant those intentions like seeds, because what begins under this eclipse can change the entire direction of your next chapter. Take it gently, rest if you need to, and trust that something new is already underway.
What would you claim today if you fully believed you were allowed to have it?
🌱 Thursday, August 13th
- Moon enters Virgo at 3:19 AM PT
The morning after an eclipse often feels tender, and that is completely normal. The Moon spends the last of the night in Leo before moving into Virgo in the early hours, shifting the energy from the heart to the hands. After the enormity of yesterday, Virgo offers you a gift, the ability to take one grand feeling and break it into a single doable step. You do not need to overhaul your whole life today. You simply need to ask what small action would honor the intention you planted under the eclipse. Tidy your space, tend to your body, make a plan you can actually follow. Virgo reminds you that devotion is built in the details, and that the dreams you claimed yesterday become real through the ordinary things you do next.
What is one small, practical step that would honor the seed you planted under the eclipse?
🧸 Friday, August 14th
- Moon in Virgo
The Moon in Virgo brings a clear, capable energy to your Friday. This is a wonderful day to organize, to follow through, and to bring order to anything that has felt scattered since the eclipse. Virgo loves to be of service, so notice how good it feels to care for the details of your life and the lives of the people around you. Just be gentle with the inner critic that Virgo can sometimes sharpen. The goal is not to be perfect, it is to be present and intentional. Choose one area of your life that is asking for a little more care and tend to it with love rather than pressure. Progress, not perfection, is how the eclipse energy takes root.
Where can you trade the pressure to be perfect for the peace of simply showing up?
🕊️ Saturday, August 15th
- Moon enters Libra at 7:21 AM PT
The day begins in Virgo and shifts into Libra in the morning, moving your focus from your to do list toward your relationships and your sense of harmony. With Venus already home in Libra, this is a beautiful weekend for connection, beauty, and balance. Reach out to someone you love, create something lovely, or simply bring more peace into your space. Libra reminds you that life is meant to be shared and that beauty is not a luxury, it is nourishment for the soul. After a week of powerful inner work, let today be softer and more social. You have moved through an eclipse. Now let yourself enjoy the people and the moments that make your life feel full.
What relationship in your life would bloom if you gave it a little more of your attention?
💐 Sunday, August 16th
- Moon in Libra
The week closes with the Moon in Libra and a gentle, harmonizing energy that invites you to find your center. This is a day to rest, to reflect on everything the eclipse stirred, and to notice what feels different now than it did a week ago. Libra is the sign of balance, so check in with your own scales. Where do you need more rest, more beauty, more connection, or more peace? Give yourself whatever is missing. Take a slow morning, spend time with someone who feels like home, or simply sit with how much can shift in a single week. You have moved through one of the most powerful turning points of the year. Let today be soft as you integrate it and prepare to carry your new chapter forward.
Looking back on this week, what feels different in your heart now?
Your Guide Through the Eclipse in Leo
🦁 This week holds the Total Solar Eclipse in Leo, a once in a season chance to reset your story and step into who you truly are. The Leo Season + New Moon Workbook is your guide for exactly this moment. It walks you through the rituals and journal prompts for planting intentions under the eclipse, releasing what has been dimming your light, and claiming the courage this season is asking of you.
🌙 The Moment App has guided activation and meditations to help you work with the whole week, including a dedicated eclipse track called "Become Her" to help you plant your intentions with courage and confidence.
🎙️ On the Spirit Daughter Podcast, do not miss our special solo episode, Solar Eclipse in Leo: Reset Your Identity for the Next 6 Months, airing August 11, the perfect preparation for the biggest day of the week.
📖 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 resetting your story, claiming your light, and stepping fully into who you came here to be.
