This is the settling week.
Last Thursday’s total solar eclipse, on 13 August, planted its seed, and this week the sky asks us to tend it rather than dig it up to check.
The big moment comes Thursday morning, 20 August, at 10:46 Perth time, when the First Quarter Moon arrives at 27 degrees of Scorpio. The First Quarter is where a new seed meets its first resistance, and in Scorpio the adjustment it asks for is an honest one.
Mercury is bright in Leo, Mars is finding its feet in home loving Cancer, and Venus is gracious in Libra, her own sign. August’s Universal Month 9 rolls on, still clearing the decks. And the clever Fire Monkey month reminds us that if the front door is stuck, there is always a window.
The theme for everyone: hold your course, and when the push back comes on Thursday, adjust with the truth.
Read for your Sun sign, and your rising sign if you know it.
Aries
Thursday’s quarter moon lands in your house of depth and shared resources, so the honest adjustment is about something carried jointly, money, trust, or a load that needs rebalancing. Say the true thing gently and the week rewards you.
Taurus
The quarter moon falls in your partnership house, and a one to one bond asks for a real conversation rather than a polite one. Venus keeps your daily round sweet while you have it.
Gemini
Thursday’s push back arrives in your work and health corner, and one routine needs an honest look, is it serving the new chapter or the old one? Adjust the habit, keep the goal.
Cancer
The quarter moon stirs your house of creativity and romance, so something you love meets its first test this week, and the test is commitment. With Mars fresh in your sign, you have the energy to back what matters to you.
Leo
Thursday’s quarter lands at the base of your chart, in home and family, and the eclipse seed in your own sign gets its first weather from close to home. Adjust what needs adjusting there, your new chapter is worth it.
Virgo
The quarter moon lands in your house of words, and a conversation that has been circling wants landing honestly this week. Your season is almost here, so clear the air before it arrives.
Libra
Thursday’s adjustment is about money and worth, and Scorpio asks the blunt version of the question, what is this really costing you? With Venus glowing in your sign, you negotiate from strength.
Scorpio
The quarter moon arrives in your own sign, a personal turning point, and the honesty it asks for is with yourself. Commit to the version of you the eclipse hinted at, and adjust whatever does not fit.
Sagittarius
Thursday’s quarter lands in your quietest house, so the push back is internal, a doubt, an old story, a tiredness that wants honouring. Rest is an adjustment too.
Capricorn
The quarter moon stirs your friendships and wider circles, and a group matter asks for one honest, adult adjustment. Say it straight and kindly, that is your gift.
Aquarius
Thursday’s turning point touches your career and public standing, and a professional matter meets its first real test. Adjust the plan, not the ambition.
Pisces
The quarter moon lands in your house of horizons, and a plan for travel, study or the bigger picture needs one truthful correction to stay alive. Trust that the far view is still the right view.
Whatever your sign, the week keeps one promise.
The seed that meets resistance and gets an honest adjustment grows stronger than the one that never gets tested.
What is asking for an honest adjustment in your week?