Weekly horoscope for August 4 – August 10: What the stars have in store

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died last year but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégée Maggie Innes.

ARIES

MAR 21 – APR 20

As the retrograde of Mercury begins, it’s tempting to rip up the rules in work and health and consider starting over. 

Keep a cool head, and make sure you save what’s good, as you can adapt this, going forward. 

A new moon of new romance is so strong for you – and this time round, you simply know what to say and do.

Venus highlights settled passion that feels, as well as looks, good. 

TAURUS

APR 21 – MAY 21

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Your ruler Venus is on the move and reinforcing aspects of love that inspire you rather than drain you. 

If a bond is taking more than you have to give, you can fix this now, just trust your own heart. 

Cash linked to creativity can be closer than you think – and a fresh sense of home building, and finding, takes you toward a new “E” address. 

GEMINI

MAY 22 – JUNE 21

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The effects of the new moon can be sudden and success-based for Gemini, as it happens in your third house of personal communication.  And you do love to chat! 

Words find their focus when you give them freedom, rather than always trying to stay in control.

Passion has a calm quality this week, and a willingness to wait – this can be a surprise, but one that pays off.  

CANCER

JUNE 22 – JULY 22

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Your zone of reaching out, and making rich connections, is Venus powered for the next few weeks, so this means you can feel free to approach a delightful date with your barriers down. 

Or tackle an ongoing partnership issue with an open mind. 

But as Mercury is also travelling back in this part of your chart, beware of saying too much in a business setting. 

Preparation is key.

LEO

JULY 23 – AUG 23

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You welcome a new moon in your personal zodiac space, which can make you feel invincible – able and willing to take on the world. 

Past failures or mistakes fade away and above all, you feel confident in who you really are. 

But stay alert around cash questions, as the right figures may be tricky to pin down. 

Love is deeper and means more as two sides share their true selves. 

VIRGO

AUG 24 – SEPT 22

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Your sign hosts the grand  entrance of Venus, bringing the ability to see love as it really is, and rate it all the higher for that. 

Illusions go, and the future starts to take shape in ways that challenge, but always cherish, your loyal heart. 

Your ruler Mercury’s reversal can cause confusion and delays in finding or accepting a new role. 

Stay calm and tune into your naturally positive instincts.

LIBRA

SEPT 23 – OCT 23

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Love-dreams can start coming true as the passion planet inhabits your zone of secret self. 

You may not even realise how much you want something, or someone, until this week.  But yes, you could have it all. 

A new moon of new contacts urges you to make connections everywhere you go, as the least likely name or number can have the biggest future influence. 

Luck wears turquoise. 

SCORPIO

OCT 24 – NOV 22

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The extra pizzazz for a career or other personal push forward arrives with the new moon – in your tenth house of success. 

Even when you need to start from scratch, you can soon be leading a competitive field. 

This moon also asks you to let go of ideas or aims you sense are not the right fit. 

Venus sharpens love vision, so you see potential in someone already so close.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 – DEC 21

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Goals you set this week can  change your life, as Venus takes root and encourages focus on what gives you pleasure and makes you happy – rather than impressing other people.

This can lead to an unexpected passion “yes”. 

The backward track of Mercury may try to focus on regrets and missed opportunities, but you can rise above this with support from the new moon, and redraw your own destiny. 

CAPRICORN

DEC 22 – JAN 20

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Exciting and energising moon action in your transformation zone is number one planet benefit for you this week. 

This needs to be seized as soon as possible, so do ditch those usual Capricorn delaying tactics. 

As for love, widening your horizons, and breaking away from a certain “type” can let your heart leap before it looks.

Work mixes straight-talking with luck — the more honest you can be, the better.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 – FEB 18

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Under your cool exterior can be a well of unexpressed longing – if this sounds familiar, Venus is with you now, to guide you through. 

You can be vulnerable, you can let control go – and find feelings deepen and grow.

If you’re single, someone who recently changed their name, or work title, can be The One. 

A negotiations moon supports you to get a personal deal over the line.

PISCES

FEB 19 – MAR 20

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People who expect you always to agree, or put yourself last, are in for a surprise this week – as a moon of decisive action transforms your life approach. 

For once you don’t mind making waves, or making yourself stand out. 

Meanwhile, as Venus shifts signs to your marriage centre, big passion promises can be made, or kept.

The luck factor links to contests that last all week.