Capricorn Horoscope for August 2025

This is another intensely transformational month for you, Capricorn, based on the outer planet connections that were made manifest in the recent Leo New Moon from the last full week of July. This affects the first three weeks of the current month, up to and including the 21st, and presages several areas of impact, including your relationships, your values, and the depths of your inner world. Leo corresponds to your sector of intimacy, personal evolution, and partnership agreements, so that what is indicated is some sort of rebirth in these areas. Mercury is also retrograding through this same sector, symbolizing an introspective attitude and an inclination for questioning and second-guessing yourself regarding arrangements and the shared experience that you have with important partners. The conjunction of Saturn, your ruler, in close conjunction with nebulous Neptune, in your fourth sector of home and family is also transformational. Your resources and values could also be inevitably shifting, including your finances, and your deeper attitude toward the material side of life. There is the potential for taking far more seriously what is operating below the surface layers of your psyche. The more you know about yourself at these deeper levels the more you know about intimacy in general and your connection with important others in particular. This month could represent a sea-change in the way you find both internal connections and outer social ones, which are, perhaps surprisingly, related. Your family or tribal associates will also likely sense a difference in you. You might be softer in this regard, more compassionate, perhaps functioning with a more rose-colored or idealized vision. A fresh look at established patterns is also more than possible, where old and outmoded habits die way and new ideas hold sway.

The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style

The recent New Moon in Leo from the last full week of July has set the tone for the month, with the thirty-day lunation cycle that was then launched stretching into most of August with a focus on your eighth sector of intimacy, vulnerabilities, and jointly held resources. You could consider this your invitation to look at important partnerships in your life, together with their stated or unstated agreements, plus asking you to courageously address your weak spots, trust in other people, or attempt to evaluate sensing where your important relationship connections have something valuable to offer. This New Moon is additionally trine your chart ruler Saturn, closely conjunct Neptune in Aries, or your fourth solar sector of home and family, so that this is an area too of transformational activity this month. The New Moon also sextiles Uranus in Gemini, which is your health and workplace zone. It also forms an exact opposition to Pluto in Aquarius or your security sector, making this an extremely potent lunation. Your roots, emotional environment or familiar spaces, and a radically new approach to wellness and daily maintenance could factor in, along with your values, earning power, and your sense of self-worth.

Mercury is also in retrograde motion as August begins, through this same sector. You could find yourself in an introspective mode, questioning certain aspects of your relationship connection. With Venus square Mars in this New Moon, there’s also the potential that your wellbeing and adventurous pursuits may need to be reconciled, while broader horizons may seem exciting and also somewhat challenging.

On Friday, August 1st, you have the First Quarter Scorpio Moon lighting up friendships, groups and collective wishes, during which Venus in your relationship sector is square Saturn and Neptune. Participating in community circles with a fun friend or creative collaborator doesn’t necessarily fit with what you’re establishing in shared spaces or your private life, therefore you might carefully consider your obligations and commitments as the month begins, and the base you’re building with outside parties as a sacred investment between you both.

On the 6th, Mars enters Libra and your sector of public image and vocational aspirations, where it’s in detriment, and therefore operating with less assertion, drive and determination than usual. Your inner world could become more visible, or perhaps you’re ready to embrace your ambitions, finding motivation to appear successful or accomplished. Mars forms a trine to Uranus and Pluto, making a grand trine in the sky, and opposes Saturn and Neptune, so that there is an even greater transformational pressure on your resources, including finances. Your sense of self-worth comes into play here, along with implications for your career and profession.

On the 9th, the Aquarius Full Moon lands in your second sector of values, money, and self-worth. With this planetary dynamic you could be aware that household interests and life behind closed doors has taken prominence, so that it might be seem strange bringing attention to your career goals or external advancement. As the Full Moon illuminates your assets, what you do that’s a valuable commodity, and your financial position, there may be a revelation around the ways you contribute or make a living. Around this time, it may also be apparent that your wellbeing, upkeep, or workplace environments are radically changing – how you take care of yourself and others is perhaps a life factor that is due to be adjusted.

Between the 10th and 11th of August, Mercury stations direct in Leo, which could indicate a shift in energy of your relationship situation although nothing is really solved. Things may become further resolved over the course of the next two weeks of the post-retrograde shadow period. You may be deep in thought, processing taboo topics, dealing with confronting elements of intimate relationships and your fears. A negotiation or back and forth may be prominent, with the enmeshment of your energy with others on your mind. At this juncture a rethink of what’s shared, loaned or borrowed could be amplified, and from here on you could find clarity and a way to move forward. Your sense of stability, foundations or home environment could underpin your day-to-day activities, a position of service or healthy living. Venus is conjunct Jupiter at this time, so a fun, loving creative collaboration could become prominent, with affection in your unions You might need to reconcile your family life and what works for you in relationship settings, while also learning more about your partner’s desires, tastes or preferences.

On the 15th the Last Quarter Taurus Moon lights up your sector of romance, fertility, creativity, celebrations, joy and children, so you might be indulging in playdates, or appreciating growth in partnerships. During this lunar phase, Mercury connects to Mars in a sextile, so long-term commitments might be broached, fueling progress toward future plans and outlining a way forward to achieve success.

The Sun enters Virgo on the 22nd corresponding to your tenth sector of vocation and public image, initiating Virgo season with gusto as you turn your attention to career objectives that are also aligned with evolving internal principles and values.

The Virgo New Moon ensues late this same evening PT, or early morning the next day of the 23rd he east coast or Europe. This New Moon opens with the Sun and Moon in their conjunctions at the immediate focal point of a yod, or “Finger of God” pattern, Saturn and Neptune are sextile Pluto, forming the base, and indicating another dramatic lunation cycle for the remainder of the month and on into September. This New Moon is somewhat dicey, with transformational evolution in the air and a touch of rebellion. This timing also makes for a fresh start around educational paths, long-distance travel and wisdom, or a worldly philosophy. A path that elevates your outlook, and facilitates personal development could come onto your map, with experiences to broaden your perspective on global issues, or your ways to explore further afield. Something could be changing at the core, allowing your home life, the past, your inner safety and a shifting awareness of your own input and resources to become better integrated into your dreams. As the New Moon is also square Uranus, you might find a different approach that you’re taking in your daily life or environment influences your journey.

Capricorn Horoscope for August 2025

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