Leo Horoscope for August 2025

This is another consequential month for you, Leo, with the recent New Moon having taken place near the very beginning of your sign, and same-degree opposed to Pluto in your opposite sign of Aquarius. This implies, simultaneously, a fresh start for you in matters of self-concept and sense of identity, as well as the way that you show up in the world. What you also have going, via this extremely prominent Pluto placement, are the questioning and ongoing transformational process regarding the way that important others impact your life in terms of either personal or business partnerships. Also involved in this month’s astrology is of course the Mercury Retrograde period. Mercury’s backward motion as August begins, and its placement near the Sun, concerns who you think you really are, yielding to review, reconsideration, and ultimately realignment. This sort of questioning and basic introspection might seem confounding, and yet it is a natural effect of your current process, when also the society is in ferment, especially here in the US, so that political and social question marks equally abound. Your own sense of social connection, due to Trickster Uranus in that sector, comes with surprises and unexpected enlightenment. There is a process of maturation that is taking place, within you and without, so that you are likely come out ahead with important lessons learned. After all, if we never have questions about who we are or where heading we are probably missing the point. The best we can do at times is just to pay the closest possible attention to everything and to trust in the universe to have our back and to see us through. Because Saturn is prominent as well, we are slowed down even further in our attempts at progress, with lessons to be learned, and since Neptune remains in close conjunction with Saturn, there is an important spiritual component to additionally be absorbed.


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


The month begins with strong focus on your very identity, Leo, as you find yourself in the thirty-day window following the recent New Moon in your sign from the last full week of July. This lunation cycle covers most of the current month and likely indicates quite a strong and perhaps difficult time all the way through August. Your sense of identity and self-awareness may be heightened, with the transformational effects of Pluto exactly opposite the New Moon also creating at least waves, or more likely high seas. In the New Moon chart, the Sun and Moon in conjunction at 2° Leo are trine Saturn and Neptune together at about 2° of Aries – corresponding to your sector of higher mind – with Uranus in sextile at 0° of Gemini, or your social sector. Insights around your life philosophy, beliefs, or worldview and general outlook are important, and a part of new beginnings. An exact opposition from Sun and Moon to Pluto in Aquarius also adds a potent dimension, including personal relationships in your fresh start, and indicates this could be an extremely powerful or intense new beginning for you in these several different areas. It’s possible that key people in your life could comprise a dominant factor.

Mercury is additionally retrograde in your sign as the month begins, lasting through to the eleventh and then recovering for two weeks after that, in what is called the post-retrograde shadow period. You might therefore be in the midst of an introspective period of time while focusing who you are at the core and also questioning and meditating on what exactly that might mean for you as you look ahead. The transformation in which you are engaged as far as contextualizing your place and presence in the dynamic of partnerships, and among your peers, or in groups you’re involved with, could also be subject to review and potential revision as you go through. You will want to be aware of your vitality, and your overall confidence and of a tendency through this current month to hold back from initiating new projects. You are also perhaps reveling is a newly established perspective on world events, as involving your own beliefs and collaborations.

On Friday, August 1st, you have the First Quarter Scorpio Moon, during which Venus newly entered into Cancer is square Saturn and Neptune, so that additional tension could become apparent. Home and family, your inner workings, and a process of reflection could be juxtaposed with your individuality, so that there is a potential for cross purposes, as well as private inner values coming more greatly to the fore and representing your position more completely than received knowledge from early conditioning or consensus thought. This isn’t necessarily easy, as you are attempting to institute a new and more viable set of values to affirm other steps you’re taking to explore your visionary potential.

On August 6th, Mars enters Libra and your sector of siblings, communication, curiosity, and local environment. Mars forms a trine to Uranus and to Pluto, making a grand trine in the sky. An opposition from Mars to Saturn and Neptune in Aries or your sector of higher mind is additionally present, thus highlighting even further these slow-moving outer planets that are quite consequential in their impact. This is somewhat of a dangerous and accident-prone time, so that it pays to be cautious. There may be a motivation to meet your friends, allies, or acquaintances in close quarters, getting together to interact, navigate, learn, or engage in a way that’s more intimate and with also more potential for power struggles.

The Aquarius Full Moon lands on the 9th in your relationship sector, which can illuminate loving or platonic/business partners, possibly more direct involvement with a significant other. The planetary dynamic mentioned with regard to the Mars ingress of the 6th is also present in the Full Moon While there’s potential for revelations in one-to-ones, there’s also likely to be a continued focus on you, and your presence, thanks to the recent New Moon in your sign. Meet-ups with relatives or those in neighborly environments, or participating in a committee, or with members of your team, could cultivate rapport and see you more connected. The dynamics of your interpersonal relationships is a topic that might also arise and be pondered. There are mysteries there that might not be fully resolved during this meditative month, yet at least you’re focusing some attention and thinking about that.

Socially oriented Mercury stations direct between the 10th and 11th of August early in your sign, meanwhile Saturn is sextile Uranus, and Venus is conjunct Jupiter. The way that you engage with networks, groups or your social scene may have undergone a process of refinement, and from this point you could be well placed to articulate your dreams to teammates or audiences. This time could also hold the potential for a moment of closure, catharsis, and acceptance, which perhaps involves a nod to how you’re perceived in public.

On the 15th, the Last Quarter Moon in Taurus touches on your vocational sector, so you could be leaning into your career, successes, or your external vocational profile, while also quietly taking space for introspection. The Taurus Moon and Venus in Cancer enjoy a moment of mutual reception, which favors your ambitions, and an unconscious process of renewal, catharsis, and rejuvenation. You might nourish your outer achievements and recognition with a sense of greater contentment. On this day, too, Mercury is sextile Mars in Libra which could bring about an opportunity to express yourself and your opinions. You might need to be mindful not to come on too strong, with concepts and ideas that do not land so well with those you find yourself around. You might be better off keeping it simple.

The Sun enters Virgo on the 22nd, switching your focus to your second sector of resources and values, also of material things, earnings, personal attributes, and self-worth. The shift might be noticeable.

The New Moon in Virgo of the late evening of the same day, early morning the next day of the 23rd for the east coast and Europe, is another very strong lunation, with many of the same attributes as the New Moon in your sign that preceded it thirty days prior. This brings a new beginning energy to the theme of values, income and assets. In the Virgo New Moon chart, the New Moon is the focal point of a yod, with Saturn and Neptune sextile Pluto forming the base of this “Finger of God” aspect. Your approach to your resources, material assets and values could seem extra heightened, particularly as you navigate important figures and outside perspectives or beliefs you’re integrating into your lived experience. The Sun and Moon being square to Uranus adds another component that’s excitingly novel and potentially unsettling. You may want to consider how you are doing in celebrating the principles and deeper values that truly belong just to you, independent of early conditioning or consensus thinking. Note that this could be a jarring time of new beginnings with material affairs and your resources so that it pays to recognize that your most important asset is your Self.