Weekly Reading for August 9 - 16, 2026: Solar Eclipse in Leo

We've been circling this week all year, and now it's here: the solar eclipse in Leo, Wednesday, midday, no take-backs. Eclipses are the astrology of "everything was fine and then suddenly it wasn't fine, it was different." They don't ask for your input. They just rearrange the furniture while you're still sitting on it. And this one is doing its rearranging with the south node, which is the part of the sky that deals in the old familiar stuff we cling to because it's known, not because it's good. The outdated ideas about who we are, what we're capable of, what we're allowed to want. The comfort zone that stopped being comfortable a while ago but we kept the lease anyway. That's what's up for release this week, and because it's Leo, it's personal. It's about you, your confidence, your visibility, the version of yourself you've been performing out of habit. The good news, and there is a lot of it, is that Jupiter is sitting right there in Leo making everything bigger, more hopeful, and weirdly more survivable. This is not the eclipse that takes something from you and leaves you sobbing in the car. This is the eclipse that takes something from you and you're like, yeah, fair, I was done with that anyway. **Key moments of the week:** - Sunday, August 9: Mercury enters Leo (12:29PM) - Monday, August 10: Mercury in Leo square Chiron in Taurus (1:15AM) - Monday, August 10: Venus in Libra trine Pluto in Aquarius (2:08PM) - Monday, August 10: Venus in Libra opposite Neptune in Aries (6:01PM) - Tuesday, August 11: Mars enters Cancer (4:31AM) - Tuesday, August 11: Mars in Cancer trine North Node in Pisces (5:50PM) - Tuesday, August 11: Mercury in Leo opposite Pluto in Aquarius (9:19PM) - Tuesday, August 11: Mercury in Leo trine Neptune in Aries (11:38PM) - Tuesday, August 11: Venus in Libra trine Uranus in Gemini (11:45PM) - Wednesday, August 12: Mars in Cancer sextile Chiron in Taurus (10:41AM) - Wednesday, August 12: New Moon in Leo (1:36PM) - Wednesday, August 12: Solar Eclipse in Leo (1:47PM) - Wednesday, August 12: Mercury in Leo sextile Uranus in Gemini (4:47PM) - Thursday, August 13: Mercury in Leo sextile Venus in Libra (12:22PM) - Saturday, August 15: Mercury conjoins Jupiter in Leo (7:22AM) To read your, your kids', and your co-parents' daily horoscopes for this week, along with the detailed daily insights throughout the week, and personalized insights for every transit going on right now (plus deep dive parenting guides based on your specific chart and your kids' charts), pop over to the website or either app store: Get started on the website iPhone and iPad apps Android app