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Click any zodiac sign for your horoscope forecast for the week of August 24 to August 30, 2026.

Sun vs Moon vs Rising — what's the difference?

☀ Sun sign

Your core identity and conscious personality. Determined by your birth date. The sign you say when someone asks "what's your sign?".

☽ Moon sign

Your inner emotional self, instincts, and private feelings. Needs your exact birth time — the Moon changes signs every 2½ days.

↑ Rising sign

How you appear to others and the first impression you make. Needs your exact birth time and place — the ascendant changes every two hours.

Don't know your moon or rising sign? Use our free birth chart calculator to find all three.

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This Week in the Sky

  • Tuesday (Aug 25): Mercury enters Virgo
  • Friday (Aug 28): Pisces Full Moon
  • Friday (Aug 28): Pisces Partial Lunar Eclipse

Coming Up in the Sky

  • Aug 28: Pisces Full Moon
  • Aug 28: Pisces Partial Lunar Eclipse
  • Sep 4: Gemini Last Quarter Moon

Your Weekly Stars: August 24 - August 30, 2026

This week moves from practical groundwork and thoughtful review toward deeper revelation. Monday offers a clear, productive start, making it a good time to organize unfinished business, tackle important tasks, and put plans on firmer ground. By Tuesday, the mood becomes more reflective, encouraging a second look at assumptions, decisions, or plans that may benefit from revision rather than immediate action.

Tuesday also carries a gentle, healing thread that helps difficult conversations land more softly and allows old hurts to lose some of their sting. Wednesday provides a quieter stretch for patience, steady focus, and finishing what is already underway. Thursday then becomes the week's clearest forward-moving moment, as the Sun and Mercury join forces in Virgo. Thinking sharpens, words come more easily, and this is an excellent time to begin a project, have an important conversation, or plant seeds whose results may unfold over the coming months.

Friday's Full Moon, accompanied by a partial lunar eclipse, brings the emotional high point of the week. Feelings, realizations, and matters that have been quietly building can suddenly become much harder to ignore, particularly around relationships, money, family, work, or personal direction. Unexpected developments may add urgency, but the wiser response is honest and measured rather than impulsive. The weekend offers space to absorb what has surfaced, and by Sunday the atmosphere grows calmer, allowing perspective to return and the week's revelations to begin settling into place.

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What's My Zodiac Sign?

Find your sun sign by birth date. Each row links to the full personality profile.

SignDatesElementRuler
Aries March 21 – April 19 Fire Mars
Taurus April 20 – May 20 Earth Venus
Gemini May 21 – June 20 Air Mercury
Cancer June 21 – July 22 Water Moon
Leo July 23 – August 22 Fire Sun
Virgo August 23 – September 22 Earth Mercury
Libra September 23 – October 22 Air Venus
Scorpio October 23 – November 21 Water Mars and Pluto
Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 Fire Jupiter
Capricorn December 22 – January 19 Earth Saturn
Aquarius January 20 – February 18 Air Saturn and Uranus
Pisces February 19 – March 20 Water Jupiter and Neptune

Born on a cusp (within a day of a sign change)? Use our free birth chart calculator for an exact reading based on your birth year.

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