August 2022 Leo Overview Horoscope
The season of the Lion has arrived—and we can hear YOU roar! With your ruler, the radiant Sun, blazing through Leo until August 22, you’re at peak levels of productivity and passion. How will you spend your birthday this year? (And yes, it encompasses the entire month of Leo season in our book.) With boundless Jupiter in Aries and your global, expansive ninth house, here’s hoping you get to pack your bags for an adventure, even just for a night or two. Either way, this year’s mandate is to think big and well beyond the borders of what’s familiar.
Your career is an extra-hot zone on August 1, thanks to an ultra-rare convergence of ambitious Mars, disruptor Uranus and the karmic north node making an exact meetup in Taurus and your tenth house of success. This could be a huge breakthrough day for your career, whether bringing a lightning bolt of clarity or an offer that comes out of the blue.
Uranus and the north node haven’t connected since 2007, much less invited Mars to their private party. You may need to move swiftly and make a decision that changes the game with little (if any) time to “think it over.” This trio could also impact your relationship with your dad, a boss, a client or an important man in your life.
So, who ARE the people on Team Leo? Later in the month, you’ll want to assess that. For starters, mature Saturn is in your relationship house until next March, making you much more serious about who gets inner-circle status. And on August 20, action planet Mars will begin an extended trek through Gemini and your networking house, staying until March 25, 2023. This seven-month cycle is five times the usual length of Mars’ visit to a sign, and it could bring amazing collaboration opportunities, both virtual and in person!
When the Sun enters Virgo and your productive second house for a month on August 22, you’ll have money on your mind. Stay focused on your priorities and keep a lighter schedule so you can say yes to the RIGHT revenue-generating opportunity, which could arrive on the heels of the August 27 Virgo new moon.
It’s Leo season until August 22
Show them how it’s done, Leo! The Sun visits your sign until August 22 and puts your personal agenda front and center. After an emotional July, you’re ready to pull things together and make a big solo endeavor happen. Where would you like to be by next year? Give that some serious thought since this year’s Leo season has some extra mojo to support your efforts with leadership and ambitions goals.
Tempers erupt at the August 7 Mars-Saturn square
Faced with a difficult choice, Leo? Resist the urge to rush any major decisions today as fiery Mars in your professional sector brawls with careful Saturn in your partnership zone. It’s important to be strategic about major career moves, and this murky transit may temporarily cloud your judgment. If you’re on the fence, it might be best to delay any official commitments until later in the week. In the meanwhile, do your research. Make sure you’re 100 percent happy with the terms of your contract before signing on the dotted line!
Spotlight on partnership at the August 11 Aquarius full moon
Dynamic duo moment! While you’ve been on a solo mission for most of the month, there’s one exception to the trend. On August 11, the annual Aquarius full moon beams into your seventh house of committed partnerships. Are you ready to seal the deal on an important relationship? This full moon could bring talk of engagements, moving in together or taking a more official step for couples. (Think: the Leo-on-Leo Bennifer wedding in Las Vegas.)
In business, you could move an offer to contract phase, reel in a big client or solidify an exciting brand partnership. If you’re ready to say yes to anything long-term and mutually beneficial, this full moon supports you. As for the things that don’t resonate or feel fair? Use these moonbeams to negotiate a better arrangement. If you can’t find a way to make it work for both of you, the Aquarius full moon can help you part ways or shift to a different relationship structure—one where nobody feels held back.
With traditional Saturn in Aquarius all this year, you’ve had serious commitments on your mind in some form or fashion. What have you learned from past mistakes or times when you jumped the gun and said yes too soon? Saturn asks you to be more discerning now, which will help you avoid those unnecessary regrets. A little extra due diligence goes a long way!
This year’s Aquarius full moon brings a plot twist, though, forming a tense T-square to the Leo Sun and a volatile Mars-Uranus combo in Taurus. You may feel pulled between the demands of career, a relationship and family. Obviously you can’t attend to all of these major life areas at once. Be clear and decisive—and set people’s expectations accordingly—to avoid getting a deluge of demands that you can’t possibly handle alone, even as a mighty Lion!
Virgo season begins August 22
The Sun moves into Virgo on August 22, setting off a grounded four-week phase. Think “practical luxury” for the rest of summer and be selective about where you spend your time and money. Quality will definitely beat out quantity during this pragmatic phase. With the Sun in your second house of work and finances, you’re eager to knock tasks off your list and feel a sense of accomplishment. But you don’t want to be controlled by your to-do list, Leo. What’s the bigger vision here? Think about what you’re building and work on that one incremental step at a time.
When the annual Virgo new moon arrives August 27, you’ll get a burst of clarity around all of this. Looking for a new job, a fresh income source or more satisfaction from your day-to-day work? Ready to replace an unhealthy habit with a life-affirming one, such as eating clean or exercising three times a week? This new moon opens a window to all of it. The next two weeks—and the coming six months—will show you steady results if you start a plan now and stick with it.
Career revolution: Uranus turns retrograde August 24
This August 24, changemaker Uranus will turn retrograde (backward), making a five-month pivot through Taurus and your tenth house of career until January 22.
Your professional life is going through a seven-year reinvention that began in May 2019, when Uranus swept into this ambitious domain of your chart. Your goals, public image and responsibilities may have shifted dramatically…or at least you’ve been feeling the rumblings of a larger change that’s occurring while Uranus is here through April 2026.
Now that we’re about halfway through this Uranus transit, you should already see how much you’ve grown and changed as a leader. You may have made multiple career pivots or explored new ways to incorporate technology into what you do. Feeling trapped in your line of work? Liberator Uranus can free you from any structure that feels repressive or confining to your soul. It’s time to move past “nice” and become the fierce being that you are! While Uranus is retrograde, avoid rash moves but DO step back for a little bit of soul-searching.
The lightning-bolt epiphanies of Uranus aren’t always comfortable or easy—even if its goal is to awaken you to your most authentic self. The celestial shock jock specializes in disruption, not mere change. So this retrograde slowdown could actually be a welcome opportunity to integrate the many changes of 2022. Sounds like a blessing in disguise!
The tenth house also rules fathers and men. Your relationship with your dad or an important guy could also be undergoing a revolution. Progressive Uranus will reward you for marching to your own beat rather than trying to please others. During the retrograde, look for creative ways you can repair an important bond.
Source: https://astrostyle.com/