Capricorn Monthly Horoscope
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August 2025 Horoscope: Predictions for Capricorn
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Overview for this Month: Capricorn (All)
August 2025 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
A strong focus on shared resources, debts, support, and self-empowerment is in your forecast for August, dear Capricorn. You’ll also be exploring special topics and ideas. Learning and sharing can be in focus. Partnering up can be especially warm and beneficial. You’re in good shape for publishing, promoting, or connecting later this month when the Sun heads into your sector of spirit and the higher mind.
Still, there are some slowdowns to manage. You may feel in limbo while Mercury remains retrograde until the 11th, particularly regarding a financial matter or a connection. Waiting for an answer never feels great, but you have a lot to keep you busy as you wait. You’re returning to old problems with a different attitude and taking care of unfinished business. New insight into a past relationship or your own psyche can be helpful and enlightening. Conversations about intimate or taboo matters can be helpful and unusually creative. You may be drawing conclusions or uncovering clues about a mystery or investigation now.
The month’s energies inspire looking within, and intimate matters can be your primary focus, or you’re more inclined to focus your energy on one or two critical projects. Your interest in bonding with someone special or concentrating on a special activity strengthens. You’re in good shape to get in better touch with your inner power and recognize or build upon support from others.
Certainly, there can be some matters from the past to settle, or some backtracking in these areas, as well as with personal plans and financial affairs. Mercury’s direct motion from the 11th onward signals a turning point. It’s possible that a new perspective on money matters or a close relationship can steer you on an improved course. Perhaps you recognize you’ve dwelled too much on a past relationship or problem, and this has unnecessarily weighed you down. You are now feeling the need to move past it and move on.
You can experience a strong need for inner change, transformation, and self-mastery. Your focus turns outward later in the month, but the inner work you do is powerful. It’s a time for observing and processing rather than taking new action.
From the 6th onward, however, Mars transits your career and reputation sector, bringing high energy and ambition, as well as motivation and competitive feelings, to your world. Life path goals, your public life, responsibilities, performance, business affairs, and career matters can awaken, enliven, and animate.
The Full Moon on the 9th can amplify your emotions, especially in relation to business, ownership, or financial matters, as this Full Moon occurs in your resources sector. There may be some scrambling for resources, records, and information, or there can be money (or money news) coming in around this time. This Full Moon falls along an axis that has to do with talents and resources, as well as sexual and intimate relationships, and new feelings or discoveries may revolve around any of these things. Tensions about being dependent on someone’s support or approval can reach a head this month, and a stronger sense of freedom seems to be on offer.
There can be times when you struggle with finding a balance between home and family matters and relationship goals this month. However, it’s also a time when being open to different ways to do your everyday life can improve your life all around in significant ways. You’re approaching your everyday affairs and home life with progressiveness, spirit, and practicality, which is a winning combo. It’s a good time to make changes in your home life or with living conditions that reflect well in your work or on your health–and vice versa. Getting organized and disciplined in your domestic world can reflect wonderfully on your work and health pursuits, freeing you up for time to innovate.
Venus in your partnership sector until the 25th is helpful. Relationships, and especially those of the one-on-one variety, can be in focus and successful. This energy provides a great environment for pairing up and enjoying activities with a special person in your life. Even a counseling session can be especially fruitful, as others have something to reveal to you about yourself. You could find yourself on the same or compatible page as a significant other. This can be a good time for attracting a pleasant or helpful person into your life. There can be mutual benefit through others, or you might reach a new level of understanding with someone special.
The last week of the month finds you coming out of your shell, craving more adventure, and clearer about your goals. The Sun moves into your sector of higher learning, spirit, and adventure on the 22nd, and there is more enjoyment in your life as you come to a better balance between work and play. You can feel mentally refreshed as you approach things from a different angle. Warm and positive energy is with you for sharing viewpoints and exploring non-routine topics or activities.
The New Moon on the 23rd can bring some surprises and stir a bit of discontent that sets you on a fresh path. Because you may not learn a better method if you stick too rigidly to a routine or plan, a change now can nudge you in a new direction. Aim to adapt and be as flexible as possible if there are new plans. Still, a lack of organization can hinder your broader goals, and you might resolve to be more prepared next time! If you need more independence and freedom in your work or daily affairs, aim to explore ways to achieve this, but avoid rushing in the meantime. This New Moon encourages you to set your intentions or goals related to expanding your mind and experiences. You might turn a limiting situation that has weighed you down in the past into a powerful motivator for new goals and ambitions.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Capricorn (Born December 22 to December 31) and Capricorn Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Capricorn:
August 2025 Capricorn Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2025
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until August 22nd:
The Sun continues to highlight your solar eighth house. Your attention turns inward, as well as to close personal relationships on a deeper level. Personal transformations, personal power, and intimate matters fulfill you most during this cycle. There may be a strong focus on other’s money, such as the resources of a partner, inheritance, banking and loans, or taxes.
You are more intense in your mood and disposition, and perhaps even secretive, at this time of year. You are more in touch with the deeper and even primal elements of your own personality, and more able to see these things in others. This can be a determined and personally powerful time of year if you apply the energy of this transit constructively.
From August 22nd forward:
This month, with the Sun spotlighting your solar ninth house, your focus turns outward, away from the more personal concerns that have occupied your thoughts in the last months. More than any other time during the year, you are feeling most adventurous and willing to take a leap of faith. This is a cycle in which you seek a higher meaning to your life, and/or seek out new experiences that take you beyond the here and now, and beyond the mundane details of day-to-day life. Anything that broadens your experiences attracts now.
A lack of superficiality finds you straight to the point, interested in the truth of things. It would be wise for you to consider scheduling a vacation, adventure of sorts, or a course that expands your mind. These don’t have to happen now, but taking the time to recognize your needs for escaping the daily grind, taking a few risks, and feeding your spirit for self-expression through some form of adventure or higher learning, will help you to feel good about yourself. The only caution with this cycle is that you could lose touch with managing everyday affairs and important details.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until the 25th:
Venus continues her trek through your partnership sector. Meaningful and harmonious relationships–both social and romantic–define you during this cycle, affecting your mind, body, and soul. Financial or social success may come to or through your marriage partner at this time. Special attention to and from a partner is in focus, and flattery works to your advantage! Give to a partner exactly what you would like to receive just now. It’s not about you right now–it’s about someone else close. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. You have a greater need than usual for contact and exchange with an intimate partner. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections.
From the 25th forward:
Venus graces your solar eighth house now. During this cycle, a financial boost is possible, or you may gain financially through your partner. A deep and intimate connection made now could be revitalizing and even healing. You are more inclined to want to smooth over differences in a partnership concerning the sharing of power, intimacy matters, finances, and other emotionally-charged topics. Intimate relationships are intensified now. Either you or your partner want a deeper union.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from July 18th to August 11th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications regarding travels, legal matters, or opinions, as well as communications on the job and with co-workers, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. It’s best not to sign on the dotted line for the time being, especially when it comes to making travel plans or any legal contracts. There could be irritating mess-ups on the job. You might be inclined to miss important details in your paperwork, or might experience frustrating delays that result from co-workers’ errors. Travel plans may go awry, or you may have a change of heart.
Occurring in your solar eighth house this time, extra care should be exercised regarding any financial initiatives that involve shared resources. Delays are very possible when it comes to receiving support, loans, and taxes. It may be better to side-step arguments with loved ones that revolve around intimacy and sexuality just for now, or approach these matters with more sensitivity if they can’t be left for a better time. Investments made now may not go the way you want them to, particularly those involving joint finances. It may be hard to rely on the input of your partner now, and money you were counting on may not be forthcoming. It’s best to budget rather than spend during this period, and in fact it’s an excellent period for review. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with financial officials and intimate partners; or take this time to re- examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
From August 11th forward, information unclogs.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 6th:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar ninth house. Your energy levels and sense of timing are good during this cycle. You are strong and bold in your beliefs and convictions as well, and others tend to naturally follow your lead. You actively seek out new learning experiences and have a strong desire to set out on new adventures, however big or small. Others find you easy to be around, even inspiring and energizing, and are attracted to your assertiveness and courage.
From the 6th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar tenth house. This transit stimulates your ambition and/or your desire to be recognized for your accomplishments. Whether it’s professional or personal, you are likely to have an increased desire for others to notice you. This can be a good time to become self-employed or start a business if other factors (and Mars itself) are favorable. Conflicts with those in authority are possible now. You may pour more energy into self-promotion or business/career activities.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2025 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
A strong focus on shared resources, debts, support, and self-empowerment is in your forecast for August, dear Capricorn. You’ll also be exploring special topics and ideas. Learning and sharing can be in focus. Partnering up can be especially warm and beneficial. You’re in good shape for publishing, promoting, or connecting later this month when the Sun heads into your sector of spirit and the higher mind.
Still, there are some slowdowns to manage. You may feel in limbo while Mercury remains retrograde until the 11th, particularly regarding a financial matter or a connection. Waiting for an answer never feels great, but you have a lot to keep you busy as you wait. You’re returning to old problems with a different attitude and taking care of unfinished business. New insight into a past relationship or your own psyche can be helpful and enlightening. Conversations about intimate or taboo matters can be helpful and unusually creative. You may be drawing conclusions or uncovering clues about a mystery or investigation now.
The month’s energies inspire looking within, and intimate matters can be your primary focus, or you’re more inclined to focus your energy on one or two critical projects. Your interest in bonding with someone special or concentrating on a special activity strengthens. You’re in good shape to get in better touch with your inner power and recognize or build upon support from others.
Certainly, there can be some matters from the past to settle, or some backtracking in these areas, as well as with personal plans and financial affairs. Mercury’s direct motion from the 11th onward signals a turning point. It’s possible that a new perspective on money matters or a close relationship can steer you on an improved course. Perhaps you recognize you’ve dwelled too much on a past relationship or problem, and this has unnecessarily weighed you down. You are now feeling the need to move past it and move on.
You can experience a strong need for inner change, transformation, and self-mastery. Your focus turns outward later in the month, but the inner work you do is powerful. It’s a time for observing and processing rather than taking new action.
From the 6th onward, however, Mars transits your career and reputation sector, bringing high energy and ambition, as well as motivation and competitive feelings, to your world. Life path goals, your public life, responsibilities, performance, business affairs, and career matters can awaken, enliven, and animate.
The Full Moon on the 9th can amplify your emotions, especially in relation to business, ownership, or financial matters, as this Full Moon occurs in your resources sector. There may be some scrambling for resources, records, and information, or there can be money (or money news) coming in around this time. This Full Moon falls along an axis that has to do with talents and resources, as well as sexual and intimate relationships, and new feelings or discoveries may revolve around any of these things. Tensions about being dependent on someone’s support or approval can reach a head this month, and a stronger sense of freedom seems to be on offer.
There can be times when you struggle with finding a balance between home and family matters and relationship goals this month. However, it’s also a time when being open to different ways to do your everyday life can improve your life all around in significant ways. You’re approaching your everyday affairs and home life with progressiveness, spirit, and practicality, which is a winning combo. It’s a good time to make changes in your home life or with living conditions that reflect well in your work or on your health–and vice versa. Getting organized and disciplined in your domestic world can reflect wonderfully on your work and health pursuits, freeing you up for time to innovate.
Venus in your partnership sector until the 25th is helpful. Relationships, and especially those of the one-on-one variety, can be in focus and successful. This energy provides a great environment for pairing up and enjoying activities with a special person in your life. Even a counseling session can be especially fruitful, as others have something to reveal to you about yourself. You could find yourself on the same or compatible page as a significant other. This can be a good time for attracting a pleasant or helpful person into your life. There can be mutual benefit through others, or you might reach a new level of understanding with someone special.
The last week of the month finds you coming out of your shell, craving more adventure, and clearer about your goals. The Sun moves into your sector of higher learning, spirit, and adventure on the 22nd, and there is more enjoyment in your life as you come to a better balance between work and play. You can feel mentally refreshed as you approach things from a different angle. Warm and positive energy is with you for sharing viewpoints and exploring non-routine topics or activities.
The New Moon on the 23rd can bring some surprises and stir a bit of discontent that sets you on a fresh path. Because you may not learn a better method if you stick too rigidly to a routine or plan, a change now can nudge you in a new direction. Aim to adapt and be as flexible as possible if there are new plans. Still, a lack of organization can hinder your broader goals, and you might resolve to be more prepared next time! If you need more independence and freedom in your work or daily affairs, aim to explore ways to achieve this, but avoid rushing in the meantime. This New Moon encourages you to set your intentions or goals related to expanding your mind and experiences. You might turn a limiting situation that has weighed you down in the past into a powerful motivator for new goals and ambitions.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also 2025 Capricorn Preview Horoscope and 2025 Capricorn Yearly Horoscope.
Capricorn (Born January 1 to 10) and Capricorn Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Capricorn:
August 2025 Capricorn Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2025
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun energizes your sector of transformation, change, sexuality, personal growth, regeneration, others’ money and resources, addictions, and taxes. As a result, this is not the most gregarious of months for you. You take a step back, focus on intimacy with a partner, or simply retreat a little from the hectic pace of life. This is an excellent time to create a budget or financial plan, or to rid yourself of bad habits that undermine your sense of personal power and self-mastery.
All that is deeply personal comes into focus now. Intimate matters are especially important to you during this cycle. Just how well you are handling your life comes up for inspection. Your self-mastery skills and psychological predisposition matter to you more than usual. This is the time of year when you are most desirous of change on a deep level. Clearing out psychic “junk” or ridding yourself of bad habits may be part of the picture now. You are more willing than usual to explore life’s secrets.
This cycle brings greater in-depth understanding and an inclination to delve beneath the surface of matters to get to the bottom of them. Research uncovers new material that allows you to develop a better overall picture of the year’s events. This is an especially introspective cycle during which you have the chance to truly uncover your personal strengths and talents. On a more practical level, you may be dealing with joint finances and shared resources now more than usual.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until the 8th:
Venus continues to move through your solar sixth house now. This is a time when beautifying and/or bringing harmony to your working environment is a priority to you. You might find more opportunities to socialize with co-workers, perhaps even meeting a new friend through your work or health routines. You are likely to bring more tact and diplomacy to your relations with the people you work with now. You may not be as productive as usual during this period, as the focus is more on social relationships and pleasure than on getting the job done. Improving health and vitality through pleasurable activities such as massage might be in focus now.
From August 8th forward:
Venus graces your solar seventh house during this period. This is a time for extra attention to a partner or significant other, as well as from that person! You are more inclined to flatter and charm others during this cycle. One-to-one relating appeals to you more than group activities or more casual connections. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections–very willing to compromise, negotiate, and make peace.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from July 18th to August 11th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications regarding travels, legal matters, or opinions, as well as communications on the job and with co-workers, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. It’s best not to sign on the dotted line for the time being, especially when it comes to making travel plans or any legal contracts. There could be irritating mess-ups on the job. You might be inclined to miss important details in your paperwork, or might experience frustrating delays that result from co-workers’ errors. Travel plans may go awry, or you may have a change of heart.
Occurring in your solar eighth house this time, extra care should be exercised regarding any financial initiatives that involve shared resources. Delays are very possible when it comes to receiving support, loans, and taxes. It may be better to side-step arguments with loved ones that revolve around intimacy and sexuality just for now, or approach these matters with more sensitivity if they can’t be left for a better time. Investments made now may not go the way you want them to, particularly those involving joint finances. It may be hard to rely on the input of your partner now, and money you were counting on may not be forthcoming. It’s best to budget rather than spend during this period, and in fact it’s an excellent period for review. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with financial officials and intimate partners; or take this time to re- examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
From August 11th forward, information unclogs.
From August 20th forward:
Mercury continues to transit your solar eighth house. The ability to analyze and rationalize some of the deeper elements inside yourself and in your intimate life now can benefit you. This is also a good time for sorting out finances, particularly money shared or coming from other sources other than your own personal income.
You might particularly enjoy discussing topics that you typically don’t verbalize with someone special during this cycle. Anything taboo, mysterious, or puzzling can be especially fascinating for you just now. You have little interest in small talk. You are more aware of subtleties and nuances during this cycle, and you can use this increased insightfulness to improve your life.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until August 22nd:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar ninth house. Your energy levels and sense of timing are good during this cycle. You are strong and bold in your beliefs and convictions as well, and others tend to naturally follow your lead. You actively seek out new learning experiences and have a strong desire to set out on new adventures, however big or small. Others find you easy to be around, even inspiring and energizing, and are attracted to your assertiveness and courage.
From August 23rd forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar tenth house. This transit stimulates your ambition and/or your desire to be recognized for your accomplishments. Whether it’s professional or personal, you are likely to have an increased desire for others to notice you. This can be a good time to become self-employed or start a business if other factors (and Mars itself) are favorable. Conflicts with those in authority are possible now. You may pour more energy into self-promotion or business/career activities.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2025 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
A strong focus on shared resources, debts, support, and self-empowerment is in your forecast for August, dear Capricorn. You’ll also be exploring special topics and ideas. Learning and sharing can be in focus. Partnering up can be especially warm and beneficial. You’re in good shape for publishing, promoting, or connecting later this month when the Sun heads into your sector of spirit and the higher mind.
Still, there are some slowdowns to manage. You may feel in limbo while Mercury remains retrograde until the 11th, particularly regarding a financial matter or a connection. Waiting for an answer never feels great, but you have a lot to keep you busy as you wait. You’re returning to old problems with a different attitude and taking care of unfinished business. New insight into a past relationship or your own psyche can be helpful and enlightening. Conversations about intimate or taboo matters can be helpful and unusually creative. You may be drawing conclusions or uncovering clues about a mystery or investigation now.
The month’s energies inspire looking within, and intimate matters can be your primary focus, or you’re more inclined to focus your energy on one or two critical projects. Your interest in bonding with someone special or concentrating on a special activity strengthens. You’re in good shape to get in better touch with your inner power and recognize or build upon support from others.
Certainly, there can be some matters from the past to settle, or some backtracking in these areas, as well as with personal plans and financial affairs. Mercury’s direct motion from the 11th onward signals a turning point. It’s possible that a new perspective on money matters or a close relationship can steer you on an improved course. Perhaps you recognize you’ve dwelled too much on a past relationship or problem, and this has unnecessarily weighed you down. You are now feeling the need to move past it and move on.
You can experience a strong need for inner change, transformation, and self-mastery. Your focus turns outward later in the month, but the inner work you do is powerful. It’s a time for observing and processing rather than taking new action.
From the 6th onward, however, Mars transits your career and reputation sector, bringing high energy and ambition, as well as motivation and competitive feelings, to your world. Life path goals, your public life, responsibilities, performance, business affairs, and career matters can awaken, enliven, and animate.
The Full Moon on the 9th can amplify your emotions, especially in relation to business, ownership, or financial matters, as this Full Moon occurs in your resources sector. There may be some scrambling for resources, records, and information, or there can be money (or money news) coming in around this time. This Full Moon falls along an axis that has to do with talents and resources, as well as sexual and intimate relationships, and new feelings or discoveries may revolve around any of these things. Tensions about being dependent on someone’s support or approval can reach a head this month, and a stronger sense of freedom seems to be on offer.
There can be times when you struggle with finding a balance between home and family matters and relationship goals this month. However, it’s also a time when being open to different ways to do your everyday life can improve your life all around in significant ways. You’re approaching your everyday affairs and home life with progressiveness, spirit, and practicality, which is a winning combo. It’s a good time to make changes in your home life or with living conditions that reflect well in your work or on your health–and vice versa. Getting organized and disciplined in your domestic world can reflect wonderfully on your work and health pursuits, freeing you up for time to innovate.
Venus in your partnership sector until the 25th is helpful. Relationships, and especially those of the one-on-one variety, can be in focus and successful. This energy provides a great environment for pairing up and enjoying activities with a special person in your life. Even a counseling session can be especially fruitful, as others have something to reveal to you about yourself. You could find yourself on the same or compatible page as a significant other. This can be a good time for attracting a pleasant or helpful person into your life. There can be mutual benefit through others, or you might reach a new level of understanding with someone special.
The last week of the month finds you coming out of your shell, craving more adventure, and clearer about your goals. The Sun moves into your sector of higher learning, spirit, and adventure on the 22nd, and there is more enjoyment in your life as you come to a better balance between work and play. You can feel mentally refreshed as you approach things from a different angle. Warm and positive energy is with you for sharing viewpoints and exploring non-routine topics or activities.
The New Moon on the 23rd can bring some surprises and stir a bit of discontent that sets you on a fresh path. Because you may not learn a better method if you stick too rigidly to a routine or plan, a change now can nudge you in a new direction. Aim to adapt and be as flexible as possible if there are new plans. Still, a lack of organization can hinder your broader goals, and you might resolve to be more prepared next time! If you need more independence and freedom in your work or daily affairs, aim to explore ways to achieve this, but avoid rushing in the meantime. This New Moon encourages you to set your intentions or goals related to expanding your mind and experiences. You might turn a limiting situation that has weighed you down in the past into a powerful motivator for new goals and ambitions.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology’s in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology’s in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also 2025 Capricorn Preview Horoscope and the full 2025 Yearly Capricorn Horoscope.
Capricorn (Born January 11 to 20) and Capricorn Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Capricorn:
August 2025 Capricorn Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
August 2025
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until August 12th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar seventh house–your partnership sector. This can be a time of much learning through the mirror of close relationships. It’s not the time to push your agenda or personal plans forward; rather, it’s a cycle in which you are at your best when you recognize the need to form alliances, to give back to a special someone, and to compromise in order to find some balance in your life.
It’s a strong period for putting yourself into another person’s shoes and to better understand him/her. You may be meeting with someone strong and assertive by nature now, or a partner is more assertive and needy of attention. There may be some competitive feelings between you and a significant other now. Focus is on reconciliation, forming or cementing bonds, diplomacy, consultation, one-on-one interactions, and negotiations. You may feel a little drained physically now, temporarily.
From August 12th forward:
The Sun energizes your sector of transformation, change, sexuality, personal growth, regeneration, others’ money and resources, addictions, and taxes. As a result, this is not the most gregarious of months for you. You take a step back, focus on intimacy with a partner, or simply retreat a little from the hectic pace of life. This is an excellent time to create a budget or financial plan, or to rid yourself of bad habits that undermine your sense of personal power and self-mastery.
All that is deeply personal comes into focus now. Intimate matters are especially important to you during this cycle. Just how well you are handling your life comes up for inspection. Your self-mastery skills and psychological predisposition matter to you more than usual. This is the time of year when you are most desirous of change on a deep level. Clearing out psychic “junk” or ridding yourself of bad habits may be part of the picture now. You are more willing than usual to explore life’s secrets.
This cycle brings greater in-depth understanding and an inclination to delve beneath the surface of matters to get to the bottom of them. Research uncovers new material that allows you to develop a better overall picture of the year’s events. This is an especially introspective cycle during which you have the chance to truly uncover your personal strengths and talents. On a more practical level, you may be dealing with joint finances and shared resources now more than usual.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until the 16th:
Venus continues to move through your solar sixth house now. This is a time when beautifying and/or bringing harmony to your working environment is a priority to you. You might find more opportunities to socialize with co-workers, perhaps even meeting a new friend through your work or health routines. You are likely to bring more tact and diplomacy to your relations with the people you work with now. You may not be as productive as usual during this period, as the focus is more on social relationships and pleasure than on getting the job done. Improving health and vitality through pleasurable activities such as massage might be in focus now.
From August 17th forward:
Venus graces your solar seventh house during this period. This is a time for extra attention to a partner or significant other, as well as from that person! You are more inclined to flatter and charm others during this cycle. One-to-one relating appeals to you more than group activities or more casual connections. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections–very willing to compromise, negotiate, and make peace.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from July 18th to August 11th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications regarding travels, legal matters, or opinions, as well as communications on the job and with co-workers, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. It’s best not to sign on the dotted line for the time being, especially when it comes to making travel plans or any legal contracts. There could be irritating mess-ups on the job. You might be inclined to miss important details in your paperwork, or might experience frustrating delays that result from co-workers’ errors. Travel plans may go awry, or you may have a change of heart.
Occurring in your solar seventh house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to negotiations and one-on-one communications. Be as non-judgmental as you can with a partner. There may be the need to revisit old issues in a partnership, or there could be some communication problems with a partner. An ex-partner may resurface during this cycle. Misunderstandings with your partner now can do some damage if you (or your partner) focus on the choice of words instead of the meanings behind the words. If you need to talk through problems, try not to over-react to what your partner has to say. Mixed messages coming from a partner, or a disappointment, could occur now. You may not be as adept at mediating disputes for the time being, but it’s a good cycle in which to reflect upon your negotiation skills with the goal of improving them. Re-thinking a partnership arrangement is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with partners; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
From August 11th forward, information unclogs, and these matters move forward.
Until the 27th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar seventh house. You can be especially aware of your “audience” in your communications now, which tend to be diplomatic and respectful during this cycle. You may be encountering an especially chatty or communicative partner, or meeting youthful, talkative people.
At this time, you love to hear others’ opinions and perspectives, and it’s an excellent time to do so. Others can spur on your own thinking and decision making processes now, simply by offering another perspective. You are thinking a lot about others, a partner, and relating in general, and in some cases perhaps worrying over these things.
From the 28th forward:
Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.
Research is also highly favored. It’s easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar ninth house. Your energy levels and sense of timing are good during this cycle. You are strong and bold in your beliefs and convictions as well, and others tend to naturally follow your lead. You actively seek out new learning experiences and have a strong desire to set out on new adventures, however big or small. Others find you easy to be around, even inspiring and energizing, and are attracted to your assertiveness and courage.
Overview Horoscope:
August 2025 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
A strong focus on shared resources, debts, support, and self-empowerment is in your forecast for August, dear Capricorn. You’ll also be exploring special topics and ideas. Learning and sharing can be in focus. Partnering up can be especially warm and beneficial. You’re in good shape for publishing, promoting, or connecting later this month when the Sun heads into your sector of spirit and the higher mind.
Still, there are some slowdowns to manage. You may feel in limbo while Mercury remains retrograde until the 11th, particularly regarding a financial matter or a connection. Waiting for an answer never feels great, but you have a lot to keep you busy as you wait. You’re returning to old problems with a different attitude and taking care of unfinished business. New insight into a past relationship or your own psyche can be helpful and enlightening. Conversations about intimate or taboo matters can be helpful and unusually creative. You may be drawing conclusions or uncovering clues about a mystery or investigation now.
The month’s energies inspire looking within, and intimate matters can be your primary focus, or you’re more inclined to focus your energy on one or two critical projects. Your interest in bonding with someone special or concentrating on a special activity strengthens. You’re in good shape to get in better touch with your inner power and recognize or build upon support from others.
Certainly, there can be some matters from the past to settle, or some backtracking in these areas, as well as with personal plans and financial affairs. Mercury’s direct motion from the 11th onward signals a turning point. It’s possible that a new perspective on money matters or a close relationship can steer you on an improved course. Perhaps you recognize you’ve dwelled too much on a past relationship or problem, and this has unnecessarily weighed you down. You are now feeling the need to move past it and move on.
You can experience a strong need for inner change, transformation, and self-mastery. Your focus turns outward later in the month, but the inner work you do is powerful. It’s a time for observing and processing rather than taking new action.
From the 6th onward, however, Mars transits your career and reputation sector, bringing high energy and ambition, as well as motivation and competitive feelings, to your world. Life path goals, your public life, responsibilities, performance, business affairs, and career matters can awaken, enliven, and animate.
The Full Moon on the 9th can amplify your emotions, especially in relation to business, ownership, or financial matters, as this Full Moon occurs in your resources sector. There may be some scrambling for resources, records, and information, or there can be money (or money news) coming in around this time. This Full Moon falls along an axis that has to do with talents and resources, as well as sexual and intimate relationships, and new feelings or discoveries may revolve around any of these things. Tensions about being dependent on someone’s support or approval can reach a head this month, and a stronger sense of freedom seems to be on offer.
There can be times when you struggle with finding a balance between home and family matters and relationship goals this month. However, it’s also a time when being open to different ways to do your everyday life can improve your life all around in significant ways. You’re approaching your everyday affairs and home life with progressiveness, spirit, and practicality, which is a winning combo. It’s a good time to make changes in your home life or with living conditions that reflect well in your work or on your health–and vice versa. Getting organized and disciplined in your domestic world can reflect wonderfully on your work and health pursuits, freeing you up for time to innovate.
Venus in your partnership sector until the 25th is helpful. Relationships, and especially those of the one-on-one variety, can be in focus and successful. This energy provides a great environment for pairing up and enjoying activities with a special person in your life. Even a counseling session can be especially fruitful, as others have something to reveal to you about yourself. You could find yourself on the same or compatible page as a significant other. This can be a good time for attracting a pleasant or helpful person into your life. There can be mutual benefit through others, or you might reach a new level of understanding with someone special.
The last week of the month finds you coming out of your shell, craving more adventure, and clearer about your goals. The Sun moves into your sector of higher learning, spirit, and adventure on the 22nd, and there is more enjoyment in your life as you come to a better balance between work and play. You can feel mentally refreshed as you approach things from a different angle. Warm and positive energy is with you for sharing viewpoints and exploring non-routine topics or activities.
The New Moon on the 23rd can bring some surprises and stir a bit of discontent that sets you on a fresh path. Because you may not learn a better method if you stick too rigidly to a routine or plan, a change now can nudge you in a new direction. Aim to adapt and be as flexible as possible if there are new plans. Still, a lack of organization can hinder your broader goals, and you might resolve to be more prepared next time! If you need more independence and freedom in your work or daily affairs, aim to explore ways to achieve this, but avoid rushing in the meantime. This New Moon encourages you to set your intentions or goals related to expanding your mind and experiences. You might turn a limiting situation that has weighed you down in the past into a powerful motivator for new goals and ambitions.
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Our detailed monthly horoscopes are designed to reveal and interpret the current transits of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars in your solar chart. Because these energies or transits do not unfold neatly into any given calendar month (many transits carry forward from one month to the next), you will find some of the energies continue from the previous month.
For example, the Sun might transit the second house of your solar chart from June 21 to July 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both June and July’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. While new months can hold new energy, transits don’t abruptly change because the calendar month changes.
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