As a Capricorn, you like to keep your finances neat and well organized. You tend look at your investments frequently, have a financial advisor (or more than one), and watch to see that your portfolio continues to grow. If it does not grow, you talk to your advisor, do research, and make changes if warranted. You are one of the most ambitious signs of the zodiac. Capricorns make a great leaders and are fair to those in their employ. You are also known to be wise when managing money, whether it’s yours or the money of a behemoth global corporation that you are entrusted to oversee. Last month you experienced a new moon on July 24 in Leo at 2 degrees that gave you the motivation to review your own financial picture. The area of the chart that this new moon accented was your eighth house of other people’s money. A new moon sets a new chapter or fresh path or opportunity. You may have applied for a mortgage or bank loan or put in a claim to your insurance company. You may have applied for a student loan or university financial aid or, if you are in sales, discussed your quota and commission scale with your boss. If you haven’t yet filed your taxes for last year, you may have had a meeting with your accountant to get your filing done. Looking closely at the planets at the new moon of last month, July 24 (still influential in August and beyond), Pluto opposed the Sun and new moon, suggesting you needed to pay a large bill at that time, and there was no way to get around the deadline. Pluto in opposition is not flexible—he wants what he wants when he wants it. Pluto is now in a fixed sign (Aquarius), which is only making his intransigence stronger. If you were trying to settle the division of assets in a divorce or agree on the amount of child support, you may have found talks to be very tough indeed. You may have felt you faced a brick wall. If so, stop talking, and pick up the talks at a later date. Pluto can be impossible to deal with in this position. You did have help, however, at the new moon when the die was cast (a new moon sets the outlook for the coming weeks and months). Saturn is your ruler and was in excellent angle to that new moon from Saturn’s perch in your home sector (fourth house). This suggests the money you needed to pay (or will need to pay this month) might be for a real estate matter or for furniture, home-repair, or other home-related expenses. Or you may want to help a family member financially (or be asked to do so by the courts). There is no question that you will find the money to pay, even though it could be a hard check to write. (It won’t always be this way, dear Capricorn.) Some Capricorns are thinking about purchasing a house or condo. Saturn, which constricts, has recently moved into your fourth house of home as a preview of what is to come in 2026-2028, so you are likely to find spaces that are too small or dark for the price being asked. Saturn will move back to Pisces from September 1, 2025, to February 13, 2026, and that will be your time to look at spaces again with better luck. Once you reach February 13, Saturn will go into Aries and remain in your home sector for two years without interruption until April 12, 2028. Saturn can make the price high, so your best time to make your deal for a house or apartment will be near the October 6 Aries full moon. Now let’s talk about your career, which is under an array of sparkling aspects. On August 6, Mars will move into your tenth house of profession, bringing honors, awards, and achievements. Mars will stay for nearly seven weeks, until September 22, making this period a fabulous time for career growth and solid progress. You have waited two years for this visit of Mars, and now that you have Mars working with you, the sky is the limit. Of course, you have to partner with the universe to show your intent, but if you start acting now, you will do very well. Mercury is currently retrograde in Leo in your financial eighth house, so you may have been waiting for payments, such as for child support, or money due for work you performed earlier. You should get paid after Mercury goes direct August 10. During this time when Mercury is in Leo (until September 2), present your ideas confidently. It will be easier than usual to get your foot inside the door of influential people. You may get some enviable publicity during this time or an offer from a competitor for a better job. Your boss may counter with a solid offer in the company you work at now—your services will be in demand in the marketplace. While Mars will help you do the planning, your career will enter an even more active stage after the friendly Libra new moon October 21, two months from now. I believe that is when the offers for a new job or promotion will materialize. Keep in mind this is a very potent period, for you will be proving your worth each day. Now let’s turn our attention to the gorgeous full moon of August 9 in Aquarius at 17 degrees to light your second house of earned income (yes, this month is very strongly about money). At this full moon you might well conclude a financial deal or finish paying people you owe. Alternatively (or additionally), you will receive checks from others who owe you. If you are negotiating your salary for a new position, it will come to an end within the period of the full moon, August 8 (the day prior) to August 13. The reason I love this full moon so much is that almost all the planets will be buzzing with each other in the friendliest way. Mars, at the very pinnacle of your chart in your tenth house of fame and honors, will receive glittering rays from Uranus in your sixth house of work assignments, which suggests the work will be approved to start (or finish) on or near August 9 and will add to your reputation and prestige and will work to elevate your career. Additionally, Pluto is linked to Uranus and Mars, which suggests you may get a raise as a result. Your career will be on fire! All good! Uranus will lead this full moon, and the fact that Uranus is found at one point of a golden triangle of harmony—Uranus, Mars, and Pluto—is insanely good news. You are ruled by Saturn, the planet chosen to take good care of you, and Saturn, too, will get into the act. Saturn and Neptune, both in Aries, will send cheerful greetings to both Pluto in Aquarius and Uranus in Gemini. Saturn and Neptune are in your fourth house, which ancient astrologers said ruled “the end of all matters”—how things work out. For you, the results should be stellar. Take seriously all that you do on or near August 9. I checked to see if the moon would be “void,” which is not a good time to make any important initiations. When the moon is void, she is not communicating with other planets. A void moon is an ineffectual moon. I have an app (designed with my team) called “Moonlight Phases by Susan Miller,” and it will show you where the moon is every day of every year through the year 2050. It will also tell you when the moon is void and when it will no longer be void, and if you turn on notifications, you won’t have to constantly look at your app. It will remind you. You can find my app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store with a one-time cost of $7.99—not a subscription. The part that surprised me is that the August 9 full moon WILL be void—on August 9 from 3:56 AM ET (New York time) until the morning of August 10 at 2:50 AM ET. That’s 23 hours! My app has GPS built in so you can check the times the moon will be void and come out of void for your location. If you travel, the app will know your location and recalibrate the accurate time the moon will be void. The moon is the fastest moving body in our solar system, only staying in a sign for two and a half days. Soon you will notice that certain days are especially good for you when the moon is in a certain sign simply by casual observation over time. If you have any important initiation to make at this full moon, you want to stay away from the void moon (August 9). Instead, use the day before the full moon, August 8, which is sensational. I am glad the moon will still be in Aquarius and building in strength toward its peak fullness. It is true that Mercury will be retrograde, and normally I would wait until Mercury is officially out of retrograde, but this is a good example of how I have to weigh all the aspects and not just look at one aspect in the sky above. I feel August 8 is so loaded with absolutely fabulous aspects that it will drown out any little pesky antics Mercury retrograde could ever dream up. August 8 is your day, dear Capricorn, to ask for money, invest in your business, open the doors of your business, or introduce a new product or service that could earn you a new source of income—there are many possibilities. Of course, you will have needed to have signed your contracts before Mercury went retrograde. Now let’s turn to the rare conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in Cancer that will happen on August 12 (or August 11, depending on your location). Venus is the natural ruler of your solar tenth house of career success and is also the ruler of your solar fifth house of true love, care of children, and your creativity. Both of these areas of your chart—love and career—will benefit. Jupiter is the planet of good fortune and happiness and usually brings along a good sum of money too, when Venus is working with you in a business setting. Venus and Jupiter only meet once a year and always in a different sign and house of the chart. The last time Jupiter and Venus met in Cancer was June 3, 2002—23 years ago! At long last, Jupiter and Venus will again meet in your established partnership/marriage seventh house sector, so a business partner/agent or specialist, like an accountant or lawyer, or your spouse is likely to be quite lucky for you. Plan something special to celebrate love on this day, and also make a business initiative on this lovely day! Now let’s look at the new moon of August 22 in Virgo, 0 degrees, to light your ninth use of distant travel, among several other areas. This new moon will be the first of two new moons falling in Virgo, four weeks apart. This is rare. The second new moon will occur on September 21 in Virgo at 29 degrees and actually will be a very powerful new moon solar eclipse. This tells me your ninth house is stirring up a lot of news in regard to travel, international relationships, import-export of ideas, goods, or services, matters pertaining to the publishing or broadcasting business, legal situations and the courts, and your pursuit of higher education as an undergraduate or graduate student. This month’s new moon on August 22 will be flawed with Uranus, however, which will send a harsh communication to the new moon. This tells me that you will encounter some sort of obstacle that comes up out of the blue that looks business oriented. You will have to be on your toes to deal with it. Mercury will be the leader at this new moon and will quickly contact Mars on your behalf, making sure your reputation and standing in your company and industry remains sterling. Next month, the September 21 new moon solar eclipse will not have a challenge from Uranus, so it appears you will resolve things and get a second chance at the topic you are working on. Next month’s new moon is much more powerful, for eclipses usually bring the big news of the year.
Lately, you have been thinking about how to make more money. You were ready and motivated to act on this goal last month, after the new moon July 24, which will still be strongly influencing you during the beginning of August. That new moon appeared in your eighth house of other people’s money, so if you did inquire (or soon will) about borrowing money, applying for a mortgage, or asking you employer for an upgrade in benefits, such as better health insurance, a year-end bonus, or flex time, you might have encountered pushback. With Pluto opposed to the Sun and new moon last month on July 24, it was harder than usual to negotiate and get a reasonable response. I am not only referring to asking your boss for better benefits or a more reasonable commission—even getting money from your bank or a venture capitalist may have been harder than usual, too. If you owe taxes, negotiating with the tax auditors may have seemed weirdly hard, even if you were friendly and eager to set up a payment plan. Go figure. That July 24 new moon brought financial obstacles and sometimes roadblocks. The power brokers who held the purse strings were simply not as cooperative as you had anticipated. It will not always be this way. Mercury is currently retrograde in your financial eighth house, and that could explain any difficulty you possibly encountered. Mercury started its backward slide on July 18 and will turn direct August 10. However, when it comes to getting fair compensation, you will likely have far better luck at the full moon August 9 (influential from one day before, August 8, to four days after, August 13). Mercury will be going direct on August 10. To get the money you want, bring up the topic of salary instead of such things like company benefits, bonuses, commissions, or vacation days. Surprise-a-minute Uranus is now based in Gemini and your work-a-day assignment sector and will send the August 9 full moon a brilliant, supportive vibration—you may be amazed at the positive response you receive. Additionally, at the full moon August 9, Pluto in your earned income sector (second house) will send a beam to Mars in your career sector. This is additional evidence that you can ask for, and likely get, a bigger salary increase than you assumed. Simultaneously, you are now in a very important period for career advancement—the most important in two years. Mars will enter your tenth house of honors, awards, and achievement on August 6 and remain there until September 22. You will have courage, confidence, energy, and drive—use this wonderful energy of Mars to get to where you want to be. VIPs will listen to what you have to say While August represents a generally slow period professionally for most people, because VIPs are often away on vacation, you will be the exception to the rule—your career is on fire. You can make a lot of impressive professional progress and bring in more than one victory during this short but potent period. If you are anxious to take a break for a vacation, you might be able to do so in the two weeks following the new moon of August 22 in your distant travel sector (ninth house). There’s a problem, however—Uranus may interfere with your best laid plans when seeds of an important assignment could pop up and prevent you from leaving, and your boss could become upset you are taking time off when the office is busy. Also, if you are self-employed, there is some indication an important client could come in, and being gone would likely have a negative impact on your future earnings. It’s your choice—with money scarce for everyone these days, you might just opt to stay and work. You may want to take advantage of adding this prestigious client to your roster. You can always find time to take a vacation later. The eclipse next month might set you off on an exciting adventure, so don’t be blue—lots of coming surprises are due!