Horoscope For Today: Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Mercury retrograde makes its first major impact today. Mercury crosses paths with the planet of love, sending us into an introspective daze regarding relationships. Love isn’t enough. Mutual values, compromise, and commitment are necessary to soothe tensions. Miscommunications arise with too much ease. Assumptions only add fuel to the fire. To put out the flames, seek clarity over-reactivity. Go back to the root cause, rather than responding to the superficial trigger.

Aries

In your professional connections, exercise open communication today. It’s all too easy to miss important details or misunderstand colleagues or bosses. Technological challenges, such as disrupted wifi, missed emails, and online platform issues can pop up. Remain patient. Don’t take your frustrations out on those in the same boat as you. In turn, don’t allow others to project their own annoyance onto you. Human errors are also possible. Hold down the fort. Remain patient, as it will all work itself out. Mercury’s trickster ways are short-lived.

Taurus

When romantic feelings are involved, it’s all too easy to let our emotions get the best of us. A special someone can trigger insecurities we didn’t even know we had. Extend grace towards yourself. Remain patient with a lover. As Mercury retrograde meets Venus, your pleasure sector is activated. It’s time to contemplate and reflect on who and what truly emotionally fulfills you. It’s not enough to project your emotions reactively. Sit with yourself. What needs to be processed that was once swept under the rug?

Gemini

Mercury retrograde meets lover Venus in your personal life sector. In the public eye, you may appear to be doing just fine. However, behind closed doors, intimate conversations need to be had. Your psychological state of being is sensitive. With heightened emotions, it gets difficult to determine anxiety from intuition. It’s important to hash out misunderstandings and miscommunications, especially with those you consider family. Assumptions won’t heal dilemmas. To resolve internal conflict, go back in time in your mind. What have you repressed? What needs to come to light?

Cancer

Communication is key. It may sound like a cliche, but this is the truth that can set you free today. That is if you don’t fall into assumptions or reactivity. Mercury retrograde meets lover Venus on its trek backward. Reassessing your communication in relationships is essential. How do you express yourself? Does it lead you to feel heard, understood, and validated by those you love? How can you articulate yourself in a way that feels comfortable to you and allows others to witness your truth? Don’t bite your tongue. Open conversations heal.

Leo

Life is full of twists and turns. What happens to us is sometimes within our control. However, some events can be quite impartial or impersonal. As Mercury treks backward in its retrograde motion, it crosses paths with lover Venus. This meeting occurs in your self-esteem sector. How you feel about and back yourself determines everything. Taking mistakes, errors, or shortcomings in your life personally can lead to decreased confidence. Make sure you reflect rather than react. Do disappointments truly reflect that you’re unworthy? Or, can you tap into the truth that they serve to teach you a lesson? 

Virgo

You may have a hard time feeling yourself today. As Mercury retrograde treks backward, it meets lover Venus in your sign. This all occurs in your life path sector. Your personhood and self-image are sensitive. A makeover, both internally and externally, is in order. Values, relationships, or concepts you used to identify with aren’t aligning the same. It’s time to introspect, seeking to learn valuable lessons. Don’t be reactive today. Rather, observe to see what the universe is trying to teach you about self-love.

Libra

Today, Mercury retrograde crosses paths with lover Venus on its trek backward. This meeting occurs in your subconscious sector. Emotions are at an all-time high. Your thoughts may feel foreign, as you tap into archetypal, collective thoughts. There’s no use trying to make hard and fast decisions. Tap into your inner wisdom and intuition in solitude. Ignore distractions. To repair relationship dilemmas, find resolutions within. No one can make your choices about connections besides you.

Scorpio

It can be challenging when we’re left questioning where we belong. As Mercury treks backward and meets lover Venus, your social sector is hit. Friendships feel confusing. Miscommunications lead to temporary misunderstandings. However, likely, these tensions haven’t arisen out of nowhere. Mercury retrograde is simply reflecting what has been ignored for too long. Assumptions are not your friend. However, neither is dismissing your difficult feelings.

Sagittarius

Mercury retrograde meets with romantic Venus on its trek backward. This retrograde experience reveals challenges in your visions for your professional life. Are your values aligned with your current role? Do you feel fulfilled and true to your integrity? Miscommunications may arise with authority figures. Be sure to stand in your truth while still remaining flexible to others’ opinions. Solutions are possible when you seek clarification and avoid assumptions. The question as much as you please. But don’t come to defined conclusions.

Capricorn

It’s important to challenge yourself to reframe your thoughts today. As Mercury retrograde meets lover Venus, your mind is running. Relationships are questioned. Not knowing your place within the community can leave you feeling isolated or lonely. Disagreements don’t have to lead to disconnection. Be open-minded about differing perspectives and opinions within reason. Perhaps others with a difference in culture, background, or lived experience can open you to new perspectives of the world.

Aquarius

Mercury retrograde treks backward and crosses paths with lover Venus today. As this meeting occurs in your transformation sector, expect to change your mind. Your mind has been stagnant due to clinging to a false sense of security. To grow in your relationships, you must find the balance between intimacy and codependency. There’s a test arising. Will you retreat into the same cyclic patterns? Or can you entertain a new approach to love?

Pisces

As Mercury retrograde crosses paths with lover Venus, your relationship sector is activated. It becomes apparent that things cannot continue the way they’ve been. Miscommunications have gone on for too long. It’s time to hash things out with constructive goals and open conversations. It’s time to prioritize, reflect, and redefine to benefit your interpersonal life. Growth will not come from going it alone. Relying on others is the most logical decision to make.