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Your horoscope for Tuesday 19 August 2025

Aries ♈

The Cancer Moon softens your usual battle-ready stance, reminding you that care and courage are two sides of the same coin. Today, you’ll feel restless if there isn’t a fight to win, but the fight right now is about sustaining comrades, not burning yourself out. Cook for the tired, cover a shift, or step into the background so someone else can breathe. This isn’t weakness — it’s strategy. A flame lasts longer when it’s protected from the wind, and your fire will be needed again soon enough.

Taurus ♉

With the Moon lighting up your natural appreciation for stability, today’s task is to anchor others without becoming immovable yourself. You may feel tempted to dig in your heels when change is suggested, but consider whether what you’re holding on to is actually helping. Comfort is valuable only when it’s shared; otherwise, it becomes another form of hoarding. Ask yourself: is the table I’ve set big enough for everyone, or am I just polishing the same old cutlery?

Gemini ♊

The Cancer Moon in your horoscope slows your usual flitting energy, urging you to linger rather than scatter. Today is about listening more deeply than usual. Use your gift for words not to dazzle, but to make space for someone else’s truth to emerge. Draft the minutes in a way that actually captures the nuance of what was said, or help someone translate their feelings into a statement the group can act on. You’re not losing your sparkle — you’re showing that your wit works best as a tool of care.

Cancer ♋

With the Moon in your sign, you’re in your element — which can mean both empowerment and emotional overload. Today, your instincts to nurture are strong, but remember: you can’t carry the whole revolution on your back. Draw boundaries, share the load, and allow others to prove their capacity for care. You’re not abandoning anyone by resting — you’re modelling sustainability, which is far more radical than martyrdom.

Leo ♌

The Sun squares the Moon in your horoscope, making you feel torn between the need for visibility and the call of quieter work. Today, let your natural warmth shine in small, personal ways — a pep talk before a meeting, a public thank-you for the overlooked, a performance that makes the tired laugh. This is leadership too, even if it doesn’t come with applause. You’re not dimming your light — you’re shining it where it keeps the group from stumbling in the dark.

Virgo ♍

Mercury’s link to the Moon sharpens your ability to turn big emotions into practical systems. Today, you’re the one who sees that compassion needs infrastructure. It’s not enough to say “we care” — you’re drawing up the rota, setting the fund aside, or writing the guidelines that make sure care isn’t left to chance. You’re not nit-picking — you’re proving that detail is how solidarity survives chaos.

What’s in store with your horoscope today?

Libra ♎

The Cancer Moon challenges your instinct to smooth over conflict by showing you where avoidance has caused imbalance. Today, you’ll need to step in with fairness that’s active, not just decorative. Redistribute the workload, question the “consensus” that left some voices unheard, or insist on a check-in for those left out. You’re not breaking harmony — you’re building a new one on stronger, fairer ground.

Scorpio ♏

The Cancer Moon trines your horoscope, making your emotional insight razor-sharp. You can see beneath the surface of group dynamics and feel what isn’t being said. Today, use that gift to name truths that liberate rather than shame. If you notice someone quietly drowning, extend a hand before they go under. You’re not meddling — you’re showing that care can be radical when it cuts through silence.

Sagittarius ♐

Jupiter squares the Moon, making you impatient with the slow pace of emotional labour. But today, the biggest adventure isn’t a march or campaign — it’s committing to the unglamorous but transformative work of building trust. Instead of charging ahead, sit with someone, ask their story, listen without rushing. You’re not losing momentum — you’re discovering that relationships are the road that actually leads somewhere, not just detours on the way to “action.”

Capricorn ♑

Saturn’s steady hand grounds the Moon’s tides in your horoscope, giving you the patience to turn emotional needs into tangible protections. Today, you’re the one who can insist that care is resourced, not just promised. Write it into the budget, into the constitution, into the schedule. You’re not being coldly pragmatic — you’re showing that without structure, care evaporates into sentiment. This is your radical gift: turning feelings into foundations.

Aquarius ♒

The Cancer Moon squares your rebellious streak, pulling you towards the collective’s inner life rather than the outer spectacle. Today, your innovation is best spent on community care — inventing systems of mutual support, testing ways of making inclusion more than a buzzword. You’re not retreating from your visionary ideals — you’re making sure the community is strong enough to live them.

Pisces ♓

The Moon harmonises with Neptune in your horoscope, making your empathy floodgates wide open. Today, you’ll want to dissolve into everyone else’s emotions, but the lesson is to direct that compassion where it matters most. Create one concrete act of solidarity — a fund, a rota, a poem that galvanises the tired. You’re not diluting your dreaminess by being practical — you’re showing that imagination becomes revolutionary when it touches the ground.

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