The Sun blazes at 18° Leo while the Moon lingers in the last degrees of Cancer, waning toward tomorrow's New Moon. This is the final breath before the reset—a moment of gathering, of looking back at what the last lunar cycle asked of you before it dissolves. Mercury sits close behind the Sun in Leo, speaking with unmistakable clarity and heat. What you say today carries weight. What you've been thinking but not saying is pressing against your teeth, wanting out.
Meanwhile, Mars burns at the final degree of Gemini, on the verge of stepping into Cancer, and Venus glides through Libra seeking balance in a world that keeps tipping. Jupiter amplifies everything Leo touches—there is confidence in the air, maybe too much. Saturn in Aries and Neptune in early Aries keep working their slow erosion of old certainties, while Pluto in Aquarius continues its patient dismantling of outdated structures in your life and in the world. We are standing at the cusp of completion and beginning, full of what we need to say before we can move forward.
The Sky Today
☀ Sun 18° Leo ☽ Moon Cancer (waning) ☿ Mercury 2° Leo ♀ Venus 4° Libra ♂ Mars 29° Gemini ♃ Jupiter 9° Leo ♄ Saturn 14° Aries ♅ Uranus 5° Gemini ♆ Neptune 4° Aries ♇ Pluto 3° Aquarius
♈ Aries
March 21 – April 19
endings and renewals
Saturn and Neptune both occupy your sign now, and the Moon's final waning phase is pulling something to completion in you. You've been in a long slow dissolve of an old identity, and today you can feel the shape of what comes next, still forming. Mercury in Leo speaks directly to your relationships—someone needs clarity from you, or you need it from them. The conversation won't be gentle, but it will be honest.
Cosmic Homework: Say one thing today that you've been afraid would damage a relationship if you spoke it aloud.
♉ Taurus
April 20 – May 20
visibility and connection
Venus moves through Libra, your sector of friends and community, while the waning Moon draws you toward reflection on what you've shared with others. This is not a day to hide—you're being called to show up in spaces where people who matter can see you. Jupiter's presence in Leo lights up your creativity and your romantic life. If something feels stuck in your social world, today's Mercury heat in Leo can help you name what needs naming.
Cosmic Homework: Reach out to one person whose company you've been meaning to seek and make concrete plans to see them.
♊ Gemini
May 21 – June 20
home and hearth
Mars sits at the very end of your sign, ready to leap into Cancer and your domestic realm. Before it does, today you feel the last pulse of that Gemini Mars energy—restless, communicative, hungry for novelty. The Moon wanes in Cancer, your family sector, asking you what needs to settle. Mercury in Leo speaks loudly about your living situation, your roots, your past. Jupiter amplifies everything—conversations might feel larger than the room they're happening in.
Cosmic Homework: Have one difficult conversation with a family member about something you've been postponing, or write down what you would say if you were brave enough.
♋ Cancer
June 21 – July 22
words and witness
The Moon is still in your sign, waning toward newness, and you're moving through your own internal landscape even as the outer world demands your attention. Mercury in Leo is direct and fierce in your sector of communication and thought—you're thinking clearly, but you might say things more bluntly than usual. Venus in Libra wants your conversations to be fair and balanced. Jupiter in Leo amplifies your voice: people are listening. What will you do with that?
Cosmic Homework: Write down something true about yourself that you rarely tell people, then decide whether today is the day to speak it.
♌ Leo
July 23 – August 22
value and becoming
The Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter are all in your sign right now—you are the brightest thing in the sky. But the waning Moon in Cancer reminds you that not everything is about visibility. Something in your values, your sense of worth, your relationship to what you own and what you're willing to trade for—this is shifting. Venus in Libra wants you to consider the cost of your desires. This is a day of reckoning with what you actually want versus what you've been told to want.
Cosmic Homework: List three things you spend money or energy on that no longer align with who you're becoming, and commit to releasing one of them this week.
♍ Virgo
August 23 – September 22
self and shadow
The waning Moon in Cancer (your house of foundations and family) is asking you to look at who you are becoming in the quiet of your own life, away from the audience. Mercury in Leo, your sign's ruler, speaks directly into your inner world. Jupiter in Leo is generous with you, but it's also demanding—it wants you to step into a bigger version of yourself. Venus in Libra reminds you that what you need from others is reciprocity, not rescue. This is the moment before the New Moon resets things; use it to get honest about what you're ready to release.
Cosmic Homework: Identify one belief you hold about yourself that no longer serves you and write a new sentence that contradicts it.
♎ Libra
September 23 – October 22
friendship and circles
Venus is in your sign, and it's working with the waning Moon to show you something about how you move through friendship and community. The Moon in Cancer suggests that some relationships are reaching a natural completion—not necessarily ending, but shifting into a new form. Mercury in Leo is speaking loudly through your friend circles, maybe creating some needed conflict or clarity. Jupiter in Leo expands your visibility in groups; you're being seen and heard in ways that matter.
Cosmic Homework: Identify one friendship that has changed and have the conversation with that person about what it is now, rather than what it was.
♏ Scorpio
October 23 – November 21
work and reputation
The waning Moon in Cancer touches your career sector, asking you to examine your professional direction before the cycle resets. Mercury in Leo is speaking loudly about your public self, your reputation, your standing in the world. You're thinking clearly about what you want to be known for. Jupiter in Leo wants to expand your visibility and success, but Venus in Libra is asking: at what cost? This is a moment to consider whether your ambitions still align with your actual values.
Cosmic Homework: Write down one thing you want to accomplish professionally in the next year, then name one thing you're willing to stop doing to make space for it.
♐ Sagittarius
November 22 – December 21
vision and truth
Jupiter is your ruler, and it's in Leo right now, amplifying your need to believe in something bigger than yourself. The waning Moon in Cancer is drawing your attention to what you've learned, what you've studied, what you now understand about the world that you didn't before. Mercury in Leo speaks clearly about your beliefs, your philosophies, your need for meaning. Venus in Libra wants those beliefs to be balanced, not dogmatic. This is a day for intellectual honesty—are you still aligned with what you actually think, or are you repeating what you've always believed?
Cosmic Homework: Name one belief you held a year ago that you no longer hold, and sit with what that shift means about how you're changing.
♑ Capricorn
December 22 – January 19
depths and transformation
The waning Moon in Cancer is moving through your sector of shared resources, inheritance, and the deep bonds that tie you to others. Something is being released or brought to closure in a relationship or a financial entanglement. Mercury in Leo is speaking directly about what you need to say to someone about money, power, or intimacy—the conversation won't be easy, but it will be clear. Jupiter in Leo is asking you to expand your understanding of what you truly need from others and what you're willing to give.
Cosmic Homework: Name one way you've been dependent on someone else (emotionally or financially) and decide on one small step toward greater autonomy.
♒ Aquarius
January 20 – February 18
partnership and presence
The waning Moon in Cancer is illuminating your relationships—romantic, business, or otherwise. Something is reaching a natural completion or transformation. Mercury in Leo speaks with directness about what you need from a partner or what a partner needs from you. Venus is in Libra, your sign's sector of partnership, which is good for fairness and balance—but Jupiter in Leo wants generosity and expansion, not tit for tat. This is a day to ask whether your relationships are bringing out your best self or keeping you small.
Cosmic Homework: Tell a partner or close friend one way they bring out the best in you, and ask them the same question in return.
♓ Pisces
February 19 – March 20
work and service
The waning Moon in Cancer touches your sector of daily life, work, and service—you're being called to examine how you spend your time and energy. Mercury in Leo is clear about what needs to change in your routines or your work life. This is not a day to avoid the hard conversations about what's not working. Venus in Libra wants your daily life to feel fair and balanced, not exhausting. Jupiter in Leo is generous, but it can also make you overcommit. This is the moment to get honest about your capacity.
Cosmic Homework: List the tasks, commitments, or relationships that drain you most, then identify one thing you're willing to stop doing or renegotiate this week.
