Mindful Details: Sun Enters Virgo (Aug 18-24)
New Moon in Leo invites fresh intentions
New Moon in ♌ Leo
Moon PhaseThis week features a major planetary shift. Notable shifts include Sun enters Virgo. Sun shifts into Virgo this week, bringing practical magic to your experience. The New Moon in Leo seeds intentions around radiant confidence.
“I plant seeds of intention with trust, knowing they will blossom in divine timing.”
Tarot Card of the Week
The Sun
Selected for Sun's influence this week
This Week's Message
The Sun symbolizes joy, success, and vitality. It represents positive energy, happiness, and a sense of accomplishment. This card encourages you to embrace life with enthusiasm and confidence, knowing that you are on the right path.
"I shine my light brightly and embrace the joy of life."
How to Work With The Sun This Week
In love readings, The Sun indicates joyful, warm relationships full of happiness and compatibility. It suggests marriage, pregnancy, or simply the joy of being with your partner. For singles, bright romantic prospects are indicated.
In career readings, The Sun promises success, recognition, and achievement. Projects succeed, promotions come, and work brings joy. It favors any career involving children, creativity, or bringing light to others.
Explore the Symbolism
A child (innocence, joy) rides a white horse (purity, strength) under an enormous sun with a face (conscious awareness, divine source). Sunflowers (devotion to the light) fill the garden behind. The red banner represents life force and passion. The child wears no clothes, symbolizing having nothing to hide—pure authenticity. The gray wall represents achievement of what was once a challenge.
Weekly Numerology
The Powerhouse
Abundance & Achievement
A powerful week for manifestation and material success. The number 8 brings ambitious energy focused on achievement, abundance, and wielding personal power wisely.
Step into your power and go after what you want. Focus on financial matters and career advancement.
Best For This Week
- +Business deals
- +Salary negotiations
- +Investments
- +Career moves
Watch Out For
- -Greed
- -Power struggles
- -Ignoring ethics
Major Planetary Highlights
Sun enters Virgo
Significance: medium
This transition from Leo to Virgo brings transformative energy.
Moon Phases
New Moon
Saturday, August 23 at 12:00 AM
The New Moon in Leo brings energy for beginnings and intention setting
Set intentions aligned with Leo energy. Plant seeds for new beginnings.
Weekly Crystal Companions
Clear Quartz
Monday, Aug 18
On this Moon day with Moon in Gemini, Clear Quartz enhances intuition and emotions and helps you trust your feelings.
Hold to amplify meditation and receive clear guidance from higher realms
Affirmation: "I welcome amplification into my life with ease and grace."
Rose Quartz
Tuesday, Aug 19
On this Mars day with Moon in Cancer, Rose Quartz enhances courage and motivation and helps you take bold action.
Hold over heart chakra to open to love and heal emotional wounds
Affirmation: "I welcome self-love into my life with ease and grace."
Moonstone
Wednesday, Aug 20
On this Mercury day with Moon in Cancer, Moonstone enhances communication and clarity and helps you speak your truth.
Hold during new moon or full moon meditation to enhance intuition
Affirmation: "I welcome intuition into my life with ease and grace."
Citrine
Thursday, Aug 21
On this Jupiter day with Moon in Leo, Citrine enhances abundance and growth and helps you expand your horizons.
Hold during visualization to amplify manifestation intentions
Affirmation: "I welcome manifestation into my life with ease and grace."
Carnelian
Friday, Aug 22
With Sun enters Virgo, Carnelian supports smooth transitions and helps you embrace new energy.
Hold during meditation to boost confidence and ignite creative fire
Affirmation: "I welcome courage into my life with ease and grace."
Garnet
Saturday, Aug 23
On this Saturn day with Moon in Leo, Garnet enhances discipline and mastery and helps you build solid foundations.
Hold during meditation to boost energy and ignite passion
Affirmation: "I welcome passion into my life with ease and grace."
Green Aventurine
Sunday, Aug 24
On this Sun day with Moon in Virgo, Green Aventurine enhances vitality and self-expression and helps you shine your light.
Hold over heart chakra to open to love and attract opportunities
Affirmation: "I welcome luck into my life with ease and grace."
Void of Course Moon Schedule
What is Void of Course Moon? When the Moon makes no more major aspects before entering a new sign, it is considered "void of course." During these periods, new initiatives may not turn out as expected. It is an excellent time for completion and reflection.
This Week's VOC Periods
Moon void of course - avoid starting new projects, focus on completion and reflection instead.
Moon void of course - avoid starting new projects, focus on completion and reflection instead.
Moon void of course - avoid starting new projects, focus on completion and reflection instead.
Embrace During VOC
- •Complete existing projects
- •Routine tasks and maintenance
- •Meditation and reflection
- •Rest and self-care
- •Reviewing and editing work
- •Cleaning and organizing
Avoid During VOC
- •Starting new projects
- •Important meetings or negotiations
- •Signing contracts
- •Making major purchases
- •First dates or job interviews
- •Launching products or websites
Major Aspects
☿ Mercury △ ♄ Saturn
Monday, August 18
communication and thought meets structure and responsibility with harmonious energy
Expect: Flowing connection between thinking, speaking, learning and discipline, boundaries, mastery. How to work with this: Leverage the natural flow between these energies.
☿ Mercury △ ♆ Neptune
Monday, August 18
communication and thought meets dreams and spirituality with harmonious energy
Expect: Flowing connection between thinking, speaking, learning and imagination, intuition, transcendence. How to work with this: Leverage the natural flow between these energies.
Best Days For
love
Tuesday, August 19, Wednesday, August 20, Friday, August 22, Saturday, August 23, Sunday, August 24
Friday is your power day for love. Venus rules this day - peak romantic energy.
prosperity
Monday, August 18, Tuesday, August 19, Wednesday, August 20, Thursday, August 21
4 favorable days for prosperity this week.
healing
Monday, August 18, Tuesday, August 19, Wednesday, August 20, Saturday, August 23
4 favorable days for healing this week.