Leo horoscope for August 12, 2026
A New Moon rises in your own sign today, a clean page for how you want to show up. Set one intention that is entirely about you. Instincts run quick and a little loud today. Trust the fast read you get on a room, and allow yourself to change your outfit twice.
Mercury and Uranus work together today, making it easy to think outside your usual patterns. Try a new tool, method or topic. For you, this lands in how you come across and what you want for yourself. New Moon energy favors beginnings that start small. Write down one wish for the month and leave it somewhere you will see it daily.
The Sun is in your sign this month, which puts you and your plans at the center. It is a fine season to update how you show up.
Try this today: Wear the outfit that makes you stand up a little straighter.
The sky behind this reading
- Moon in Leo, new moon0% lit · your sign
- New Moon in Leotoday
- Mercury sextile Uranus0.3° orb
- Venus trine Uranus0.5° orb
- Mercury sextile Venus0.8° orb
- Saturn retrograde in Ariesuntil Dec 10
- Neptune retrograde in Ariesuntil Dec 12
- Pluto retrograde in Aquariusuntil Oct 15
Worked out for Wednesday, August 12, 2026 from the planets’ real positions, with houses counted from Leo. How these are made.
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