This week, Mercury in Leo at 5° is direct but still moving slowly through its post-shadow. This is the third and final pass over this territory, where the retrograde first slowed you down and then pushed you backward. Now it moves forward again, but the air is thick with unfinished details, conversations, and decisions. Every choice you make now is being measured against what you learned during the retrograde. We think we resolved things, but the Universe says, “Show me.”
Mercury in Leo at 5° opposes Pluto retrograde in Aquarius at 5°. Pluto in Aquarius is dismantling collective structures, rewiring networks, and shifting the way we work together toward the future. Retrograde, it drags old control tactics, hidden agendas, and power plays to the surface. The opposition forces a confrontation between personal voice and collective change. This is where you speak the truth that changes the room, even if the room doesn’t want to hear it.
Mars in Libra at 5° forms a sextile to Mercury in Leo at 5°, offering a way through the tension. Mars here fights for fairness and balance, pushing for agreements that last. The dialogue between Leo and Libra blends bold self-expression with diplomacy, making it easier to move forward without burning bridges. This connection runs from 8/13/2025 to 8/22/2025, exact on 8/15/2025 at Libra 5°.
A mystic rectangle frames the week, linking Mercury in Leo at 5°, Pluto in Aquarius at 5°, Mars in Libra at 5°, Saturn in Aries at 5°, Neptune in Pisces at 29°, and Uranus in Gemini at 0° in a pattern of oppositions, trines, and sextiles. Saturn in Aries demands structure for what is new. Neptune in Pisces dissolves what has no spiritual weight. Uranus in Gemini shakes up thinking and frees trapped ideas. This pattern locks the tension in place but also gives it outlets. Work with it by facing the oppositions head-on, taking the easy wins the trines deliver, and stepping through the doors the sextiles open before they close.
The water grand trine hums in the background, adding emotional depth. Venus in Cancer at 18° and Jupiter in Cancer at 18° travel together, trining the North Node in Pisces at 18° and a Scorpio lineup of Juno, Vesta, and Black Moon Lilith. This is deep loyalty, unwavering commitment, and intuition you cannot explain but cannot ignore. On 8/16/2025 at Cancer 18°, Venus trines the North Node in Pisces at 18°, creating a moment where heart-led choices align with your long-term path.
This week’s lighter aspect load leaves more space to integrate August’s earlier events. The Sun in Leo fuels courage and visibility. Mercury in Leo turns clarity into words. The ongoing oppositions to Pluto in Aquarius have been training your willpower, each one stripping away what cannot last. Mars in Libra, the Sun in Leo, Mercury in Leo, and soon Venus in Cancer all make this crossing, each bringing a different layer of growth and release.
Important dates :
8/13/2025 – 8/22/2025, Mercury in Leo at 5° sextile Mars in Libra at 5°.
8/16/2025, Venus in Cancer at 18° trine North Node in Pisces at 18°.
8/19/2025, Sun in Leo at 27° trine Chiron retrograde in Aries at 27°. The Saturn in Aries at 5° – Uranus in Gemini at 0° sextile is active all month, building new structures out of disruption.
Use this time to track the chart points activated in your life, specific houses, degrees, and stories in motion. Follow the retrograde threads that still matter. Build connections and projects proving their worth now. September’s eclipses in Pisces and Virgo will quicken events, redirect your path, and test then reinforce the structures you’ve built. Eclipses often act as a fast-forward button, delivering changes and revelations in moments that might otherwise take months or years if left up to us, with the houses they fall in showing exactly where that acceleration will happen for you. They can clear what no longer serves you, open doors that were closed, or force decisions you have avoided. Stabilize your footing now so you are ready for the speed and pressure of eclipse season.
Practical focus: speak with precision, choose with intention, act without hesitation when the opening comes.