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Cancer monthly horoscope · August 2026

How the sky reads for Cancer: the computed positions and dates first, then the reading.

August 2026 · UTC

No reading has been written for this period yet. Below is the computed sky a reading would be based on.

What a Sun-sign horoscope is, and is not

  • General: it reads the sky the same way for everyone born under Cancer.
  • It uses solar houses: Cancer itself is the 1st house, the next sign the 2nd, and so on. This is a convention for Sun-sign readings; it is not your house system.
  • It is not about you in particular. It does not know your birth time, rising sign or Moon sign.
  • It describes what the sky is doing. It does not predict events and gives no health, money or legal advice.
  • All dates and times are UTC.

The sky behind this reading

Every line is computed. Houses are solar houses, counted with Cancer as the 1st.

Positions at 1 Aug, 00:00 UTC

  • SunLeo 8°47′ · house 2
  • MoonPisces 6°09′ · house 9
  • MercuryCancer 19°31′ · house 1
  • VenusVirgo 24°03′ · house 3
  • MarsGemini 23°04′ · house 12
  • JupiterLeo 6°57′ · house 2
  • SaturnAries 14°43′ · house 10 · Retrograde
  • UranusGemini 5°00′ · house 12
  • NeptuneAries 4°15′ · house 10 · Retrograde
  • PlutoAquarius 4°10′ · house 8 · Retrograde

Sign changes

  • Venus enters Librahouse 46 Aug, 19:12 UTC
  • Mercury enters Leohouse 29 Aug, 16:28 UTC
  • Mars enters Cancerhouse 111 Aug, 08:30 UTC
  • Sun enters Virgohouse 323 Aug, 02:18 UTC
  • Mercury enters Virgohouse 325 Aug, 11:04 UTC

The Moon changes sign

  • Moon enters Arieshouse 102 Aug, 20:36 UTC
  • Moon enters Taurushouse 115 Aug, 02:35 UTC
  • Moon enters Geminihouse 127 Aug, 06:07 UTC
  • Moon enters Cancerhouse 19 Aug, 07:45 UTC
  • Moon enters Leohouse 211 Aug, 08:38 UTC
  • Moon enters Virgohouse 313 Aug, 10:18 UTC
  • Moon enters Librahouse 415 Aug, 14:19 UTC
  • Moon enters Scorpiohouse 517 Aug, 21:46 UTC
  • Moon enters Sagittariushouse 620 Aug, 08:30 UTC
  • Moon enters Capricornhouse 722 Aug, 20:59 UTC
  • Moon enters Aquariushouse 825 Aug, 09:01 UTC
  • Moon enters Pisceshouse 927 Aug, 19:03 UTC
  • Moon enters Arieshouse 1030 Aug, 02:37 UTC

Moon phases

  • Last quarter · Taurus13°40′ · house 116 Aug, 02:21 UTC
  • New moon · Leo20°01′ · house 212 Aug, 17:36 UTC
  • First quarter · Scorpio27°07′ · house 520 Aug, 02:46 UTC
  • Full moon · Pisces4°54′ · house 928 Aug, 04:18 UTC

Exact aspects

  • Sun trine SaturnLeo (house 2) · Aries (house 10)7 Aug, 02:44 UTC
  • Venus trine PlutoLibra (house 4) · Aquarius (house 8)10 Aug, 18:08 UTC
  • Mercury sextile VenusLeo (house 2) · Libra (house 4)13 Aug, 16:22 UTC
  • Mercury conjunction JupiterLeo (house 2) · Leo (house 2)15 Aug, 11:22 UTC
  • Mercury trine SaturnLeo (house 2) · Aries (house 10)17 Aug, 15:27 UTC
  • Venus sextile JupiterLibra (house 4) · Leo (house 2)17 Aug, 16:15 UTC
  • Venus opposition SaturnLibra (house 4) · Aries (house 10)21 Aug, 12:43 UTC
  • Sun conjunction MercuryVirgo (house 3) · Virgo (house 3)27 Aug, 17:03 UTC
  • Sun square UranusVirgo (house 3) · Gemini (house 12)28 Aug, 22:18 UTC
  • Jupiter trine SaturnLeo (house 2) · Aries (house 10)31 Aug, 22:17 UTC

A selection: more aspects become exact in this period than are listed.

The planets move during the period; sign changes are listed separately below.

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Your own chart says more

A Sun-sign horoscope cannot know your rising sign, your Moon or your houses. Calculate them from your birth data, then read the sky against your own chart.