Your Horoscope for the Week of August 26, 2019

Activate your manifesting mojo by planting your seeds of intention on this week’s new moon in versatile Virgo. Envision your life as you’d like it to be. Aim for flawless then work without judgment from your current reality. Sprinkle practical magic on your list by finding the top three actionable items that support your goals from love and happiness to success. Then edit out three things that drain your ability to reach those outcomes. By creating win-win solutions you’ll be further supported in sharing your gifts. Read on to discover what’s in store for your sign during the week of August 26 through September 1, 2019, and double down by getting to know your rising sign.

Aries | Aries rising

Aries, lock and load a daily routine as your schedule needs to run like a well-oiled machine this week and you’ll need to focus in on your work zone. The trick will be to think outside the box, do things differently, and mix up your routine. Identify specifics you can perfect and consider how you can bring your unique genius to your workplace. If you need to make changes in your work, the bright ideas might come through now so implement what you can. Streamline and simplify your daily systems or even consolidate what you do. Consider learning additional skills from a mentor if you’ve been drawn to someone specific. In general, for this new moon, plant your intentions around manifesting the perfect workplace, service, skills and being paid for your unique contribution.

Taurus | Taurus rising

This week is Taurus time as five planets cozy up in Virgo, making a stellar argument for taking time out to indulge your sense of fun and romance. With the new moon in Virgo, write out your intentions for the love you seek. Define the details. How does it look, how does it feel? This is also the area of self-expression so add any hobbies you’d like to take up. Doing things differently is the secret to your shine for the next few years and particularly this week. A good time for nature-loving Taurus is all about the simple pleasures. A gourmet picnic in the park, the sun kissing your skin, or walking barefoot on the grass or beach will have you feeling vital and ready for anything.

Gemini | Gemini rising

The new moon suggests it’s time to create some hearth magic as it joins a stellar lineup of planets in your home sector. Think of ways you can set up your space for serenity as your nervous system will need fortifying. Perhaps cook up a hearty meal while holding your intentions clearly in mind. As you eat, keep your vision clear. Cook for your family or favorite friends to amplify the intention. Apply the power of your mind to your manifesting. You tend to be more conceptual than practical, however, this week’s influence is high in tangible action. Push through with a practical plan you can work toward. Focus on streamlining your home life, decluttering your emotional cache and what you need to implement for emotional nutrition. If it’s serving you, cultivate it, and if it isn’t, throw it out.

Cancer | Cancer rising

Cancer, you tend to curl up in your comfy shell any chance you get, yet this new moon suggests you place your manifesting mojo squarely on social connections. Seek out conversation that nourishes your mind, and supports your unique contribution to a group, club or friendship circle. If someone is interesting enough to capture your attention, reach out and connect with them. They may have some stellar insight to share with you or a brilliant solution you’d never have thought of. This week’s cosmos inspires you to think in new ways and consider new possibilities. Sometimes it seems almost impossible to change our habitual thought process but this week kicks off some Mercurial mental agility for you. Life will be feeling busy with so much movement, so make sure you take time out to recalibrate and settle your inner feelings if you start to feel ungrounded or scattered.

Leo | Leo rising

Get in touch with your material girl as your finance zone is the fertile field for your seeds of intention. Before something becomes a reality, you need to visualize it and feel it. Virgo is about detail so don’t be afraid to define exactly what you want to attract, how much, and even what kind of work would light you up. What possessions do you see in your name? What do you want to call ‘mine’? Write a list of up to ten items, and apply your creative flair by drawing up or finding images to make a vision board. Go with a unique approach and allow your ideas to flow freely without the what ifs.

Virgo | Virgo rising

This is a stellar week for you, Virgo. A six-planet lineup amplifying your sign means you’re on cosmic home turf. You’ll feel like you’re in familiar territory and things flow with ease. Plant your seeds of intention on this week’s new moon as it magnifies your manifesting potential while in your sign. As an earth sign you need to ground your magic-making, so back yourself with a detailed action plan. What steps can you take to get balls rolling? Who do you need to contact or collab with in order to get the wheels rolling on your vision? Contact them, have that conversation. Tie up loose ends or close off projects as its time for your next phase. Mercury rolls into home sign Virgo on the day of the full moon so you’ll be brimming with ideas. Think outside the box and connect further afield than you’d normally think practical.

Libra | Libra rising

Libra, you have double manifesting power on this week’s new moon in earthy Virgo. This moon magic is strong this month, as it’s in your mystic zone. While Virgo is an efficient earth sign, this dreamlike area is anything but. However, it’s an extremely creative space to work from. Drop into the dark moon phase by preparing a sacred space. Ground in with some natural beauty like flowers, and perhaps make a small altar. Add to the ambiance with scented candles, then write up what you’d like to bring into your life over the next six months. This zone is literally about dreams, so put the detail into yours. A key to this new moon is drawing on the resources that others can bring to the table, that compliment your own. What unique yet practical contribution could a significant other, offer you? When merging assets, can you connect radically yet preserve a space for independence?

Scorpio | Scorpio rising

This week’s new moon suggests finding the practical edge in friendship. Bring in a dynamic twist by collaborating with your partner, or even allow extra space from your partnerships in order to make some radical new connections. Your partner or a close friend may introduce you to a new group or circle that has a lot of potential and feeds back into your primary relationships. The magic of this moon is best directed toward calling in friends or peers with shared ideals and particular common interest. If you’ve been searching for those people that provide nutrition to your hopes and dreams, then plant the seeds of intention that you’ll meet exactly the right people at the right time for you. Get clear on your goals as well as the kind of people or groups you’d like to find or be a part of. You may find yourself in a caring or even motherly role for friends.

Sagittarius | Sagittarius rising

This week’s new moon is all about aiming for peak career goals. How exactly do you want to be of service through your career? Earthy Virgo ‘squares’ your sign, bringing success by forcing you to focus rather than apply your usual wide-ranging approach. You don’t like to be reigned in but go with it and knuckle down. Consult a professional, get a manager or even outsource the details of banking, booking or social media content if it’s tripping you up or slowing your usual frenzied style. Set your intentions for what you want to achieve in your career and how you present professionally. Ask that you receive the assistance you need to pin down details you’d normally avoid. If you can move past resistance around dealing with practical details, this week could see you achieve a lot of traction. Less talk more action will set you up as rather fetching to potential employers, bosses or career collaborators.

Capricorn | Capricorn rising

You’ll literally feel ‘in your element’ with six planets in super-practical earth sign Virgo. Others will pick up on what you’re putting out there so plant your new moon seeds of intention on expansion and set the dial to maximum growth. The area for new moon expansion is also one of promoting and spin. Make the most of it by getting your message out. Detail out your big picture, connect the dots and find the meaning. Get clear on your ‘why’ as our philosophies provide the inspiration that fuels ambition and also attracts others when they understand our message. What would you like to share in a big way, and what does your audience look like? How would it feel to get the finer points of your knowledge consolidated? Add it all to your new moon intentions list then back yourself with a plan or even design a contents page.

Aquarius | Aquarius rising

Draw the curtains and light some candles, this week’s dark moon is found in your lush zone of intimate connection. Set your manifesting intention on calling in exactly what you want for your private zone, visualize resources you’d like to share at the deepest level of connection. Add the detail, how does it feel? Include boundaries, this is an earth sign after all. You’re less private than you are communal and tend to prefer a social approach over a personal one, so opening your home to unexpected friends or even sudden visits from old family friends will support you this week. You may take up an invitation to stay somewhere new or book a spontaneous hotel or rental to spice up your romance with an unexpected change of scene. Whatever spur of the moment decision you make, doing things differently at home or pattern-breaking your habitual emotional responses will pay off in your intimate life.

Pisces | Pisces rising

There's an over-supply of nervous or reactive energy this week so make sure you direct it consciously. You can do this by looking for tangible outcomes, talk to your partner, collaborator or close friend about what’s up, where you want the relationship to go, and what that looks like. Since the new moon is about manifesting, this is the week to write a list of intentions for exactly what you want from a relationship, your partner, or what kind of partner you want to attract. Focus on what you want and consolidate your vision with a creative mood board of your ideal partnership. Single? Well, you do need to mingle, that’s the practical magic. There’s someone for everyone so believe. then back yourself with an open mind, heart and practical action.

Vanessa Montgomery—aka Astro All-Starz—is a professional counseling astrologer and author of Star Power: A Simple Guide to Astrology for the Modern Mystic. Aimed at enlightenment and seeing past labels to the oneness that unites us all, Montgomery's work also helps navigate the practical essentials with grounded cosmic intel. Her motto is: Free your mind, own your power, create your world.

Originally Appeared on Glamour