The Truth About August

Leo, you love a spotlight – but this month it feels more like a searchlight exposing all your blind spots. The geo-zenith alignment shines directly on your identity, ambition, and public image, and it’s brutally clear where you’ve been faking it or overcompensating. The world doesn’t need a performance now – it needs authenticity, it needs you to show up stripped of glitter and pretense, claws out, heart exposed.

With dwarf planet Eris sowing discord in your partnership zone and Haumea questioning what you’re creating in your personal empire, this is a month for truth bombs. Expect your ego to take a few hits, whether through criticism, failed plans, or seeing someone else outshine you where you expected the applause to be yours. The lesson isn’t humility for humility’s sake – it’s about shedding the roles you thought you had to play to be loved or admired. Get closer to real.

Your ruling Sun gets tangled with volatile Uranus mid-month, sparking career curveballs and public drama. Don’t cling to the empty narrative of “how it should have gone” – roll with the disruption and you might stumble upon a more authentic path forward, let the flow guide you. Just know the cosmos is allergic to your usual “I’ll just push harder and make it happen” trick this month.

Financially, risky ventures look especially foolish under this sky. The temptation to spend for status – the flash car, the bigger stage, the “proof” of success – will backfire, so just enjoy thinking about the big purchase and put the buy off. The cosmic truth today is, if you’re not secure inside, no price tag will fix it. So, fix the inside first.

Relationships mirror your own inner tension: you crave adoration, but bristle when someone sees through your mask. This is a make-or-break month for long-term dynamics – either they grow with your real self or they wither with the façade you’ve been feeding them. Truth is now the best option.

The takeaway: Drop the crown, Leo. The kingdom you’ve been building for applause is crumbling – time to rule your own life instead of performing for the court. Trust me, it’ll be a better performance and easier to sustain.