Your Weekly Horoscope Says a Major Communication Crisis Is About to Begin

Your horoscope for the week of August 4 to 10 is taking you on a confusing and disorienting journey, but you’ll always find your way back on track. Sometimes, you need to lose yourself before you can find yourself.

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It all kicks off with a new moon in Virgo in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 4. A new moon is always the beginning of a new chapter, and whether you’re simply starting a fresh page or throwing out the book altogether, it’s a beautiful time to make adjustments and set intentions. Virgo is practical and nourishing, which makes this new moon ideal for revising your daily routine, rethinking the way you take care of your health, and the way you’re of service to yourself and to others. When Venus— planet of love and luxury —enters Virgo later that same evening, this energy will transfer onto your relationships and your finances. Nothing is more romantic than “acts of service” when Venus is in Virgo.

The most climactic moment of the week arrives on August 5, when Mercury stations retrograde at 4 degrees of Virgo at exactly 7:13 a.m. ET. This will launch a “communication crisis” for the next three weeks, and while it’s not the end of the world, this retrograde is infamous for being inconvenient. As this retrograde begins in Mercury’s home turf of Virgo, you can expect the classic symptoms of Mercury retrograde , such as communication mishaps, data errors, tech failures, travel delays, and a general sense of forgetfulness.

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Luckily, the stress won’t get you down too much, because the Leo sun will sextile Jupiter in Gemini on August 7, bringing some much needed faith and positivity into the mix. Everything is gonna work out the way it’s meant to. However, once Mercury retrograde meets up with romantic Venus on August 7, it could bring rise to unfinished business in your love life and force you to rethink the way you communicate your desires as well as act on them.

How the planets will affect your zodiac sign this week

Here’s what you can expect from the upcoming week, according to your sun and/or rising sign (and seriously, you’re missing out if you don’t read these horoscopes for your rising sign):

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