August 2018 Horoscopes: What the Stars Have in Store for Your Love Life and Career

The Good
Work opportunities arising during the second half of the month can allay your financial fears, so send out your résumé and make your pitch. If you would like to move to a new place, you may just find your dream job that will make it possible.

The Challenging
Worries about your career and romantic life could be causing a lot self-reflection and assessment during the first half of the month. You may realize you need to sort out stressful issues relating to home and family, once and for all.

The Takeaway
Let your fears about money and employment spur you on, not hold you back.

The Good
Getting away from it all will help lift your spirits and bring you closer to your partner during the second half of the month. If you are stuck in town, widen your horizons by taking in art or new knowledge.

The Challenging
Long-simmering issues relating to anxiety and worry could play with your self-esteem around the eleventh, causing you to pour your inner feelings out to the world in an unedited stream. Think before you speak to make sure you do not inadvertently blurt out things you cannot take back.

The Takeaway
Putting open trust in your lover will help restore harmony.

The Good
The secret to your success is your diplomatic nature and ability to work harmoniously in a team. On the 25th, don't be afraid to ask for a raise or a boost in benefits, citing the human value you bring to the company.

The Challenging
The stars have been bestowing you with many opportunities to up your income this year, just make sure you do not blow this bounty partying, travelling and romancing in the summer sun.

The Takeaway
Jupiter is giving you a once-in-a-decade opportunity to boost your earnings through early November; work hard to use it, instead of playing hard to lose it.

The Good
Have a good, calm heart-to-heart talk with a badly behaved lover on the 25th, it can restore harmony in your relationship and swell your heart with feelings of love and romance.

The Challenging
An old, seemingly unending work project may be taking up a huge portion of your time and stressing you out during the first weeks of the month. Likewise, angers could flare due to an irresponsible domestic partner.

The Takeaway
Learn to set boundaries instead of blowing your top.

The Good
Finances may have been tight this past year, but surprising new developments on the work front at the end of the month could rev up your ambitions and put some money in your pocket.

The Challenging
Even if you take a vacation and travel to expand your horizons, it could be difficult to leave your sense of inner alienation and isolation at home. Try not to get so caught up in your feelings that you let life pass you by.

The Takeaway
You're not as trapped in your solitude as you think. Time to get back on the grid.

The Good
If you are trying for a baby, the end of August could bring good news, or be a perfect time to go for it. You will be up to the added responsibility of parenthood. Otherwise, your grounded nature could bring much stability to a free-spirited current, or potential, significant other.

The Challenging
You may feel used and financially manipulated by romantic partners and spoiled children during the first half of the month. If you try to escape by partying hard with your friends, it will only quicken the depletion of your resources. Try to implement a reasonable budget.

The Takeaway
Your head is squarely on your shoulders, allowing you to shoulder your responsibilities for those you love.

The Good
You are at peak performance, as far as your profession is concerned, which could give you the rare opportunity to make some serious bank doing what you love, putting an end to your monetary worries and filling you with confidence.

The Challenging
A lover envious of your success may try to sabotage your career early in the month, causing tension and fights around the home. A break-up may be in order to find someone more supportive and self-assured.

The Takeaway
Would someone who really loves you stand in your way of success?

The Good
Late August travels could inspire you by opening your eyes to new wonders and sensations. If you can't leave town, try to explore unknown niches of your own city. Reaching out to estranged friends on the 25th could lead to détente.

The Challenging
If you are carrying around a lot of repressed anger from things that happened long ago, you may finally blow up and get it all off your chest early in the month. Likewise, last-minute work duties could put the kibosh on holiday travel plans, if you have things booked during the first weeks of August. Best to get away after the 19th to truly relax.

The Takeaway
Clear the air in order to take in new vistas.

The Good
Your confidence will be boosted when all your hard work starts paying off, quite literally, with increased earnings. Your workplace will be filled with optimism, enthusiasm and harmonious teamwork. Take a deep breath and give yourself a pat on the back.

The Challenging
Unexpected changes in your relationship status could also cause issues with joint bank accounts. Do not blow your savings on hedonistic nights out trying to impress those in your social network.

The Takeaway
If you want to hold on to your money, keep your personal savings personal.

The Good
A newly reinvigorated love life will shift your focus from trying to please flakey friends to the joys of romance à deux. Summer travel could bring excitement and bonding – as well as new prospects for singles.

The Challenging
Overwhelming feelings of stress could cause squabbles both at the office and at home. Dragging up old, festering issues could cause major disputes with your partner, but at least it will clear the air.

The Takeaway
Shut out everyone and put your full attention on swooning with your sweetie.

The Good
If you have innovative ideas to renovate your abode or even make a move, this is a perfect time to plot and plan your dream home. Shift your thoughts away from the vagaries of your career to something you can actually control – the four walls of your house.

The Challenging
Try to put off major negotiations or meetings until the second half of the month, or you risk saying the wrong thing the wrong way. You may also feel the need to project overconfidence in order to cover up feelings of insecurity, but just end up appearing pushy or aggressive.

The Takeaway
Slip off the mask you wear to the world and slip into some comfy loungewear to just chill at home or with family.

The Good
The second half of the month abounds with pleasant opportunities to socialize with friends and loved ones. If you are single, a friendly crush could grow into a solid long-term partnership, so let them know how you feel – the 25th is a particularly auspicious day.

The Challenging
Expenses relating to babysitting or dating may be more than you expected, and payments may be delayed at work, causing you to lash out at your children or sweetie mid-month, especially if you overspend on frivolities in early August.

The Takeaway
The cost of romance may be high, but it is worth every penny.