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Pisces
Water·Mutable·Ruled by Jupiter
August 6, 2026
Your ruler is burning bright in Leo right now, and the Last Quarter Moon is asking you the only question that matters: what are you finally ready to let go of?
Jupiter, your ruler, sits at 8° Leo in an almost-exact trine with Saturn retrograde in Aries — a rare moment where expansion and discipline are actually cooperating instead of fighting. The Last Quarter Moon in Taurus (45% lit, waning) squares the Sun, which means the sky itself is in a pruning mood. Three planets retrograde — Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto — means the cosmos is doing deep interior work, and so, quietly, are you.
There is a particular kind of clarity that only arrives when something is almost over. The Last Quarter Moon doesn't end things — it just stops pretending they aren't ending. With the Sun and Jupiter conjunct in Leo and trining Saturn to the degree, you have an unusual structural support underneath whatever feels like it's dissolving. This isn't chaos; it's scaffolding. You can actually build something real today, if you're willing to be honest about what the blueprint actually says versus what you wish it said.
Neptune retrograde in Aries is doing something interesting to your sense of self — your ruler Jupiter is in trine with it, which means the fog isn't entirely confusion; some of it is vision trying to clarify itself. The images you keep returning to, the half-formed ideas, the recurring dream — these aren't distractions. They're data. Mercury in Cancer is still close enough to feel like a safe harbor for your inner monologue. Write something down that you've only thought before.
The Jupiter opposition to Pluto retrograde in Aquarius is the one transit worth watching closely — not with fear, but with curiosity. Something in your broader world, your community, your sense of belonging, is undergoing a power renegotiation. You don't have to force the outcome. Jupiter in Leo says: show up fully, be seen, trust that generosity costs less than withholding. Pluto retrograde says: the transformation is already happening underneath. Your job is just to stay honest.
““The Moon in her decrease signifies things already in motion toward their end, and the wise person works with that tide, not against it.””
— William Lilly, Christian Astrology (paraphrase)
TranslationLilly wasn't being morbid — he was being practical. A waning Last Quarter Moon isn't a bad omen; it's a clear signal about timing. Today you work with release, not against it.
Cosmic Assignment
Before bed tonight, write one sentence — just one — naming something you are genuinely ready to stop carrying, and leave it on paper rather than in your head.