Astrology of the Week Ahead with Chani Nicholas
Astrology of the Week Ahead with Chani Nicholas

The Week of August 10th, 2026: This Leo eclipse takes the lead

August 10, 2026

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The Leo Eclipse: Shadow, Leadership, and the Opening of a New Chapter

On July 29th, many people experienced something strange: a beautiful, expansive possibility on one hand, and something dark being dredged up from the psyche on the other. That was the setup. This week, the week of August 10th, 2026, amplifies everything.

The central event is a total solar eclipse in Leo near the South Node—the first of its kind in decades. As Chani Nicholas puts it, "eclipses are times of cover-ups being exposed." They are also times when leaders get eclipsed, which makes the timing of Mitch McConnell's month-long public disappearance feel almost too on-the-nose. Whatever happens with world leaders this week, it will set the tone for a storyline that unfolds over the next year, because eclipses "set the arc of a story."

The Sun, Leadership, and What We Serve

Leo is ruled by the Sun, and the Sun in astrology represents leadership in its most divine sense. But Nicholas is careful to broaden what that means. She is not talking about the people doing the most harm. She is asking listeners to use their imaginations: "What could leadership actually be used to be, could be in the future?"

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:05) **Setup: The July 29th Full Moon as a Preview** - Chani asks listeners to recall the split experience around July 29th: a beautiful, inspiring possibility on one hand and heavy shadow material on the other.
  • 2 (01:28) **The Core Thesis: The First Leo South Node Eclipse in Decades** - Chani introduces the week of August 10th as a major astrological event: a total solar eclipse near the South Node in Leo with Jupiter co-present.
  • 3 (03:41) **What an Eclipse Does: Sets the Story Arc** - Eclipses are times where something gets covered up and then exposed; they set the tone for a narrative to unfold over the following year.
  • 4 (06:14) **Reframing Leadership: Divine Creative Impulse vs. Shadow** - Chani broadens the concept of leadership beyond politics to the divine spark of the sun: creative life force energy that we must learn to serve.
  • 5 (08:40) **The Shadow Side: Individualism and Projection** - The eclipse forces a grapple with the shadow: bitterness, hate, fear, and the collective lie that we must figure everything out individually.
  • 6 (11:44) **The Eclipse Moment: Conception, Rebirth, and the Shadow Revealed** - The sun and moon come together in a mystical union, blotting out conscious awareness and making the shadow very large.
  • 7 (16:15) **The Central Question: What Are You Lending Your Light To?** - Chani offers her main suggestion for the eclipse: ask what you are in service of, and how you can lend your identity to something greater without making it self-aggrandizing.

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Chani Nicholas

Show Notes

Episode 295

In this podcast, New York Times best-selling author and astrologer Chani Nicholas discusses the astrology of the week and what it might mean for us all.

The astrology of the week of August 10th, 2026, signals big shifts in our leadership. As Mercury (the planet of comms) opposes Pluto (the planet of the underworld), tough conversations about the shadows lurking in our power dynamics are likely to surface. Plus, the solar eclipse at the South Node in Leo serves up a fiery reality check, puncturing overinflated egos and possibly dethroning tyrants. But when Mercury moves into a sweet sextile with Venus (the planet of connection) and meets up with Jupiter (the planet of abundance), we’re blessed with good news in our relationships and good luck in the messages we want to get across. Now is the time to be bold, creative, and brave in championing the causes you care about. Major change is in the air.

This episode covers:

  • Venus’ trine to Pluto on Monday, August 10th

  • Venus’ opposition to Neptune Rx on Monday, August 10th

  • Mars’ entrance into Cancer on Tuesday, August 11th 

  • Mercury’s opposition to Pluto on Tuesday, August 11th

  • Mercury’s trine to Neptune on Tuesday, August 11th

  • Venus’ trine to Uranus on Tuesday, August 11th

  • The solar eclipse in Leo on Wednesday, August 12th

  • Mercury’s sextile to Uranus on Wednesday, August 12th

  • Mercury’s sextile to Venus on Thursday, August 13th

  • Mercury’s conjunction with Jupiter on Saturday, August 15th

This episode was recorded on 08/04/2026.

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