The Solar Eclipse New Moon in Leo on August 12 is one of 2026's most powerful cosmic reset buttons. New Moons always herald fresh starts, but when paired with a Solar Eclipse, they're believed to fast-track change, bringing unexpected opportunities, bold new directions and fated turning points. Leo's fearless, creative energy asks you to step into the spotlight, trust your talents and stop playing small. Your star sign's tarot card reveals where this exciting new chapter is waiting to begin.
Aries (March 21 - April 20)
Tarot card: The Lovers. Meaning: A fated turning point in your relationship story is coming! And you're not listening to anyone. Only your own heart. This turning point comes from a conflict, a temptation, a distraction or a division. You haven't known who to prioritise or how to manage the competing forces and influences in your realm. This might be romantic, career alliance, friendship group stressors or family fractures. You've been caught up in it. And it's been hard. But the New Moon illuminates the answer that lies in your intuition and heart-space, the course of action you can not only live with but want to execute. Now, with total confidence, you can do it. You needed this clarity before acting.
Taurus (April 21 - May 21)
Tarot card: Nine of Cups. Meaning: You're manifesting an emotional dream come true. Don't sit and wait for life to serve this to you. Get up and get in the kitchen and start cooking it up yourself, Taurus! Within nine days (a bold promise, I know) you will have made progress and proven that this wish has potential and can come to fruition. You are determined, practical, influential, and strong. You can, when roused, move mountains and bend iron to your will. Show us.
Gemini (May 22 - June 21)
Tarot card: The Hermit. Meaning: A moment of self-enlightenment that leads to a game-changing pivot. Everything starts within, right? Every action begins life as an idea. And you are the master of ideas. The real trick is getting them to align with your schedule, energy and capacity for practical action in the moment. This particular epiphany will act as a catalyst and an ongoing guide/criteria/filter so that the behaviour change or opportunity it opens and provokes will be lasting. Spend time in solitude, moon gaze, walk in nature, light a candle and sit quietly watching that flame. Your mind is a labyrinth, and you are navigating its twists and spirals, at the centre lies the golden egg, the idea of all ideas… find your way there this New Moon.
Cancer (June 22 - July 23)
Tarot card: Queen of Cups. Meaning: A true connection with your emotional state and heart-space. You hate to be hurt, rejected or deflated. You put up powerful wards, guards, walls, and barriers to prevent anything spiking your tender heart. But this can lead to stasis and defensiveness. And, deep down, you know your feelings are valid and will only burst out inappropriately if you try to hold them back. So, have a free flow of emotions and feelings and pent-up thoughts and daring ideas and bold opinions this New Moon. Churn the depths, release the krakens! This purge will stabilise and cleanse your spirit and soul, making you feel calmer, lighter, and happier.
Leo (July 24 - August 23)
Tarot card: Seven of Cups. Meaning: An invitation to activate your wildest imaginative dreams and breathe life into them! This is your New Moon and that makes it a time for wishes and dreams coming true. You have very powerful fantasies, and always have, often featuring you in some main character energy plotline. And why not? That's who you are. Leos are natural leaders, performers, activators and creators. Imagine yourself in a plotline that makes you feel excited, stirred, proud, confident and fulfilled… what's going on, who's there, what you're doing, how it feels, who's watching and admiring. Breathe it all in and indulge in it. Then, break it down, pull apart the vision and settle on tactics that could get you into this actual position. It's possible! Leo, you wouldn't be having this daydream so powerfully if it weren't meant for you.
Virgo (August 24 - September 23)
Tarot card: Six of Cups. Meaning: A homecoming, reunion or rekindled affectionate bond that you miss. The past is coming back into focus this Leo New Moon, be that a past friendship, family tie, role, place, talent or hobby, or long-lost lover. Whatever it is, it's something you once loved very much and still miss to this day. But why miss it when you can reactivate it instead? Most things can be repaired and restored if there's life there. Nothing is truly lost. And, you may even rediscover something else in the search if it doesn't pan out as planned. Trust yourself to know that this feeling of nostalgia and missing is real, and act on it. Reach out, atone, write a message, visit, rediscover, research, go back. Find out if this can be restored. The answer is likely yes.
Libra (September 24 - October 23)
Tarot card: (not specified) Meaning: A twist of fate that removes something false, fading or deeply negative from your life (that was blocking the good stuff that can now flow in). We often don't see how bad things really are until we're out of it. It's hindsight that teaches us lessons, letting us see how close we were to danger, collapse, or burnout so we can learn from it. This Leo New Moon Eclipse brings a moment of collapse that works to remove something bad from your life, something that has been a blockage to new opportunity and energy, and now that can flow healthily and freely to you. Let it go. Let it burn. Let it leave. Freedom and relief are the immediate emotions you feel, and rightly so. A new era dawns.
Scorpio (October 24 - November 22)
Tarot card: Ten of Cups. Meaning: A falling in love moment that will lead to a happy ever after. This might be directly romantic, and with a new or existing partner. It might also be in a friendship, a true alliance, a new family member, pet or baby. But you feel devoted. And that is a rare feeling, so cherish it, breathe life into it, and hold it close to you. Devotion is a commitment, a heart's promise, a driving force to protect and do good for someone and it will bring the best out of you. Passion is flowing powerfully through you this Leo New Moon. Don't try and hide it or diminish it, to mistakenly protect yourself. You don't need protection. You are the leader, the guardian, the giver. Feel the love.
Sagittarius (November 23 - December 21)
Tarot card: Eight of Wands. Meaning: You're plugging into a new network and reaping the rewards. You kind of know everyone, because you are bright, popular, social and confident. Folk flock to your charisma. And so you find it easier than most to make new acquaintances, get the lay of the land, and move through different social circles and stratas. Match up an ambition of yours to the social network it operates in, and start making friends there! Build up a group of influential, informed and helpful folk who have connection to your goal's territory and topic. This will be how you succeed and get ahead here. This will be the key to the door of you walking into the heart of your ambition and making it manifest!
Capricorn (December 22 - January 21)
Tarot card: Queen of Wands. Meaning: Adventure beckons you! Travel, education, creativity, lifestyle, purpose. Choose from this menu and create your own adventure. This Leo energy stirs you up and gets your blood pumping faster. The Eclipse accelerates your desires and impatience for experiencing and exploring more of this world. So, get to it — what's stopping you? You possess time, health, and freedom. Don't waste them. Make a new goal, set a new mission, start a fresh quest. Make it inspiring, upbeat, fun, and rewarding. Travel, learn, experience, try, see, connect, and enjoy. That's what life is all about. The memories you make now will sustain you in later life, building up your very own picture book of amazing times to look back on.
Aquarius (January 22 - February 19)
Tarot card: The Fool. Meaning: Wow, the new beginning of all new beginnings! And a card associated with your ruling planet, Uranus, so this feels incredibly potent. Leo, too, is your opposite sign so I feel this New Moon is a perfect storm moment in your life. It's time to start something that no one saw coming but feels uniquely right and fulfilling for you. It might involve tech, travel, progressive good causes, or some kind of literal bold leap into the unknown. Dance to your own beat. Don't overplan it. Don't feel like you have to justify this to anyone, or know exactly where it's heading. Jump in and find out.
Pisces (February 20 - March 20)
Tarot card: Nine of Swords. Meaning: A release of something heavy and overwhelming mentally. A new mindset and outlook. You are a bit of a worrier, and you can catastrophise things which paralyses and frightens you, and can lead to anxiety or mental overwhelm. This is a story you've heard before, and you often wish you could just flip a switch in your mind… well, this Eclipse season, you do! A new insight or piece of self awareness just turns something on (or off) and you feel more in control and at peace. I recently realised my mind is my home. What I think and dream about and fester over is what makes up my reality. It's down to me. So I decided to stop festering over the past/present worries or irritants and flush it all through with a surge of new people, places, and ideas. And it helped me a lot. Maybe you will have your own moment of reckoning that flips the switch in your mind.
