♏︎ Scorpio Ascendant Horoscope August 2026

Planetary positions & transit — August

In August 2026, the Sun lights your 9th house, setting the month's tone. Jupiter transits your 9th house and Saturn your 5th house in the background. Key shifts this month: Sun enters Leo; Mars enters Gemini; Mercury enters Leo.

• Sun in Cancer — your 9th house (Fortune & Dharma). Soul comes under this transit. It enters Leo during the period — a shift in this area.
• Mars in Gemini — your 8th house (Transformation & Longevity). Energy comes under this transit. It enters Gemini during the period — a shift in this area.
• Mercury in Cancer — your 9th house (Fortune & Dharma). Intellect comes under this transit. It enters Leo during the period — a shift in this area.
• Jupiter in Cancer — your 9th house (Fortune & Dharma). Wisdom comes under this transit.
• Venus in Virgo — your 11th house (Gains & Networks). Love comes under this transit.
• Saturn in Pisces (retrograde) — your 5th house (Children & Intellect). Discipline comes under this transit.
• Rahu in Aquarius — your 4th house (Home & Mother). Worldly desire comes under this transit.
• Ketu in Leo — your 10th house (Career & Status). Detachment comes under this transit.

💼 Career & Profession

Ketu moves through your tenth house (Leo) this August, bringing career & status into focus. Research, spirituality, healing, IT, consulting, behind-the-scenes and purpose-driven or humanitarian roles suit you far better than status-chasing corporate ladders. You thrive where the work itself matters. Frequent reinvention of your career is likely and need not be feared.

With Venus transiting your eleventh house in Virgo, gains and income ask for attention. Entertainment, social media, event management, luxury and fashion networks, creative collaborations and any income tied to a community or audience. You monetise relationships and aesthetics well. Patronage and group ventures bring reliable returns.

Sun in your ninth house colours this August through fortune & dharma. Excellent for teaching, law, religion, philosophy, publishing, higher education, government and international work. You command respect as an authority on principles. Fortune tends to favour your finances, and gains through travel, foreign lands or mentors are well-supported.

Mars moves through your eighth house (Gemini) this August, bringing transformation & longevity into focus. You suit work involving research, investigation, surgery, insurance, taxation, forensics, mining, and crisis management. Anything dealing with hidden things, others money, or transformation fits. You do well where the work demands fearlessness and depth rather than surface charm.

With Mercury transiting your ninth house in Cancer, fortune ask for attention. Teaching, academia, law, publishing, writing, travel and tourism, and religious or philosophical work all suit this placement. You do well wherever knowledge is taught, written, or interpreted. International work and cross-cultural communication often feature, rewarding your curiosity about how other societies think.

💰 Finance

Venus moves through your eleventh house (Virgo) this August, bringing gains & networks into focus. Entertainment, social media, event management, luxury and fashion networks, creative collaborations and any income tied to a community or audience. You monetise relationships and aesthetics well. Patronage and group ventures bring reliable returns.

With Saturn transiting your fifth house in Pisces, now retrograde,, children ask for attention. Research, teaching, finance, civil services, and any field rewarding deep, sustained analysis suit you. Avoid get-rich-quick speculation; your gains come from study and structure.

Sun in your ninth house colours this August through fortune & dharma. Excellent for teaching, law, religion, philosophy, publishing, higher education, government and international work. You command respect as an authority on principles. Fortune tends to favour your finances, and gains through travel, foreign lands or mentors are well-supported.

❤️ Love & Relationships

Saturn, now retrograde, moves through your fifth house (Pisces) this August, bringing children & intellect into focus. Romance is approached seriously and late, and you may distrust lightheartedness in love. Children, when they come, are often a source of responsibility before they are a source of joy.

With Rahu transiting your fourth house in Aquarius, mother ask for attention. Bonds with the mother and family carry tension or distance, sometimes due to migration or unconventional circumstances. In partnerships you crave security yet struggle to feel settled, which needs honest acknowledgement.

Mars in your eighth house colours this August through transformation & longevity. Mars in the 8th house causes Manglik Dosha, classically because the eighth touches the longevity and marital sphere. As with every Manglik position, the effect is routinely overstated and is usually settled by matching with another Manglik or sincere remedies. The real work is honesty about jealousy and control, since secrecy and suppressed intensity strain intimacy more than the dosha does.

🩺 Health

Mars moves through your eighth house (Gemini) this August, bringing transformation & longevity into focus. The reproductive and excretory organs are the vulnerable zones, with risk of inflammation, surgery, accidents, and conditions involving blood. This placement classically relates to accident-proneness and sudden ailments. Defensive caution and regular checkups genuinely matter here, though no chart guarantees outcomes.

With Sun transiting your ninth house in Cancer, fortune ask for attention. The 9th house relates to the hips, thighs and circulation. The Sun gives generally good vitality and fortune in health, though watch for hip or thigh strain and blood pressure. Long-distance travel suits you but pace yourself.

🪔 Remedies for August

1. Saturn: Recite the Hanuman Chalisa and Shani Stotra on Saturdays.
2. Saturn: Donate black sesame, iron, mustard oil or black cloth; light a mustard-oil lamp.
3. Rahu: Chant "Om Rahave Namah" or the Durga Saptashati on Saturdays.
4. Rahu: Donate sesame, blankets or mustard oil; feed stray dogs.