Your worries can be a warning signal to help you prepare for what's next, or they can just cause more problems than they heal. Your assignment this week is to assess the difference between the two. There's great value in perceiving early warning signals and getting prepared, but there's very little value in exhausting yourself with panic and anxiety, dear Taurus.

As you change, you will inevitably bump up against the beliefs and survival mechanisms that are at the core of your existing behaviours, attitudes and habits. (This will happen even if you are growing in the very direction you wished for.) Do your best to take accountability for what you're going through and how you got here so that you don't pick fights when what you truly need to be doing is unhooking yourself from your own outdated coping mechanisms.

It's eclipse season, and that means your ruling planet is on a tear—and you are likely feeling it! This is not the time for control and security, Moonchild. Instead, adopt a patient and grounded approach to sort through your emotions and your coping mechanisms—which are closely related, but in reality, two very different things. Strive to ensure that your coping mechanisms are not at the expense of your emotional well-being.

If you allow your pride to drive you through this very intense eclipse season, the changes that you make will not help you heal, but instead will reflect your defensiveness, insecurities or inflated sense of self. Strive to act in alignment with your convictions and heart-held beliefs, Leo. This takes a little more energy, but the result is absolutely worth it.

There's nothing wrong with feeling sad. It's not fun, obviously, but it's also not a bad thing. This week, you are being called upon to live with complex emotions while still participating in your life in a healthy way. If you're feeling sad, treat yourself as you would a friend and give yourself the support and care that you need alongside tending to the other important things in your life, Virgo.

Sometimes the line is very fine between navigating self-care and being selfish. To make things more complicated, you may think of things that are needed for self-care as selfish, when they are not—or you may tell yourself that the conditions you're placing upon others are reasonable, when they are an overstep. Invest in the uncomfortable process of self-reflection on your boundaries around self-care and identifying any potential selfishness, Libra.

This week your coping mechanisms are taking centre stage, Scorpio. If you find yourself slipping back into your old ways, privately doing things that are self-destructive or creating problems for the people and things that you care about, then you'll know exactly what I mean. Generally speaking, how you show up for whatever is happening at this moment in time is what defines you. That is absolutely true this week. Do your best to process your emotions with clarity of intention and purpose, my deeply emotional friend.

In eclipse season—which we are in for all of August—things become both more clear and more obscured. This makes it really challenging to make major decisions or even to rely on pattern recognition because this is an inherently unpredictable period. Instead of developing a negative theory about this or adopting a scarcity mindset, strive to meet the moment by staying present, even when it's uncomfortable, Sagittarius.

It's important to consider what is in your stewardship, versus sticking your nose where it doesn't belong. This week your assignment is to clarify, maintain and express your boundaries while leaving room for others to do the same. The choices you make and the actions you take are a reflection of you, and the same goes for other people. Let others reveal themselves to you while taking accountability for who you are choosing to be, Capricorn.

When you get emotionally overwhelmed, it's easy to slip into old coping mechanisms that have you acting out against yourself or against others—either consciously or unconsciously. The best thing that you can do this week is to be honest about how you're feeling, and challenge yourself to hold that truth up against your realities. Sometimes they match, sometimes they don't, but they are both real and deserving of your care.

This is a terrible time to look outside of yourself for validation and answers, even though it's tempting. Your assignment this week is to actively invest in the coping mechanisms, habits and dynamics that reflect the person you wanna be—and the life you wish to live. Sure, you may be "doing it wrong" or things might not progress the way you wish they would, but your assignment is to follow your heart, not seek perfection, Pisces.