This week in Women’s Group, a truth rose up that felt so obvious and yet so rarely spoken. When the children grow up and move out, so much changes — but the deepest shift is invisible. For years, your life orbits around your kids: the routines, the meals, the rides, the talks, the worries. Every decision is filtered through 'What do they need?' Then one day… the house is quiet. There’s no homework spread across the table, no laundry mountain waiting, no daily chatter to fill the rooms.

And the question hits: Now what?

No one prepares you for this part — the strange grief of losing a role that defined you for decades, the awkward space of no longer being needed in the same way, and the uncertainty of what your own life looks like when it’s no longer tethered to theirs.

The Sky’s Invitation This Week

Astrologically, this week mirrors that emotional journey:

- Mercury Direct in Cancer (Aug 11) — Clearer conversations and reflections about home, family, and your past. This is the week to give language to feelings you’ve kept bottled up.
- Venus–Jupiter conjunction in Cancer (Aug 12) — A beautiful, healing influence for self-nurturing, rebuilding emotional connection, and finding joy in new ways of relating.
- Moon’s Path — We begin in Pisces (soft release), move into Aries (self-reclamation), then Taurus (rooting into a new sense of stability). It’s the perfect arc for releasing the past, rediscovering yourself, and planting the seeds of your next chapter.

Rising Sign Guidance & Tarot Anchors

This week’s cosmic and tarot pairings aren’t just about what’s “coming” — they’re tools to help you move from “Who was I?” to “Who am I now?”

Aries Rising – The Chariot

Healing Lens: You’re steering into unknown terrain — and that’s exciting. This is your permission slip to take the wheel fully.

Prompt: “What’s something I’ve always wanted to do but put on hold for family responsibilities?”

Taurus Rising – The Empress

Healing Lens: You’ve spent years giving life to others; now, nurture your dreams.

Prompt: “If my life were my garden, what would I plant this year?”

Gemini Rising – Page of Cups

Healing Lens: You’re learning to relate to the world from curiosity rather than obligation.

Prompt: “Where can I invite more play, art, or wonder into my week?”

Cancer Rising – Ten of Cups

Healing Lens: Your sense of family is evolving. Home is wherever love flows — even if it looks different now.

Prompt: “What new traditions could bring joy into this next season of life?”

Leo Rising – Strength

Healing Lens: You’re rediscovering your inner steadiness, not through control, but through trust.

Prompt: “Where can I practice patience and self-trust right now?”

Virgo Rising – The Hermit

Healing Lens: Alone doesn’t mean lonely — it means room to hear your own voice again.

Prompt: “What have I been wanting to explore in solitude?”

Libra Rising – Justice

Healing Lens: You’re weighing the past and the future — and realizing the scales tip toward possibility.

Prompt: “What beliefs or habits no longer fit the life I want to live?”

Scorpio Rising – Death

Healing Lens: This is a sacred ending, not a loss, but an initiation into a new life stage.

Prompt: “What am I ready to release so I can welcome what’s next?”

Sagittarius Rising – Temperance

Healing Lens: Your next chapter is a blend of old loves and new passions.

Prompt: “What can I combine to create more balance and fulfillment?”

Capricorn Rising – The Devil

Healing Lens: You’re untangling from roles that once defined you but no longer serve.

Prompt: “What commitments or routines are ready to be rewritten?”

Aquarius Rising – The Star

Healing Lens: Hope is your compass. Even if you can’t see the full path, you know it’s there.

Prompt: “What vision is calling me forward now?”

Pisces Rising – The Moon

Healing Lens: You’re being asked to trust your intuition, even if the way ahead is unclear.

Prompt: “What inner truth am I ready to follow, no matter how uncertain it feels?”

Closing Reflection

Whether your kids left last month, last decade, or this shift shows up in another form — a divorce, retirement, career change — the “Now what?” moment is both terrifying and liberating. The stars this week remind us: your story isn’t over when one role ends. The cards echo: the next chapter is yours to write, and you hold the pen.

All the Love

Monique