Libra Daily Horoscope – 08 August 2024

Yasmin Boland

7 August 2024 at 3:00 pm·1-min read

If there are work or administrative matters you need to get tied up, don’t delay, get organised today. Mercury will leave your 10th House in just over a week, for another year, but right now, you’re in a strong position to get lose ends and boring details tied up, both at work and wherever you’re dealing with someone in authority. If there’s a project at work which you’ve been either working hard on, thinking a lot about or – contrariwise – dragging your heels on, this is the time to put in that last minute mental effort. Working late is a good idea now, if need be.
August is a Mercury retrograde month – find out everything you need to know at http://www.mercuryretrograde.com

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