Meetings in August 2026
Sun and Jupiter in Karka (Cancer)
17 July 2026 to 16 August 2026 · closest 29 July 2026, 0°00' apart · Pushya
The king and the guru sit together, and they are friends.
Natal reading: Sun and Jupiter conjunction · Sign: Karka
Mars and Mercury in Mithuna (Gemini)
3 August 2026 to 5 August 2026 · closest 3 August 2026, 26°50' apart · Mrigashira
Mars gives force and Mercury gives skill, and Mercury regards Mars as an enemy while Mars is neutral.
Natal reading: Mars and Mercury conjunction · Sign: Mithuna
Mercury and Jupiter in Karka (Cancer)
6 August 2026 to 22 August 2026 · closest 15 August 2026, 0°04' apart · Pushya
The two teachers of the zodiac.
Natal reading: Mercury and Jupiter conjunction · Sign: Karka
Sun, Mercury and Jupiter in Karka (Cancer)
6 August 2026 to 16 August 2026 · closest 15 August 2026, 12°32' apart · Ashlesha
Jupiter adds wisdom to Budhaditya Yoga: intellect, eloquence, authority and ethics together, the signature of teachers, judges, administrators and scholars.
Natal reading: Sun, Mercury and Jupiter conjunction · Sign: Karka
Sun and Mercury in Karka (Cancer)Budhaditya Yoga
6 August 2026 to 16 August 2026 · closest 16 August 2026, 11°31' apart · Ashlesha
Mercury is never more than 28 degrees from the Sun, so this is the most common conjunction in any chart and it forms Budhaditya Yoga.
Natal reading: Sun and Mercury conjunction · Sign: Karka
17 August 2026 to 16 September 2026 · closest 23 August 2026, 0°07' apart · Magha
Ketu with the Sun is the other eclipse pair.
Natal reading: Sun and Ketu conjunction · Sign: Simha
Mercury and Ketu in Simha (Leo)
23 August 2026 to 7 September 2026 · closest 25 August 2026, 0°04' apart · Magha
Ketu sharpens Mercury toward the essential.
Natal reading: Mercury and Ketu conjunction · Sign: Simha
Sun, Mercury and Ketu in Simha (Leo)
23 August 2026 to 7 September 2026 · closest 25 August 2026, 2°29' apart · Magha
Ketu sharpens Budhaditya Yoga toward the essential: an intuitive, penetrating, sparse intellect drawn to research, mathematics and scripture, with little patience for display and a faint relationship with status.
Natal reading: Sun, Mercury and Ketu conjunction · Sign: Simha
Sun and Mercury in Simha (Leo)Budhaditya Yoga
23 August 2026 to 7 September 2026 · closest 28 August 2026, 0°03' apart · Magha
Mercury is never more than 28 degrees from the Sun, so this is the most common conjunction in any chart and it forms Budhaditya Yoga.
Natal reading: Sun and Mercury conjunction · Sign: Simha
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