This Eclipse Isn’t a Reset. Here’s Why I’m Using It to Get Serious About Crypto.

Do you ever look back at your life and notice that the big moments, the ones that actually changed something, happened on dates that felt too specific to be random?

I used to brush that off as coincidence. I don’t anymore.

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Why I Started Paying Attention to Dates

For years I would look back over my life and notice a pattern I couldn’t quite explain. The moves, the relationships, the decisions that actually mattered: a surprising number of them landed on dates that, once I learned a bit about astrology and numerology, turned out to be significant. Not every date. But enough of them that I stopped calling it coincidence and started calling it information.

So I went and learned more. Not to become an astrologer. I’m not one, and I’m not pretending to be. Just enough to understand the broad strokes: which periods tend to favor new beginnings, which favor release, which are better for rest than for action. It became a genuinely useful filter for me, the same way checking the weather before a road trip is useful. You can still drive in the rain. It just helps to know it’s coming.

These days, before I sign anything important, I check the date. Last weekend, I signed my new work contract on the 8th of August, 8/8, during what’s known as the Lion’s Gate portal, a window astrologers associate with alignment and powerful new beginnings. I didn’t choose that date by accident. I start the new role this coming Monday, and I wanted it to begin from the strongest possible footing I could give it.

Yes, I know how that sounds to some people. But if I believe in something enough, it genuinely carries me through, especially on the harder days. That’s really a whole separate conversation about the Law of Attraction, one I’d love to get into with you another time. For now, just know that this isn’t performance for me. It’s part of how I actually navigate my life.

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What’s Actually Happening With Tomorrow’s Eclipse

Tomorrow, August 12, brings a Total Solar Eclipse, the moon passing directly between the earth and the sun. Astrologically, eclipses are treated as amplified turning points, more significant than a regular new moon, and their effects are said to ripple out for months rather than fading after one day.

Here’s where it gets personal for me specifically. This eclipse falls in the sign of Leo, and for those of us born under Taurus, that specific placement lands directly in the part of the chart tied to home, family, emotional security, and foundations: the base you build everything else on top of. Taurus as a sign is genuinely different by nature. It’s not a sign that chases sudden change, it’s a sign that wants to build something steady and lasting. So having an eclipse land right in that “foundations” zone, the week I start a brand new job, feels less like noise and more like a nudge to pay attention to what I’m actually building right now, not just professionally, but financially too.

Whether or not you put stock in any of this, there’s a completely secular version of the same idea. Big life transitions are exactly when it’s worth reviewing your financial foundations. New job, new income, new stability: that’s the moment to actually look at what you’re doing with your money, not six months in once the routine’s already set.

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Where This Actually Meets Crypto

This is the part I actually want you to walk away with, astrology aside.

A new job, a new chapter, a fresh sense of stability. That’s the moment most of us either build a better financial foundation, or quietly let the old habits carry on because we’re too busy adjusting to everything else. I don’t want to do the second one. So this week, alongside starting the new role, I’m also using it as the moment to actually tighten up my own crypto setup rather than let it sit half organized in the background.

Concretely, that means:

• Making sure my recovery phrase and wallet setup are actually secure, not just “set up once and forgotten.” Here’s the exact walkthrough I use if you’ve never done this properly.
• Deciding, before the first new paycheck lands, what percentage, even a small one, I want to consistently move into crypto rather than leaving the decision to chance every month.
• If you’re still holding everything on an exchange rather than in your own wallet, this is how you move it safely. Foundations mean actually owning what you hold, not just having an account somewhere.

None of this requires believing an eclipse changes anything. It just requires using a moment that already feels significant to you as the nudge to finally do the thing you’ve been meaning to do anyway.

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There’s Never a Perfect Moment (And That’s Kind of the Point)

Here’s the honest truth. If you’re reading this, you’re already thinking about investing. And if you’re already thinking about it, you’re most likely waiting for the right moment to actually start.

But is there ever a good moment to start something new? Think back to the biggest moments in your life. Was it the perfect time when you had your first baby? I’d bet for more than half of us, it genuinely wasn’t. We made it work anyway, because that’s just what life is. Sometimes it’s easy, quiet, nothing much happening. Other times it’s full-blown chaos. And somehow, we make it work regardless.

So here comes the eclipse, as a genuinely handy tool for this exact moment. What it offers isn’t the perfect timing you’ve been waiting for. It’s a natural checkpoint to finally leave behind the things that have been quietly keeping you stuck: the belief that you need to feel one hundred percent ready before you’re allowed to start, the old story that you’re “not a numbers person” or “not the investing type,” the performance of having it all figured out before you’re willing to let anyone see you trying, and the habit of waiting for someone else’s permission or approval before you trust your own judgment. Astrologers describe this specific eclipse as one that asks us to release exactly that kind of pattern, the need for outside validation before we let ourselves shine. You don’t need the stars to tell you that waiting for permission has never once served you. But if the eclipse is what finally gets you to admit it, I’ll take it.

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A Simple Way to Mark It, If You Want To

You don’t need candles or a ritual for this to mean something (though if that’s your thing, go for it). Something this simple works:

Write down one financial habit or belief you want to leave behind: “I keep putting this off,” “I don’t feel ready,” “I’ll deal with it later.” I know that one intimately. I’ve said it to myself more times than I’d like to admit.

Here’s what I’ve come to understand about that. Your subconscious mind isn’t trying to sabotage you. It’s trying to protect you, in the only way it knows how. Change reads as danger to it, even good change, even change you actually want, because the old pattern is familiar and familiar feels safe. So it will quietly nudge you back toward “later” every single time, not out of weakness, just out of habit.

And here’s the thing about “later.” It feels safer. But later never comes. It just keeps getting relabeled as tomorrow, then next week, then someday, until someday quietly becomes never. Which means the only real way through it is to notice that nudge and do the thing anyway. Not wait to feel ready. Not wait for the fear to go away first. Just put your foot down and do it.

And here’s the part that actually feels like magic when it happens. Once you write down that first thought, the second one shows up almost on its own. Then a third. You start with “I keep putting this off” and twenty minutes later you’ve filled a page with everything you’ve been avoiding, and right alongside it, everything you actually want. The page does the work for you once you give it that first honest sentence. You just have to be willing to write the first one.

Then write down one small, specific action that moves you in the opposite direction, and actually do it this week. Set up the wallet. Read the one article you’ve been avoiding. Move the first small amount. That’s the whole practice.

I’ll let you in on a little secret too. Before Yadala, I spent more than a decade as a counsellor, hypnotherapist, and energy healer, which is a fancy way of saying I’ve spent over ten years professionally telling people to stop overthinking it and just do the thing. So when I tell you your subconscious is being dramatic and it’s time to set up the wallet already, that’s not just internet-astrology-lady talk. That’s a decade-plus of trained expertise, aimed directly at your excuses.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to believe in astrology for any of this to help? No. Even stripped of the astrological framing, “review your finances at a major life transition” is just sound practice. Take what’s useful and leave the rest.

Why does this eclipse matter more for Taurus specifically? This eclipse lands in the part of the Taurus chart connected to home, security, and foundations, themes that are already core to how Taurus approaches life. It doesn’t mean other signs aren’t affected too, just that the “foundations” theme lines up especially closely for Taurus.

Should I make a big financial decision because of the eclipse? I wouldn’t recommend timing a major investment purely off a planetary alignment. Use the moment as motivation to review and organize, not as a market signal.

How do I start if I’ve never touched crypto before? Start with the basics: understanding what a wallet actually is and why moving your crypto off an exchange matters. This is a good place to begin.

How long do eclipse effects typically last? Astrologers generally describe the effects as unfolding over roughly six months, not just the day itself, which is exactly why starting something now, even something small, matters more than it might seem.

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Have a question I didn’t cover? Leave it in the comments below. I read every one.

Sources

Sources

PureWow: August 2026 Solar Eclipse Effects and Implications
Astrosofa: Taurus August 2026 Horoscope
Bonnie Sorsby: Solar Eclipse in Leo August 2026

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