This Month in Astrology
The following are astrological synopses of the month, updated in the fourth week of the previous month, including the month’s highlights, horoscope overviews, monthly aspects timeline, and Void of Course Moon monthly tables. At the bottom of this feature, see previous and next months.
This Month in Astrology – July 2026
July 2026
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This Month’s Highlights
Inner Planets
Horoscopes for the Month
Void of Course Dates this Month

The month is packed full of significant outer planet transits. First, on July 1st, Jupiter forms a square with Chiron, and this is the final of three in a set. During this period, we can find ourselves yearning for meaning and understanding, yet it’s a daunting task to align with a personal philosophy or belief system that authentically mirrors our core. Beliefs and ideas might lead us astray, or we could be confronted with a crisis of faith. Something can occur that challenges our fundamental beliefs, leaving us confused. There may be instances where we feel isolated in our opinions, visions, or future plans, as others may not understand our vision. Past decisions that once seemed wise may now appear questionable… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 7th, Neptune turns retrograde, and this shift casts a veil over our practical affairs. There can be a temporary loss of inspiration as we realign our dreams and wishes with what’s inside us. The retrograde cycle itself, which lasts until December 12th this year, suggests a period of taking in, receptiveness, and some indecisiveness. It can be a period of feeling in limbo, but it might also be a time of great inner discovery. This isn’t the first retrograde turn while Neptune is in Aries, but it’s the first one where Neptune spends the entire retrograde in the sign… Read more about Neptune’s retrograde on its calendar page.
On July 14th, the New Moon in Cancer prompts a new beginning–we’re starting anew. It brings a fresh start to our lives, particularly with our personal lives, families, and domestic worlds. By consciously tuning in to positive Cancer energy, we learn more about ourselves and loved ones. This is a time for feeding our foundation — all of that which we call home, including the foundation we’ve built inside ourselves, needs to be tended to and honored. It’s a time to recognize the importance of our family and our personal circle of friends and the security, sense of belonging, and safety we derive from them.
This New Moon aligns with retrograde Mercury, and it’s hard to see our path, but our discomfort with the past can be very real now, motivating new beginnings… Read more about this New Moon in Cancer on its calendar page.
On July 15th, Uranus forms a sextile with Neptune, and this is the the third of five in this set. We’re seeking (and finding) illumination. It’s a time of more openness to alternative ways of living, believing, and expression. We’re receptive to different or unusual experiences and ideas. At the same time, we’re averse to any form of force-feeding spirituality or belief systems, preferring our freedom to follow our intuition. It’s a time to reform and update how we express compassion, care for the underprivileged, pursue our dreams, seek escapes, and do art and creativity. However, we can also be more sensitive to stimulants… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 18th, Uranus forms a trine with Pluto, and this is the first of five in a set that will extend until May 2028. With this meaningful transit, we more readily tap into our deeper ambitions and motivations, and this knowledge of and connection with our inner selves can lead to terrific new directions. We recognize the need for change and reform, but also realize that having a solid plan of action is to our great benefit. As such, it can be a time of measured, deliberate change-making. It’s a fine time for forging new alliances and friendships. We might awaken to hidden or dormant talents, including inventiveness, or recognize a stronger desire for independence and freedom. The desire for new experiences is compelling… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 20th, Jupiter forms a trine with Neptune, and this is a standalone transit. At this time, idealistic and humanitarian goals or impulses surface. Making connections with others from a different background are in the spotlight. Widening our minds through unusual or different experiences can be a theme during this phase. Practical considerations could take a back seat now. Generosity and compassion increase, and our faith gets a real boost. We are also vastly more willing to make personal sacrifices for what we believe is the greater good… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 20th, the same day, Jupiter forms an opposition with Pluto, which is another standalone transit. This transit brings intensity and conflict to our lives. We can be quite ambitious, feeling that if we set our sights high enough, we can achieve anything. However, treading lightly, while it may not come naturally, is advised as it is all too easy to stir up opposition. We should watch for a tendency to take on too many interests, activities, or desires. Exaggerating our importance or power, either to ourselves or others, should also be avoided. Something might challenge our belief system, prompting a major attitude change, or we might have to face narrow-mindedness in others (or in ourselves).
This can also be a time when we feel such enormous pressure to succeed or chase a desire/goal that we make mistakes and exercise poor judgment. Possible themes are exploitation, manipulation, fanaticism, obsession, opportunism, legal issues, hidden agendas, and ulterior motives. If energies are channeled well, however, it can be a time to heal, reform, and improve. Trying to force our beliefs on others will only lead to frustration… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 21st, the next day, Jupiter forms a sextile with Uranus, and this, too, is a standalone transit. Changes and innovations are exciting now–we’re open to new energies, approaches, and attitudes. Fortunate events occur as a direct result of our willingness to entertain the unusual and to think outside of the box. This transit favors group activities, financial endeavors associated with groups or organizational efforts, online connections and ventures, educational pursuits, writing, publishing, speaking, and humanitarian efforts. Our outlook is positive and optimistic.
With Jupiter in Leo, we can be quite personal, but when Jupiter in Leo forms a sextile to Uranus, it helps us detach somewhat from some of this so that we can embrace change. We’re doing communicating, transportation, connecting, and learning in different, non-traditional ways at this time, and this attitude can open new worlds for us, even in little ways. We can find unique or unusual ways to enjoy ourselves or help and inspire others. We might bring out the best in one another by recognizing each other’s unique talents…. Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
These configurations are strong for events, realizations, and circumstances that nudge us to recognize latent talents. We’re successful because we’re wholeheartedly pursuing our goals, even in the face of obstacles or opposition. It’s a time of creative vision and determination. Still, while we’re yearning for meaning and understanding, it’s challenging to align ourselves with a satisfying mission, and some trial and error is likely. Certainly, intense experiences now bring out our need for improvement, change, and revolution.
On July 23rd, Mercury ends its retrograde in the sign of Cancer. The communications planet began a retrograde cycle late last month, on June 29th, and now ends its retrograde on July 23rd. Because Mercury has remained in the sign of Cancer throughout the retrograde, Mercury is in Cancer for some time–until August 9th. Something similar happened in June/July 2020.
Mercury in Cancer is insular by nature as it is, and with the slowdown and then retrograde, it is even more so. This is an excellent period for getting in touch with what nurtures us and feeds our spirits. Emotional communication is not always valued as much as rational approaches in our society, and now is the time to explore our more intimate, sympathetic, and emotional nature and how it affects our decision-making processes. Mercury’s retrograde in Cancer can see us taking many trips down memory lane. Mercury’s direct turn on July 23rd can help unblock information clogs. It will remain in its post-retrograde shadow until August 6th, which means that it will have recovered the full ground of its retrograde cycle by that time… Read more about this retrograde Mercury cycle on its calendar page.
On July 25th, Neptune forms a sextile with Pluto, and this is is the first of many such aspects while Neptune is in Aries and Pluto is in Aquarius. With this long-term influence, we are especially able to see the layers of a situation. We’re intrigued by what makes things work and by people’s motivations, as well as economics, natural resources, parapsychology, and politics. It’s a time of rich experiences and cultural movements, transformative scientific thought and advancement, and of paying more sensitive attention to human rights.
Psychic energy is intense but not overwhelmingly so during this phase of spiritual unclogging. We seek a sense of purpose or magic now, wanting to elevate what’s mundane or ordinary in our lives. We might work on deepening our intuition, imagination, or compassion, or we might feel more compelled to act on these things to make a change… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 26th, Saturn turns retrograde, and it will continue to travel in this apparent backward motion until December 10th. While Saturn is retrograde, we more often review our responsibilities and commitments than deal with them directly in the moment. There can be more than the usual experiences of guilt and self-doubt as we internalize fears but also the chance to reassess our commitments. Similarly with Neptune’s retrograde, Saturn is in Aries and stays in the sign throughout this retrograde… Read more about Saturn turning retrograde in Aries on its calendar page.
On July 26th, the Moon’s True North Node enters Aquarius, beginning a new cycle that will last over a year and a half–until March 2028. While the North Node of the Moon transits the sign of Aquarius, it’s a time to embrace our humanitarian, community-oriented, and forward-looking nature. If we’ve found ourselves too attached to the drama of romance and personal relationships or perhaps willful and overly focused on getting what we want, this is a strong cycle for correcting the imbalance. In fact, benefits come to us as we do so.
It’s a powerful time to cultivate sensitivity to the needs of others. Our path is learning to be more impartial and less possessive in relationships and with creative projects if this is needed. As we learn to let go of the need for a passionate chase, satisfaction will come. This is a time during which we should solve problems that require thinking “outside of the box” and looking to the future with a brand new, positive, and hopeful vision. It’s a meaningful cycle for contributing to our community and working towards the common good. .. Read more about North Node in Aquarius on its calendar page.
On July 29th, a Full Moon occurs in Aquarius, awakening us to the need for others or to answer to humanitarian impulses. This lunation reminds us of our needs for friendship, community, as well as impartiality and objectivity. We cannot lose sight of our larger goals and our need to give back to the community or group that supports us.
Our feelings blossom now. Full Moons are about connecting us with things we already know but aren’t acknowledging, such as buried feelings, or they bring secrets to light and projects to a turning point.
This Full Moon occurs with the Sun conjunct Jupiter and the Moon conjunct Pluto (and Juno). It harmonizes with Neptune and Uranus. With this configuration, something might challenge our beliefs, motivating us to make changes and improvements. There can be a faceoff between our morals and our fears or suspicions. We can be dealing with issues of power and control, but we’re also finding creative ways to move forward. It can be a time when we attach a higher meaning to our struggles or need an incentive to carry on our plans. Still, a desire to enjoy ourselves or grow our relationships can be motivators now. Our need for love, generosity, and affection runs high… Read more about this Full Moon on its calendar page.
| Date | Time | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1 | 10:24 PM | Jupiter square Chiron | Jup 0 Leo 24' square Chi 0 Tau 24' |
| Jul 3 | 8:24 AM | Jupiter quincunx True Node | Jup 0 Leo 42' quincunx Nod 0 Pis 42' |
| Jul 7 | 6:54 AM | Neptune Retrograde | Nep 4 Ari 25'Rx |
| Jul 7 | 3:29 PM | Last Quarter Moon | 15 Ari 42' |
| Jul 9 | 1:22 PM | Venus enters Virgo | Ven 0 Vir 00' |
| Jul 10 | 5:50 PM | True Node sextile Chiron | Nod 0 Pis 37' sextile Chi 0 Tau 37' |
| Jul 14 | 5:43 AM | New Moon in Cancer | 21 Can 59' |
| Jul 15 | 4:36 PM | Uranus sextile Neptune | Ura 4 Gem 24' sextile Nep 4 Ari 24'Rx |
| Jul 18 | 12:43 AM | Uranus trine Pluto | Ura 4 Gem 30' trine Plu 4 Aqu 30'Rx |
| Jul 20 | 3:23 AM | Jupiter trine Neptune | Jup 4 Leo 22' trine Nep 4 Ari 22'Rx |
| Jul 20 | 10:44 AM | Jupiter opposition Pluto | Jup 4 Leo 26' opposition Plu 4 Aqu 26'Rx |
| Jul 21 | 7:05 AM | First Quarter Moon | 28 Lib 44' |
| Jul 21 | 7:10 AM | Jupiter sextile Uranus | Jup 4 Leo 38' sextile Ura 4 Gem 38' |
| Jul 22 | 3:13 PM | Sun enters Leo | Sun 0 Leo 00' |
| Jul 23 | 6:57 PM | Mercury Direct | Mer 16 Can 19'D |
| Jul 25 | 1:26 AM | Neptune sextile Pluto | Nep 4 Ari 20'Rx sextile Plu 4 Aqu 20'Rx |
| Jul 26 | 3:56 PM | Saturn Retrograde | Sat 14 Ari 45'Rx |
| Jul 26 | 8:46 PM | True Node Rx enters Aquarius | Nod Aqu Rx |
| Jul 29 | 10:35 AM | Full Moon in Aquarius | 6 Aqu 30' |
(See the full table for 2026)
See also: This Week in Astrology week to week for more detail.
This Month’s Overview Horoscopes
The following horoscopes outline how the above astrological influences might affect each individual sign.
Overview horoscopes fill in here as I write them, ideally during the week before the month begins. It is not unusual to see some signs temporarily missing as I write the twelve of them over the course of a few days, starting with the featured sign of the month (birthday month).
Aries
The month ahead is powerful for special attention to your personal life, dear Aries. There may be some important renovations and improvements in your home or within your family relationships. July holds a strong domestic theme for you. You tend to pour more heart into your home life, living conditions, nesting, or loved ones this month. Your instincts are strong in these areas! Still, some backtracking over old problems and conversations is likely, and perhaps some paperwork to manage, with Mercury retrograde until the 23rd. Even if old problems re-emerge and blow up now, they’re likely to blow over later this month. Some delays can be blessings in disguise, as they give you the chance to redo, refine, or reconsider things. Ideas that emerge from your conversations and musings can be significant, prompting long-term plans. You may be trying to make sense of family matters and past patterns, and you’re set to learn much that can help inform your decisions. The New Moon on the 14th can ultimately prompt new initiatives, long-term projects, or interesting family and home-related developments. You’ll want to pay extra attention to getting and giving nurture and connecting with your need for familiarity. With Mercury retrograde until the 23rd, it’s a good time to develop creative ways to improve your personal life, but not yet ideal for brand new beginnings. Both Neptune and Saturn, visiting your sign, turn retrograde this month. These retrogrades detach you just enough from your current responsibilities, ideals, and dreams for you to gain a new perspective on them. While you may lose some wind in your sails just for now, the retrograde cycles ultimately bring about more balance in your life. You are maturing and learning to rely on yourself during this phase of your life. Even with quite introspective energy with you in July, you’re in a brilliant place for creative and romantic pursuits. Your powers of attraction run high. Venus is in your sector of joy until the 9th, Jupiter has just recently entered it, and the Sun heads in on the 22nd. You're likely to enjoy special hobbies, pleasures, romance, or pastimes. You can be more generous with your heart, time, happiness, or money. Venus heads into your work and health sector on the 9th, increasing your enjoyment of your work and health routines. With July's many significant outer-planet transits, you're likely to enjoy new insights and developments in learning areas, studies, in your neighborhood or with siblings, or in communication activities. You may receive good news or read something that inspires you to change your learning focus, write about a topic you hadn’t considered before, or through channels you have never tried, for example. Your social life can also get a nice boost. Creative and romantic endeavors thrive. There is a magical quality to your charisma, appeal, and creative output. It can be a popular time for you as you stand out as unique and desirable. Expressing yourself creatively or romantically helps you understand and define yourself better — it’s a confidence-booster all around. Love, love affairs, and other social activities help enhance a healthy self-image, and you draw others in magnetically. You can truly sell your ideas, creations, and personality to the world. However, watch for feeling pushed into making a decision or rushed, as well as for over-managing your social life. Aim to pace yourself and don’t overshoot. Attention to friends or lovers can require a balancing act or compromise. Watch also for a tendency to make impulsive purchases or lend indiscriminately. July's energies are certainly strong for nesting and centering yourself, but as the month advances, you’re drawing on this newfound security and pouring more of yourself into sharing. The Sun moves into your sector of fun, creativity, joy, recreation, heartfelt pursuits, and romance on the 22nd. You're recognizing your need to play, enjoy yourself, have some fun, and share your affection or creations with others. It’s a time to shine! The chance to resolve problems that cropped up earlier in the month arrives in the last week of July. Delays or blocks lift, or the information you need to move forward comes through. The Moon’s North Node enters your social sector on the 26th, and will visit there for eighteen months. This shift can bring about changes in your social life, potentially leading to new friendships or strengthening existing ones. During this cycle, the areas of both challenge and great reward are friendship, networks, associates, teams, and happiness goals. Your relationships with others – as well as your relationship with yourself – will benefit from your stronger focus on being present and connected. The period ahead is powerful for making or enhancing friendships, as well as for rounding out your happiness pursuits. The Full Moon on the 29th calls further attention to your social needs or particular feelings for a friend or project, as well as the need for more attention to enjoying your life and finding your happiness. It’s a particularly good time for celebratory activities or for recognizing your attachments and allegiances. |
Taurus
July brings a strong focus on connecting, learning, transportation, communications, and daily affairs for you, dear Taurus. You’re also likely to enjoy your home and personal life more fully this month. While there can be ups and downs and delays to manage, you’ll ultimately get to see which of your projects are genuinely viable and worth your effort. Your taste for experiences outside of the ordinary is notable as you begin the month, but while you’d do well to explore them, July can find you rather frequently dealing with your mundane affairs. It’s possible that siblings, relatives, or neighbors play a more vital role in your life. There is also a growing theme of extra attention to your home or family life, with fantastic opportunities to bring more harmony, comfort, enjoyment, and beauty to your personal or domestic world. Mercury is retrograde in your communications sector until the 23rd, after which the information you need to move forward comes through, or delays lift. You may return to old conversations or topics during this period, and while some of this can be frustrating, you might also pull up something valuable in the process. You’ll do well for yourself by reviewing recent decisions and allowing yourself to process and digest matters. Retrograde Mercury can bring on some delays, obstacles, or slowdowns, but there is much to enjoy and learn, even if (and perhaps because) you’re waiting. The New Moon on the 14th can prompt a desire or need for a new beginning or approach in your life regarding communication, connecting with others, and getting around. New communication or transportation channels may open up to you later in the month. Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and because they're both transiting your solar twelfth house, it makes sense to review and reassess some of your plans and goals. Thoughts often turn to past frustrations that are still affecting your present. You may have the opportunity to find some level of peace regarding past disappointments. While Mercury’s retrograde until the 23rd can sometimes muddle communications, in a general sense, you’re generating more warmth and trust with important people in your life. Being open to different ways of managing your money, things, valuables, or your attitude toward the past and attachments can significantly improve your life. Liberating shifts in attitude allow you to experiment with different ways of making money. You’re applying practical wisdom to your business but also connecting with your spirit for innovation, and the results are excellent. Home and domestic matters can be especially favorable, and bringing more order or organization to your home life could be part of this, but so could more compassion and tolerance in your relationships with family. You might uncover a resource that genuinely works for you, particularly on financial, business, and career levels. Your drive to improve your financial situation or comfort level is strong in July. Events remind you that your approaches to business and money-making need an overhaul, sparking a desire to innovate. If you’ve been over-attached to certain personal possessions, you might now recognize how they’ve weighed you down. Family matters can be particularly warm, comfortable, and natural in July. You may be finding ways to make peace with the past, freeing you up for exciting times to come. While the month can be slow-moving at times, you’re engaged and curious. Venus moves into your romance and pleasure sector on the 9th, putting you in a wonderful position for having some fun and enjoying yourself. This cycle is great for dating, entertainment, hobbies, and leisure time. You can find satisfying ways to express yourself, and you’re well-liked. You may encounter some challenges between your personal goals and the demands of your career this month. You can feel quite a bit of pressure to pursue your worldly goals, but this naturally comes at the expense of your personal freedom at times. The need to cultivate self-discipline can arise. The demands of career and family can be especially strong at this time, and they can clash. As such, finding a compromise or balance is essential. The Sun moves into your solar fourth house on the 22nd, and you’re bringing further attention to your relations with family and living conditions. You’re seeking more quiet, downtime, comfort, and familiarity. The 29th brings a Full Moon at the top of your solar chart, prompting some special attention to your performance, work, or responsibilities. It’s an excellent time for reputation matters, as well as for drawing up plans for reaching your goals. In fact, this can be a time when you awaken to a true calling. This prompt comes just a few days after the Moon's North Node moves into this sector. During its eighteen-month stay, you’ll gain more confidence in putting yourself out there and meeting your responsibilities. |
Gemini
The month has wonderful potential for settling in and enjoying yourself, dear Gemini, but also for building something important to you. You’re more interested in security and long-term endeavors than you are in the excitement of the moment in July. In effect, you have more patience to draw upon, and it’s powerful. You’re often drawn to the right resources or connections you need, but the path is not always straightforward with Mercury retrograde until the 23rd. Even with some delays or obstacles, it’s a fine time for making refinements and improvements. Efforts put forth now can lead to wonderful new beginnings and rewards. There are things to learn about your attachments, but there's also much to enjoy, especially on social and mental levels. Your mind is active, and your interests are exciting. Connections and communications can be delightful at times, even with Mercury retrograde until the 23rd. You might realize the need for a fresh start or new approach with money, income, valuables, self-esteem, or comfort matters after the New Moon on the 14th. You may consider taking a new path, and after a period of reorientation, you will ultimately feel more in control. Consider that Mercury is retrograde until the 23rd in the same sector where this New Moon occurs, and it makes sense to look to the past for ideas before pushing ahead with brand-new plans! While some predictability is an objective now, you’re also in a curious frame of mind and might thoroughly enjoy a change of scenery from time to time. Venus frames you very well until the 9th, particularly through your communications, even with Mercury retrograde. You’ll find learning, sharing ideas, and connecting very gratifying now, and benefits can come through the extra effort you’re putting into these things. Mars spends all month in your sign, keeping you active. Your need for more freedom and authentic self-expression is strong. Mars in your sign is a motivator and sometimes an aggravator! Considering your limits is vital, especially with your planetary ruler retrograde until the 23rd. Fortunately, your powers to lead, influence, and support others are potent. Venus heads into your home and family sector on the 9th, making it a good time to improve your relationships with loved ones and comfort levels on the home front. Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and both are currently visiting your social sector. Temporarily, you may experience a feeling of heaviness surrounding your obligations and/or a friendship or group. Your mission is to ultimately reconnect with your dreams, possibly refining them to better align with your purposes and current situation. However, outer-planet transits help you find more meaning in what you're doing. You're opening your heart to new ideas and methods, letting in the positive vibes, and moving just a little out of your comfort zone. The urge to break free from limiting conditions is strong. Your happiness goals fuel your independence. Fortunately, you’re arriving at a healthy balance between realism and spirit or independence. You’re keeping your feet on the ground while exploring your sense of freedom. You're also motivated to pursue a learning endeavor, a personal goal, or a cause. It does make sense to watch for exaggeration and obsession with Jupiter opposing Pluto. Keep things real. There can be some side-tracking due to a basic yearning for something more than just a mundane existence. While not inherently problematic, tense connections now suggest this yearning can get in the way of your everyday life. Taking on too many daily activities, communications, new interests, and learning endeavors or studies should be avoided, as they can become chaotic and distracting if you overload. The Sun heads into your communications sector on the 23rd. Connections with siblings, family, classmates, or acquaintances can improve as you invest new energy and enthusiasm in these relationships. You have a can-do mindset that takes you places. The last week of July is strong for resolving problems that may have overwhelmed you earlier in the month. It’s also a time when blocks seem to lift regarding money matters. You're in a better position for money coming in or for moving a business or practical matter forward. You now have the information you need to make effective decisions and to take charge of your personal affairs, finances, and resources. With the North Node’s move into your spirit sector for an eighteen-month stay, you’re receiving a cosmic nudge toward adopting beliefs that genuinely reflect the current “you.” You’re also learning about your need for self-expression through non-routine activities, studies, and experiences. A Full Moon occurs on the 29th in the same area of your solar chart, and it can bring an idea or project to bloom. You can feel very strongly about a project. It’s a wonderful time to recognize a calling, a new interest, or a desire to pursue a new study or travel. |
Cancer
Relationships are in strong focus as the month begins, dear Cancer, but the major themes of July are about you, your resources, confidence, work, and independence. A Full Moon at the end of June occurred in your partnership sector, and feelings have reached a head. You’re discovering who and what you need, and this self-awareness motivates you to get your act together. Your business acumen is attractive and appealing this month. Money is in good favor as well. July is a powerful month for personal presence, but it’s also a month when you’re slowly coming into your own–it’s not an instant process! This is largely due to Mars spending all month in the sign just behind yours. You have some digesting and processing to do. While you’re visible and in the spotlight, some plans, motivations, and drives are in limbo or not quite ready. Mercury's retrograde in your sign until the 23rd is another reason to go slowly this month. While you’re mentally engaged and want to express yourself, there can be some delays and information clogs—perhaps even misunderstandings—until the 23rd. There's a focus on personality and growth in July. The month is strong for small but significant changes as well as financial boosts. You’re learning a lot about yourself now. The New Moon on the 14th, which occurs in your sign, signals a time of personal new beginnings and a chance to reinvent yourself. What you communicate has more impact than usual—people hear you loud and clear, but they don’t necessarily see the whole picture in the first few weeks. It’s a time to take stock of recent events and draw on the past for ideas and insights that can be significant in forming new or improved plans down the road. Fortunately, though, you have lovely Venus in your communication sector from the 9th onward, helping smooth over problem areas. You're charming, and you find connecting and pursuing your personal interests more enjoyable. Highly creative aspects connect your career, money, and intimacy sectors this month. As you pour more specialized energy into your work, career, or reputation, you recognize the wisdom of taking breaks for rest and downtime. You’ll find you return to your work more refreshed, spirited, and perhaps inspired. It’s an important time to release negative attachments, and it's also a strong time for personal income, career, work, and health. Business should subtly improve, or a dream job situation arises. The magic ingredients for success now are inspiration, positivity, and effort. Allow yourself to dream, and back it up with solid plans and structured participation. Your need for meaningful pursuits is strong now and can fuel your success. Some of your most natural talents are rewarded and appreciated. Still, if you’ve been overconfident with money and resources, there may be some consequences to manage. As much as possible, avoid taking foolish risks, particularly by borrowing from your future through excessive debt, procrastination, or neglecting important responsibilities. A conflict over someone else’s resources or money can come to a head. If you accumulate personal possessions too quickly, it can lead to clutter and disorganization. Both borrowing and lending can lead to problems or disputes at this time. You could reach a standstill with a partner or significant person, likely over money, things, or intimacy. There can be exaggeration or drama going on around you, or power dynamics can be complicated. Fortunately, solutions to these problems motivate you to find highly creative workarounds. You're learning to have more faith in your worth and value. However, both Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and they're currently guests in your solar tenth house. Consider that your bigger ideas, especially those related to your life path, career, responsibilities, and status, require more time, refinement, and definition before they should be set into motion. Your feelings about your career path or reputation are shifting. What feels like a lack of direction can work in your favor as you learn what you truly want. Mercury ends its retrograde in your sign on the 23rd. Regarding work, special projects, and health, you may be waiting on answers or returning to old problems until then. From the 23rd onward, an end is in sight, or solutions are found. From the 22nd forward, financial matters are connected with your pride. Income and talents or resources are themes all month, in fact, but now, you're even more invested. Pouring your energy into building your money, things, and talents can be most satisfying now. The Full Moon on the 29th provides excellent motivation for sorting out your finances or dependencies, and real strategies can emerge now. This comes shortly after the Moon's North Node moves into your solar eighth house for a stay of a year and a half. With this transit, you’ll be learning to embrace your intimate world and need for a deeper connection to someone or a unique project. |
Leo
July features themes of personal appeal, leisure, friendship, healing, and replenishing your energy for you, dear Leo. As the month begins, the Full Moon has just occurred in your work and health sector and is a call to action regarding your work, services, habits, and health. Even so, there is a strong focus on downtime this month with the Sun (until the 22nd) and Mercury (all month) in your soul sector. It's important to take the time to rest, be still, reflect, and process recent events. Venus spends time in your sign until the 9th, presenting you with excellent opportunities to attract what you want into your life. You’re very attractive this month, but perhaps a little elusive or undecided, although much less so from the 22nd/23rd onward. The mystery, in fact, may add a little more to your appeal! Keep in mind that as exciting and hopeful things are, Mercury only turns direct on the 23rd. If a money or business matter has stalled, it’s likely to move forward after this date, but only gain real traction in August. Neptune and Saturn, currently visiting your spirit sector, both turn retrograde this month, and signals are strong to slow down and reassess or consider your larger plans and goals. It’s not the time to rush decisions. Avoid taking on more when you should really be focusing on simplifying, particularly in studies, special interests, travel, and sharing. Try to tackle things one at a time rather than wear yourself out. As you advance, you’ll be realigning with beliefs and pursuits that reflect your current growth. All month, in fact, you’re in a robust cycle for tapping into your inner wisdom. You may not be making many cut-and-dried decisions, but you’re doing some important thinking and processing. You have excellent support for your needs for privacy and emotional renewal, or quiet activities with others can be satisfying. The New Moon on the 14th nudges you forward with your efforts to come to a better work-rest balance. Using your downtime well is the goal now! Certainly, the month has its lively spots, especially with Mars in your social sector. Jupiter in your sign is building your spirits and desire for action, and this month, it's well-connected. You’re exploring the ability to detach and enjoy non-committed, light, and pressure-free connections. Your openness to new ways of approaching your life or to thinking creatively can create opportunities for engaging experiences that take you out of your routine. You can meet people who seem to share a similar destiny as you or who you connect with in surprising ways, which can seem sudden or unexpected. Humanitarian pursuits can be attractive now. As you build your skills and attend to your practical affairs, you might connect with people or causes that inspire and encourage you. Fortunately, managing stress and pressure comes more easily with current transits. You could find new meaning through adventure or learning. As you reclaim your personal power, you insist that others accept you for who you are. You have increased faith, not only in yourself but in life itself, which helps you achieve what you set out to do. There is a greater appreciation for your personality and personal style, and confidence is natural. It’s an excellent period for meaningful relationships and creative productivity. Still, Jupiter in Leo is square Chiron and opposite Pluto this month, and there can be times when you feel conflicted between the demands of a partnership and those of your personal or professional life. Finding a balance, rather than pushing or rebelling against either, is the challenge now. Jupiter’s presence in your sign has brought a strong need to start over. With Jupiter challenged, some of the less flattering sides of this overall favorable transit can emerge. While you may feel restless and have a strong desire to feel free, avoid pushing this too far, or people in your life might get their backs up. Watch for behaviors that might be interpreted as overconfident and even pompous. As well, try not to close your eyes to your responsibilities. Think in terms of toning down excesses since they attract the most problems with these transits in play. In truth, through challenges with others, you may realize your own potential. Your desire for freedom is stronger than it has been in years, and this can upset the apple cart for those accustomed to a more content “you.” On the 22nd, your birthday month begins, pointing to a period of personal discovery and awakening. This is a time to reorient yourself and start fresh. Sharing ideas and beliefs, and taking part in activities outside your usual routine, can be magical in the last few days of July. With the North Node of the Moon moving into your opposite sign for an eighteen-month cycle, you’re moving toward a stronger identity and a sense of purposefulness through your connections to others. Challenges such as communication issues or differing perspectives may arise, but these can lead to a deeper understanding and appreciation of your partner. Rewards in the form of shared successes and mutual support are also likely. Through partnership and cooperation, you are more likely to achieve the inner balance necessary to achieve your goals. The Full Moon on the 29th is brilliant for recognizing the need to make changes, particularly in relationships, and for finding all the tools you need to apply them constructively. |
Virgo
Your happiness goals, sense of community, feeling of belonging, and need to share and contribute are all in strong focus in July, dear Virgo. You’re also connecting with your more worldly ambitions and, later, your need for personal time away from the daily grind. It’s a powerful month for improving your social life while also attending to your responsibilities. But with your ruler, Mercury, retrograde until the 23rd, it’s a good idea to take things easy in a general sense, mainly related to decision-making, health, and friendship or networking matters. It may be best to reserve judgment on some issues until you have all the information you need. You also have Venus in your privacy sector until the 9th, and you're keeping your affections close to your chest. Neptune and Saturn, currently visiting your solar eighth house, turn retrograde this month, and these shifts also encourage you to slow down and think about your priorities. You’ll be reconsidering or reassessing your understanding of relationships, support, or financial matters, ultimately gaining a deeper perspective on them. However, Venus heads into your sign on the 9th, and it’s a time for feeling especially good about yourself. From this day onward, it's a time to embrace your need for more pleasure in your life. The desire or need for a fresh start in friendship can become apparent after the New Moon on the 14th. Certainly, you’re in a great position to network, connect, and share. People are bringing opportunities into your life, and your unique charm is helping to bring them along. July begins just after a Full Moon has awakened you to the need to express yourself more freely and to more heartily pursue your passions. At the same time, Mercury turned retrograde, so it's complicated! Nevertheless, opportunities emerge to advance, materially or emotionally, when you think about your future. Being willing to make minor changes can pay off. Something changes, such as leaving a no-win or dead-end situation behind. You could find yourself especially motivated by, and passionate about, the work you do or your current special projects. You’re communicating your passion for what you do through your work or tasks. Getting your finances and support situation sorted out can motivate and inspire your work or even lead to a positive new direction or reputation. The key now is a more balanced approach to sharing yourself with others – setting personal boundaries, but with some leniency and exceptions. You are learning the very tricky and fine art of helping and supporting the people you love without going so far that you feel overburdened. Connecting intimately with someone special boosts your sense of security, or a special project can be grounding. A career breakthrough may be in the works, sparking a new wave of excitement and motivation for your professional journey, whether that means working with more freedom or taking a new direction. However, you could be dealing with more-than-usual pressures at work, with your wellness, or with chores, and restlessness may be stirring. With work or health and self-care efforts, you could be filled with ambition and ideas now, possibly to the point of overwhelm. Try to pace yourself. The Sun heads into your privacy sector on the 22nd, and a general slowdown may benefit you. You begin to see the world a little differently, and you find more time to decompress, detox, and heal. It can be a time to take care of unfinished business. A learning, writing, or transportation issue that has been in limbo can move forward as news you were waiting for arrives or a lost item is found in the last week of the month. At the same time, your affections are clearer, and you carry yourself with such sweet appeal that you attract exactly what you need into your life. Mercury's direct turn on the 23rd also supports more clarity, which you appreciate. The North Node moves into your work and health sector near the end of July and will remain there for 18 months. This cycle will reinforce that orderliness is empowering, and paying closer attention to deadlines, details, and rules will be challenging but also very rewarding. Getting on top of your routines is a strong focus. The Full Moon on the 29th can awaken you to a need to make changes. You can be incredibly focused when it comes to eliminating something unhealthy from your life or uncovering important truths. It’s a fine time to tidy up your daily routines and habits, and you might even enjoy putting things into order. |
Libra
There is a continued focus on life direction, reputation, status, or career for you in July, dear Libra. However, there are growing themes of recreation, personal enjoyment, and friendship. It’s a powerful time for setting or adjusting goals and plans, but not necessarily for locking things down, given Mercury’s retrograde until the 23rd and a need to process, learn, understand, and adjust before pushing ahead. But even if the month can sometimes feel slow-moving, Mars in your spirit sector all month ensures you’re also paying attention to your need for adventure, mental refreshment, discovery, and spontaneity. Venus in your social sector until the 9th is also friendly. You’re likely to feel appreciated and enjoyed this month! People are drawn to your optimism and generosity of spirit. You’re in particularly good shape for networking, sharing, and promoting. You may need to return to an old project or redo and refine something that you thought was complete as Mercury retrogrades until the 23rd. If something’s left hanging, aim to focus on productivity in other areas. Consider that apparent backtracking can strengthen what was once on shaky ground. Neptune and Saturn, visiting your partnership sector, turn retrograde in July, making it best to consider your priorities, particularly related to partnerships and significant people in your life. You may need to revise your outlook or approach. If you experience a temporary lull or a loss of faith in a dream or relationship, it can prompt critical introspection as you come to terms with what you truly want from a person or relationship. Thinking about life direction and long-term goals in new ways can be especially fruitful, especially around the 12th, and can also lead to significant new insights or plans. You can be recycling or reviving old projects and ideas, and while these things haven’t yet fleshed out with all the details, you’re in great shape for working your magic on them. The New Moon on the 14th calls your attention to career and life-plan goals, and prompts you to better define who you are, what you do, and how you contribute. July holds terrific opportunities for finding satisfying ways to express yourself uniquely or creatively. Matters of the heart can have an almost magical quality to them, although also intense! Your attitudes towards partnering and romance are undergoing a deep metamorphosis as your priorities shift significantly, and ups and downs are par for the course right now. You may enjoy pushing yourself to explore and share more. Great debates and mind-opening experiences tie in with partnerships this month. The urge for adventure, new experiences, interesting excursions, or different topics and ideas is strong, and these can introduce you to new cultures, beliefs, personal interests, or feelings. Publishing and sharing can be exceptionally compelling and favorable. Relationship goals can inspire you to reach new heights, explore new places or ideas, or learn new skills. A stronger feeling of connection to friends or a group is likely. You may be more confident in your goals and in pursuing your dreams, particularly in learning and communication pursuits. Networking can bring opportunities. Still, watch for pushing your ambitions, or others, too hard, as you could sometimes face quite a bit of opposition. If you’re feeling a crunch, avoid cramming in too many things or rushing things that require more time to evolve. There may be a need to draw the line if others’ expectations of you are far too high. Especially from the 22nd onward, you need some detoxing from pressured situations and goals, and you’re able to find more time for sharing, connecting, and community. You put faith in your intuition on business and financial matters. Confidence in your ability to handle your responsibilities, make the life you want, and attract the right resources to you increases now and will continue to build. Mercury ends its retrograde on the 23rd, and while it’s important to take it slowly, it’s a fine time for pulling together recent endeavors and efforts related to your reputation, career, responsibilities, and long-term life path goals and taking the initiative. The Moon’s North Node moves into your joy sector for a stay of a year and a half, and things are pointing in the direction of creativity, uniqueness, standing out from the crowd, love affairs, and sharing your heart. You’re challenged to share your talents, spark, ideas, and creativity in the period ahead, and it’s set to be rewarding. On the 29th, a Full Moon occurs in this area of your solar chart, and there can be excitement in your social or romantic life as feelings bloom. It can be a time of powerful epiphanies and a turning point in a relationship or with a project close to your heart. Issues related to love, joy, a passion project, creative pursuits, or children can be at the forefront now. |
Scorpio
The month ahead brings a special emphasis on learning, sharing, life experiences, and career or reputation, dear Scorpio. Your spirit to discover, explore, and share is in the spotlight, but you're also in particularly good shape in public or professional settings this month. You begin July having just experienced a Full Moon in your solar third house, which awakened you to the need to connect, learn, and share. It can be a busy time, and this pace continues throughout the month in one form or another. However, you also have your eye on non-routine activities and learning, so you have a full plate now. This all needs managing so you can enjoy the month more wholeheartedly, since the demands on you are sometimes high. Venus is at the top of your solar chart until the 9th, and you’re in a lovely light on professional and public levels. Venus helps with the tension and pressure of everyday work, effort, health routines, and the daily grind. You may very well gain some appreciation for the behind-the-scenes efforts you put in that aren’t always noticed. It’s a good time to engage an audience, group, or significant someone in your life. You may have been ramping up a health routine or work project these days, and you can benefit from doing so in creative or imaginative ways — you might go dancing rather than to the gym, or work on design elements of a project, for example. Even so, with Mercury turning direct on the 23rd and a New Moon occurring on the 14th, brand new beginnings should probably wait until these two events pass. Venus moves into your friendship sector on the 9th and into harmony with your sign, boosting your enjoyment of activities with others, groups, or the community. Networking can benefit you now. People receive you very well and enjoy your company even more than usual. With Mercury retrograde until the 23rd, there can be some backtracking and delays that require you to refine and improve your projects. Redoing work you thought was complete, or returning to old material, conversations, or problems, can make you feel a little stuck at times this month. Minor inconveniences aside, you’re getting to a much better place mentally. It’s a time for strengthening problem areas. Pay particular attention to new information and ideas coming your way around the 12th, as they may bring a new understanding of past matters that can eventually fuel successful new plans and beginnings. The conversations you engage in now can be inspiring and possibly quite enlightening. Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and both are transiting your sector of work, health, and daily routines. As such, watch for errors or slowdowns in these areas, but look forward to reassessing things in these life departments. There can be some questions in your mind about your commitment to your job, whether it’s the line of work, your employer, or the tasks required of you. If your daily life has been chaotic, you’ll feel some of the consequences now, which can prompt you to reconsider some of your recent pursuits or plans. Keep in mind that problem areas may feel bigger than life temporarily as they draw your attention to what’s missing. The retrograde periods are strong for gathering intel. As well, in a general sense, you're quite optimistic about your career or social standing, and the key may be your open-minded approach to your work, routines, and health and wellness pursuits. At the same time, you’re keeping your feet on the ground. New insights into old problems can be exciting and liberating. It’s a fantastic time to improve your lifestyle and habits. You can better manage your time, and you’re increasingly aware of the need for a balanced approach in your relationships, finances, and diet and habits. But while Jupiter at the top of your solar chart is hooking into powerfully harmonious aspects, it does clash with Chiron and Pluto this month. Challenges in balancing partnership needs, career demands, and the home and family can arise. Certainly, you can feel tugged in several directions. For example, there may be difficulties with family being at odds with the energy and time you are pouring into your career or public life, or your need to micromanage your personal life can interfere with your responsibilities to the outside world. Avoid reacting too quickly and aim to listen to your heart. Taking on too much, as ambitious as you’re feeling, can work against you now. The New Moon on the 14th can prompt a new beginning related to education, travel, or other mind-expanding activities. Even so, a slow take-off is most appropriate now. On the 22nd, the Sun moves to the top of your solar chart. Venus and Jupiter have paved the way for you, and while Venus leaves this sector of your solar chart on the 9th, Jupiter will stick around until next year. The Sun here extends special attention to career, public image, professional dealings, and life path goals. You’ll want to perform exceptionally well during this period! Certainly, as July progresses, you take your goals and ambitions more to heart. Setting new objectives can be in focus. The last few days of July pull your attention to home and family life due to a Full Moon in your solar fourth house on the 29th. It’s an excellent time for making plans to improve your personal life. This prompt comes around the time that the Moon's North Node begins its lengthy transit of the same area of your solar chart. This transit asks you to pour more energy into home life, family, downtime, comfort needs, security, and safety over the next 18 months. In this way, your life should feel complete and whole, and you can bring back a more rested, balanced self to your work, goals, and obligations. It can also be an enriching period for building and developing your home and family life. You’ll find more rewards by going within and connecting with loved ones. |
Sagittarius
An emphasis on shared resources, debts, support, and self-empowerment continues in July, dear Sagittarius. You’re also exploring new ideas and especially enjoying learning and sharing. Publishing, promoting, traveling, or connecting are themes. You’re spirited and ready for something a little different as Jupiter, your planetary ruler, connects with most outer planets. Still, there are some slowdowns to manage. You can feel in limbo in the first three-plus weeks of July regarding a financial matter or a connection as Mercury retrogrades until the 23rd. Waiting for an answer never feels great, but you have plenty to keep you busy while you wait. You’re returning to old problems with a different attitude, and taking care of unfinished business. New insight into an old relationship or your own psyche can be helpful and enlightening, especially around the 12th, which can help inform new beginnings after the New Moon on the 14th. It’s a strong time for looking back at an old problem in a new way. You can be very self-absorbed, but in the good sense of the word, as you’re bound to make important discoveries. Conversations about intimate or taboo matters can be helpful and unusually creative. You could be coming to conclusions or gaining clues about a mystery or other investigation now. You're exploring your attachments and dependencies. Prominent themes include debts owed or due, emotional and material support, intimate relationships, and power dynamics. It’s a time to better manage shared resources, pour yourself into a special pursuit, or grow an intimate relationship. But even with this rather intense inward focus, there’s a simultaneous theme of exploring, sharing, learning, and gaining some mental refreshment that keeps you coming up for air. As well, relationships are big in July with Mars in your partnership sector, shaking things up all month. Venus heads to the top of your solar chart on the 9th, making it a fine time for your career or reputation, so you're diversifying. Mercury remains retrograde until the 23rd, and you may need to correct technical problems or deal with delays or confusion about your next step. From the 23rd onward, these things begin to turn around. Delays may be blessings in disguise, in fact, as they can point you in the direction of alternative methods that end up working out better for you. An example may be the breakdown of a vehicle, which leads to the discovery of a mechanic who becomes your favorite. Neptune and Saturn, both transiting your sector of creativity, pleasure, and romance, turn retrograde this month! As such, there can be a natural need to step back just a little from certain creative or love pursuits to gain perspective. As you let things flow, you’ll better understand which of your dreams and pursuits are worth your time and energy. Initially, you may experience a dip in motivation, signaling that you need to look for a different source of inspiration. Still, rich outer-planet transits are opening new worlds to you as you open your mind to new ways of interacting and connecting. In many ways, it's a powerful time for romance, creativity, and interacting in inspired ways. You’re committed to making the most of your creativity and talents, and enjoying more self-discipline reflects well on you and your relationships as you feel stronger and more fulfilled. It’s a time to connect with both your practical side and your spirited, spontaneous nature. You have more faith in yourself and in life itself. Trips, non-routine activities, or adventures can provide a pleasant breather, and you can experience some real scrapbook moments. With Jupiter's more challenging aspects this month, you could experience some resistance from others, or gossip could be part of the picture. Challenges in managing your daily life can arise, and you could be lured down a path that leads you to neglect important duties and responsibilities. Restlessness can take hold of you, but you can work with it instead of allowing it to work against you. Resolve to make improvements in your life in the areas that frustrate you, but avoid taking on too much at once. If you pursue something too hard when your heart isn’t in it, you won’t get any closer to your goals than you would if you took a step back, a deep breath, and then returned to your task refreshed. Watch for exaggeration and overly high expectations that can limit your opportunities. The Sun heads into your spirit sector on the 22nd, giving you a further excuse to seek out ways to expand your mind and experiences. You have a stronger than usual ability to express yourself powerfully yet warmly, which can open up new possibilities, connections, and interests to you. Soon enough, Mercury ends its retrograde, and with the New Moon behind you, you’re feeling a little freer. You can be quite ardent in pursuing your desires and projects, and in moving past obstacles that are starting to feel considerably less intimidating. The Full Moon on the 29th can stir much mental activity and movement or busyness in your life, but it’s also excellent for recognizing the projects or personal interests that are most dear to your heart. Taking better care of yourself on a mental level becomes a stronger desire, and you have all the tools to balance out your life in satisfying ways. This prompt comes around the time that the North Node moves into your communications sector, which will stick with you for a year and a half. During this cycle ahead of you, some of the greatest joys and challenges emerge through learning, communication, and connecting. It’s a time to develop your communication skills and enjoy more lighthearted chats, connections, studies, and personal interests. Reaching out can be most rewarding. |
Capricorn
A rather relationship-focused month is in store for you, dear Capricorn. You begin the month especially aware of your emotional needs, however, with the Full Moon in your sign having just awakened you to your true feelings on a matter. With this new awareness, making some plans or adjustments that improve your life can be an important theme. However, it’s a little slow going with Mercury retrograde until July 23rd. People in your life may be having more dramas than usual, and you’re often drawn right in! While you’re in limbo on some issues, however, you can certainly enjoy yourself. The month certainly brings a special focus on your one-on-one relationships and puts the spotlight on achieving a better balance or sense of harmony in your life in general. At the same time, July holds strong energy for getting your daily affairs in order or improving your personal routines and health or wellness pursuits with Mars in your solar sixth house all month. Venus moving through your intimacy sector until the 9th is rich for building up your inner world, an intimate relationship, and, perhaps most significantly, your relationship with yourself. Jupiter has just moved into this sector as well, supporting you and pulling up opportunities for growth and enjoyment. You might thoroughly enjoy delving into a challenging project or exploring your own psychology during this period. It can certainly be a time to revisit old problems, conversations, and negotiations until the 23rd. Others may not always come through for you in the usual ways, but there can be new ways of connecting to discover. This period is more about accepting and enjoying people than making big moves. Mercury continues its retrograde transit in your partnership sector until the 23rd. Conversations and projects begin to move forward after that date. A New Moon occurs in this same area of your solar chart on the 14th, paving the road to a new beginning of sorts, mainly related to close relationships. This can be a time for bringing fresh energy to your connections and interactions, and if you can benefit from turning over a new leaf in these areas, it’s a fine cycle in which to do so, although “slow but sure” is the best approach now. The 9th brings Venus into harmony with your sign, and while Venus benefits you in some manner no matter its relationship with your sign, this can be a time of more obvious rewards or ease. You can find learning and sharing or exploring new places and experiences particularly gratifying. Neptune and Saturn, currently in your sector of home base, family, and heart, both turn retrograde this month, and some initiatives in these life departments may slow down. Temporarily, until you sort things through, some of your commitments could seem less meaningful, which, by extension, can make them feel more challenging to fulfill. Domestic chores or problems in the family dynamic can weigh heavily on your mind, for example. It’s a time to go within and examine your intentions and frustrations. Pulling back from some projects or dreams can be strategic. Give yourself extra time to think, imagine, and reflect. Helping you find a mission are powerful outer-planet transits. Being open to different ways of doing your everyday life can improve your life in significant ways. You’re approaching your everyday affairs and home life with progressiveness, spirit, and practicality, which is a winning combo. It’s a good time to make changes in your home life or with living conditions that reflect well in your work or on your health–and vice versa. Getting organized and disciplined in your domestic world can reflect wonderfully in your work and health pursuits, freeing up time to innovate. Your intuition about what to do to get the most out of a situation, or to perform something as efficiently as possible, is working powerfully at this time. It’s a time for both inspiration and structure – this kind of balance is rarely easy to find. Relationships with loved ones can sometimes be intense, heated, and dramatic, particularly when money is at stake, or unsettled financial matters could get in the way of your desire to indulge in recreational activities. There may be power games with a partner or issues surrounding finances and possessions that get tricky. Strong emotions can stem from deep-rooted fears of change that upset your sense of security. There is a need to rise above these fears for growth to happen. Fortunately, focusing on work and improvement can be motivating and energizing. The Sun enters your solar eighth house on the 22nd, bringing light to your passions and your need to connect intensely with someone or something. It’s a fine time to connect with your deeper feelings and desires. Some of the disconnects you experienced early in the month clear up, and resolutions to problems help settle your mind. The Full Moon on the 29th is good for awareness and understanding of your means and resources, as well as for a possible plan to make improvements. This prompt comes just after the Moon’s North Node moved into your resources sector for a stay of a year and a half. During this cycle, some of your greatest joys and challenges come from learning about your values and self-worth. Personal income and valuables or possessions are in strong focus. You’re learning to depend on yourself and establish your self-worth through your own efforts. Fortunately, the rewards for doing so are enormous. |
Aquarius
Work, health, wellness, and personal routines are a strong focus for you in July, dear Aquarius. While there can be some backtracking or delays in these areas due to Mercury's retrograde until the 23rd, you’re also connecting with your need for more order or attention to your daily affairs. Rearranging your life in important ways to accommodate these needs can be in the spotlight. But while your everyday affairs are often strongly on your mind, you also have some interesting social developments happening in July that keep things lively. For one, Mars spends all month in your sector of joy and creativity, and you’re pursuing your joy! For another, your partnership sector is strong and growing in relevance as the month advances. As such, it's a strong month for personal enjoyment, special interests, love, and partnering. You could be repackaging yourself in some manner as you want to break through a barrier that has been holding you back from expressing yourself. Having fun and enjoying or expressing yourself is good for the soul, and in July, you might expect the unexpected as you enjoy new, different, or unusual whims, attractions, activities, or pleasures. Throughout the Sun’s transit of your work and health sector in July, Mercury is retrograde in the same sector, suggesting that you are likely to do some reorganizing and perhaps redoing or waiting for answers. You can be productive while you wait, but there can be some backtracking involved. Recycling projects and ideas can be extraordinarily successful now. The New Moon on the 14th can motivate you to take care of unfinished business related to work and health matters. Taking charge of your wellness, duties, and routines can be in focus; slowly but surely is best. Attracting a pleasant or helpful person into your life is possible in July, or you can feel particularly good about your relationship situation. You’re sure to benefit from virtually any one-on-one setup, whether it’s about counseling, business, or romance. On the 9th, Venus moves into your intimacy sector, and this encourages you to take a project or relationship a little further. Your passions are stirred. Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and they’re currently visiting your sector of communication and transportation. Avoid rushing decisions about these matters. If you’re feeling unfulfilled or disappointed with your current connections and interests, it may be a signal to seek new sources of inspiration. Or, feeling unsettled can help redirect you along a more authentic path. You’ll have plenty of time to rebuild, ideally on a firmer foundation, in the months ahead. As well, powerful outer-planet transits help round things out. You are more charismatic and might find great success in communication fields. Truly inspired – and practical – ideas are emerging now. It’s a fine time to brainstorm. Significant benefits can come your way through the connections you make, and you're tuning in to something higher. Perhaps most notable of these stellar transits, Uranus, your planetary ruler, harmonizes with Pluto, currently transiting your sign. This booster transit encourages you to express yourself in powerful new ways. However, you may experience conflict among domestic demands, personal goals, and partnerships at times this month. A partner may be more concerned with freedom than with pairing, or could be acting extravagantly. Avoid letting your fears rule, and choose your battles and your words wisely. Listen to your urges, but judge whether you may be blowing things out of proportion. Fortunately, the Sun enters your solar seventh house on the 22nd, stimulating special attention to one-to-one relationships. You are in a great position to benefit from your relationships with others, to attract helpful or companionable people into your life, and to enjoy pleasant company. It’s also a fine time to see where your life may have become a little off-center and see ways to balance it out in crucial ways. In the last week of the month, you’re ready to resolve problems that were overwhelming earlier in the month–the information you need arrives, or delays abate. The Full Moon on the 29th happens in your sign, pulling up feelings that are now impossible to deny! Your newfound discoveries or epiphanies can help redirect you in meaningful ways now. This is a connected Full Moon, which means you are more likely to feel equipped to put your newfound discoveries or epiphanies to good use. In fact, you may very well dream up new plans as a result. This prompt to pay more attention to your emotional needs comes just after the North Node of the Moon moves into your sign, emphasizing self-discovery. Now and in the coming year and a half, some of the greatest joys and challenges can come through discovering your independence, personal courage, and effectiveness. You are learning to overcome any fears of trusting your instincts or going it alone in some areas of your life, and it’s a beautiful, empowering process that promises real personal growth. |
Pisces
July brings a powerful focus on exploring your needs for expressing and enjoying yourself, dear Pisces. It’s an important month for arriving at a better understanding of your social or romantic connections, special projects, and personal objectives. But even with this exploratory, playful theme this month, you also have interesting developments with work, health, routines, daily life, and home. There’s a growing theme of everyday life and wellness pursuits. The New Moon on the 14th begins clearing a path for a new start in a romance or with a creative project, and possibly even a new creative field or direction. Trust your intuition, showcase your work, share your ideas, and connect with people you want to spend time with. However, don’t be in a rush to lock things down since Mercury is retrograde until the 23rd. With the Sun and Mercury in your sector of pleasure, recreation, hobbies, and love, you're in the mood to enjoy yourself, but there can also be some complications or backtracking related to these matters while Mercury is retrograde until the 23rd. Your attention often turns to the past. To clear the way for a fresh start, you may need to take care of some unfinished business. Projects might be on hold until you finish up some important details. Try not to spend too much time waiting for something to happen since retrograde Mercury periods are notorious for delays and obstacles. Instead, pour your energies into what you know will bear fruit while keeping things open in the ambiguous areas of your life. Neptune and Saturn, both visiting your sector of money and resources, turn retrograde this month. As such, slowing down to get things right makes sense. There may be some temporary heaviness or confusion regarding financial matters. However, you put yourself in great shape by taking things one step at a time. The months ahead are a good time to rethink business or financial matters, leading to a new perspective. Ultimately, you’re seeking inspiration, and if you’ve been sourcing it from the wrong places, a redirection might be in order. While some things remain up in the air, on a higher level, you’re feeling a little more directed and confident that you’ll find the right path. You’re in an excellent place to enjoy your tasks, work, chores, and health pursuits. Opportunities can come through your special attention to your obligations. There can be opportunities to improve or enjoy your daily life and happily attend to your health and wellness. You more fully enjoy getting things done, working, helping, guiding, assisting, or being of service. You might also be feeling quite motivated to do meaningful work or to make your work more meaningful to you. Gaining cooperation to complete chores can be easier than usual now. Sparks of attraction or love might even occur while pursuing your daily routines or health goals. Venus heads into your partnership sector on the 9th, boosting your one-to-one relationships. Your definition of comfort, abundance, security, and pleasure is evolving, and this impacts how you treat your things, your domestic world, and money matters. It’s a good time to strike a nice balance between practicality and innovation. Your efforts to improve spending and structure or organize your things can boost your family life. Taking pride in your work or health can also be a major key to success. However, you may experience a feeling of overload, past problems can resurface, or there can be some hiccups that take you away from your work. Avoid taking on more work than you can handle and getting lost in the details and organization of your daily life. If you’ve already taken on too much, you could be feeling the stress now. The 22nd brings the Sun into your solar sixth house, and you'll further focus on building skills, improving your daily routines, and ditching bad habits. You invest more time and energy into your work and wellness programs. The Full Moon on the 29th is one of the most psychic, intuitive lunations of the year. Listen to your intuition now, as it has valuable information for you! You may awaken to your true feelings on a matter. This Full Moon occurs just after the Moon’s North Node moves out of your sign and into your privacy sector for a cycle lasting eighteen months. Learning about your inner world will bring some of the greatest joys and challenges as this transit advances. Your attention more frequently turns to spirituality, downtime, rest, and rejuvenation. Your path is to let go of unnecessary worry and guilt and build trust in a larger plan. July is strong for rebuilding, reorganizing, or reworking things, especially in finances, home, and family life, and by the last week of the month, you feel more informed and on a forward track. |
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This Month’s Ephemeris:
This Month’s Ephemeris with extra points and abbreviations rather than glyphs:
Ephemerides with additional points are for Eastern Time. The North Node and Lilith are the True positions. Retrogrades are underlined. Extra points are Chiron, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Lilith. These come from the excellent software, Sirius 3.0.
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This Month’s Void Moon Dates:
Using the table below: The Moon is Void of Course from the time of its last aspect listed below until the Moon enters a new sign. Generally speaking, these periods are not ideal for launching new endeavors, although they’re not impossible periods, either.
The times given below are Eastern. These should be adjusted for different time zones. For example, for Pacific Time, subtract 3 hours from the given times.
See Void of Course dates and times for the full year.
New & Full Moon Charts:
- Full Moon in Capricorn Chart: June 29th, 2026
- New Moon in Cancer Chart: July 14th, 2026
- Full Moon in Aquarius Chart: July 29th, 2026
Looking Ahead:
- Time Line Aspects: April 2026
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The Astrology of 2026 – Overview
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Void of Course Dates this Month

On June 12th, Uranus forms a square with the Nodes of the Moon, and we can experience restlessness with the status quo. Differences in opinion, particularly about technology, community, friendship, individuality, or our general direction, can be especially divisive, perhaps damaging or severing friendships and alliances. Instead, changes on social and technological levels can alter our paths and relationships. Going against the grain and stirring disapproval can be themes now. Cooperation doesn’t come as naturally at this time.
On June 14th, the New Moon in Gemini prompts a new beginning–we’re starting fresh, particularly with our communications and mental orientation. By consciously tuning in to positive Gemini energy, we learn through others simply by being curious, and we improve our social and communication skills at the same time. We open our minds to more information, and we learn to truly enjoy the variety of different personalities around us. Read more about this New Moon on its calendar page.
On June 19th, Chiron enters Taurus. Chiron is now in the sign of Taurus after spending many years in the sign of Aries, though Chiron’s not quite finished with Aries! This is because Chiron will begin its retrograde at a very early point in its transit of Taurus and will head back into Aries in September. It won’t be until April 2027 when Chiron resumes its transit of Taurus consistently.
While Chiron is in Taurus, we’ll be rebuilding our sense of self-worth. Sensitive points include our feelings about comfort, indulgence, money, personal belongings, and our values. We’ll be learning to focus on our needs in healthy doses without feeling guilty in the process… Read more about Chiron in Taurus on its calendar page.
On June 29th, Mercury turns retrograde in the sign of Cancer, and with Mercury remaining in the sign of Cancer throughout the retrograde, it also means Mercury is in Cancer for some time–until August 9th. However, Mercury will be retrograde until July 23rd. Something similar happened in June/July 2020.
Mercury in Cancer is insular by nature as it is, and with the slowdown and then retrograde, it is even more so. This is an excellent period for getting in touch with what nurtures us and feeds our spirits. Emotional communication is not always valued as much as rational approaches in our society, and now is the time to explore our more intimate, sympathetic, and emotional nature and how it affects our decision-making processes.
Mercury enters its shadow phase on June 12th, so that issues encountered, conversations, and projects started then and forward are likely to come up for review later. Mercury’s retrograde in Cancer can see us taking many trips down memory lane… Read more about this retrograde Mercury cycle on its calendar page.
On June 29th, a Full Moon occurs in Capricorn, bringing sudden awareness to our lives, particularly of areas that require more balance. This lunation reminds us that we can’t ignore our commitments to the outside world. We need to take care of our responsibilities, attend to business, act maturely, and take charge. Solid, practical, and doable ideas are associated with the realizations and epiphanies occurring now.
This Full Moon forms squares to Neptune and Saturn, suggesting some tension created from skewed expectations or swinging between rigidity and impracticality or fuzzy thinking. We should watch for revelations now that lead to a detour from our goals or to misinformation. This is a time for opening our minds up to possibilities but waiting things out… Read more about this Full Moon on its calendar page.
On June 30th, Jupiter enters Leo, beginning a new cycle that will last over a year–until July 26th, 2027. In Leo, Jupiter motivates us to express ourselves confidently, to be generous and creative, and to find new ways to enjoy ourselves. We make our own opportunities, and we attract the most good fortune when we express magnanimity, conduct ourselves with dignity and sincerity, and avoid the pitfall of excessive egotism.
Particularly prosperous areas are creative ones, entertainment, children, and recreation. During this Jupiter in Leo cycle, we strongly emphasize and value expressing affection, admiration, generosity, romance, and uniqueness. We see opportunities to grow and succeed through creative self-expression, our own personalities, sharing our happiness and time with others, helping people, and improving ourselves… Read more about Jupiter in Leo on its calendar page.
| Date | Time | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1 | 7:55 AM | Mercury enters Cancer | Mer 0 Can 00' |
| Jun 5 | 5:55 PM | Juno Retrograde | Jun 11 Aqu 00'Rx |
| Jun 8 | 6:00 AM | Last Quarter Moon | 17 Pis 38' |
| Jun 12 | 3:20 AM | Uranus square True Node | Ura 2 Gem 43' square Nod 2 Pis 43' |
| Jun 13 | 6:46 AM | Venus enters Leo | Ven 0 Leo 00' |
| Jun 13 | 9:36 AM | Jupiter biquintile True Node | Jup 26 Ca 32' biquintile Nod 2 Pis 32' |
| Jun 14 | 10:54 PM | New Moon in Gemini | 24 Gem 03' |
| Jun 19 | 5:19 PM | Chiron enters Taurus | Chi 0 Tau 00' |
| Jun 21 | 4:24 AM | Sun enters Cancer | Sun 0 Can 00' |
| Jun 21 | 5:55 PM | First Quarter Moon | 0 Lib 32' |
| Jun 28 | 3:29 PM | Mars enters Gemini | Mar 0 Gem 00' |
| Jun 29 | 1:35 PM | Mercury Retrograde | Mer 26 Can 15'Rx |
| Jun 29 | 7:56 PM | Full Moon in Capricorn | 8 Cap 15' |
| Jun 30 | 1:52 AM | Jupiter enters Leo | Jup 0 Leo 00' |
(See the full table for 2026)
See also: This Week in Astrology week to week for more detail.
This Month’s Overview Horoscopes
The following horoscopes outline how the above astrological influences might affect each individual sign.
Overview horoscopes fill in here as I write them, ideally during the week before the month begins. It is not unusual to see some signs temporarily missing as I write the twelve of them over the course of a few days, starting with the featured sign of the month (birthday month).
Aries
There is a strong focus on learning, communicating, and connecting for you this month, dear Aries. Your mind is curious, and transportation and communication channels might open up for you. You can be exceptionally busy in your daily life. The final days of the month can bring a revelation that prompts you to make important changes in your work. You can be filled with ideas and possibilities this month. Things that you've previously resisted learning can suddenly become appealing and relevant. Conversations with friends can be inspiring and stimulating. But another strong theme running through June revolves around home life, family, and personal matters. You're looking for familiar, safe, and secure situations and setups. Slowing down, taking time for yourself, and connecting with family are in the spotlight. Fortunately, from the 13th onward, there can be special invitations and more opportunities to enjoy yourself. Venus moves in harmony, presenting opportunities for romance, boosted appeal, and leisure. The New Moon on the 14th is excellent for infusing your communications and projects with fresh energy. New studies or interests can be in store, but so can a new start with current ones. In June, you are especially active, communicative, and thoroughly ready to take action on ideas that have been whirling in your head. You're paying extra attention to your daily affairs, current projects, people close to you, and studies. It can also be a time of warmer, more easygoing, and peaceful conditions on the domestic front. There can be real opportunities to strengthen and enhance family relationships. You can have some great ideas for handling money or home-related matters. There can be an opportunity to bring more love, beauty, or harmony to a relationship or your domestic world. You might receive a gift–or give yourself one–that benefits the family or home. It’s a time for emphasizing cooperation, trust, and faith. There are treasures to be found in the past, particularly after the 29th, when Mercury turns retrograde in your solar fourth house. Some projects or ideas may go on a shelf. Delays are possible, and pacing yourself makes sense. The Sun’s move to your home and family sector on the 21st helps slow you down in a pleasant way as you pay even more attention to your personal life and domestic activities. Mercury turns retrograde in this same sector on the 29th, suggesting that not everything is moving forward according to plan, making it best to take things in stride. On the same day, a Full Moon occurs, reminding you of your responsibilities to the outside world. A call to action may be in store now. This Full Moon can pull you out of your shell. You may take the lead or even receive some publicity. Jupiter moves into your sector of joy on the final day of June, but it will visit until July 2027! This transit blesses your leisurely activities, dating life, and creative endeavors for a little over a year. You'll enjoy increased popularity, and you can be excited to break free from certain inhibitions about expressing yourself as you begin the second half of 2026. You have been doing a lot of "work" on yourself recently, and now is the time to share the "new you" (which, in fact, is still evolving). New hobbies are very possible. Channels for fun, love, and self-expression are opening. New opportunities to truly enjoy yourself through recreation, pastimes, and other amusements will likely come your way. Romantic opportunities also expand. |
Taurus
June is a strong month for efforts to build and fortify important areas of your life, dear Taurus. You might bring recent ideas and endeavors to life and build or develop these projects. With a New Moon in your solar second house on the 14th, you’ll be wanting results, but you’re also very willing to put in the necessary time and energy to achieve your goals. You're exploring different ways of building your sense of value and worthiness this month. In fact, there can be some wonderful inspiration and imagination surrounding business and finances. You can benefit greatly from natural or earthy activities that renew your connection to the world around you or the world of the five senses. If you’re feeling especially sensitive about your worth or value to others, it’s a time to deal with this bravely but also civilly. But while you're often focusing on money, security, and comfort in June, it can also be a busy time for connecting and learning. You're establishing yourself while also keeping mentally engaged. Sharing ideas can be in pleasant focus, and you can enjoy opportunities to expand your knowledge, connections, or mental interests. Good news arrives, and conversations can be fun or heartwarming. As well, Mars continues its visit to your sign this month until the 28th, keeping you motivated and your personal plans on the front burner. From the 13th, Venus graces your home and family sector, bringing promising prospects for your family or home life. You enjoy greater pleasure in your routines, work, or domestic life. If you need to repair or refresh relations with family, this is a fabulous time to do so. You're well-positioned for home improvement, real estate, and other property or home-related matters. It can be a favorable time for investing in your comfort, home, and safety. Tangible efforts toward securing your life, even in small ways, can pay off. The New Moon on the 14th can signal a new beginning on business or financial levels. You may be embracing change and accepting that some level of unpredictability is good for you. Chiron enters your sign on the 19th, and while this transit will be a long-term one, sticking with you for 7-8 years, it’s not consistently in your sign until April 2027. There is a lot of work on the horizon involving healing and improving your image, body, self-confidence, and manner in the coming years. The Sun enters your communications sector on the 21st, highlighting a busier, more connected theme in your life. Supportive, positive, and genuine relations are in the spotlight. You might be appreciated for your wise advice or perspective. Even so, on the 29th, Mercury turns retrograde in this same sector, and delays can prompt you to reimagine how to get around, communicate, and connect more creatively. You might rediscover old interests or revisit past studies with success. Prepare for this retrograde period by getting your communications equipment in good working order. The Full Moon on the 29th brings your attention to feeding your spirit and sense of adventure. It calls on you to entertain your more adventurous side, for looking for different ways to express yourself and connect with a higher purpose. It’s a fine time to acknowledge your need to expand your perspective and enjoy activities outside your routine. On the 30th, Jupiter makes a big move: it moves into a new sign, which puts this planet of plenty in your solar fourth house of family, roots, and home until July 2027. This transit can bring about great improvements in your personal and domestic life. There can be more rewarding relationships with loved ones, a new addition to your family, the urge to expand, redecorate, or build your home and domestic world, or the beginning of a new, long-term project or business venture. It’s time for an upgrade to your living conditions or arrangements. |
Gemini
With the Sun in your sign for the first three weeks of June, dear Gemini, all eyes are on you! Even so, Mars doesn't reach Gemini until the 28th, so your energy levels may be low, and you could be feeling on the fence about several matters, after which you confidently and perhaps aggressively go after what you want. The month ahead is one of your yearly "new beginnings" or fresh start. You have a New Moon occurring on the 14th, but Mars is still quiet in your privacy sector until the 28th, making going after what you want a little more complicated than you might expect. At the same time, you're drawing positive attention and are well-positioned to attend to your personal plans and needs in June. Mercury is in your finances sector from the 1st onward, Venus is there until the 13th, and the Sun is there from the 21st onward. As such, June is a notable month for making money or attracting the right resources your way. Still, it gets a bit complicated with Mercury retrograde from the 29th onward and in its shadow from the 12th. Picking and choosing your projects carefully may be a good idea. Venus in your solar third house from the 13th onward and its connections suggest pleasant communications, warmth in your connections, and a great love of your personal interests or studies. Improved transportation is possible as well. This is a good time for learning and sharing useful information and ideas. Studies can thrive, and you can be developing skills and gaining knowledge voraciously. Teaching or guiding others can be satisfying now, as well. The New Moon on the 14th is all about you! It's time to put your personal interests first. You are ready to kick bad habits, start fresh, and present a more self-assured “you” to the world. You may not always feel that you have the usual energy and direction with Mars in your solar twelfth house until the 28th. You might find that you benefit from taking extra time to pause and reflect, while also actively working to put the unnecessary stuff behind you or wrap up projects. More attention to personal possessions, money matters, natural talents, matters of security and comfort, and intimate relationships is likely all month. Pay close attention to what surfaces around the Full Moon on the 29th, whether this is new information or newly discovered emotions. Your confidence in managing problems or dealing with stressful situations is high this month. It’s a time to be proactive with practical matters as well. In fact, it feels quite natural and necessary to take care of your own needs at this time of year. Clashes in values or conflicts over money may be issues at times, but money matters improve overall. You're likely to appreciate recent blessings more than usual, while people appreciate your talents. There can be a pleasant feeling of abundance or a stronger drive to enjoy certain freedoms and the fruit of your labor. Take note that while Mercury is retrograde (from June 29-July 23) in your values sector, you can have good luck in seeing value in projects, objects, and situations you may have otherwise overlooked. However, your mind can change, information isn't forthcoming, or things just don't go as planned during this retrograde period, so keep this in mind. Finances need a second look with Mercury traveling through your values and resources sector and retrograde from the 29th forward. The debts of a partner can frustrate you now, or you might find that someone is restricting you from spending on things you want. This may alternatively be about respect and trust. With a Full Moon on the same date, it’s time to take care of your resources. It can also awaken a stronger desire for intimacy and uncover previously hidden desires. The Sun’s move out of your sign and into your sector of personal resources on the 21st turns your attention to establishing yourself and getting comfortable. You're putting far more thought into business and finances now. You have a unique sense of what is truly valuable to you and of your capabilities. Mars moving into Gemini on the 28th keeps you on your toes! It's true that this ingress occurs just a day before your ruling planet, Mercury, turns retrograde, and things are a bit complicated. However, your desire nature is strong and stirring, and your courage is building. A big headline of June occurs on the last day of the month, and it's about Jupiter heading into your communications sector, where it will spend over a year. You’re moving away from a strong focus on your resources, money matters, and a building phase of your life, and you’re heading into a stage that’s more about learning, diversifying, and connecting. New ways to communicate, learn, and move about can open up. Your enthusiasm for learning new things and taking on new projects can be incredible now. |
Cancer
Your inner world is a strong draw and area of focus this month, dear Cancer, and a good part of you is likely to remain a little reserved or withdrawn until after the third week of June. Generally speaking, this is a time for privacy, relaxation, and preparation. There can be a lot of focus on the past or on emotional issues, but with your sign strongly emphasized all month, you're never truly short of attention. It’s a little easier than usual to put your emotional needs first and put something that’s been weighing you down behind you. Interestingly, Mercury spends virtually all month in your sign, and it turns retrograde on the 29th, giving you even more reason to reflect and rest rather than push big decisions. Still, the Sun moves into your sign on the 21st and lights up your world. If others are misunderstanding you in the last week of June, you may very well find new ways of expressing yourself that can be especially satisfying. The New Moon on the 14th reinforces a need to look within. Rest is in order, but so is mindful attention to your tasks and chores, and the trick will be to find the right balance. You’re not exactly putting everything on hold, but there’s a call to take more time for yourself to recharge. This New Moon supplies you with the desire and energy to let go of things you no longer need and attend to your mental and emotional wellness. It’s a great time to clear the decks. There can be opportunities to build your faith in yourself and life, in general. Behind-the-scenes matters tend to go very well for you. However, this is also an active time for sharing your feelings, happiness, art, talents, and joy as Venus, in your sign until the 13th, highlights your lovable qualities. You are easy to be around and may be feeling especially confident about who you are and how you deal with life, in general. This transit boosts efforts to enjoy yourself, pursue your wishes, and "make nice" with people in your life. People notice you, want you, and want to be around you. From the 13th, you’re in particularly good shape for making yourself more comfortable and enjoying yourself. For the most part, your judgment is fabulous for judging the value of things, and you might enjoy a good buy. There can be welcome money news. Gifts could come in, or others seem to be unusually generous with you, and they might even be doting! It can be a standout month for personal initiatives, working with a team, and connecting with friends. You need to “own” the path you take, and the best way to do that is to get in touch with where you truly want to go, without the distractions of other people’s agendas and opinions. You are cooperative yet also quite willing to take the lead. The Sun heads into your sign on the 21st, and you’re a self-starter. You’re also in great shape for gathering valuable resources and information. Personal plans are on the front burner. While you begin to get even more attention, you’re nevertheless hesitant to throw yourself into new situations, especially with Mars moving into your privacy sector on the 28th and Mercury turning retrograde in your sign the next day. Mercury is retrograde in your sign from June 29th to July 23rd. There can be times during the retrograde when you feel life is as slow as molasses, but you can make some excellent refinements. Mercury in your sign from June 1st keeps you busy and engaged, though sometimes you can feel a little wired. The retrograde period may help you slow down. The Full Moon on the 29th can stir epiphanies in your personal life and awareness of relationship needs. It might bring a personal project or relationship to bloom. A big change occurs on the last day of June: Jupiter, the planet of plenty, leaves your sign and moves into your solar second house for a stay of over a year. This begins a theme of excellent benefits revolving around money, earnings, possessions, and personal talents. It’s a fabulous time to build on existing resources, a business, or a project, and enjoy the rewards of your past efforts. It can be a time of elevated confidence in yourself to manifest your desires. |
Leo
Friendships and group associations can often be a focal point for you in June, dear Leo. Around the New Moon on the 14th, interesting opportunities for friendships and partnerships can arise suddenly. Venus enters your sign on the 13th, and this ups your powers of attraction considerably. If you've been on the fence about your feelings or a love relationship, this may be the time when you become clearer and more demonstrative. It's also a time to attract positive attention. There can be some challenges this month in balancing partnership with personal needs. However, there should be plenty of opportunities to enjoy yourself. Relationships, in general, are in focus, and for the most part, people are helpful and supportive of you. You can feel especially confident about a particular goal or idea, and it can be a nice time for enjoying your studies or special interests. New beginnings related to friends, group associations, and important ideas and dreams can emerge after the New Moon on the 14th. It can be a satisfying time for collaborating on projects, engaging in shared activities, or organizing a group endeavor. You may see new ways to rejuvenate your social life. This is a time of awakening yearnings for kinship, friendship, and involvement on the soul level. Still, with your privacy sector well-occupied this month, there's a strong thread of attending to your emotional world, getting adequate rest, and closing up certain projects. You might free yourself from a burden or unhealthy attachment. In fact, forgiveness and understanding can help you move on and embrace your future. There could be warm feelings about a private issue or a genuine desire to help others. Something could surface that brings you joy. The month brings a mix of sociable and introspective energy, with a definite focus on wrapping up a busy year and contemplating your next steps, as well as quite a bit of attention to happiness goals. Although you benefit professionally this month, your heart tends to be with non-competitive situations. Friendship is fruitful in June, and your image is strong. Still, you gravitate to moments alone or at least out of the fast lane, and your thinking is more intuitive, inward, and solitary. There can be good opportunities for conversations, particularly about past matters, resolving problems, forgiving, connecting, and giving others the benefit of the doubt. There are also treasures to discover in old projects, studies, and interests. Rethinking some details of recent plans can work to your benefit in the long run, especially once Mercury turns retrograde on the 29th. You may need to step back from situations to see the whole story. Ideally, you take extra time to come to conclusions and consider paths you may be taking that are better left behind you. At the same time, you're pleasantly ambitious this month, and pursuing your goals at your own pace can be rewarding. You might find it easier to get jobs done without waste. Matters related to your life path, career, or reputation are changing, or your feelings about your goals are shifting in new directions. Circumstances in the last week of the month highlight the need for greater relaxation and emotional refreshment. Extra rest can do wonders for both your physical and spiritual well-being. This is a good time to take things a little easier, enjoy some peace, and reflect on your year. Reinforcing this need is Mercury’s retrograde turn on the 29th. Still, a Full Moon in your sector of work and routines on the 29th reminds you to keep up with your daily affairs, at least enough to keep you from running behind. You could become aware of something that’s not working in your work, daily routines, or health, or of the need to make adjustments and meet deadlines. Jupiter enters Leo on the 30th, and this celebrated transit will unfold over the coming year and a little more: until July 2027. Ideas for future ventures can be golden. You’re not afraid to explore, and you’re making your own opportunities by putting more faith in yourself and your capabilities. The second half of this year is about awakening. Your desire to truly live life, rather than simply go through the motions, will begin to take over. The reflection you do this month will help pave the way for making the best of this liberating transit. |
Virgo
You have strong influences with you this month, encouraging you to reach for the stars and pursue your goals, dear Virgo. Taking a second look at past ideas or projects can be particularly rewarding, or you could find a lot to love with current ventures. You can enjoy quite a bit of enthusiasm about a project or business matter this month, and hurdles seem smaller as a result! Fortunately, you’re incredibly resourceful now. Your desire and drive to be efficient are kicking in wonderfully. This month, you're more committed to realizing success, more determined, ambitious, and cognizant of the need for structure and order in your life. The New Moon on the 14th helps these things along. You might enjoy referrals or other forms of reward, recognition, or support. A fresh start or new path can be in the offing. People are more likely to notice you for your performance and actions. While much of June is about performance, opportunities to get away from routine are likely to present themselves. There may be new or increased responsibilities, and you take special pride in what you do and how you do it. A golden opportunity might present itself after the New Moon on the 14th, when something pleasantly surprising can occur in relation to work and career. You have a strong desire for authority over your own life and the need to follow your own inner rhythms. It’s a great time to see your priorities. A new plan can unfold now, and it can fill you with high hopes and a sense of purpose. You are likely to feel a little bolder about expressing your likes and loves, or about pursuing your heart’s desire, in June. Shared activities can be especially fun or productive. There can be particular enjoyment of reading, learning, or studying, and your desire to be free comes to the surface, highlighting your inventive side. You’re cooperative with others, but you’d prefer not to have anyone slow you down. Still, engaging with the group or with friends can be highly rewarding this month. From the 13th onward, Venus transits your privacy sector, and you’re likely to enjoy some extra private time or rejuvenating activities that help you heal. You may very well break out of an emotional rut or pattern in inspired ways now, as you tend to come at things from a new angle, and perhaps even release a burdensome secret or decide to let go of an attachment that has been dragging you down. This can be about doing something you genuinely enjoy or resolving to put an issue that has been blocking a relationship or stopping up your emotions behind you. The Sun moving into your solar eleventh house on the 21st pulls even stronger attention to happiness goals, friendships, and networking. You more easily brush aside ego issues and recognize your contribution to others as highly important. You have Mercury in your friend sector from the 1st onward, inspiring your connections and communications with others. Mercury does turn retrograde on the 29th, and there may be issues with friends, a love interest, or a child who may be acting out or hard to understand. There can be distancing in a current friendship or the re-emergence of an old friendship. Try not to take disagreements personally and find ways to set your own pace rather than rely on others who may not be moving at the speed you'd like for now. The Full Moon on the 29th opens your eyes to your feelings for someone or a current creative project. It can bring out some wonderfully creative, romantic, and playful feelings that have been long overdue. Jupiter moves into your solar twelfth house on the last day of June, and it's a defining transit for the year ahead. This influence encourages you to enjoy your private time. It’s a time of spiritual renewal, cleanup, and greater attention to mental health. The desire to regroup, process, and heal becomes big. As you begin the second half of 2026, you can experience an awakening of your inner life and powerful intuition. Benefits come from behind the scenes. |
Libra
You’re seeking mental engagement in June, dear Libra, as the Sun moves through your solar ninth house for the first three weeks of the month. You’re spirited and self-expressive this month. It’s certainly easier for you to get worked up about opinions and causes, as you are a little more sensitive to what’s going on around the world. It’s a fine time to expand your mind and break out of your usual routine. The desire to develop, learn, and grow is real, and you’re likely to find satisfying outlets for doing so. Even so, you're also paying special attention to your larger responsibilities and goals in June. You communicate with more awareness of how your message comes across. People are looking to you for answers, and they’re expecting you to be quite mature and responsible. Business affairs assume greater importance, especially with the Sun's move to the top of your solar chart on the 21st. You’re more accountable for what you do and say, and you may take the lead in a particular field or with a unique project. There could be new goals or ambitions. You can be more confident in your path or happier about where you’re heading. Making plans and setting goals is exciting now. Not only are you attracting positive attention, but you’re also inspiring trust. It’s an excellent time for being productive. Venus transits your solar eleventh house from the 13th onward, and shared activities can be especially productive. Warmer relationships with friends can be a theme now. You can learn something of great value through your networking and studies. It can be an excellent time for personal appeal, friendships, networking, and enjoyable activities. Others are likely to be more gracious and generous with you than usual. Improvements to your life tend to come from your acceptance of yourself. The New Moon on the 14th reinforces and energizes your need to branch out, make a mark on the world, and communicate. Avoid pushing something too quickly, but resolve to enjoy new ideas and experiences as your perspective on your life changes. Expanding your reach or audience can be a theme or goal. Your responsibilities to others can, at times, complicate the freedom and mobility you crave, but you're easing into a more performance-oriented phase of the year. You are more visible than usual with the Sun moving to the top of your solar chart from the 21st. Keep in mind that Mercury retrogrades in this same sector starting on the 29th, and while your ambitions are healthy, you may need to look back before moving ahead. Emotions run high with a Full Moon on the 29th, lighting up your sector of home and family. There can be an epiphany about your domestic or personal life that pushes you to make meaningful changes. It’s good energy for quiet celebrations or fun domestic pursuits. This Full Moon reminds you of your need for emotional security, comfort, and support. With Mercury retrograde from the 29th onward, however, some misunderstandings or delays are possible, but you’re in good shape for editing and revising. You may need to backtrack over work that you thought had been completed. This eventually works to your advantage, as you’ll be better prepared to take advantage of the opportunities that come your way, knowing what it is you want. On the last day of the month, Jupiter moves into your social sector, bringing benefits and special attention to friends, groups, community, and hopes/wishes. This transit will stick with you for over a year! Ideally, you’ve accomplished some pretty big things and now have more freedom to pursue goals that are less about performance and more about enjoyment. Jupiter loosens you up in this way. You’re more interested in contributing to group efforts or your community as you begin the second half of 2026. |
Scorpio
June brings a focus on your special interests, dear Scorpio, as well as developing and building your close relationships. The Sun in your intimacy sector for the first three weeks of the month encourages you to work on power dynamics and sharing. Learning and experiencing new things is also a strong theme. It's a great time to learn more about your own field or interests, but also to explore new ones. Intimacy can blossom. Your tendency now is to see the hidden layers or elements of a situation to your advantage, as now you know how to work out a problem from the inside out. Even so, opportunities to break the routine and get away are likely to emerge as your solar ninth house holds quite a bit of power all month. A change of scene from time to time can help your overall mood. More often than not, you’re drawn into your inner world this month, and you’re in excellent shape for making internal changes that can have an influential impact on your life. Shared finances, loans, support, intimate relationships, and personal changes are in strong focus. You can also experience wake-up calls or unexpected events related to finances, dependencies on others, and/or intimate matters. Keep an open mind and heart, and see where they lead you. People gravitate to you, and partner or group work can thrive. There is a strong sense of adventure now, and activities shared with a partner can be particularly exciting and perhaps a little daring. The desire to do something a little different and innovative can be an exciting theme. You’re learning about the world around you and updating your skills. Especially after the New Moon on the 14th, self-improvement endeavors are highly favored, and so are activities that help you unburden. You can feel quite inspired to start fresh. This New Moon might open doors for you to follow a passion. Certainly, it can empower you to make lifestyle or psychological changes. From the 13th onward, Venus in your career and life-path sector can boost your enjoyment of planning, organizing your life, and pursuing your goals. You’re seeking more order and clarity in your practical affairs. You're also projecting your value and worth in effective ways to associates and those in authority. You crave more interactivity from the 21st onward. With the Sun in your spirit sector, your aspirations and ideals are driving forces in your life. More and more, your personality opens up to the rest of the world and to new experiences. It’s a great time to learn, teach, and share thoughts. Publishing, higher education, and journeys are highlighted now. The Full Moon on the 29th occurs in your communications sector. There can be important news coming in or the culmination of a project that pushes you into new or different territory. Mercury's retrograde begins on the same day, prompting the idea that treasures are yours to discover by looking to the past - to ideas, plans, and projects that were on a shelf. It may seem to slow you down, but in fact, it can help you pace yourself. On the 30th, Jupiter heads to the top of your solar chart, poised to boost your reputation and career for over a year. You’re likely to take more interest and pride in your accomplishments, motivating you to shoot a little higher. You might find yourself in a position to manage others, or there could be a promotion or more enjoyable work and goals during this pivotal Jupiter transit. There can be a career peak of sorts happening in the period ahead. It’s a fine time to show the world what you can do and to achieve, accomplish, harvest, recognize, and take on new responsibilities. You’re projecting an image that shows others you truly value yourself, which can attract respect and possibly also monetary rewards. |
Sagittarius
You begin June on an emotionally-charged and motivated note with the Full Moon in your sign just behind you, dear Sagittarius. It's a time of self-discovery and of recognizing feelings and needs you may have been holding at bay or brushing to the side. This comes at a relationship-focused time for you, with the Sun in the partnership sector of your solar chart until the 21st. After all, recognizing your feelings and needs is an important process as you explore your partnerships, dependencies, and relationship needs. Your intimacy sector is strong all month, and an introspective streak is with you. A focus on special relationships or specialized, focused projects and activities is a real sub-theme in June. Conversations and interactions tend to be a little deeper than usual, or else they don’t hold your interest for long. It’s a time to accept others’ help, share responsibilities, and combine resources or talents to advance your goals. Note that Mercury turns retrograde in your intimacy sector on the 29th, suggesting complications with money, sharing, intimacy, and dependencies. This can be a time for reassessments or for waiting for answers on the financial and relationship fronts, but it can also give you the opportunity, in the form of a blessing in disguise, to better pace yourself. The month puts quite a bit of focus on relationships. Gaining others' support and favor may not always be reliable for you with Uranus now in your partnership sector, but it does come in spurts and can be wonderful. You attract others who bring change into your life. Sorting out problems and enjoying special moments with people in your life are satisfying activities in their own right and can positively impact many different areas of your life. Bringing more balance to your life is a strong theme in June. The New Moon on the 14th points to a new beginning in a relationship or a new direction. Outworn attitudes towards relationships have to go! You could be focused on strengthening a love relationship or creative partnership. Partnering up to solve a dilemma, edit a project, or organize an area of your life can be in the spotlight. It can be a time for connecting with others in affirming, positive, and helpful ways. You’re drawn to people who are genuine, generous, and honest, and who enjoy similar ideas and interests as you. From the 13th onward, you have Venus moving in harmony with your sign, putting you in great shape for showing your worth and integrity without having to go to great lengths to prove yourself. There can be a special enjoyment of studies, learning, sharing ideas, trips, and other forms of adventure, however big or small. With work and routines, you’re particularly on the ball, ready to do something different or new. You can feel strongly motivated and highly enthusiastic about research or projects. Your strong interest in the hidden elements of your life gets a further boost with the Sun's move into your solar eighth house on the 21st. You pick up a lot more from your environment than usual, seeing motives, subtleties, and power dynamics more clearly. It’s harder to break your concentration as you are far less sensitive to potential distractions. With this focus, you can move mountains. On the 29th, a Full Moon occurs in your resources sector, and this can bring a revelation to your life regarding finances, resources, or talents. It can be a call to action that helps you improve your life, particularly as you take your practical affairs more seriously. It’s time to recognize your needs, and with more clarity about your feelings, you’ll have a better idea of your next step. On the same day, Mercury's retrograde begins. There could be a dilemma or delay that prompts you to find new ways of bringing in money. Fortunately, you have some prospects, and you can be especially inventive with your practical affairs. However, it’s best to look to works already in progress or old projects and ideas to rework rather than to begin anything brand new. Future decisions will be better if we take the time to understand the past. Jupiter moves into your spirit sector on the 30th, and as your ruling planet, it's an especially significant move. This booster transit will stick with you for over a year! You tackle life’s everyday problems with more confidence. You'll begin the second half of the year with more spirit. You come out of your “shell” in many ways as you enter a decidedly more outgoing phase of your life. You’re awakening to new ways of expressing yourself, learning about others and the world around you, a spirit for adventure, and a sense that you are truly living your life, not just going through the motions. It can be a time to update your skills, pursue higher education, or enjoy a special interest. |
Capricorn
Work and health matters are in sharper focus in June, dear Capricorn, and coming to a better balance or state of order is a theme. Organizing, chores, and health pursuits are favored, and a new project or commitment to wellness can be in the works, especially after the New Moon on the 14th. Putting in the effort to improve your daily routines is enjoyable, and it can feel good to rise to a challenge, especially one of your own making. You enjoy helping others, and people tend to be grateful for it. Still, you’re gravitating to activities and projects that bring intrinsic rewards. Your approach can be on-and-off, but when you're "on," you go the extra distance. You might also be exploring alternative therapies and approaches to health and fitness. Your sense of the future is strong, and working on making today more secure will help you down the road. You’re likely to find it easier than usual to make a few sacrifices now if it helps you later. At the same time, there is a strong theme of companionship, collaborations, and close partnerships in your astrology all month. You tend to attract talkative people into your life or more conversation and interaction in your current relationships. There can be mutual benefits through others, whether it’s counseling, business, or romance. The New Moon on the 14th encourages you to wipe the slate clean and start anew. As a result, you have all the motivation you need to make important changes, such as reorganizing your life, paying better attention to nutrition, managing your time more productively, and working on the details of your work, projects, and plans. From the 13th, with Venus in your solar eighth house, you can find research, a relationship, or passion projects especially enjoyable. People are intrigued with you and drawn to you. This can be a good time for inspiring faith in your relationships and for coming to peaceful agreements about money, power, and sharing. In fact, Venus divides its time between your partnership (until the 13th) and intimacy (after the 13th) sectors. You’re in a good position for managing your emotions and personal life. Getting along well with others in June can greatly contribute to your happiness and sense of success. You are well-positioned to relate in positive, growth-oriented, and confident ways. Your energy levels are high, and your power of attraction is super. Creative tasks and inspired ways of interacting with others can be themes. Others tend to support you. The Sun moves into your partnership sector on the 21st, and your social life assumes more importance to you. You’re pouring a lot of yourself (energy, attention, and expectations) into your relationships. The Full Moon on the 29th is in your sign, and it can serve as a cosmic push to confront your feelings. Something buried or an issue that has been brewing for some time can come to light and find release. Emotions that surface can point you to areas of your life that need more attention! This puts you in a good place for knowing your heart. Mercury is in your partnership sector all month, and you often turn to others’ input to jumpstart your own thinking. From the 29th, Mercury is retrograde in this sector, however, and there can be some decisions to reconsider or delays to manage. Going over old territory in a relationship can be useful now. On the 30th, Jupiter moves into your solar eighth house for a visit that lasts over a year. There can be new levels of intimacy during this period ahead, and great pleasure in being close to someone. New depths (and heights) can be experienced in a relationship, which can add to your inner glow, or this transit can be about a deeper connection to a special project and understanding of your inner workings. It can also be a time to sort out your debt or joint finances. You’re determined to get a hold on your life, perhaps through tackling bad habits or attitudes that may have been undermining your confidence. Happily, opportunities emerge to do so. |
Aquarius
The Sun spends time in your enjoyment sector until the 21st, dear Aquarius, and a New Moon occurs in this same, favorable part of your chart on the 14th, bringing even more power to areas ruled by this sector. These include romance, creativity, hobbies, entertainment, children, and pleasure. Confidence in sharing and expressing yourself more freely is on the upswing. At the same time, your work and health sectors are strong all month, making a good balance very achievable in June. Relating and creating are big themes for you this month. It's a strong month for exploring creative urges and for sharing your affection, joy, and experiences with others, as you seem to feed off others’ responses. Even with all of this romantic and social excitement, you manage to get a whole lot of work done, although this theme is most prominent towards the end of the month. You’re in a fabulous position for bringing more attention, heart, and intelligence to your work and services. You may enjoy what you do on a daily basis more fully now, or you might make aesthetic or mood-boosting changes that enhance your enjoyment of work, health pursuits, and daily goal-setting. You can be motivated to do meaningful work or make your current routines more meaningful. There can be compliments or rewards for your skills and efforts. You can derive pleasure from doing a job well or a sense of accomplishment after taking care of important details. You might also take the lead in a family matter. Others are putting their faith in you! You can turn unglamorous tasks into something creative and exciting. An engaging domestic project or activity may be in focus. and it can be very satisfying. In fact, the month features quite a bit of animation, energy, and enterprise in your home life, and it keeps you on your toes. From the 13th onward, Venus transits your partnership sector, bringing opportunities for special enjoyment with a partner or close friend, as well as other one-to-one connections. Your warmth and openness endear you to others, and people return the favor. The New Moon on the 14th prompts you to do more creating, romancing, enjoying, and entertaining. There can be opening doors, new beginnings, or restarts along creative or romantic lines. You can be enthusiastic about making changes in these areas. With this New Moon, you gain more confidence and energy to go after your heart’s desire as well as share and express yourself more freely. From the 21st, daily routines, employment, health, and self-care or self-improvement programs can come into even stronger focus. Favored now are activities that get your life and your mind tidy and organized. Your willingness to put in the detailed work required to move towards a long-term goal is admirable. You're paying special attention to the functional side of your life. Even so, Mercury turns retrograde on the 29th in the same sector, and there may be some delays or backtracking to do now. As well, if you’ve been ignoring your needs for rest and reflection, you could be feeling especially drained and sensitive around the Full Moon on the 29th. While you’re often busy and engaged, this lunation reminds you to slow down and listen to your body’s signals. It’s time to consider ways to regenerate and strengthen emotionally. On the 30th, Jupiter heads into your partnership sector, where it will visit for over a year! It’s a fine time to benefit from counseling or partnering. Someone coming into your life during this period can be significant. You'll be learning a lot through your experiences and interactions with an important person in the period ahead. This Jupiter transit will continue until July 2027, and it emphasizes a relationship with someone special. Negotiations, counseling, advising, and work with the public are in favor. You’ll have opportunities to expand your horizons and enjoy or benefit from your connections more than usual. |
Pisces
June brings a strong focus on home and domestic affairs, dear Pisces, with fresh thinking and new solutions to old problems. Still, even though it's a nesting phase of sorts, your personal life is busy this month. There can be some surprises and excitement in the mix, and with your joy and entertainment sector active all of June, you're also enjoying and expressing yourself. You're settling in and keeping the peace, and your attention to domestic matters brings rewards and positive feedback. You might focus on ways to earn money from home. Perhaps most importantly, you're getting into deeper touch with your innermost needs and desires. Things seem to flow more naturally on an emotional level, making it easier to take action and to make effective decisions. You might take steps towards future security goals–you have no desire to dwell on the past at the moment. A creative, romantic, and playful theme gains momentum in June. This period is strong for making significant emotional and creative changes that encourage a sense of personal empowerment. It's fairly easy to drum up support. Venus in your romance sector until the 13th can bring some romantic attention and highlight your natural charm and attractiveness. It also helps you connect with others in happy, peaceful, and gently stimulating ways. You could be expanding your horizons through your pleasures and pastimes. Love can be magical, and your powers of attraction are strong. This can be an important time for boosting your feelings of security. If you’re in need of a fresh start with family, the cosmos are supporting this endeavor, especially after the New Moon on the 14th. A New Moon is about new beginnings and fresh starts, and this one encourages turning over a new leaf on the home front. From the 13th onward, Venus transits your work and health sector, boosting your enjoyment of work, duties, and taking better care of yourself. Work matters can thrive, and you can be quite pleased with the many little things that you’ve accomplished. You may also enjoy social opportunities arising from work, services, or the pursuit of health and wellness goals. From the 21st, the Sun further awakens your feelings and desire to share. You might enjoy new hobbies, creative outlets, and love interests, or renewed attention to these things. Finding more time for entertainment and leisure activities can be vital to your happiness now, helping round out your experiences well. Mercury’s retrograde turn on the 29th can introduce some complications in getting your intended message across. You may not always get the words right, but you’re bound to find different channels for expressing yourself, and creative mediums seem your best bet. On the same day, a Full Moon occurs in your social sector, bringing unresolved issues to the surface and giving you just the right boost to make important changes and resolutions. This lunation can bring warmth, emotion, and color to your feelings and possibly your social life. Your need for others or a place in the broader community becomes evident. It can be a time to extend your help or support, or to awaken to your need for friends and long-term happiness goals. Jupiter takes a big step on the last day of the month as it moves into the work and health house of your solar chart, visiting until July 2027. You'll likely find more joy and satisfaction from your work, and if you’re looking for new work, this is a very employable time! There will be plenty of opportunities to improve and enhance your life going forward, particularly with better working conditions and advancement potential. Your positive attitude toward your job or duties could play a key role in attracting these potential windfalls. Paying more attention to the mind/spirit element of your work and health can do wonders for you in the period ahead. |
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This Month’s Void Moon Dates:
Using the table below: The Moon is Void of Course from the time of its last aspect listed below until the Moon enters a new sign. Generally speaking, these periods are not ideal for launching new endeavors, although they’re not impossible periods, either.
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New & Full Moon Charts:
- Full Moon in Sagittarius Chart: May 31st, 2026
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Void of Course Dates this Month

The month is packed full of significant outer planet transits. First, on July 1st, Jupiter forms a square with Chiron, and this is the final of three in a set. During this period, we can find ourselves yearning for meaning and understanding, yet it’s a daunting task to align with a personal philosophy or belief system that authentically mirrors our core. Beliefs and ideas might lead us astray, or we could be confronted with a crisis of faith. Something can occur that challenges our fundamental beliefs, leaving us confused. There may be instances where we feel isolated in our opinions, visions, or future plans, as others may not understand our vision. Past decisions that once seemed wise may now appear questionable… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 7th, Neptune turns retrograde, and this shift casts a veil over our practical affairs. There can be a temporary loss of inspiration as we realign our dreams and wishes with what’s inside us. The retrograde cycle itself, which lasts until December 12th this year, suggests a period of taking in, receptiveness, and some indecisiveness. It can be a period of feeling in limbo, but it might also be a time of great inner discovery. This isn’t the first retrograde turn while Neptune is in Aries, but it’s the first one where Neptune spends the entire retrograde in the sign… Read more about Neptune’s retrograde on its calendar page.
On July 14th, the New Moon in Cancer prompts a new beginning–we’re starting anew. It brings a fresh start to our lives, particularly with our personal lives, families, and domestic worlds. By consciously tuning in to positive Cancer energy, we learn more about ourselves and loved ones. This is a time for feeding our foundation — all of that which we call home, including the foundation we’ve built inside ourselves, needs to be tended to and honored. It’s a time to recognize the importance of our family and our personal circle of friends and the security, sense of belonging, and safety we derive from them.
This New Moon aligns with retrograde Mercury, and it’s hard to see our path, but our discomfort with the past can be very real now, motivating new beginnings… Read more about this New Moon in Cancer on its calendar page.
On July 15th, Uranus forms a sextile with Neptune, and this is the the third of five in this set. We’re seeking (and finding) illumination. It’s a time of more openness to alternative ways of living, believing, and expression. We’re receptive to different or unusual experiences and ideas. At the same time, we’re averse to any form of force-feeding spirituality or belief systems, preferring our freedom to follow our intuition. It’s a time to reform and update how we express compassion, care for the underprivileged, pursue our dreams, seek escapes, and do art and creativity. However, we can also be more sensitive to stimulants… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 18th, Uranus forms a trine with Pluto, and this is the first of five in a set that will extend until May 2028. With this meaningful transit, we more readily tap into our deeper ambitions and motivations, and this knowledge of and connection with our inner selves can lead to terrific new directions. We recognize the need for change and reform, but also realize that having a solid plan of action is to our great benefit. As such, it can be a time of measured, deliberate change-making. It’s a fine time for forging new alliances and friendships. We might awaken to hidden or dormant talents, including inventiveness, or recognize a stronger desire for independence and freedom. The desire for new experiences is compelling… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 20th, Jupiter forms a trine with Neptune, and this is a standalone transit. At this time, idealistic and humanitarian goals or impulses surface. Making connections with others from a different background are in the spotlight. Widening our minds through unusual or different experiences can be a theme during this phase. Practical considerations could take a back seat now. Generosity and compassion increase, and our faith gets a real boost. We are also vastly more willing to make personal sacrifices for what we believe is the greater good… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 20th, the same day, Jupiter forms an opposition with Pluto, which is another standalone transit. This transit brings intensity and conflict to our lives. We can be quite ambitious, feeling that if we set our sights high enough, we can achieve anything. However, treading lightly, while it may not come naturally, is advised as it is all too easy to stir up opposition. We should watch for a tendency to take on too many interests, activities, or desires. Exaggerating our importance or power, either to ourselves or others, should also be avoided. Something might challenge our belief system, prompting a major attitude change, or we might have to face narrow-mindedness in others (or in ourselves).
This can also be a time when we feel such enormous pressure to succeed or chase a desire/goal that we make mistakes and exercise poor judgment. Possible themes are exploitation, manipulation, fanaticism, obsession, opportunism, legal issues, hidden agendas, and ulterior motives. If energies are channeled well, however, it can be a time to heal, reform, and improve. Trying to force our beliefs on others will only lead to frustration… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 21st, the next day, Jupiter forms a sextile with Uranus, and this, too, is a standalone transit. Changes and innovations are exciting now–we’re open to new energies, approaches, and attitudes. Fortunate events occur as a direct result of our willingness to entertain the unusual and to think outside of the box. This transit favors group activities, financial endeavors associated with groups or organizational efforts, online connections and ventures, educational pursuits, writing, publishing, speaking, and humanitarian efforts. Our outlook is positive and optimistic.
With Jupiter in Leo, we can be quite personal, but when Jupiter in Leo forms a sextile to Uranus, it helps us detach somewhat from some of this so that we can embrace change. We’re doing communicating, transportation, connecting, and learning in different, non-traditional ways at this time, and this attitude can open new worlds for us, even in little ways. We can find unique or unusual ways to enjoy ourselves or help and inspire others. We might bring out the best in one another by recognizing each other’s unique talents…. Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
These configurations are strong for events, realizations, and circumstances that nudge us to recognize latent talents. We’re successful because we’re wholeheartedly pursuing our goals, even in the face of obstacles or opposition. It’s a time of creative vision and determination. Still, while we’re yearning for meaning and understanding, it’s challenging to align ourselves with a satisfying mission, and some trial and error is likely. Certainly, intense experiences now bring out our need for improvement, change, and revolution.
On July 23rd, Mercury ends its retrograde in the sign of Cancer. The communications planet began a retrograde cycle late last month, on June 29th, and now ends its retrograde on July 23rd. Because Mercury has remained in the sign of Cancer throughout the retrograde, Mercury is in Cancer for some time–until August 9th. Something similar happened in June/July 2020.
Mercury in Cancer is insular by nature as it is, and with the slowdown and then retrograde, it is even more so. This is an excellent period for getting in touch with what nurtures us and feeds our spirits. Emotional communication is not always valued as much as rational approaches in our society, and now is the time to explore our more intimate, sympathetic, and emotional nature and how it affects our decision-making processes. Mercury’s retrograde in Cancer can see us taking many trips down memory lane. Mercury’s direct turn on July 23rd can help unblock information clogs. It will remain in its post-retrograde shadow until August 6th, which means that it will have recovered the full ground of its retrograde cycle by that time… Read more about this retrograde Mercury cycle on its calendar page.
On July 25th, Neptune forms a sextile with Pluto, and this is is the first of many such aspects while Neptune is in Aries and Pluto is in Aquarius. With this long-term influence, we are especially able to see the layers of a situation. We’re intrigued by what makes things work and by people’s motivations, as well as economics, natural resources, parapsychology, and politics. It’s a time of rich experiences and cultural movements, transformative scientific thought and advancement, and of paying more sensitive attention to human rights.
Psychic energy is intense but not overwhelmingly so during this phase of spiritual unclogging. We seek a sense of purpose or magic now, wanting to elevate what’s mundane or ordinary in our lives. We might work on deepening our intuition, imagination, or compassion, or we might feel more compelled to act on these things to make a change… Read more about this aspect on its calendar page.
On July 26th, Saturn turns retrograde, and it will continue to travel in this apparent backward motion until December 10th. While Saturn is retrograde, we more often review our responsibilities and commitments than deal with them directly in the moment. There can be more than the usual experiences of guilt and self-doubt as we internalize fears but also the chance to reassess our commitments. Similarly with Neptune’s retrograde, Saturn is in Aries and stays in the sign throughout this retrograde… Read more about Saturn turning retrograde in Aries on its calendar page.
On July 26th, the Moon’s True North Node enters Aquarius, beginning a new cycle that will last over a year and a half–until March 2028. While the North Node of the Moon transits the sign of Aquarius, it’s a time to embrace our humanitarian, community-oriented, and forward-looking nature. If we’ve found ourselves too attached to the drama of romance and personal relationships or perhaps willful and overly focused on getting what we want, this is a strong cycle for correcting the imbalance. In fact, benefits come to us as we do so.
It’s a powerful time to cultivate sensitivity to the needs of others. Our path is learning to be more impartial and less possessive in relationships and with creative projects if this is needed. As we learn to let go of the need for a passionate chase, satisfaction will come. This is a time during which we should solve problems that require thinking “outside of the box” and looking to the future with a brand new, positive, and hopeful vision. It’s a meaningful cycle for contributing to our community and working towards the common good. .. Read more about North Node in Aquarius on its calendar page.
On July 29th, a Full Moon occurs in Aquarius, awakening us to the need for others or to answer to humanitarian impulses. This lunation reminds us of our needs for friendship, community, as well as impartiality and objectivity. We cannot lose sight of our larger goals and our need to give back to the community or group that supports us.
Our feelings blossom now. Full Moons are about connecting us with things we already know but aren’t acknowledging, such as buried feelings, or they bring secrets to light and projects to a turning point.
This Full Moon occurs with the Sun conjunct Jupiter and the Moon conjunct Pluto (and Juno). It harmonizes with Neptune and Uranus. With this configuration, something might challenge our beliefs, motivating us to make changes and improvements. There can be a faceoff between our morals and our fears or suspicions. We can be dealing with issues of power and control, but we’re also finding creative ways to move forward. It can be a time when we attach a higher meaning to our struggles or need an incentive to carry on our plans. Still, a desire to enjoy ourselves or grow our relationships can be motivators now. Our need for love, generosity, and affection runs high… Read more about this Full Moon on its calendar page.
| Date | Time | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1 | 10:24 PM | Jupiter square Chiron | Jup 0 Leo 24' square Chi 0 Tau 24' |
| Jul 3 | 8:24 AM | Jupiter quincunx True Node | Jup 0 Leo 42' quincunx Nod 0 Pis 42' |
| Jul 7 | 6:54 AM | Neptune Retrograde | Nep 4 Ari 25'Rx |
| Jul 7 | 3:29 PM | Last Quarter Moon | 15 Ari 42' |
| Jul 9 | 1:22 PM | Venus enters Virgo | Ven 0 Vir 00' |
| Jul 10 | 5:50 PM | True Node sextile Chiron | Nod 0 Pis 37' sextile Chi 0 Tau 37' |
| Jul 14 | 5:43 AM | New Moon in Cancer | 21 Can 59' |
| Jul 15 | 4:36 PM | Uranus sextile Neptune | Ura 4 Gem 24' sextile Nep 4 Ari 24'Rx |
| Jul 18 | 12:43 AM | Uranus trine Pluto | Ura 4 Gem 30' trine Plu 4 Aqu 30'Rx |
| Jul 20 | 3:23 AM | Jupiter trine Neptune | Jup 4 Leo 22' trine Nep 4 Ari 22'Rx |
| Jul 20 | 10:44 AM | Jupiter opposition Pluto | Jup 4 Leo 26' opposition Plu 4 Aqu 26'Rx |
| Jul 21 | 7:05 AM | First Quarter Moon | 28 Lib 44' |
| Jul 21 | 7:10 AM | Jupiter sextile Uranus | Jup 4 Leo 38' sextile Ura 4 Gem 38' |
| Jul 22 | 3:13 PM | Sun enters Leo | Sun 0 Leo 00' |
| Jul 23 | 6:57 PM | Mercury Direct | Mer 16 Can 19'D |
| Jul 25 | 1:26 AM | Neptune sextile Pluto | Nep 4 Ari 20'Rx sextile Plu 4 Aqu 20'Rx |
| Jul 26 | 3:56 PM | Saturn Retrograde | Sat 14 Ari 45'Rx |
| Jul 26 | 8:46 PM | True Node Rx enters Aquarius | Nod Aqu Rx |
| Jul 29 | 10:35 AM | Full Moon in Aquarius | 6 Aqu 30' |
(See the full table for 2026)
See also: This Week in Astrology week to week for more detail.
This Month’s Overview Horoscopes
The following horoscopes outline how the above astrological influences might affect each individual sign.
Overview horoscopes fill in here as I write them, ideally during the week before the month begins. It is not unusual to see some signs temporarily missing as I write the twelve of them over the course of a few days, starting with the featured sign of the month (birthday month).
Aries
The month ahead is powerful for special attention to your personal life, dear Aries. There may be some important renovations and improvements in your home or within your family relationships. July holds a strong domestic theme for you. You tend to pour more heart into your home life, living conditions, nesting, or loved ones this month. Your instincts are strong in these areas! Still, some backtracking over old problems and conversations is likely, and perhaps some paperwork to manage, with Mercury retrograde until the 23rd. Even if old problems re-emerge and blow up now, they’re likely to blow over later this month. Some delays can be blessings in disguise, as they give you the chance to redo, refine, or reconsider things. Ideas that emerge from your conversations and musings can be significant, prompting long-term plans. You may be trying to make sense of family matters and past patterns, and you’re set to learn much that can help inform your decisions. The New Moon on the 14th can ultimately prompt new initiatives, long-term projects, or interesting family and home-related developments. You’ll want to pay extra attention to getting and giving nurture and connecting with your need for familiarity. With Mercury retrograde until the 23rd, it’s a good time to develop creative ways to improve your personal life, but not yet ideal for brand new beginnings. Both Neptune and Saturn, visiting your sign, turn retrograde this month. These retrogrades detach you just enough from your current responsibilities, ideals, and dreams for you to gain a new perspective on them. While you may lose some wind in your sails just for now, the retrograde cycles ultimately bring about more balance in your life. You are maturing and learning to rely on yourself during this phase of your life. Even with quite introspective energy with you in July, you’re in a brilliant place for creative and romantic pursuits. Your powers of attraction run high. Venus is in your sector of joy until the 9th, Jupiter has just recently entered it, and the Sun heads in on the 22nd. You're likely to enjoy special hobbies, pleasures, romance, or pastimes. You can be more generous with your heart, time, happiness, or money. Venus heads into your work and health sector on the 9th, increasing your enjoyment of your work and health routines. With July's many significant outer-planet transits, you're likely to enjoy new insights and developments in learning areas, studies, in your neighborhood or with siblings, or in communication activities. You may receive good news or read something that inspires you to change your learning focus, write about a topic you hadn’t considered before, or through channels you have never tried, for example. Your social life can also get a nice boost. Creative and romantic endeavors thrive. There is a magical quality to your charisma, appeal, and creative output. It can be a popular time for you as you stand out as unique and desirable. Expressing yourself creatively or romantically helps you understand and define yourself better — it’s a confidence-booster all around. Love, love affairs, and other social activities help enhance a healthy self-image, and you draw others in magnetically. You can truly sell your ideas, creations, and personality to the world. However, watch for feeling pushed into making a decision or rushed, as well as for over-managing your social life. Aim to pace yourself and don’t overshoot. Attention to friends or lovers can require a balancing act or compromise. Watch also for a tendency to make impulsive purchases or lend indiscriminately. July's energies are certainly strong for nesting and centering yourself, but as the month advances, you’re drawing on this newfound security and pouring more of yourself into sharing. The Sun moves into your sector of fun, creativity, joy, recreation, heartfelt pursuits, and romance on the 22nd. You're recognizing your need to play, enjoy yourself, have some fun, and share your affection or creations with others. It’s a time to shine! The chance to resolve problems that cropped up earlier in the month arrives in the last week of July. Delays or blocks lift, or the information you need to move forward comes through. The Moon’s North Node enters your social sector on the 26th, and will visit there for eighteen months. This shift can bring about changes in your social life, potentially leading to new friendships or strengthening existing ones. During this cycle, the areas of both challenge and great reward are friendship, networks, associates, teams, and happiness goals. Your relationships with others – as well as your relationship with yourself – will benefit from your stronger focus on being present and connected. The period ahead is powerful for making or enhancing friendships, as well as for rounding out your happiness pursuits. The Full Moon on the 29th calls further attention to your social needs or particular feelings for a friend or project, as well as the need for more attention to enjoying your life and finding your happiness. It’s a particularly good time for celebratory activities or for recognizing your attachments and allegiances. |
Taurus
July brings a strong focus on connecting, learning, transportation, communications, and daily affairs for you, dear Taurus. You’re also likely to enjoy your home and personal life more fully this month. While there can be ups and downs and delays to manage, you’ll ultimately get to see which of your projects are genuinely viable and worth your effort. Your taste for experiences outside of the ordinary is notable as you begin the month, but while you’d do well to explore them, July can find you rather frequently dealing with your mundane affairs. It’s possible that siblings, relatives, or neighbors play a more vital role in your life. There is also a growing theme of extra attention to your home or family life, with fantastic opportunities to bring more harmony, comfort, enjoyment, and beauty to your personal or domestic world. Mercury is retrograde in your communications sector until the 23rd, after which the information you need to move forward comes through, or delays lift. You may return to old conversations or topics during this period, and while some of this can be frustrating, you might also pull up something valuable in the process. You’ll do well for yourself by reviewing recent decisions and allowing yourself to process and digest matters. Retrograde Mercury can bring on some delays, obstacles, or slowdowns, but there is much to enjoy and learn, even if (and perhaps because) you’re waiting. The New Moon on the 14th can prompt a desire or need for a new beginning or approach in your life regarding communication, connecting with others, and getting around. New communication or transportation channels may open up to you later in the month. Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and because they're both transiting your solar twelfth house, it makes sense to review and reassess some of your plans and goals. Thoughts often turn to past frustrations that are still affecting your present. You may have the opportunity to find some level of peace regarding past disappointments. While Mercury’s retrograde until the 23rd can sometimes muddle communications, in a general sense, you’re generating more warmth and trust with important people in your life. Being open to different ways of managing your money, things, valuables, or your attitude toward the past and attachments can significantly improve your life. Liberating shifts in attitude allow you to experiment with different ways of making money. You’re applying practical wisdom to your business but also connecting with your spirit for innovation, and the results are excellent. Home and domestic matters can be especially favorable, and bringing more order or organization to your home life could be part of this, but so could more compassion and tolerance in your relationships with family. You might uncover a resource that genuinely works for you, particularly on financial, business, and career levels. Your drive to improve your financial situation or comfort level is strong in July. Events remind you that your approaches to business and money-making need an overhaul, sparking a desire to innovate. If you’ve been over-attached to certain personal possessions, you might now recognize how they’ve weighed you down. Family matters can be particularly warm, comfortable, and natural in July. You may be finding ways to make peace with the past, freeing you up for exciting times to come. While the month can be slow-moving at times, you’re engaged and curious. Venus moves into your romance and pleasure sector on the 9th, putting you in a wonderful position for having some fun and enjoying yourself. This cycle is great for dating, entertainment, hobbies, and leisure time. You can find satisfying ways to express yourself, and you’re well-liked. You may encounter some challenges between your personal goals and the demands of your career this month. You can feel quite a bit of pressure to pursue your worldly goals, but this naturally comes at the expense of your personal freedom at times. The need to cultivate self-discipline can arise. The demands of career and family can be especially strong at this time, and they can clash. As such, finding a compromise or balance is essential. The Sun moves into your solar fourth house on the 22nd, and you’re bringing further attention to your relations with family and living conditions. You’re seeking more quiet, downtime, comfort, and familiarity. The 29th brings a Full Moon at the top of your solar chart, prompting some special attention to your performance, work, or responsibilities. It’s an excellent time for reputation matters, as well as for drawing up plans for reaching your goals. In fact, this can be a time when you awaken to a true calling. This prompt comes just a few days after the Moon's North Node moves into this sector. During its eighteen-month stay, you’ll gain more confidence in putting yourself out there and meeting your responsibilities. |
Gemini
The month has wonderful potential for settling in and enjoying yourself, dear Gemini, but also for building something important to you. You’re more interested in security and long-term endeavors than you are in the excitement of the moment in July. In effect, you have more patience to draw upon, and it’s powerful. You’re often drawn to the right resources or connections you need, but the path is not always straightforward with Mercury retrograde until the 23rd. Even with some delays or obstacles, it’s a fine time for making refinements and improvements. Efforts put forth now can lead to wonderful new beginnings and rewards. There are things to learn about your attachments, but there's also much to enjoy, especially on social and mental levels. Your mind is active, and your interests are exciting. Connections and communications can be delightful at times, even with Mercury retrograde until the 23rd. You might realize the need for a fresh start or new approach with money, income, valuables, self-esteem, or comfort matters after the New Moon on the 14th. You may consider taking a new path, and after a period of reorientation, you will ultimately feel more in control. Consider that Mercury is retrograde until the 23rd in the same sector where this New Moon occurs, and it makes sense to look to the past for ideas before pushing ahead with brand-new plans! While some predictability is an objective now, you’re also in a curious frame of mind and might thoroughly enjoy a change of scenery from time to time. Venus frames you very well until the 9th, particularly through your communications, even with Mercury retrograde. You’ll find learning, sharing ideas, and connecting very gratifying now, and benefits can come through the extra effort you’re putting into these things. Mars spends all month in your sign, keeping you active. Your need for more freedom and authentic self-expression is strong. Mars in your sign is a motivator and sometimes an aggravator! Considering your limits is vital, especially with your planetary ruler retrograde until the 23rd. Fortunately, your powers to lead, influence, and support others are potent. Venus heads into your home and family sector on the 9th, making it a good time to improve your relationships with loved ones and comfort levels on the home front. Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and both are currently visiting your social sector. Temporarily, you may experience a feeling of heaviness surrounding your obligations and/or a friendship or group. Your mission is to ultimately reconnect with your dreams, possibly refining them to better align with your purposes and current situation. However, outer-planet transits help you find more meaning in what you're doing. You're opening your heart to new ideas and methods, letting in the positive vibes, and moving just a little out of your comfort zone. The urge to break free from limiting conditions is strong. Your happiness goals fuel your independence. Fortunately, you’re arriving at a healthy balance between realism and spirit or independence. You’re keeping your feet on the ground while exploring your sense of freedom. You're also motivated to pursue a learning endeavor, a personal goal, or a cause. It does make sense to watch for exaggeration and obsession with Jupiter opposing Pluto. Keep things real. There can be some side-tracking due to a basic yearning for something more than just a mundane existence. While not inherently problematic, tense connections now suggest this yearning can get in the way of your everyday life. Taking on too many daily activities, communications, new interests, and learning endeavors or studies should be avoided, as they can become chaotic and distracting if you overload. The Sun heads into your communications sector on the 23rd. Connections with siblings, family, classmates, or acquaintances can improve as you invest new energy and enthusiasm in these relationships. You have a can-do mindset that takes you places. The last week of July is strong for resolving problems that may have overwhelmed you earlier in the month. It’s also a time when blocks seem to lift regarding money matters. You're in a better position for money coming in or for moving a business or practical matter forward. You now have the information you need to make effective decisions and to take charge of your personal affairs, finances, and resources. With the North Node’s move into your spirit sector for an eighteen-month stay, you’re receiving a cosmic nudge toward adopting beliefs that genuinely reflect the current “you.” You’re also learning about your need for self-expression through non-routine activities, studies, and experiences. A Full Moon occurs on the 29th in the same area of your solar chart, and it can bring an idea or project to bloom. You can feel very strongly about a project. It’s a wonderful time to recognize a calling, a new interest, or a desire to pursue a new study or travel. |
Cancer
Relationships are in strong focus as the month begins, dear Cancer, but the major themes of July are about you, your resources, confidence, work, and independence. A Full Moon at the end of June occurred in your partnership sector, and feelings have reached a head. You’re discovering who and what you need, and this self-awareness motivates you to get your act together. Your business acumen is attractive and appealing this month. Money is in good favor as well. July is a powerful month for personal presence, but it’s also a month when you’re slowly coming into your own–it’s not an instant process! This is largely due to Mars spending all month in the sign just behind yours. You have some digesting and processing to do. While you’re visible and in the spotlight, some plans, motivations, and drives are in limbo or not quite ready. Mercury's retrograde in your sign until the 23rd is another reason to go slowly this month. While you’re mentally engaged and want to express yourself, there can be some delays and information clogs—perhaps even misunderstandings—until the 23rd. There's a focus on personality and growth in July. The month is strong for small but significant changes as well as financial boosts. You’re learning a lot about yourself now. The New Moon on the 14th, which occurs in your sign, signals a time of personal new beginnings and a chance to reinvent yourself. What you communicate has more impact than usual—people hear you loud and clear, but they don’t necessarily see the whole picture in the first few weeks. It’s a time to take stock of recent events and draw on the past for ideas and insights that can be significant in forming new or improved plans down the road. Fortunately, though, you have lovely Venus in your communication sector from the 9th onward, helping smooth over problem areas. You're charming, and you find connecting and pursuing your personal interests more enjoyable. Highly creative aspects connect your career, money, and intimacy sectors this month. As you pour more specialized energy into your work, career, or reputation, you recognize the wisdom of taking breaks for rest and downtime. You’ll find you return to your work more refreshed, spirited, and perhaps inspired. It’s an important time to release negative attachments, and it's also a strong time for personal income, career, work, and health. Business should subtly improve, or a dream job situation arises. The magic ingredients for success now are inspiration, positivity, and effort. Allow yourself to dream, and back it up with solid plans and structured participation. Your need for meaningful pursuits is strong now and can fuel your success. Some of your most natural talents are rewarded and appreciated. Still, if you’ve been overconfident with money and resources, there may be some consequences to manage. As much as possible, avoid taking foolish risks, particularly by borrowing from your future through excessive debt, procrastination, or neglecting important responsibilities. A conflict over someone else’s resources or money can come to a head. If you accumulate personal possessions too quickly, it can lead to clutter and disorganization. Both borrowing and lending can lead to problems or disputes at this time. You could reach a standstill with a partner or significant person, likely over money, things, or intimacy. There can be exaggeration or drama going on around you, or power dynamics can be complicated. Fortunately, solutions to these problems motivate you to find highly creative workarounds. You're learning to have more faith in your worth and value. However, both Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and they're currently guests in your solar tenth house. Consider that your bigger ideas, especially those related to your life path, career, responsibilities, and status, require more time, refinement, and definition before they should be set into motion. Your feelings about your career path or reputation are shifting. What feels like a lack of direction can work in your favor as you learn what you truly want. Mercury ends its retrograde in your sign on the 23rd. Regarding work, special projects, and health, you may be waiting on answers or returning to old problems until then. From the 23rd onward, an end is in sight, or solutions are found. From the 22nd forward, financial matters are connected with your pride. Income and talents or resources are themes all month, in fact, but now, you're even more invested. Pouring your energy into building your money, things, and talents can be most satisfying now. The Full Moon on the 29th provides excellent motivation for sorting out your finances or dependencies, and real strategies can emerge now. This comes shortly after the Moon's North Node moves into your solar eighth house for a stay of a year and a half. With this transit, you’ll be learning to embrace your intimate world and need for a deeper connection to someone or a unique project. |
Leo
July features themes of personal appeal, leisure, friendship, healing, and replenishing your energy for you, dear Leo. As the month begins, the Full Moon has just occurred in your work and health sector and is a call to action regarding your work, services, habits, and health. Even so, there is a strong focus on downtime this month with the Sun (until the 22nd) and Mercury (all month) in your soul sector. It's important to take the time to rest, be still, reflect, and process recent events. Venus spends time in your sign until the 9th, presenting you with excellent opportunities to attract what you want into your life. You’re very attractive this month, but perhaps a little elusive or undecided, although much less so from the 22nd/23rd onward. The mystery, in fact, may add a little more to your appeal! Keep in mind that as exciting and hopeful things are, Mercury only turns direct on the 23rd. If a money or business matter has stalled, it’s likely to move forward after this date, but only gain real traction in August. Neptune and Saturn, currently visiting your spirit sector, both turn retrograde this month, and signals are strong to slow down and reassess or consider your larger plans and goals. It’s not the time to rush decisions. Avoid taking on more when you should really be focusing on simplifying, particularly in studies, special interests, travel, and sharing. Try to tackle things one at a time rather than wear yourself out. As you advance, you’ll be realigning with beliefs and pursuits that reflect your current growth. All month, in fact, you’re in a robust cycle for tapping into your inner wisdom. You may not be making many cut-and-dried decisions, but you’re doing some important thinking and processing. You have excellent support for your needs for privacy and emotional renewal, or quiet activities with others can be satisfying. The New Moon on the 14th nudges you forward with your efforts to come to a better work-rest balance. Using your downtime well is the goal now! Certainly, the month has its lively spots, especially with Mars in your social sector. Jupiter in your sign is building your spirits and desire for action, and this month, it's well-connected. You’re exploring the ability to detach and enjoy non-committed, light, and pressure-free connections. Your openness to new ways of approaching your life or to thinking creatively can create opportunities for engaging experiences that take you out of your routine. You can meet people who seem to share a similar destiny as you or who you connect with in surprising ways, which can seem sudden or unexpected. Humanitarian pursuits can be attractive now. As you build your skills and attend to your practical affairs, you might connect with people or causes that inspire and encourage you. Fortunately, managing stress and pressure comes more easily with current transits. You could find new meaning through adventure or learning. As you reclaim your personal power, you insist that others accept you for who you are. You have increased faith, not only in yourself but in life itself, which helps you achieve what you set out to do. There is a greater appreciation for your personality and personal style, and confidence is natural. It’s an excellent period for meaningful relationships and creative productivity. Still, Jupiter in Leo is square Chiron and opposite Pluto this month, and there can be times when you feel conflicted between the demands of a partnership and those of your personal or professional life. Finding a balance, rather than pushing or rebelling against either, is the challenge now. Jupiter’s presence in your sign has brought a strong need to start over. With Jupiter challenged, some of the less flattering sides of this overall favorable transit can emerge. While you may feel restless and have a strong desire to feel free, avoid pushing this too far, or people in your life might get their backs up. Watch for behaviors that might be interpreted as overconfident and even pompous. As well, try not to close your eyes to your responsibilities. Think in terms of toning down excesses since they attract the most problems with these transits in play. In truth, through challenges with others, you may realize your own potential. Your desire for freedom is stronger than it has been in years, and this can upset the apple cart for those accustomed to a more content “you.” On the 22nd, your birthday month begins, pointing to a period of personal discovery and awakening. This is a time to reorient yourself and start fresh. Sharing ideas and beliefs, and taking part in activities outside your usual routine, can be magical in the last few days of July. With the North Node of the Moon moving into your opposite sign for an eighteen-month cycle, you’re moving toward a stronger identity and a sense of purposefulness through your connections to others. Challenges such as communication issues or differing perspectives may arise, but these can lead to a deeper understanding and appreciation of your partner. Rewards in the form of shared successes and mutual support are also likely. Through partnership and cooperation, you are more likely to achieve the inner balance necessary to achieve your goals. The Full Moon on the 29th is brilliant for recognizing the need to make changes, particularly in relationships, and for finding all the tools you need to apply them constructively. |
Virgo
Your happiness goals, sense of community, feeling of belonging, and need to share and contribute are all in strong focus in July, dear Virgo. You’re also connecting with your more worldly ambitions and, later, your need for personal time away from the daily grind. It’s a powerful month for improving your social life while also attending to your responsibilities. But with your ruler, Mercury, retrograde until the 23rd, it’s a good idea to take things easy in a general sense, mainly related to decision-making, health, and friendship or networking matters. It may be best to reserve judgment on some issues until you have all the information you need. You also have Venus in your privacy sector until the 9th, and you're keeping your affections close to your chest. Neptune and Saturn, currently visiting your solar eighth house, turn retrograde this month, and these shifts also encourage you to slow down and think about your priorities. You’ll be reconsidering or reassessing your understanding of relationships, support, or financial matters, ultimately gaining a deeper perspective on them. However, Venus heads into your sign on the 9th, and it’s a time for feeling especially good about yourself. From this day onward, it's a time to embrace your need for more pleasure in your life. The desire or need for a fresh start in friendship can become apparent after the New Moon on the 14th. Certainly, you’re in a great position to network, connect, and share. People are bringing opportunities into your life, and your unique charm is helping to bring them along. July begins just after a Full Moon has awakened you to the need to express yourself more freely and to more heartily pursue your passions. At the same time, Mercury turned retrograde, so it's complicated! Nevertheless, opportunities emerge to advance, materially or emotionally, when you think about your future. Being willing to make minor changes can pay off. Something changes, such as leaving a no-win or dead-end situation behind. You could find yourself especially motivated by, and passionate about, the work you do or your current special projects. You’re communicating your passion for what you do through your work or tasks. Getting your finances and support situation sorted out can motivate and inspire your work or even lead to a positive new direction or reputation. The key now is a more balanced approach to sharing yourself with others – setting personal boundaries, but with some leniency and exceptions. You are learning the very tricky and fine art of helping and supporting the people you love without going so far that you feel overburdened. Connecting intimately with someone special boosts your sense of security, or a special project can be grounding. A career breakthrough may be in the works, sparking a new wave of excitement and motivation for your professional journey, whether that means working with more freedom or taking a new direction. However, you could be dealing with more-than-usual pressures at work, with your wellness, or with chores, and restlessness may be stirring. With work or health and self-care efforts, you could be filled with ambition and ideas now, possibly to the point of overwhelm. Try to pace yourself. The Sun heads into your privacy sector on the 22nd, and a general slowdown may benefit you. You begin to see the world a little differently, and you find more time to decompress, detox, and heal. It can be a time to take care of unfinished business. A learning, writing, or transportation issue that has been in limbo can move forward as news you were waiting for arrives or a lost item is found in the last week of the month. At the same time, your affections are clearer, and you carry yourself with such sweet appeal that you attract exactly what you need into your life. Mercury's direct turn on the 23rd also supports more clarity, which you appreciate. The North Node moves into your work and health sector near the end of July and will remain there for 18 months. This cycle will reinforce that orderliness is empowering, and paying closer attention to deadlines, details, and rules will be challenging but also very rewarding. Getting on top of your routines is a strong focus. The Full Moon on the 29th can awaken you to a need to make changes. You can be incredibly focused when it comes to eliminating something unhealthy from your life or uncovering important truths. It’s a fine time to tidy up your daily routines and habits, and you might even enjoy putting things into order. |
Libra
There is a continued focus on life direction, reputation, status, or career for you in July, dear Libra. However, there are growing themes of recreation, personal enjoyment, and friendship. It’s a powerful time for setting or adjusting goals and plans, but not necessarily for locking things down, given Mercury’s retrograde until the 23rd and a need to process, learn, understand, and adjust before pushing ahead. But even if the month can sometimes feel slow-moving, Mars in your spirit sector all month ensures you’re also paying attention to your need for adventure, mental refreshment, discovery, and spontaneity. Venus in your social sector until the 9th is also friendly. You’re likely to feel appreciated and enjoyed this month! People are drawn to your optimism and generosity of spirit. You’re in particularly good shape for networking, sharing, and promoting. You may need to return to an old project or redo and refine something that you thought was complete as Mercury retrogrades until the 23rd. If something’s left hanging, aim to focus on productivity in other areas. Consider that apparent backtracking can strengthen what was once on shaky ground. Neptune and Saturn, visiting your partnership sector, turn retrograde in July, making it best to consider your priorities, particularly related to partnerships and significant people in your life. You may need to revise your outlook or approach. If you experience a temporary lull or a loss of faith in a dream or relationship, it can prompt critical introspection as you come to terms with what you truly want from a person or relationship. Thinking about life direction and long-term goals in new ways can be especially fruitful, especially around the 12th, and can also lead to significant new insights or plans. You can be recycling or reviving old projects and ideas, and while these things haven’t yet fleshed out with all the details, you’re in great shape for working your magic on them. The New Moon on the 14th calls your attention to career and life-plan goals, and prompts you to better define who you are, what you do, and how you contribute. July holds terrific opportunities for finding satisfying ways to express yourself uniquely or creatively. Matters of the heart can have an almost magical quality to them, although also intense! Your attitudes towards partnering and romance are undergoing a deep metamorphosis as your priorities shift significantly, and ups and downs are par for the course right now. You may enjoy pushing yourself to explore and share more. Great debates and mind-opening experiences tie in with partnerships this month. The urge for adventure, new experiences, interesting excursions, or different topics and ideas is strong, and these can introduce you to new cultures, beliefs, personal interests, or feelings. Publishing and sharing can be exceptionally compelling and favorable. Relationship goals can inspire you to reach new heights, explore new places or ideas, or learn new skills. A stronger feeling of connection to friends or a group is likely. You may be more confident in your goals and in pursuing your dreams, particularly in learning and communication pursuits. Networking can bring opportunities. Still, watch for pushing your ambitions, or others, too hard, as you could sometimes face quite a bit of opposition. If you’re feeling a crunch, avoid cramming in too many things or rushing things that require more time to evolve. There may be a need to draw the line if others’ expectations of you are far too high. Especially from the 22nd onward, you need some detoxing from pressured situations and goals, and you’re able to find more time for sharing, connecting, and community. You put faith in your intuition on business and financial matters. Confidence in your ability to handle your responsibilities, make the life you want, and attract the right resources to you increases now and will continue to build. Mercury ends its retrograde on the 23rd, and while it’s important to take it slowly, it’s a fine time for pulling together recent endeavors and efforts related to your reputation, career, responsibilities, and long-term life path goals and taking the initiative. The Moon’s North Node moves into your joy sector for a stay of a year and a half, and things are pointing in the direction of creativity, uniqueness, standing out from the crowd, love affairs, and sharing your heart. You’re challenged to share your talents, spark, ideas, and creativity in the period ahead, and it’s set to be rewarding. On the 29th, a Full Moon occurs in this area of your solar chart, and there can be excitement in your social or romantic life as feelings bloom. It can be a time of powerful epiphanies and a turning point in a relationship or with a project close to your heart. Issues related to love, joy, a passion project, creative pursuits, or children can be at the forefront now. |
Scorpio
The month ahead brings a special emphasis on learning, sharing, life experiences, and career or reputation, dear Scorpio. Your spirit to discover, explore, and share is in the spotlight, but you're also in particularly good shape in public or professional settings this month. You begin July having just experienced a Full Moon in your solar third house, which awakened you to the need to connect, learn, and share. It can be a busy time, and this pace continues throughout the month in one form or another. However, you also have your eye on non-routine activities and learning, so you have a full plate now. This all needs managing so you can enjoy the month more wholeheartedly, since the demands on you are sometimes high. Venus is at the top of your solar chart until the 9th, and you’re in a lovely light on professional and public levels. Venus helps with the tension and pressure of everyday work, effort, health routines, and the daily grind. You may very well gain some appreciation for the behind-the-scenes efforts you put in that aren’t always noticed. It’s a good time to engage an audience, group, or significant someone in your life. You may have been ramping up a health routine or work project these days, and you can benefit from doing so in creative or imaginative ways — you might go dancing rather than to the gym, or work on design elements of a project, for example. Even so, with Mercury turning direct on the 23rd and a New Moon occurring on the 14th, brand new beginnings should probably wait until these two events pass. Venus moves into your friendship sector on the 9th and into harmony with your sign, boosting your enjoyment of activities with others, groups, or the community. Networking can benefit you now. People receive you very well and enjoy your company even more than usual. With Mercury retrograde until the 23rd, there can be some backtracking and delays that require you to refine and improve your projects. Redoing work you thought was complete, or returning to old material, conversations, or problems, can make you feel a little stuck at times this month. Minor inconveniences aside, you’re getting to a much better place mentally. It’s a time for strengthening problem areas. Pay particular attention to new information and ideas coming your way around the 12th, as they may bring a new understanding of past matters that can eventually fuel successful new plans and beginnings. The conversations you engage in now can be inspiring and possibly quite enlightening. Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and both are transiting your sector of work, health, and daily routines. As such, watch for errors or slowdowns in these areas, but look forward to reassessing things in these life departments. There can be some questions in your mind about your commitment to your job, whether it’s the line of work, your employer, or the tasks required of you. If your daily life has been chaotic, you’ll feel some of the consequences now, which can prompt you to reconsider some of your recent pursuits or plans. Keep in mind that problem areas may feel bigger than life temporarily as they draw your attention to what’s missing. The retrograde periods are strong for gathering intel. As well, in a general sense, you're quite optimistic about your career or social standing, and the key may be your open-minded approach to your work, routines, and health and wellness pursuits. At the same time, you’re keeping your feet on the ground. New insights into old problems can be exciting and liberating. It’s a fantastic time to improve your lifestyle and habits. You can better manage your time, and you’re increasingly aware of the need for a balanced approach in your relationships, finances, and diet and habits. But while Jupiter at the top of your solar chart is hooking into powerfully harmonious aspects, it does clash with Chiron and Pluto this month. Challenges in balancing partnership needs, career demands, and the home and family can arise. Certainly, you can feel tugged in several directions. For example, there may be difficulties with family being at odds with the energy and time you are pouring into your career or public life, or your need to micromanage your personal life can interfere with your responsibilities to the outside world. Avoid reacting too quickly and aim to listen to your heart. Taking on too much, as ambitious as you’re feeling, can work against you now. The New Moon on the 14th can prompt a new beginning related to education, travel, or other mind-expanding activities. Even so, a slow take-off is most appropriate now. On the 22nd, the Sun moves to the top of your solar chart. Venus and Jupiter have paved the way for you, and while Venus leaves this sector of your solar chart on the 9th, Jupiter will stick around until next year. The Sun here extends special attention to career, public image, professional dealings, and life path goals. You’ll want to perform exceptionally well during this period! Certainly, as July progresses, you take your goals and ambitions more to heart. Setting new objectives can be in focus. The last few days of July pull your attention to home and family life due to a Full Moon in your solar fourth house on the 29th. It’s an excellent time for making plans to improve your personal life. This prompt comes around the time that the Moon's North Node begins its lengthy transit of the same area of your solar chart. This transit asks you to pour more energy into home life, family, downtime, comfort needs, security, and safety over the next 18 months. In this way, your life should feel complete and whole, and you can bring back a more rested, balanced self to your work, goals, and obligations. It can also be an enriching period for building and developing your home and family life. You’ll find more rewards by going within and connecting with loved ones. |
Sagittarius
An emphasis on shared resources, debts, support, and self-empowerment continues in July, dear Sagittarius. You’re also exploring new ideas and especially enjoying learning and sharing. Publishing, promoting, traveling, or connecting are themes. You’re spirited and ready for something a little different as Jupiter, your planetary ruler, connects with most outer planets. Still, there are some slowdowns to manage. You can feel in limbo in the first three-plus weeks of July regarding a financial matter or a connection as Mercury retrogrades until the 23rd. Waiting for an answer never feels great, but you have plenty to keep you busy while you wait. You’re returning to old problems with a different attitude, and taking care of unfinished business. New insight into an old relationship or your own psyche can be helpful and enlightening, especially around the 12th, which can help inform new beginnings after the New Moon on the 14th. It’s a strong time for looking back at an old problem in a new way. You can be very self-absorbed, but in the good sense of the word, as you’re bound to make important discoveries. Conversations about intimate or taboo matters can be helpful and unusually creative. You could be coming to conclusions or gaining clues about a mystery or other investigation now. You're exploring your attachments and dependencies. Prominent themes include debts owed or due, emotional and material support, intimate relationships, and power dynamics. It’s a time to better manage shared resources, pour yourself into a special pursuit, or grow an intimate relationship. But even with this rather intense inward focus, there’s a simultaneous theme of exploring, sharing, learning, and gaining some mental refreshment that keeps you coming up for air. As well, relationships are big in July with Mars in your partnership sector, shaking things up all month. Venus heads to the top of your solar chart on the 9th, making it a fine time for your career or reputation, so you're diversifying. Mercury remains retrograde until the 23rd, and you may need to correct technical problems or deal with delays or confusion about your next step. From the 23rd onward, these things begin to turn around. Delays may be blessings in disguise, in fact, as they can point you in the direction of alternative methods that end up working out better for you. An example may be the breakdown of a vehicle, which leads to the discovery of a mechanic who becomes your favorite. Neptune and Saturn, both transiting your sector of creativity, pleasure, and romance, turn retrograde this month! As such, there can be a natural need to step back just a little from certain creative or love pursuits to gain perspective. As you let things flow, you’ll better understand which of your dreams and pursuits are worth your time and energy. Initially, you may experience a dip in motivation, signaling that you need to look for a different source of inspiration. Still, rich outer-planet transits are opening new worlds to you as you open your mind to new ways of interacting and connecting. In many ways, it's a powerful time for romance, creativity, and interacting in inspired ways. You’re committed to making the most of your creativity and talents, and enjoying more self-discipline reflects well on you and your relationships as you feel stronger and more fulfilled. It’s a time to connect with both your practical side and your spirited, spontaneous nature. You have more faith in yourself and in life itself. Trips, non-routine activities, or adventures can provide a pleasant breather, and you can experience some real scrapbook moments. With Jupiter's more challenging aspects this month, you could experience some resistance from others, or gossip could be part of the picture. Challenges in managing your daily life can arise, and you could be lured down a path that leads you to neglect important duties and responsibilities. Restlessness can take hold of you, but you can work with it instead of allowing it to work against you. Resolve to make improvements in your life in the areas that frustrate you, but avoid taking on too much at once. If you pursue something too hard when your heart isn’t in it, you won’t get any closer to your goals than you would if you took a step back, a deep breath, and then returned to your task refreshed. Watch for exaggeration and overly high expectations that can limit your opportunities. The Sun heads into your spirit sector on the 22nd, giving you a further excuse to seek out ways to expand your mind and experiences. You have a stronger than usual ability to express yourself powerfully yet warmly, which can open up new possibilities, connections, and interests to you. Soon enough, Mercury ends its retrograde, and with the New Moon behind you, you’re feeling a little freer. You can be quite ardent in pursuing your desires and projects, and in moving past obstacles that are starting to feel considerably less intimidating. The Full Moon on the 29th can stir much mental activity and movement or busyness in your life, but it’s also excellent for recognizing the projects or personal interests that are most dear to your heart. Taking better care of yourself on a mental level becomes a stronger desire, and you have all the tools to balance out your life in satisfying ways. This prompt comes around the time that the North Node moves into your communications sector, which will stick with you for a year and a half. During this cycle ahead of you, some of the greatest joys and challenges emerge through learning, communication, and connecting. It’s a time to develop your communication skills and enjoy more lighthearted chats, connections, studies, and personal interests. Reaching out can be most rewarding. |
Capricorn
A rather relationship-focused month is in store for you, dear Capricorn. You begin the month especially aware of your emotional needs, however, with the Full Moon in your sign having just awakened you to your true feelings on a matter. With this new awareness, making some plans or adjustments that improve your life can be an important theme. However, it’s a little slow going with Mercury retrograde until July 23rd. People in your life may be having more dramas than usual, and you’re often drawn right in! While you’re in limbo on some issues, however, you can certainly enjoy yourself. The month certainly brings a special focus on your one-on-one relationships and puts the spotlight on achieving a better balance or sense of harmony in your life in general. At the same time, July holds strong energy for getting your daily affairs in order or improving your personal routines and health or wellness pursuits with Mars in your solar sixth house all month. Venus moving through your intimacy sector until the 9th is rich for building up your inner world, an intimate relationship, and, perhaps most significantly, your relationship with yourself. Jupiter has just moved into this sector as well, supporting you and pulling up opportunities for growth and enjoyment. You might thoroughly enjoy delving into a challenging project or exploring your own psychology during this period. It can certainly be a time to revisit old problems, conversations, and negotiations until the 23rd. Others may not always come through for you in the usual ways, but there can be new ways of connecting to discover. This period is more about accepting and enjoying people than making big moves. Mercury continues its retrograde transit in your partnership sector until the 23rd. Conversations and projects begin to move forward after that date. A New Moon occurs in this same area of your solar chart on the 14th, paving the road to a new beginning of sorts, mainly related to close relationships. This can be a time for bringing fresh energy to your connections and interactions, and if you can benefit from turning over a new leaf in these areas, it’s a fine cycle in which to do so, although “slow but sure” is the best approach now. The 9th brings Venus into harmony with your sign, and while Venus benefits you in some manner no matter its relationship with your sign, this can be a time of more obvious rewards or ease. You can find learning and sharing or exploring new places and experiences particularly gratifying. Neptune and Saturn, currently in your sector of home base, family, and heart, both turn retrograde this month, and some initiatives in these life departments may slow down. Temporarily, until you sort things through, some of your commitments could seem less meaningful, which, by extension, can make them feel more challenging to fulfill. Domestic chores or problems in the family dynamic can weigh heavily on your mind, for example. It’s a time to go within and examine your intentions and frustrations. Pulling back from some projects or dreams can be strategic. Give yourself extra time to think, imagine, and reflect. Helping you find a mission are powerful outer-planet transits. Being open to different ways of doing your everyday life can improve your life in significant ways. You’re approaching your everyday affairs and home life with progressiveness, spirit, and practicality, which is a winning combo. It’s a good time to make changes in your home life or with living conditions that reflect well in your work or on your health–and vice versa. Getting organized and disciplined in your domestic world can reflect wonderfully in your work and health pursuits, freeing up time to innovate. Your intuition about what to do to get the most out of a situation, or to perform something as efficiently as possible, is working powerfully at this time. It’s a time for both inspiration and structure – this kind of balance is rarely easy to find. Relationships with loved ones can sometimes be intense, heated, and dramatic, particularly when money is at stake, or unsettled financial matters could get in the way of your desire to indulge in recreational activities. There may be power games with a partner or issues surrounding finances and possessions that get tricky. Strong emotions can stem from deep-rooted fears of change that upset your sense of security. There is a need to rise above these fears for growth to happen. Fortunately, focusing on work and improvement can be motivating and energizing. The Sun enters your solar eighth house on the 22nd, bringing light to your passions and your need to connect intensely with someone or something. It’s a fine time to connect with your deeper feelings and desires. Some of the disconnects you experienced early in the month clear up, and resolutions to problems help settle your mind. The Full Moon on the 29th is good for awareness and understanding of your means and resources, as well as for a possible plan to make improvements. This prompt comes just after the Moon’s North Node moved into your resources sector for a stay of a year and a half. During this cycle, some of your greatest joys and challenges come from learning about your values and self-worth. Personal income and valuables or possessions are in strong focus. You’re learning to depend on yourself and establish your self-worth through your own efforts. Fortunately, the rewards for doing so are enormous. |
Aquarius
Work, health, wellness, and personal routines are a strong focus for you in July, dear Aquarius. While there can be some backtracking or delays in these areas due to Mercury's retrograde until the 23rd, you’re also connecting with your need for more order or attention to your daily affairs. Rearranging your life in important ways to accommodate these needs can be in the spotlight. But while your everyday affairs are often strongly on your mind, you also have some interesting social developments happening in July that keep things lively. For one, Mars spends all month in your sector of joy and creativity, and you’re pursuing your joy! For another, your partnership sector is strong and growing in relevance as the month advances. As such, it's a strong month for personal enjoyment, special interests, love, and partnering. You could be repackaging yourself in some manner as you want to break through a barrier that has been holding you back from expressing yourself. Having fun and enjoying or expressing yourself is good for the soul, and in July, you might expect the unexpected as you enjoy new, different, or unusual whims, attractions, activities, or pleasures. Throughout the Sun’s transit of your work and health sector in July, Mercury is retrograde in the same sector, suggesting that you are likely to do some reorganizing and perhaps redoing or waiting for answers. You can be productive while you wait, but there can be some backtracking involved. Recycling projects and ideas can be extraordinarily successful now. The New Moon on the 14th can motivate you to take care of unfinished business related to work and health matters. Taking charge of your wellness, duties, and routines can be in focus; slowly but surely is best. Attracting a pleasant or helpful person into your life is possible in July, or you can feel particularly good about your relationship situation. You’re sure to benefit from virtually any one-on-one setup, whether it’s about counseling, business, or romance. On the 9th, Venus moves into your intimacy sector, and this encourages you to take a project or relationship a little further. Your passions are stirred. Neptune and Saturn turn retrograde this month, and they’re currently visiting your sector of communication and transportation. Avoid rushing decisions about these matters. If you’re feeling unfulfilled or disappointed with your current connections and interests, it may be a signal to seek new sources of inspiration. Or, feeling unsettled can help redirect you along a more authentic path. You’ll have plenty of time to rebuild, ideally on a firmer foundation, in the months ahead. As well, powerful outer-planet transits help round things out. You are more charismatic and might find great success in communication fields. Truly inspired – and practical – ideas are emerging now. It’s a fine time to brainstorm. Significant benefits can come your way through the connections you make, and you're tuning in to something higher. Perhaps most notable of these stellar transits, Uranus, your planetary ruler, harmonizes with Pluto, currently transiting your sign. This booster transit encourages you to express yourself in powerful new ways. However, you may experience conflict among domestic demands, personal goals, and partnerships at times this month. A partner may be more concerned with freedom than with pairing, or could be acting extravagantly. Avoid letting your fears rule, and choose your battles and your words wisely. Listen to your urges, but judge whether you may be blowing things out of proportion. Fortunately, the Sun enters your solar seventh house on the 22nd, stimulating special attention to one-to-one relationships. You are in a great position to benefit from your relationships with others, to attract helpful or companionable people into your life, and to enjoy pleasant company. It’s also a fine time to see where your life may have become a little off-center and see ways to balance it out in crucial ways. In the last week of the month, you’re ready to resolve problems that were overwhelming earlier in the month–the information you need arrives, or delays abate. The Full Moon on the 29th happens in your sign, pulling up feelings that are now impossible to deny! Your newfound discoveries or epiphanies can help redirect you in meaningful ways now. This is a connected Full Moon, which means you are more likely to feel equipped to put your newfound discoveries or epiphanies to good use. In fact, you may very well dream up new plans as a result. This prompt to pay more attention to your emotional needs comes just after the North Node of the Moon moves into your sign, emphasizing self-discovery. Now and in the coming year and a half, some of the greatest joys and challenges can come through discovering your independence, personal courage, and effectiveness. You are learning to overcome any fears of trusting your instincts or going it alone in some areas of your life, and it’s a beautiful, empowering process that promises real personal growth. |
Pisces
July brings a powerful focus on exploring your needs for expressing and enjoying yourself, dear Pisces. It’s an important month for arriving at a better understanding of your social or romantic connections, special projects, and personal objectives. But even with this exploratory, playful theme this month, you also have interesting developments with work, health, routines, daily life, and home. There’s a growing theme of everyday life and wellness pursuits. The New Moon on the 14th begins clearing a path for a new start in a romance or with a creative project, and possibly even a new creative field or direction. Trust your intuition, showcase your work, share your ideas, and connect with people you want to spend time with. However, don’t be in a rush to lock things down since Mercury is retrograde until the 23rd. With the Sun and Mercury in your sector of pleasure, recreation, hobbies, and love, you're in the mood to enjoy yourself, but there can also be some complications or backtracking related to these matters while Mercury is retrograde until the 23rd. Your attention often turns to the past. To clear the way for a fresh start, you may need to take care of some unfinished business. Projects might be on hold until you finish up some important details. Try not to spend too much time waiting for something to happen since retrograde Mercury periods are notorious for delays and obstacles. Instead, pour your energies into what you know will bear fruit while keeping things open in the ambiguous areas of your life. Neptune and Saturn, both visiting your sector of money and resources, turn retrograde this month. As such, slowing down to get things right makes sense. There may be some temporary heaviness or confusion regarding financial matters. However, you put yourself in great shape by taking things one step at a time. The months ahead are a good time to rethink business or financial matters, leading to a new perspective. Ultimately, you’re seeking inspiration, and if you’ve been sourcing it from the wrong places, a redirection might be in order. While some things remain up in the air, on a higher level, you’re feeling a little more directed and confident that you’ll find the right path. You’re in an excellent place to enjoy your tasks, work, chores, and health pursuits. Opportunities can come through your special attention to your obligations. There can be opportunities to improve or enjoy your daily life and happily attend to your health and wellness. You more fully enjoy getting things done, working, helping, guiding, assisting, or being of service. You might also be feeling quite motivated to do meaningful work or to make your work more meaningful to you. Gaining cooperation to complete chores can be easier than usual now. Sparks of attraction or love might even occur while pursuing your daily routines or health goals. Venus heads into your partnership sector on the 9th, boosting your one-to-one relationships. Your definition of comfort, abundance, security, and pleasure is evolving, and this impacts how you treat your things, your domestic world, and money matters. It’s a good time to strike a nice balance between practicality and innovation. Your efforts to improve spending and structure or organize your things can boost your family life. Taking pride in your work or health can also be a major key to success. However, you may experience a feeling of overload, past problems can resurface, or there can be some hiccups that take you away from your work. Avoid taking on more work than you can handle and getting lost in the details and organization of your daily life. If you’ve already taken on too much, you could be feeling the stress now. The 22nd brings the Sun into your solar sixth house, and you'll further focus on building skills, improving your daily routines, and ditching bad habits. You invest more time and energy into your work and wellness programs. The Full Moon on the 29th is one of the most psychic, intuitive lunations of the year. Listen to your intuition now, as it has valuable information for you! You may awaken to your true feelings on a matter. This Full Moon occurs just after the Moon’s North Node moves out of your sign and into your privacy sector for a cycle lasting eighteen months. Learning about your inner world will bring some of the greatest joys and challenges as this transit advances. Your attention more frequently turns to spirituality, downtime, rest, and rejuvenation. Your path is to let go of unnecessary worry and guilt and build trust in a larger plan. July is strong for rebuilding, reorganizing, or reworking things, especially in finances, home, and family life, and by the last week of the month, you feel more informed and on a forward track. |
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July 2026 Aspects TimeLine:
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See also: Table of Planetary Transits, Sign Changes, New/Full Moons, and Retrogrades for the Month
This Month’s Ephemeris:
This Month’s Ephemeris with extra points and abbreviations rather than glyphs:
Ephemerides with additional points are for Eastern Time. The North Node and Lilith are the True positions. Retrogrades are underlined. Extra points are Chiron, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Lilith. These come from the excellent software, Sirius 3.0.
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This Month’s Void Moon Dates:
Using the table below: The Moon is Void of Course from the time of its last aspect listed below until the Moon enters a new sign. Generally speaking, these periods are not ideal for launching new endeavors, although they’re not impossible periods, either.
The times given below are Eastern. These should be adjusted for different time zones. For example, for Pacific Time, subtract 3 hours from the given times.
See Void of Course dates and times for the full year.
New & Full Moon Charts:
- Full Moon in Capricorn Chart: June 29th, 2026
- New Moon in Cancer Chart: July 14th, 2026
- Full Moon in Aquarius Chart: July 29th, 2026
Looking Ahead:
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- Time Line Aspects: June 2026
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- Time Line Aspects: August 2026
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What's In Your Forecast?
Take a peek at the year ahead with in-depth Future Forecast Reports from Cafe Astrology.
See also:
The Astrology of 2026 – Overview
The Astrology of 2027 – Overview
What's In Your Forecast?
Take a peek at the year ahead with in-depth Future Forecast Reports from Cafe Astrology.
See also:
The Astrology of 2025 – Overview
The Astrology of 2026 – Overview
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July 2026 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
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June 2026 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
June 2026 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Gemini:
June 2026 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Virgo:
June 2026 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Scorpio:
June 2026 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aquarius:

















