Your Monthly Horoscope
Astrology Basics:
At the moment you were born, the planets, the moon, the sun, and the star constellations that are the 12 signs of the Zodiac, were all in a specific place (whether it was daylight or night!). The same force (type of gravity) that holds the planets in their orbit around the sun, and which holds all the stars in their specific locations in our galaxy, effects you here on earth. The combined forces from all those bodies in the universe effect each of us on the earth in a very real and significant way. All of those forces also effect each other, depending on the angle at which they meet and depending upon the way that the qualities of each universal body interact with the other, which then effects you in a particular way.
The way these forces are aligned with each other, and their nearness to you at the moment of your birth, determine what your basic personality is like – the framework of who you are, by which everything else you experience after that moment will be measured. These forces determine how you will be inclined to perceive your world and react to your world, in other words they determine the framework of your personality.
You still have absolute free will, given to you by the Creator, so you can be whoever you want to be. Astrology helps you see and understand your basic personality makeup, so that you can use that information to see and experience your hidden talents, see what motivates you in order to use that knowledge to lead you to fulfillment, and see how to overcome whatever weakness or self-doubt you may have.
Horoscope for July 2026
You’ll get a more accurate horoscope if you read your Rising sign, and your Moon sign, as well as your Sun sign. Here’s how
Your Sun sign represents your Self, your way of being in the world. It can represent both the ego (mental) self and the higher Self (soul purpose). It symbolizes your will and sense of vitality. Your Sun sign horoscope will tell you what these areas of your self will encounter this month.
Your Rising sign represents your outer mask, the self you show to others. It symbolizes how you appear to others, how others perceive you, in your true interaction with the world. Your Rising sign horoscope will tell you what to expect in these areas of your self this month.
Your Moon sign symbolizes your personal self, your feelings, your subconscious. It represents how you relate to others, how you have nurturing relationships with others, your intuition, your spiritual self, your sense of security, and your habits. The Moon symbolizes your feminine, nurturing side (we all have one). The Moon also indicates the type of partner you will attract, since it represents your emotional self. Your Moon sign horoscope will show you what these areas of your self will encounter this month.
The July month comes on slowly for you, Aries, and then starts to gain momentum although in directions that are still distinctly inner contemplative, as well as transformational, in their impact. As July gets going, we have the Mercury retrograde in Cancer, an influence that goes on all month, when you take Mercury’s post-retrograde shadow into account. With Mercury moving backward through your home and family sector, you could be re-thinking anything that has to do with your dwelling space or its denizens. Familial inter-communications might be especially front and center in your introspective review and your ruminations. There is also the possibility that inner wounding of one sort or another might come forward to raise its difficult and yet rewarding head. This could be an especially productive time for you to tackle such things. Mercury will station on the 23rd, which could also be difficult, since Chiron is again activated, and then will gradually straighten out. The major theme of this rather tricky July month is transformational. This affects every aspect of your life, from community connections to self-worth and identity, to intuitional communicative events. From the 4th on, you are more aware than ever about what is going on beneath the surface layers of your psyche, and how that activity could wind up being a total game-changer for you as this volatile summer continues on apace.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
If last month’s New Moon sparked a conversation, idea, or new way of looking at a situation, expect that story to continue developing during the first half of July. Influencing your third sector of communication and learning, this lunation may still be bringing insights, unexpected news, and opportunities to expand your perspective. Conversations could prove especially revealing, while a growing interest or emerging idea begins to take on a life of its own. The Capricorn Full Moon of two weeks later, with the Sun opposite in Cancer, took place just two days before the start of the present month, and emphasized your outer statement, since Capricorn represents your tenth sector of vocation and how you show up in public. In general, issues of private versus public might also affect you for July’s first two weeks.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
With your planetary ruler Mars involved, this Mars-Uranus conjunction can bring a fast-moving and potentially disruptive period surrounding communication, travel, and daily logistics. Unexpected news may arrive, plans could change suddenly, or a conversation may force an issue into the open. You might feel especially restless, reactive, or eager to take action, too! While this transit can coincide with disagreements, surprises, or abrupt changes of course, it can also deliver the clarity needed to make an overdue decision and break free from a limiting mindset or circumstance. What begins as a disruption could ultimately help you reclaim a greater sense of agency. It may also prove to be quite significant that Neptune in your sign, along with Pluto in your social sector are aspecting Mars-Uranus by sextile and trine. This implies that the transformational effects of Pluto are more greatly prominent through July’s early days, affecting not only your communications but also your friendships and group affiliations, which might be altering in some powerful way, as you grow and evolve. Your identity is also changing, and this could be interpreted, through Neptune’s lens, as confusing or illusory, and ultimately less material in its scope.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
You might feel torn between the pressure to keep pushing forward and the need to tend to your emotional wellbeing. Responsibilities, long-term goals, or a desire to stay strong could compete with what your inner world is asking of you. Personal fears, doubts, or questions surrounding security may become more apparent now, too. While delays to emotional satisfaction are possible, family matters or domestic concerns can also require additional patience. The challenge now may be finding a more sustainable way to balance personal ambitions with your obligations at home.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
As Venus enters Virgo, you may feel inspired to create greater harmony between your daily duties and physical wellbeing. Finding more pleasure in your routines, work, or health practices is on the docket. However, as Venus builds toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected conversation, realization, or change of plans could disrupt your usual rhythm! Fortunately, Uranus is also supported by Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, suggesting that these surprises can help you align with a more inspiring future, encourage meaningful personal growth, and bringing greater joy, creativity, or fulfillment into your life.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
A few times every year, Mercury lines up perfectly with the Sun for a powerfully mind-clearing and invigorating moment called a Mercury Cazimi. In your fourth sector of home, family, and emotional foundations, a revealing insight this afternoon or evening could help you better understand a longstanding emotional pattern or the roots of a current situation. You may see yourself, your family dynamics, or your living situation with greater clarity than usual. This awareness can help you move through old feelings and make room for a more supportive future.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
This Cancer New Moon plants the seeds for a fresh beginning surrounding your home, family, and emotional foundations. With Mercury in retrograde through Cancer as well, tightly accompanying the Moon in this lunation, your path forward is additionally likely to encourage you to revisit unfinished domestic matters, family conversations, or lingering emotional concerns, along the way to projected new beginnings! It could be wise in this astrological environment to look backwards as well as forward, remembering as well that interior matters like intuition, emotions, and your instincts are likely to influence your decisions as much or more than logic alone can do. Because Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are still aligned by trine and sextile within their respective signs, transformational pressure is still in the air and in your heart in this powerful moment, making a strong case for spiritual evolution as a life factor for the remainder of the current month, and on into the next during this climactic summer.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
The Sun bursts into fellow fire sign Leo, shining a light on joy, creativity, romance, and the parts of life that remind you how good it feels to express yourself. Leo Season begins with the Sun immediately squaring Chiron in Taurus, suggesting that old insecurities surrounding self-worth, your talents, or even financial stability could briefly overshadow your confidence. Even so, this tension may help reveal where you’ve been undervaluing yourself or allowing fear to diminish your gifts. By month’s end, you may find yourself feeling far more confident embracing the people, passions, and experiences that bring you genuine happiness.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
Home and family matters shift and eventually begin moving forward again as Mercury stations direct in Cancer. Over the next two weeks of the post-retrograde shadow period, conversations with relatives may become easier, while decisions surrounding your living situation could grow more straightforward. If you’ve been reorganizing your home, reflecting on family dynamics, or reconsidering where you want to put down roots, this station marks a turning point toward resolution. By the end of the first week of August, you’ll likely find it easier to communicate your needs and begin making more lasting decisions.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th – 29th The Sun joins Jupiter in Leo, amplifying your desire to create, celebrate, connect with what brings you joy, and express yourself more fully! Yet this powerful conjunction also opposes Pluto, suggesting your relationship with happiness, pleasure, or creative fulfillment may be undergoing a profound shift. You could begin recognizing how you’ve outgrown certain ways of seeking enjoyment, how your creative voice is evolving, or how some friendships and group dynamics no longer gel with you. Rather than shrinking yourself to meet others’ expectations, this transit encourages a more honest and possibly vulnerable expression of who you are. Supportive aspects to Neptune and Uranus, while still challenging, can help you trust your evolving sense of self while remaining open to unexpected ideas and new social connections.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
This Aquarius Full Moon marks a powerful culmination surrounding your dreams for the future, long-term objectives, and friendships. With the Moon conjunct Pluto and directly opposing the Sun-Jupiter conjunction in Leo, emotions may feel especially intense as something reaches a breaking point or can no longer be ignored. You could recognize which relationships support your growth, where group dynamics have become limiting, or how your future vision has outgrown the people around you. Strong emotions, a desire for control, or the urge to make something happen may be difficult to ignore, while simultaneously feeling a powerful desire to express yourself, embrace what brings you joy, and share more of yourself with the world around you. Fortunately, Uranus lends a helping hand, making it easier to approach old problems from a fresh perspective, think more innovatively, and recognize where both your personal growth and the transformation of the future you’re working toward are unfolding at the very same time.
The July month is another rather intense one for you, Taurus, and while highlighted in the significant lunations, especially the New Moon from mid-June and the following New Moon that arrives on July 14th, the significance all month long of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto aligned in a trine and sextile formation, with Jupiter additionally chiming in from Leo, cannot be understated. This affects Taureans in terms of the transformation of career and public statement, the sector where Pluto resides, with as well a strong spiritual component, with Neptune being highlighted in your sector of dream imagination, unconscious process, and inner work. Trickster Uranus is equally highlighted – dramatically in the month’s opening days – affecting resources, both spiritual and financial, as well as values. There could be novel ideas regarding your money or possessions, perhaps materialism in general, that excite you and offer new ways of looking at existing circumstances. With Mercury in retrograde as well in Cancer, or your communication sector, also essentially all month when taking the post-retrograde shadow period into account, there will be a month-long meditation on learning and communicative outreach, plus upon where you are headed in general. It’s all and all another changeful and somewhat stressful month for you when there are also lessons to be learned. It is an important time to remember that the universe has your back in all of this, so that this faith can see you through.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
The first half of July keeps the spotlight on your values, resources, finances, and sense of self-worth. Developments that began around last month’s Gemini New Moon may continue to unfold, bringing fresh insights into how you earn, spend, save, or invest your time and energy. An idea that once seemed like a passing thought could begin showing real potential, while changing priorities help clarify what is – and isn’t – worth your energy. The Full Moon that follows two weeks further on, in Capricorn, just two days before the July month begins, sparks higher mind activities such as reimagining your basic beliefs, as well as communications and learning over the first weeks of the current month as July gets underway.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
This Mars-Uranus conjunction may coincide with a sudden push to discover novel values, gain greater financial freedom, or stop relying on positions that feel limiting. An unexpected opportunity could emerge quickly, but so could a surprise expense, making flexibility essential. You may feel restless with the status quo and eager to take action rather than wait for circumstances to improve on their own. With Pluto in trine to Uranus as well, there is a distinct boost to your ongoing transformational process in your vocational endeavors, while with Neptune chiming in by sextile from Aries, or your twelfth sector of unconscious process and inner work, there could be enhancements your intuitional process of healing trauma buried beneath your conscious layers by bringing to them a powerful sense of compassion. The decisions you make as the July month gets started could mark the beginning of a very different chapter in your life. What you build from here may prove more empowering than you initially realize.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
Not every answer arrives as quickly as you’d like! Conversations, decisions, or plans may be slowed by uncertainty, fatigue, or concerns that are difficult to fully articulate. You could find yourself questioning what you know, what information to trust, or even who to engage with in your local community. While this influence can be delaying at times, it may also reveal where fear, self-doubt, or unresolved issues have been quietly shaping your thinking.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
As Venus enters fellow earth sign Virgo, you may find it easier to cultivate pleasure, creativity, and joy. Romantic connections, creative pursuits, and leisurely activities can feel especially rewarding now, while the trine to your Ascendant encourages you to express yourself with greater confidence. However, as Venus builds toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected expense, financial development, or shift in priorities could catch you off guard. Fortunately, Uranus is also supported by Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, suggesting that these changes can deepen your trust in your intuition, encourage meaningful professional growth, and strengthen your sense of home, security, and emotional stability.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
As Mercury is purified within the solar core, within 17 minutes of the Cancer Sun, we experience this afternoon and evening a Mercury Cazimi. This alignment amplifies communicative and cognitive powers, marking a potent day for pattern recognition and innovative thinking! Since this Cazimi resides in your third sector of communication, learning, and local activity, a meaningful conversation or a new piece of information could help you better understand an emotional pattern or situation. Insightful and emotional exchanges with siblings, neighbors, or those in your daily environment are likely to occur.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
This Cancer New Moon plants the seeds for a fresh beginning surrounding your communication style, the subjects you’re learning, the information you choose to consume, and even your connection to your local community and environment. Since Mercury retrograde is closely accompanying this lunation, it may be difficult to fully articulate the new ideas you’re developing – or even your thoughts and feelings in general! There also could be pieces of information from the past, or meaningful memories, that resurface to help guide you. The same outer planet alignments from the beginning of the month could be even more activated now, with Pluto still transforming the way you come across in your public statement, with Neptune softening communications, and with Uranus in your twelfth sector sparking your intuitional understanding of your depths. Venus, your ruler, highlighted in your self-expression sector, brings a joyous affecting all three. Your creativity is running high, with great depth of purpose, as you begin your next chapter. New conversations, opportunities to learn, or a different way of thinking about your everyday surroundings could gradually begin reshaping the way you communicate and process information.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
Leo Season illuminates the most private and emotionally charged part of your chart, encouraging you to invest more energy into the foundations supporting you – your home, family, emotional patterns, and private life. Over the next month, you may feel more drawn toward rest, reflection, and creating a home life that feels more aligned with your emotional needs! Keep in mind, the first few days of Leo Season involve the Sun’s square to Chiron. This quick transit can stir up insecurities surrounding your identity, independence, or confidence, particularly if family dynamics or domestic matters bring feelings of being misunderstood, overlooked, or uncertain of yourself.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
Mental clarity begins returning as Mercury stations direct in Cancer. Conversations may become easier to navigate, decisions feel more straightforward, and your local environment or sense of community may feel easier to engage with. If you’ve been rethinking an idea, revising a project, or trying to learn something new, you’re likely beginning to see the bigger picture. You’ll likely find it easier to articulate your thoughts, absorb new information, and move forward with greater confidence in your thinking.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th
A greater sense of hope, support, and emotional fulfillment begins taking root under this powerful Sun-Jupiter alignment! Opportunities to strengthen family relationships, create greater security, or cultivate a home life that feels more nourishing could begin taking shape. Opposing Pluto, however, this alignment suggests your ambitions, public image, or professional path may be undergoing a profound transformation! You could recognize that creating the emotional stability you crave is closely tied to redefining success, stepping into greater authority, or allowing an outdated career path to evolve. Meanwhile, unexpected breakthroughs surrounding self-worth or earning potential, along with a growing trust in your intuition, may help you release limiting beliefs and recognize opportunities that once felt beyond reach.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
Accomplishment and recognition may carry far greater emotional weight than usual under this Plutonian Full Moon! The Sun and Jupiter’s opposition to the Aquarius Moon can amplify your desire to feel respected, appreciated, or confident in the direction you’re heading. You could realize how your long-term goals and career-related objectives are evolving, what success genuinely means to you, or where greater authority and authenticity are now being asked of you. Support from loved ones, positive developments at home, or a stronger sense of emotional security may be exactly what’s giving you the confidence to step into greater visibility and responsibility. Uranus may also continue to bring unexpected breakthroughs surrounding what you value, while Neptune allows you release limiting subconscious patterns and trust yourself more fully.
This month of July is one that has long been predicted to be something of a doozy, to use the technical term. The fact of the matter is that all month long we find that Uranus in your sign, together with Pluto in Aquarius, are coming to an exact trine – which is powerful, and especially so with Neptune at their midpoint – plus with Jupiter chiming in from early Leo. This signals focus on your beliefs and worldview, which could be undergoing even further changes, and your sense of identity and life purpose, since Uranus is poised in your sign. Communication and learning, along with friendships and community, are also affected. These latter could be somewhat confused, as well as suffused with higher meaning, to the extent that this can be discerned. The additional factor here is that your ruler Mercury is also in retrograde through what turns out to be your sector of values and resources, so that these and other important areas are undergoing a time span that also lasts throughout the month, even after Mercury’s station to direct motion on the 23rd, because it is recovering through the following two weeks, into August, known as its post-retrograde shadow period. While this significant monthly cycle can lead to missed connections and mechanical breakdowns, it can also represent a time of review, realignment, and repair, leading to important course corrections, especially if you are willing to allow your higher self to have its say in what you choose to come up with.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
If last month’s New Moon in your sign inspired you to rethink who you are or the direction your life is taking, expect that story to continue unfolding throughout the first half of July. Formed in your first sector of self and closely connected with Uranus, Jupiter, and Pluto, this lunation may still be bringing surprising realizations surrounding your identity, appearance, priorities, or the future you’re beginning to envision for yourself. You may find yourself feeling more comfortable embracing the parts of you that once seemed unconventional or uncertain. Friendships, communities, and long-term aspirations are likely evolving alongside this personal reinvention! The Capricorn Full Moon that followed two weeks later, taking place just before the July month began, was also consequential in this same way, highlighting partnership agreements and interaction.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
Ready or not, change is calling! This unique transit electrifies your first sector of self! Bringing surprises, breakthroughs, and a powerful desire to shake things up in your life. You might feel compelled to make a bold decision, take a risk, or move in a completely different direction than others expect. With Neptune in Aries sextile to Mars-Uranus, while Pluto lies in close trine, there are also implications for your social interactions, which might be a little cloudy or confused, and partake of a spiritual component, plus an accelerated transformational process affecting the way you see the world around you, your beliefs and worldview. While the pace could feel fast, this conjunction encourages you to trust your instincts and embrace opportunities that help you grow beyond old limitations.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
Money, resources, or feelings of self-worth may require a more serious approach now. While your attention is focused on what you have, what you need, and what helps you feel secure, obligations involving friends, groups, clients, or long-term goals could complicate matters. You may become more aware of the costs associated with a future aspiration or the expectations attached to a community you’re part of. Any frustrations arising now may help clarify which goals, alliances, and investments are truly sustainable over time.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
As Venus enters Virgo, you may feel inspired to create greater harmony within your home, family life, and emotional world. Finding more pleasure in your living space, strengthening family bonds, or simply creating a greater sense of comfort is on the docket. However, as Venus builds toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected personal shift or sudden change in how you see yourself could temporarily disrupt your sense of emotional stability. Fortunately, Uranus is also supported by Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, suggesting that these changes can help you embrace a more inspiring vision for your future, encourage profound shifts in perspective, and open the door to meaningful conversations and new ways of thinking.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
Only a handful of times per year, the Mercury Cazimi occurs as Mercury enters “the heart of the Sun.” In the case of this afternoon and evening, Mercury is aligning with the Sun in Cancer – within your second sector of money, resources, and self-worth. Helpful insight surrounding your finances could emerge, while a new idea for creating greater security or support may prove especially valuable! You could also gain clarity around your spending habits, earning ability, or what truly makes you feel stable and emotionally fulfilled.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
What does security look like to you? This Cancer New Moon invites a fresh emotional connection to your values, resources, and sense of self-worth, encouraging you to build greater stability from the inside out. Rather than rushing to new arrangements, Mercury retrograde co-present with the New Moon might ask you to first more deeply reflect on your current habits. Reviewing your characteristic spending of energy and resources, including financial ones, what has (or hasn’t) brought lasting satisfaction, and how your emotional needs are evolving may reveal exactly what needs to change before this new chapter can take root.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
The next month encourages you to learn, connect, exchange ideas, and become more engaged with your neighborhood – and maybe with your siblings! With the Sun now moving through Leo, you may be more curious, communicative, and willing to explore new subjects. However, for the first few days, the Sun forms a square to Chiron in Taurus. This brings a more sensitive tone, as subconscious fears, old memories, or lingering self-doubt could quietly influence your thoughts or conversations. While the rest of Leo Season is likely to have you feeling quite confident in your ideas and ability to communicate, this brief transit shows you where you may still feel insecure about expressing yourself.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
Financial matters can begin to shift, eventually moving forward again as Mercury recovers over the next two weeks of Mercury’s post-retrograde shadow period, retracing its backward steps in Cancer. Decisions surrounding your income, spending, or personal resources will eventually become easier to make, while conversations involving money could start to feel more productive and straightforward. If you’ve been rethinking what you truly value, reflecting on your financial priorities, or inhabiting recent new insights, it all may begin falling into place by August.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th Your mind is ready to stretch in exciting new directions under this powerful Sun-Jupiter alignment! A stronger desire to share your ideas, develop new skills, and engage with the world around you may encourage you to speak up, teach, write, or take on a more visible role. Supported by Uranus in your first sector of self, this mental expansion may reflect a much deeper transformation taking place within your identity. As you are becoming more independent and experimental, Pluto suggests a transformation of your beliefs or worldview is a part of this personal reinvention! You could recognize where a perspective has become too rigid, or encounter conversations that challenge the way you’ve always understood the world. As your perspective evolves, Neptune may inspire new friendships, meaningful collaborations, and long-term dreams that better reflect where you’re headed.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
Closely aligned with Pluto and opposing the Sun-Jupiter conjunction in Leo, this Aquarius Full Moon can intensify your desire to broaden your horizons, challenge outdated beliefs, or make sense of an experience that’s changing the way you see the world around you. Perhaps you could recognize where a long-held assumption has become too limiting, how your outlook is evolving, or where greater openness is now being asked of you. Thankfully, growing confidence in your ideas, intellectual abilities, and willingness to keep learning may be exactly what’s helping you embrace new perspectives. Uranus is likely inspiring a more authentic sense of self, starting from the inside out, while Neptune in Aries, also activated, supports new friendships, meaningful collaborations, and long-term dreams that can reflect your changing outlook.
With July upon you, Cancer, there are some significant astrological factors to contend with and to enhance your inner life in that process. One is Mercury moving backward through the latter half of your sign, which began just before July got started, and which continues for the entire monthly cycle days when you consider the post-retrograde shadow period extending into the first week of August. You may encounter things taking three times – every time – to get it right, or that missed connections and mechanical breakdowns confound you, but the real news here is that you could find yourself questioning your identity and where you are heading, even your very basis of individuality, which may need expanding into the self-concept that you now deserve; and must acquire. In addition to the review and course corrections implied by the Mercury retrograde, there are outer planet alignments that are magically transformational in their effects. Uranus exactly trine Pluto, reminiscent of the revolutionary period of the sixties, has Neptune at their partile midpoint and at the very top of your solar chart. This implies illusion, idealism, or confusion as far as what you are doing in the world. This is of course a concise chime with the questioning of your path that is going on in the background with errant Mercury. You are in fact plunging into your depths with profound purpose. Who knows where this is going? Partners are brought into this with unexpected verve and gusto. Uranus, aspected by active Mars and expansive Jupiter, is also greatly emphasized this month as well, and located in your sector of dream imagination and unconscious process. Your night-time dreams might be a little wild right now, and your intuition is off the charts so that you do well to pay close attention to whatever you find yourself imagining.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
If something clicked into place around last mid-month’s New Moon, you could be still uncovering its meaning during the first half of July. This lunation activated your twelfth sector of healing, retreat, and the unconscious mind, so that it may continue bringing awareness to old patterns, fears, or assumptions that have quietly influenced your outlook. What begins as a subtle realization could gradually shift the way you see yourself and your circumstances. The Full Moon in your opposite sign that occurred two weeks later, a mere two days before the July month began, brings up issues of self and other, in preparation for the full-bore crash course in your own development that takes place with the upcoming New Moon in your sign.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
Not every breakthrough happens out in the open. This Mars-Uranus conjunction activates your twelfth sector, where hidden matters, fears, and restrictive situations often reside. You might decide you’ve had enough of a pattern, commitment, or circumstance that has been operating in the background of your life. Since Neptune lies in close sextile and Pluto lies in trine, unexpected spiritual breakthrough might be taking place this month as well in connection with your vocation, while the transformation of your depths in terms of issues of intimacy, personal evolution, and partnership agreements. Unexpected developments could help bring clarity and closure, even if the process feels abrupt. Something you’ve been carrying for quite some time might finally lose its grip!
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
You may feel pulled between your personal needs and the responsibilities waiting for you in the outside world. While part of you wants the freedom to focus on yourself, obligations, career pressures, or expectations from authority figures may be difficult to ignore. Progress could feel slower than you’d like, and doubts about your direction or capabilities may surface. The challenge now is in finding a more sustainable way to honor your own needs while remaining committed to your professional goals and duties.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
Venus entering Virgo encourages you to communicate with greater warmth, thoughtfulness, and care. Conversations, writing, learning, or time spent with siblings and those in your local environment can become more enjoyable, while small daily interactions have the power to strengthen important relationships. However, as Venus builds toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected insight, dream, or subconscious shift could catch you by surprise! Fortunately, Uranus is also supported by Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, suggesting that these revelations can strengthen your sense of professional purpose, encourage deep emotional healing and transformation, and support greater confidence in your talents, values, and financial future.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
Only a handful of times per year does Mercury make its way into the “heart of the Sun”– creating a potent alignment known as a Mercury Cazimi. In this case, Mercury is aligning by afternoon or evening with the Sun in Cancer, within the most sensitive sector of your chart: your first sector of self. This auspicious moment may coincide with meaningful realizations about your identity, emotional needs, or the life you’d like to create for yourself. If you pay close attention to the ideas, insights, and inspirations emerging now, they could help you move forward with greater confidence, clarity, and self-understanding.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
A powerful yet slowly unfolding new chapter begins with this New Moon in your sign, inviting you to redefine your identity and personal priorities. Mercury retrograde closely accompanies this lunation – suggesting that before fully stepping into this next version of yourself, there are questions, possibly involving past decisions, or perspectives, that need to be addressed. Your feelings and intuition are heightened, and you may even wear your heart on your sleeve while you find that putting those feelings into words could prove challenging. Yet honoring them is an important part of this new beginning.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
Your attention begins shifting toward what you value most as the Sun enters Leo, bringing greater focus to your finances, earning capacity, and overall sense of self-worth throughout the coming month. For the first few days of Leo Season, however, the Sun’s square to Chiron may stir up insecurities surrounding friendships, collaboration, or long-term aspirations. You could find yourself questioning where you belong, what you have to offer, or whether your contributions are enough. Even so, this brief tension may ultimately clarify what – and who– you genuinely value moving forward.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
After several weeks of reflecting on who you are, what you want, and how you wish to be perceived, Mercury stations direct in your sign. As mental fog begins to lift, expressing yourself, making decisions, and trusting your own judgment becomes slowly easier! After the two weeks of the post-retrograde shadow period, you may also feel ready to begin learning something different, launch a new personal project, or finally put recent ideas into motion. After the first week of August, the conversations you’ve been having with yourself will be more ready to be shared with the world around you.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th Your sense of worth is ready to grow, and this powerful alignment may remind you that your relationship with money often begins with your relationship to yourself. As the Sun and Jupiter unite in Leo, opportunities to increase your income, use your resources more intentionally, or pursue a more fulfilling way of earning could begin taking shape. Opposing Pluto, however, this transit also asks for complete honesty about your spending habits, financial priorities, and even the beliefs influencing what you think you deserve. Financial dynamics involving shared resources may also reveal where change is needed. Meanwhile, unexpected inner breakthroughs and a shifting vision for your professional life may help you recognize opportunities that previously felt out of reach.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
This Aquarius Full Moon shines a powerful light on the depths of your own inner world, and your more profound connections to the Other, including the emotional and financial ties that bind you to important partners. With the Moon closely aligned with Pluto, and directly opposing the Sun-Jupiter conjunction in Leo, or your resources sector, this lunation can intensify matters surrounding trust, vulnerability, shared finances, or the deeper emotional bonds you share with others. You might be able to recognize where greater honesty is needed, how a financial arrangement or relationship is evolving, or where your relationship to feelings of security is beginning to transform. You may find yourself wanting greater control over a situation, all while opportunities to strengthen your earning capacity, recognize your own value, and make developmental progress continue unfolding. As your confidence in what you have to offer grows, Neptune may help you reconnect with an evolving more compassionate vision for your career or spiritual sense of purpose. Uranus also encourages unexpected inner breakthroughs, making it easier to release limiting patterns and approach the future with a renewed sense of possibility.
The month of July is looking astrologically to be many things, Leo, and to have many and far-reaching consequences for you. You are in a celebratory mood right from its very beginning, with Jupiter just entering into your sign – for the month’s duration. This brings issues of identity to the fore, while the square Jupiter makes to Chiron at the top of your solar chart implies that you are searching for more than your current job description can give you. The pattern needs to somehow shift. Your most deep-seated values are coming up into the light of greater conscious awareness so that this is an opportunity to more firmly embrace them. Then, too, Mercury is retrograde all month as well, moving backwards through Cancer or your twelfth sector of dreams, inward images, unconscious process, and inner work. You might find yourself exploring in a new and more loving manner various traumatic episodes from the past which can wind up being a teacher and a healer when you look at it that way. In the earliest days of the month, Pluto is well-supported by the trine from Uranus in Gemini, with also Mars present in that sign, conjunct Uranus. You are perhaps experiencing more idealized ways of beliefs and worldview, where you can see previously hidden aspects of yourself that can be identified with Spirit. The Fourth of July, if you happen to celebrate it, is indeed likely to be a transformational time for you, especially with regard to important life partnerships. If these are changing, novel friendships or community links may have positive effects on relationship dynamics in need of fresh patterns of connection, perhaps even challenging you to take back some of your projections.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
The seeds planted around friendship, community, collaboration, or a long-term aspiration in last month’s New Moon in your social sector may continue growing throughout the first half of July. This New Moon could expand your sense of what’s possible through the people and networks around you. As new ideas gain traction, you may find yourself growing more excited about the future and the direction your life is taking. Not everyone will be part of that journey, but the right allies could prove invaluable. The Capricorn Full Moon two weeks further on find the Sun, your ruler, in your twelfth sector of unconscious process and inner work just as Chiron becomes prominent in an angular sector of your solar chart. Perhaps old wounds will surface, and if so, there will likely be adjustments necessary to getting some healing in order
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
Expect the unexpected when it comes to friends, groups, and long-term plans! This Mars-Uranus conjunction activates your eleventh sector, bringing surprises, shake-ups, and exciting developments to your social world and future ambitions. You could even meet someone who inspires a new direction, receive an unexpected opportunity through your network, or finally decide to pursue a goal you’ve been stalling on. Sudden disagreements or shifting priorities could also reveal which connections have run their course. With Pluto active trine Uranus, and prominent in your seventh sector of partners, relationships continue to morph and evolve, while with Neptune in same-degree sextile to both Uranus and Pluto, a spiritual sense of purpose and a softer worldview could be on their way to helping your community engagement grow. Your circle – and your vision for the future – might be changing faster than expected. While some connections may fade, others could awaken a renewed sense of hope, inspiration, or shared purpose.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
With your planetary ruler moving through your twelfth sector, you may feel a stronger desire for solitude, rest, reflection, or time away from the demands of daily life. Yet obligations involving travel, education, legal matters, or a developing worldview could make it difficult to fully retreat. Doubts, fears, or limiting beliefs may also become more apparent now. While this influence can feel restrictive at times, it may help you recognize which perspectives, beliefs and commitments are draining your energy– and which are worth the effort required to sustain them.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
Venus in Virgo brings a welcome opportunity to enjoy greater stability and satisfaction where money and personal resources are concerned. Thoughtful financial decisions, practical purchases, or discovering new ways to increase your income can be especially rewarding now. However, as Venus builds toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected development involving a friend, group, or long-term goal could prompt you to reconsider where you’re investing your time, energy, or resources! Thankfully, Uranus is also supported by Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, suggesting that these changes can strengthen your sense of purpose, support new levels of intimacy within your most important relationships, and encourage greater confidence in yourself and the path you’re creating.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
Only a handful of times per year does the Mercury Cazimi occur as the planet of thought process, translation, and communication, enters “the heart of the Sun.” Mercury is aligning this afternoon and evening with the Sun in Cancer – bringing on possibly much needed clarity around what helps you feel safe, supported, and emotionally satisfied. Within your twelfth sector of self-undoing and restriction, this transit can also bring helpful insight around your most self-harming subconscious habits and ways to connect with your spiritual self.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
A quieter chapter is beginning, asking you to turn your attention inward before rushing toward what’s next. This Cancer New Moon illuminates your twelfth sector of self-undoing, solitude, and restriction, encouraging you to better understand the fears, doubts, or habits that may have held you back. Mercury retrograde closely accompanies the Sun and Moon, making this an unusually introspective New Moon. Looking backward isn’t just encouraged – it may be necessary. Revisiting old memories, emotional conditioning, or the origins of your inner dialogue can become the very catalyst that allows you to move forward with greater compassion for yourself. Partners continue to weave new spells from old bottles.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
Welcome to your season, Leo! With the Sun returning to your first sector, the coming month encourages you to step forward with greater visibility, confidence, and authenticity. This is your time to reconnect with yourself, celebrate how far you’ve come, and take up a little more space. Early in Leo Season, however, the Sun forms a square to Chiron. This brief aspect can make you more aware of insecurities surrounding your career, reputation, or public image, particularly if concerns about how you’re perceived make it harder to fully express who you are.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
After several weeks of quiet reflection, Mercury stations direct in Cancer. Confusion, uncertainty, or lingering questions may begin giving way to greater understanding, helping you make peace with situations that have remained unresolved. If you’ve been processing the past, confronting hidden fears, or spending more time alone, you’ll likely begin recognizing why this period of reflection has been necessary. You may find it easier to trust your intuition, reflect with greater perspective, and recognize what is finally ready to be released.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th
As the Sun and Jupiter unite in your sign, your confidence, visibility, and belief in yourself may receive a powerful boost! Opportunities for personal growth, greater recognition, and exciting new beginnings could begin to show themselves. With an opposition to Pluto, this alignment suggests your closest relationships are due for a transformation, as you are now growing in a new direction. You could recognize that greater intimacy, honesty, or shared vulnerability is necessary to support the person you’re becoming. Meanwhile, Uranus draws in new friendships and collaborative efforts that could unexpectedly open new doors – while Neptune assists you in releasing outdated beliefs and having faith in what you are experimenting with.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
Relationships take center stage under this potentially revealing Aquarius Full Moon. Closely aligned with Pluto and opposing the Sun-Jupiter conjunction in your sign, this lunation can intensify your desire for deeper intimacy and more authentic one-on-one connections. You could realize how your closest relationships are evolving, what you’re looking for in another person, or where greater vulnerability is now being asked of you. Thankfully, growing confidence, stronger self-belief, and a willingness to embrace your priorities may be exactly what’s helping you cultivate healthier, more fulfilling relationships. Uranus is still introducing exciting new friendships or networking opportunities, while Neptune helps you approach others with greater compassion, understanding, and faith.
This is another doozey of a month for you Virgo, with major outer planet alignments that spell Transformation, and with your ruler Mercury moving backward through the sign of Cancer, corresponding to your social sector. There will likely be disruptions, review, and reconsideration of friendships and groups you favor; this along with questioning your goals. Your prospective plans may look quite different on the other side of this volatile and climactic month. Powerful outer planet alignments are active throughout the July month. The close patterning of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, all three at 4° of their respective signs of Gemini, Aries, and Aquarius, is quite telling. These planets are thus aligned in same-degree sextiles and trines, known as a “cradle” planetary pattern. Astrologers have been warning about this summer for years, now, as we see both inner and outer events coming to a head and producing an astrological environment for change. We can see this at the societal level, with the ever-increasing, and increasingly strange, news headlines. As we confront this roiling energy on an individual basis, there are factors that Virgos will probably encounter. Most significant, perhaps, would be the effect of the powerfully highlighted presence Trickster Uranus on your vocational sector as represented by the sign of Gemini. From the month’s beginning you may encounter many anomalies and synchronicities in this area of your life, involving both your actual job situation, and your public statement in general; the way that you come across. This is an energetic and somewhat confounding time. You might be on the lookout for unexpected revelations or strong intuitive messages that can surprisingly tell you true when you can summon your attention to hear them, in alignment with your normal attitude toward your work, or more likely seeing beyond that. Transformational Pluto is highlighted now as well, furthering your potential abandonment of existing dysfunctional day-to-day patterns that no longer serve you. Then too, numinous Neptune – posted in your eighth sector of intimacy and personal evolution – can lead to potential illusion or over-idealization in relationship realms, and yet may also take you to hidden depths within and to a greater acknowledgement of Spirit in your important partnerships.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
If last month’s New Moon brought unexpected developments surrounding your career or long-term ambitions, expect that story to continue unfolding throughout the first half of July. Taking place in your tenth sector of vocation and public life, the lunation cycle that began then may still be bringing surprising opportunities, important conversations, or fresh realizations about what you’re building and how you wish to be recognized. Then, two weeks later on, the Capricorn Full Moon is also a factor as July gets underway, emphasizing your creative self-expression and an awareness of how your inventive projects affect the community that surrounds you.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
If you’ve been feeling stuck professionally, this Mars-Uranus conjunction could be the catalyst you’ve been waiting for. Activating your tenth sector of career, reputation, and long-term goals, this transit brings unexpected developments that could quickly alter your trajectory! News regarding a promotion, leadership role, or new opportunity could arrive suddenly, while tensions with a boss, client, or authority figure might become impossible to ignore. With Neptune in Aries also part of the mix of energies swirling around you now, partnership agreements might be over-idealized or take on a spiritual feeling, emphasizing greater compassion in your relationship dealings, while an equally activated Pluto in your sector of work and day-to-day habitual events continues to push you to new ideas of what part of these to emphasize moving forward.
If something isn’t working, you’ll be increasingly motivated to do something about it. What unfolds now could ultimately place you in a stronger position to shape your future on your own terms.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
Friends, groups, clients, or long-term aspirations may command more of your attention now. Yet progress toward a cherished goal could feel slower than expected due to financial obligations, shared responsibilities, or circumstances that are not entirely within your control. You may become more aware of what something truly costs – emotionally, financially, or otherwise. The reality of the situation may be more complicated than it first appeared!
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
As Venus enters your sign, you may feel more confident, attractive, and at ease expressing yourself. This is a beautiful time to refresh your appearance, prioritize your wellbeing, and enjoy the simple pleasures that help you feel your best. But, as Venus builds toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected professional opportunity or change in direction could encourage you to present yourself differently. While these developments may seem surprising at first, Uranus also forms supportive connections with Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, helping you deepen trust, strengthen intimate bonds, foster lasting improvements to your daily life and overall wellbeing, and find greater peace through rest, reflection, or spiritual renewal.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
A handful of times per year, Mercury lines up perfectly with the Sun for a mind-clearing and invigorating moment called a Mercury Cazimi. In the course of this afternoon and evening, Mercury is aligning with the heart of the Sun in Cancer – within your uplifted eleventh sector of long-term objectives, collective vision, and friendship. Heartfelt conversations with friends can occur, while helpful realizations surrounding your future goals or support system may emerge. You may gain clarity around who truly has your back, which connections feel nurturing and reciprocal, and the people best suited to help your dreams grow.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
Your vision for the future is ready to evolve – but not without first reflecting on the path that’s brought you here. This Cancer New Moon encourages you to nurture your long-term aspirations, cultivate supportive friendships, and invest in the people and communities that help you feel connected to something bigger than yourself. Rather than rushing toward what’s next, Mercury in retrograde, also in Cancer, suggests there is wisdom to be found in reflecting on unfinished dreams, former collaborators, or aspirations you’ve set aside. Looking back may reveal exactly what your future has been missing! Intuition is heightened now, even if putting your hopes or feelings about the future into words proves difficult.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
Leo Season turns your attention toward the quieter, more private parts of life. As the Sun moves through Leo, you may find yourself seeking more solitude, trusting your intuition, or simply taking time to process recent experiences. Early in the season this year, the Sun forms a square to Chiron in Taurus, bringing a more tender tone to the first few days. You may briefly question your beliefs, lose confidence in the direction you’re heading, or wonder whether you’re truly prepared for what’s next. While those feelings deserve acknowledgment, they don’t define the month ahead. Instead, Leo Season invites you to trust your inner voice, embrace moments of quiet reflection, and simply allow yourself the space to recharge.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
Friends, collaborative efforts, and long-term plans can slowly begin moving forward again as Mercury stations direct in Cancer and begins to escape its post-retrograde shadow period of two weeks. Conversations may eventually become easier to navigate, while decisions feel more straightforward, and group projects could begin gaining momentum once a week or two has passed. If you’ve been rethinking a friendship, revising a long-term goal, or waiting to hear back from a group of people, recent insights may begin falling into place b the second week of August. You’ll eventually find it easier to reconnect with others and make meaningful progress toward your goals.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th
Stepping away from life’s constant demands may become one of your greatest priorities under this powerful Sun-Jupiter alignment. Spiritual practices could catch your eye, as could other ways of reconnecting with your intuition and subconscious, while meaningful time alone becomes increasingly appealing. Supported by Uranus in your tenth sector of career and public life, this period of introspection may be unfolding alongside unexpected changes surrounding your professional path or long-term direction. As new possibilities emerge, Pluto reveals where your relationship with work, health, or daily responsibilities has outgrown its current form. You could recognize where self-imposed limitations, unhealthy routines, or an unsustainable workload have quietly shaped your life for too long. Meanwhile, Neptune encourages deeper trust, vulnerability, and emotional healing, reminding you that lasting transformation often begins beneath the surface.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
Finding a healthier balance between work/daily labor and your physical well-being becomes more important under this Plutonian Aquarius Full Moon. This powerful opposition between the Moon-Pluto conjunction and the Sun-Jupiter conjunction may expose how your workload, health habits, or daily routines have fallen out of alignment with the life you’re trying to create. This emotional intensity may reveal where you’ve been overextending yourself, sacrificing too much, or neglecting your own needs in the process. Thankfully, your growing desire for self-reflection and facing internal fears may be exactly what’s helping you establish healthier routines that better reflect the life you’re trying to build. As your priorities continue shifting, Uranus may bring unexpected developments in your career or long-term direction, while Neptune encourages you to trust your intuition as you release unhealthy patterns and embrace a more restorative way of living.
This month is quite an assemblage of astrological indications for you Libra, so that basically every area of your life is shaken, if not stirred. To begin with, Mercury is now in retrograde motion throughout July in an angular, or potent, portion of your chart, the sign of Cancer, representing your vocational sector. There could be loads of introspective questioning of your work in the world and where it is leading you, or a general review and reconsideration of your activities and presentation in general. You might not come to immediate conclusions; yet there are plenty of lessons to take away from this reflective period. Then, too, there could be surprises and novel experiences in your friendship and social circles, due to your ruler Venus having recently entered there in sextile to Trickster Uranus, with now, since July 1st, Jupiter joining in as well, merry and expansive, yet also, due to Uranus, more than a trifle disruptive. Speaking of Uranus, his trine to Pluto has a revolutionary attitude, and speaks to your creative juices, which while flowing, are curving in some radically altered new directions. You seem to be on a mission of distinct change in this area of your self-expression. All three outer planets are greatly emphasized now, and Neptune, located in Aries or your opposite sign, at the Uranus/Pluto midpoint, plays a role. As fa as key partnerships, there could be illusions to contend with, or escapism, or over-idealization. If this leads to some confusion, that is merely on par for this powerful transit for Librans this month. This could also lead you to spiritual conclusions. It is additionally likely, due to prominent Chiron as well in this potent monthly cycle, that you could encounter shadow work with important partners, providing definite long-term benefits there, when you can find it in your heart to more fully examine root causes.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
A path that began emerging around last month’s New Moon may become clearer during the first half of July. Activating your ninth sector of beliefs and worldview, as well as travel, education, and the search for higher meaning, this lunation continues to broaden your horizons through new experiences and discoveries! A revelation, meaningful conversation, or opportunity to learn something new could embody new personal values within you that are more completely your own. As you continue reshaping your perspective, renewed transformation of your projects and artistic creativity is possible, along with novel understandings and partnership idealization. These areas all in turn combine to influence the new direction you may be headed.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
Your world could be getting a whole lot bigger under this Mars-Uranus conjunction! Activating your ninth sector of travel, higher learning, and new horizons, this transit could bring an unexpected opportunity to explore unfamiliar territory– literally or figuratively. You might find yourself saying yes to an experience, challenge, or adventure you never saw coming. A disagreement, frustration, or growing restlessness could ultimately become the catalyst that pushes you beyond your comfort zone. Along the way, you may discover a renewed sense faith or inspiration about where you’re headed.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
Professional goals or matters of reputation may feel especially important now, yet progress could be slowed by the needs, expectations, or limitations of another person. A partner, client, or important relationship may require greater commitment, accountability, or patience than you’d prefer. You might also become more aware of the compromises necessary to move a goal forward. What feels restrictive now may ultimately help define the relationships and commitments capable of standing the test of time.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
Venus in Virgo brings greater enjoyment to moments of solitude, rest, and quiet reflection. Time spent behind the scenes, reconnecting with your spiritual life, or simply stepping away from the demands of the outside world can feel especially restorative and fulfilling now. However, as Venus builds toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected opportunity to travel, learn, or expand your horizons could shift your perspective in surprising ways! While these developments may arrive abruptly, Uranus also receives supportive connections from Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, helping you strengthen your sense of purpose, deepen your creative passions, and cultivate supportive friendships as this next chapter unfolds.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
As Mercury is purified within the solar core of the Cancer Sun, we experience a Mercury Cazimi – a potent day for mental clarity, pattern recognition, and breakthrough ideas. Within your pivotal tenth sector of vocation and life direction, you may gain clarity around your next career move, discover a solution to a pressing professional matter, or better understand the path that feels most meaningful to pursue. This afternoon and evening, conversations with bosses, clients, or authority figures could prove especially insightful!
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
While this Cancer New Moon emphasizes beginning anew within your prominent tenth sector of vocation, authority, and public reputation – Mercury retrograde also gets into the act, as it accompanies within two degrees this lunation! While you feel the pull, before fully embracing new opportunities, you may strongly feel an inclination to delve into the past tense of your vocational leadership and rewrite the plot, or perhaps question current assumptions, before moving forward. These nuances might be difficult to articulate – or even fully comprehend – and yet the wave of the future is tugging you toward new professional choices. Rather, though, than rushing to define your next move, it might be better to allow yourself the space to question your most basic assumptions or reconsider your direction, letting clarity arrive for you in its own time.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
The road ahead feels more exciting as the Sun enters Leo, bringing enthusiastic and expressive energy to your realm of teamwork, friendship, and hope for the future! Keep in mind, for the first few days of Leo Season, the Sun’s square to Chiron may stir up insecurities surrounding trust, shared finances, or relying on others for support. While those concerns deserve acknowledgment, they don’t define the month ahead. Instead, this is a wonderful time to reconnect with old friends, expand your social circle, collaborate with like-minded people, and continue investing in the visions you’re working toward.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
Professional review, questioning, and uncertainty begins slowly lifting as Mercury stations direct in Cancer and begins to regain it forward momentum over the next two weeks. After the first week of August, conversations with supervisors, clients, or colleagues may become more productive, career decisions feel easier to make, and stalled plans could begin gaining traction. If you’ve been rethinking your professional goals, public image, or long-term direction, this station marks a welcome turning point. You may find it easier to communicate your ideas and begin acting on plans you’ve spent the past few weeks refining.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th
A new chapter surrounding friendships, collaboration, and your long-term aspirations begins expanding under this powerful Sun-Jupiter conjunction in Leo. New connections, supportive communities, or exciting opportunities to work alongside others could begin opening doors over the coming weeks. Opposing Pluto, however, this transit may also transform your relationship with joy, creative expression, or the ways you seek fulfillment, prompting you to consider whether your personal passions truly support the future you’re trying to build. Meanwhile, fresh perspectives, unexpected learning experiences, and an evolving understanding of partnership may introduce new people – and new possibilities – that help your vision for the future continue taking shape.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
Emotions run deep under this Plutonian lunation, particularly surrounding romance, pleasure, enjoyment, children, and personal expression. The Sun and Jupiter’s opposition to this Lunar position, closely aligned with Pluto, can facilitate an intense desire to feel seen, appreciated, or loved – to be happier, even! You could recognize how your relationship with joy is evolving, what your heart genuinely desires, or how creative expression can become more honest and vulnerable. You may find yourself wanting greater control over a situation, all while friendships can deepen, new collaborative efforts are likely to gain momentum, and opportunities to move closer toward a long-term aspiration become increasingly available. Your creativity is in the spotlight and a new vision tells you that others are waiting in the wings to experience its glow! Plus, Uranus in Gemini, for wisdom, along with Neptune sextile in your opposite sign, bringing spiritual partners in, offer a refreshing shift in perspective, broadening your horizons, while softening your approach to relaionship, making it easier to lead with compassion and understanding.
July arrives with some rather demanding astrological conditions for you, Scorpio. Your traditional ruler, Mars, lies in Gemini, in close conjunction – during July’s earliest days – with a highlighted placement of Trickster Uranus corresponding to an important sector of your solar chart, namely the eighth of personal evolution, intimacy, and partnership agreements. This implies that there could be unexpected events and information surrounding this sensitive area and affecting your relationships in circumstances when you least expect them. Coupled with Mercury’s retrograde motion through your ninth sector of higher mind, this is quite an unstable timing. The backward motion of Mercury, essentially all month long, when you take the post-retrograde shadow period into account, is potentially bringing new realizations into your ken that involve your most fundamental beliefs and worldview. And this could also influence how you see partners working out in your life. Chiron is also prominent now in Taurus, your opposite sign, signifying relationship matters, so that greater consciousness there regarding your own inner wounding could be another important dynamic to navigate. Meanwhile, the outer planet positions of numinous and potentially confusing or idealized Neptune, located in your 6th sector of day-to-day patterns and heath, and transformative Pluto, in your fourth sector of home and family, are also stirring the pot. You are in a remarkable timing, from the very start of July on to its finish, when many life factors could be altering for you in unpredictable ways. It is vitally important now that you take the bitter with the sweet, attempting to discover significant life lessons that are likely to be contained within these potentially trying circumstances. Attitude is all-important, and that you stay willing to remain open to whatever the universe is trying to tell you in the midst of this climactic monthly cycle.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
The first half of July continues a process of change that began around last month’s New Moon. Activating your eighth sector of intimacy, shared resources, and personal transformation, this lunation may keep important emotional or financial matters in motion. Meaningful conversations, deeper self-reflection, or a shift in trust could help you better understand what is changing within you – and why. As events unfold, greater honesty, vulnerability, or self-awareness may help you navigate a significant transition. Your personal values may be changing is accord with momentous feelings of spiritual connection, and you may want to ensure that they are your own, independent of other influences.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
With your planetary ruler Mars involved, this Mars-Uranus conjunction can spark changes in the realm of intimacy, shared resources, and transformation – which makes a major impact on you. In another way of looking at this, a surprising financial development or partnership situation may require quick decisions, while the possibility is there as well for an exciting sexual connection that could unexpectedly intensify. Then, too, numinous Neptune at the same degree of Aries is also part of this configuration with Mars and Uranus, so that your day-to-day habit patterns and environment might take on some unusual and rather undefined characteristics. Pluto, too, participates, which continues to have you changing at the core and perhaps becoming more aware of your core principles. This transit favors cutting ties with unhealthy family or personal attachments and taking bold action toward greater freedom, honesty, and self-possession. Greater compassion for yourself or another person could help make an important breakthrough possible.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
Expanding your horizons may come with more demands than expected. While part of you is eager to pursue new experiences, knowledge, or opportunities for growth, practical concerns surrounding work, health, or daily responsibilities could slow your progress. You may become more aware of the effort required to support a long-term goal, educational pursuit, or evolving worldview. While this influence can feel limiting at times, it may ultimately help you distinguish between aspirations that are merely appealing and those worth committing yourself to.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
Venus in Virgo shines a favorable light on your friendships, long-term aspirations, and the people who encourage your growth. Spending time with like-minded individuals, collaborating, and focusing on your bigger aspirations could feel especially fulfilling now. However, as Venus builds toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected financial development, intimate matter, or emotional revelation could require you to adjust your vision of the future, or even the groups you associate with. Even so, Uranus forms supportive connections with Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, helping you establish healthier daily habits, strengthen your emotional foundations, and create exciting new opportunities for professional growth.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
Mercury is this afternoon and evening is hitting its Cazimi moment as it passes through the center of the Sun in Cancer. It’s the perfect day for spotting emotional patterns, clearing mental fog, and catching your next big “aha!” moment. Within your ninth sector of mental and physical expansion, you may find it easier to grasp spiritual concepts, understand the bigger picture, or reconnect with a sense of meaning and faith. You’re also capable of deeply understanding and articulating complex ideas. A new educational pursuit, meaningful journey, or perspective-shifting realization could be on the docket!
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
Your perspective is ready to grow under this Cancer New Moon, opening the door to a fresh chapter surrounding higher learning, travel, spirituality, and the wisdom you’re both seeking and ready to share. Forming a supportive trine to your sign, this lunation can deepen your emotional connection to the world around you while helping you discover what truly guides and inspires you. Mercury retrograde closely accompanies the New Moon, suggesting that while you are somewhat expanding your horizons, there are also old beliefs, past experiences, or deeply held perspectives that you are simultaneously revisiting. Sometimes the wisdom needed for your next adventure is found by re-examining the places you’ve already been.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
Leo Season is always a time to shine professionally, pursue recognition, and step more confidently into the public sphere for you, Scorpio. Over the next month, you may feel increasingly motivated to pursue career goals, embrace leadership-oriented opportunities, or receive greater visibility for your efforts. Early in Leo Season this year, however, the Sun immediately forms a square to Chiron, freshly in Taurus – adding a more introspective tone to the first few days. This brief aspect can make you more aware of insecurities surrounding partnerships, particularly if another person’s expectations, feedback, or presence affects your confidence or willingness to lead.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
The desire and ability to learn, explore, and broaden your horizons may become much stronger as Mercury stations direct in Cancer. Meaningful conversations and opportunities to share your wisdom could begin appearing more frequently, while travel plans or legal matters that have been delayed may finally begin moving forward. It is likely to become easier to trust your knowledge, understand your inner beliefs, and have faith in a new adventurous idea as well!
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th
Your professional life – or even your overall life’s direction – is ready to reach new heights under this powerful Sun-Jupiter alignment! Opportunities for greater recognition and career advancement could begin presenting themselves, along with the confidence to pursue bigger goals. Yet beneath these exciting developments, Pluto is intensifying your inner world. You might recognize that being successful– or even redefining what success means to you – involves working through outdated emotional patterns, addressing family matters, and making changes to your living situation. Meanwhile, Uranus encourages breakthroughs surrounding shared resources or emotional healing, while Neptune inspires a healthier and perhaps more spiritual vision for your work, routines, and daily life!
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
The most private and deeply rooted parts of your life may become far more emotionally charged under this Aquarius Full Moon. With the Moon closely conjunct Pluto, located in your home and family sector, this Full Moon can bring buried emotions, familial dynamics, or private matters closer to the surface, asking you to confront what no longer provides the security you need and to begin to make significant changes in this regard. You could realize what home truly means to you, where your emotional foundation is evolving, or how your domestic life needs to better support this next chapter. Growing confidence in your career and long-term direction may be exactly what’s encouraging you to create a home that reflects how your life is growing. Uranus could also bring breakthroughs surrounding shared resources or emotional healing, while Neptune continues to inspire your health routines.
Sagittarius Horoscope July 2026
SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21) Fire. Ruling Planet Jupiter
The month of July could be quite a seismic event for you, Sagittarius, with surprising, potentially confounding, and certainly revelatory happenings around the concept of the Other (or others) in your life. Your opposite sign of Gemini symbolically linked as your relationship sector is the location for highlighted Uranus to come together with Mars in conjunction and Jupiter in close sextile, and so the likelihood of fireworks in this important area approaches one hundred percent. There is additionally the same-degree sextile that Uranus in your opposite sign currently makes to Neptune, signaling both confusion and idealism, or spirituality, in this life department. Then, too, there is the same-degree trine made to Uranus by transformative Pluto lodged in Aquarius, or your sector of communicative outreach. Your stages of learning could be both informative and life-changing, and it is equally true that your articulation with others runs to topics of great depth and moment. This is already quite a lot, and yet the other major component of July for you is the retrograde of Mercury, ruler of your relationship sector, moving backward most of the month through the sign of Cancer. This corresponds to your sector of intimacy and personal evolution – so that your very understanding of what is happening with important partners and with yourself in response to these stimulations is undergoing a sea change. This could, in short, be quite a month for you. Highlights include July’s first few days, also the July 14th New Moon, when Jupiter joins from Leo the triple trine-and-sextile connection between the outer three planets, and as well the Aquarius Full Moon of the 29th, that conjuncts Pluto. On the July 21st First Quarter Moon, preceding the Full Moon by eight days, a grand cross is formed that includes Pluto, Jupiter, Sun and Moon, plus Chiron, the Wounded Healer for an added dimension of working with your own inner wounding as a consequential factor within the mix of energies in every part of this potent monthly cycle.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
Recent developments within a close relationship or partnership may continue gaining momentum throughout the first half of July. Activating your seventh sector of connection, collaboration, and commitment, last month’s New Moon may keep important conversations, revelations, or decisions in motion. As understanding deepens, it could become easier to recognize what is – and isn’t – working within an important relationship. Two weeks later, the Capricorn Full Moon, just before the July month begins, will also shape its opening two weeks, bringing up issues of values and resources, as well as partnership issues and agreements.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
Relationship matters are unlikely to stay quiet under this Mars-Uranus conjunction. Activating your seventh sector of partnerships, this transit could bring unexpected developments involving a spouse, business partner, client, or close friend. A disagreement might erupt suddenly, or a surprising conversation could change the direction of a relationship. At the same time, exciting new connections and opportunities for collaboration could appear out of nowhere! One thing is certain: the dynamics between you and others are changing. Neptune in Aries, also activated at this timing, suggests that your creative self-expression can be softer than usual, or partaking of a spiritual viewpoint, while the transformational effects of Pluto in your communications sector might also throw a few monkey wrenches into the mix such as a tendency to be a trifle dogmatic in your articulations to others. While some developments may feel abrupt, they could also open the door to greater honesty and even freedom, for you.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
While you know it’s time to address emotional and financial entanglements, or psychological matters – responsibilities involving children, creative pursuits, romance, or other sources of pleasure could delay your ability to address these concerns. It may be frustrating, because fears, vulnerabilities, or complicated feelings are harder to ignore. Thankfully, Saturn is in a fellow fire sign, indicating that maturity, patience, and self-awareness are available as you navigate these competing demands.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
Professional matters become easier to enjoy as Venus moves through Virgo, bringing greater harmony to your career, reputation, and interactions with authority figures. Sweet recognition for your efforts, bonding professional experiences, or opportunities to polish your reputation can be especially rewarding now. Yet as Venus moves toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected development within a close relationship or professional partnership could shift your plans or priorities! Beneath these changes, Uranus receives supportive connections from Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, encouraging inspired creativity, deeper and more transformative conversations, and exciting opportunities to expand your horizons through learning, travel, or new experiences.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
Mercury is hitting its Cazimi moment as it passes through the center of the Sun in Cancer in the afternoon and evening of this day. It’s the perfect day for spotting emotional patterns, clearing mental fog, and catching your next big “aha!” moment. Within your eighth sector of intimacy, shared resources, and transformation, helpful insight surrounding a financial or emotional entanglement could emerge. You might gain clarity around vulnerability, trust, or a deeply personal matter, while a new perspective helps you better understand the meaning of a challenging experience.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
A new emotional chapter surrounding intimacy, trust, shared finances, and psychological rebirth is ready to begin. To help you get there, this Cancer New Moon may reveal where fear, vulnerability, financial dependence, grief, or old emotional wounds have been influencing your decisions. Mercury retrograde, in close conjunction with this New Moon, could also slow the urge to immediately fix what’s uncovered, encouraging you instead to trace these patterns back to their roots. In spite of the refreshing energy of the New Moon, they say not to push the river during Mercury Retrograde, so that might be good advice for you right now. This is a deeply self-reflective New Moon for you, though although emotional conversations with loved ones are likely. Making sense of your feelings, or putting them into words, becomes even more important.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
Leo Season broadens your perspective, encouraging you to explore new ideas, experiences, and possibilities that help you better understand both yourself and the world around you. The coming month invites you to expand your horizons through travel, higher education, spiritual pursuits, meaningful conversations, or simply remaining open to a different way of thinking. Keep in mind, the first few days of Leo Season involve the Sun’s square to Chiron! This brief transit may stir up insecurities surrounding work, productivity, health, or whether your daily efforts are truly moving you in the direction you hope to go. While those concerns deserve your attention, they don’t define the month ahead!
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
After several weeks of Mercury retrograde encouraging deep introspection, Mercury stations direct in Cancer. Confusion, uncertainty, or lingering questions surrounding trust, shared finances, or even grief may slowly begin giving way to greater understanding. If you’ve been reflecting on a financial arrangement, working through complex emotions, or reconsidering who and what you can truly rely on, you’ll likely begin recognizing why this period of reflection has been necessary. By the second week of August you could find it easier to have honest conversations, define your emotional bonds, and move forward with a greater sense of emotional clarity.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th
Under the expansive Sun-Jupiter alignment, your confidence in what you know is growing, but so is your excitement for everything you have yet to learn! Whether through travel, higher education, philosophy, or simply seeing life through a different lens, your world is ready to become much bigger. Supported by Uranus in your seventh sector of partnership, the people entering your life – or evolving relationships– may encourage you to question long-held beliefs and embrace a more authentic perspective. Pluto suggests your conversations, curiosities, and way of thinking are evolving as well. You may feel inspired to deepen your expertise, share your knowledge more confidently, or pursue a path that broadens both your understanding of the world and your ability to guide others. Meanwhile, Neptune reminds you that romance, creativity, and joy can become powerful sources of inspiration.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
The way you think, communicate, and make sense of the world takes center stage under this potentially revealing Aquarius Full Moon. Supported by Uranus, the people entering your life – or evolving relationships – may encourage you to question long-held assumptions and consider new possibilities. This potent same-degree opposition between the Moon – in conjunction with Pluto – and the Sun-Jupiter conjunction in Leo suggests a conversation or realization may have a massive impact, exposing where limiting beliefs are ready to evolve. This emotional intensity of the Full Moon may reveal where fear or self-doubt have quietly shaped the way you think or express yourself as well. Your growing confidence however in what you know, along with your excitement for everything you have yet to learn, may be exactly what’s helping you embrace a broader perspective. Meanwhile, Neptune reminds you that romance, creativity, and joy can become powerful sources of inspiration throughout this journey.
The month of July provides some interesting challenges for you Capricorn, and yet it’s nothing you cannot handle. Forewarned is consciously prepared however, and this month does have its moments, especially with regard to the key relationships in your life. This focus begins with the Full Moon in your sign, just two days before July officially begins, featuring the Sun in your opposite sign of Cancer, at 8°, opposite the Moon at 8° of Capricorn. If you happen to be born near the end of December, this timing will therefore be extra-poignant for you. In any case, for members of your sign there will very likely be issues of self and other to navigate as the remaining two weeks of June’s lunation cycle continues to unfold. In connection with your important partnerships, you might feel inspired to release any habitual behaviors that you feel are no longer serving you. Because Mercury is additionally in retrograde throughout July, when you take the post-retrograde shadow into account, as the month begins we find it moving backward through the later degrees of Cancer and affecting your relationship sector, in the wake of the recent Full Moon. In addition to the usual symptoms of missed connections, you could find yourself in an introspective and reflective mode, reviewing and questioning certain aspects of your relationship dynamic. The final resolution of these investigations will wait until the second week of August for a more complete resolution. Then, the Cancer New Moon of July 14th will also draw renewed focus to the important partnerships in your life, with something of a fresh start in your thinking and in your attempts at compromise. There is an inherently novel and spontaneous flavor to your relationship connections now, and balance might turn out to be an important treatment. As far as other factors for this rather intense July month, we find that right from its beginning, Neptune at the nadir of your chart is in partile or same-degree sextile with both Uranus and Pluto, putting tremendous transformational pressure upon your dwelling space and familial connections, as well as your family of origin and your psychological roots. Your learning curve in this area may take a blossoming spiral course through the internal layers of your psyche as you struggle somewhat to absorb the lasting lessons; you will not be coming out of these two climactic months of summer with the same inner understanding as when you went into them.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
Recent changes to your routines, daily duties, or approach to wellbeing may continue gaining momentum throughout the first half of July. Your sixth sector of work, health, and habits, represented by the sign of Gemini, is getting a fresh start due to last month’s New Moon, plus also featuring a highlighted presence of Uranus there throughout the July month, may thus continue to be revealing where small adjustments can make a big difference. A surprising realization or piece of information could encourage you to approach a longstanding problem in an entirely new way. As outdated patterns fall away and more effective ones take their place, you could find it began easier to create routines that feel both productive and sustainable. The subsequent Full Moon in your sign – with the Sun opposed — just two days before July began continues to bring up issues of self and other as the month gets underway.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
Work and daily responsibilities are unlikely to stay predictable under this Mars-Uranus conjunction! Activating your sixth sector of routine, labor, and health, this transit can bring sudden changes to your schedule or unexpected developments in your work environment. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or stretched too thin, circumstances might force a different approach now! Old patterns are disrupted, and you have a stronger desire to bring greater freedom or intention into your everyday life.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
While your attention is focused on relationships or an important partnership, your own emotional needs are also hard to set aside. You could feel pulled between supporting another person and creating the stability, security, or nurturing environment you need yourself. Family matters or domestic issues may add to the pressure. Any frustrations arising now may point to where stronger emotional foundations are needed before a relationship can move forward with confidence.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
As Venus enters fellow earth sign Virgo, you may find it easier to enjoy learning, traveling, and expanding your horizons. Opportunities to study, teach, explore different cultures, or deepen your spiritual or philosophical understanding can feel especially rewarding now, while the trine to your Ascendant encourages growth with greater ease and confidence. However, as Venus builds toward a square with Uranus, an unexpected development involving work, health, or your daily responsibilities could require you to shift your plans. Even so, Uranus forms supportive connections with Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, helping you soothe emotional turbulence, reclaim your self-worth, and develop deeper trust within shared financial or intimate relationships.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
Only a handful of times per year, Mercury makes its way into the “heart of the Sun,” a potent alignment known as a Mercury Cazimi. Mercury is aligning with the Sun in Cancer, within your seventh sector of committed partnerships, adversaries, and one-on-one relationships. A heartfelt conversation could bring greater understanding, emotional clarity, or a solution to an ongoing relationship matter. Helpful insight surrounding a partner’s needs – or your own – may emerge now. Legal matters, mediation efforts, or important discussions could also reach a clarifying crescendo on the afternoon and evening of this day.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
A new chapter within your closest relationships may begin with this Cancer New Moon, illuminating your seventh sector of partnership, contractual relationships, and important others in your life. Because of the introspective nature of Mercury retrograde in Cancer all this month, and with Mercury closely accompanying this lunation, there are elements of review and revision also at work. Perhaps conversations, questions regarding shared decisions, or unresolved matters between you might deserve reflection or reconsideration. There could be surprising or rapidly evolving circumstances to deal with as well. Rather than seeking immediate resolution, you win when you can give yourself and others the opportunity to examine, clarify, and resolve matters in ways that ultimately strengthen the foundation of your relationships.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
Leo Season illuminates the emotions and psychological patterns that often go unnoticed, inviting you to better understand yourself on a deep level. The coming month encourages a closer look at trust, vulnerability, and the ways you connect with others on both an emotional and financial level. Matters involving shared finances, debt, investments, or other shared responsibilities might ask for your attention. Keep in mind, the first few days of Leo Season involves the Sun’s square to Chiron! This transit is short, and yet may provoke insecurities surrounding romance, creativity, children, or your ability to experience joy without reservation.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
As Mercury stations direct in Cancer, there may continue to be deep thoughts, questions, and introspective reflection for you in the area of relationship connection. Conversations with others, especially within your partnerships, could be difficult to resolve, and yet will eventually begin flowing more naturally in the weeks to follow, as Mercury straightens out. Whether you’ve been working through misunderstandings, reconsidering a commitment, or reflecting on what you need from a partner, friend, or client, reaching common ground could eventually become much easier. If important discussions have been delayed, you’ll likely find that after these next two weeks will be a better time to revisit them. By the end of the first week in August, contracts, plans, and shared decisions can begin to come together with less uncertainty.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th The desire for deeper emotional and financial security becomes difficult to ignore as the Sun joins Jupiter in Leo, drawing your attention toward intimacy, shared resources, trust, and the psychological patterns shaping them all. While this powerful alignment may bring positive developments involving shared finances, debt, investments, or support from others, its opposition to Pluto also asks you to examine what you truly desire – and what you’re willing to transform in order to attain it. You may find yourself confronting old fears surrounding vulnerability, self-worth, or financial independence. Meanwhile, this process may also awaken a more hopeful vision for your home, family, or emotional well-being, while fresh ideas and a willingness to reinvent your routines or approach to work help you build towards your dream from a practical place.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
What you rely on for stability may take on added emotional significance under this Aquarius Full Moon. Opposing the Sun and Jupiter closely conjunct in Leo – while conjoined with Pluto, the Moon in this lunation can reveal how your emotional or financial entanglements are triggering a new awareness surrounding values, resources, money and self-worth. What may feel especially pronounced now are strong emotions, a desire for greater control, or the need to protect what you’ve worked hard to build. Through vulnerability, addressing shared responsibilities, or working through financial matters with others, you may also find opportunities to strengthen your foundations, including financial ones. The Sun’s trine to Neptune may symbolize reconnecting you with an evolving vision for home and emotional security, while Uranus inspires innovative changes to your work and daily routines that could give you ideas to better support your goals!
Aquarius Horoscope July 2026
AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 18) Air. Ruling Planets Uranus, Saturn
July is another in the series of consequential months for you, Aquarius, perhaps even more so than with previous ones. This is due to the alignment of Uranus, your modern ruler, in Gemini, with Mars and Jupiter, and in a slow-moving same-degree trine with transformational Pluto in your sign. Neptune, in Aries, at exactly the same degree as well, corresponding to your sector of curiosity, learning, and communication, continues to affect your articulations and thought process in a perhaps confused, but ultimately spiritual way. Plus, we have this month as well the retrograde of Mercury through Cancer, which could also influence the way you think and see the world around you. The Mercury Retrograde timing consumes all of July, when you take the post-retrograde shadow period into account, lasting into August. The transformational presence of Pluto in your sign thus gets quite a boost during July, so that, as a consequence, you may more fully understand where the twenty years of his sojourn there is leading you. You might find yourself questioning and reviewing the deeper meaning of the changes in life direction that you are currently experiencing. Your characteristic habit patterns are also up for review and reconsideration over the course of the July month, so that those which are beneficial can be strengthened, while those that are outmoded and no longer serve you can begin to be eliminated. Perhaps the most dramatic changes of the month could come to your creative self-expression, the sector of your solar chart where highlighted Uranus resides, joined by Mars during July’s early days, when also Jupiter newly entered into Leo and in sextile, comes in as positive energy for change and for the celebration of life. Because Leo is your opposite sign, symbolizing partnership, guidance and inspiration could come to you from important relationships. Whether from friends, colleagues, or a lover, or indeed from your intuition speaking through your own unconscious, you do well to stay as open as you can to the information that comes to you during these climactic months of July and August.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
What captured your interest around last month’s New Moon may continue revealing its potential throughout the first half of July. Activating your fifth sector of creativity, romance, and self-expression, this lunation cycle, as it finished, encourages you to make more room for the people, passions, and experiences that genuinely excite you. A creative project, heart-felt connection, or unexpected opportunity could continue unfolding, while growing confidence helps you express yourself more authentically. What began as a spark of inspiration may now feel worthy of further exploration! The subsequent Full Moon in Capricorn that took place just two days before the July month began may also have given you a boost within the realms of your unconscious process, where the Capricorn Moon resided, and lasting into the first two weeks of the present month.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
Boredom won’t stand much of a chance under this Mars-Uranus conjunction! Enlivening your fifth sector of creativity, romance, and pleasure, this high-energy alignment brings an element of surprise to the people, projects, and experiences that bring you joy. A flirtation, creative breakthrough, or exciting opportunity could emerge suddenly, but so could drama and changing desires. If you have children, unexpected developments in their lives could keep you on your toes as well. Plus, what captures your attention now may have a deep emotional or creative impact. This is in part due to the same-degree sextile and trine that Uranus makes in these beginning days of July with Neptune in Aries, for somewhat foggy, compassionate, or spiritually-based communications, and with Pluto in your sign. Your transformational process continues, with your very identity more thoroughly morphing during this potent July month!
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
Work, responsibilities, health matters, or the simple logistics of keeping everything running could require more attention than you’d prefer. The demands of daily life may feel heavier than usual due to paperwork, learning obligations, or concerns involving siblings or your local environment. The challenge may be filtering out distractions, worries, or competing priorities so that your time and energy can be used more effectively. Any frustrations arising now could reveal where clearer communication, better planning, or more realistic expectations are needed.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
Venus in Virgo encourages greater harmony within your closest bonds, shared finances, and emotional world. Meaningful conversations surrounding trust, intimacy, or financial matters can become easier to navigate, helping you feel more connected and supported. Yet this transit isn’t without a few surprises. As Venus approaches a square with Uranus, an unexpected development involving romance, children, or a creative pursuit could prompt you to see a deeply personal matter in a new light. At the same time, Uranus forms supportive connections with Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter, helping you communicate with greater compassion, step more fully into your personal power, and strengthen the partnerships that support your growth.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
Mercury, the planet of thoughts, information, and communication, enters “the heart of the Sun,” forming what’s called a Mercury Cazimi – a potent afternoon and evening for mental clarity, emotional insight, problem-solving, and new ideas. This takes place in your sixth sector of work, health, and daily responsibilities, signaling a breakthrough concerning your wellbeing, productivity, or habits that could suddenly emerge. Insightful conversations with coworkers may occur, while new ideas surrounding self-care and emotional wellbeing could prove especially beneficial.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
It’s could be time to care for yourself and to approach your work, daily routines, and characteristic habits in new ways as this Cancer New Moon begins to unfold. Whether you’re starting a new phase of your job, taking on different duties, improving your health habits, or creating a more supportive work environment for yourself, this lunation asks what genuinely helps you feel useful, healthy, and emotionally fulfilled. This fresh start arrives hand-in-hand with Mercury retrograde, meaning this next chapter may develop more gradually than expected. You still find yourself in an introspective mode, so that unfinished conversations with coworkers, unresolved workplace matters, or lingering projects could require your attention before you’re ready to more fully move forward.
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
The next month encourages you to lean into partnership, strengthen relationships, embrace collaboration, and enjoy more shared experiences! With the Sun now moving through Leo, you may start new relationships or place greater value on social connection and compromise. Early in the season this year, however, the Sun forms a square to Chiron, freshly in Taurus. This brings in a more sensitive tone to the first few days. You could easily be more aware of emotional insecurities – especially regarding home life and family. Unresolved feelings can also make it more difficult to fully invest in your closest relationships at this time.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
Workplace, routines, and daily to-dos may gradually begin flowing more smoothly in the next weeks, as Mercury stations direct in Cancer. The two-week period of the post-retrograde shadow will see Mercury gradually straightening out. Conversations with coworkers could eventually become more productive, decisions related to work easier to make, and delays surrounding projects or your daily schedule may begin resolving themselves. If you’ve been rethinking your habits, refining your workflow, or looking for healthier ways to manage your time and energy, after the first week of August you’ll likely find it far easier to put those ideas into practice.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th
Your relationships may become one of your greatest sources of growth under this powerful Sun-Jupiter alignment! Whether in love, business, or friendship, relationships may become powerful catalysts for opportunity and self-improvement. At the same time, Pluto continues asking you to shed outdated versions of yourself and embrace a more authentic way of showing up. As your desire for deeper connection intensifies, you could recognize how honesty and vulnerability are essential to nurturing the relationships you want to build or support. The people entering your life may reflect just how much you’re changing – or inspire you to keep evolving. Uranus brings fresh inspiration to your creative and personal expression, while Neptune helps dissolve limiting thought patterns, making compassion, understanding, and forgiveness easier to access.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
This Full Moon in your sign shines a powerful light on your identity, independence, and personal evolution. With the Moon closely aligned with Pluto and opposing a partile Sun-Jupiter conjunction in Leo, this lunation can greatly intensify your desire to live more authentically! When you can trust yourself more deeply, and embrace the person you’re becoming, you may feel more fulfilled. You could recognize which relationships genuinely support your future, while placing greater value on connections that feel more meaningful, positive, and mutually enriching. Supportive relationships and growing trust within your closest partnerships may be exactly what’s giving you the confidence to continue evolving. Uranus in Gemini could enliven a renewed sense of joy, while Neptune in Aries, also triggered in this Full Moon, may help you have more faith in the community surrounding you while also supporting you in dreaming bigger.
Pisces Horoscope July 2026
PISCES (Feb 19 - Mar 20) Water. Ruling Planets Neptune, Jupiter
The month of July is quite an interesting and intense cycle for you, Pisces, and takes you into your depths, even as you also wrestle with the more obvious 3D world of ordinary interaction. This is in part due to the ongoing retrograde of Mercury in your sector of creative self-expression, represented by the sign of Cancer. Mercury got almost to the final degrees before starting to move backward there at the end of last month, from the geocentric standpoint. It is therefore over the entire July month that you will have the second thoughts associated with the Mercury Retrograde time, including its post-retrograde shadow period of two additional weeks. This affects your ideas about your own sense of identity, and the way that you come across, or how you create. Progress might be slowed down, perhaps maddeningly, as you introspect and take a second look at everything that you are up to. The major news this month however is in an almost perfect alignment of outer planets: Pisces, your modern ruler, Trickster Uranus, located in your fourth sector of home and family, and Pluto in the twelfth, all at the 4° mark of their respective signs, comes together in the early days of July and stays very active all the way through to the Aquarius Full Moon on July 29th. Uranus brings surprise events and unexpected revelations to the important sector at the nadir of your solar chart, representing issues of your dwelling space and your familial connections within it. Most important is that the fourth house also refers to your own inner depths, the psychological roots of your being. The twelfth sector of unconscious process is where the highlighted presence of Pluto resides, so that you might be to a certain extent wrapped up on the inside there as well. As you more fully explore your depths, ancient trauma from early childhood is also likely to enter into your thoughts and ideas, because Chiron in the first degree of Taurus, corresponding to your sector of communication and learning, is also emphasized this month ad participates by its being squared by Jupiter in Leo. Meanwhile, Neptune, equally highlighted in its precise sextile to both Pluto and Uranus, is occupying your resources sector, placing great focus on what you value, and whether those principles that you espouse can be totally determined by your own inner lights, rather than affected by other factors such as consensus thought forms. All in all, July is a month that has its difficulties, and yet also its rich rewards in terms of internal understanding, when you can catch your breath long enough to appreciate them.
The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.
Previous New Moon in Gemini – June 14th
New understanding surrounding home, family, or your emotional foundations may continue taking shape throughout the first half of July. Activating your fourth sector of roots, belonging, and private life, last month’s New Moon may keep important personal matters in motion. An unexpected realization could encourage you to see your living situation, family dynamics, or sense of security from a different perspective. As clarity grows, so too might your ability to create a stronger foundation for yourself moving forward.
Mars Conjunct Uranus – July 1st – 5th
Home, family, and your inner emotional world are unlikely to stay quiet under this Mars-Uranus conjunction! This transit could shake up the foundations of your private life, bringing unexpected developments involving family dynamics, your living situation, or domestic responsibilities. A home project might accelerate unexpectedly, conflicts with parents could occur, or changes within your household may require a new approach. Thankfully, understanding, compassion, or acceptance are accessible. Plus, an emotional breakthrough could shed new light on a longstanding issue from the past.
Sun Square Saturn – July 3rd – 7th
You may feel eager to prioritize joy, creativity, romance, or time with your children, yet financial realities could require a more measured approach. Concerns surrounding income, spending, or personal resources may make it difficult to pursue every opportunity that captures your interest. At the same time, doubts surrounding your talents, value, or ability to create something meaningful could surface. Fortunately, the Sun is supporting your Ascendant, helping you make the most of what is available! While you may not be able to have everything you want right now, meaningful joy is still within reach.
Venus Enters Virgo – July 9th
Venus in Virgo brings greater harmony, cooperation, and enjoyment to your closest relationships. Whether in love, business, or another important one-to-one connection, it becomes easier to strengthen existing bonds, resolve differences, and appreciate the people who matter most. Still, as Venus approaches a square with Uranus, an unexpected development involving your home, family, or emotional foundations could temporarily destabilize dynamics within a partnership. These changes are part of a larger story, however. Uranus forms supportive connections with Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter– helping you recognize your inherent self-worth, release self-imposed limitations, and make healthier choices that support your body, work, and overall wellbeing.
Mercury Cazimi in Cancer – July 12th
Mercury, the planet of thought process, translation, and communication, enters “the heart of the Sun,” forming what’s called a Mercury Cazimi– a potent day for mental clarity, emotional insight, problem-solving, and new ideas! In this case, Mercury is aligning with the Sun in Cancer, within your fifth sector of pleasure, creativity, and self-expression. A heartfelt conversation with a romantic interest, child, or loved one could bring meaningful clarity. Creative inspiration may pour into you, while new insights help you better understand what brings you joy, connection, and emotional fulfillment.
New Moon in Cancer – July 14th
Your heart is ready to lead the way under this Cancer New Moon! Feeling the pull to embrace creativity, romance, children, pleasure, or joyful self-expression in a new way. Yet with Mercury retrograde woven into this lunation, the path forward may first require you to reconnect with the past. An old creative project, former love interest, or a forgotten hobby could remind you what genuinely lights you up. Forming a supportive trine to your Ascendant, this New Moon encourages you to trust those emotional nudges– even if making sense of your feelings – or putting them into words – doesn’t come easily!
Sun Enters Leo – July 22nd
Leo Season always illuminates the systems, routines, and responsibilities that shape your everyday life. This is an excellent time to refine your habits, improve your productivity, prioritize your health, and discover more sustainable ways of managing your time and energy. Keep in mind, the first few days of Leo Season involve the Sun’s square to Chiron. This brief transit can bring up insecurities surrounding communication, learning, siblings, or your confidence in expressing your thoughts and ideas. This influence passes quickly, allowing the rest of Leo Season to unfold more smoothly.
Mercury Stations Direct in Cancer – July 23rd
Romance, joy, and your ability to create and express yourself may begin flowing more freely as Mercury stations direct in Cancer. Conversations with a romantic interest could become more productive, creative projects regain momentum, and decisions involving children or matters of the heart could feel much easier to make. If you’ve been rethinking a creative endeavor, reflecting on a romantic connection, or searching for new ways to express yourself, you’ll likely find it easier to put those ideas into practice and enjoy the process along the way.
Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Opposite Pluto, Sextile Uranus + Trine Neptune – July 25th - 29th
The desire to improve your work, health, and daily life grows stronger under this expansive Sun-Jupiter alignment. Whether you’re looking to establish healthier routines, become more productive, or take greater pride in your work, you’re likely feeling a stronger desire to improve the quality of your everyday life. Supported by Uranus in your fourth sector of home and family, emotional breakthroughs or changing family dynamics may be a part of why you’re ready to alter your day-to-day. As new possibilities emerge, Pluto suggests a powerful shift is taking place internally too, bringing greater awareness to subconscious fears and self-imposed limitations. Meanwhile, Neptune encourages a more compassionate relationship with your own worth, values, and earning potential, helping you pursue work and routines that feel more meaningful.
Full Moon in Aquarius – July 29th
Your fears and the struggles you battle with in private may ask for your attention under this potentially emotionally exposing Aquarius Full Moon. Rather than remaining in the background, your unconscious habits, or the ways you’ve been standing in your own way could become more apparent. As you begin recognizing what’s been quietly shaping your thoughts and choices, you’ll be better equipped to create the healthier routines, work habits, and daily life you’ve been striving toward. A new understanding of your past, family dynamics, or emotional foundation may help you release outdated patterns, while Neptune encourages you to shed outdated values and redefine what truly brings meaning, fulfillment, and security into your life.
A July Month of Transformation, Revelation, and Spiritual Inspiration
The month of July that we are currently beginning to experience is one that astrologers have long been waiting for, to see how the coming together of Uranus, Pluto, and Neptune, at the very same 4° mark of their respective signs of Gemini, Aquarius, and Aries, will manifest. The kicker is that during the early days of July as well, Jupiter in early Leo and Mars conjunct Uranus in Gemini, materially add energy to the set of outer planet collisions that is the star of the show. Because Neptune resides at the partile midpoint of Uranus and Pluto, so that two same-degree sextiles, to Neptune, from Uranus on one side and Pluto on the other, this configuration – in sequential masculine signs Aquarius, Aries, and Gemini – makes a symmetrical planetary pattern called a “cradle” configuration. The Uranus–Pluto trine is essentially rebellious and revolutionary, looking for a new horizon to conquer, potentially with greater freedom of action and an evolved sense of purpose, while the Neptune presence adds an otherworldly flavor that is idealistically oriented, transpersonal, and spiritually aligned. Because of the intensity of these outer planet exact alignments together with Mars, initially, and Jupiter for the remainder of the month, this month and next are presaged to be very intense and to signify an important turning point in global history.
Interestingly, it was astrologer André Barbault, a renowned mundane astrologer who predicted the Soviet Union’s collapse that took place in the late 1980s, who also called for a significant turning point in world history for this month, specifically on July 19th, when the Moon at 4° of Libra, forms a handle to the cradle, making a “basket” pattern, known to mundane astrologers as Barbault’s Basket, which would trigger the transformational nature of the outer planet cradle alignment. He felt that the ultimate effect would be positive, seeing humanity through to a new dawning, a cultural rebirth.
The July month also has an influence from the Gemini New Moon of June 14th, which initiated the lunation cycle for its first two weeks, when Uranus in Gemini was still coming into its same-degree alignment with Pluto and Neptune, although the cradle pattern is quite close and is triggered in the New Moon by Venus at nearly 2° of Leo. Then, in the subsequent Capricorn Full Moon of June 29th, just before July began, when Mercury additionally stationed to retrograde motion, the cradle is very nearly complete.
In the opening days of July, particularly the 3rd and the 4th, which is America’s 250-year birthday, all three of these outer planets are at the 4° mark, or very close, while Mars closely conjunct Uranus lying at 3° 50’ of Gemini and Jupiter at the 0° mark of Leo are powerful additional triggers for the outer planet alignments. When we consult the USA natal chart, for July 4th, 1776, we see that the Nadir is 2° Aries, with an MC of 2° Libra, completing a grand trine with Uranus and Pluto, while Neptune is conjunct the Nadir. I myself find it fascinating that, at the semi quincentennial of America’s birth, the foundations of its natal chart are being shaken up by such a fierce and yet potentially positive combination of outer planet alignments.
Mercury moving backward through the latter half of Cancer is another defining characteristic of this potent July month, right from its very first day, and extending through the first week of August when you take the post-retrograde shadow period into account. Mercury stations to direct motion on the 23rd and takes another two weeks to escape its shadow period and return to normal. This Mercury Retrograde during July signals an introspective time when we might wind up reviewing, questioning, and potentially seeking to revise many sides of our life situation, depending somewhat on where the sign of Cancer shows up in our natal chart. We could also say that the national mood here in America is similarly affected especially since the retrograde station at 26° Cancer is conjunct the USA Mercury at 24°. We are currently seeing all kinds of reactions in the American media, both more official and alternative, to the existing dysfunction in this country, exacerbated by recent events, and this examination is likely to accelerate over these summer months.
The lunations of July, including the Cancer New Moon of July 14th, the First Quarter Moon of the 21st, and the Aquarius Full Moon of the 29th, closely conjunct Pluto, with the Sun and Jupiter opposed, all constitute important inflection points in a powerful month of recognition and change. It’s not easy to choose among the possible outcomes, although it seems quite likely that something in the political landscape here in the US is about to dramatically shift over these potent summer months and in the remainder of the 2026 year.
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