July begins with us assuming a ‘can do’ attitude and with a skittishness that would dampen any narcissistic tendencies and prevent us from going overboard in our actions or our decisions.
Early July may have us in a recreational mode as we head towards the long holiday weekend of Independence Day on July 4th.
The July 4th weekend could be a time of parties, celebrations, and serendipitous encounters. The 4th has Venus conjunct Uranus just before Venus exits Taurus to enter Gemini [11:31 AM EDT]. Neptune turns retrograde [5:34 PM EDT]. Change is in the air with the likelihood of serendipitous encounters of bumping into people who provide interesting insights or startling revelations. We could make adjustments to our appearance, to our environment, all with adding more panache to our life. We may embrace the spirit of ‘variety is the spice of life’, as we engage various people of different backgrounds, different cultures for momentary interactions but not stopping or staying too long with any one person or in one specific place.
Venus in Gemini sextiles both Aries-transiting planets of Saturn and Neptune on the 6th, adding to the weekend’s gaiety and desire for doing this, doing that, all with a sense of fully engaging the ‘dance of life’.
This first weekend in July can be a spectacular time for us to fully enjoy ourselves and engage any number of activities and events but with the caveat that we keep a watchful eye on our monies and finances. It would be too easy for us to get caught up in the good times and negate the costs involved.
July 7th allows us to pare down the assortment of personalities we could have encountered over the weekend. Venus trines Pluto, and our interests move from rapid-fire interactions with any number of people to a concentration on the truly meaningful friendships in our life. We separate out the acquittances from true friends and focus on those people with whom we have a special connection.
Since last year with Pluto’s entrance into Aquarius, we have experienced major Sign changes. Both Saturn and Neptune exited Pisces and entered Aries. Jupiter exited Gemini and entered Cancer. And now on the 7th of July, Uranus exits Taurus to enter Gemini. We are living during transformational times, a paradigm shift from sequential, linear reality into asequential reality where things can happen in the most unexpected manner.
We are on the threshold of a revolution, a technological revolution, and the entry of Uranus in Gemini is likely to accelerate the process of this revolution, already given evidence to by the development of robotics and the early stages of artificial intelligence [AI].
These are not times for those fixed in beliefs, rigid in attitude, or weak in spirit. It is time for the spiritual warrior in each one of us to step forward and embrace radical change. We are transitioning from the Fourth Dimension into the Fifth Dimension where space – time collapse into the NOW with past, present, future all NOW.
The Capricorn Full Moon on the 10th when the Sun opposes the Moon [4:37 PM EDT] suggests we be resourceful, wise stewards of our resources. We might consider what is important in our lives, and those things that are needless distractions or demand too much of our energy. Clearing our path would allow us to move ahead unencumbered by either our past or our present stuff. Increasingly, we may want to be highly effective with the least expenditure of energy. We could feel a sense of squeeze of any fat or excess in our life as we embrace a sentiment of being ‘lean and mean’, cutting to the core, focusing on the essentials, and ridding ourselves of the extraneous.
The 13th of July has Saturn turning retrograde. Both Aries-transiting planets of Saturn and Neptune are now retrograde and provide the filing down of narcissistic tendencies. Things may take longer than we would like, but instead of being frustrated by delays, we can see extenuated time to complete matters to be a time to tweak, fine tune, and make truly solid our path forward and the projects we have engaged.
The 18th has Mercury turning retrograde for its three-week cycle until August 11th when Mercury turns direct. With every Mercury retrograde Murphy’s Law of ‘whatever can go wrong could go wrong’ is in effect. All three of the Fire transiting planets are now retrograde, taking the edge off any tendency to one-upmanship and grandstanding. We might also briefly feel as though the fire in our belly has been dampened. Mercury sextiles Venus, and our relationships can improve as we take a more collaborative approach to our interactions and have a conciliatory attitude towards the interests of other people.
The Sun enters Leo on the 22nd [9:29 AM EDT] giving us more Fire and a desire for summertime re-creational activities and pleasurable events. We can feel as though our physical energy and spirit are reignited. Our creative juices are flowing, and we may consider ourselves at the top of our game. Putting our personal mark on our activities and involvements could have us sensing a thrust of energy as we bask in the sun and our own personal warmth.
The 23rd of July has the Sun sextile Uranus and Venus square Mars. We may want to explore a new trajectory or take an altered approach to our usual engagements. Intention without proper planning can have us moving ahead without clear direction or an itinerary of where we are going. Movement for the sake of movement can be appealing. We just need to avoid going around in circles with little to show for a great expenditure of energy.
The fourth week of July has all three of the transcendental planets — Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto — influencing the Sun and our sense of being. This would be a time for us to keep out of our own way, have our antennae up, and keep in mind the affirmation that ‘god and the higher forces often have far greater plans for us than we could have imagined for ourselves.’
Evidence of these times of serendipity with asequential reality in force could be especially evident with the Leo New Moon on the 24th when the Sun conjuncts the Moon [3:11 PM EDT].
This New Moon configuration impacts the next two weeks up to the Full Moon on the 9th of August. The New Moon signature has the Sun Moon conjunction triggering connections to the transcendental planets with the New Moon trine both Saturn and Neptune in Aries, sextile Uranus, and opposed Pluto.
Magic is afoot with the opportunity to have our head in the clouds while our feet are firmly planted on the ground. This is a time when we may feel solidly rooted and expand our reach beyond our usual grasp. What we need to avoid would be either getting complacent or overly self-assured. Even if we assume that we are the ones triggering good fortune, the reality is more likely the energies operating and the ways they are operating largely to our benefit, if we maintain humility and an appreciation for a rather remarkable, albeit startling, process.
This two-week period of the New Moon to the Full Moon may be replete with technological innovations, rapid advances in new tools, and a greater sense that we are going through a multi-faceted revolution taking us from where we have been into an exciting new dimension of being. A revolution is upon us both an external technological revolution and an internal awakening and ascension in consciousness. We do need humility and a willingness to be co-creators with the universe unfolding rather than trying to engineer and control what is happening. If we get in our own way, as might occur with the Sun opposed Pluto on the 25th, we could suffer severe consequences. Why go there when the natural unfolding, while tumultuous and turbulent, can lead us to far better places and spaces than we could possibly imagine?
Venus exits Gemini to enter Cancer on the 30th of July. The two ‘good guys’ of the planetary realm, Venus and Jupiter, are both in Cancer. We might feel that our home is truly our castle, and we might either look to buy a castle or to fix up our own castle. Real estate sales may be strong, whether the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates or rates stay relatively high. Much of our attention can revolve around home and family.
July ends with the Sun conjunct Mercury on the 31st. Although we still have a lot of summer left, we might feel as though the summer is winding down and that our normal routine might pick up again in mid-August or shortly thereafter. Fun can be on top of our mind as we close out July.
July 2025… hot times in the summertime…
