July 2024 Astrology Forecast: Crises as Opportunities

Neptune stations retrograde in Pisces & Mercury enters Leo

Jul 2, 2024, 06:40 AM EST & Jul 2, 2024, 08:50 AM EST

The new calendar month begins with Neptune stationing retrograde at 29º Pisces and Mercury entering Leo. Neptune’s shift of motion invites us to direct more energy inward and question our existing approach to inner and spiritual exploration. This transit supports a contemplative and internal focus and inspires us to search for answers within. Neptune retrograde in Pisces is an opportunity to redefine our relationship with our spiritual practice and our spiritual values and refine our attunement to our intuition. 

Mercury’s ingress into Leo invites a shift in our thinking and communication styles and inspires us to express ourselves more confidently and creatively. During this time, we are encouraged to share our ideas with the world and embrace opportunities to be heard. Mercury in Leo inspires us to communicate enthusiastically and think creatively while being aware of the value of sharing our opinions and ideas. This combination of energies favors creative endeavors and artistic projects as well as all forms of self-expression connected with language, writing, and speaking.

New Moon in Cancer

Jul 5, 2024, 6:57 PM EST

The New Moon in Cancer is an opportunity to come into a new relationship with our emotions and our vulnerability. It is an opportunity to renovate our relationship with our past, our family, and our emotional needs. This event begins a lunar cycle centered around renewing the way we approach self-care, self-nurturance, and emotional self-awareness. The New Moon in her domicile offers us an invitation to create our personal definition of “home” and invites us on a journey inward, reminding us that it is our responsibility to make decisions that honor our hearts and protect our sensitivity.

Venus enters Leo

Jul 11, 2024, 12:19 PM EST

Venus’ ingress in Leo brings a desire to feel seen and appreciated and reminds us to value celebration, creativity, and authentic expression. This transit represents a powerful time to work on our social skills, creativity, and ability to find pleasure in life. Venus in Leo is an opportunity to reclaim our connection with our radiance, with our childlike enthusiasm, and with our joy. Venus in Leo reminds us of the value of creative expression, the power of being intentional about aesthetics, and the importance of play: this transit inspires us to experiment and make art for art’s sake, without worrying about how it looks or about whether we are doing it right.

Mars enters Gemini

Jul 20, 2024, 4:43 PM EST

Mars’s ingress into Gemini marks an increase in the pace of our intellectual activity and fuels our desire to learn more about everything. This shift suggests a growing intellectual restlessness as well as an experimental and open-minded approach to sexuality. Mars in Gemini transit can be associated with stronger tendencies toward impulsive and tactless speaking. During this time, we are reminded of the power of words, we are reminded that words can be weapons and that it’s our responsibility to use them with awareness. Mars’ journey through the sign of the Twins is also a reminder of the power of our thoughts and of how our thinking can either energize us or deplete us.

Full Moon in Capricorn

Jul 21, 2024, 06:16 AM EST

This month’s Capricorn Full Moon happens on the 29º degree and conjunct with Pluto at 0º of Aquarius. This lunation marks the culmination of a journey of psychological and emotional transformation and facilitates revelations and insights about structural changes that need to be made in our inner and outer lives. During a collective and personal time of transition, we are required to gain awareness of how we need to mature and get better at discerning what is our responsibility and what isn’t. The Full Moon in Capricorn conjunct Pluto invites us to release defense mechanisms, layers of protection, and unconscious strategies we employ to indirectly have our needs met. 

Leo season begins

Jul 22, 2024, 03:45 AM EST

The Sun’s ingress into his home sign of Leo reminds us to nurture our connection with the creative impulse, keep our inner flame burning, and invest our energy in what gives us energy back, in what we are passionate about, in what brings us joy. While the Sun is in Leo, we are inspired to explore our creative urges without expectations, without goals, andwithout seeking external approval. The Sun’s yearly transit through Leo inspires us to connect with our inner child’s playfulness, lightheartedness, and joy and reminds us to celebrate life and ourselves more often.

Mercury enters Virgo

Jul 25, 2024, 6:42 PM EST

As the month comes to an end, Mercury enters its Earth domicile of Virgo. Here, the Messenger supports our ability to focus on what is most important and inspires us to delve into self-analysis and self-improvement. This transit invites us to incorporate more discernment into our lives and to distinguish between what serves us and what doesn’t. During Mercury’s journey through Virgo, we will be motivated to focus on solving problems, improving functionality, and managing daily tasks efficiently.This transit inspires us to explore a new way of thinking about health and try taking care of our wellness considering all the dimensions of it.

July 2024 Astrology Forecast: Our Invitation

During July 2024, all the planets entering Leo are also going to oppose Pluto in Aquarius, highlighting power struggles and control dynamics, especially within relationships, while suggesting a higher likelihood of experiencing intellectual confrontations. In the upcoming weeks, we will have chances to gain awareness of how we manage the dance between fear and desire when it comes to being seen, being in the spotlight, and being authentically and creatively expressed.

Before leaving Taurus and entering Gemini, Mars is going to cross Uranus, marking a surge in our desire to rebel from constrictions, assert our freedom, and make drastic changes. Around July 15, when this aspect goes exact, we can expect rebellions and disruptive turning points, both on the world stage and in our individual lives.

Lastly, as previously mentioned, the anaretic 29º degree will be activated twice in July 2024, by Neptune stationing retrograde in Pisces and by the Full Moon in Capricorn. The 29º is a point of both crises and opportunity: the activation of the “anaretic degree” highlights the fact that a change is soon due, that we are going through a potent collective transition. The energy of completion, culmination, and transformation will be strongly present for the entire month of July 2024, a month likely to be filled with opportunities to make life-changing decisions, solve unfinished business, and create space for new beginnings.

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