July’s skies are a cosmic cacophony. Everybody starts talking at once, with every planet engaged in multiple conversations—many talking over each other. There will be noise, there will be chaos, and a lot might happen that we only come to understand later. Every piece of life is in play, so here’s a breakdown of the key plot lines of each celestial body.
July’s dramatis personae:
The Sun: The sun begins the month in Cancer, where it runs into a problematic and limiting contact with Saturn around July 6th, and then connects with a retrograde Mercury to reset our internal compass on the 12th. On the 22nd, the sun moves into Leo, the sign of its rulership. In Leo, it will engage in a series of contacts with the outer planets (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) that integrate the major shifts happening in the collective around us. The sun's journey culminates at the end of the month on the 29th, when it encounters Jupiter, newly ingressed into the sign of Leo. The sun with Jupiter is joyful and triumphant, and together they set forth the promises and goals of Jupiter’s yearlong transit.
The Moon: For most of the month we are in Cancer season, the season of the moon. The moon offers emotional containment during a sensitive Cancer new moon on the 14th that seeks to integrate the lessons and experiences of the current Mercury retrograde. The month ends with an emphatic full moon in the sign of Aquarius on the 29th that connects with nearly every outer planet, seeking to knit together the broader changes in our collective experience.
