July EXTENDED Astrology .. pt 2
PART 2! This is a busy month!
Things to keep an eye out for and a feeler out for this month.
PS – we have 4 (yes, 4!) retrogrades arriving this month – Neptune, Saturn, Mercury, and Chiron. I won’t be getting into all of them here – I will speak more on them on Instagram, but this is the energy putting its rinse cycle on in order to up level the collective consciousness.
July 4th – Venus, our planet of love, sensuality, beauty, and values, moves from earthy mother Taurus into Gemini. With Venus in Taurus, you may have felt yourself needing further rest, a slower moving pace, enjoying being at home a lot more, indulging a bit more and leaning on natures healing powers. With Venus in Gemini, you may find yourself being called to more social interactions. Stimulating conversations might be the way to your heart, but as Gemini is ruled by Mercury, who will retrograde later in the month, it's best to keep things light as wires may get crossed easily.
Gemini loves to learn and chat about what they have learnt. It loves the excitement of it all – buy the book, take the class, try the new thing! learn for the fun of learning - you don’t need a business plan, follow where the curiosity of your mind takes you! This will satisfy that Venusian energy and help you feel fulfilled and keep your cup full this month.
July 4th – Neptune retrograde / Saturn retrograde July 12th
Neptune is the subconscious, the dream state, and intuition. When in retrograde, it creates feelings of disillusion. Your not going to feel theis retrograde like you would a mercury. retrograde but as with Saturn and Neptune both retrograding through Aries there is this something stirring in your identity, in what you stand for, in how you want to live. These feelings of fogginess are potent around the first few days of retrograde and the final days of retrograde. So, it is best to hold off on any important decisions on these days, as that fog might be covering your windscreen.
With Saturn, our planet of discipline, linear growth, responsibility, and boundaries, heading into retrograde this month, it is important for you to practice your own self-discipline. Because Saturn isn’t there to support you, you may find you're more easily led down the path of breaking self-promises, colouring outside your guidelines, and bending boundaries. Be careful to hold yourself accountable and don’t stray too far from yourself.
July 7th – Uranus enters Gemini
Uranus is the great awakener. It’s the feeling of freedom, liberation, and it brings with it a frequency that shakes things up. It carries an energy of disruption. This is something we can expect to see create a shift on the main arena of this planet.
We have had Uranus in Taurus for the past 7 years – it’s shaken up economies, financial markets, trade and oil prices, import-export goods and services, agriculture, trade, and interest rates – areas that Taurus has its hand in. Moving into Gemini, we can expect it to shake up new ideas, fast-moving solutions, and fresh perspectives. Gemini has its hand in transportation, so we could see further modes of transport, faster transport, and disruptions in transportation systems.
On a personal level, you may find Uranus shaking up your way of thinking, offering you a new perspective, thinking outside the box in a new neural pathway. Maybe you will find a shift in your ideas around something in a way you never imagined before.
Have a look at what house Gemini rules in your natal chart, and in this area, expect innovation in this area of your life.
Full Moon in Capricorn – July 10th
Where Cancer is emotionally sensitive, Capricorn meets us at the other end of the spectrum, sitting opposite each other, rooted in practicality. This full moon will illuminate long-term goals and aspirations you might have. If Cancer themes are making you think about where you want to live, when you want to have a family, how family is defined in your life, and where you want to be supported, this Capricorn full moon stirs feelings of “ok... how can I practically make these feelings come to fruition? Is it budgeting? Is it a step-by-step process?” Capricorn is wise, it's loyal, it's grounded. Ground what you are feeling and establish a way to pull it down into the physical realm.
July 17 – Mercury retrograde until August 11th
Ahhh, we meet again! Good olddddd Mercury retrograde steps up to the table. Mercury will retrograde back to 4 degrees of Leo. Have a look at your natal chart and identify where you have 4–15 degrees of Leo (if you don’t know how to find this, ask me!). This is an area of your life where Mercury is going to be working to reprogram your desires, creativity, sense of self, even how you allow yourself to be seen and what is important to you.
Every Mercury retrograde we can connect to the words: reconsider, reexamine, review, reprioritise. Like I mentioned, it’s a rinse cycle - we get all the stains out in the wash. It's not the best time to begin something new; rather, it’s a time to revise what you already have going on and reconfigure and refine that!. You might find your mind changes a few times during this retrograde period, so stay open to timeline shifts.