July 2024 promises to be a very busy month with 4 sign changes by the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars. In addition, there are 2 more retrograde motions starting behind Saturn on 6/29 in Pisces, and one direct motion movement. The best feature perhaps, the NEW MOON on 7/5, promises tremendous potential for everyone. Whatever your plans, wishes, and intentions, they will receive a wonderful boost on this NEW MOON. Strap in for all of July. There are lots of goodies for everyone!
ASTROLOGY FORECAST (July 1 - 8)
July 2nd - NEPTUNE begins its retrograde interval that lasts through 12/7. This planet has been at the culminating 29th degree of Pisces, and with this retrograde, will be there much longer - through 9/3.
Let's review NEPTUNE at 29 degrees Pisces. This is the culminating degree where you put the crown on all things Pisces. Mysticism, Dreams, Fantasy, the Subconscious, the activation and memory of subjects or manifestations that the conscious mind dismisses as impossible. With this powerful house ruler, staying at this culminating degree for so long, your world will change during this transit. You can count on it! If it doesn't change it would be due to significant resistance on your part. You will really have to put a great deal of effort into maintaining the status quo, and that will, likely, cost you much precious energy. This is your perfect invitation to flow with the mutable, or changeable, water sign Pisces to a better expression in your life. This is a good chance to achieve the soul growth your North Node is hoping to accomplish in this lifetime. In fact, each of you might take a look at your natal chart. Is it aspected to this transit right now? Is it 60°, 90°, 120°, or 180° away from Neptune at 29° Pisces, in either direction? That is sextile, square, trine, or opposite in order. If it is, then you have even more assistance to change your world significantly for the better in the coming months! A sextile or trine is super powered. An opposition or square means you are more than likely to find positive resolution for, perhaps, very long term challenges. Happy creating.
Also on 7/2 MERCURY moves into Leo until 7/25. MERCURY in Leo is great for leadership, particularly the ability to communicate a vision to the masses in such a way that they can get behind and believe in. Great confidence and eloquence go along with this transit. That describes the higher octave potential. Of course, the caution is unfortunate leadership, gurus, cult leaders running amok, etc. Also potential for hurtful words to those around you.Therefore, police yourself and your reactions to another whom would solicit your allegiance. Are they asking you to follow in a good direction? Do they necessarily know better than you? Use discernment when choosing to follow another.
The NEW MOON arrives in Cancer on 7/5 at 6:57 pm EDT. This is an incredible, almost universally beneficial, NEW MOON for everyone. If not directly fortuitous for your sign, then it is well aspected.
There are tremendous potential available to assist you. There are 6 sextiles, and 5 trines forming incredible sacred geometry in our sky this day.
There is only one lone challenging aspect, a square between Mercury and Pluto. Let's look at that first. The potential is very strong willpower accompanied by blunt expression. Be kind with your words, think twice about tone and presentation if uncomfortable conversation must be had. Better yet, wait, because this is a swift aspect due to the speed of MERCURY'S orbit. It is only active for a day or so. Maybe it isn't Divine Timing for difficult or harsh words.
Now to the Great stuff. Sextiles mean opportunity presents itself. Trines are characterized as east luck. There are 6 sextiles, and 5 trines this NEW MOON, forming 3 minor Grand Trines, with almost a 4th. These are the “talent triangles.” They assist your abilities, competence, and help create harmony. These are the 3 MINOR GRAND TRINES:
Saturn in Pisces, Conjunct Sun/Moon in Cancer, and Mars in Taurus
Uranus in Taurus, Pluto in Aquarius, and Neptune in Pisces
Mars conjunct Uranus in Taurus, Venus in Gemini, and Jupiter in Gemini
These 3, and almost a 4th, Minor Grand Trines are settled in a “ bowl” formation in the western hemisphere of the chart. The “bowl” tends to encourage thoughtfulness and self containment. It creates an opportunity to learn from life's experiences. However, being in the western hemisphere speaks more to the impact of the world on an individual, so you are operating a bit at cross purposes. This is the place to work for win/win scenarios. If upheaval does happen within the masses, it will be obvious which of these influences held sway. Try to be in the sweet spot in the calm center of your heart space.
The NEW MOON involves almost every planet in a very auspicious sacred geometrical arrangement of signs and planets. What a supporting cast for your “star turn.”
Now, in conclusion, it is not necessary for you to make all your moves at once. There's not that much pressure to this development. Simply forming new intentions, and possibly taking a few small preliminary steps in the right direction will suffice.
I invite you to use this knowledge to get you closer to grace and your Godspeed.
ASTROLOGY FORECAST
(July 9 - 16)
July 9th asteroid PALLAS turns direct in Scorpio. This is what I wrote in May when her retrograde motion backed her into Scorpio,
“PALLAS continues her retrograde cycle which takes her back into Scorpio on 5/16. She will be in retrograde until 7/09, then resume forward motion in Scorpio through 9/08. She is known for strategic thinking and great ageless wisdom. In Scorpio this is likely to be intense and transformative. She will not suffer fools very well. As much as any celestial body she can, and will, utilize all the new energies coming into our solar system. She will help set us up for the coming changes with all the wisdom of the rising divine feminine.”
PALLAS also has some influence in the arts and with medicinal remedies. So if you are called to either of those subjects, PALLAS can help you “remember” some of your ancient wisdom.
While she has been retrograde in Scorpio maybe you have found clarity in a major area of life, or maybe memories, however brief, have created an “ah-hah” moment for you. Now that she has resumed forward motion in Scorpio, she will have all that intensity and passion at her disposal to implement desired changes. Tap into that energy for yourself. PALLAS will remain in forward motion in Scorpio through 9/8. This may serve to galvanize women's issues all over the planet the rest of this Summer.
VENUS moves into Leo on 7/11 until 8/4. VENUS in Leo will be very interesting right now, considering the massive attempt to take Women's Rights backward a half century in the last few years. Leo is, of course, all about leadership and shining your own light and royalty. Therefore VENUS in Leo will have a very similar effect to PALLAS in Scorpio - galvanizing women's issues and power to, perhaps, all new heights. THE RISE OF THE DIVINE FEMININE may become quite obvious soon. We may take major strides in reaching a divine balance in male/female power thanks to the two ladies in question, PALLAS and VENUS.
This is a good place to discuss more about our dear, beautiful sister planet. I direct your attention back to the picture at the head of the column. This is a picture of VENUS’ orbit, including retrogrades. Is it not lovely? She makes a sacred geometrical space flower! Each “petal” takes 584 days, or 19 months. It takes 8 years to form the flower. It also corresponds to her rotation between being our Morning Star, Evening Star, and her dance behind the SUN. She spends 9 months each as the Morning/Evening star, with 1 month of dipping behind the SUN, which is where she is right now. For us here in the north she will resume her role as our Evening star sometime in late July. When that is for you will depend on latitude, and/or hills around your location that she may hide behind. You will know her instantly when you see her shining gloriously in the western sky around dusk.
I think of any planet's dance behind the SUN as a “recognizance mission.” They go dark to us, but they pick up all new information and codes from deep space while hiding from us. I think of this as new wisdom for the next cycle. VENUS as the Evening Star emanates more wisdom, maturity, and grace. It corresponds with the late Summer and Autumnal “harvest seasons.” The harvest of more of our full soul attributes can be aided by our spectacular, bright sister! So look eagerly for her return soon. SHE HAS GIFTS JUST FOR YOU. I would suggest going outside and meditating with her upon her return later this month.
I'd like to close this week with a general discussion on how you may use, and benefit from both the Inner planets and the Outer planets in an opportune way.
The inner planets and celestial bodies are the SUN, MOON, MERCURY, VENUS, and MARS.
The SUN is its own category. The next four mentioned, out to MARS, help us with our day to day lives on 3D Earth. They are constant guides with their faster orbits and ability to work with the SUN and reflect its guidance back to us.
JUPITER is everyone's good luck charm, unless poorly aspected to other planets. Even then solutions are available. SATURN is in a far distant orbit, but very much Earth oriented. Described as task master and thought of as our disciplinarian in the traditional sense, SATURN can often elicits groans. Those SATURN returns every 29 years can be a real ringer.(A “return” for any planet is when it has fully rotated its orbital path and is in the same position as on your birthday.)
I have used the term, favorite teacher as an alternative to taskmaster. I might also suggest favorite coach, mentor(albeit, a tough one.), or perhaps, lifestyle coach. This can give you a better flavor to the assistance offered. You naturally want to perform well for a favorite teacher or coach.
Now let's move on to the Outer planets. They have long orbits, so tend to influence entire generations and populations together. The reason being that many of us share the sign of an outer planet, since they stay in one sign for years. Therefore it is common and expected that they can create and/or influence paradigm shifts.
But there is an additional way to partner with them. They are in much closer proximity to deep space, along with PLUTO and the asteroids in the Kuiper Belt, beyond NEPTUNE. Our consideration now extends to the comets and asteroids in the Ort cloud out beyond Pluto.
They all send messages from your soul, galactic family, and the void. This information can help you create higher octaves from all the possibilities. What I mean specifically is that with our free will we can create the darkest, or lightest of scenarios. Each choice is illustrated in Astrology. The lightest, most loving and life sustaining option of each choice can be thought of as the “higher octave.”
Now, how I would suggest you personalize this is by studying your natal chart. What are the house placements of the outermost planets, asteroids, and dwarf planets? That would be Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto for the planets. The theme of those houses where these 3 planets reside on your birthday could be your siren call to make great strides in soul growth during this lifetime. You set this up for yourself with the help of your soul, guide teams, ancestors, and angels. The planets are also part of your team. Think of them as allies. The same holds true for the new emphasis on dwarf planets and asteroids. There is much wisdom in utilizing their help! This was custom designed to benefit you throughout your life. You carefully planned your birth circumstances and gave yourself this available glimpse into your contract.
May it help you find your Godspeed!
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