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Enjoy another week with Venus and Jupiter forming the nicest of conjunctions in Leo. The quick Mercury leaps into Cancer this week, but first, he forms a semi-sextile aspect to the Venus-Jupiter conjunction during the first half of the week. Thought and communication connect with Venus’ ease and Jupiter’s abundance. With effort, the Mercury and Venus-Jupiter sextile aspect can work well in using thought and communication to connect to other individuals and groups, and facilitate growth and expansion through use of logic and the mind.
Cupido (Transneptunian) is a critical player in the transits this week. Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter aspect Cupido at various times of the week. Networking, looking sharp, showing charisma, and participating in varying forms of “togetherness” ranging from marriage and partnership, to broad kinship, has great potential this week.
Sun draws away from a trine to Neptune and forms a strong square to Uranus by the end of the week. This creates an interesting dichotomy: faith versus knowledge, with Sun in the Moon’s sign. Reconciling the two somehow (imaginative innovation, unique idealism) is powerful indeed. The Moon ends the week in the Taurus sign, her exaltation. Some of the outer titans, including Saturn, are influential this week, but the current feel of the transits at week’s end is relatively light, with Moon symbolizing a solid, fertile emotional base, and Venus-Jupiter at the end of Leo allowing creativity, romance, and expressive qualities to flow.
What might this week portend for you? Consider your Sun sign and rising sign/ascendant as well.
Aries
The “super assertive” theme for Aries Sun drifts away this week. A strong connection to Neptune’s inspiration, imagination, and creativity takes hold throughout the week. Aries has an additional connection to spirituality, through wisdom, insight, and true understanding of ideas. The heightened spirituality theme starts on July 8 and will last into the beginning of next week. You also have an outstanding opportunity to reach large groups of people (good for business interests, or personal endeavors) in an emotional way starting on July 8. Opportunities to show leadership, authority, and expertise are elevated from July 5 to July 8. Aries does not directly connect with the Venus-Jupiter energies this week, although you can certainly enjoy the nice feel of the two. More directly: building personal power, exerting influence, and using perspectives to move forward with your goals becomes a stronger theme as the week progresses. A feel this week of “getting out of it what you put into it”. Final thought for Aries: if a problem appears to be difficult or unsolvable, look at the big picture and theory behind it!
Taurus
“Controlled expansion” works well for Taurus Sun this week. This theme fits your Sun sign well: determination, effort, and persistence can pay off nicely, especially in the long run. A feeling of being bogged down this week, through duties and responding to authority, is fortunately balanced by a feeling of optimism and expansion. Countering feeling dragged down by inevitable responsibilities might be achieved by being spontaneous and using flashed of insight to solve problems. July 3 to July 6 is also a wonderful time frame for enjoying family, togetherness, and aligning your interests with those who share them. A certain unity and teamwork, at home or in career, is promising during the first half of the week. Also look forward to the Moon residing in your Sun’s sign at the end of the week, another opportunity to feel balanced internally and with other people. Final thought for Taurus: careful not to leap before you look this week – be sure to have enough information to proceed with confidence.
Gemini
Gemini Sun can enjoy the “ease meets abundance” theme basically throughout the week. (It’s strongest until July 7.) No doubt that this can also be a varied and productive week for you, very fitting for your Sun sign. Enjoying marriage, family, and kinship is a strong theme on July 4 and 5. Gathering information, making leaps in order to solve problems, and being spontaneous is in overdrive for Gemini from July 3 to 5. Several useful themes meld together on July 7 and 8. Steady and persistent use of force and power, in physical or mental activities, have interesting potential. Taking on multiple projects, increasing your status and recognition, and using your passion to generate success work splendidly with the “focused control” theme. A sense of restriction or overbearing authority starting around July 5 tends to wither away after July 7. Final thought for Gemini: in navigating various situations this week, consider if the best way to choose or resolve something would be through a “happy medium”.
Cancer
The “faith versus knowledge” theme affects Cancer Sun directly this week. July 3 and 4 are geared more towards use of the mind, sudden realizations, and finding ways to tap Uranus’ awesome knowledge base. Also watch for fun and relaxation on one of the best potential days of the week for Cancer, July 4. (This is due to the activity in the transits, but will also ring true for Cancers in the U.S. for a different reason!) July 5 marks a shift to a more intense time of the week for you. The feel in the transits quickly shifts to the amorphous, sacrificing, spiritual influence of Neptune. You have an opportunity to imagine and use creativity to your benefit from July 5 to 7. As the week winds down, a theme of “energetic thought” takes hold for you. The last day of the week, July 9, has your Sun’s ruler, the Moon, in exaltation…an opportunity to reflect and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Final thought for Cancer: being “caught up” in activities with friends who have similar interests is a strong influence for Cancer this week.
Leo
Although Venus and Jupiter have a strong position in the transits, this week has a more serious (and potentially productive) feel for Leo Sun. This week is about developing and using power for Leo. How might you change and transform yourself, other people, and your environment in order to prosper? The most intense day of this intense week for you is July 6. Watch for sharp perspectives and deep interactions this week, especially around July 6. Also, July 6 to 8 has nice potential for productive efforts. Setting goals and taking steps to meet them, acting with a sense of urgency, using organization and leadership, and focusing energy on specific tasks has potential to make this a very productive week. Also of interest, the first half of the week has a “faith” influence, and the second half of the week, more of a “knowledge” influence. Melding creativity and innovation augments the power theme nicely for Leo at the middle of the week. Overall decent chances for a prosperous week, if you are willing to push forward with grit and determination. Final thought for Leo: Considering whether a project or task is worth the effort can pay off this week.
Virgo
Working with a partner or as part of a team can be a source of expansion for Virgo Sun at the beginning of the week. July 3 to 5 also has a sense of spontaneity, and using technology and looking at the “big picture” to solve problems that might generate better than average results in the first half of the week. Any type of auditing or oversight function can feel like a lot of work, but can also provide substantial benefits, this week. July 4 to 7 is good for career endeavors and working with internal and external authority. Watch for opportunities to use steady, controlled efforts to gain recognition and multiply your efforts around July 7. Mercury, your Sun’s ruler, changing signs on July 8 brings a different feel for you at the end of the week. Watch for using thought in more of a forward-looking, intuitive manner as opposed to an information-gathering, purely cognitive use of the mind before July 8. Also enjoy the Cupido “family and togetherness” theme on July 4 and 5. Final thought for Virgo: When faced with difficulties, consider how “creative problem solving” might resolve the issue.
Libra
Close relationships, with family, friends, and even in general groups and associations, it’s difficult to think of a week more attuned to Libra Sun. Enjoy and relish all types of relationships this week. At times, activities or gatherings might feel a bit too structured. If you are feeling this type of vibe, how can being spontaneous lighten things up? Mercury moving into Cancer might feel like a jolt for Libra, but the opportunity to gather information, network, and using socializing to exercise your mind and connect with other people still flows better than average through July 7. Stretching your intellectual limits works best from July 3 to 5, and still has greater than average potential until July 8. The balancing theme in the transits for Libra repeats in so many ways this week. Watch for chances, for example, to connect emotionally with other people from July 7 to 9. Final thought for Libra: learning something new might serve as a welcome diversion this week.
Scorpio
This week is about expressing your core self. The intensity, power, and transformative nature of Scorpio Sun can shine brightly this week. As the week progresses, Scorpio also has an increased opportunity to express ambition, will, and drive, which augments the ‘core self’ theme in a fantastic way. Setting goals and accomplishing them, which ultimately is an expression of power, fits the attributes of your determined, magnetic, and renewing Scorpio nature. Despite some heavy structure affecting you right now, with Saturn back in your Sun’s sign, generally speaking, the more serious side of this week also has a lighter side with Venus and Jupiter shining bright in Leo. Moon ending the week in Taurus, opposite your Sun’s sign, gives the sense of completion or balance for you, making the end of the week an opportune time to evaluate how you handled the opportunities and challenges of the rest of the week. Final thought for Scorpio: can you hone control of your potential to reach new heights this week?
Sagittarius
Sagittarius Sun has a prominent relationships theme this week. While a caveat must be stated, that this can include friend as well as foe, the overall feel for Sagittarius is still an ample amount of “ease and abundance” in relationships. Brainstorming, being spontaneous, and sharing ideas is a nice added benefit to relationships for Sagittarius. Ups and downs might also be experienced this week, involved with relationships and other areas of life. However, this theme has a general feel of “landing on your feet”. Watch for opportunities to use information, logic, and communication to accomplish goals during the first half of the week. Saturn’s restrictions might also appear at various times during the week, but consider how responding to authority and doing difficult work might help manifest the “controlled expansion” theme this week for you, particularly in the context of using teamwork and cooperation. The ‘togetherness’ theme enters the picture at the end of the week for Sagittarius. Socializing, dressing for success, unity through togetherness in marriage, family, and association with groups of people is an uplifting theme that begins at the end of the week and will continue into the next. Final thought for Sagittarius: how might seeing both sides of an issue help you resolve conflict this week?
Capricorn
The Venus-Jupiter influence (“optimistic collaboration”, “cooperative expansion”) is very direct for Capricorn Sun this week and becomes stronger as the week progresses. Heightened benefits derived from networking, socializing, using and processing information, and step-by-step problem solving is a subtle but useful theme for you from July 4 to July 8. Wandering from convention occasionally might also yield productive results this week. Perhaps the most useful theme for you this week is “power and might” – determination, and even compulsion, to implement change and develop your personal power, is obviously quite useful for career endeavors and in other areas of life. Close relationships require ample work this week, but can also be a heightened source of learning and growth. Final thought for Capricorn: no additional information for Capricorn this week.
Aquarius
The week starts well for Aquarius Sun. You may find that it’s easier than average to connect emotionally with other people at the beginning of the week. Socializing and networking also has decent potential for your airy Sun. This week is the last chance for a while to use the attributes of Mercury in his home sign Gemini. The effect is strongest for Aquarius from July 3 to 5. The most potent theme this week for you is the ‘ease and abundance’ manifestation of Venus conjunct Jupiter. Some tension is present this week, with a theme of developing your identity through building up and expressing your power base. Venus-Jupiter offsets this intense theme somewhat, and working with the “growth via relationships” theme undoubtedly can provide insights about how to develop and use your sense of perspectives in order to transform yourself and deal with change. However, Aquarius Sun’s ruling planet, Uranus, is all about revolution! Finding ways to innovate and intuit ways to deal with change is a challenge that is not outside of the familiar for you. Overall, the uplifting feel of the week works well for Aquarius, with its share of meaningful challenges. Final thought for Aquarius: if you’re stuck this week, look for a caring person to show you the way forward.
Pisces
Pisces Sun has an opportunity to express your core self, be ambitious, and go after what you want in life this week, with a background of Venus-Jupiter encouraging uplifting interactions. This theme works well for business and career interests, particularly after July 7. Having premonitions and visions, typically considered the domain of Pisces, also becomes a very strong theme after July 7. This week is particularly suited for career for Pisces. A continuing, lasting theme this week is one of showing leadership, authority through what you know, working effectively in structured environments, and dealing with people “high on the ladder”. This theme is rather interesting for Pisces, as it tends to work against some of your better attributes in some ways. However, when the conflict between this “structure” type theme is dealt with, an amazing amount of creativity and inspiration can be unleashed. What is your craft and calling? This is the time to consider how to take it to new heights, whether you’re an artist or an organization person. Final thought for Pisces: considering the specialization theme this week, digging deep might uncover very arcane knowledge that you can use in your area of expertise.
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