Capricorn Monthly Horoscope
{Monthly Horoscopes 2023}
A horoscope guide to the month ahead for Capricorn Sun and Capricorn Ascendant.
July 2023 Horoscope: Predictions for Capricorn
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Overview for this Month: Capricorn (All)
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
Relationships, negotiations, feedback, and balance are strong themes this month, dear Capricorn. A major focus can be a close partnership or friendship, as you're inclined to develop a one-to-one connection more than you are to branch out and spread your energy around socially. Someone's confidence in you can help give you a boost. Or, this can be a time for attracting a reliable, competent, and loyal person into your life.
The Full Moon on the 3rd occurs in your sign and can bring a sudden revelation. It puts your emotions on your sleeve and you in the spotlight – you are in demand! You can awaken to strong feelings that you haven't yet acknowledged. Even with a relationship-focused cycle in force, you're connecting with your needs for independence, a voice, or personal time.
The New Moon on the 17th points to a fresh start in relationships, but some reflection is in order before outward progress is realized with the retrograde of Venus from the 22nd. Be careful not to hook yourself to something unless your heart is truly into it, considering that with this retrograde turn, learning what you want becomes a real process!
While it's not a time to sweep matters under the carpet, some care should be taken with all love matters this month, particularly those surrounding shared finances and intimacy. It's a good month for redesigning your budget, but it's not ideal for making big purchases. You could quickly regret your purchases or relationship commitments later, so take the time to think about things before you leap forward.
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd, and there's a need to review your connections, finances (especially joint or shared), career pursuits, and romantic life. This retrograde period can pull up some questioning of the pleasure factor in your intimate life. It's a time to discover what you truly want and need, and there can be some unrest until you see the light. This can happen in your financial life, in a close relationship, or with passion projects and absorbing activities.
With current transits, the cooperation of others helps you achieve your goals. Love requires work and understanding this month, and adapting to changing situations is the primary key to success right now.
Fortunately, Mars moves in harmony with your sign from the 10th forward, helping you to get through the month more smoothly than many signs. This transit also stirs your need to break out of a rut or a routine. It's a good time for out-of-the-ordinary activities or mini-getaways. Your usually keen attention to detail is somewhat lacking during this cycle, not due to inability but because of emotional orientation.
On the 20-21, you might be tied down by mundane activities, correcting errors, errands, chores, and other responsibilities you hadn't anticipated or put out of your mind. If you've been neglecting problem areas, they may demand your attention. Buried emotions and possibly old regrets or hurts can emerge, or you could feel that you're shouldering far too much, which can strain your relationships or interactions. While obstacles seem to break the momentum, the workarounds that result can draw your attention to areas that need correcting. Try not to stress over differences of opinion or roadblocks.
Relationships can be especially fascinating, dramatic, or intimate towards the end of July. Or, the desire to specialize and pour special attention into one particular connection or project drives you. Better relationships can be a powerful motivator for self-improvement.
Mercury transits your intimacy sector from the 11th to the 28th and the Sun from the 22nd forward. As such, your energies intensify and your interest in the hidden elements of your life grows. You pick up more from your environment than usual, seeing motives, subtleties, and power dynamics more clearly. It's harder to break your concentration as you are far less sensitive to potential distractions. With this focus, you can move mountains.
It can also be a good time for figuring out something about yourself – a buried desire or motivation, for example. You might uncover something missing, lost, or hidden. The North Node's move into your home and family sector for an eighteen-month stay reinforces this theme: you're finding more reward from going within and connecting with loved ones.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Capricorn (Born December 22 to December 31) and Capricorn Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Capricorn:
July 2023 Capricorn Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until July 22nd:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar seventh house--your partnership sector. This can be a time of much learning through the mirror of close relationships. It's not the time to push your agenda or personal plans forward; rather, it's a cycle in which you are at your best when you recognize the need to form alliances, to give back to a special someone, and to compromise in order to find some balance in your life.
It's a strong period for putting yourself into another person's shoes and to better understand him/her. You may be meeting with someone strong and assertive by nature now, or a partner is more assertive and needy of attention. There may be some competitive feelings between you and a significant other now. Focus is on reconciliation, forming or cementing bonds, diplomacy, consultation, one-on-one interactions, and negotiations. You may feel a little drained physically now, temporarily.
From July 22nd forward:
The Sun energizes your sector of transformation, change, sexuality, personal growth, regeneration, others' money and resources, addictions, and taxes. As a result, this is not the most gregarious of months for you. You take a step back, focus on intimacy with a partner, or simply retreat a little from the hectic pace of life. This is an excellent time to create a budget or financial plan, or to rid yourself of bad habits that undermine your sense of personal power and self-mastery.
All that is deeply personal comes into focus now. Intimate matters are especially important to you during this cycle. Just how well you are handling your life comes up for inspection. Your self-mastery skills and psychological predisposition matter to you more than usual. This is the time of year when you are most desirous of change on a deep level. Clearing out psychic "junk" or ridding yourself of bad habits may be part of the picture now. You are more willing than usual to explore life's secrets.
This cycle brings greater in-depth understanding and an inclination to delve beneath the surface of matters to get to the bottom of them. Research uncovers new material that allows you to develop a better overall picture of the year's events. This is an especially introspective cycle during which you have the chance to truly uncover your personal strengths and talents. On a more practical level, you may be dealing with joint finances and shared resources now more than usual.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd:
Venus retrograde in general: As the planet of love and values, Venus retrograde periods are periods during which we re-assess what--and who--we value. It is a period that most astrologers consider inopportune for getting married or starting a new relationship. Major financial undertakings are not advised during this period as well.
Venus retrograde cycles are good times for creating budgets and financial plans, and for re-thinking our personal relationships. Old friends and lovers may re-appear, perhaps complicating current relationships. We are called upon to deal with relationship issues from the past. Events occur that seem fated or predestined.
It can be a real challenge getting close to a lover during this period of time. Unorthodox, experimental, and non-intimate relationships may be favored. Relationships that have been especially challenging may come to an end during this cycle.
However, strong relationships will survive it, even if there are a few bumps and bruises along the way. For singles, this is a good time for "eyes wide open" or experimental dating. It is not a time when people recognize the need for another person to complete them, or some people may be questioning whether they are with partners who actually fulfill them. This period is good for re-evaluating our relationship needs; but, again, major love decisions are best saved for after the cycle ends.
For the most part, this Venus Retrograde cycle occurs in your solar eighth house of intimacy, shared resources, and personal transformation. Hold onto your money, work on a budget, and avoid arguments with loved ones that revolve around intimacy and sexuality. A disagreement over joint finances can also get you into hot water. Hold back. What you say now can have annoying ramifications.
You may find it hard to feel supported by others, and your intimate life may seem superficial or even strained. You might use this time to review past purchases or to handle financial matters such as taxes that you have put off (or it may be necessary to do so). It can be a strong time for finding a good buy. It's a fine time for review and reassessment.
Venus-ruled areas of your chart are also affected--career, as well as relationships with lovers and children.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until July 10th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar seventh house. You can be especially aware of your "audience" in your communications now, which tend to be diplomatic and respectful during this cycle. You may be encountering an especially chatty or communicative partner, or meeting youthful, talkative people.
At this time, you love to hear others' opinions and perspectives, and it's an excellent time to do so. Others can spur on your own thinking and decision making processes now, simply by offering another perspective. You are thinking a lot about others, a partner, and relating in general, and in some cases perhaps worrying over these things.
From July 11-28:
Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.
Research is also highly favored. It's easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.
From July 28th forward:
Mercury transits your solar ninth house. Not content to focus on mundane, practical affairs just now, your mind turns to bigger visions, thoughts, and ideals. You are open to expanding your knowledge base during this cycle, and communications from or with someone far away may be part of the picture.
You are putting everything into perspective now, rather than compartmentalizing. Instead of simply shooting the breeze, you are more inclined to discuss broader philosophies now. Your inclination during this cycle is to think about the "big picture" rather than the mundane circumstances and details of your life. Missing appointments and other forms of forgetfulness could be part of the picture now.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 10th:
Mars continues to energize your solar eighth house. This is a less outwardly assertive or aggressive stage for you as you take the time to process recent events in your life and to develop strategies for going after what you want in the future. You are more observant than active during this cycle, and more strategic and deliberate when you do take action. There may be an increase in sexual appetite now. It's an excellent period for eliminating wasteful activities. Shared finances can come into focus, and you might feel an increased need to take charge of these matters. This could lead to disputes and disagreements if you are not careful or sensitive in your dealings with others.
From the 10th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar ninth house. During this period, you are especially enthusiastic and more bold than usual. Some restlessness and hunger for adventure is experienced now. Essentially, you are looking to expand your activities, and you may find that you have a lot of energy for higher studies, travel, or simply new subjects. Negative potentials include being excessively opinionated or getting easily fired up over differences in points of view, or legal fights.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
Relationships, negotiations, feedback, and balance are strong themes this month, dear Capricorn. A major focus can be a close partnership or friendship, as you're inclined to develop a one-to-one connection more than you are to branch out and spread your energy around socially. Someone's confidence in you can help give you a boost. Or, this can be a time for attracting a reliable, competent, and loyal person into your life.
The Full Moon on the 3rd occurs in your sign and can bring a sudden revelation. It puts your emotions on your sleeve and you in the spotlight – you are in demand! You can awaken to strong feelings that you haven't yet acknowledged. Even with a relationship-focused cycle in force, you're connecting with your needs for independence, a voice, or personal time.
The New Moon on the 17th points to a fresh start in relationships, but some reflection is in order before outward progress is realized with the retrograde of Venus from the 22nd. Be careful not to hook yourself to something unless your heart is truly into it, considering that with this retrograde turn, learning what you want becomes a real process!
While it's not a time to sweep matters under the carpet, some care should be taken with all love matters this month, particularly those surrounding shared finances and intimacy. It's a good month for redesigning your budget, but it's not ideal for making big purchases. You could quickly regret your purchases or relationship commitments later, so take the time to think about things before you leap forward.
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd, and there's a need to review your connections, finances (especially joint or shared), career pursuits, and romantic life. This retrograde period can pull up some questioning of the pleasure factor in your intimate life. It's a time to discover what you truly want and need, and there can be some unrest until you see the light. This can happen in your financial life, in a close relationship, or with passion projects and absorbing activities.
With current transits, the cooperation of others helps you achieve your goals. Love requires work and understanding this month, and adapting to changing situations is the primary key to success right now.
Fortunately, Mars moves in harmony with your sign from the 10th forward, helping you to get through the month more smoothly than many signs. This transit also stirs your need to break out of a rut or a routine. It's a good time for out-of-the-ordinary activities or mini-getaways. Your usually keen attention to detail is somewhat lacking during this cycle, not due to inability but because of emotional orientation.
On the 20-21, you might be tied down by mundane activities, correcting errors, errands, chores, and other responsibilities you hadn't anticipated or put out of your mind. If you've been neglecting problem areas, they may demand your attention. Buried emotions and possibly old regrets or hurts can emerge, or you could feel that you're shouldering far too much, which can strain your relationships or interactions. While obstacles seem to break the momentum, the workarounds that result can draw your attention to areas that need correcting. Try not to stress over differences of opinion or roadblocks.
Relationships can be especially fascinating, dramatic, or intimate towards the end of July. Or, the desire to specialize and pour special attention into one particular connection or project drives you. Better relationships can be a powerful motivator for self-improvement.
Mercury transits your intimacy sector from the 11th to the 28th and the Sun from the 22nd forward. As such, your energies intensify and your interest in the hidden elements of your life grows. You pick up more from your environment than usual, seeing motives, subtleties, and power dynamics more clearly. It's harder to break your concentration as you are far less sensitive to potential distractions. With this focus, you can move mountains.
It can also be a good time for figuring out something about yourself – a buried desire or motivation, for example. You might uncover something missing, lost, or hidden. The North Node's move into your home and family sector for an eighteen-month stay reinforces this theme: you're finding more reward from going within and connecting with loved ones.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also 2023 Capricorn Preview Horoscope and 2023 Capricorn Yearly Horoscope.
Capricorn (Born January 1 to 10) and Capricorn Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Capricorn:
July 2023 Capricorn Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun illuminates your seventh house. At this time of year, you have a greater need than usual to be with a partner. Bouncing ideas off someone helps you to better understand yourself. A partner provides a mirror for your own self-discovery. Now is the time to realize your own potential through a significant other. During this cycle, you focus on balancing your personal interests and objectives with your social life, or with those of a partner. The emphasis is on "us" rather than "me".
You need the energies, companionship, and support of other people, and they may also seek out your support and companionship. It's important to include others rather than to go solo for the time being. However, bending too much to the will of another is not advised either. Social interactions of a personal, one-on-one kind are emphasized. Circumstances are such that your diplomacy skills are required. Your popularity is increasing, and is reinforced by your own ability to cooperate and harmonize. Your ego and pride are tied up in how you relate to others now. This may be an especially busy time for people who consult or work with clients one-on-one.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd:
Venus retrograde in general: As the planet of love and values, Venus retrograde periods are periods during which we re-assess what--and who--we value. It is a period that most astrologers consider inopportune for getting married or starting a new relationship. Major financial undertakings are not advised during this period as well.
Venus retrograde cycles are good times for creating budgets and financial plans, and for re-thinking our personal relationships. Old friends and lovers may re-appear, perhaps complicating current relationships. We are called upon to deal with relationship issues from the past. Events occur that seem fated or predestined.
It can be a real challenge getting close to a lover during this period of time. Unorthodox, experimental, and non-intimate relationships may be favored. Relationships that have been especially challenging may come to an end during this cycle.
However, strong relationships will survive it, even if there are a few bumps and bruises along the way. For singles, this is a good time for "eyes wide open" or experimental dating. It is not a time when people recognize the need for another person to complete them, or some people may be questioning whether they are with partners who actually fulfill them. This period is good for re-evaluating our relationship needs; but, again, major love decisions are best saved for after the cycle ends.
For the most part, this Venus Retrograde cycle occurs in your solar eighth house of intimacy, shared resources, and personal transformation. Hold onto your money, work on a budget, and avoid arguments with loved ones that revolve around intimacy and sexuality. A disagreement over joint finances can also get you into hot water. Hold back. What you say now can have annoying ramifications.
You may find it hard to feel supported by others, and your intimate life may seem superficial or even strained. You might use this time to review past purchases or to handle financial matters such as taxes that you have put off (or it may be necessary to do so). It can be a strong time for finding a good buy. It's a fine time for review and reassessment.
Venus-ruled areas of your chart are also affected--career, as well as relationships with lovers and children.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From July 1-16:
Mercury transits your solar seventh house. You tend to weigh the pros and cons of every issue during this cycle, taking into account others' needs as well as your own. Some indecisiveness is possible now, simply because you naturally entertain opposing viewpoints. You have a strong desire to cooperate and communicate with others now. You feel most comfortable spending time with people on a one-to-one level, or with those with whom you share a personal history.
Interestingly, your own thoughts become clearer through dialogue with others during this window. You may be doing public relations work, counseling, negotiating, or arbitration during this cycle. There is a lot of emphasis on communications with partners and best friends at this time. You can use the power of words to advise others or to make peace with people in your life. You are more diplomatic than usual during this transit.
From July 16th forward:
Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.
Research is also highly favored. It's easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 26th:
Mars continues to energize your solar eighth house. This is a less outwardly assertive or aggressive stage for you as you take the time to process recent events in your life and to develop strategies for going after what you want in the future. You are more observant than active during this cycle, and more strategic and deliberate when you do take action. There may be an increase in sexual appetite now. It's an excellent period for eliminating wasteful activities. Shared finances can come into focus, and you might feel an increased need to take charge of these matters. This could lead to disputes and disagreements if you are not careful or sensitive in your dealings with others.
From the 27th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar ninth house. During this period, you are especially enthusiastic and more bold than usual. Some restlessness and hunger for adventure is experienced now. Essentially, you are looking to expand your activities, and you may find that you have a lot of energy for higher studies, travel, or simply new subjects. Negative potentials include being excessively opinionated or getting easily fired up over differences in points of view, or legal fights.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
Relationships, negotiations, feedback, and balance are strong themes this month, dear Capricorn. A major focus can be a close partnership or friendship, as you're inclined to develop a one-to-one connection more than you are to branch out and spread your energy around socially. Someone's confidence in you can help give you a boost. Or, this can be a time for attracting a reliable, competent, and loyal person into your life.
The Full Moon on the 3rd occurs in your sign and can bring a sudden revelation. It puts your emotions on your sleeve and you in the spotlight – you are in demand! You can awaken to strong feelings that you haven't yet acknowledged. Even with a relationship-focused cycle in force, you're connecting with your needs for independence, a voice, or personal time.
The New Moon on the 17th points to a fresh start in relationships, but some reflection is in order before outward progress is realized with the retrograde of Venus from the 22nd. Be careful not to hook yourself to something unless your heart is truly into it, considering that with this retrograde turn, learning what you want becomes a real process!
While it's not a time to sweep matters under the carpet, some care should be taken with all love matters this month, particularly those surrounding shared finances and intimacy. It's a good month for redesigning your budget, but it's not ideal for making big purchases. You could quickly regret your purchases or relationship commitments later, so take the time to think about things before you leap forward.
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd, and there's a need to review your connections, finances (especially joint or shared), career pursuits, and romantic life. This retrograde period can pull up some questioning of the pleasure factor in your intimate life. It's a time to discover what you truly want and need, and there can be some unrest until you see the light. This can happen in your financial life, in a close relationship, or with passion projects and absorbing activities.
With current transits, the cooperation of others helps you achieve your goals. Love requires work and understanding this month, and adapting to changing situations is the primary key to success right now.
Fortunately, Mars moves in harmony with your sign from the 10th forward, helping you to get through the month more smoothly than many signs. This transit also stirs your need to break out of a rut or a routine. It's a good time for out-of-the-ordinary activities or mini-getaways. Your usually keen attention to detail is somewhat lacking during this cycle, not due to inability but because of emotional orientation.
On the 20-21, you might be tied down by mundane activities, correcting errors, errands, chores, and other responsibilities you hadn't anticipated or put out of your mind. If you've been neglecting problem areas, they may demand your attention. Buried emotions and possibly old regrets or hurts can emerge, or you could feel that you're shouldering far too much, which can strain your relationships or interactions. While obstacles seem to break the momentum, the workarounds that result can draw your attention to areas that need correcting. Try not to stress over differences of opinion or roadblocks.
Relationships can be especially fascinating, dramatic, or intimate towards the end of July. Or, the desire to specialize and pour special attention into one particular connection or project drives you. Better relationships can be a powerful motivator for self-improvement.
Mercury transits your intimacy sector from the 11th to the 28th and the Sun from the 22nd forward. As such, your energies intensify and your interest in the hidden elements of your life grows. You pick up more from your environment than usual, seeing motives, subtleties, and power dynamics more clearly. It's harder to break your concentration as you are far less sensitive to potential distractions. With this focus, you can move mountains.
It can also be a good time for figuring out something about yourself – a buried desire or motivation, for example. You might uncover something missing, lost, or hidden. The North Node's move into your home and family sector for an eighteen-month stay reinforces this theme: you're finding more reward from going within and connecting with loved ones.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also 2023 Capricorn Preview Horoscope and the full 2023 Yearly Capricorn Horoscope.
Capricorn (Born January 11 to 20) and Capricorn Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Capricorn:
July 2023 Capricorn Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until July 12th:
The Sun continues to spotlight your solar sixth house. This is a busy period that finds you tending to many different details of your daily existence--your work, various projects, organization around the home and office, your daily routines, and health matters. Your ego may be especially tied up in the work you do, so that you are proud and more creative than usual in your job. You may be in the position to take charge in your work, or to take charge of your health and diet. Sometimes this cycle relates to increased activities involving pets. You seek to perfect your skills or methods now, and you focus on the parts that make up the whole now in order to improve your daily life. As a result, you can be more critical than usual, but this process is necessary for you to sort out what works for you and what doesn't.
From July 12th forward:
The Sun illuminates your seventh house. At this time of year, you have a greater need than usual to be with a partner. Bouncing ideas off someone helps you to better understand yourself. A partner provides a mirror for your own self-discovery. Now is the time to realize your own potential through a significant other. During this cycle, you focus on balancing your personal interests and objectives with your social life, or with those of a partner. The emphasis is on "us" rather than "me".
You need the energies, companionship, and support of other people, and they may also seek out your support and companionship. It's important to include others rather than to go solo for the time being. However, bending too much to the will of another is not advised either. Social interactions of a personal, one-on-one kind are emphasized. Circumstances are such that your diplomacy skills are required. Your popularity is increasing, and is reinforced by your own ability to cooperate and harmonize. Your ego and pride are tied up in how you relate to others now. This may be an especially busy time for people who consult or work with clients one-on-one.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd:
Venus retrograde in general: As the planet of love and values, Venus retrograde periods are periods during which we re-assess what--and who--we value. It is a period that most astrologers consider inopportune for getting married or starting a new relationship. Major financial undertakings are not advised during this period as well.
Venus retrograde cycles are good times for creating budgets and financial plans, and for re-thinking our personal relationships. Old friends and lovers may re-appear, perhaps complicating current relationships. We are called upon to deal with relationship issues from the past. Events occur that seem fated or predestined.
It can be a real challenge getting close to a lover during this period of time. Unorthodox, experimental, and non-intimate relationships may be favored. Relationships that have been especially challenging may come to an end during this cycle.
However, strong relationships will survive it, even if there are a few bumps and bruises along the way. For singles, this is a good time for "eyes wide open" or experimental dating. It is not a time when people recognize the need for another person to complete them, or some people may be questioning whether they are with partners who actually fulfill them. This period is good for re-evaluating our relationship needs; but, again, major love decisions are best saved for after the cycle ends.
For the most part, this Venus Retrograde cycle occurs in your solar eighth house of intimacy, shared resources, and personal transformation. Hold onto your money, work on a budget, and avoid arguments with loved ones that revolve around intimacy and sexuality. A disagreement over joint finances can also get you into hot water. Hold back. What you say now can have annoying ramifications.
You may find it hard to feel supported by others, and your intimate life may seem superficial or even strained. You might use this time to review past purchases or to handle financial matters such as taxes that you have put off (or it may be necessary to do so). It can be a strong time for finding a good buy. It's a fine time for review and reassessment.
Venus-ruled areas of your chart are also affected--career, as well as relationships with lovers and children.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until July 6th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar sixth house. This is an excellent cycle for improving your skills, objectively identifying your weaknesses so that you can work on them, and for finding flaws in your work methods or approach to daily activities so that you can make necessary changes.
You might be especially focused on list-making and to-do lists, as well as organizing things around you. The need to communicate about your work, health, and other daily affairs, or with co-workers, is especially strong now. Negative expression of this position is worrying about sixth house matters (work, health, pets, and so forth) rather than finding ways to improve these things.
From July 6-22:
Mercury transits your solar seventh house. You tend to weigh the pros and cons of every issue during this cycle, taking into account others' needs as well as your own. Some indecisiveness is possible now, simply because you naturally entertain opposing viewpoints. You have a strong desire to cooperate and communicate with others now. You feel most comfortable spending time with people on a one-to-one level, or with those with whom you share a personal history.
Interestingly, your own thoughts become clearer through dialogue with others during this window. You may be doing public relations work, counseling, negotiating, or arbitration during this cycle. There is a lot of emphasis on communications with partners and best friends at this time. You can use the power of words to advise others or to make peace with people in your life. You are more diplomatic than usual during this transit.
From July 22nd forward:
Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.
Research is also highly favored. It's easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to energize your solar eighth house. This is a less outwardly assertive or aggressive stage for you as you take the time to process recent events in your life and to develop strategies for going after what you want in the future. You are more observant than active during this cycle, and more strategic and deliberate when you do take action. There may be an increase in sexual appetite now. It's an excellent period for eliminating wasteful activities. Shared finances can come into focus, and you might feel an increased need to take charge of these matters. This could lead to disputes and disagreements if you are not careful or sensitive in your dealings with others.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
Relationships, negotiations, feedback, and balance are strong themes this month, dear Capricorn. A major focus can be a close partnership or friendship, as you're inclined to develop a one-to-one connection more than you are to branch out and spread your energy around socially. Someone's confidence in you can help give you a boost. Or, this can be a time for attracting a reliable, competent, and loyal person into your life.
The Full Moon on the 3rd occurs in your sign and can bring a sudden revelation. It puts your emotions on your sleeve and you in the spotlight – you are in demand! You can awaken to strong feelings that you haven't yet acknowledged. Even with a relationship-focused cycle in force, you're connecting with your needs for independence, a voice, or personal time.
The New Moon on the 17th points to a fresh start in relationships, but some reflection is in order before outward progress is realized with the retrograde of Venus from the 22nd. Be careful not to hook yourself to something unless your heart is truly into it, considering that with this retrograde turn, learning what you want becomes a real process!
While it's not a time to sweep matters under the carpet, some care should be taken with all love matters this month, particularly those surrounding shared finances and intimacy. It's a good month for redesigning your budget, but it's not ideal for making big purchases. You could quickly regret your purchases or relationship commitments later, so take the time to think about things before you leap forward.
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd, and there's a need to review your connections, finances (especially joint or shared), career pursuits, and romantic life. This retrograde period can pull up some questioning of the pleasure factor in your intimate life. It's a time to discover what you truly want and need, and there can be some unrest until you see the light. This can happen in your financial life, in a close relationship, or with passion projects and absorbing activities.
With current transits, the cooperation of others helps you achieve your goals. Love requires work and understanding this month, and adapting to changing situations is the primary key to success right now.
Fortunately, Mars moves in harmony with your sign from the 10th forward, helping you to get through the month more smoothly than many signs. This transit also stirs your need to break out of a rut or a routine. It's a good time for out-of-the-ordinary activities or mini-getaways. Your usually keen attention to detail is somewhat lacking during this cycle, not due to inability but because of emotional orientation.
On the 20-21, you might be tied down by mundane activities, correcting errors, errands, chores, and other responsibilities you hadn't anticipated or put out of your mind. If you've been neglecting problem areas, they may demand your attention. Buried emotions and possibly old regrets or hurts can emerge, or you could feel that you're shouldering far too much, which can strain your relationships or interactions. While obstacles seem to break the momentum, the workarounds that result can draw your attention to areas that need correcting. Try not to stress over differences of opinion or roadblocks.
Relationships can be especially fascinating, dramatic, or intimate towards the end of July. Or, the desire to specialize and pour special attention into one particular connection or project drives you. Better relationships can be a powerful motivator for self-improvement.
Mercury transits your intimacy sector from the 11th to the 28th and the Sun from the 22nd forward. As such, your energies intensify and your interest in the hidden elements of your life grows. You pick up more from your environment than usual, seeing motives, subtleties, and power dynamics more clearly. It's harder to break your concentration as you are far less sensitive to potential distractions. With this focus, you can move mountains.
It can also be a good time for figuring out something about yourself – a buried desire or motivation, for example. You might uncover something missing, lost, or hidden. The North Node's move into your home and family sector for an eighteen-month stay reinforces this theme: you're finding more reward from going within and connecting with loved ones.
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For example, the Sun might transit the second house of your solar chart from June 21 to July 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both June and July’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. While new months can hold new energy, transits don’t abruptly change because the calendar month changes.
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