July 22 2021

Thursday, JULY 22

Venus opposes Jupiter this morning, and the Sun heads toward a quincunx to the planet of plenty. Our feelings are strong but given to extremes. Over-inflated expectations and the tendency to overstate our affections or overvalue things can play with our happiness. Inner discontent and desire for more from life than daily routines can figure strongly. The desire to experience something new or more freedom to explore can express as restlessness if we don’t know what we want. This is a better time to make minor adjustments to help free ourselves up for different experiences than it is for big moves.

A Mars-Pluto quincunx complicates the morning’s energies, stimulating some edginess and tension. Feelings of anger or competitiveness can be challenging to manage, process, integrate, or understand, especially since they may be displaced or unresolved as they’ve built from other times.

The Sun enters Leo today, where it will transit until August 22nd. The Sun is proud, outgoing, and playful in its own sign. The Leo Sun is intensely individual, not content with merely being just one of the team. It’s time to shine, perform, and add a touch of color and drama to our lives. We want to enjoy ourselves and express ourselves. We are generous and grand in our gestures and attitudes. On the shadow side, we can also be self-centered and vain under this influence.

The Moon spends the day in Capricorn, helping to ground and moderate us.