Pisces Monthly Horoscope
{Monthly Horoscopes 2023}
A horoscope guide to the month ahead for Pisces Sun and Pisces Ascendant.
July 2023 Horoscope: Predictions for Pisces
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Overview for this Month: Pisces (All)
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Pisces:
The month holds good energy for entertainment, recreation, and self-expression, dear Pisces. An intuitive, gentle approach to life seems to work wonders. New beginnings with creative projects or love matters can figure strongly. You might intuitively determine how to get a plan off the ground after the New Moon on the 17th. While love matters do pick up pace, Venus turning retrograde on the 22nd could introduce some slowdowns or complications.
The Full Moon on the 3rd brings your obligations to friends or groups to light. You could be so wrapped up in your personal life that you need to reach out to others and remind them that they matter. This lunation can awaken your feelings about someone or rekindle an interest in a project. You can feel inspired to do your best or pursue a dream with a friend's encouragement.
From the 10th forward, Mars is in your partnership sector. While this can pull up some needed confrontations with others, with Venus retrograde later in the month, there can be tact and decorum missing, leading to problems that may not resolve for some time. Be watchful of this tendency and protect what you prize most. Consider that a relationship or partner could reflect your own desire for action. There can be a lot of activity in the relationship department or in your social life.
Counseling, organizing, negotiating, and networking can be in focus. Turning to others for feedback or sharing the load can be beneficial. Through your interactions and conversations, you learn more about your next steps.
Your attention is frequently on creative projects, hobbies, pleasure, or romance in July. These areas of your life are in for a boost. You are magnetic and inspire confidence. The chance for new and exciting ways to express yourself can figure strongly. You can feel inspired to do more creating, romancing, enjoying, and entertaining.
But while your focus seems squarely on romance, pleasure, entertainment, and your personal life much of July, duties and routines take on more importance as the month advances. A full-on work and health theme emerges by the last week of the month. This doesn't come on suddenly–it's been creeping up on you all month! You'll be pouring more energy into your chores and self-care programs and giving these things more thought. Your willingness to put in the detailed work involved with moving towards a long-term or ambitious goal is admirable.
Nevertheless, Venus is retrograde from the 22nd forward in your work and health sector. Delays or waiting games revolving around your health, daily chores, or day job can emerge. These matters will clear up starting in early September and require your patience and understanding. Looking back to old jobs, projects, and even co-workers can be a tendency and may benefit you. Going over past errors or problems is likely on the job. If life feels tedious, or if daily chores, routines, and tasks weigh on you, it's a time to explore how to improve the pleasure factor in these areas.
There can be a focus on healing and processing regarding health. People can be a little standoffish in general, and stepping back is better than attempting to push or prod. You can feel a strong desire to produce but also a strong desire to pull back this month, and it's vital that you keep things moderate.
The Moon's North Node moves into your resources sector for a stay of a year and a half. During this cycle, some of the greatest joys and challenges come from learning about your values and self-worth. Personal income and valuables or possessions are in strong focus. You're learning to depend on yourself and establish your self-worth through your own efforts. Fortunately, the rewards for doing so are enormous.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Pisces (Born February 20 to March 1) and Pisces Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Pisces:
July 2023 Pisces 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 fifth house. This is a time when pleasure-seeking and creative activities come into focus and grab much of your attention. You are particularly personally charming in a spontaneous, natural way during this solar cycle. This is the time of year when you are ready to perform and to express yourself creatively.
This is a very playful cycle, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. It's a good time for recreation, romance, connecting with children, and enjoying and performing the arts. Your ego is tied up in your children, romantic relationships, and creative output now, so that you can be especially proud of these people and things. You can also be over-sensitive about these matters if you feel you are not getting enough appreciation.
From July 22nd forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar sixth house. During this cycle, you take more pride in the work you do and in your health routines than any other time of the year. You are sorting through the experiences of the last several months, separating the worthwhile from the worthless. This is a good time to build your skills, to get organized, and to attend to your health and wellbeing. It's a great time to make improvements to your regular routines. Your self-esteem and your ego are tied up in the work you do and in the services you give. Details are more important to you now.
It's time to bring order to your life by focusing on the little things that make up the whole. This cycle presents an opportunity to get rid of what doesn't work in your life, while also discovering what does. You could seek distinction and strive towards perfection in your work. Efficiency should be your goal now. Your physical health, as well as the relationship between your body and your mind, are in focus.
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.
This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs in your sixth house of work, health, and habits. In addition to the general cautions outlined above, the social aspect of relationships on the job may be strained for the time being. Do your best not to let people get to you.
The desire for warm relations on the job is strong, but the path to satisfaction hard to find. Schedule major beautification processes around this cycle if possible. There can be focus on healing and processing when it comes to health.
This retrograde cycle also affects the Venus-ruled sectors of your solar chart, which are your communications and intimacy sectors. You may be feeling unsupported emotionally and financially, and you may feel a little withdrawn when it comes to daily communications and light chit-chat.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until July 10th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fifth house. Increased communication with children, romantic partners, and people who share the same hobbies as you can occur now. Certainly, you are thinking about these people and about love and romance, child rearing, and/or creative pursuits more than usual. Mental exercises and competitions can be particularly enjoyable now. You express yourself with warmth and creativity, and you have an appreciative "audience" for your ideas now.
From July 11-28:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
From July 28th forward:
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.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 10th:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.
From the 10th forward:
Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Pisces:
The month holds good energy for entertainment, recreation, and self-expression, dear Pisces. An intuitive, gentle approach to life seems to work wonders. New beginnings with creative projects or love matters can figure strongly. You might intuitively determine how to get a plan off the ground after the New Moon on the 17th. While love matters do pick up pace, Venus turning retrograde on the 22nd could introduce some slowdowns or complications.
The Full Moon on the 3rd brings your obligations to friends or groups to light. You could be so wrapped up in your personal life that you need to reach out to others and remind them that they matter. This lunation can awaken your feelings about someone or rekindle an interest in a project. You can feel inspired to do your best or pursue a dream with a friend's encouragement.
From the 10th forward, Mars is in your partnership sector. While this can pull up some needed confrontations with others, with Venus retrograde later in the month, there can be tact and decorum missing, leading to problems that may not resolve for some time. Be watchful of this tendency and protect what you prize most. Consider that a relationship or partner could reflect your own desire for action. There can be a lot of activity in the relationship department or in your social life.
Counseling, organizing, negotiating, and networking can be in focus. Turning to others for feedback or sharing the load can be beneficial. Through your interactions and conversations, you learn more about your next steps.
Your attention is frequently on creative projects, hobbies, pleasure, or romance in July. These areas of your life are in for a boost. You are magnetic and inspire confidence. The chance for new and exciting ways to express yourself can figure strongly. You can feel inspired to do more creating, romancing, enjoying, and entertaining.
But while your focus seems squarely on romance, pleasure, entertainment, and your personal life much of July, duties and routines take on more importance as the month advances. A full-on work and health theme emerges by the last week of the month. This doesn't come on suddenly–it's been creeping up on you all month! You'll be pouring more energy into your chores and self-care programs and giving these things more thought. Your willingness to put in the detailed work involved with moving towards a long-term or ambitious goal is admirable.
Nevertheless, Venus is retrograde from the 22nd forward in your work and health sector. Delays or waiting games revolving around your health, daily chores, or day job can emerge. These matters will clear up starting in early September and require your patience and understanding. Looking back to old jobs, projects, and even co-workers can be a tendency and may benefit you. Going over past errors or problems is likely on the job. If life feels tedious, or if daily chores, routines, and tasks weigh on you, it's a time to explore how to improve the pleasure factor in these areas.
There can be a focus on healing and processing regarding health. People can be a little standoffish in general, and stepping back is better than attempting to push or prod. You can feel a strong desire to produce but also a strong desire to pull back this month, and it's vital that you keep things moderate.
The Moon's North Node moves into your resources sector for a stay of a year and a half. During this cycle, some of the greatest joys and challenges come from learning about your values and self-worth. Personal income and valuables or possessions are in strong focus. You're learning to depend on yourself and establish your self-worth through your own efforts. Fortunately, the rewards for doing so are enormous.
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See also Pisces 2023 Horoscope Preview.
See also detailed 2023 Pisces Yearly Horoscope.
Pisces (Born March 2 to March 11) and Pisces Ascendant 10 to 20 degrees Pisces:
July 2023 Pisces Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
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.
This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs in your sixth house of work, health, and habits. In addition to the general cautions outlined above, the social aspect of relationships on the job may be strained for the time being. Do your best not to let people get to you.
The desire for warm relations on the job is strong, but the path to satisfaction hard to find. Schedule major beautification processes around this cycle if possible. There can be focus on healing and processing when it comes to health.
This retrograde cycle also affects the Venus-ruled sectors of your solar chart, which are your communications and intimacy sectors. You may be feeling unsupported emotionally and financially, and you may feel a little withdrawn when it comes to daily communications and light chit-chat.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From July 1-16:
Mercury transits your solar fifth house. During this cycle, there is a powerful mental connection with your creative self-expression. You are proud of your ideas, and very good at expressing them to others smoothly now. Your thinking is more creative than usual. You tend to entertain others with your conversation; and your sense of humor (and of mischief!) is especially strong.
Your thoughts turn to children, pleasures, or romance during this expressive cycle. You might enjoy researching speculative ventures now. You especially enjoy games that involve competing with others on a mental level. You have a stronger need than usual for intellectual stimulation. Therefore, your friends and romantic partner are best appreciated now if they are intellectual types. You're more willing to take risks on a mental level now, so take advantage of the increased spontaneity and creativity that comes with this position.
From July 16th forward:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 26th:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.
From the 27th forward:
Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Pisces:
The month holds good energy for entertainment, recreation, and self-expression, dear Pisces. An intuitive, gentle approach to life seems to work wonders. New beginnings with creative projects or love matters can figure strongly. You might intuitively determine how to get a plan off the ground after the New Moon on the 17th. While love matters do pick up pace, Venus turning retrograde on the 22nd could introduce some slowdowns or complications.
The Full Moon on the 3rd brings your obligations to friends or groups to light. You could be so wrapped up in your personal life that you need to reach out to others and remind them that they matter. This lunation can awaken your feelings about someone or rekindle an interest in a project. You can feel inspired to do your best or pursue a dream with a friend's encouragement.
From the 10th forward, Mars is in your partnership sector. While this can pull up some needed confrontations with others, with Venus retrograde later in the month, there can be tact and decorum missing, leading to problems that may not resolve for some time. Be watchful of this tendency and protect what you prize most. Consider that a relationship or partner could reflect your own desire for action. There can be a lot of activity in the relationship department or in your social life.
Counseling, organizing, negotiating, and networking can be in focus. Turning to others for feedback or sharing the load can be beneficial. Through your interactions and conversations, you learn more about your next steps.
Your attention is frequently on creative projects, hobbies, pleasure, or romance in July. These areas of your life are in for a boost. You are magnetic and inspire confidence. The chance for new and exciting ways to express yourself can figure strongly. You can feel inspired to do more creating, romancing, enjoying, and entertaining.
But while your focus seems squarely on romance, pleasure, entertainment, and your personal life much of July, duties and routines take on more importance as the month advances. A full-on work and health theme emerges by the last week of the month. This doesn't come on suddenly–it's been creeping up on you all month! You'll be pouring more energy into your chores and self-care programs and giving these things more thought. Your willingness to put in the detailed work involved with moving towards a long-term or ambitious goal is admirable.
Nevertheless, Venus is retrograde from the 22nd forward in your work and health sector. Delays or waiting games revolving around your health, daily chores, or day job can emerge. These matters will clear up starting in early September and require your patience and understanding. Looking back to old jobs, projects, and even co-workers can be a tendency and may benefit you. Going over past errors or problems is likely on the job. If life feels tedious, or if daily chores, routines, and tasks weigh on you, it's a time to explore how to improve the pleasure factor in these areas.
There can be a focus on healing and processing regarding health. People can be a little standoffish in general, and stepping back is better than attempting to push or prod. You can feel a strong desire to produce but also a strong desire to pull back this month, and it's vital that you keep things moderate.
The Moon's North Node moves into your resources sector for a stay of a year and a half. During this cycle, some of the greatest joys and challenges come from learning about your values and self-worth. Personal income and valuables or possessions are in strong focus. You're learning to depend on yourself and establish your self-worth through your own efforts. Fortunately, the rewards for doing so are enormous.
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 Pisces 2023 Horoscope Preview.
See also detailed 2023 Pisces Yearly Horoscope.
Pisces (Born March 12 to 20)
AND Pisces Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Pisces:
July 2023 Pisces Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until July 12th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar fourth house. This is a period of recharge, of getting in touch with your innermost feelings, of connecting with your roots, and of spending more time and energy on home and family. Home and family matters capture your attention and are a strong source of pride now. It's a time when worldly matters are not as important to you.
Use this energy to find ways to improve your family relations and your home environment. During this heart-warming cycle, you would do best to allow yourself to explore your inner needs so that you can nurture yourself and others in a healthy, growth-oriented manner, in preparation for more outgoing times to come.
From July 12th forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
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.
This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs in your sixth house of work, health, and habits. In addition to the general cautions outlined above, the social aspect of relationships on the job may be strained for the time being. Do your best not to let people get to you.
The desire for warm relations on the job is strong, but the path to satisfaction hard to find. Schedule major beautification processes around this cycle if possible. There can be focus on healing and processing when it comes to health.
This retrograde cycle also affects the Venus-ruled sectors of your solar chart, which are your communications and intimacy sectors. You may be feeling unsupported emotionally and financially, and you may feel a little withdrawn when it comes to daily communications and light chit-chat.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until July 6th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fourth house. Your thoughts tend to revolve around personal matters, especially family, home, and domestic issues. You enjoy, more than usual, discussions and stories about the past and about family.
You are more rational and objective when it comes to your relationships with those close to you, so it is, in fact, a good time to open up discussions with family. There can be increased activities in and around the home during this cycle. You are not as interested in worldly matters and career as you are in your personal life for the time being.
From July 6-22:
Mercury transits your solar fifth house. During this cycle, there is a powerful mental connection with your creative self-expression. You are proud of your ideas, and very good at expressing them to others smoothly now. Your thinking is more creative than usual. You tend to entertain others with your conversation; and your sense of humor (and of mischief!) is especially strong.
Your thoughts turn to children, pleasures, or romance during this expressive cycle. You might enjoy researching speculative ventures now. You especially enjoy games that involve competing with others on a mental level. You have a stronger need than usual for intellectual stimulation. Therefore, your friends and romantic partner are best appreciated now if they are intellectual types. You're more willing to take risks on a mental level now, so take advantage of the increased spontaneity and creativity that comes with this position.
From July 22nd forward:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Pisces:
The month holds good energy for entertainment, recreation, and self-expression, dear Pisces. An intuitive, gentle approach to life seems to work wonders. New beginnings with creative projects or love matters can figure strongly. You might intuitively determine how to get a plan off the ground after the New Moon on the 17th. While love matters do pick up pace, Venus turning retrograde on the 22nd could introduce some slowdowns or complications.
The Full Moon on the 3rd brings your obligations to friends or groups to light. You could be so wrapped up in your personal life that you need to reach out to others and remind them that they matter. This lunation can awaken your feelings about someone or rekindle an interest in a project. You can feel inspired to do your best or pursue a dream with a friend's encouragement.
From the 10th forward, Mars is in your partnership sector. While this can pull up some needed confrontations with others, with Venus retrograde later in the month, there can be tact and decorum missing, leading to problems that may not resolve for some time. Be watchful of this tendency and protect what you prize most. Consider that a relationship or partner could reflect your own desire for action. There can be a lot of activity in the relationship department or in your social life.
Counseling, organizing, negotiating, and networking can be in focus. Turning to others for feedback or sharing the load can be beneficial. Through your interactions and conversations, you learn more about your next steps.
Your attention is frequently on creative projects, hobbies, pleasure, or romance in July. These areas of your life are in for a boost. You are magnetic and inspire confidence. The chance for new and exciting ways to express yourself can figure strongly. You can feel inspired to do more creating, romancing, enjoying, and entertaining.
But while your focus seems squarely on romance, pleasure, entertainment, and your personal life much of July, duties and routines take on more importance as the month advances. A full-on work and health theme emerges by the last week of the month. This doesn't come on suddenly–it's been creeping up on you all month! You'll be pouring more energy into your chores and self-care programs and giving these things more thought. Your willingness to put in the detailed work involved with moving towards a long-term or ambitious goal is admirable.
Nevertheless, Venus is retrograde from the 22nd forward in your work and health sector. Delays or waiting games revolving around your health, daily chores, or day job can emerge. These matters will clear up starting in early September and require your patience and understanding. Looking back to old jobs, projects, and even co-workers can be a tendency and may benefit you. Going over past errors or problems is likely on the job. If life feels tedious, or if daily chores, routines, and tasks weigh on you, it's a time to explore how to improve the pleasure factor in these areas.
There can be a focus on healing and processing regarding health. People can be a little standoffish in general, and stepping back is better than attempting to push or prod. You can feel a strong desire to produce but also a strong desire to pull back this month, and it's vital that you keep things moderate.
The Moon's North Node moves into your resources sector for a stay of a year and a half. During this cycle, some of the greatest joys and challenges come from learning about your values and self-worth. Personal income and valuables or possessions are in strong focus. You're learning to depend on yourself and establish your self-worth through your own efforts. Fortunately, the rewards for doing so are enormous.
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