This Month in Astrology
The following are astrological synopses of the month, updated in the fourth week of the previous month, including the month’s highlights, horoscope overviews, monthly aspects timeline, and Void of Course Moon monthly tables.
This Month in Astrology – July 2024
July 2024
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This Month’s Highlights
Inner Planets
Horoscopes for the Month
Void of Course Dates this Month
On July 1st, Jupiter forms a semi-square Chiron. This aspect only perfects once instead of the more common three times of a longer-term influence. With this transit, we crave meaning and understanding, but aligning ourselves with a personal philosophy or belief system that truly reflects our core can be challenging. Beliefs and ideas can lead us astray, or we might experience some form of crisis of faith.
It is essential to look within and come to a greater understanding of what we truly need or believe, rather than following something that doesn’t truly serve our purpose. New endeavors may require a closer look before pushing forward. As much as we want to improve and advance, it’s best to avoid pushing this process, which can be tempting right now.
On July 2nd, Neptune turns retrograde, and this shift casts a veil over our practical affairs. There can be a temporary loss of inspiration as we realign our dreams and wishes with what’s inside us. The retrograde cycle itself, which lasts until December 7th this year, suggests a period of taking in, receptiveness, and some indecisiveness. It can be a period of feeling in limbo, but it might also be a time of great inner discovery.
On July 5th, a New Moon occurs in the sign of Cancer, prompting a new beginning, particularly with our personal lives, home, and family. This is a time for feeding our foundation — all of that which we call home, including the foundation we’ve built inside ourselves, needs to be tended to and honored. It’s a time to recognize the importance of our family and our personal circle of friends and the security, sense of belonging, and safety we derive from them.
On July 9th, Jupiter forms a sextile with the North Node, pointing to a willingness to grow, learn, improve, develop, and move past our fears. We are ready to embrace new methods and attitudes, leaving behind those no longer serving our growth. Jupiter encourages us to embrace our visions, and its sextile to the North Node helps us balance our vision with our intuition. Our conscience is well-developed, and we want to help others. We’re more inclined than usual to believe in the power of the group.
This transit amplifies our desire to connect with those who can contribute to our personal growth and improvement. We may form relationships with individuals who broaden our horizons, expand our worldview, or deepen our personal philosophy. This is a time when we seek more meaning in life, and it’s conducive to activities such as publishing, community involvement, teaching, guiding, and learning. We are likely to believe that enhancing our independence and self-confidence will improve our communications and strengthen our bonds with others–and vice versa. The harmony of shared ideas and ideals can be particularly powerful during this time.
On July 21st, a Full Moon occurs in the sign of Capricorn. Note that a Full Moon occurred in Capricorn last month on the same date! This time around, it happens in the last degree of the sign, suggesting final decisions on a matter or culminations. This lunation reminds us once again that we can’t ignore our commitments to the outside world. We need to take care of our responsibilities, attend to business, act maturely, and take charge. Solid, practical, and doable ideas are associated with the realizations and epiphanies occurring now.
This lunation, as the second one in the Capricorn sign, feels more urgent, but it also rounds out our feelings with further matter to consider compared to last month’s Full Moon in the sign, when we were fresh and still a little naive. We can experience powerful, well-formed realizations, perhaps with the final word or decisive revelations on a matter. This lunation connects with Pluto and engages harmoniously with Neptune, Mars, and Uranus, suggesting we have the support, determination, and resources to realize our dreams. It’s a fruitful and ambitious period.
On July 26th, Chiron turns retrograde, and will remain retrograde until December 29th. This cycle is good for introspection and reassessing the mental and physical health programs in our lives. We tend to look within for healing with Chiron retrograde.
Date | Time (ET) | Event | Position |
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Jul 1 | 12:13 AM | Jupiter semi-square Chiron | Jup 8 Gem 15' semi-square Chi 23 Ari 15' |
Jul 2 | 6:40 AM | Neptune Retrograde | Nep 29 Pis 56'Rx |
Jul 2 | 8:50 AM | Mercury enters Leo | Mer 0 Leo 00' |
Jul 5 | 3:45 AM | Uranus semi-square True Node | Ura 25 Tau 55' semi-square Nod 10 Ari 55' |
Jul 5 | 6:57 PM | New Moon in Cancer | 14 Can 23' |
Jul 9 | 6:03 PM | Jupiter sextile True Node | Jup 10 Gem 07' sextile Nod 10 Ari 07' |
Jul 9 | 10:47 PM | Pallas Direct | Pal 19 Sco 46'D |
Jul 11 | 12:19 PM | Venus enters Leo | Ven 0 Leo 00' |
Jul 13 | 6:49 PM | First Quarter Moon | 22 Lib 01' |
Jul 18 | 8:57 AM | Jupiter quintile Neptune | Jup 11 Gem 52' quintile Nep 29 Pis 52'Rx |
Jul 20 | 4:43 PM | Mars enters Gemini | Mar 0 Gem 00' |
Jul 21 | 6:17 AM | Full Moon in Capricorn | 29 Cap 09' |
Jul 22 | 3:44 AM | Sun enters Leo | Sun 0 Leo 00' |
Jul 25 | 6:42 PM | Mercury enters Virgo | Mer 0 Vir 00' |
Jul 26 | 9:59 AM | Chiron Retrograde | Chi 23 Ari 32'Rx |
Jul 27 | 10:51 PM | Last Quarter Moon | 5 Tau 32' |
(See the full table for 2024)
See also: This Week in Astrology week to week for more detail.
This Month’s Overview Horoscopes
The following horoscopes outline how the above astrological influences might affect each individual sign.
Overview horoscopes fill in here as I write them, ideally during the week before the month begins. It is not unusual to see some signs temporarily missing as I write the twelve of them over the course of a few days, starting with the featured sign of the month (birthday month).
Aries
July is excellent for new beginnings with your personal, home, and family life, dear Aries. There's special attention to your roots, foundation, and closest ties, and you're getting into close touch with what's in your heart. You're anchoring and nesting on a psychological level. What stands out most is your desire to make yourself more secure. The month is also brilliant for romance, creativity, personal interests, hobbies, and heartfelt pursuits. There can be new beginnings or attitudes toward living arrangements and family and home-related affairs after the New Moon on the 5th. This New Moon invites new beginnings and approaches to these matters. You could be making changes and tweaks to the personal systems in your life, so that home and family life is more fulfilling in the long run. You're seeking, making room for, and finding emotional replenishment. In the week following the New Moon, brand-new projects can get off to a great start. It could be time for a domestic makeover. Opportunities can emerge to boost your relationships with loved ones. At the same time, you're well-positioned to feel more confident about your own worth and value, and efforts to ask or work for things you want can be very successful now. There may be additional resources or money to put into the family and home life now, or efforts to make you and yours feel more secure and safe have payoffs. You're in perfect shape for committing yourself to a particular task and getting things done. While you may want to tame impulses to spend that come on too suddenly, circumstances are pushing you into new and hopefully improved directions with money and business. You could be seriously considering a significant purchase or changes made to spending. Even eliminating a redundancy can be very satisfying now–the goal is security over the long term. It's also a good time to work on a talent, focusing on fine-tuning and minor but critical improvements. From the 20th, you have the motivation and energy to pour into pet projects, studies, local events and trips, and making connections with others. You're enthusiastic about learning and sharing with Mars now in your solar third house. Teamwork or networking can get results, and you might form or enhance strong connections. You're making a good impression and could discover interesting ways of getting your message across or getting where you want to go. New or improved ways to connect or get from point to point can emerge, which may lead to opportunities and improvements. The Full Moon on the 21st is a potent reminder of your obligations to the outside world. This is the second Full Moon in your career, reputation, and public sector (one occurred last month). There may be pressing demands in your professional life and perhaps a bit of scrutiny. Still, whatever this lunation brings to your attention, you get the message that it's time to restore some balance between your personal and professional lives. You might attract attention for positive efforts or a good deed. As the month progresses, you're far more interactive. Mars heads into your communications sector on the 20th, and the Sun and Venus join Mercury in your creative sector. With learning, connecting, and communicating, your initiative is through the roof! The motivation to learn or express yourself is strong. Recreational activities can appeal and might even be therapeutic now. With an increasing focus on your sector of joy, you experience a building desire to play, enjoy, share your feelings and affections, and create. This can be one of the most creative, expressive, or romantic periods of the year. The last week of the month is intense for embracing more time for creativity, imagination, leisure, and entertainment. It's a great time to share your high spirits with others and watch for the opportunities that open up as you do. Romantic intensity is pleasant now, but you're also engaged mentally. Talking, chatting, and sharing are active forces in your life now. Information or news coming in can be exciting, perhaps even moving something forward. Your enthusiasm for your projects, creations, and ideas stands out. You are interested in triumphing, bringing something to a new level, or taking the lead. |
Taurus
July begins on a busy note and ends on a quieter one for you, dear Taurus. You pay extra attention to projects, learning, connecting, and personal interests. Opportunities to speak about matters that are important to you, share your ideas and knowledge, teach, guide, and connect are strong. There can be satisfying success with communications, connecting, and personal interests. Later in the month, you more often crave and enjoy the security of home life. The New Moon on the 5th invites new energy and approaches for matters related to communications, studies, projects, mental interests, connections with others, clearing up your daily affairs, and transportation systems in your life. You're in a great position to improve or begin plans that help you lead a more connected, organized, and fulfilling daily life. It's a good time to tweak your studies, communications, or even your attitude or mindset. Your impact is strong, and an approach that shows self-restraint benefits you remarkably now. With Mars currently transiting your sign (until the 20th), you have extra energy to spare, and channeling all of it is not always easy, but at this time, you're doing so constructively. It's a fine time to work on physical skills and focus on fine-tuning. Others are very interested in what you do and say, and they readily respect you for taking the lead or for your actions right now. You can be the go-to person when it comes to advice or leadership. Mars and Saturn harmonize with this lunation, bolstering your efforts to advance a project or pursue your goals, particularly related to studies, communications, sharing ideas, and writing or speaking. You're infusing more of your personality into your ventures, which is proving to be highly successful. You're feeling a strong sense of control and mastery over your tasks, which is a testament to your hard work and dedication. It's also a brilliant period for using the power of thoughts and words to transform your life for the better. This month, you're in a perfect position to make new acquaintances or connect with others more meaningfully. You're making a difference with what you say. Your interests are expanding, and you may feel ready to push forward a project or line of study. It's a good time to turn over a new leaf regarding making connections or sharpening your skills. Establishing mental rapport with others can be in focus. From the 20th onward, you're in a prime position to make a concentrated effort to improve your income or build an important project, business, or venture. You'll find it natural to pour your energies into earthy and comforting activities that help ground you. You're more assertive about what you want and need, and as such, the latter part of July is excellent for focusing on building and developing current projects, ideas, and personal talents. You'll have great ideas for improving your bottom line or making better use of your resources, sparking optimism. You might uncover a resource that genuinely works for you, particularly on financial, business, and career levels. It's a time to go after what you want or need. The Full Moon on the 21st is a creative, spontaneous influence. Communication, learning, educational, travel, attitude, outlook, or publishing matters may come to full bloom, and this sets you on a fresh path. Your mind is wide open, and you're ready to take on something new. A lunation in the same sector last month may have awakened a new way of thinking or personal interest, and this one can further compel you to expand your knowledge, share your ideas with others, and break the routine in meaningful ways. Increasingly, however, you're more home-oriented or craving predictability and familiarity. A growing theme of family, rest, comfort, and safety emerges. Mercury transits your home and family sector from the 2nd to the 25th, and Venus and the Sun move into this zone from the 11th and 22nd. You're certainly shifting your focus to more secure, familiar, and grounded activities. You can be happily introspective during this period. You're finding ways to bring more harmony, warmth, and beauty to your home and close relationships. Your heart may be playing it safe with new people, but you can fully enjoy what's currently in place in your life, and it's satisfying. You want to settle in and keep the peace, and your attention to domestic matters brings rewards and positive feedback. You might focus on ways to earn money from home. Your desire for action is a pleasant motivator in the last week of the month, prompting you to get going on a business or financial matter. One of the best things about current transits is that you concern yourself less with others' validation or approval and more with fulfilling your needs and desires. As you make progress on your financial matters, you'll feel a sense of pride and satisfaction in your accomplishments. |
Gemini
July begins with steady energy for getting your footing, dear Gemini, and it enlivens as it advances. Your steady second house is in the spotlight as you begin the month, and you crave more predictability. As well, Mars is transiting the background of your solar chart until the 20th, and you can benefit from some rest and replenishment. The New Moon on the 5th invites new approaches to money, resources, talents, comfort, and security. You're ready to make improvements to your finances and sense of stability, and you're especially interested in fulfillment not just right now but far into the future. You can develop a stronger sense of self-worth and value as you gain a better understanding of your capabilities and what you already have--your personal resources, material or otherwise, including natural talents. You're in great shape to get back on track, in fact. A responsible theme becomes and benefits you now. Work or practical matters tend to flow along well, primarily because you're embracing your obligations. As you draw on self-discipline and tie up loose ends, getting organized comes more naturally. You may be doing more work or putting in extra effort in the background, which benefits you. It might please you to do something charitable, or you might take action on an important matter anonymously now. You have fantastic support for your efforts from your intuition or behind the scenes. You're learning what and who you genuinely value from the inside out, and it's likely to alter your whole approach to money and possessions for the better. Seek opportunities to turn around a difficult financial situation if this is a problem, as you have all the power to overcome challenges now. Mars enters your sign on the 20th, and with inclinations toward impulsiveness tamed, you can go far. If you don't yet know where to direct all of this extra energy, you could feel a little overwhelmed, but soon enough, you're sure to put it to good use. It's a good time for personal initiative and enterprise. Others are noticing you, and you're feeling a little more decided and confident. It's a time to more heartily pursue your personal plans, needs, and desires. Your energy levels run high, and your pioneering instincts are strong. You can feel especially empowered, putting negativity behind you and pursuing your goals. Mars in your sign can be a motivator and sometimes an aggravator. With its harmony with Pluto, you instinctively gravitate toward situations and people that help you grow, improve, learn, and expand your perspective. Projects related to publishing, education, travel, and non-routine activities can thrive. Putting what you've learned to good use can figure strongly, and your powers to lead, influence, and support others are potent. Activities or studies advance and satisfy you. Around the Full Moon on the 21st, emotional rumblings are strong, and your intimate life shows signs of progress. You might open your eyes to a financial matter, or there can be blossoming feelings in your love life. Since last month's Full Moon in the same sector of your solar chart, you are far more aware of what you have, need, and want. Now, you're ready to make changes, and the signs are promising. As the month progresses, you'll find a growing focus on socializing, connecting, learning, and sharing. Mercury spends time in your communications sector from the 2nd to the 25th, and Venus and the Sun are guests from the 11th and 22nd onward. These shifts bring more movement and general busyness to your life. Others are hanging on your words, turning to you for advice, and enjoying your company. Your influence and support are potent, and others' recognition of your abilities leave you feeling appreciated and valued. You are ready to take on intellectual challenges, and your problem-solving skills are above par. Tricky issues or ideas can be tackled now with greater ease. You're inclined to branch out and make exciting connections. This can be an ideal time for discovery, particularly along mental or intellectual lines. The information you uncover in the last week of the month can be especially valuable. Having a little fun with life leads to the most innovative and useful approaches right now. You have more confidence and desire to take action as you close out the month. You can be excited to put your ideas and plans into motion. You're braver with giving voice to your ideas and opinions, and you may want to take the initiative with independent work or projects. There is more energy in what you're saying, sharing, and doing now. |
Cancer
July empowers you, dear Cancer, boosting your confidence and visibility. It's a time to shine and feel in control of your life personally. This sense of control extends to your finances, self-worth, talents, and resources, encouraging you to explore them in new and revitalizing ways. The New Moon on the 5th is powerful for you since it occurs in your sign. It prompts a period for reinventing yourself, starting fresh, and putting personal updates or upgrades into motion. It's a time to show others a fresh new face — one that better reflects your current stage of growth — and break out of outworn patterns of greeting the world and presenting yourself. You might enjoy a boost of energy and motivation to get started. If you've wanted to make positive changes to your image, now is an excellent time to do so. You have considerable impact and personal presence. This lunation prompts a whole new orientation, a blast of personal energy, and a sense that you're revving up. It's also a beautiful time for self-honesty as it encourages you to be more self-aware. Supporting your goals is Mars in your friends and community sector until the 20th, pointing to the powerful benefits of activities with friends and collaboration. Even though your first instinct may be to go it alone, this is an important time for connecting with others and sharing experiences or expertise. You can experience a strong desire to go the distance for someone in your life or share a learning experience with someone. Activities that build and support you in the long term capture your interest more than those that only make you happy at the moment Around the Full Moon on the 21st, you recognize your need for someone–or for some quality feedback! Pay special attention to what others reveal. Through epiphanies occurring now, you're awakening to your relationship goals or true feelings. If you've been ignoring your feelings for someone–or a relationship itself–this is when these things demand their share of your attention. Still, Mars moves into your privacy sector on the 20th, pointing to a period ahead of transformations and renovations, primarily on an emotional level. This transit subtly but effectively turns your attention to problems you may have overlooked or buried! While you can feel less energetic as your priorities shuffle around or a project ends, redirecting your energies into a work-in-progress can be most satisfying. Combine this shift with the Sun's move into your stable second house on the 22nd, and you get the general message to ease down. Major new launches or beginnings should probably wait for a brighter or more innovative time. Creative pursuits can thrive if you're doing something behind the scenes or on the last stretch of a particular project. Money matters begin to make headlines this month. There's an increasing focus on your resources and comfort levels with Mercury in your second house from the 2nd to the 25th, Venus from the 11th, and the Sun from the 22nd. These shifts stir a desire to build up your resources, improve your bottom line, and develop what you already have. Particularly with money, business, valuables, talents, and personal possessions, incoming news, feedback from others, and hunches from within yourself can be significant, leading to a turning point. Your natural talents, the areas where you shine, and your savvy are readily discoverable and perhaps on display from the 11th. But from the 25th, your desire to diversify and stronger curiosity leads you to interesting experiences and projects. There is also good energy with you to look at your finances. You're proactive, dealing with problems before they get a chance to grow. The need to overcome problem areas or get past something is powerful now, so take advantage. Others may be in the market or mood for your unique talents. Your inner or private world is more animated than usual, and tapping into your inner courage and finding your passion can come more readily. |
Leo
July begins with Mars at the top of your solar chart, motivating you and stirring your ambitions, dear Leo. However, the Sun and Venus are transiting a hidden area of your chart until the 22nd and 11th, respectively. This signals the need for personal downtime as you wind down your solar year. You are understandably more private or insular than usual, and it's important to respect this need for solitude. Neptune's retrograde turn can pull up questions about ownership or sharing issues, reminding you to slow down and get your bearings. It's another reason to refuel. The New Moon on the 5th is a powerful catalyst for emotional development and dealing with loose ends in your life. It marks a new beginning, offering hope and optimism as you put a project, situation, or chapter of your life behind you. You can greatly benefit from doing an emotional inventory of sorts before this date. If you need to handle a private matter or deal with an ending or a problem from the past, the week following this New Moon is powerful. Mars in your solar tenth house until the 20th signals a need to identify, recognize, and nurture your ambitions for the best results. You're in a great position of confidence to take on responsibilities, take the lead, or work hard for what you want and need. It's a natural time of year for some level of retreat, withdrawal, or even a sabbatical, contributing to emotional and physical renewal before your birthday month. This could be symbolic only but important as you recharge and refresh. Some things may be up in the air now, and these things need additional time to mature. It's not the time to rush. Look for ways to improve physical and mental health through activities and mind-body healing techniques when the Full Moon on the 21st reminds you to attend to your overall well-being. It's the second big prompt to do so (the first one happened last month). It's also a time when you recognize the need to improve how you manage your daily affairs. You're now raring to go if you stalled on these things last month. When blockages come to light, it can be a revealing, albeit raw, experience. The Full Moon on the 21st is particularly useful for using these revelations to your advantage. It's a time to take action on your feelings and epiphanies. Don't let these blockages hold you back. Instead, use them as a catalyst for change and growth. Working with a partner towards a common goal may be part of the picture, or teaming up with a friend can take you somewhere you want to go more successfully. You might decide to take charge of a long-standing problem once and for all–you're determined to put it behind you. Others can be the source of valuable resources or advice, or networking and teamwork can be particularly beneficial to you, so be on the lookout for allies. Mercury enters your sign on the 2nd and visits until the 25th. Venus heads in on the 11th and the Sun on the 22nd. You can find yourself resurfacing emotionally! More attention comes your way, and in turn, you seek a stronger connection to the world around you. You're likelier to come out of your shell or quietly begin attracting attention. Feelings, goals, and interests become more apparent, and confidence that you can impact the world around you is increasing. Venus in your sign (from the 11th onward) is excellent for personal charm and healthy indulgence or self-pampering. People are attracted to you and enjoy your company or presence. These transits boost your sense of personal power and amplify your influence and presence. They also bring out your need to share your ideas and use the power of words to improve your life. Use this extra boost of visibility to further your plans. It's a fine time to consider new personal initiatives, change your presentation or appearance, and update your year-ahead resolutions. The Sun heads into your sign on the 22nd, and Mars supports your efforts and goals from the 20th as it visits your sector of dreams, wishes, and hopes. Energies are indeed shifting as July progresses! It can be a time of special activities with friends or particularly dynamic friendships or group associations. It's a brilliant period for seeing yourself more clearly and presenting yourself in a manner that expresses you authentically for this stage of your growth. You could build a following for your ideas or work. You may be taking the lead in a group, or people look to you for guidance. New people coming into your life could inspire you to make important changes and improvements. The last week of the month is fantastic for entertaining a dream or wish, the spirit of which carries you forward. You see your capabilities for what they are, rather than over- or under-estimating them, which is empowering. At the same time, your courage is strong and building. You radiate positive vibes and may well be the focus of attention. This is a time for being inspiring or feeling inspired and running with it. You'll also find it more comfortable than usual to put plans or ideas into motion. In fact, you're craving a hands-on or active role. |
Virgo
July finds you focusing on your social life or happiness pursuits, dear Virgo, although with some inclination to retreat and rest, especially as the month advances. You're taking more interest in finding your joy or making a contribution. Expanding your mind and exploring extracurricular activities can also be rewarding. You seek ways to improve your life experiences and increase your knowledge and wisdom. Sharing ideas can figure strongly. It's a time for feeling freer and happier as your knowledge of the world around you grows. Long-term plans look exciting now, and your optimism is in the spotlight. The New Moon on the 5th is strong for friendships, alliances, networking, and happiness goals. It positions you well for sorting out your social life or status with friends, groups, and networks. With your motivation levels high, making solid plans is a strong possibility. Making connections and solving problems can be exciting. Emerging opportunities have the potential for longevity and meaningfulness. You might begin a new venture or join a group or team. Supporting your goals is Mars in your adventure, spirit, and learning sector, and Mars connects well with Saturn in your partnership house. You may enjoy opportunities to expand your experiences and impress others simultaneously, and this theme will stick with you in a general sense throughout the month. This is a beautiful time for making connections that last and ones that support your interests to boot. While it's a good time to pursue improvements, you also recognize the beauty in what's already in place, and it's empowering. Realistic assessments can come in handy now. For instance, you might see an area where you've been pressuring yourself unnecessarily, and it's satisfying to simplify your life. You're also allowing room for others to be themselves without pressure to perform or measure up. It's easier than usual to listen to others and offer quietly supportive advice or commentary. Concentration comes more readily, and you may take on work or obligations more willingly as you feel prepared to manage them. Your perspective is shifting in powerful, positive ways, and you're likely to want to share your ideas and causes with others. It can be a time of happiness and fulfillment through expanding your mind or connections to people of a different cultural background than you. It's a potentially powerful time for seeing an educational path, belief system, personal interest, and mental focus or attitude differently. There can be distinct moments when you crave more life experience and freedom of movement. An impulse to explore, discover, and learn can come on strongly–you want to stretch yourself and improve. Even so, from the 20th onward, Mars at the top of your solar chart stirs your ambitions to perform and succeed. There can be some issues or conflicts with people in positions of authority, but overall, this cycle encourages a hands-on, active role in your career, taking on responsibilities, and pursuing your larger goals. The Full Moon on the 21st can bring affection and creativity to full bloom. Last month's Full Moon may have stirred your desires; now, a revelation about romance, children, or creative endeavors is in the spotlight. You're in an eyes-wide-open period regarding a romantic or creative issue. You might have an epiphany that leads you to the conclusion that you should enjoy yourself more fully. It's a time for embracing your feelings and letting them guide you! This lunation can bring buried or unacknowledged emotions to the surface, and it feels great to release them. Mercury is the first to move into your privacy sector on the 2nd, Venus comes next (on the 11th), and the Sun follows on the 22nd. You're transitioning into a period of the year best used for taking extra time to yourself for rest and reflection. This is a time to release, let go, purge, and heal. Reassessing certain projects, alliances, goals, or attachments can be in focus until these bodies move into your sign (July 25th for Mercury, August 4th for Venus, and August 22nd for the Sun). You'll want to be renewed and refreshed for these unveilings! Taking the time to relax, refresh, and get in touch with your inner world can be in order, even with a stronger focus on your ambitions as July advances. You might see old problems or projects in a new light. Life is a little quieter as you find more time to slip into the background to enjoy private moments and times for rest and reflection. You're working under the radar or behind the scenes later in July, but while you can be somewhat retiring on a personal level, your ambition to triumph, succeed, or win is also active. It's a work-hard, rest-hard time for you! You quite naturally take the lead or act independently, and your sense of where to go or what to do next is strong as you close out the month. You seem to have all the right tools at your disposal for solving challenging problems related to work or health. Pouring your energies into streamlining or revamping your work or various important projects can be quite successful now, and the potential for success is high, leaving you feeling confident and capable. |
Libra
July spotlights your long-term goals, career, or reputation, dear Libra, but as the month progresses, the focus turns to your social life and happiness pursuits. The month has all the potential to be well-rounded, with opportunities emerging on both personal and professional levels. The New Moon on the 5th brings new energy to your life-path goals and invites special attention to your status, reputation, or professional life. It's a powerful prompt to tweak or refresh your work, image, and goals to be more meaningful and fulfilling for your current needs. Mars in your intimacy sector until the 20th supports your goals and helps you pursue the backing you need or draw on your inner well. Your strength and persistence shine through in July, and you may very well gain recognition or reward for the work you've put in recently. This recognition can be a powerful motivator, acknowledging your efforts and encouraging you to continue your hard work. You're strategic until the 20th, after which you are more direct and straight to the point. Others recognize you for your actions, and your work or duties can thrive as a result. It's a potentially fantastic time for research and analysis — you have the patience and determination to dig deep. Your pursuits can thrive with added thoroughness and attention to detail. There can be more activity on the career front or additional responsibilities, and the need to take on a managerial role can emerge. You might connect with just the right resources and tools (or courage) to help you on your path, and you have the right attitude to use these to your advantage. You might find the motivation to kick a bad habit or work towards reducing a particular dependency in your life. You're nicely positioned to manage the major structures in your life. As you pay more attention to rules, responsibilities, and performance, you feel more capable and organized. This can also be a time of greater visibility. It's a fine time to bring more personality to your work or duties. You're highly motivated to perform and accomplish. Mars in your solar ninth house from the 20th forward brings on decidedly different energy as it boosts your spirits and spontaneity. Personal magnetism is strong and increasing. You'll find that moving outside of your normal bounds and routines improves your opportunities. There can be a great hunger for new experiences and knowledge that feed your mind and spirit. This hunger can be invigorating, sparking your curiosity and excitement for what's to come. A fun and healthy escape may be in the offing and can be a real refresher. The Full Moon on the 21st can be a time for recognizing a stronger need for family and the comforts of familiarity and the home. It challenges you to balance your attention to your outer and inner worlds, home and family, or public and private life. There can be a release or culmination of a matter, and it holds strong healing potential. Mercury moves into your friendship sector on the 2nd, Venus on the 11th, and the Sun on the 22nd, turning your attention to enjoyment, friends, teamwork, and networking. You're entertaining long-term happiness goals now. These transits enhance your personal appeal and support your connections with friends or groups. You feel freer to explore and discover on a social level. You more readily attract friends and those who share common interests at this time. The courage to express yourself, share your talents or work, or reach out to a new audience is with you now. You can also make serious progress on passion projects or studies. In the last week of the month, there's good energy for something spontaneous, sharing ideas with friends, networking, learning something new, and possibly working towards a cherished dream or goal. You want to explore new subjects, directions, or activities. You can feel quite inspired or supported through friends or networks. Your enthusiasm drives you. You might tap into your courage to enjoy an altogether unique experience. This potential for a unique experience can make you feel adventurous and open-minded, ready to embrace new opportunities. Romantic relationships can improve with shared activities or visions. Doing something different or non-routine with others can be rewarding now. |
Scorpio
July is a time of adventure, spontaneity, and learning, dear Scorpio. As the month progresses, your focus shifts to your long-term goals. While others may demand more of your time and energy, you're also embracing your curiosity and enjoying the journey of self-discovery. This is a period when you're more open to experimentation and new experiences than usual. The New Moon on the 5th invites new energy into your life related to learning, adventure, spirit, travel, sharing ideas, publishing, beliefs, perspective, attitudes, and mindset. Following this event, you'll be ready to make meaningful changes or tweaks to your attitude towards living your life and the principles under which you live. Supporting your goals, Mars in your partnership sector animates your relationships, and others have much to share with you. Someone in particular or your relationship goals can motivate you and encourage your desire to improve, explore, and expand your horizons. A change in the routine can refresh you, and activities that lead you on different paths are an excellent place to start. Educational interests or extra-curricular activities may be in focus, and new beginnings along these lines can open up now. This could be a time for meeting people who introduce you to new ideas, concepts, and even lifestyles, and you can feel reinvigorated by a different perspective on your life. Advice tends to be wise, or you're seeking solid, mature answers. It's a time when you're more inclined to show you care through actions and practical support. Relationships or someone in your life helps you feel stronger as an individual. Making the most of current transits means specializing rather than scattering your energies. This period is ripe for personal growth and self-improvement, encouraging you to step out of your comfort zone and explore new ideas, people, and experiences. You may find yourself inspired by someone who boosts your confidence or courage, either directly or indirectly. The people and lessons that come into your life during this time can challenge you to grow and improve. New developments in a relationship can demand new approaches. From the 20th forward, you'll have more things happening behind the scenes or inside you with energetic Mars moving through your intimacy sector. This can serve to rev up your intimate life and a close, deep relationship. While this transit can sometimes stir up some trouble, it's the kind of trouble that leads to resolutions, particularly related to shared money or power. This can also be a time for taking care of debt or asking for the support you need. Around the Full Moon on the 21st, you can be especially busy and enjoy good news or contact with a special friend. It's a generally busy time, but do find some space for relaxation. It can be a time of a revelation or epiphany regarding a learning, transportation, connecting, or communications matter. Your true feelings on a matter can overcome you, and while your emotions might surprise you, they also get you into a better position to make choices and decisions. You'll enjoy some beautiful opportunities to learn new things and make real progress on your projects. You experience more motivation to realize your business goals with Mercury's move to the top of your solar chart on the 2nd, Venus on the 11th, and the Sun on the 22nd. These transits are shifting your attention to the rules and structures in your life as July advances. Your calling, career, life path, and long-term goals take on more importance. You're especially resourceful in the last week of the month, and you genuinely desire to come out ahead, triumph, or accomplish something special. It can be a fine time for success on professional levels, especially with a bit of competition motivating you to advance. Or, you can be eager to discover unique ways to manage your life. You might uncover a resource that pushes you forward. It can be exciting to find something to completely absorb your attention now. You might connect with someone you love with a new understanding or with someone who helps you grow, learn, and move forward more empowered. If you have a passion for a pet project, person, or idea, this is a great time to pursue it with more determination and a stronger sense of purpose. Matters related to the home, finances, or intimate issues can also benefit from your increased determination. |
Sagittarius
July shines the spotlight on your inner world, dear Sagittarius, and your need for more meaningful experiences. It's also a solid time for improving daily routines, building health, and taking care of business. Relationships are lively this month. The New Moon on the 5th invites new beginnings with shared resources and intimate relationships — with yourself and/or others. It's a time for a new or different approach to money, power dynamics in relationships, debts and support (material or emotional), dependencies, and personal empowerment. This lunation could prompt you to organize your financial affairs, seek support, or start a new emotional health and wellness plan. You can be excited to study a topic in more depth or find solutions to long-standing problems. Supporting your goals is Mars in your work and health sector. You're making empowering changes and choices with the services or labor you provide, your efforts to maintain and improve health, and your daily routines and habits. Work or health matters can fuel motivation to renovate and organize your money or intimate life. The desire to live happily alongside a partner or dear friend can also feed your willingness to work harder or smarter or to get fitter and healthier. It can go both ways or either way! Events now provide you with a more unobstructed view of what you want from yourself and others. Something can open your eyes to the need to handle debts, manage support, and share responsibilities more efficiently. Projects that require precision and attention to detail are also a big draw. At the same time, the motivation to change your chores, work, health, or habits can come on suddenly. You might use this spark of energy to correct conditions that hold you back from achieving good health and habits or from more fully enjoying your daily life, including your work and chores. Whether you've ignored your need to pamper yourself or overdo it recently, the Full Moon on the 21st reminds you that it's time to balance the scales. Feelings, realizations, or revelations stir you to get on top of your finances or show your abilities in the best possible way. If you've been holding emotions back, they can fill you up now and are impossible to ignore! As July advances, your focus begins shifting to your social life, partnering, connecting, and exploring new adventures, experiences, and ideas. Pulling yourself away from work and tasks can be of great benefit now. Relationships enliven. Mars heads into your partnership sector on the 20th, animating your life through your relationships and highlighting your needs from others. Clashes are possible, but so are resolutions to long-standing issues. An outward focus and more outgoing feelings figure strongly. With Mercury (from the 2nd to the 25th), Venus (from the 11th onward), and the Sun (from the 22nd forward) transiting your solar ninth house, it's about the broader vision emerging and a pleasant feeling of confidence to explore and discover taking over. Opportunities to break out of your regular routine abound and inspire. You're likely to find the spirit and motivation to enjoy extracurricular activities. You'll find more and more reasons to get out and about, diversify, explore, and discover. A relationship or person may motivate you to pursue a particular goal. You are inspired to pursue a learning endeavor or further a mental interest, especially in the last week of the month. When reaching out to others or moving out of your usual comfort zone, you are more willing to take some personal and creative risks. It's a good time for both competitive and cooperative activities, and you're likely to feel that someone is encouraging you to be the best version of yourself. Fortunately, you're quick to pick up on inspiration or gain motivation. You may find the courage to move a relationship forward or address a problem area with someone. Shared activities can prosper, and teamwork or partnering up to accomplish a goal or make a decision can be particularly effective. Others can find you particularly influential or attractive now. It comes naturally to focus on your studies, projects, or relationships in positive ways. |
Capricorn
July is a relationship-oriented month for you, dear Capricorn, but it's also strong for exploring your creativity and different ways to enjoy yourself. You could be approaching a relationship in a new way this month, and your needs from others or partnerships are clearer than usual. You attract strong and intelligent people into your life. You're also taking more pride in your close relationships, motivating you to make a solid effort to relate in positive, rewarding ways. The New Moon on the 5th invites new approaches to close relationships. Negotiations, agreements, one-on-one relationships (business, love, counseling), and gaining a more balanced perspective on your life are all themes and areas of high energy, especially for change and improvement. You may be discovering yourself through your interactions with someone special. Supporting these goals, Mars in your creative and romantic sector until the 20th helps you balance your relationships. This balance brings a sense of security and stability, allowing you to express yourself uniquely and creatively. Connecting more deeply with your heart's desire is integral to this mission. Being more deliberate in your communications and taking more time than usual to craft your words can also help tremendously. At the same time, you can tap into the motivation to express yourself in unique ways or break free from a confining situation or label. Feelings, passions, and enthusiasm can help point you along paths that encourage growth and self-improvement. From the 20th forward, you're pouring more energy into your work or efforts to improve health. You're raring to go! You're in great shape to bring more order to your daily life, enhance your productivity and daily routines, and initiate new programs or projects. The Full Moon on the 21st is in your sign (again)! It's your second and perhaps more insistent prompt to connect with your true feelings. One month ago, a Full Moon occurred very early in your sign, and now, there can be a revelation about your ability to stand on your own. This one can help point you in the right direction toward correcting imbalances, particularly in the me-you department in relationships. If you've defined yourself mainly through your relationships, now is the time to draw up your terms. The challenge may be to find a balance between independence and accommodation. This lunation puts you in the spotlight and can find you in demand. To find this balance, it's important to communicate your needs and boundaries clearly, while also being open to compromise and understanding your partner's perspective. The motivation to do something meaningful with your time is strong as July advances! Mercury transits your intimacy zone from the 2nd to the 25th, and Venus and the Sun head into this area of your solar chart from the 11th and 22nd onward, respectively. These shifts turn your attention to commitments, finances, and shared resources. It's a time of deepening feelings and increased focus. You might connect deeply with someone seemingly out of the blue, or there can be an unanticipated financial matter to manage, such as a sudden expense or a new investment opportunity. You might share some of your deeper feelings with a trusted person in your life. So, as the month progresses, you remain interested in developing your connections. However, you are becoming more focused and exclusive and aiming to bond on deeper levels, not only on the surface. You're in good shape for shared money and resources, including indirect personal income, such as through loans, benefits, supplements, and support. You could find yourself more attracted to complicated or intricate areas of relationships, sharing, and intimacy, determined to smooth things out. You might also want to put a little extra zest into–or make a change with–dull routines, chores, or duties. An independent pace could be more productive now, as it allows you to work on inspiration and enthusiasm. You want to excel and advance. At the same time, providing a service or helping someone can be rewarding. You might see new layers to a situation that make a world of difference to your viewpoint. Self-improvement efforts can be wonderfully successful, and special attention to your practical affairs can also bring rewards. It makes sense to put special effort into managing your personal space, home, money, or prized possessions in the second half of July. A project related to improving your health can also thrive. Frustration about a current situation can be the motivator behind improvement efforts, and if this fuels you, why not work it to your advantage? You're ready to apply yourself, and it can be deeply rewarding. |
Aquarius
July encourages a special focus on your daily affairs, home life, work, and health, dear Aquarius. You're making empowering changes. As the month progresses, your relationships come into stronger focus, giving you a sense of control and confidence. The New Moon on the 5th invites new beginnings with your daily routines, habits, health, work, and self-care programs. You're in a great position to improve the systems in your life that keep you organized and more efficient. With the tweaks you make, they serve you well not just now but later, too. It's a time for getting your life in good working order, starting with the details. Excellent energy is with you to identify your priorities and focus on them. You enjoy a sense that you have a handle on your practical affairs. As you seek workable solutions, you feel stronger and more determined to find answers. It's a good time for budgeting, considering important purchases, particularly for family or the home, and for special attention to detail. You might make or renew a commitment to living well at home and in your daily routines and work with beautiful results. This can be a good time for making successful home-health or home-job connections. Strong creative energy and animation are themes in your personal life. You're also bringing more pride and intelligence to your work, habits, and health. It's a great time to use common sense and improve your habits and daily routines. You could intuitively gravitate to a new healing path or a work method that serves you well. You might get the chance to strengthen relationships with co-workers or with yourself and your attitudes towards work. Mars moves into harmony with your sign from the 20th onward, and you're in great shape for enjoying and often excelling at fun competitions, romantic relationships, dating, sports, games, and hobbies. Personal appeal is strong. Creatively speaking, you're motivated and ready to take on a challenge. While you're particularly busy and involved, the Full Moon on the 21st reminds you of the importance of balance. Significant dreams or intuitive flashes can encourage you to let go of things and attitudes that are holding you back. This Full Moon puts you in touch with a feeling you've buried or ignored. Allowing yourself time for stillness, rest, and rejuvenation can do wonders for you now, bringing a sense of calm and peace. This can also be a time of an important idea, hunch, or intuitive flash that sets you on a new, more fulfilling path. This Full Moon is the second one to occur in your sector of endings (one happened last month). You're more interactive and outgoing as July advances. You're in good shape for romantic, creative, and fun activities. Hobbies can be a strong focus now. You're also attracting positive attention, and your charm is natural. Mercury travels through your partnership sector from the 2nd to the 25th, and Venus and the Sun are guests from the 11th and 22nd onward. You'll be inclined to want to pair up to make decisions. Cooperation is key, but some playful competitiveness works as well. You could be excited about taking the lead or changing a relationship, romance, recreational activity, or hobby, or you might experience a new desire to move forward in these areas. You want to come out ahead and perhaps stand out for what you do. A relationship may serve as a powerful motivator to better yourself or do your best. It's also time to find ways to add a little spice to a relationship or project. Fortunately, you attract helpful people into your life at this time. It's an especially good time for negotiations of all kinds. Your appeal is strong, and you dare to express yourself or your talents and passions with fabulous results. You could be repackaging yourself in some manner as you want to break through a barrier that has been holding you back from expressing yourself. At the same time, people are contributing much to your life now, and it can be enjoyable and fulfilling. |
Pisces
July encourages special attention to expressing and enjoying yourself more fully, dear Pisces. While there can be times when you feel mentally wired, it's an exciting time for passion and motivation to get things done, learn, connect, and share. Romantic relationships, creative projects, and special interests are in strong focus. As the month advances, you pay more attention to home, work, and health pursuits. The New Moon on the 5th heralds new beginnings and fresh approaches to creative projects, self-expression, hobbies, romance, entertainment, and heartfelt pursuits. It positions you well to make changes and tweaks that result in long-lasting and more fulfilling activities. You get your message across more maturely, and others take you seriously. This can be the start (or successful relaunch) of a wonderful project or a budding romance that becomes more regular and reliable. A more involved, connected approach is particularly successful and rewarding now. Opportunities to begin anew along romantic, creative, and playful levels are likely to emerge — you're encouraged to explore, express, and share your passions and creativity more heartfully. You may be tuning into a new creative focus or a renewed interest in a hobby or activity, and this takes over your life in happy ways. Channels for expressing and enjoying yourself can open up to you. You more naturally celebrate and express your talents, abilities, and affections in July. You're also more inclined than usual to reach out and seek feedback and reinforcement. Exciting discussions, personal interests, transportation, news, or developments with studies and learning can figure strongly. You're more daring about expressing your independence and enterprising spirit. Consider that hasty communications can be disruptive as Mars transits your communications sector until the 20th. But with some care, this can be a time to push a matter you've wanted for some time. You're attracting attention due to your specific manner of communication, ideas, and personal experience. You're curious and often seeking mentally engaging activities. It's also a time when you're especially connected. But from the 20th, you're pouring more energy into your domestic world. You can be excited about developments in your personal life. Conditions are animated and lively! Ideas for having fun and making your accommodations more livable are abundant. You can bring more energy and initiative to home-related projects. Positive vibes can lead to small breakthroughs in your personal life. It's an excellent time for rebuilding, reorganizing, or reworking finances, home, and family life. This can also work on an emotional level--you want to feel more in control of your life, and you can take steps now that will eventually help you grow and improve. Help from an unexpected source or from behind the scenes may figure strongly, providing you with the reassurance and confidence you need. Last month's Full Moon may have opened your heart to the need for true friendship. This month's Full Moon, on the 21st, is similar but more insistent. Unacknowledged feelings can emerge now, and these emotions may be about someone or can serve to rekindle an interest in a project you haven't yet fully pursued. This lunation can bring a friendship issue to a head. It can be a wonderful time to break through a social barrier or recognize your true feelings for a person or project. Mercury moves through your work and health sector from the 2nd to the 25th, and Venus and the Sun head into this area of your solar chart on the 11th and 22nd, respectively. As such, you're turning your attention to the important systems in your life, your daily routines, work, and personal well-being. It's a good time of the year to handle the details of your life and tweak your daily routines, showing that your well-being is a priority and you are valued and cared for. You can be super-motivated to solve problems or rearrange or reorganize your setup and living arrangements in the last week of July. You can experience a strong desire--or a sudden need--to be productive. You want to make something happen, push something forward, and solve problems. You're also confident you can take on a challenge, and ideas for work or health are solid. It can be satisfying to offer your practical support to others. |
Detailed Monthly Horoscopes are here.
July 2024 Aspects TimeLine:
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See also: Table of Planetary Transits, Sign Changes, New/Full Moons, and Retrogrades for the Month
This Month’s Ephemeris:
This Month’s Ephemeris with extra points and abbreviations rather than glyphs:
Ephemerides with additional points are for Eastern Time. The North Node and Lilith are the True positions. Retrogrades are underlined. Extra points are Chiron, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Lilith. These come from the excellent software, Sirius 3.0.
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This Month’s Void Moon Dates:
Using the table below: The Moon is Void of Course from the time of its last aspect listed below until the Moon enters a new sign. Generally speaking, these periods are not ideal for launching new endeavors, although they’re not impossible periods, either.
The times given below are Eastern. These should be adjusted for different time zones. For example, for Pacific Time, subtract 3 hours from the given times.
See Void of Course dates and times for the full year.
New & Full Moon Charts:
- Full Moon in Capricorn Chart: June 21st, 2024
- New Moon in Cancer Chart: July 5th, 2024
- Full Moon in Capricorn Chart: July 21st, 2024
Looking Ahead:
- Time Line Aspects: July 2024
- Time Line Aspects: August 2024
- Time Line Aspects: September 2024
- Time Line Aspects: October 2024
- Time Line Aspects: November 2024
- Time Line Aspects: December 2024
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This Month’s Highlights
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Horoscopes for the Month
Void of Course Dates this Month
On June 2nd, Jupiter forms a trine with Pluto, and this long-term aspect only perfects once. This aspect can get us in touch with our more deeply buried ambitions. It’s a time of heightened influence, faith, and insight. The desire for more personal significance can lead us to give of ourselves or motivate us to pursue individual or professional goals more ambitiously. This transit enhances our ability to sway or persuade.
During this transit, we might seize the opportunity to better ourselves. Resolving long-standing problems is in focus. Untapped resources can be harnessed. This transit is a boon for business, law, and commerce, empowering us to channel our ambitions more effectively and offering us the power to organize. The desire for success is potent, and our determination heightens, making it an ideal time for personal and professional growth.
New ventures can thrive, and so can reviving projects already in progress. This powerful aspect can lead to a stronger sense of confidence, as well as increased ambition, grit, and resourcefulness. We may see opportunities where we previously saw obstacles, and our pursuits can have more depth and power.
On June 6th, a New Moon occurs in the sign of Gemini, prompting a new beginning, particularly with our communications and mental orientation. By consciously tuning in to positive Gemini energy, we learn through others simply by being curious, and we improve our social and communication skills at the same time. We open our minds to more information, and we learn to truly enjoy the variety of different personalities around us.
This lunation aligns with Venus and forms a square to Saturn, and some blocks, obstacles, or reality checks are likely before we embark on a new path. The desire for more harmony, love, pleasure, or better relationships can be very real now, motivating new beginnings.
On June 21st, a Full Moon occurs in the sign of Capricorn. This lunation reminds us that we can’t ignore our commitments to the outside world. We need to take care of our responsibilities, attend to business, act maturely, and take charge. Solid, practical, and doable ideas are associated with the realizations and epiphanies occurring now. Even so, this lunation forms a square to Neptune, and we should watch for deception and self-deception. We might also consider that we can be reacting to disillusionment.
On June 29th, Saturn turns retrograde, and it will continue to travel in this apparent backward motion until November 15th. While Saturn is retrograde, we more often review our responsibilities and commitments than deal with them directly in the moment. There can be more than the usual experiences of guilt and self-doubt as we internalize fears but also the chance to reassess our commitments.
Date | Time (ET) | Event | Position |
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Jun 2 | 8:12 PM | Jupiter trine Pluto | Jup 1 Gem 53' trine Plu 1 Aqu 53'Rx |
Jun 3 | 3:36 AM | Mercury enters Gemini | Mer 0 Gem 00' |
Jun 6 | 8:37 AM | New Moon in Gemini | 16 Gem 18' |
Jun 9 | 12:35 AM | Mars enters Taurus | Mar 0 Tau 00' |
Jun 14 | 1:18 AM | First Quarter Moon | 23 Vir 40' |
Jun 17 | 2:20 AM | Venus enters Cancer | Ven 0 Can 00' |
Jun 17 | 5:07 AM | Mercury enters Cancer | Mer 0 Can 00' |
Jun 19 | 6:07 PM | Vesta enters Leo | Ves 0 Leo 00' |
Jun 20 | 4:51 PM | Sun enters Cancer | Sun 0 Can 00' |
Jun 21 | 9:08 PM | Full Moon in Capricorn | 1 Cap 07' |
Jun 28 | 5:53 PM | Last Quarter Moon | 7 Ari 40' |
Jun 29 | 3:06 PM | Saturn Retrograde | Sat 19 Pis 26'Rx |
(See the full table for 2024)
See also: This Week in Astrology week to week for more detail.
This Month’s Overview Horoscopes
The following horoscopes outline how the above astrological influences might affect each individual sign.
Overview horoscopes fill in here as I write them, ideally during the week before the month begins. It is not unusual to see some signs temporarily missing as I write the twelve of them over the course of a few days, starting with the featured sign of the month (birthday month).
Aries
Communications and learning can be in sharp focus in June, dear Aries, and you're likely to excel in these areas. Your personality comes through beautifully in whatever personal interest or project you're involved with now. This is a time for appreciation and praise from others, as well as fabulous rewards for your efforts. It's a stellar time to write, speak, publish, or guide. It's also a brilliant period for using the power of thoughts and words to transform your life for the better. Until the 17th, there can be a lot coming in, many things to do, and a generally quick pace. Your communications sector is very active, and there can be times when you're busy to distraction. You could be more involved with a sibling, neighbor, or classmate or incredibly motivated to sort out your daily affairs, get going on a learning endeavor or study, and push a communications project forward. It's a great time to gather your facts, although there will be times when you could feel a little harried. You're very often putting your feelers out, experimenting with different ideas, interests, and projects. For the best results, avoid getting to the point where you're living on your nerves, as you'll miss out on the real opportunities that are bound to present themselves. Fortunately, a Jupiter-Pluto influence helps you bring more focus, determination, and intensity to your social life, studies, personal interests, communications, and daily affairs. It can be a time of valuable, even life-changing alliances. Indeed, you have substantial opportunities to make friends and influence people. You're reaching others, hitting the nail on the head, and enjoying your experiences. Around the New Moon on the 6th, a new beginning can be in the offing regarding learning, sharing, ideas, mental outlook, communications, transportation, personal interests, and daily life. While you have the chance to start fresh, you might battle some inner reservations, fears, or insecurities about putting your ideas out there. This New Moon is pleasant, yet due to its square to Saturn, it challenges you to get over a hump before you begin anew. Once you've done so, healthy competition can be motivating. From the 9th, it's a good idea to avoid impulsiveness with your money as Mars transits your resources sector. You could feel the reason to defend yourself, your values, and the respect you deserve. There can be several good opportunities for increasing your income, and there can be an important focus on achieving more self-reliance. Finances can also be a hot topic! Indeed, it can be a powerful time for business and money matters. You're likely to want to take the lead or initiative now. You are extraordinarily resourceful, making excellent use of your talents and resources. Being on top of your responsibilities is a goal and can feel especially satisfying. This transit certainly stirs the desire to make your life more comfortable, settled, and secure. You'll find it natural to pour your energies into earthy and comforting activities that help you heal and cleanse. Sound energy is with you for honing and developing your talents and boosting your income. You're also more assertive about what you want and need. As June progresses, there's a significant shift of energy towards home and family matters or your private life. You can find comfort in faces and places you love. Mercury and Venus move into your solar fourth house on the 17th, and the Sun follows suit on the 20th. You can be happily introspective during this period. Pouring more of your energies into your personal life can be very healing and rewarding, and it can boost your confidence along with your sense of security as you do. Around the Full Moon on the 21st, there can be an important realization about your work, true calling, business, career, reputation, or true feelings about the direction your life is taking. This lunation pushes the need to attend to business, career, or public matters. There may be pressing demands in your professional life and perhaps a bit of scrutiny. Still, whatever this Full Moon brings to your attention, you get the message that it's time to restore some balance between your personal and professional lives. Aim to use feelings of discouragement about an issue as motivation to make improvements. Saturn begins its yearly retrograde cycle on the 29th, and until mid-November, you'll learn more about your spiritual goals, tie up loose ends, or finish long-term projects that have outworn their purpose. It's not an ideal time to launch major long-term projects, but returning to complete old projects can be rewarding. Otherwise, you'll feel creative and hopeful in the last week of June. Competitive feelings or ambitions can challenge you to make changes and improvements, particularly around the home or with money matters. You might solve a problem or find yourself in an excellent position to acquire something coveted that's comfort-related. There's warm energy available to you for pursuing love or enhancing a connection, and your appeal is terrific. You seem on the same, similar, or complementary page as a partner or special someone. You care less about others' validation or approval and more about fulfilling your needs and desires, which is the key to satisfaction now. Breaking from the past in some manner can be satisfying, and this can be about decluttering or updating. Focusing on your foundations can bring great rewards. |
Taurus
Emotions settle, and June begins with a sense of calm, dear Taurus. Money, comfort, or security are a big focus this month, and you are well-positioned to improve your lot in life. It's a good month for taking care of business, attending to practical affairs, and devoting time to finances or special projects. From the 9th forward, you have the energy to move mountains as Mars moving into your sign clarifies your desires. The New Moon on the 6th influences matters related to money, resources, talents, comfort, and security. In the week following this lunation, you may find yourself making changes and tweaks to your life. These adjustments are aimed at making your goals related to finances, business, security, and comfort more achievable and fulfilling in the long run. It's also a time to develop a stronger sense of self-worth and value as you gain a better understanding of your capabilities and what you already have in terms of resources and talents. As you take more pride in your work, possessions, and ability to earn, improvements naturally follow. You could gain some appreciation or admiration for your talents. You may have to do some juggling, but the central focus should be on getting your financial life in order. You bring more focus, determination, and intensity to your practical goals, money matters, and professional goals. This is a time when you can make significant progress in these areas, whether it's through forming valuable alliances that help to advance your career or boost your income and sense of security, or by taking action on a money-making idea, opening a savings account, or creating a budget. It's a time for looking at your talents and resources differently and taking steps towards using them to your advantage. Your drive to taste life and appreciate it can revolve around harmony, beauty, and comfort. A creative business idea may come together. Mars moves into your sign on the 9th, and you're exceptionally self-motivated. This transition brings a surge of energy and assertiveness, making you feel more outwardly effective and decisive. Until then, it's advisable to take some extra rest to prepare for this energetic shift and ensure that you're ready to make the most of it. After the 9th, you might often find yourself in the role of a leader or working towards your goals independently, at your own pace. There are times when you may need to practice some self-control, as you can quickly feel bored or impatient. However, this period also grants you personal initiative, making it an opportune time to pursue goals that have been put aside. Some self-centeredness is beneficial for you at this time, as it allows you to prioritize your personal needs and desires if things have fallen out of balance. Of course, whenever Mars transits your sign, there is the danger of being too aggressive or impatient, but with those inclinations tamed, you can go far. Conflicts are more likely when Mars is astrologically challenged, such as around the 10th to the 11th. Still, these challenges can motivate you to become more self-reliant. You're transitioning into a very lively, connected, and communicative period from the 17th forward, and you'll do exceptionally well for yourself by putting your feelers out for new ideas. It's a fortunate time for friendships, communications, work, health, and group connections. New interests or communication channels are opening up for you, which can lead to other layers of opportunities in different areas of life. Your ideas, advice, or guidance might stand out and can be in demand. Mercury and Venus move into your communications sector on the 17th, and the Sun follows suit on the 20th, bringing you out of your shell. It's a rewarding period for getting in better touch with your passions. It boosts your confidence and enthusiasm. You also have a growing focus on socializing, connecting, learning, and sharing in your life, helping to bring more balance to your world. There's more movement and general "busyness" in your solar chart as June progresses. Others hang on to your words, turn to you for advice, and enjoy your company. A Full Moon occurs in your spirit sector on the 21st, awakening you to the desire to expand your mind and experiences. You are ready to start fresh, turn a corner, try new things, and approach your relationships differently. This can be an excellent time to come up with an inspired idea. Pleasant surprises or new friendships can result from learning pursuits or special interests. It's a time for seeking out different ways to express yourself. There can be something published, expressed, or promoted that helps you turn a corner. Transportation news or problems can be part of the picture. Saturn in your solar eleventh house turns retrograde on the 29th, requiring you to review, reflect, and reorganize your work, long-term plans, or social life and happiness goals. A shift in perspective occurs during this cycle that lasts until mid-November, and it's wise to consider that expansion may lead to stress rather than joy for the time being. Focusing on what you already have going can be rewarding. Otherwise, the last week of June is powerful for using words to attract and connect. Transits favor being forthright and honest in your dealings, ideally with sensitivity. Attempts to reach out to someone can be very successful. Things are tying together nicely, and you can feel pleasantly motivated. You have more confidence and desire to take action, and it's an excellent time for getting the word out if you are working on something special. You want to come out on top, beat a personal best, and pursue your desires and interests. There is a strong desire to be the one to take the initiative so that independent work or projects are favored now. People are attracted to your wit and independence. |
Gemini
It's your month to shine, dear Gemini. June brings vital energy for personal influence. You are magnetic when sharing ideas, reaching out, and communicating. Your powers of attraction are mighty until the 17th with loving Venus in your sign, and your persuasive abilities are most potent from the 3rd to the 17th with Mercury in Gemini. You communicate exceptionally well and effectively, or you're learning exciting things. This is your time to make wonderful personal renovations. You're discovering yourself through your ideas, interests, extracurricular activities, experiences, and discoveries. Opportunities to expand your horizons, perhaps through publishing, additional reach, adventure, or education, can present themselves. The New Moon on the 6th is significant for you personally since it occurs in your sign. The week following this lunation is one of the best times for reinventing yourself, starting fresh, and putting personal updates or upgrades into motion. Your sign has a solid showing of planets, suggesting a meaningful turning point for you. It's a time to show others a fresh new face — one that better reflects your current stage of growth — and breaking out of outworn patterns of greeting the world and presenting yourself. You're set to enjoy a boost of energy and motivation to get started. Aim to begin your solar year with confidence and mindfulness. In the week following the New Moon, you may decide to start important projects. Your initiative and independence are in the spotlight now. At the same time, friendships, alliances, and giving back to the community benefit you. Don't pass up a good opportunity to collaborate, cooperate, and get involved. Even though your first instinct may be to go it alone, this is an important time for connecting with others and sharing experiences or expertise, especially while Mars travels your social sector until the 9th. Although you're outgoing from that date forward, you'll find an increasing need to balance your activities with downtime. Your voice is strong this month. While you can feel heard and have influence, it also means you have more impact, and the words you use can be remembered for a long time. You're shining and feeling more in control of your life, particularly with your image, presentation, and personality. You can be charmingly forthright, sincere, and straightforward with your requests and communications. People are falling in love with your unique style. Attempts to reach out to someone can be very successful. You may be focusing on a new direction, and you enjoy solving problems or simply looking past flaws and challenges to good times ahead of you. You are motivated to spontaneously share yourself or make more time to do what pleases you most! There is a real demand for the qualities that you are naturally projecting. Your heart is open, you're amorous, and you're inclined to do a little self-pampering. Motivation and hopefulness are increasing. Still, managing your expectations is important, and you might need to go over a small hump, likely due to plans that fail to materialize. There can be some confusion about something you hear or regarding communications, transportation, or learning around the 16th to the 20th. If you've ignored your needs to escape, rest, or indulge your imagination, you might take a cue to fill your life more fully and seek a better balance. As the month advances, you take more interest in settling in or building upon your current resources. Venus and Mercury move into your sector of money, natural talents, and self-worth on the 17th, and the Sun follows suit on the 20th. These shifts stir a desire to build up your reservoir, improve your bottom line, and develop what you already have. You more fully enjoy attending to your projects and things. You approach money and possessions differently, and your tastes are changing. The Full Moon on the 21st boosts your awareness of what you have, need, and want. This eclipse brings issues surrounding power dynamics and unpaid debts to a head. Consider ways to get back to a position of balance. Empower yourself by aiming to manage or settle debts, whether these are material, spiritual, or emotional. If you feel guilty or indebted, you're not working at full capacity, and now is the time to work towards fixing the problem. However, we all depend on others in some way, and these connections can be very healthy, so consider ways to get yourself more comfortable with healthy dependencies as well. Saturn's retrograde from the 29th points to a period of temporarily reassessing or de-emphasizing your objectives. You'll likely feel a shift in perspective about your long-term goals, responsibilities, career, or life path. There is a real need to simplify your career efforts and reputation since expansion can bring undue stress. It's a great time to build upon current projects or return to unfinished endeavors. |
Cancer
The first weeks of June can be relatively private, contemplative, and possibly withdrawn, dear Cancer. It's a time to collect your thoughts, digest recent experiences, and reorient yourself. Work done in relative solitude could be especially rewarding, although, by the 17th to 20th, the month brings more outgoing energy and a stronger desire to mingle. Friendships become especially lively from the 9th forward. Making a new, very positive connection with a helpful person can figure strongly in June. You're learning much about yourself and your deepest needs and wants, and it's rewarding! Resolving a long-standing problem may deepen a relationship. The New Moon on the 6th heralds a powerful time for dealing with loose ends in your life and emotional development in general. It gives you a push, nudge, or boost, and with a more than usual showing of planets in the privacy sector of your solar chart, a significant new beginning or emphasis on putting a project, situation, or chapter of your life behind you is suggested. The week following this lunation is important for doing an emotional inventory. It's time to clear the deck and embrace the potential for new beginnings. You could be dealing with things behind the scenes, and events can be such that you seek and get closure on various matters. Rest, regeneration, and reflection are in order as you prepare for a new solar year. Supporting your goals, Mars in your career sector until the 9th continues to motivate you, even with a focus on your inner world. Aim to identify, recognize, and nurture your ambitions. You're in a great position of confidence to take on responsibilities, take the lead, and work hard for what you want and need. Strains and challenges can be overcome, and bonds can be strengthened, especially with the arrival of charming Venus in your sign from the 17th forward. This planetary shift enhances your personal charisma, making you more attractive to others. That's the same day that Mercury enters Cancer, and you're finding your voice. Further, the Sun moves into your sign on the 20th, and you can feel like you're reawakening, radiating confidence and charm! You'll likely come out of your shell or quietly begin attracting attention with these planetary shifts. Feelings, goals, and interests become more explicit, and confidence that you can impact the world around you is increasing. Venus in your sign is excellent for personal charm and perhaps a smattering of healthy indulgence or self-pampering. People are attracted – they want to be around you. Aim to generate good impressions, especially around the 16-17. There can be much discussion, and others want your opinion. Discussing a relationship or giving something further thought can be attractive. These transits boost your sense of personal power and increase your influence and presence. They can also stir your need to share ideas and use the power of words to improve your life. You seem to be getting outside reinforcement, and you might use this extra boost of visibility to further your plans. It's a fine time to consider new personal initiatives and update your year-ahead resolutions. Around the Full Moon on the 21st, imbalances in your life become glaring. Relationships are in focus, and important epiphanies may occur now. Recognition of relationship needs and feelings can come in a rush. This can also be a potent time for releasing something or putting something behind you that has been building for a while. You're radiating warm vibes, and positive attention can come your way. It can be a breath of fresh air, perhaps making its way to you from a surprising source in the last week of June. Sharing some of your expertise or yourself with colleagues or friends can be rewarding. Teaming up with others to get something done can also be successful. You might get totally behind a cause or personal pursuit, and your passion is notable. This is a time for inspiring others or feeling inspired. While the pace is quickening later in the month, with Saturn's retrograde turn on the 29th, there could be some slowdowns, delays, or backtracking related to education, travel, or publishing. This could mean that you might encounter some setbacks in these areas in the coming months. It's not the time to rush decisions! Simplifying, building, structuring, and stabilizing efforts produce the best results at this time. Try not to overdo things or you'll end up too exhausted when actual opportunities present themselves. |
Leo
Your social life is lively this month, dear Leo, and your ability to persuade others is stronger than ever. Your career heats up from the 9th forward - you are large and in charge. Recognition for your least acknowledged talents is forthcoming around the 21st. Attractive job offers are possible. While your working life keeps you on your toes through to the end of the month, you begin to require quality personal downtime and solitude in the last week of June. Until the 17th, strong energy is with you for networking, reaching out to the community, or friendships. You can expect more invites or communications from people in your networks. Long-term plans look exciting now. Your month is looking full! Boosts relate most to your social life, communications, mind or outlook, partnerships, and connections this month. Specifically, you may find yourself more influential in groups, with friends, and with a partner. Your social life and relationship needs or goals are evolving and transforming in delightful ways, such as improved communication skills, deeper connections with friends, and more harmonious partnerships. The New Moon on the 6th heralds a powerful time for you, as it ushers in new beginnings in friendships, alliances, networking, and happiness goals. A strong showing of planets in your solar chart's sector of friends and causes suggests a significant new beginning or emphasis on any (or many) of these themes. It's a time for a fresh start, with exciting new friendships and alliances on the horizon. You feel encouraged, inspired, and hopeful. However, be mindful of succumbing to pressure or paranoia at this time. Ideally, feeling blocked, limited, or restricted can motivate you to improve these areas of your life. From the 9th forward, you have Mars at the top of your solar chart stirring your ambitions to perform and succeed. There can be some issues or conflicts with people in positions of authority, such as disagreements over strategies or power struggles, but overall, it's a cycle that encourages a hands-on, active role in your career or the pursuit of your larger goals. Reaching out and taking the lead or initiative brings rewards. A friend's appreciation or inspiration from your networks might motivate you to pursue what you want. Friendships and love relationships can strengthen or enliven, and you are giving off warm and stimulating vibes. There can be invitations or more desire to follow up on connections made. It's a creative time that highlights you in attractive ways. The sense that you're valued and respected is encouraging and motivating. People pull through for you, and this kind of support is just what you need. Having more time to yourself as the month advances can be beneficial, with Venus and Mercury moving into your privacy sector on the 17th and the Sun following suit on the 20th. While staying connected with people you care about is a good idea, you also need to gently set some boundaries. You're starting important cycles of retrospect and emotional renewal and looking within for answers. With these shifts, you transition into a period of the year best used for taking extra time to yourself for rest and reflection. It's a time for releasing, letting go, purging, and healing. Around the Full Moon on the 21st, realizations about health, wellness, work, and routines can prompt important changes or new plans and strategies. This could involve realizing the need for a healthier lifestyle, recognizing the importance of work-life balance, or understanding the need for a more efficient routine. If your work or daily regimens have become too monotonous and have taken a toll on your spirits, circumstances occurring now push you to make needed changes. Your intuition is trying to tell you something, and you might gravitate to the things, people, or situations that help you move forward. You might enjoy a coincidence leading to beautiful memories or unexpected feelings. The last week of June is good for both rest and goal-setting! Getting some time for yourself is vital – some reflection and rest can feed the soul now. You can feel strongly about creating something unique or special. Opportunities may come from behind the scenes, or you find much to enjoy in your private life. You see beauty in unexpected places or the layers of a situation. While you can be somewhat retiring on a personal level at this time, your ambition to triumph, succeed, or win is stirring. You're learning valuable lessons about challenging yourself, and you might reap some of the benefits of taking on more responsibility. Saturn begins its retrograde cycle on the 29th, and for several months, you can benefit from a review of debts, support, emotional health, and your close relationships. You might need to reassess how much time and energy you can afford to invest in these matters, or you may be dealing with delays or refinements of plans. Once you recognize the need for restructuring, simplifying, and stabilizing your life, you'll have a stronger sense of the benefits of this period. |
Virgo
You're more noticeable, responsible, or accountable as you begin June, dear Virgo, and fortunately, you are coming across in an incredibly charming light. New directions in your career or boosts to your reputation are in store for you. The first half of June presents you with a wonderful opportunity to maintain a healthy balance between your career and personal life. It's a time to give extra attention to your long-term goals, rules, responsibilities, and performance, while also leaving room for recreation, enjoyment of friends, and even a spot of adventure. As the month progresses, you'll find yourself increasingly interested in fulfilling happiness goals, reassuring you of your ability to manage both aspects of your life. Transits stir your need for more dynamism and creative expression in your work and possibly your private life as well. You are glowing professionally, and others tend to follow your lead or flock to you for advice. You can be highly productive in all the right ways, and working harder towards your goals is rewarding. The details and the 'little things' make all the difference. Perfecting your particular craft is natural now. Interestingly, if you're not looking for recognition for what you do and instead focus on the rewards of work, you're likely to be appreciated more. Increased communication in your personal life, at home, or with family can also figure strongly. Consider setting aside specific time for family discussions or personal reflection to make the most of astrological energies now. You're hungry to learn new things, and it's a fine time to focus on a goal close to your heart. You'll find yourself looking forward and might choose a particular interest and run with it, pouring much of your energy into learning or furthering your understanding of a matter. It's also a time to see solutions to problems related to career or life path goals. There is outstanding energy with you for constructive conversations. Seeing a new layer of a situation can give you a business advantage or insight into your goals. You're rarely short of ideas related to business and long-range, life-path objectives from the 3rd to the 17th. It's an excellent time for optimism and hope or supportive news that excites you about your future. The New Moon on the 6th prompts a new beginning or approach to your professional plans, long-term goals, or life path pursuits. There is a solid showing of planets at the top of your solar chart, suggesting a significant new beginning or emphasis on any (or many) of these themes. It's a time to make changes and tweaks to your work and goals to make them more realizable and fulfilling in the long run. This emphasis occurs in the sign of Gemini, after all — a sign that encourages curiosity and variety — and to reap its rewards, you benefit from watching, listening, and connecting. You're strategic until the 9th, from which time you are direct and straight to the point. Mercury and Venus move into your social sector on the 17th, and the Sun follows suit on the 20th, painting a different picture for the second half of June. You're focusing on enjoyment, friends, teamwork, and networking. You're more inclined to entertain long-term happiness goals. The Full Moon on the 21st can illuminate matters revolving around a romantic affair, creative project, or children. It can also raise the temperature of a romance. This is a time for pivotal discoveries of your feelings for someone or particular projects in your life. With Saturn turning retrograde on the 29th and remaining so until November, it's a time for you to reflect on the work you must do to stabilize critical areas of your life, especially your relationships, work, and health. Some backtracking or slowing down is possible, and simplifying rather than taking on additional responsibilities makes the most sense now. This period may require you to revise your outlook or approach, but rest assured, this cycle will eventually reveal the right path for you, encouraging you to embrace personal growth. Otherwise, the last week of the month is a time for exploring new ideas, dreams, and plans. Sharing your expertise with associates can be rewarding. You can be pleasantly busy. Further thinking or exploring a matter can be fruitful. Discussing a personal problem with objectivity is rewarding. In fact, verbalizing a matter can frame it differently, giving you a new perspective. Opportunities to meet someone special through groups, acquaintances, or networking arise. Someone can inspire you to do your best and reach a little higher. Transits can motivate you to tap into the courage to do something entirely different and enjoy a new and refreshing experience. |
Libra
With a strong focus on your sector of spirit and the higher mind in the first weeks of June, dear Libra, your desire to learn, share ideas, and reach out beyond the usual routine is motivating you. Your attitude is forward-looking, and your ambition and motivation increase as the month advances. By the end of June, you can be especially interested in getting ahead in business and other practical areas of life. Your desire for new and interesting experiences, mind expansion, and activities that take you away from your routine is strong this month. Your ruler, Venus, moves along closely with the Sun most of June, and this helps to light your way. It can point to more support from friends and networks. Others can be most interested in how you feel and what you have to say. You enjoy a nice glow of hopefulness about a matter you haven't felt for some time. Cooperation and harmony are even more important to you than usual. You're opening up to new thoughts, ideas, and channels for recreation, and it's deeply rewarding. Communication or transportation channels open and improve. You might reach a broader audience, and the feedback feeds the flames of your own inspiration. Romantic opportunities might emerge with someone of an entirely different background or culture or through education, shared beliefs, travel, or adventurous experiences and activities. Transits are urging you to bring more of the world into your personal life. You could be enjoying new interests or thinking about your plans in a big-picture way. You might relish the opportunity to learn new skills or develop your current ones, or there can be a strong focus on training, learning, and connecting. The first half of the month can be good for attracting positive feedback and feeling reinforced. You are more likely to make happy connections through activities that mentally take you outside of the routine or onto unfamiliar ground. Suppose you're considering a unique adventure, a new course, or a publishing project, then the week after the New Moon on the 6th can be a good time for drawing up new plans. These plans could involve learning new skills or sharing your ideas with a wider audience. Feed your mind, enjoy new experiences, and brush up on skills! The need for a fresh perspective or stimulating extra-curricular activities is strong after this New Moon, and new beginnings along these lines can help broaden your horizons. You're recognizing the need to live your life more fully, and this recognition can lead to exciting new opportunities and experiences. Making tweaks to your outlook and expectations can help your goals become more realizable and workable, fulfilling you in the long term. You're inclined to express your feelings straightforwardly until the 17th, and this forthcoming approach truly works in your favor, boosting your appeal. Conversations can be inspiring and stimulating. This period of open and direct communication can lead to deeper connections and a better understanding of your needs and desires, enhancing your relationships. From the 9th forward, a lot can happen behind the scenes or inside you with energetic Mars moving through your intimacy sector. This transit can rev up your intimate life and a close, deep relationship, bringing a renewed passion and intensity to your interactions. While this transit can sometimes stir up some trouble, it's the kind of trouble that leads to resolutions, mainly related to shared money or power. This can also be a time to take care of debt or get support, strengthening your financial and emotional security. Mercury and Venus head to the top of your solar chart on the 17th, and the Sun follows suit on the 20th, bringing your attention to rules, structures, career, and responsibility. You're goal-oriented and ready to take charge. Around the Full Moon on the 21st, excitement or tension in your personal life or emotional world can lead to a new perspective. This could be a time of increased self-awareness or a shift in your emotional landscape, offering you a fresh understanding of your feelings and relationships. Saturn's retrograde period begins this month--on the 29th--and signals a time for slowdowns, de-emphasis, or backtracking with daily affairs, work, health, or routines. This cycle sets up a better period for review and reflection than innovation in these life departments. While you may encounter some waning motivation or delays, you are well-positioned to simplify, edit, and build what you already have in place. You might reassess commitments to specific programs, projects, or jobs in the months ahead (until mid-November). Otherwise, the last week of June brings special attention to your longer-term goals, professional interests, or life direction. Career, business, and responsibilities move to the front burner. A healthy, happy level of competition motivates you, and you may feel like you're turning a page, especially with career, responsibilities, long-term goals, and life-path matters. You might uncover or attract a vital resource. You have a natural desire to come out ahead, triumph, or accomplish something. You're making it easy for others to respect you! Authority figures, including bosses and parents, see you in a good light. Someone could support, sponsor, or otherwise endorse you now. |
Scorpio
A strong theme of introspection and strategy is with you in June, dear Scorpio, although a shift occurs later in the month that has you hankering for action and participation. June begins with a strong need for inner change, transformation, and self-mastery, giving you the tools to shape your own destiny. Increasingly through June, your focus turns outward, but the inner work you do is powerful, reinforcing your sense of self. This period of your life is quite relationship-focused but is also brilliant for personal discoveries, allowing you to strengthen your connections while also growing as an individual. Your intimacy sector is lit: the Sun transits it until the 20th, Mercury is there from the 3rd to the 17th, and Venus is a guest until the 17th. It's a time for observing and processing rather than taking new action. Relationships are in strong focus. Themes in focus now revolve around intimate relationships, sexuality, finances, emotional or financial support, taxes, and debts. Jupiter's harmony with your ruler, Pluto, is a significant influence. It enhances your intimate world, personal life, and domestic sphere. On a psychological level, it's about emotional renewal and recognizing your need to renovate and renew yourself from the inside out. Life feels more meaningful, and you're in a position to make profound changes. The New Moon on the 6th is a pivotal moment for you. It's a time to sort your financial affairs, seek support, and start a new emotional health and wellness plan. This energy is best felt, allowing you to intuit your next move. After a few days, you can confidently put your plans into motion. Your insight into self-transformation is strong, and you're learning to accept support or address feelings of indebtedness. An event may occur that highlights the need to handle debts or shared resources. This is an important time for sorting out your finances-- money owed or due — and addressing fears, power sharing, and attachments in your closest relationships. You're in a strong position to make a lifestyle change, particularly if it involves quitting a bad habit or dependency. You're in the right place to put adverse situations and self-limiting attitudes behind you. Financial and intimate matters are in focus, and while there can be challenges and obstacles involved, a take-charge attitude emerges. Overall, there can be positive feelings about work projects or investments. You'll see time wasters for what they are, and you may stumble upon methods that help you tighten up your work or routines. You can be drawn to details and excited about finding solutions to problems. You're ready to put your talents or skills to use, and you might indirectly advertise your capabilities as you do! Channeling your energy into constructive projects comes easily and naturally this month. Your focus shifts to partnering, connecting, and exploring new adventures or experiences and ideas as June advances. Pulling yourself away from work and tasks more often can be of great benefit now. Relationships enliven. From the 9th, Mars animates your partnership sector. This means others are in active focus and have much to share with you! There can be a lot going on in a partner's or good friend's life now, or they're motivating you to learn, love, and enjoy life more. As Venus, Mercury, and the Sun move into your spirit sector on the 17th and 20th, you're developing a stronger taste for expressing yourself freely and spontaneously. It's a time for branching out and reaching beyond your normal boundaries. If romance is featured, it has a flavor of freedom and adventure. There may be opportunities to expand, publish, share, or promote. However, it's crucial to get your personal affairs in order first. This will enable you to take better advantage of the opportunities that arise. These shifts are designed to pull you up and out of yourself, and you may find yourself more willing to take on a challenge or invest in your belief in yourself. The Full Moon on the 21st is mentally stimulating. You might arrive at important revelations regarding your projects, studies, mental outlook, and personal interests. There can be some scrambling to meet deadlines or some disorganization to manage now, but it's an exciting time for better understanding your interests. Let obstacles motivate instead of discourage you. With Saturn's retrograde turn on the 29th, you're gaining a new perspective on romance, creativity, recreation, communications, and transportation. This retrograde cycle, lasting until mid-November, is good for reevaluating, consolidating, and perhaps rebuilding endeavors related to the pursuit of pleasure, romance, comfort, and creative expression. Brand-new major projects may take off slowly, if at all. In truth, they may only serve to stress you out, as this is a time for conserving energy and simplifying your life. Aim to level things out. Otherwise, transits are stimulating and motivating as you close out the month. Relationships are pleasantly spicy, adding a touch of excitement to your life. Communications, interactions, and connections are exciting. When reaching out or moving out of your usual comfort zone, you are more willing to take personal and creative risks. It's a good time for competitive and cooperative activities, and someone may encourage you to be the best version of yourself. A special person in your life can help stir up your enthusiasm and build your confidence, reminding you of your potential. People gravitate to your liveliness, charm, ideas, and wit, reinforcing your sense of self-worth. Doing something offbeat or outside of the usual routine can be integral, encouraging you to embrace new experiences. Energies are good for making connections that can further personal growth or help you advance your studies and broaden your horizons. |
Sagittarius
June holds unique opportunities for love and relationships, dear Sagittarius. The month is infused with energy that can bring more excitement, pride, and fun to your interactions. You have the potential to attract strong, helpful, and intelligent people into your life. Your efforts to interact positively can lead to rewarding outcomes. The key to overall happiness and success in the first half of the month lies in cooperation. Your personal determination, one-to-one relationships, communications, and mental outlook get a significant boost this month. This surge in energy can lead to improved communication and the creation of special bonds. Your influence and powers of persuasion are heightened, allowing you to reach new levels with the people in your life. This is mainly through meaningful insights and conversations, where your strong observation skills come into play. These interactions with a partner or trusted friend can spark great ideas, empowering you to grow and excel. Discussions with your loved ones can be transformative this month, as they can help you gain a deeper understanding of your own feelings and ideas. Embracing a new truth or perspective can be significant and meaningful. The trust and understanding you receive from others now can be reciprocated, leading to mutual benefits. While some of your personal plans may be on hold this month, your interests and connections are taking off. If you want to start fresh or change your relationship state or status, the period after the New Moon on the 6th is strong for setting your intentions. It's a good time to strengthen a relationship or your own resolve. New beginnings with relationships, especially one-to-one connections and partnerships, agreements, or contracts, are in store, arising from real-world tensions. As negotiations, agreements, and one-on-one relationships take center stage this month, you're well-positioned to improve or bring these plans into reality. While it may seem like a significant other has the upper hand, keeping score is not your style. Instead, you'd rather focus on enjoying the improvements and making the right connections. From the 9th onward, you receive lovely cosmic support for making empowering changes and choices with the services or labor you provide, your efforts to maintain and improve health, and your daily routines and habits. This is a time when you're willing to work harder or smarter, or to get fitter and healthier. These opportunities for change and growth can inspire and excite you, propelling you into a situation that has a few unknowns but keeps you engaged, learning, and gently challenged. Mercury and Venus head into your intimacy zone on the 17th, and the Sun follows suit on the 20th, turning your attention to commitments, finances, shared resources, and deepening of feelings. There can be a new focus on understanding your relationships on a deeper level, including your relationship with yourself. You could be getting serious about a financial or emotional commitment in the last week of the month. It's a good time for instruction, advice, teaching, sharing ideas, and guidance. Love gets a boost by sharing something personal and intimate. Your attitude is positive, your thoughts are more precise than usual, and your views are particularly well-received. Creative pursuits thrive, and your resourcefulness comes to the fore. The Full Moon on the 21st brings a financial or ownership matter to your attention. Emotions run high, but it's a chance to understand where you've given away your power--and how to get it back! With Saturn's retrograde turn on the 29th, you're positioning yourself to review, reassess, and gain a new perspective on finances, security and comfort, family, and home or domestic life. During this cycle that lasts until mid-November, these can be areas of slowdowns, review, delays, or backtracking. However, considering the long term will help you understand the importance of this period. This reassurance can give you a sense of confidence and security, allowing you to aim to simplify and work on projects already underway so that you can catch your breath. Otherwise, the final week of the month is warm for intimate matters. You're seeking–and finding–the inspiration and motivation to improve, grow, and excel. Creative changes made and creative risks taken tend to encourage a sense of personal empowerment. A somewhat daring or bold decision made this week might propel you into a situation that has a few unknowns but keeps you engaged, learning, and gently challenged. Work or daily routines can be exceptionally dynamic, and you can use this energy positively by pouring yourself into your projects or health endeavors. |
Capricorn
June holds tremendous potential for empowering changes to your work or health pursuits and daily routines, dear Capricorn, along with exciting improvements in your relationships. It's a month that invites you to increase efficiency, get organized, improve health, and harmonize/connect with others. You're especially busy, finding ways to eliminate waste to be more productive. This busy-ness is not just about accomplishing a lot, but also about your self-improvement journey. Aim to solve problems, make adjustments, reorganize, and deal with practical details for best results, especially until the 17th, and generally get a handle on the "little things" that make your life run more smoothly. This process is not without its challenges, but it will be rewarding. You're well-positioned for work, money matters, health, wellness, and grounding activities. There can be a positive transformation in your daily routines or financial life, or you're working hard at securing your life and enjoying yourself as you do. It's a pleasantly ambitious time. The New Moon on the 6th is potent for daily routines, habits, health, work, and self-care programs. You're in a great position to improve or bring into reality programs that help you organize your life starting with the smallest of details. The week following this New Moon is good for making changes and tweaks to the systems in your life so that work and health goals are more realizable and fulfilling in the long run — in other words, they serve you well not just now but later, too. You might make or renew a commitment to living well at home and in your daily routines and work with beautiful results. From the 9th forward, you're in great shape for enjoying and often excelling at fun competitions, romantic relationships, dating, sports, games, or hobbies. This is a time when your personal appeal is strong, and you're motivated and ready to take on a challenge. The opportunities for fun and romance in June are not just fleeting moments, but potential avenues for you to explore and enjoy. In June, you're bringing more pride, warmth, and intelligence to your work, habits, and health. It's a great time to use common sense in these areas and improve your habits and daily routines, especially from the 3rd to the 17th. Events and circumstances in June often point you in the direction of taking better care of yourself or your everyday environment. Fortunately, you're enjoying yourself more often than not. Providing a service or volunteering your help to someone can be rewarding. Harmony in your daily environment is more important to you. There can be positive channels opening up to you for healing and health-building pursuits. You're also likely to create bonds and generate trust with others. Aim to better understand your work needs, plans, and goals. You might come to realize that you're holding onto behaviors or goals that no longer serve you well, and it's a good time to think about new methods and improved routines. Frustrations can motivate you to improve your daily affairs, work, or health, especially after the New Moon on the 6th. Mercury and Venus enter your partnership sector on the 17th, and the Sun follows suit on the 20th, as these bodies move close to one another all month. Close relationships come into strong focus. You'll want to pair up to make certain decisions. Your social life begins to draw more attention, and people seek you out more often. You're focusing on partnering and relating, and it's a good time to boost your relationships and people skills. The Full Moon on the 21st occurs in your sign, heralding a time for fresh, new approaches to taking care of yourself and needs for nurture. If you've been unhappy with some aspect of your life, now is the time to work on making it better. This Full Moon heightens emotions and increases your need for self-expression. An important revelation, a culmination, or a turning point can occur. You are awakening to feelings you may have ignored or brushed aside in previous weeks, and it's exciting. Your emotions are in full bloom. It can be a wonderful time to come into touch with buried feelings. Still, your ruling planet, Saturn, turns retrograde on the 29th, putting you in a more reflective frame of mind. Consider reviewing and revising or editing some projects and commitments in the months ahead while Saturn is retrograde. A short dip in motivation is possible for specific learning, personal interests, communications, and socializing activities. There can be delays related to these matters, or pending decisions can pull you down temporarily. Returning to an unfinished project rather than taking on a new one is likely the most successful strategy for now. Finding ways to reconnect with the purpose or meaning behind what you're doing will help you get back on track sooner. Otherwise, the last week of the month is exciting, especially if you're devoting yourself to a special relationship or project. There may be the opportunity to add more spice to a relationship or friendship. Interactions can be highly stimulating and productive. Creative projects can also benefit. Cooperation is helpful, but some playful competitiveness also works well for you at this time, inspiring you to reach a little higher. You have the perfect combination of confidence and warmth that virtually ensures social and creative success. You want to come out ahead and stand out for what you do. A relationship may be a powerful motivator to better yourself or do your best. You might recognize stale ways of relating that don't serve a useful purpose anymore and put them behind you. |
Aquarius
June's transits often highlight your natural charm and encourage self-expression, dear Aquarius. You make good impressions on many different levels, whether physically, emotionally, or mentally. There is a strong focus on your creative or romantic life this month. Recreation, hobbies, pleasurable pastimes, artistic pursuits, and love are areas of increased activity and focus. It's a beautiful time to make deep, long-lasting changes that improve your life. You're expressing yourself confidently, and you're more determined. You're finding fantastic ways to express yourself and your personality through love, games, recreation, hobbies, and creativity. A special love relationship or project can blossom. The New Moon on the 6th brings a surge of new energy and a proactive attitude to your creative world. In the week following it, you may find yourself pushing forward a hobby, romance, or creative pursuit. This is a crucial time for new beginnings or fresh starts in areas such as fun, personal enjoyment, self-expression, children, romance, and leisure or creativity. It's a time to seek ways to express and enjoy yourself more fully. Trust your heart's desires! Your intuition is particularly strong this month and is often guiding your path. This can be the start (or successful relaunch) of a wonderful new project or a budding romance. A more involved, connected approach is particularly successful and rewarding now. Opportunities to begin anew along romantic, creative, and playful levels are likely to emerge — you're encouraged to explore, express, and share your passions and creativity more heartfully. Others may pull you into activities that you enjoy, or they somehow inspire you to action. Feedback from others can motivate, and interactions can be inspiring or inspired! Romantic feelings can drive you, or the urge to create something special and unique can figure strongly. From the 9th, home life grabs more of your attention. You might actively work through problem areas and improve family relationships. You can feel energetic and enthusiastic about decorating, organizing your home, going on outings with family, or fixing problem areas in your personal life. It positions you well for taking action and devoting energy to improving things around the home. Extra attention to your home or nest can be very satisfying and healing. You feel less burdened by responsibilities and more excited about keeping order in your personal domain. Mercury and Venus head into your work and health sector on the 17th, and the Sun does the same on the 20th. These influences turn your attention to the essential systems in your life, your daily routines, work, and personal well-being. You're in a great position to better organize your life, starting small and working your way up. The Full Moon on the 21st awakens a need to attend to your inner world and get extra time for rest and reflection. It signals a time when your psychic radar is working overtime, and you can have an epiphany about your true feelings on a matter or instincts about a person or project. There can be a need for emotional and psychic release or escape to recuperate, rest, and rejuvenate yourself. If you've been neglecting your need to take care of yourself mentally and emotionally, then circumstances tend to force the issue now. Mental and physical resilience may not be up to par at the moment, and if you've overextended and exhausted yourself, you'll face the need to slow down. You might also need to bring closure to a neglected or unresolved issue in your life. Saturn's retrograde on the 29th runs until mid-November and presents an opportunity for you to review some of your commitments, aspirations, and responsibilities. This review is particularly focused on areas such as your finances, business, security, self-worth, natural talents, resources, and comfort levels. You may experience delays or a temporary pulling back from specific projects until you come to new conclusions. In a general sense, and especially related to money matters, it's a better period for review, editing, and reflection than innovation. Otherwise, the last week of the month is strong for updating, upgrading, and otherwise adapting your personal, work, or domestic life to keep things fresh. Your instincts for what works best for you at home, with your health, and with work are in top form, and they seem to lead you to situations and people that are healthy for you. You are in the mood to make something happen, push something forward, and solve problems that make you feel you're ahead of the game. Positive changes and improvements are in the works. You're experimenting with routines, living arrangements, methods, and approaches to relating. It's easy to find reasons to let go of habits that no longer serve you well. |
Pisces
June brings a focus on your personal life and support system, dear Pisces. You're also paying extra attention to your work or health routines. There are strong opportunities to expand your family experiences, strengthen ties, and find peace with your past. While there can be some intense emotions in the process, the potential for improvement and growth is immense, and ultimately, it can be a very satisfying journey. Your nesting instinct is powerful, and your instincts to rest up and improve your sense of security and safety are important. It’s a great time of hopefulness, especially about money, things, material comforts, and self-worth. Romantic, creative, and expressive energy increases later in June when you feel ready to share yourself, your feelings, and your ideas with others. You can be strongly motivated to boost your feelings of security and comfort this month. You might also reorganize your personal space in such a way that you think more clearly and produce more. Family may be especially cooperative or willing to lend you a hand with your endeavors. It's a fine time to open up conversations with loved ones, draw up plans and lists of priorities, and spend more time on activities and endeavors in the home, especially from the 3rd to the 17th. The New Moon on the 6th holds significant potential for your home, family, domestic projects or activities, and personal life. It could herald the start of a new phase, offering you the opportunity to improve or bring into reality programs that enhance your domestic world. The week following this New Moon is ideal for making changes and tweaks to the personal systems in your life, paving the way for a more fulfilling home and family life in the long run. Brand-new projects can also get off to a promising start. This sector of your chart not only represents your base of operations but also your long-term security. It's a time for a fresh start with living conditions, life at home or with family, and the chance to cocoon, feel safe, and get comfortable. The 9th marks the entry of Mars into your communications zone, a time that can bring exciting new ways of learning and communicating. While impatience may occasionally pose a challenge, it's an excellent period for productivity–you're likely to feel pleasantly engaged. Your enthusiasm for learning and sharing is high, and you can feel pleasantly dedicated to a project or venture. This is the kind of stuff that gets you out of bed in the morning! Mercury and Venus move into your sector of joy on the 17th, and the expression of affection is easy and natural. This transit not only boosts your appeal but also brings a feeling of rejuvenation and spirited energy into your life. With the Sun entering the same sector on the 20th, your attention to recreation, expression, and enjoyment skyrockets. It's a brilliant time to connect and share with people you enjoy, and the possibilities are endless. People are drawn to you naturally, and you are turning heads more than usual. It's a potentially excellent time for all things romantic and creative, especially when Mercury and Venus converge on the 16-17. Conversations open up, and they're pleasant or instructive and helpful. If you've been sitting on feelings that need a release, they're likely to find a channel for expression around the Full Moon on the 21st. You can be in demand, or you might experience a personal revelation or a surprising discovery in your social life. You receive a cosmic nudge toward finding a better balance between your personal life and social life or romance and friendship. Obstacles can be discouraging, but they motivate you to improve in these areas. Saturn, currently transiting your sign, turns retrograde on the 29th, suggesting an inward turn. You may recognize areas of excess and focus on projects you've already taken on rather than adding new ones to your life in this retrograde cycle that lasts until mid-November. Set small, doable goals to put more order into your life, and you'll be on the right track. Otherwise, creative outlets can be magical in the last week of June, and you can accomplish much as you ride on a bit of competitive or growth-oriented energy. Rewards come from a gentle challenge. It's a time to stay on top of things socially, as opportunities abound, and you don't want to miss out on them. You'll make extra effort to feel more supported, nurtured, and peaceful. You're also stimulated, engaged, and ready to take action. While you focus on personal matters, healing energies, and positive reinforcement, you're interested in triumphing, bringing something to a new level, or taking the lead. Love is fun, verbal, and communicative; you might connect with someone special through shared interests. |
Detailed Monthly Horoscopes are here.
June 2024 Aspects TimeLine:
See also: This Week in Astrology for more detail.
See also: Table of Planetary Transits, Sign Changes, New/Full Moons, and Retrogrades for the Month
This Month’s Ephemeris:
This Month’s Ephemeris with extra points and abbreviations rather than glyphs:
Ephemerides with additional points are for Eastern Time. The North Node and Lilith are the True positions. Retrogrades are underlined. Extra points are Chiron, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Lilith. These come from the excellent software, Sirius 3.0.
- July 2024 Ephemeris
- August 2024 Ephemeris
- September 2024 Ephemeris
- October 2024 Ephemeris
- November 2024 Ephemeris
- December 2024 Ephemeris
- January 2025 Ephemeris
- February 2025 Ephemeris
- March 2025 Ephemeris
This Month’s Void Moon Dates:
Using the table below: The Moon is Void of Course from the time of its last aspect listed below until the Moon enters a new sign. Generally speaking, these periods are not ideal for launching new endeavors, although they’re not impossible periods, either.
The times given below are Eastern. These should be adjusted for different time zones. For example, for Pacific Time, subtract 3 hours from the given times.
See Void of Course dates and times for the full year.
New & Full Moon Charts:
- Full Moon in Sagittarius Chart: May 23rd, 2024
- New Moon in Gemini Chart: June 6, 2024
- Full Moon in Capricorn Chart: June 21st, 2024
Looking Ahead:
- Time Line Aspects: July 2024
- Time Line Aspects: August 2024
- Time Line Aspects: September 2024
- Time Line Aspects: October 2024
- Time Line Aspects: November 2024
- Time Line Aspects: December 2024
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This Month in Astrology – August 2024
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This Month’s Highlights
Inner Planets
Horoscopes for the Month
Void of Course Dates this Month
On August 4th, the New Moon occurs in Leo. This lunation prompts us to begin anew, particularly with our creative, romantic, and self-expressive goals. This is a time to uncover and share the things that make us special– our unique, creative powers. We might aim to allow our “inner child” to come out and play, and possibly commit to plans related to games, sports, recreation, speculation, hobbies, children, romance, and dating.
This lunation harmonizes with Mars and Jupiter as these planets approach alignment in the sign of Gemini. We’re enterprising and confident with our new plans.
On August 5th, Mercury turns retrograde. Mercury is retrograde in the signs of Virgo and Leo from August 5th to 28th. This retrograde cycle is strong for reviewing our work, health, routines, and creative or recreational pursuits. We look at projects, items, situations, problems, and even people in new ways. There can be information clogs that push this new perspective–as we wait, we become more resourceful and creative!
On the 14th, retrograde Mercury returns to Leo. On August 18th, the Sun and retrograde Mercury meet, allowing the Sun to catch up with Mercury as Mercury was ahead of the Sun by degree since mid-June. Symbolically, we may have been overthinking and getting ahead of ourselves, but we’re now beginning to feel caught up. Mercury turns direct on the 28th, when information begins to unclog.
On August 7th, Jupiter forms a sesquiquadrate with Pluto, and events or circumstances can subtly challenge our beliefs, kickstarting a need for an attitude change during this period. We might struggle between the desire to learn through experience and the compulsion to follow our ambitions. It’s crucial to find a balance in our journey of growth and advancement, as taking shortcuts or pushing too hard can ultimately set us back. While it can be tempting now, we should avoid exaggerating our importance or power to ourselves, as it’s easier to make costly mistakes this way.
On August 19th, a Full Moon occurs in the sign of Aquarius, awakening us to the need for others or to answer to humanitarian impulses. This lunation reminds us of our needs for friendship, community, as well as impartiality and objectivity. We cannot lose sight of our larger goals and our need to give back to the community or group that supports us.
This lunation is square Uranus, suggesting some tense, rebellious energy connected to our realizations and epiphanies. The Sun is aligned with retrograde Mercury, having just formed an inferior conjunction the day before, and our revelations are pivotal and surprising. While we’re anxious to move forward, we’re temporarily focusing on the past.
On August 19th, Jupiter forms a square with Saturn, and circumstances present us with an opportunity for personal or professional growth, although the rewards may be delayed. We must restructure our lives or plans in accordance with rules, laws, limits, and the demands of reality. Ultimately, this process can lead to a stronger, more resilient version of ourselves or our projects.
This can be a time of temporary fluctuating finances, increased personal commitments, sudden obstacles to our goals, energy dips, or ups and downs with our faith/outlook. We might ask ourselves, “Why am I doing this?” What for?” or “What’s the point?” more frequently. There can be a sense that we’re not in the right place at the right time during this phase.
This is its first of three perfections. The second will occur on December 24th, 2024, and the third on June 15th, 2025. During this period, it is crucial to breathe new life into old plans rather than strike out with a new plan altogether. We may need to make sacrifices in one area of our lives to grow in another. It’s important not to overextend ourselves now and to avoid attempting easy fixes or shortcuts. The need to adjust our expectations is a natural part of the process, and with patience and perseverance, we can confidently navigate current obstacles and challenges.
Date | Time (ET) | Event | Position |
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Aug 4 | 7:13 AM | New Moon in Leo | 12 Leo 34' |
Aug 4 | 10:23 PM | Venus enters Virgo | Ven 0 Vir 00' |
Aug 5 | 12:56 AM | Mercury Retrograde | Mer 4 Vir 07'Rx |
Aug 7 | 6:27 AM | Jupiter sesquadrate Pluto | Jup 15 Gem 31' sesquadrate Plu 0 Aqu 31'Rx |
Aug 9 | 12:36 PM | Juno enters Libra | Jun 0 Lib 00' |
Aug 12 | 11:19 AM | First Quarter Moon | 20 Sco 24' |
Aug 14 | 8:15 PM | Mercury Rx enters Leo | Mer Leo Rx |
Aug 19 | 2:26 PM | Full Moon in Aquarius | 27 Aqu 15' |
Aug 19 | 5:46 PM | Jupiter square Saturn | Jup 17 Gem 28' square Sat 17 Pis 28'Rx |
Aug 22 | 10:55 AM | Sun enters Virgo | Sun 0 Vir 00' |
Aug 24 | 7:35 PM | Vesta enters Virgo | Ves 0 Vir 00' |
Aug 26 | 3:38 AM | Ceres Direct | Cer 7 Cap 30'D |
Aug 26 | 5:26 AM | Last Quarter Moon | 3 Gem 38' |
Aug 28 | 5:14 PM | Mercury Direct | Mer 21 Leo 24'D |
Aug 29 | 9:22 AM | Venus enters Libra | Ven 0 Lib 00' |
(See the full table for 2024)
See also: This Week in Astrology week to week for more detail.
This Month’s Overview Horoscopes
The following horoscopes outline how the above astrological influences might affect each individual sign.
Overview horoscopes fill in here as I write them, ideally during the week before the month begins. It is not unusual to see some signs temporarily missing as I write the twelve of them over the course of a few days, starting with the featured sign of the month (birthday month).
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Scorpio |
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Capricorn |
Aquarius |
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Detailed Monthly Horoscopes are here.
August 2024 Aspects TimeLine:
See also: This Week in Astrology for more detail.
See also: Table of Planetary Transits, Sign Changes, New/Full Moons, and Retrogrades for the Month
This Month’s Ephemeris:
This Month’s Ephemeris with extra points and abbreviations rather than glyphs:
Ephemerides with additional points are for Eastern Time. The North Node and Lilith are the True positions. Retrogrades are underlined. Extra points are Chiron, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Lilith. These come from the excellent software, Sirius 3.0.
- July 2024 Ephemeris
- August 2024 Ephemeris
- September 2024 Ephemeris
- October 2024 Ephemeris
- November 2024 Ephemeris
- December 2024 Ephemeris
- January 2025 Ephemeris
- February 2025 Ephemeris
- March 2025 Ephemeris
This Month’s Void Moon Dates:
Using the table below: The Moon is Void of Course from the time of its last aspect listed below until the Moon enters a new sign. Generally speaking, these periods are not ideal for launching new endeavors, although they’re not impossible periods, either.
The times given below are Eastern. These should be adjusted for different time zones. For example, for Pacific Time, subtract 3 hours from the given times.
See Void of Course dates and times for the full year.
New & Full Moon Charts:
- Full Moon in Capricorn Chart: July 21st, 2024
- New Moon in Leo Chart: August 4th, 2024
- Full Moon in Aquarius chart: August 19th, 2024
Looking Ahead:
- Time Line Aspects: September 2024
- Time Line Aspects: October 2024
- Time Line Aspects: November 2024
- Time Line Aspects: December 2024
- Time Line Aspects: January 2025
- Time Line Aspects: February 2025
- Time Line Aspects: March 2025
- Time Line Aspects: April 2025
- Time Line Aspects: May 2025
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