Virgo Monthly Horoscope
{Monthly Horoscopes 2023}
A horoscope guide to the month ahead for Virgo Sun and Virgo Ascendant.
July 2023 Horoscope: Predictions for Virgo
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Overview for this Month: Virgo (All)
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Virgo:
This is a good month to solve old problems and finally lay them to rest, dear Virgo. You're often focusing on your social life or happiness pursuits. Despite some inclination towards retreat and rest, you're in demand in the first few weeks of July. You may not always feel up to these engagements, but you can benefit from some mingling, sharing, and exploring.
Patience is important this month. However, Mars enters your sign on the 10th, and you could be itching to move forward. Venus, on the other hand, begins its reverse turn of direction on the 22nd, and some things aren't budging! This can certainly bring about a state of restlessness and discontent, which can wear you down if you're not careful. You might decide instead to work hard on ventures already in place or pour energies into study and learning and strike a compromise. While all-new endeavors look very appealing, it’s better to finish what you started before moving on.
You’d be wise to seek a better, more satisfying work-life balance. The tendency to do things in excess is strong, but it can strain you unnecessarily. This month, rushing won’t get you there faster. As well, it’s probably best to keep many of your projects and even your affections on the down-low for now. Money requires some shuffling around, and it’s best to hold onto it in the second half of July.
A creative or romantic interest blossoms or demands attention around the 3rd. A relationship matter may rattle your cage. Something can open your heart to buried feelings and your eyes to situations that need your attention. With Mars in your sign from the 10th forward, your desires are stronger, and you're more inclined to assert or pursue them!
Until the 10th, Mars journeys through your privacy sector, pulling up some buried frustrations. After this date, you’re more definite about what needs doing and are more straightforward, direct, and forthright. You can get a whole lot done during this exciting transit. Your independence and freedom are crucial to you, and your desire nature is potent. Mars fires up your confidence and brings a more aggressive approach to your world, which can do with some refining.
You’ll want to move ahead with personal plans, become more active and involved, communicate, learn, and compete. Mind you, you could feel that you’re often left to your own resources or especially independent, which may or may not be welcome at this time in your life! However, certain people in your life seem to have your interests, agenda, and happiness in mind.
You might take the lead on a special project or for a cause that’s important to you. It’s a good time to share your time, ideas, and expertise. People are pleased with your work or contributions, and your inner confidence shines. Relationships with friends and associates assume more importance in your life. You’re happily busy pursuing pet projects or happiness goals.
New energy is with you for friendships and long-term goals, and you can be in high spirits, feeling more connected or in touch with your dreams. After the New Moon on the 17th, it can be a time of more collaboration, involvement with others, and social connection. The changes you make or feel now are likely to be empowering, even if your first instinct is to resist them.
Venus retrograde from July 22nd forward signals a period of reflection. The retrograde occurs from July 22nd to September 3rd in your privacy sector. You are likely to pull back a little as you take the time to revise and perhaps question some of your plans. Matters from the past creep up and demand your attention.
Romantic matters are on the complicated side, and you may be dealing with past relationships, love triangles, or sacrifices made for a lover. You should watch for secrets surfacing that prompt you to rethink current plans and possibly even alliances. This can be a time for reassessing your privacy needs and your attachment to relationships of the past.
This retrograde cycle can be slow-moving, but it's an excellent time to get in touch with your feelings about a past relationship and focus on more personal matters, work, and health. It’s better to hold onto money this month and the next, generally speaking.
Before jumping into something too quickly, consider your options carefully. However, aim to keep your enthusiasm in the process!
People from the past may take on more importance from the 22nd forward. As well, your desires in love can be ambiguous or obscure. Aim to get extra rest and treat any slow-downs as a sign that you may need more time to recoup or reconsider a matter. You are beginning a period best used for emotional renewal, tying up loose ends, and laying low. The best way to truly process and digest recent experiences seems to be through relaxation or retreat. You may need to step back from situations to see the whole story. It would benefit you greatly to focus on what you can eliminate to simplify and improve your life going forward, including attitudes or habits.
With the North Node's move into your solar eighth house for a year and a half, you’re learning to embrace your intimate world and need for a deeper connection to someone or a unique project. Mercury's move into your sign on the 28th brings your need to communicate, connect, and move about to the foreground.
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Virgo (Born August 23 to September 2) AND Virgo Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Virgo:
July 2023 Virgo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until July 22nd:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar eleventh house. During this cycle, you are planting seeds for the future, dreaming up plans that you might begin to develop two months down the road, if they still seem viable then. You are more aware of the benefits of networking, and you might find some great ideas through others now. You might be working in a team now.
You could be questioning some of the rules you have been living by and you could be ready to try something totally new. You are more attracted to that which is progressive or unconventional during this cycle.
From July 22nd forward:
The Sun travels through your twelfth house now, marking a time of retreat and regeneration. Think about the attachments you have--to things, people, and routines--and consider which ones are dragging you down. This is a time when competitive energies and the ego are on a bit of a break.
It's not the time to push ahead with brand new projects. Rather, it's a time of reflection, dreaming, and recharging your batteries. Situations that have naturally outgrown their usefulness in your life can now be put behind you. Endings of natural cycles may be part of the picture at this time of year. Your energy is largely applied to personal and private affairs now. Your disposition is introspective. Rest and reflect, and prepare for a more outgoing cycle when the Sun moves into your first house.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd:
Venus retrograde in general: As the planet of love and values, Venus retrograde periods are periods during which we re-assess what--and who--we value. It is a period that most astrologers consider inopportune for getting married or starting a new relationship. Major financial undertakings are not advised during this period as well.
Venus retrograde cycles are good times for creating budgets and financial plans, and for re-thinking our personal relationships. Old friends and lovers may re-appear, perhaps complicating current relationships. We are called upon to deal with relationship issues from the past. Events occur that seem fated or predestined.
It can be a real challenge getting close to a lover during this period of time. Unorthodox, experimental, and non-intimate relationships may be favored. Relationships that have been especially challenging may come to an end during this cycle.
However, strong relationships will survive it, even if there are a few bumps and bruises along the way. For singles, this is a good time for "eyes wide open" or experimental dating. It is not a time when people recognize the need for another person to complete them, or some people may be questioning whether they are with partners who actually fulfill them. This period is good for re-evaluating our relationship needs; but, again, major love decisions are best saved for after the cycle ends.
This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in your solar twelfth house of all that lies beneath the surface of things. People from the past may resurface--physically or they might simply come to the forefront of your mind. You may be dealing with past karma now.
What you want from love--your desires--are very ambiguous and obscure during this cycle. Deal with your past so that you can put it behind you, but don't do it at the expense of your present.
Venus rules your money and possessions sector, as well as your ninth house of adventure and discovery. Watch for impulsive spending.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until July 10th:
Mercury continues to journey through your solar eleventh house. This is a time when conversations with friends and various networking activities are much appreciated and offer learning experiences. Your ideas just now are especially progressive and unconventional, as you are questioning the rules you typically live by and entertaining some wild ideas.
Not all of these ideas are necessarily going to last or lead to new projects, but it's a time of dreaming up new possibilities and new possible solutions to problems. You are especially interested in spending time with people who are like-minded. Social interactions are more frequent, light, and fun during this cycle.
From July 11-28:
Your mind is focused on private matters and past issues while Mercury transits the twelfth house of your solar chart. This is a time when you are least likely to speak out of turn or to express yourself freely. You're searching behind the curtain, and examining the past for answers.
This is a good time for research, quiet contemplation, and meditation; but do avoid getting dragged down by issues that have outgrown their worth and purpose. Examining the past in order to improve the future is certainly worthwhile, as long as you don't waste your energy on guilt. Creative endeavors could prosper now, particularly those that draw upon the emotions or that require creative visualization skills, such as poetry, art, acting, and other such activities.
You are likely to require a certain amount of solitude in order to get your thoughts together or to be mentally productive. You are less likely to chat indiscriminately during this transit, and tend to be a little secretive or tight-lipped for the time being. This may be important, in fact, because this position of Mercury is sometimes associated with the uncovering of secrets, so discretion may be in order.
From July 28th forward:
With Mercury in your solar first house, you are most inclined to speak up about matters that you previously were only mulling over. Your disposition is more intellectual than usual now, and self-expression comes easily. You are sharper than usual--more observant, and more inclined to "live in the head". Relationships with siblings, neighbors, classmates, and casual friends may become more prominent in your life now.
It is likely that you will initiate discussions during this period, evaluate your appearance and the impact you have on those around you, and make contact with others rather than stay chained to any one place or activity.
This is the time to be direct and to communicate your needs and interests. You are more inclined to talk about yourself and your personal past now. This may also be a restless time when it is difficult to turn the thinking process off when it would be better to relax! It is an especially fruitful time for any endeavor that requires dealing with words, ideas, and facts and figures.
Your demeanor is more youthful, perhaps mischievous, light-hearted, and non-threatening so that others may be more inclined to turn to you for advice or pleasant conversation. Using the power of words to attract what you want or to further your interests works best for you now.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 10th:
Mars continues to energize your solar twelfth house now. While Mars occupies the twelfth house, asserting yourself in a direct and straightforward manner can be difficult. This is largely due to a feeling of not being in touch with what it is you want or desire just for the time being as you reassess your goals and needs.
This lack of direction and self-knowledge should prompt you to look within to learn about your desires. It is likely that you will be much clearer when Mars reaches your first house. For the time being, take some time for rest and give your ego a break.
From the 10th forward:
You are able to stand your ground and assert yourself more than usual during this transit of Mars through your solar first house. You have energy at your disposal to move your plans forward, and you are more enterprising. You want to leave your mark on the world in some way--however big or small--and you are more able to make an impression than usual. If circumstances are such, you are able to easily fight back. In fact, you may be somewhat combative under this influence, and you may have a short temper.
Avoid being pushy. Take charge of your life, but don't bulldoze over others in the process! This is an excellent transit for assertiveness and physical vitality. Love affairs may also be stepped up during this period. On the rare occasion when an accident occurs, it is more likely to involve the head or face.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Virgo:
This is a good month to solve old problems and finally lay them to rest, dear Virgo. You're often focusing on your social life or happiness pursuits. Despite some inclination towards retreat and rest, you're in demand in the first few weeks of July. You may not always feel up to these engagements, but you can benefit from some mingling, sharing, and exploring.
Patience is important this month. However, Mars enters your sign on the 10th, and you could be itching to move forward. Venus, on the other hand, begins its reverse turn of direction on the 22nd, and some things aren't budging! This can certainly bring about a state of restlessness and discontent, which can wear you down if you're not careful. You might decide instead to work hard on ventures already in place or pour energies into study and learning and strike a compromise. While all-new endeavors look very appealing, it’s better to finish what you started before moving on.
You’d be wise to seek a better, more satisfying work-life balance. The tendency to do things in excess is strong, but it can strain you unnecessarily. This month, rushing won’t get you there faster. As well, it’s probably best to keep many of your projects and even your affections on the down-low for now. Money requires some shuffling around, and it’s best to hold onto it in the second half of July.
A creative or romantic interest blossoms or demands attention around the 3rd. A relationship matter may rattle your cage. Something can open your heart to buried feelings and your eyes to situations that need your attention. With Mars in your sign from the 10th forward, your desires are stronger, and you're more inclined to assert or pursue them!
Until the 10th, Mars journeys through your privacy sector, pulling up some buried frustrations. After this date, you’re more definite about what needs doing and are more straightforward, direct, and forthright. You can get a whole lot done during this exciting transit. Your independence and freedom are crucial to you, and your desire nature is potent. Mars fires up your confidence and brings a more aggressive approach to your world, which can do with some refining.
You’ll want to move ahead with personal plans, become more active and involved, communicate, learn, and compete. Mind you, you could feel that you’re often left to your own resources or especially independent, which may or may not be welcome at this time in your life! However, certain people in your life seem to have your interests, agenda, and happiness in mind.
You might take the lead on a special project or for a cause that’s important to you. It’s a good time to share your time, ideas, and expertise. People are pleased with your work or contributions, and your inner confidence shines. Relationships with friends and associates assume more importance in your life. You’re happily busy pursuing pet projects or happiness goals.
New energy is with you for friendships and long-term goals, and you can be in high spirits, feeling more connected or in touch with your dreams. After the New Moon on the 17th, it can be a time of more collaboration, involvement with others, and social connection. The changes you make or feel now are likely to be empowering, even if your first instinct is to resist them.
Venus retrograde from July 22nd forward signals a period of reflection. The retrograde occurs from July 22nd to September 3rd in your privacy sector. You are likely to pull back a little as you take the time to revise and perhaps question some of your plans. Matters from the past creep up and demand your attention.
Romantic matters are on the complicated side, and you may be dealing with past relationships, love triangles, or sacrifices made for a lover. You should watch for secrets surfacing that prompt you to rethink current plans and possibly even alliances. This can be a time for reassessing your privacy needs and your attachment to relationships of the past.
This retrograde cycle can be slow-moving, but it's an excellent time to get in touch with your feelings about a past relationship and focus on more personal matters, work, and health. It’s better to hold onto money this month and the next, generally speaking.
Before jumping into something too quickly, consider your options carefully. However, aim to keep your enthusiasm in the process!
People from the past may take on more importance from the 22nd forward. As well, your desires in love can be ambiguous or obscure. Aim to get extra rest and treat any slow-downs as a sign that you may need more time to recoup or reconsider a matter. You are beginning a period best used for emotional renewal, tying up loose ends, and laying low. The best way to truly process and digest recent experiences seems to be through relaxation or retreat. You may need to step back from situations to see the whole story. It would benefit you greatly to focus on what you can eliminate to simplify and improve your life going forward, including attitudes or habits.
With the North Node's move into your solar eighth house for a year and a half, you’re learning to embrace your intimate world and need for a deeper connection to someone or a unique project. Mercury's move into your sign on the 28th brings your need to communicate, connect, and move about to the foreground.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
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Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Virgo in 2023 and the full 2023 Yearly Virgo Horoscope.
Virgo (Born September 3 to 12) AND Virgo Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Virgo:
July 2023 Virgo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun lights your solar eleventh house. The Sun illuminates your sector of friends, groups, and dreams coming true this month. It's a sociable sector of your chart, and that's exactly how you are feeling--happy, light-hearted, cosmopolitan, and social. Group affiliations capture your attention. Connections can be made now and networking pays off, or at least satisfies. Being part of a community or circle of friends and building your social network is important to you at this time.
This is a rather happy, goal-oriented cycle. A lively agenda is promised, you're attracting quite a bit of interest, and your energy for making contact with others is high. A stronger sense of community is with you during this cycle. Relationships take on a fun, if impersonal, tone now. Activities with children (especially others' children) may increase. You are more stimulated by all that is unconventional during this cycle, and your ideas are original and progressive now. This is a time to follow your dreams and ideals, and to plant a seed in the form of a wish for the future.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd:
Venus retrograde in general: As the planet of love and values, Venus retrograde periods are periods during which we re-assess what--and who--we value. It is a period that most astrologers consider inopportune for getting married or starting a new relationship. Major financial undertakings are not advised during this period as well.
Venus retrograde cycles are good times for creating budgets and financial plans, and for re-thinking our personal relationships. Old friends and lovers may re-appear, perhaps complicating current relationships. We are called upon to deal with relationship issues from the past. Events occur that seem fated or predestined.
It can be a real challenge getting close to a lover during this period of time. Unorthodox, experimental, and non-intimate relationships may be favored. Relationships that have been especially challenging may come to an end during this cycle.
However, strong relationships will survive it, even if there are a few bumps and bruises along the way. For singles, this is a good time for "eyes wide open" or experimental dating. It is not a time when people recognize the need for another person to complete them, or some people may be questioning whether they are with partners who actually fulfill them. This period is good for re-evaluating our relationship needs; but, again, major love decisions are best saved for after the cycle ends.
This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in your solar twelfth house of all that lies beneath the surface of things. People from the past may resurface--physically or they might simply come to the forefront of your mind. You may be dealing with past karma now.
What you want from love--your desires--are very ambiguous and obscure during this cycle. Deal with your past so that you can put it behind you, but don't do it at the expense of your present.
Venus rules your money and possessions sector, as well as your ninth house of adventure and discovery. Watch for impulsive spending.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From July 1-16:
Mercury is transiting your solar eleventh house. Your mind is bright, alert, and active during this cycle, and you have the ability to come up with unusual and inventive ideas. Sharing your thoughts with others is a prime interest. Others tend to particularly enjoy your conversations during this transit--you are willing to listen as well as add your own thoughts.
As well, your ability to grasp unusual subject matter and to intuitively understand what others are trying to say win you some brownie points! You could also do a lot of thinking and musing about your own happiness and long-term goals.
From July 16th forward:
Your mind is focused on private matters and past issues while Mercury transits the twelfth house of your solar chart. This is a time when you are least likely to speak out of turn or to express yourself freely. You're searching behind the curtain, and examining the past for answers.
This is a good time for research, quiet contemplation, and meditation; but do avoid getting dragged down by issues that have outgrown their worth and purpose. Examining the past in order to improve the future is certainly worthwhile, as long as you don't waste your energy on guilt. Creative endeavors could prosper now, particularly those that draw upon the emotions or that require creative visualization skills, such as poetry, art, acting, and other such activities.
You are likely to require a certain amount of solitude in order to get your thoughts together or to be mentally productive. You are less likely to chat indiscriminately during this transit, and tend to be a little secretive or tight-lipped for the time being. This may be important, in fact, because this position of Mercury is sometimes associated with the uncovering of secrets, so discretion may be in order.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 26th:
Mars continues to energize your solar twelfth house now. While Mars occupies the twelfth house, asserting yourself in a direct and straightforward manner can be difficult. This is largely due to a feeling of not being in touch with what it is you want or desire just for the time being as you reassess your goals and needs.
This lack of direction and self-knowledge should prompt you to look within to learn about your desires. It is likely that you will be much clearer when Mars reaches your first house. For the time being, take some time for rest and give your ego a break.
From the 27th forward:
You are able to stand your ground and assert yourself more than usual during this transit of Mars through your solar first house. You have energy at your disposal to move your plans forward, and you are more enterprising. You want to leave your mark on the world in some way--however big or small--and you are more able to make an impression than usual. If circumstances are such, you are able to easily fight back. In fact, you may be somewhat combative under this influence, and you may have a short temper.
Avoid being pushy. Take charge of your life, but don't bulldoze over others in the process! This is an excellent transit for assertiveness and physical vitality. Love affairs may also be stepped up during this period. On the rare occasion when an accident occurs, it is more likely to involve the head or face.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Virgo:
This is a good month to solve old problems and finally lay them to rest, dear Virgo. You're often focusing on your social life or happiness pursuits. Despite some inclination towards retreat and rest, you're in demand in the first few weeks of July. You may not always feel up to these engagements, but you can benefit from some mingling, sharing, and exploring.
Patience is important this month. However, Mars enters your sign on the 10th, and you could be itching to move forward. Venus, on the other hand, begins its reverse turn of direction on the 22nd, and some things aren't budging! This can certainly bring about a state of restlessness and discontent, which can wear you down if you're not careful. You might decide instead to work hard on ventures already in place or pour energies into study and learning and strike a compromise. While all-new endeavors look very appealing, it’s better to finish what you started before moving on.
You’d be wise to seek a better, more satisfying work-life balance. The tendency to do things in excess is strong, but it can strain you unnecessarily. This month, rushing won’t get you there faster. As well, it’s probably best to keep many of your projects and even your affections on the down-low for now. Money requires some shuffling around, and it’s best to hold onto it in the second half of July.
A creative or romantic interest blossoms or demands attention around the 3rd. A relationship matter may rattle your cage. Something can open your heart to buried feelings and your eyes to situations that need your attention. With Mars in your sign from the 10th forward, your desires are stronger, and you're more inclined to assert or pursue them!
Until the 10th, Mars journeys through your privacy sector, pulling up some buried frustrations. After this date, you’re more definite about what needs doing and are more straightforward, direct, and forthright. You can get a whole lot done during this exciting transit. Your independence and freedom are crucial to you, and your desire nature is potent. Mars fires up your confidence and brings a more aggressive approach to your world, which can do with some refining.
You’ll want to move ahead with personal plans, become more active and involved, communicate, learn, and compete. Mind you, you could feel that you’re often left to your own resources or especially independent, which may or may not be welcome at this time in your life! However, certain people in your life seem to have your interests, agenda, and happiness in mind.
You might take the lead on a special project or for a cause that’s important to you. It’s a good time to share your time, ideas, and expertise. People are pleased with your work or contributions, and your inner confidence shines. Relationships with friends and associates assume more importance in your life. You’re happily busy pursuing pet projects or happiness goals.
New energy is with you for friendships and long-term goals, and you can be in high spirits, feeling more connected or in touch with your dreams. After the New Moon on the 17th, it can be a time of more collaboration, involvement with others, and social connection. The changes you make or feel now are likely to be empowering, even if your first instinct is to resist them.
Venus retrograde from July 22nd forward signals a period of reflection. The retrograde occurs from July 22nd to September 3rd in your privacy sector. You are likely to pull back a little as you take the time to revise and perhaps question some of your plans. Matters from the past creep up and demand your attention.
Romantic matters are on the complicated side, and you may be dealing with past relationships, love triangles, or sacrifices made for a lover. You should watch for secrets surfacing that prompt you to rethink current plans and possibly even alliances. This can be a time for reassessing your privacy needs and your attachment to relationships of the past.
This retrograde cycle can be slow-moving, but it's an excellent time to get in touch with your feelings about a past relationship and focus on more personal matters, work, and health. It’s better to hold onto money this month and the next, generally speaking.
Before jumping into something too quickly, consider your options carefully. However, aim to keep your enthusiasm in the process!
People from the past may take on more importance from the 22nd forward. As well, your desires in love can be ambiguous or obscure. Aim to get extra rest and treat any slow-downs as a sign that you may need more time to recoup or reconsider a matter. You are beginning a period best used for emotional renewal, tying up loose ends, and laying low. The best way to truly process and digest recent experiences seems to be through relaxation or retreat. You may need to step back from situations to see the whole story. It would benefit you greatly to focus on what you can eliminate to simplify and improve your life going forward, including attitudes or habits.
With the North Node's move into your solar eighth house for a year and a half, you’re learning to embrace your intimate world and need for a deeper connection to someone or a unique project. Mercury's move into your sign on the 28th brings your need to communicate, connect, and move about to the foreground.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Virgo in 2023 and the full 2023 Yearly Virgo Horoscope.
Virgo (Born September 13 to 23) AND Virgo Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Virgo:
July 2023 Virgo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until July 12th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar tenth house. Satisfaction and fulfillment during this cycle come from doing your professional best, shining as a responsible and capable person, and contributing to the world in practical ways. You might have a chance to receive acknowledgement or praise for your work or good character now. Landing support from authority figures is easier at this time. Avoid the pitfalls of pride or arrogance standing in your way of success.
From July 12th forward:
The Sun lights your solar eleventh house. The Sun illuminates your sector of friends, groups, and dreams coming true this month. It's a sociable sector of your chart, and that's exactly how you are feeling--happy, light-hearted, cosmopolitan, and social. Group affiliations capture your attention. Connections can be made now and networking pays off, or at least satisfies. Being part of a community or circle of friends and building your social network is important to you at this time.
This is a rather happy, goal-oriented cycle. A lively agenda is promised, you're attracting quite a bit of interest, and your energy for making contact with others is high. A stronger sense of community is with you during this cycle. Relationships take on a fun, if impersonal, tone now. Activities with children (especially others' children) may increase. You are more stimulated by all that is unconventional during this cycle, and your ideas are original and progressive now. This is a time to follow your dreams and ideals, and to plant a seed in the form of a wish for the future.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Venus is retrograde from July 22nd to September 3rd:
Venus retrograde in general: As the planet of love and values, Venus retrograde periods are periods during which we re-assess what--and who--we value. It is a period that most astrologers consider inopportune for getting married or starting a new relationship. Major financial undertakings are not advised during this period as well.
Venus retrograde cycles are good times for creating budgets and financial plans, and for re-thinking our personal relationships. Old friends and lovers may re-appear, perhaps complicating current relationships. We are called upon to deal with relationship issues from the past. Events occur that seem fated or predestined.
It can be a real challenge getting close to a lover during this period of time. Unorthodox, experimental, and non-intimate relationships may be favored. Relationships that have been especially challenging may come to an end during this cycle.
However, strong relationships will survive it, even if there are a few bumps and bruises along the way. For singles, this is a good time for "eyes wide open" or experimental dating. It is not a time when people recognize the need for another person to complete them, or some people may be questioning whether they are with partners who actually fulfill them. This period is good for re-evaluating our relationship needs; but, again, major love decisions are best saved for after the cycle ends.
This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in your solar twelfth house of all that lies beneath the surface of things. People from the past may resurface--physically or they might simply come to the forefront of your mind. You may be dealing with past karma now.
What you want from love--your desires--are very ambiguous and obscure during this cycle. Deal with your past so that you can put it behind you, but don't do it at the expense of your present.
Venus rules your money and possessions sector, as well as your ninth house of adventure and discovery. Watch for impulsive spending.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until July 6th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar tenth house. Career matters are busy at this time, and there can be plenty of thoughts and/or conversations about your profession, your reputation, or your social standing during this cycle. It's a good time to analyze your work tasks and to streamline them or improve your skills. There may be increased contact with the public now, or you might experience an increased need to be heard and acknowledged for your intelligence, skills, capabilities, and ideas.
From July 6-22:
Mercury is transiting your solar eleventh house. Your mind is bright, alert, and active during this cycle, and you have the ability to come up with unusual and inventive ideas. Sharing your thoughts with others is a prime interest. Others tend to particularly enjoy your conversations during this transit--you are willing to listen as well as add your own thoughts.
As well, your ability to grasp unusual subject matter and to intuitively understand what others are trying to say win you some brownie points! You could also do a lot of thinking and musing about your own happiness and long-term goals.
From July 22nd forward:
Your mind is focused on private matters and past issues while Mercury transits the twelfth house of your solar chart. This is a time when you are least likely to speak out of turn or to express yourself freely. You're searching behind the curtain, and examining the past for answers.
This is a good time for research, quiet contemplation, and meditation; but do avoid getting dragged down by issues that have outgrown their worth and purpose. Examining the past in order to improve the future is certainly worthwhile, as long as you don't waste your energy on guilt. Creative endeavors could prosper now, particularly those that draw upon the emotions or that require creative visualization skills, such as poetry, art, acting, and other such activities.
You are likely to require a certain amount of solitude in order to get your thoughts together or to be mentally productive. You are less likely to chat indiscriminately during this transit, and tend to be a little secretive or tight-lipped for the time being. This may be important, in fact, because this position of Mercury is sometimes associated with the uncovering of secrets, so discretion may be in order.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to energize your solar twelfth house now. While Mars occupies the twelfth house, asserting yourself in a direct and straightforward manner can be difficult. This is largely due to a feeling of not being in touch with what it is you want or desire just for the time being as you reassess your goals and needs.
This lack of direction and self-knowledge should prompt you to look within to learn about your desires. It is likely that you will be much clearer when Mars reaches your first house. For the time being, take some time for rest and give your ego a break.
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July 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Virgo:
This is a good month to solve old problems and finally lay them to rest, dear Virgo. You're often focusing on your social life or happiness pursuits. Despite some inclination towards retreat and rest, you're in demand in the first few weeks of July. You may not always feel up to these engagements, but you can benefit from some mingling, sharing, and exploring.
Patience is important this month. However, Mars enters your sign on the 10th, and you could be itching to move forward. Venus, on the other hand, begins its reverse turn of direction on the 22nd, and some things aren't budging! This can certainly bring about a state of restlessness and discontent, which can wear you down if you're not careful. You might decide instead to work hard on ventures already in place or pour energies into study and learning and strike a compromise. While all-new endeavors look very appealing, it’s better to finish what you started before moving on.
You’d be wise to seek a better, more satisfying work-life balance. The tendency to do things in excess is strong, but it can strain you unnecessarily. This month, rushing won’t get you there faster. As well, it’s probably best to keep many of your projects and even your affections on the down-low for now. Money requires some shuffling around, and it’s best to hold onto it in the second half of July.
A creative or romantic interest blossoms or demands attention around the 3rd. A relationship matter may rattle your cage. Something can open your heart to buried feelings and your eyes to situations that need your attention. With Mars in your sign from the 10th forward, your desires are stronger, and you're more inclined to assert or pursue them!
Until the 10th, Mars journeys through your privacy sector, pulling up some buried frustrations. After this date, you’re more definite about what needs doing and are more straightforward, direct, and forthright. You can get a whole lot done during this exciting transit. Your independence and freedom are crucial to you, and your desire nature is potent. Mars fires up your confidence and brings a more aggressive approach to your world, which can do with some refining.
You’ll want to move ahead with personal plans, become more active and involved, communicate, learn, and compete. Mind you, you could feel that you’re often left to your own resources or especially independent, which may or may not be welcome at this time in your life! However, certain people in your life seem to have your interests, agenda, and happiness in mind.
You might take the lead on a special project or for a cause that’s important to you. It’s a good time to share your time, ideas, and expertise. People are pleased with your work or contributions, and your inner confidence shines. Relationships with friends and associates assume more importance in your life. You’re happily busy pursuing pet projects or happiness goals.
New energy is with you for friendships and long-term goals, and you can be in high spirits, feeling more connected or in touch with your dreams. After the New Moon on the 17th, it can be a time of more collaboration, involvement with others, and social connection. The changes you make or feel now are likely to be empowering, even if your first instinct is to resist them.
Venus retrograde from July 22nd forward signals a period of reflection. The retrograde occurs from July 22nd to September 3rd in your privacy sector. You are likely to pull back a little as you take the time to revise and perhaps question some of your plans. Matters from the past creep up and demand your attention.
Romantic matters are on the complicated side, and you may be dealing with past relationships, love triangles, or sacrifices made for a lover. You should watch for secrets surfacing that prompt you to rethink current plans and possibly even alliances. This can be a time for reassessing your privacy needs and your attachment to relationships of the past.
This retrograde cycle can be slow-moving, but it's an excellent time to get in touch with your feelings about a past relationship and focus on more personal matters, work, and health. It’s better to hold onto money this month and the next, generally speaking.
Before jumping into something too quickly, consider your options carefully. However, aim to keep your enthusiasm in the process!
People from the past may take on more importance from the 22nd forward. As well, your desires in love can be ambiguous or obscure. Aim to get extra rest and treat any slow-downs as a sign that you may need more time to recoup or reconsider a matter. You are beginning a period best used for emotional renewal, tying up loose ends, and laying low. The best way to truly process and digest recent experiences seems to be through relaxation or retreat. You may need to step back from situations to see the whole story. It would benefit you greatly to focus on what you can eliminate to simplify and improve your life going forward, including attitudes or habits.
With the North Node's move into your solar eighth house for a year and a half, you’re learning to embrace your intimate world and need for a deeper connection to someone or a unique project. Mercury's move into your sign on the 28th brings your need to communicate, connect, and move about to the foreground.
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