JULY 2020 HOROSCOPES
Aries
Mars entered your sign on June 28 and will be there for the rest of the month ahead. Thus you are more Aries than usual. You like action. You like things fast. Your personal dynamism is stronger than usual - BUT - here’s the rub - retrograde activity is still very strong. 50% of the planets are retrograde until the 12th and 40% thereafter. Events are moving slowly. Rush and impatience will not speed things up (perhaps it will make things even worse). So the message this month is patience, patience, patience. Things need to sort themselves out. This month we have a Lunar Eclipse on the 5thwhich is strong on you. This is an “extra” eclipse. Usually there is only one. You had one last month and now another. Definitely take a more relaxed schedule that period. The last two eclipses (in June) impacted strongly on the home, family and family members. Now we have a repeat performance. Issues there are still not resolved. Be more patient with family members. This eclipse occurs in your 10th house of career and suggests important career changes going on. There are dramas in the lives of both parents or parent figures - bosses are also impacted. Though this is a mere Lunar Eclipse since it impacts on three other planets (happily not directly) it is strong. It will force a redefinition of yourself - the creation of a new you which will go on for some more months. Its impact on Jupiter shows that college level students are making important changes to educational plans. The impact on Mercury suggests a need to drive more carefully (you seem too much in a hurry). Mars has his solstice from the 7th to the 16th which suggests a need to take a pause in your affairs and that a change of direction is happening.
Taurus
An unusual 3rd eclipse of the cycle (we had two last month) occurs in your 9th house on the 5th. Like last month’s eclipses siblings, sibling figures and neighbors are affected. There are dramas in their lives - life changing kinds of dramas. The eclipse in the 9th house affects college level students. There can be disruptions in educational plans and sometimes changes of school or majors. Foreign travel is not advisable this period. There are shakeups in your place of worship and in the lives of worship leaders. This eclipse brings financial changes and shifts asa your financial planet is impacted. There can also be disruptions in spiritual or charitable organizations that you’re involved with and changes in your spiritual practice, teachings or teachers. Guru figures in your life have dramas. Since Jupiter is also impacted here, it can bring encounters with death(generally on the psychological level), near death kinds of experiences or recommendations for surgery. The purpose is to bring you to a better understanding of death so you can live your life better. We still have many retrogrades this month but you will handle this better than most. Use the delays to clarify your goals and see where improvements can be made. Health is basically good this month but after the 23rd needs more watching. Arm and shoulder massage and lots of fresh air will enhance the health. Your love planet is still retrograde so important love decisions one way or another are not advisable. Love will improve after the 23rd, but caution is still advisable.
Gemini
You had a lot of financial changes last month and more is happening in the month ahead. The Lunar Eclipse of the 5th produces more financial change and disruption. These changes will be good. – the month ahead is prosperous – but while they happen there can be insecurity. This eclipse (the 3rd in the space of a month) occurs in your 8th house. Thus the spouse, partner or current love is also making important financial changes. This eclipse can bring encounter (psychological encounters) with death or near death kinds of experiences. Sometimes surgeries are recommended. Though this is a minor Lunar Eclipse it seem impactful as it affects three other planets as well – Mercury (the Lord of your Chart), Jupiter (your love planet) and Mars (the Lord of your 11th house). So all these areas will have some disturbance. Happily, this impact is not direct, more in the nature of a “sideswipe” – so these should not be too strong. You are still in the midst of a yearly financial peak. So it is good to focus on finance. Good PR, marketing and sales – good use of the media – are important in whatever you are doing. Health is good this month. You have plenty of energy to achieve what you set your mind to. Venus spends the month in your own sign, thus you look good and the opposite sex takes notice. However, your love planet is still retrograde so love is complicated. The problem is not with you.
Cancer
A 3rd eclipse in the space of a month impacts strongly on you. This the Lunar Eclipse of the 5th. Every Lunar Eclipse is strong on you as the Moon, the eclipsed planet, is your ruling planet. This one is no different. So continue to redefine yourself and decide on what kind of image you want to project to others. You will dress accordingly. This eclipse occurs in your 7th house of love. So your current relationship gets tested. This need not bring a breakup only a testing. Generally dirty laundry – unresolved issues – come up for cleansing. Good relationships go through this and get even better. Three other planets are also impacted by this eclipse – Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. There can be career changes (Mars) dramas in the lives of parents, parent figures and bosses( Mars). Cars and communication equipment will get tested and can behave erratically (Mercury). There can be shakeups in spiritual or charitable organizations that you are involved with (Mercury) and dramas in the lives of Guru figures. There can be shakeups at the work place, job changes and dramas in the lives of employees (Jupiter). Most likely in coming months you will make important changes to your health regime (Jupiter). So this is an eventful eclipse. Remember that you are never given more than you can handle. If it is given you can handle it. The month ahead is prosperous. Your financial planet, the Sun, is in your sign until the 22nd. This shows windfalls and happy financial opportunities coming to you. Money chases you rather than the other way around. On the 22nd, the Sun moves into your money house – his own sign and house – his place of great power. Earning should increase.
Leo
A seemingly minor Lunar Eclipse on the 5th will have ripple effects of many areas of your life. You will handle it with ease. This eclipse occurs in your 6th house so there can be job changes – perhaps you are shuffled around in your place of work or another job comes to you (you have many opportunities these days – there is nothing to feat about a job change). If you employ others there can be employee turnover or dramas in their lives. Your health regime will change in coming months. Sometimes this kind of eclipse brings a health scare, but your health looks good and its not likely to be more than a scare. There has been much spiritual change last month and it continues this month. There are changes of practice, teachings and teachers. (Spiritual healing looks strong this month.) Students on the college level are making changes to educational plans. There are dramas and shakeups in your place of worship and in the lives of worship leaders. Children and children’s figures are affected – having some kind of crisis. They are forced to make important financial changes. There are changes in your personal creativity as well. The month ahead is spiritual. The eclipse is only reinforcing your focus here. It is a period for internal rather than external growth.. Your financial planet, Mercury, is retrograde until the 12th. So avoid making important financial moves until the 12th. You have great financial intuition this month, but much better after the 12th than before. Saturn moves away from his stressful aspect on the 2nd. So health and energy will be vast improved. It really improves for the 22nd onwards.
Virgo
A Lunar Eclipse on the 5th - the 3rd eclipse in the space of a month - brings many changes and disruptions as it impacts on many planets in your chart. It occurs in your 5th house of children and impacts on them. Let them stay out of harm’s way that period. Those of you in the creative or performing arts are making important changes to your creativity. A parent or parent figure is forced to make important financial changes. Since the eclipsed planet, the Moon, rules your 11th house. This eclipse - like the previous two of last month - will impact on friends bringing dramas into their lives and testing friendships. One again high tech equipment and gadgetry get tested. (Yes, the cosmic energy affects physical things). So keep important files backed up and don’t open e-mails from people you don’t know. Three other planets are affected by this eclipse - happily not direct hits - Mercury, Jupiter and Mars. So this eclipse can bring a personal redefinition and a change of the image you present to others (this will happen over the next few months). It brings career changes and disruptions in your corporate hierarchy. Parents, parent figures and bosses can have personal dramas (Mercury). Repairs might needed in the home. There are dramas in the lives of family members (Jupiter). The spouse, partner or current love is also making important financial changes (Mars). There can be encounters (psychological encounters) with death, near death kinds of experiences or perhaps surgeries. A good idea to drive more carefully that period.
Libra
The major headline is the Lunar Eclipse of the 5th, the 3rd we’ve had in the space of a month. This eclipse reinforces the past two (last month) which affected the career. More career changes happening. More shakeups in your corporate hierarchy or in the rules governing your industry. Since this eclipse occurs in your 4th house of home and family – both sets of parents or parent figures are affected here. There are personal dramas going on. Be patient with family members as emotions at home can be volatile. But there is much more to this eclipse as it impacts on 3 other planets – Mars, Mercury and Jupiter. The impact on Mars will test your current relationship. Old unresolved issues get surfaced so that they can be resolved. Good relationships tend to survive these things, but flawed ones can be shaky. The impact on Mercury affects college level students and those entering college. There are changes in educational plans and sometimes changes of school. There are shakeups in your place of worship and dramas in the lives of worship leaders. There are shakeups in your spiritual life as well – changes in your practice, attitudes, teachers and teachings. There are disturbances in spiritual or charitable organizations that you’re involved with and dramas in the lives of guru figures. Health needs more watching this month. There will be some improvement after the 22nd, but it still needs watching. Enhance the health through foot massage and through spiritual healing techniques. Finances are good but still moving slower than usual. The planets involved in finances are still retrograde.
Scorpio
Health should be good this month as Saturn is moving away from his stressful aspect on the 2nd. From the 2nd to the 22nd there is only one long term planet, Uranus, in stressful aspect with you. All the rest are either in harmony with you or leaving you alone. Mars spends the month in your 6th house of health showing a good focus on it. After the 22nd health will need a bit more watching as the Sun moves into stressful aspect. But this is nothing serious. The Lunar Eclipse of the 5th occurs in your 3rd house and will impact various other departments of life. In the 3rd house it impacts on siblings, sibling figures and neighbors – there are dramas in their lives. There are also dramas in the lives of money people in your life. Cars and communication equipment can be temperamental and sometimes need repair or replacement. A good idea to drive more defensively too. The eclipse’s sideswipe of Mars shows job changes and change in the health regime in coming months. If you employ others there can be employee turnover as well. Your financial planet is also sideswiped so there are important financial changes going on – you have no choice – you have to make them. Only because there are so many retrogrades this month don’t be in a rush to make them. Study things more carefully. The eclipse impacts on Mercury too. Thus the spouse, partner or current love is also making important financial changes and the same advice goes for him or her as well. There are dramas in the lives of friends and the testing of friendships. Keep important files backed up and avoid opening e-mails from people you don’t know.
Sagittarius
The Lunar Eclipse of the 5th – the 3rd in the space of a month – once again arouses 8th house issues. You had this last month and you have it again now. It occurs in your money house and shows important financial changes happening. My feeling is that you’re underestimated your wealth and need to refine your strategy and planning. The spouse, partner or current love is also making important financial changes. Those of you of appropriate age will be making changes to your estate. There are confrontations with death (on the psychological level usually) and perhaps near death experiences or recommendations for surgery. You’re facing the dark angel and learning more about his nature. Three other planets (beside the Moon) are affected by this eclipse – Mars, Mercury and Jupiter. The impact on Jupiter affects you personally. You are beginning to re-define yourself, your image and personality. In coming months you will be upgrading your presentation to the world – in terms of dress and hair style etc. The impact on Mercury will test your current relationship (and the spouse, partner or current love will also be redefining him or herself in coming months). There can be dramas in the lives of friends and shakeups in your social circle. Since Mercury is also your career planet, career changes are also afoot. There are shifts (overt or covert) in the corporate hierarchy. Once you get past the eclipse the month ahead should be happy. Your 5th house of fun, creativity and children is strong all month. On the 22nd, the Sun enters your 9th house and you enter Sagittarius heaven. Its about travel, higher learning, exploring and unbounded optimism
Capricorn
Health needs more watching this month – and especially around the lunar eclipse period of the 5th. Take it real easy a few days before and after. Of course you do whatever is necessary. No one should get fired or divorced over an eclipse. It is the unnecessary that should be re-scheduled. This eclipse occurs in your sign and signals a personal redefinition of your body, image and personality (and this will happen for the spouse, partner or current love as well.) Sometimes there is a detox of the body that happens too – but this is not sickness (it can feel that way however). The body is just getting rid of bad stuff. Every lunar eclipse tests your love life and current relationship and this one is no different. Only its happening more than usual. Since this eclipse impacts on 3 other planets – Mercury, Mars and Jupiter – it will have other effects as well. The impact on Mercury shows job changes and changes in the health regime in coming months. The job changes can be within your present situation or with someplace new. College level students are making changes in educational plans. There are upheavals and dramas in your place of worship and in the lives of your worship leaders. Not a good idea to be traveling this period. If you must schedule it around the eclipse. The impact on Mars shows dramas at home and with the family. Repairs could be needed in the home. The impact on Jupiter shows spiritual changes – changes in practice, teachings, or teachers. This is quite natural. As we grow and receive certain revelations it is natural to change the practice and make the adjustments. There can be shakeups in spiritual or charitable organizations you’re involved with and dramas in the lives of guru figures.
Aquarius
Although the month ahead is eventful, full of change and action, many nice things are happening for you. The Lunar Eclipse of the 5th is impacting on many other planets and is guaranteed to keep you busy and on your toes. Yet, silently behind the scenes, there are improvements in your life. Saturn, leaves your sign on the 2nd and will have an immediate and positive impact on your health and energy. The Sun, your love planet, will move into your 7th house of love on the 22nd and initiate a yearly love and social peak. But you still have to deal with this eclipse. It occurs in your 12th house of spirituality and is basically reinforcing the eclipses of June. So, there are spiritual changes, disruptions and excitement in spiritual or charitable organizations you’re involved with. Since the Moon is your health planet, you will be making important changes to the health regime - now and in coming months. Job changes are also likely - this can be in your present situation or in a new one. If you employ others there can be employee turnover. Cars and communication equipment will get tested as the eclipse impacts on Mars. Children and children figures are impacted - there are dramas in their lives. The spouse partner or current love has some financial upheaval and is forced to make changes. There are dramas in the lives of friends and high tech equipment and gadgetry become more erratic. The good news is that you have the energy to deal with all this.
Pisces
The challenge this month is to handle the events of the Lunar Eclipse (on the 5th) from a place of happiness - from a place of creativity. Enjoy your challenges, they make you stronger. Being in a place of joy will also make you healthier. This Lunar Eclipse occurs in your 11th house of friends. So there are dramas in their lives and there is the testing of friendships. Your high tech gadgetry can be more erratic and often needs replacement or repair. (Heavenly phenomena definitely impact on physical things.) The love life gets tested too. Be more patient with the beloved as he or she can be having personal challenges. Also be more careful of how you communicate with him or her - misunderstandings can complicate and already complicated situation. Children and children figures are having dramas. Those of you in the creative or performing arts are making changes to your creativity. There are also career and financial changes happening. Parents and parent figures are having personal dramas and are forced to make important financial changes. The good news is that your health is good and you have all the energy you need to deal with these things. Your financial planet, Mars, has his solstice from the 7th to the 16th. This shows a pause in your financial life and a change of direction. (This fits in with the impact of the eclipse as well.) This is a healthy pause - a pause that refreshes. Finances look very good from the 22nd onwards.
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