Change is in the air this month, as eclipse season begins! After a slower, likely more emotional start to July, you will start to see greater activity and shifts occur as we head into Leo season. As usual, I will first be going over all of the major transits for the month ahead, and then paid subscribers can keep reading to see what everything means for their rising sign.
The main underlying transit happening this month is that the Sun will be moving through Leo from July 22 - August 22. The Sun’s transit and also the upcoming solar eclipse in Leo will serve to amplify the year long Jupiter in Leo transit we went over last month, and you may start to feel that Jupiter transit a lot more. In general and maybe more so this year than in other years, Leo season will be a time for reconnecting with your personal creativity, finding new outlets in which to express yourself, and possibly returning to childhood interests. You may find yourself wanting to experiment more at work or with your own style or branding, or you may want to put less pressure on yourself in your career so that you have time to explore different leisure activities. You will want to get in touch with what interests and skills are uniquely yours, not what you’re doing to please other people or blend in with what everyone else is doing.
Mercury stations direct at 16 degrees of Cancer on July 23, ending its more than three week long retrograde. Throughout all of July up until this point we have had Mercury retrograde going on, so it will be nice to finally receive greater mental clarity or be able to move ahead with new plans more easily. Mercury will remain in Cancer until August 9, so you could still be thinking a lot about your home and family life, specific family dynamics, or your childhood. However, you could feel less frustrated or emotional about these areas than you have recently.
A few days later, the North and South Nodes will change signs! The North Node moves into Aquarius and the South Nodes moves into Leo on July 26, where they will remain until March 26, 2028. The Nodes have been transiting the signs of Pisces and Virgo since January 2025, so this will be a notable shift that will set the stage for the next year and half. Wherever the nodes are transiting indicates where you are experiencing the most major changes take place for a 1.5 - 2 year long period, so this month in particular you will start to notice how new beginnings, but also endings or bigger life shifts are occurring in both the Leo and Aquarius ruled houses of your chart. The last time the Nodes were in these signs was throughout 2017 & 2018, so you may see similar themes being brought back up again between now and early 2028.
Shortly after, there will be a full moon in Aquarius happening on July 29 at 6 degrees. This full moon is pretty significant, as it will be exactly conjunct Pluto in Aquarius and opposite to Jupiter in Leo. It will also awaken that major aspect between Jupiter, Pluto, Uranus and Neptune I went over in last month’s forecast. Therefore, it may have your realizing how you can better balance your community involvement with time spent on your own interests, or you could be making a lot of realizations about how you can embrace more of what sets you apart. There may also be a situation you want to break free of, or you’re noticing that you’re undergoing a lot of positive inner transformation or change right around the end of July that pertains to the Aquarius ruled house of your chart. There might be limiting relationships, mindsets, or situations that you want to leave behind with this full moon too, as you prepare for a new six month chapter to begin with the solar eclipse happening just a couple of weeks later. I very much see this full moon as an opportunity to step more into your personal power.
The ruling planet of this full moon in Aquarius is Saturn, which will have just stationed retrograde in Aries on the 26th. So in addition to seeing how greater change or realizations are being brought to the Aquarius ruled house of your chart, you could also be thinking about how you might restructure or go about your commitments and responsibilities differently in the Aries ruled house of your chart too. There may even be a connection you’re seeing between the themes of both of these houses in your chart.
On the same day as the full moon, Venus in Virgo will square Mars in Gemini. So this full moon may have a lot to do with relationships, and deciding who you want to put energy into. You might be pretty busy with social activities right at the end of July. Because both Virgo and Gemini are signs ruled by Mercury, it may be that you have more motivation to put into writing, speaking, or other types of communication based work for a few days. Ideas and new plans may come together very quickly, but you could feel very mentally on or a bit anxious as a result. Finding ways to get out of your mind and reconnect with your body may be important to do around this time.
About a week later, Venus will move into Libra from August 6 - September 10. Libra is one of the signs Venus rules, so it loves to be here. As we get a bit further into August, you may see a greater emphasis on partnerships in your life, whether that be platonic or romantic. You may be collaborating more with people at work or strengthening certain friendships. You could also be spending more time with your partner, or you could feel up for dating. Areas like art, design, and fashion may be greater interests during these several weeks too.
However, there are some tricky dates within this Venus transit to note. Around August 10-11, Venus will oppose Neptune in Aries, which may have you feeling very sensitive when it comes to relationships, or you may end up misinterpreting what someone says or feeling uncertain about where you stand in a relationship. On another note, this transit may have you reconnecting with a spiritual practice or your creativity in a bigger way. Then on August 21, Venus will oppose Saturn in Aries, which will bring a very different vibe to your relationships. You may be thinking about the long term and who you want to give your time to and further commit to. You could also need to address any underlying issues in a relationship, or you may need to put in extra effort with a friend or your partner to be there for them.
On August 11, Mars will also change signs as it leaves Gemini and moves into Cancer until September 27. Mars however doesn’t do that well in Cancer, and is known to bring up a lot of emotional frustration or just taking everything way too personally. On a more positive note, it could just be that you mainly want to engage in work or relationships that you feel more emotionally connected to, and it could feel harder to do something just for the sake of being productive or staying busy. Again, this theme of home and family may resurface, and you could be putting energy into making changes to your living space or connecting with family members. On August 16-17, Mars will square Neptune in Aries, which may feel similar to the Venus-Neptune opposition that came just a week prior. You may feel kind of low energy for a couple of days and not so motivated. This transit can sometimes bring up illness if you are pushing yourself too hard, so listen to what your is body telling you and maybe engage in gentle exercise or nurturing self care practices.
Meanwhile, Mercury moves into Leo on August 9 until August 25, again bringing up more creative brainstorming and inspiration. You may also feel more confident in speaking up and voicing your own personality and opinions.
Then on August 12, we will get a solar eclipse in Leo, occurring at 20 degrees of this sign. This will be the first of two eclipses in Leo, with the second one happening in August 2027. So it will be interesting to note how whatever new beginning or life direction begins to take hold in the wake of this Leo eclipse gets built upon further by the next one a year later. Solar eclipses set the stage for the next six months, but what they represent often isn’t visible quite yet. Looking at the Leo ruled house of your chart, you may sense that something new is unfolding there, but you may not see the full potential of what’s to come in that area for a couple of months still. Especially since this will be a South Node eclipse, it could be that endings come about or there’s something you’re leaving behind that has to do with the topics of that Leo ruled house of your chart in order to make way for what wants to come next.
Having the solar eclipse occur in the same sign that Jupiter and Mercury are both currently in speaks to how you may be more interested in educational, spiritual, or travel related pursuits, or you’re thinking more about what decisions you want to make in the Leo ruled house. This may be especially true in the lead up to August 15, when Mercury and Jupiter meet up in Leo to the exact degree, and the days surrounding this key date may be a time of thinking more optimistically, exploring different subjects, and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone with what you’re learning, writing, and speaking about.
And that’s where we end this month! As Virgo season begins, we will be building up to another eclipse, this time a lunar eclipse in Pisces at the very end of August. So expect more change to come then!
Let’s now get into what all of these transits mean for your rising sign…
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