Venus Retrograde highlights the second half of July. My deep dive interpretation contains a very powerful points Venus makes on her retrograde journey. This can allow you to achieve the best potential profit from this fruitful time of reflection.

And that’s simply the star of this packed half month! We even have a “Gods of Change” Most cancers New Moon, the Lunar Nodes getting into Aries and Libra, and Chiron turning retrograde. After which there’s a Mars-Saturn opposition, a potent and long-lasting Jupiter-Neptune semi-square, and far more!

This forecast covers this half-month’s most vital astrological occasions. Additionally try my award-winning This Week in Astrology audio podcast and YouTube video forecasts!

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As of July 16 …

The Moon is waning (there was a Capricorn Full Moon on 6/18).

Pluto is retrograde via 10/10.
Saturn is retrograde via 11/4.
Neptune is retrograde via 12/6.

A Venus-Neptune-Pluto-South Node Double Yod Key peaks on 7/20 and ends on 8/7.

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7/17 (Mon)

“Gods of Change” Most cancers New Moon

A New Moon — massively empowered by all three “gods of change” and the Lunar Nodes — traces up at 2:32 pm EDT.

Let’s begin with the fundamentals. Any Most cancers New Moon is nice for brand new beginnings or revitalized focus within the areas of house, household, feelings, safety, and shadow work. That’s so much to select from, so choose the themes that want essentially the most consideration or provide the best alternative!

Elements

This New Moon is a part of two side patterns: A Grand Cross and a Cradle. Let’s begin with the …

Grand Cross

The Solar and Moon oppose Pluto and sq. the Lunar Nodes. This may give you alternatives for wealth and energy (Pluto) that align along with your life function (the Lunar Nodes).

Wealth isn’t restricted to cash. It may be something you worth, tangible or intangible. As you set your New Moon objectives, make clear what varieties of wealth are most vital to you now.

It’s additionally a good suggestion to make clear the kind of energy you need to maintain. “Energy over” dominates and controls. It makes use of others as pawns to get what you need, and is unconcerned with any hurt that may come to them within the course of.

However “shared energy” is the rising tide that lifts all boats, doing its finest to satisfy everybody’s wants. It needs everybody to return out shining!

I’m a giant fan of “shared energy.” How about you?

This Grand Cross also can convey up unresolved trauma to be healed. Most cancers is essentially the most emotional signal within the zodiac. This will embrace painful psychological wounds which have been forgotten or repressed into Pluto’s underworld area.

Your wealth and energy can be restricted till you heal these previous emotional wounds. My free Therapeutic Invocation has helped hundreds heal trauma with stunning ease and velocity. It’s because it delegates your therapeutic to your larger self, which does it a lot better than your ego ever might.

Lastly, the Solar, Moon and Pluto mild up the Lunar Nodes. This provides you ample vitality to behave in alignment along with your life function!

Cradle

One in all my favourite astrology books on the outer planets is The Gods of Change by Howard Sasportas. That is his time period for the three outer planets: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. This potent trio joins the luminaries to kind this New Moon side sample.

A Cradle principally incorporates harmonious points (5 delicate and one onerous). So it tends to convey out its planets’ larger potentials.

We’ve already coated the wealth and energy alternatives of Pluto.

Neptune can help your non secular awakening, and gives impressed creativity in all areas of life. Neptune also can assist you to perform in movement state and assist you to with aware dreaming and dream interpretation.

Uranus might help you embrace what’s distinctive and particular about you, and share these presents with the world as applicable. Uranus also can pop down useful intuitive hits out of your larger self, and assist you to manifest its highest expression: serving others along with your particular presents and skills you most love to make use of!

Merging Each Facet Patterns

This Grand Cross and Cradle additionally help one another. Neptune and Uranus may give you intuitive insights on the best way to finest use your wealth and energy. And the Lunar Nodes might help you utilize the optimistic expressions of Neptune and Uranus in alignment along with your life function!

Vesta

The one New Moon side that’s not in a side sample is a Vesta semi-square. Nevertheless, Vesta begins a Thor’s Hammer side sample with Pluto and the South Node right this moment. See that interpretation, developing subsequent, to study the most effective use of Vesta’s “selfless service” vitality.

Sabian Image

This New Moon’s Sabian Image is, “A frontrunner of males wrapped in an invisible cloak of energy.” (The Sabian Symbols have been channeled nearly 100 years in the past in 1925, so we will safely replace this to “A frontrunner of individuals….”)

Nice leaders know the best way to stir their followers’ feelings. These could be potently amplified by the Most cancers Solar and Moon. And in the event you’re creating an invisible cloak of energy, the transpersonal efficiency of the “gods of change” are the perfect astrological energies to supercharge it!

“Selfless Service” Thor’s Hammer

Selfless service to a better trigger is the main focus of a side sample that begins right this moment (7/17), peaks on 7/27, and ends on 8/7. This Thor’s Hammer incorporates Vesta, Pluto, and the South Node.

Do you selflessly help a trigger aligned along with your life function? Then this side sample can empower you to name in your pure presents and skills to serve this trigger extra powerfully. If one in all your causes isn’t so aligned, chances are you’ll be referred to as to launch it or rework the way you work together with it.

The Lunar Nodes enter Aries and Libra

The Lunar Nodes are astrological oddities. They’re digital factors in area moderately than bodily planets, they usually all the time transfer backwards! However they signify life function, in order that they occupy a particular place in astrological interpretation.

As we speak the Lunar Nodes retrograde into Aries (North Node) and Libra (South Node) at 4 pm EDT, the place they’ll keep for about 18 months.

This can be a good time to have a look at how properly you’re balancing self (Aries) versus others (Libra). Are you being too self-centered and never paying sufficient consideration to the wants of others? Or are you such a individuals pleaser that you just neglect your personal wants and wishes? With the North Node in Aries, are you able to undertake an “enlightened selfishness” that lets you take care of others whereas additionally assembly your wants?

Aries also can offer you drive and enthusiasm to gasoline your Libran creativity!

7/20 (Thu)

Venus Holds the Key

Venus defines the alternatives of a month-long Double Yod Key that began on 7/7, peaks right this moment (7/20), and ends on 8/7. This side sample additionally contains Neptune, Pluto, and the South Node.

A facet sample with a private planet like Venus wouldn’t normally final so lengthy. This one has a lot endurance as a result of Venus turns retrograde on 7/22.

You possibly can focus the facility of this side sample on any of Venus’ core meanings: relationship, creativity, or cash. With Venus in Leo, getting into the highlight as an entertainer will get particular help.

Pluto might help you develop wealth and energy. Neptune may give you divine inspiration and assist you to function “within the zone.” Lastly, the South Node might help you’re taking your inherent skills and skills to the subsequent stage!

Mars Opposes Saturn

A Mars-Saturn opposition (6°20′ Virgo-Pisces) can behave very in a different way, relying in your circumstances.

In the event you haven’t chosen the optimum plan of action, “stern taskmaster” Saturn will preserve hitting the brakes. There could be delays, detours, or roadblocks.

If that is taking place, rethink your present technique. Is it time to strive one thing totally different? Or are you being examined to see in the event you’re worthy of the purpose you’re striving for? (With Saturn in Pisces, your instinct would possibly offer you higher perception about this than your mind.)

However in the event you get a thumbs up from Saturn, it should really feel extra like barreling down the freeway at high velocity. Saturn will act just like the wind in your sails, and can crew up with Mars to offer you regular vitality and lasting endurance!

7/22 (Sat)

Venus Retrograde Deep Dive

Venus turns retrograde at 9:33 pm EDT (28°36′ Leo). She’ll flip direct once more in about six weeks, on 9/3 at 9:20 pm EDT (12°12′ Leo).

We’ll look at this Venus retrograde in depth, scrutinizing a very powerful points she makes throughout her retrograde. These embrace practically all of the slower planets. Including these additional themes, together with their actual timing, will allow you to achieve most profit from this Venus retrograde!

The retrogrades of private planets like Venus have essentially the most private influence. Whereas Venus is backpedaling, it’s a good time to ponder her primary themes: relationships, creativity, and cash. How’s your life stepping into these areas?

In an ideal world, you’d wait to take motion in your realizations till Venus is direct. However do what you could earlier than then if speedy motion can be finest.

Relationships

Venus guidelines all vital relationships. This contains romantic companions, lovers, relations, buddies, enterprise associates, and open enemies. In case your life can be noticeably totally different with out somebody, it’s a Venus relationship.

Are your interactions with a particular individual principally destructive, with little probability of great profit? Then think about whether or not you need to fully cease interacting with this individual, or at the very least decrease contact. Conversely, if a relationship is optimistic and helpful, wouldn’t it be sensible to spend extra time with this individual?

Then there are borderline relationships. These have vital potential in addition to vital challenges. Primarily based on the tales I’ve heard throughout 10,000+ AstroShaman shopper periods, it may be onerous to maneuver these into the “nice relationships” class.

The intense exceptions are when each persons are extremely motivated to heal the connection, are prepared and in a position to do their very own shadow work, and are working with a confirmed, well-structured relationship therapeutic course of.

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Creativity

Venus guidelines artistry and creativity. Whereas she’s retrograde, replicate on the function this performs in your life.

In the event you’re not expressing your creativity, wouldn’t it be good to start out a brand new venture? Do you have to re-engage with some inventive exercise you’ve beforehand loved?

In the event you’re actively artistic now, are you cheerful along with your present course? Or is it time to shake issues up?

Cash

Relationships and creativity relate to Venus’ rulership of Libra. However Venus additionally guidelines Taurus, the signal related to cash.

In the event you don’t have detailed data of your revenue and expenditures, Venus retrograde is a good time to rise up to hurry. Are there bills that want pruning? Sensible investments you need to make? New revenue alternatives that may justify their time and vitality, and would serve your highest good?

Leo

Venus is in Leo throughout her total retrograde. That is nice for reflecting in your roles as a chief or entertainer. Additionally ponder the time you spend with youngsters and your interior baby, and the way you interact with enjoyable, relaxation, and rest.

Elements

Venus makes plenty of highly effective points whereas she’s retrograde. In the event you consciously incorporate these archetypal energies, you possibly can achieve a bunch of further insights and advantages throughout this Venus retrograde!

All my Venus retrograde side timings are primarily based on Venus being inside three levels of an actual side. The points’ results are strongest on this “sizzling zone.”

Two Neptune Elements

Venus begins and ends her retrograde with totally different points to Neptune. Neptune is the one planet she points twice. Venus begins her retrograde with a decent 150° quincunx, then ends it with a decent 135° sesquare.

This provides our first new theme to this Venus retrograde: non secular awakening.

Neptune dissolves boundaries on all ranges. Within the bodily world, robust Neptune points make an individual empathically delicate to the feelings of different individuals and the energies of their atmosphere.

Neptune additionally works transpersonally. He dissolves the boundaries between bodily consciousness restricted to the 5 senses and the euphoric realities of the upper dimensions.

Sabian Symbols

This non secular awakening theme is bolstered by the Sabian Symbols that begin and finish this Venus retrograde. The image for the diploma the place Venus turns retrograde (29° Leo) is:

“A mermaid has climbed to the rocky shore of a bleak coast, she awaits the prince who will convey her immortality.”

Right here’s an interpretation of this image most related for this context. Like Venus, the mermaid is female, and subsequently receptive to divine grace. “The rocky shore of a bleak coast” metaphorically describes a difficult life state of affairs. “The prince” is her larger self, and “immortality” represents non secular awakening.

Venus turns direct once more at 13° Leo. (Sabian Symbols are decided by rounding as much as the closest complete diploma.) This image is,

“An previous sea captain rocking on the porch of his cottage.”

Now the individual within the Sabian Image is masculine, the vitality historically related to motion and accomplishment. There’s a way of contentment. I think about that this captain – somebody who units their very own course – has met his objectives. He’s having fun with a well-deserved relaxation.

I can simply think about this as a metaphor for having attained a major diploma of enlightenment. Neptune’s presence is even subtly implied, since he’s the lord of the ocean.

Non secular Awakening

All this supplies loads of clues that you possibly can productively ponder your diploma of non secular awakening throughout this Venus retrograde. This can be best whereas Venus is quincunx Neptune (7/22 via 8/3) and sesquare Neptune (8/23 via 9/14). (This sesquare lasts eleven extra days after Venus turns direct on 9/3.)

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Neptune also can enhance your divine inspiration, assist you to function in movement state, and assist you to work extra skillfully along with your goals.

Pluto Quincunx

Neptune isn’t the one quincunx Venus makes as she turns retrograde. She’s additionally quincunx Pluto 7/22 via 8/3.

This can be a good time to ponder the way you need to enhance your wealth and energy. Pluto additionally guidelines shadow work. So ponder how prepared you might be to heal your trauma, and the way efficient your present methods are.

Venus’ quincunxes to Neptune and Pluto kind a Yod side sample, often known as a “Finger of God.” And that isn’t all: this Yod joins with one other Yod to kind a Double Yod Key via 8/7. Click on right here to study extra about that.

The Lunar Nodes’ Mushy Elements

Venus makes two extra connections as she begins her retrograde: delicate points to the Lunar Nodes.

A North Node trine could make it simpler so that you can ponder how properly you’re on monitor along with your life function. A South Node sextile might help you perceive the best way to activate latent skills and skills and do shadow work extra simply. These Lunar Node points final via 8/5.

Uranus Sq.

Venus squares Uranus 8/3 via 8/14. Throughout these twelve days, replicate on how totally you embrace your uniqueness and share it with the world. Uranus’ intuitive hits are a human’s most dependable steerage. Do you belief and act on yours? Lastly, are you serving others utilizing your particular presents and skills you most love to make use of?

Solar Conjunction

Venus conjoins the Solar 8/11 via 8/15. This lights up Venus with additional vitality, juicing up no matter you’re doing to profit from her retrograde.

Chiron Trine

Venus trines Chiron 8/9 via 8/19. The delicate side could make it simpler to offer or obtain knowledge and therapeutic, or achieve new insights in these areas.

Jupiter Sq.

Venus squares Jupiter 8/17 via 8/30. On the most simple stage, Jupiter expands and energizes no matter it connects with. So this sq. will give a energy enhance to no matter you’re doing with Venus.

It’s also possible to select to work with any of Jupiter’s quite a few themes. I describe these in my interpretation of the Jupiter Neptune semi-square, which comes proper after this Venus Retrograde interpretation

Juno Conjunction

I’ve already talked about Venus’ semi-square with Neptune (8/23 via 9/14). So let’s interpret Venus Retrograde’s ultimate side: a Juno conjunction. It begins on 9/3, the identical day Venus turns direct, and perseveres via 10/7 as Venus slowly regains ahead momentum.

Juno represents dedicated partnership. This can be a deeper stage of Venus’ relationship theme. It might be fruitful to do the identical relationship analysis course of described early on this Venus Retrograde interpretation.

Conclusion

I informed you we’d be inspecting this Venus Retrograde in depth!

For most individuals, doing all the pieces I’ve advised right here can be overkill. I recommend you cherry choose the concepts which might be most useful for you. Glad Venus Retrograde!

Jupiter Semi-Sq. Neptune

When can a minor onerous side have a serious upside? When it connects Jupiter and Neptune!

As we speak’s Jupiter-Neptune semi-square (12°33′ Taurus-27°33′ Pisces) has been in orb (shut sufficient to be felt) since 6/27. And its great alternatives will stay out there for practically 5 months: all over 12/16!

Jupiter Boosting Neptune

Jupiter amplifies no matter it touches. So you should utilize it to enhance Neptune’s life-affirming qualities. These embrace deeper non secular awakening, receiving extra impressed creativity, working in movement state extra constantly, and having fun with extra vivid and significant goals.

Take care that Jupiter doesn’t amplify Neptune’s decrease expressions. These embrace substance abuse, dependancy, extreme escapism, aimless drifting, and “taking part in the sufferer.”

Neptune Influencing Jupiter

What if we consider Neptune influencing Jupiter? Neptune can add divine inspiration and movement state experiences in these areas:

• Increased schooling.
• Performing as a professor, thinker, guru, or different wisdom-giver.
• International journey or publicity to international influences.
• Faith, philosophy, and the which means of life.
• Quests and adventures
• Celebration, euphoria and enthusiasm!

Watch out to not put too many irons within the fireplace, or succumb to “road nook preacher syndrome.”

Let’s Add the Indicators

You possibly can profit from much more life-affirming alternatives, thanks to those planets’ signal placements. Jupiter is in Taurus and Neptune is in Pisces. This auspicious mixture of indicators and planets can empower Legislation of Attraction manifestation. (Neptune and Pisces excel at visualizing, whereas Jupiter expands Taurus’ energy to floor concepts into bodily actuality.)

These planets and indicators additionally help embodied awakening. Neptune and Pisces help non secular awakening, whereas Jupiter and Taurus need to amplify this euphoric consciousness and make it constant in your on a regular basis life. (My free Embodied Awakening Invocation has helped hundreds do that with stunning ease and velocity.)

The Solar Enters Leo

Additionally on 7/22, the Solar enters Leo at 9:50 pm EDT. For the subsequent month, you get additional help to your actions as a chief or entertainer. Leo additionally helps spending time with youngsters, or connecting along with your interior baby. And make sure you take pleasure in some relaxation, rest, and enjoyable!

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Grand Cross Peaks

A Grand Cross that began on 7/13 peaks right this moment (7/22) and ends on 7/31. It contains the Solar, Pluto, and the Lunar Nodes.

This Grand Cross was a part of my 7/17 forecast for the Most cancers New Moon. To learn what I stated about this Grand Cross, click on right here.

7/23 (Solar)

Chiron Retrograde

Chiron turns retrograde at 8:42 am EDT (19°57′ Aries). The wounded healer will station direct once more in 5 months, on 12/26 (15°27′ Aries).

This can be a nice time to replicate on any therapeutic help you want, be it bodily, emotional, psychological, or non secular. (My free Therapeutic Invocation could make therapeutic quick and simple.) Chiron retrograde is a superb time to do private therapeutic work!

Chiron can be a mentoring archetype. In what areas of your life might you profit from the knowledge of others?

As of late, there’s a better want for healers and wisdom-givers than ever. Are you one in all these? As Chiron turns retrograde, is it time to step up your recreation to serve extra in these areas?

Pluto Sq. the Lunar Nodes

It’s been a gradual construct — practically six months – however Pluto lastly makes an actual T-Sq. with the Lunar Nodes right this moment. This relentlessly intense side sample got here into orb (shut sufficient to be felt) on 1/31/23. Now that it has lastly peaked, its energy will slowly wane for about six extra months, via 1/13/24.

Why is that this T-Sq. so relentlessly intense? As a result of Pluto stirs up something that isn’t aligned along with your life function. (Life function is a key which means of the Lunar Nodes.) 

One in all Pluto’s jobs on this T-Sq. is to provide you with a warning to life function misalignments. He usually does this by creating disruptions. He’s hoping that the emotional challenges you’re feeling when these occur will encourage you to realign along with your life function. In the event you resist these modifications, Pluto can flip up the warmth and develop into much more disruptive!

Assume again on the final six months. Has there been an space of great disharmony in your life? In that case, are you able to determine a life function misalignment?

In the event you answered sure, what steps have you ever taken to realign along with your life function? Are there further steps you need to take now?

Thankfully, Pluto will solely trigger a ruckus to the diploma that you just’re misaligned. In the event you’re on monitor along with your “true north,” Pluto can be delighted to bless you with wealth and energy. (Wealth could be something you worth, tangible or intangible. And essentially the most developed use of energy is for the best good of all.)

7/25 (Tue)

Motion Benefiting Others Energized by Double Thor’s Hammer

A uncommon Double Thor’s Hammer begins right this moment, peaks on 8/1, and ends on 8/8. It contains Mars, Vesta, Pluto, and the North Node. Its main theme is help for taking motion that advantages others – so long as doing so aligns along with your soul function.

Mars, the planet of motion, is in Virgo, the signal of service to others. Vesta represents selfless service to a better trigger.

The North Node needs you to behave in alignment along with your soul function. (It simply moved into Aries, which shares Mars’ “motion” theme.) Lastly, Pluto provides huge energy to all this, and opens the door to an ample end result!

There’s additionally room for applicable self-interest.

What if we slender our focus to the standalone Thor’s Hammer with Mars, Pluto, and the North Node? We nonetheless have tremendously empowered motion that matches in along with your life function. However we might reinterpret Virgo as refinement and fine-tuning, or as enchancment to your private well being. Is there any cause you couldn’t discover time to satisfy your private wants whereas additionally serving a better trigger?

Triple Thor’s Hammer!

As if a Double Thor’s Hammer wasn’t uncommon sufficient, we even have a Triple Thor’s Hammer within the combine! That is created because the Vesta-Pluto-South Node Thor’s Hammer that began on 7/17 merges with this Double Thor’s Hammer.

The Triple Thor’s Hammer, with Mars, Vesta, Pluto, and the Lunar Nodes, begins on 7/26, peaks on 7/31, and ends on 8/4. It’s interpretation is identical because the Double Thor’s Hammer, and it doesn’t final as lengthy, so I’m noting it right here as an alternative of giving it a standalone interpretation.

Nevertheless it certain does look cool!

7/27 (Thu)

Thor’s Hammer Peaks

The Vesta-Pluto-South Node Thor’s Hammer that began on 7/17 peaks right this moment (7/27) and ends on 8/7.

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