The most significant astrological factors for the week ahead are listed below.
Mercury Retrograde
Mercury turned retrograde last Friday, so you are likely experiencing important shifts in your thinking, attitudes, and plans. It would be helpful to be more careful with your plans and decisions, because with Mercury ruling thoughts and communication, there will likely be more “mess-ups” and complications than usual, including mental lapses and mistakes, misunderstandings, false assumptions, missed appointments, lost checks, written typos, cancellations, and postponements.
Time for Leo
This morning, Sun entered Leo to join Mercury in Leo, which benefits Leo and the house in your horoscope ruled by Leo until August 22, when Sun enters the next sign, Virgo.
With Sun in Leo, it’s more appropriate to manifest and be involved with Leo-related attributes and activities such as becoming more loving and romantic; connecting more with children and loved ones; fun, parties, entertainment, hobbies, and recreation; theater, art, and creative endeavors; taking on more of a leadership role; being on stage and projecting your confidence; and being involved with what is more dramatic and glamorous.
Leo New Moon
New Moons represent new beginnings and fresh starts, and Thursday’s New Moon in Leo places favorable emphasis on the house in your horoscope ruled by Leo and any planets and points you have around 02 degrees of the fixed signs (Taurus Leo Scorpio Aquarius) and the air signs (Gemini Libra Aquarius).
Sun Opposite Pluto
The most significant factor this week is Sun opposite Pluto. Occurring once a year, this challenging solar aspect, in effect this past week and exact on Friday, is related to jealousy, sabotage, manipulation, domination, hidden motives, fanaticism, arrogance, subversion, hidden agendas, power struggles, and political maneuvering, especially involving men.
Sun-Pluto aspects also bring deep introspection and reflection as well as the exposure of secrets and hidden agendas and increased possibilities for extremes in politics, the weather, finances, and any issue or complication worldwide.
This significant aspect is relevant for everyone, depending on its placement in one’s horoscope, but is particularly relevant for those with planets and points around 02 degrees Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, and Aquarius.
Current Sun Sign Factors
These sun-sign assessments are only “the tip of the iceberg” for what you should know. Besides your Sun sign degree, there are many other factors to consider that these newsletters cannot cover, such as the transits to your Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ascendant, and Midheaven degrees. However, awareness of the current transits to your Sun’s position can be invaluable because the positions of the slower-moving planets (Jupiter in Gemini, Saturn in Pisces, Uranus in Taurus, Neptune in Pisces, and Pluto in Aquarius) can create significant trends and events in your life.
To use this information correctly, you need to know the degree of your Sun sign, but the degree of your Sun is not your date of birth. If you need to know the degree of your Sun, please call me. I will calculate it for you.
Aries
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 10 degrees Aries and any planets and points you have around 10 degrees Aries.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 21.5 degrees Aries.
Saturn: a significant 29-year juncture with tests, lessons, and steady accomplishments possible for anyone born around 02 degrees Aries and any planets and points around 02 degrees Aries.
Saturn/Neptune: strange and peculiar feelings and events are more likely for anyone born around 02 degrees Aries.
Uranus: favorable shifts, opportunities, and breakthroughs for anyone born around 01 degrees Aries.
Neptune: opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Aries. Also, possible confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions for anyone born around 02 degrees Aries.
Pluto: favorable changes, influences, and opportunities for anyone born around 03 degrees Aries.
Taurus
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 21.5 degrees Taurus.
Saturn/Uranus: stress, tensions, and setbacks for anyone born around 01 degrees Taurus.
Pluto: significant challenges and fundamental changes (more likely related to career and destiny) for anyone born around 03 degrees Taurus.
Gemini
Uranus: once every eighty-four years, this aspect brings dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, shocks, breakthroughs, and new freedoms to anyone born around 01 degrees Gemini.
Jupiter/Uranus: fortunate shifts and changes for anyone born around 20.5 degrees Gemini.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 02 degrees Gemini.
Neptune: opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Gemini.
Pluto: favorable changes, influences, and opportunities for anyone born around 03 degrees Gemini.
Cancer
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 10 degrees Cancer and any planets and points you have around 10 degrees Cancer.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 21.5 degrees Cancer.
Saturn: a significant 07-year juncture with tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to career and destiny) for anyone born around 02 degrees Cancer and any planets and points around 02 degrees Cancer.
Saturn/Neptune: strange and peculiar feelings and events are more likely for anyone born around 02 degrees Cancer.
Neptune: once every forty-two years, this aspect brings confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions to anyone born around 02 degrees Cancer.
Pluto: significant challenges and fundamental changes for anyone born around 03 degrees Gemini.
Leo
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 21.5 degrees Leo.
Saturn/Uranus: stress, tensions, and setbacks for anyone born around 01 degrees Leo.
Uranus: favorable shifts, opportunities, and breakthroughs for anyone born around 01 degrees Gemini.
Neptune: favorable opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Leo.
Pluto: once every 250 years, this aspect brings significant challenges and fundamental changes (more likely related to identity and relationships) to anyone born around 03 degrees Leo.
Virgo
Jupiter/Uranus: favorable shifts and changes for anyone born around 20.5 degrees Virgo.
Saturn: a significant 29-year juncture with tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to work and health) for anyone born around 02 degrees Virgo and any planets and points around 02 degrees Virgo.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 02 degrees Virgo.
Uranus: once every twenty-one years, this aspect brings dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks (more likely related to career and destiny) to anyone born around 01 degrees Virgo.
Neptune: possible confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions for anyone born around 02 degrees Virgo.
Pluto: significant challenges and fundamental changes for anyone born around 03 degrees Virgo.
Libra
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 10 degrees Libra and any planets and points you have around 10 degrees Libra.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 21.5 degrees Libra.
Saturn: tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to relationships and identity) for anyone born around 02 degrees Libra and any planets and points around 02 degrees Libra.
Saturn/Neptune: strange and peculiar feelings and events are more likely for anyone born around 02 degrees Libra.
Uranus: favorable shifts, opportunities, and breakthroughs for anyone born around 01 degrees Libra.
Neptune: possible confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions for anyone born around 02 degrees Libra.
Pluto: favorable changes, influences, and opportunities for anyone born around 03 degrees Libra.
Scorpio
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 10 degrees Scorpio and any planets and points you have around 10 degrees Scorpio.
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 21.5 degrees Scorpio.
Saturn: tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to intimacy and finances) for anyone born around 02 degrees Scorpio and any planets and points around 02 degrees Scorpio.
Saturn/Uranus: stress, tensions, and setbacks for anyone born around 01 degrees Scorpio.
Uranus: dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks for anyone born around 01 degrees Scorpio.
Neptune: possible confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions for anyone born around 02 degrees Scorpio.
Pluto: significant challenges and fundamental changes (more likely related to home and family) for anyone born around 03 degrees Scorpio.
Sagittarius
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 10 degrees Sagittarius and any planets and points you have around 10 degrees Sagittarius.
Jupiter/Uranus: fortuitous shifts and changes for anyone born around 20.5 degrees Sagittarius.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 02 degrees Sagittarius.
Uranus: once-in-a-lifetime dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks (more likely related to relationships) for anyone born around 01 degrees Sagittarius.
Neptune: opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Sagittarius.
Pluto: favorable changes, influences, and opportunities for anyone born around 03 degrees Sagittarius.
Capricorn
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 10 degrees Capricorn and any planets and points you have around 10 degrees Capricorn.
Jupiter/Pluto: increased influence and opportunities for anyone born around 21.5 degrees Capricorn.
Saturn: a significant 07-year juncture with tests, obstacles, lessons, trials, delays, losses, and complex realities (more likely related to home and family) for anyone born around 02 degrees Capricorn and any planets and points around 02 degrees Capricorn.
Saturn/Neptune: strange and peculiar feelings and events are more likely for anyone born around 02 degrees Capricorn.
Uranus: dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks for anyone born around 01 degrees Capricorn.
Neptune: once every forty-two years, this aspect brings confusion, deception, victimization, weakness, and even illness and debilitating conditions to anyone born around 02 degrees Capricorn.
Aquarius
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 10 degrees Aquarius and any planets and points you have around 10 degrees Aquarius.
Jupiter/Neptune: idealism, inspiration, and creativity for anyone born around 21.5 degrees Aquarius.
Saturn/Uranus: stress, tensions, and setbacks for anyone born around 01 degrees Aquarius.
Uranus: favorable shifts, opportunities, and breakthroughs for anyone born around 01 degrees Aquarius.
Neptune: opportunities for healing, inspiration, imagination, creativity, and spirituality for anyone born around 02 degrees Sagittarius.
Pluto: once every 250 years, this aspect brings fundamental changes, meaningful accomplishments, and/or significant tests and challenges for anyone born around 03 degrees Aquarius.
Pisces
Jupiter: optimism and opportunities for anyone born around 10 degrees Pisces and any planets and points you have around 10 degrees Pisces.
Jupiter/Uranus: favorable shifts and changes for anyone born around 20.5 degrees Pisces.
Saturn/Pluto: endurance, struggles, and painful revelations for anyone born around 02 degrees Pisces.
Uranus: once every twenty-one years, this aspect brings dramatic shifts, surprises, adjustments, breakthroughs, and possibly shocks (more likely related to home and family) for anyone born around 01 degrees Pisces.
Lunar Aspects
With Moon in Cancer, Leo, and Virgo this week, the most important lunar aspects are listed below. The descriptions do not intend to tell you what will happen in your life at the listed times. Instead, they provide some of the possibilities you can expect around the times given so you can plan your life more wisely. It is often apparent which time frames are better for timing a party, trip, decision, project, business, or other events.
Lunar aspects are in effect for a few hours (versus days) before and until the times given for the Eastern Time Zone. Therefore, you need to adjust the time for where you live. For example, if you live on the West Coast, there is a three-hour difference, so you must subtract three hours.
The plus (+) lunar aspects are favorable. The minus (-) lunar aspects are more likely to bring challenges or difficulties. Sometimes, there is a + and – lunar aspect, which can exhibit positive and negative influences.
Tuesday, July 22
08:26 AM ET Moon entered Cancer, where it remains until late Thursday morning, when it enters the next sign, Leo.
Moon in Cancer boosts Cancer and, to a lesser degree, the other water signs, Scorpio and Pisces. Moon in Cancer also helps any planets and points you have in Cancer and should help bring more things together for Cancer on a short-term basis.
Moon in Cancer supports anyone’s involvement in Cancer-related activities, such as being with and helping and nurturing family and friends; cooking, household duties, home decorating, and repairs; antiques, memories, and genealogy; and gardening, housing, real estate, land development, farming, and agriculture.
11:33 AM – (Moon in Cancer 90 Saturn in Aries) opportunities for orderly, steady, conscientious, pragmatic, and realistic plans and activities. However, this aspect is challenging because it is emotionally restrictive and can create issues, worries, and differences.
11:56 AM – (Moon in Cancer 90 Neptune in Aries) opportunities for daydreaming, imagination, creativity, prayer, meditation, and highly refined artistic and spiritual feelings and aspirations. However, this aspect increases the likelihood for haziness and emotional confusion, making it less ideal for logical discussions and clear-cut decisions.
12:53 PM – (Moon in Cancer 150 Pluto in Aquarius) opportunities for digging deeper into your emotions and feelings. However, this aspect can complicate relationships with subtle yet emotionally charged situations, including manipulation, hidden motives, and power struggles, although you may only fully realize these factors later.
Wednesday, July 23
12:56 AM + (Moon in Cancer 00 Jupiter in Cancer) this once-a-month lunar aspect brings opportunities for any interpersonal situation, including meetings and working with the public. This lunar aspect also increases the likelihood of kindness, benevolence, positive attitudes, and uplifting emotional support.
Thursday, July 24
06:32 AM + (Moon in Cancer 90 Chiron in Aries) brings opportunities for family matters and more loving and healing relationships.
11:28 AM ET Moon enters Leo, where it remains until late Saturday afternoon when it enters the next sign, Virgo.
Moon in the fire sign Leo boosts Leo and, to a lesser degree, the other fire signs, Aries and Sagittarius. Moon in Leo also helps any planets and points you have in Leo and should bring together more things for Leo in the short term.
Moon in Leo supports anyone’s involvement in Leo-related attitudes and activities, such as romance and courtship; connecting more with children and loved ones; fun, parties, entertainment, hobbies, and recreation; theater, art, and creative endeavors; wherever leadership and self-assurance can be applied; being on stage and projecting your confidence; and what is dramatic, glamorous, and in the public limelight.
03:04 PM + (Moon in Leo 120 Neptune in Aries) opportunities for daydreaming, imagination, creativity, prayer, meditation, and highly refined artistic and spiritual feelings and aspirations.
03:11 PM + (Moon in Leo 00 Sun in Leo) the exact time for the New Moon highlighted at the top of this newsletter.
03:59 PM – (Moon in Leo 180 Pluto in Aquarius) opportunities for digging deeper into your emotions and feelings. However, this aspect can complicate relationships with subtle yet emotionally charged situations, including manipulation, hidden motives, and power struggles, although you may only fully realize these factors later.
Friday, July 25
05:01 PM – (Moon in Leo 135 Saturn in Aries) opportunities for orderly, steady, conscientious, pragmatic, and realistic plans and activities. However, this aspect is challenging because it is emotionally restrictive and can create issues, worries, and differences.
05:29 PM – (Moon in Leo 135 Neptune in Aries) opportunities for daydreaming, imagination, creativity, prayer, meditation, and highly refined artistic and spiritual feelings and aspirations. However, this aspect increases the likelihood for haziness and emotional confusion, making it less ideal for logical discussions and clear-cut decisions.
09:06 PM + (Moon in Leo 150 Node in Pisces) opportunities for connecting with people via networking, social interactions, and alliances with large and small groups.
Saturday, July 26
04:55 PM ET Moon enters Virgo, where it remains until early Tuesday morning, when it enters the next sign, Libra.
Moon in the earth sign Virgo boosts Virgo and, to a lesser degree, the other earth signs, Taurus and Capricorn. Moon in Virgo also helps any planets and points you have in Virgo and should bring together more things for Virgo in the short term.
Moon in Virgo supports anyone’s involvement in Virgo-related activities, such as being useful; completing tasks efficiently and effectively; correcting faults, flaws, and problems; focusing on diet, nutrition, health, and hygiene; and assisting others without requiring special recognition.
06:19 PM – (Moon in Virgo 90 Uranus in Gemini) opportunities for increased instincts, willfulness, and aspirations regarding anything new, different, exciting, and adventuresome. However, this aspect also brings nervousness, anxiety, upsets, restlessness, excitability, volatility, and emotionally charged situations.
08:11 PM – (Moon in Virgo 150 Saturn in Aries) opportunities for orderly, steady, conscientious, pragmatic, and realistic plans and activities. However, this aspect is challenging because it is emotionally restrictive and can create issues, worries, and differences.
08:41 PM – (Moon in Virgo 150 Neptune in Aries) opportunities for daydreaming, imagination, creativity, prayer, meditation, and highly refined artistic and spiritual feelings and aspirations. However, this aspect increases the likelihood for haziness and emotional confusion, making it less ideal for logical discussions and clear-cut decisions.
09:36 PM – (Moon in Virgo 150 Pluto in Aquarius) opportunities for digging deeper into your emotions and feelings. However, this aspect can complicate relationships with subtle yet emotionally charged situations, including manipulation, hidden motives, and power struggles, although you may only fully realize these factors later.
Sunday, July 27
There are no significant lunar aspects.
Monday, July 28
04:30 AM + (Moon in Virgo 180 Node in Pisces) opportunities for connecting with people via networking, social interactions, and alliances with large and small groups.
02:42 PM + – (Moon in Virgo 00 Mars in Virgo) this once-a-month lunar aspect brings opportunities for bolder and more direct actions. However, this aspect intensifies feelings and passions, leading to impatience, rashness, impulsiveness, anger, and even forceful actions.
08:56 PM + (Moon in Virgo 90 Venus Gemini) opportunities for cooperation, cheerfulness, affection, pleasantries, gracefulness, emotional sharing, and artistic expression, especially involving females.
Guidelines for Using This Information
These newsletters are not your typical sun sign column. They provide much more information and guidance, but it may be challenging to sort everything out with so many factors presented, even for astrology students. Therefore, I keep everything as clear and straightforward as possible.
The most critical factor with right timing is what is occurring in your horoscope. When negative aspects dominate your horoscope, the chances of success with right timing diminish no matter how favorable the aspects are in the sky. These newsletters cannot cover what is occurring in your horoscope. However, applying the information in these newsletters with common sense enables you to make more informed decisions and activities.
The basic premise with right timing is that it helps to have the “stars” on your side. Starting a marriage, trip, surgery, business, real estate deal, or a major purchase, for example, at an inopportune time reduces the chances of success no matter how good your intentions and how hard you try: the better the timing, the higher your chances of success. Even an hour can make a significant difference in important decisions and events.
Moon enters each zodiac sign about every 28 days and remains in each sign for about two and a half days. When the Moon is in your sun sign, matters will likely come more together for you on a short-term basis unless significant aspects are currently challenging your horoscope.
The traits and qualities I assign to the signs in these newsletters describe the signs’ functions and meanings, versus describing your personality. However, the descriptions may be entirely accurate for you. Furthermore, to understand a person’s personality and character from an astrological perspective, dozens of factors besides one’s sun sign must be considered.
Contact me to know what’s going on in your horoscope and to make better decisions at better times. We will schedule a private consultation at my office or on the phone so you can know more about your future and better understand the issues and opportunities in your life as well as your relationships, job, career, education, finances, children, parents, travel, health, location, retirement, karma, and purpose in life.
Ed Kluska
B.S. Physics
M.S. Psychology
C.A. Certified Astrologer
Meditation Teacher
54 Years in Practice
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Cincinnati, OH 45220
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