We begin and end this month with Saturn and Uranus in a trine to each other. An astrological trine creates a relationship between two planets where they support each other, even (in this case) when they are wholly different. Saturn creates the standard: it walks a clear and defined path, and destroys chaotic behaviors. Uranus *is* chaotic behaviors. This month is ripe with innovation. Maybe it is under these stars that all of our innovative heroes have historically come from, because they rule the exact behavior of working hard towards ways that have never been seen or tried before. When Saturn goes direct on the 7th, this trine will become even more significant because the choices for which directions to follow will become much more obvious and direct. Try something new; show up for the people, places, and things in your life in new ways. The innovative Einstein said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” When was the last time you shook it up?
Venus and Mars are making an uncomfortable square all month that is especially noticeable from the 7th to the 12th. These two planets rule love, compassion, passion, and war. They are usually fairly close to each other in our solar system, and when there is distance, the ways you finally “see” someone you have known forever can be surprising. Bridging gaps is important now—you may feel a distance between you and your romantic interests, and so this is a good time to take action to get closer. If you have had limited luck this year in love, now is a good time to understand your own issues and move through pain or grief from previous relationships or trauma. Next month, Venus goes retrograde, which is a time when we will all be reflecting and stewing in our love languages and styles; so this month is preparation time. Get out of those things that aren’t serving peace in your life. Speak up for yourself, and if you can’t listen to the other side of the war, you need to give it up. We are all working toward balance.
Jupiter is in a lovely trine with dreamy Neptune from the 1st to the 19th this month, which is such an ideal time for creativity, growing emotionally, and positive personal affirmation. Take time during these days to think about where you are, how you got there, and how incredible it is that you made it. This might seem like a silly exercise, but we have all survived something; how have you become yourself ? This could be momentum-based, but it is very important that you can feel grateful during this time, even for just a short period, before you think of everything that is upcoming. Today is important.
ARIES
In our survival we sometimes forget to bring passion to our work. We have bills to pay, dramas with… anything (You name it. Fill in the blank). We use work as a means to an end, because there are plenty of other things to consider in our lives. This month, the sun is illuminating our work lives and Mercury is joining it from the 6th to the 21st. In your daily experiences, are you proud of what you are doing, professionally? It is time to strongly consider changing the transitional period of getting by with the status quo, to allocate time and energy to exactly the ways you want to be making money. You are a natural leader, so in any case, you should feel a sense of independence, pride, and ownership over your work. When the sun moves to Libra on the 23rd, the pressure of TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT will diminish, leaving just an obvious truth. Get into it.
TAURUS
The radical waves of Uranus being in your sign are cooled a bit by a trine from Saturn this month. While the message is now (and will be for the next 7.5 years) “get weird,” there is important, focused work to be done with the weirdness right now. When Mercury enters your house of creativity on the 6th, there may be bursts of unusual “outside of the box” ideas to deeply explore in your work life. Venus will be camped out in your opposing sign for most of the next three months starting on the 10th, which is a very important time to figure out relationships (healthy or not) in your romantic history and long term partnerships. Sometimes just doing something for a long time feels important, but what did you feel for those months/years/decades?
GEMINI
Grounding yourself for the first ten days of this month to consider your own health around grief, sex, and rebirth is ideal. Mars is in a house in your chart that rules all three of these experiences; analyze a theme and take action in the parts that aren’t working as best as they could. From the 1st to the 23rd, the sun is in your house of comfort and home. A spotlight in this space should bring a realization of where you are most comfortable, but it’s possible that because of the summer of eclipses and planetary wildness, you need to reacquaint yourself with your comfort. Nest in the space that is home to you. Make your favorite foods. Spend more time in quiet spaces being mellow, rather than getting wild. This reset is best achieved from the vantage point of safety.
CANCER
This month, the planets of Venus and Mars are in a bit of quarrel—they want you especially to see your own worth and direction. From the 1st to the 10th, Mars is in your house of relationships, asking you to exorcise some of your love demons. Cancer is notorious for holding onto things a lot longer than they are of service, and that can go from humans we hold closely to shitty messages we have been told about ourselves. Move it out. Mars has aggressive energy that can undo the gross, overhanging crap we don’t need to thrive in these relationships. On the 11th, Mars enters your house of sex and sexuality, which has the same effect on these realms of your life. What are you holding onto that is holding you back? How do your fears inform your sexual movements? Venus is grounded in your house of home; you can always come back to yourself. Be brave; it is time for change.
LEO
This month starts with a pretty powerful handful of placements in your chart, Leo. From the 1st to the 5th, Mercury is in your sign, which just pours information into your lap about what exactly you want to do. It is a time to talk about things in a different, more concrete way and search for new information. From the 1st to the 11th, Mars is in your house of daily life and work, bringing a lot of motivation to new challenges at work. As a Leo, this could mean a totally different job (you’re not one to do anything super lightly) but it could also just mean vocalizing a need for change, and that important change actually happening. The sun and Mercury are also spending a good amount of time this month in your house of values; vulnerability and rawness are at an all-time high. Be gentle with your energy and time spent. Be tender with yourself.
VIRGO
This month begins with your ruling planet, Mercury, in your house of spirituality until the 5th. Analyzing your own methods breathes life into habits, and this is especially true during this time for our spiritual routines. The spectrum of these routines could be peace in a church or peace in a thorough skincare routine. The point is: finding your central place for peace unlocks your truths. When Mercury joins the sun in your sign on the 6th, actualization of a lot of ideas and plans start to flow. It is like rejoining the party fully. Illumination of your sign can sometimes bring a staggering amount of information to what you want to be doing, but with the sun trine Mars on the 29th and 30th in your house of personal reflection, you will know exactly where you need to be.
LIBRA
Before the sun enters your sign on the 23rd, it spends the beginning of the month in conjunction with Mercury in your house of spirituality and psychic awareness. There are a lot of important messages coming for you this month, and it’s important that you seek them in spaces that you usually don’t check. While meditation means different things to different people, take time to clear your mind this month. Take time alone and try to not weigh anything that came before, or is coming soon. Be in your body, and consider how you feel. Venus spends the first nine days in your sign this month; if you are having trouble accessing peace, search for love.
SCORPIO
On the 10th of this month, Venus enters your sign, where it will stay until the end of October and then re-enter after a retrograde phase in November. This is a time of deep interpersonal sorting out of your romantic history and the ways in which you have changed over the years. In our reflection on these themes we often feel that until we are in the “right thing” we have only been in the worst things, but this transit gives time to really dig deep into the pros and cons of all of your formative relationships, what you took from them, and how you still carry them. When Mars moves into your house of home and comfort on the 11th, rebuild your nest and move out any energy in your home space that doesn’t make you feel best.
SAGITTARIUS
The sun is illuminating your house of public affairs from the beginning of the month until the 22nd, along with Mercury from the 6th to the 21st. The ways that we perform for a crowd are vastly different depending on the crowd, and this transit asks that you allow yourself to be celebrated in the different ways people see you. This is your permission (though probably unneeded) to get loud, be a voice, and hold space in the things you believe in, especially politically. When Mars moves into your house of education on the 11th, learning and teaching become a major focus. This is a fairly self-directed education moment, so immersing yourself in something you are passionate about is best.
CAPRICORN
It is exciting to think that every Capricorn everywhere feels empowered and capable of their goals and direction. It is overwhelming to imagine the pressure that exists in the Capricorn experience right now. Until the 10th, Mars will be in your sign, which harnesses so much of your power and commanding energy in anything you are working on. On the 11th, when it moves into your house of self reflection, there will be a break from the constant feeling of needing to be “on” and doing the exact right thing. As it moves through your second house for the rest of the month, consider how YOU want to interact with the spaces you’re in. Are you being taken care of and promoted? Is your hard work being seen? When Venus moves on the 10th, take some time with your social circles: friends may have important words for you.
AQUARIUS
Mars moves into your sign on the 11th, which is a great time to grab the energy of this month and take off with it. Your sign lives a lot in your head, and this Earth-bound directional energy might be the boost you need to understand where you need to focus. Thinking about doing something different, obsessing about doing something different, even talking about doing something different, is not actual change. The moves that are possible for you could be sparked this month, but action must be the actual center—not ideas. When the sun moves into your house of expansion on the 23rd, consider a new environment. You cannot be free while simultaneously holding yourself back.
PISCES
The sun will be illuminating your seventh house from the 1st to the 22nd, with Mercury in conjunction from the 6th to the 21st. The seventh house is generally the ruling house for partnerships, but it can also be a space where we consider ourselves as we are reflected. Sometimes, we don’t know how to be our best selves without someone else cheering us on. How has your current love interest informed your awareness of yourself? What about previous partners? On the 11th, Mars enters your 12th house, giving life to old personal traditions of worship and psychic awareness. If you have been searching for a community for your own spirituality or meditation, this is the exact right time to find it.
CHRISTINA IGOE | @iamastrology
illustrations KALLIE TIFFAU
