July 2007 Forecast

Key Events:  

New Moon 7/14/2007

Full Moon 7/29/2007

Mercury Direct 7/10/2007

Venus Retrograde 7/28/2007

Other RX Planets:  Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune Pluto

The Full Moon on July 29th occurs in your Natural 2nd House of possessions, pleasures and comforts.  This can be a good time to start a diet, since your number one possession is your body.  With Neptune in that same neighborhood, you would do well to use some of his inspiration to help motivate you.  Visualize yourself the way you want to look or all you could accomplish if you liked yourself a little better.  Other possibilities in this area, as you would expect, entail possible major purchases; more than likely there is something out there calling your name, but your practical nature may be turning a deaf ear.  Sometimes it's necessary to replace things, such as major appliances, so this could mean no more than your washing machine calling it quits.  However, remember that Mercury is retrograde until July 10th, so don't make any major purchases until then.

It's worth mentioning that Neptune is in a long-term opposition with Saturn, which is that dreams versus reality theme that you've been hearing so much about in the daily horoscopes.  Since Saturn is your Ruling Planet this aspect will affect you more directly than others.  With Saturn in Leo, which is your Natural 8th House of intimate relationships, transformation, and other people's resources, these are likely to be significant areas in you life right now.  During most of the month Venus, Goddess of Love, is holding hands with Saturn, however, which should have a very positive effect.  While Saturn can be stern, structured, disciplined and tell you all the reasons you can't do something, Venus is likely to imbue some positive vibes to all this, particularly if the venue under the most scrutiny right now happens to be your intimate relationships.  In close proximity to Saturn she will also work subtle but real affects on such things as your appearance.  You'll look better than usual, get more compliments and feel better about yourself.  Make sure, however, that you're also aware of the fact that you might be more inclined than usual to indulge yourself.  This could tie into that major purchase mentioned earlier or it could simply mean that the finer things in life such as good food have even more appeal than usual.  Obviously, if that's the effect, forget the diet.  On July 23rd when the Sun also moves in Leo, even more attention will be drawn to this area.  So if there is something you need to be taking care of, use all this astrological energy to help you.

Innovative thoughts have probably been coming at you for quite a while.  Give your thanks to Uranus in your Natural 3rd house, which governs your thought processes.  Having fresh, unconventional thoughts should be kind of fun and possibly profitable, if you use them properly.  Keep an open mind and don't discount anything without thinking it through carefully, especially if your birthday falls on or around January 10th.  Remember that they say that everyone has at least one million dollar idea in their lifetime; the difference is whether or not you act on it.  As the planet of surprises, upsets, disruptions and unexpected events, however, Uranus could also stir things up from time to time in other 3rd House areas such as short journeys or your immediate neighborhood.  I know you don't particularly like surprises of any kind, but bear in mind that the end result of any of these events is likely to bring an opportunity, so set aside that natural Cappy pessimism long enough to look for the silver lining.  You never know whom you might meet.

Mars is transiting you Natural 5th House of children, creativity and love affairs all month.  This will bring a lot of energy to these areas which should be positive.  While Mars often drives contention and aggression, in this house the aspect is usually positive, i.e. a trine, which as a rule is a harmonious influence.  This turbo boost could be very useful if you're involved in planning activities relative to your children or love life or if you have a creative project of some sort you've been trying to get off the ground.  Use it for all it's worth because Mars won't be there again for approximately two years.

There is a lot of long-term action going on in your Natural 12th House which encompasses your spirituality, transcendence and institutions.  Pluto has been there for a long, long time (since November 1995 to be exact) and has been unearthing all sorts of things relative to your general philosophy of life.  You have probably had a natural interest that you didn't question relative to spirituality and the true meaning of life, very possibly more specifically the meaning of your life.  Questioning former beliefs has been natural as you've been moving toward new ones, which you are formulating yourself, independent of any canned spiritual messages.  Cappies are very structured by nature and generally respect authority, but in this case it's been important to find your own answers.  Jupiter is RX in this same house, which will further accelerate this process.  Ethics issues will be more noticeable than usual and will assist in your quest for answers in unusual ways.  When these thoughts surface, take note of their importance and don't hesitate to devote some time to them by meditating or researching them further.

This is likely to be an important month relative to one on one relationships of all sorts.  This includes business partnerships as well as significant others.  So don't bog yourself down with too much responsibility and schedule time to address anything that requires attention while the time is ripe for resolution.