Daily Astrological Forecast, July 1–8, 2024
With today’s assertive numerology of 1 fueling our nerve, Moon exalted in Taurus, and transits that support several life areas, we can make tangible progress.
Neptune is stationary retrograde, increasing intuition and creative inclinations as it spotlights our soul powers.
We can best harvest these benefits after 11:42 am (2:42 am ET), when Moon sextiles ruler Venus, facilitating positive connections for personal or financial affairs and neutralizing the tension of Moon´s earlier conjunction to pushy Mars.
With Moon now in stable Taurus approaching a sextile with Saturn, father of time, we can reach out to those whose presence is of lasting value to us. Such connections are underscored by a trine from Venus to Saturn that will be exact tomorrow.
Neptune in Pisces accentuates spirituality. Today’s Moon-Venus-Saturn connections give staying power to our personal, financial, spiritual connections (with Saturn in Pisces), and work. Moon in Taurus supports lasting results.
Affirmation: I give thanks that my path is made of divine substance that supports my progress, now and always.
Tuesday, July 2
Mystical Neptune turns retrograde and receives harmonies from Mercury and Moon, precipitating messages from Spirit. Venus, lady of love and values perfects her trine to Saturn, supporting important connections and work, with a touch of caution.
Neptune perfects her station today, great for beginning a new journal for dreams or intuition, and reviewing and renewing our visualization materials and applications.
Early morning is today’s most practical time, as Moon in abundant Taurus makes the most of the Venus-Saturn trine and helps ground our Neptunian vision. At 8:50 am (11:50 ET), Luna enters restless Gemini, supporting light socializing and short-distance travel.
However, the trine Moon makes to Pluto a couple of hours later isn’t light at all. It urges us to take a deeper look at our history or family by attending therapy, using affirmations, journaling, and mantras to heal, and doing deep research. Avoid superficial connections and negative gossip which, with Pluto involved, could be especially toxic.
Pluto also takes a hit from Mercury the messenger. This deepens our thoughts and healing powers, but can also precipitate obsessive and overwhelming communications. The activities that go best are therapeutic, spiritual, or independent mental endeavors requiring concentration.
Keep a low profile, avoid hallucinogens, and save negotiation, confrontation, and channeling those on the other side for another day.
Affirmation: Angels and spirit guides, when I´m alone and with others, please hold me in my divine vibration, now and always.
Wednesday, July 3
Moon in Gemini gets a wart on her silver tongue, put there by an opposition from ruler Mercury to intense Pluto. Avoid socializing, arguing, and negotiating, and focus on independent activities that combine purging with communication.
Today, we’re empowered to:
- Declutter our inbox, documents, bookshelves or a similar collection.
- Do deep journaling, prayer, affirmations and self-dialogue.
- Clear the decks of worn-out journals, paper clutter, and beliefs in preparation for Friday´s New Moon in Cancer.
Affirmation: I give thanks that my words are filled with miracle-working power, now and always.
Thursday, July 4
Happy Independence Day! The transits aren’t exactly festive—they favor work, study, and emotional healing. In fact, we may wish to make this a semi-retreat day and bring order to our inner and outer worlds.
Although Moon in Gemini favors communications, today’s numerology of 4 is ruled by dry Saturn, spotlighting business, organization of documents and information, and practical connections.
At 1:44 pm (4:44 pm ET), Moon goes VOC, entering Cancer at 1:51 pm (4:51 ET). This usually relaxed placement triggers the recent Solstice point and is charged with the energy of tomorrow’s New Moon, revving us up to make something grow. However, Luna also makes a quincunx with intense Pluto, triggering us to release emotions and old family codes so we can put our hearts into our path of freedom. We can apply both of these impulses—building, and release—in activities like journaling, practicing forgiveness, and researching our options for life changes.
Assertive Mars is closing in on a sextile to builder Saturn. We can focus on what we´ll set in motion at tomorrow´s lunation, and make a plan for action.
Affirmation: I trust my vision and I trust the guidance I receive to act on it, here and now.
Friday, July 5
New Moon in Cancer moves us on a goal related to the first water sign. Brave Mars perfects a sextile to stalwart Saturn: strategic actions lead to lasting results.
The Mars-Saturn sextile imbues this lunation with exceptional power. Not only can we seed our intention, but our focused actions also bring strong support.
Restless Mars likes to move, to compete, and to promote, while Saturn gives staying power. Now in Pisces, the builder planet favors projects and intentions for spirituality, creativity, compassion, and intuition. Saturn can also signify a boss, a teacher, a bureaucrat, an elder or a business person who opens doors of opportunity as we reach out to him or her. As Saturn currently retrogrades, we get another chance to structure these areas of our lives, and the concrete endeavors related to them.
Cancer´s areas of specialty include family, home, nation, real-estate, and any concern that is close to our hearts. At 14-15 Cancer, the Sabian symbol for this lunation says:
IN A SUMPTUOUS DINING HALL GUESTS RELAX AFTER PARTAKING OF A HUGE BANQUET… The need that exists at an early stage of human growth to materialize the concept of fulfillment… MATERIALIZATION OF THE SPIRITUAL.
Affirmation: I enjoy the energy of growth that flows through my projects, now and always.
Saturday, July 6
Opportunities abound! We can make strides in something related to the intentions we sent or the project we started at yesterday’s New Moon, as well as in our personal relationships.
Today’s numerology of 6 favors connection and abundance. It surrounds us with a special layer of protection. On the portal of yesterday’s lunation, Moon in fertile Cancer makes harmonious aspects to the Mars-Saturn sextile, adding heart to our actions and precipitating opportunities in the goals that we move forward on.
At 9:27 am (12:27 pm ET), Moon sextiles sweet Venus, supporting personal and business connections. Four hours later Luna makes another sextile, this time to exciting Uranus in Taurus, precipitating opportunities in business, finance, and creative projects—opportunities that grow when acted on.
At 9:56 pm (11:56 ET), Moon enters dramatic Leo. Enjoy a table game or romantic film. Ask for support. Share positive recognition.
Affirmation: I am open to my best and highest good, so I dare to ask for what I want, here and now.
Sunday, July 7
Today’s numerology of 7 sharpens our cognition. This morning it supports Moon in creative Leo to develop of our talents, and this afternoon, to express our feelings, socialize, and interact with others.
This morning, Moon has a hangover from last night’s opposition to godfather Pluto. Our thoughts are deep and with today’s smart numerology of 7, our creativity can be fantastic. Independent activities are enriching.
At 1:23 pm (4:23 ET), the energy shifts. Moon joins expressive Mercury, favoring sharing our thoughts and feelings. Two hours later, she sextiles upbeat Jupiter. This aspect helps us touch others´ hearts and favors publishing, campaigning for, or promoting something. We have good feelings and can expand our meaningful reach.
This is not the afternoon to stay inside, to keep to ourselves or to crouch inside our shell. With sweet Venus in sextile to electric Uranus, connections are exciting and new doors can spring open in relationships, finance, and our life mission.
A focus on self-expression, having fun, and expressing our feelings in style is favored. it’s a great day to go to a party, meet new people, socialize, take in an art show, or exhibit our own. We might send someone flowers, share positive recognition, or hold or attend an event.
Affirmation: I release the opinions of others and I shine my full light, here and now.
Monday, July 8
A stellar day for communication, particularly through early afternoon, with two sextiles involving benefics Venus and Jupiter, and today’s numerology of 8 supporting tangible results.
Sweet, charming Venus perfects her sextile to exciting Uranus; doors continue to burst open for love, connections, and finance. Additionally, Mercury the messenger sextiles expansive Jupiter, and communications flow, with special benefits in teaching, spirituality, negotiation, persuasion, sales, promotion, and finance. The combined effects of these sextiles can bring breakthroughs, although they require action to harvest their promise.
Moon in Leo adds warmth and panache, heart energies that we can apply to enrich our connections.
The best time to reach out, promote, and act on our opportunities is before 2:17 pm (5:17 ET), when Moon squares pushy Mars, ticking off the lion and increasing the probabilities of hurt feelings.
After this, our willpower is strong, and we can best apply it in independent activities.
At 11:04 pm (2:04 am ET), Moon goes VOC.
Affirmation: Guardian Angel, please guide me to see my opportunities and move me to act on them, here and now.