This Week’s Horoscope Forecast For July 22nd to 28th, 2024

In this week’s Astrology, Leo season begins, and Mercury will shift into Virgo.

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We have yet another colorful and transformative week full of planetary transits.

In this week’s Astrology, Leo season begins giving us the urge to express ourselves unabashedly. A pre-retrograde Mercury will shift into Virgo in preparation for its regressive cycle. The Sun will make two configurations that may rev up the retrogrades of Neptune and Pluto. And there’s 3 quincunx alignments at the end of the week that could show us where we lack awareness regarding communication, love, finances, maturity, and our own personal power.

7/22 Leo Season 2024: Building The Most Epic Personality

Happy Leo season.

And happy birthday to those born under the zodiac sign of the lion.

One of the many cool things about this pairing is that the Sun is shifting into its governing zodiac placement, so we’ll experience this luminary’s energy at full capacity.

Leo season pronounces the urge to be authentic, so there’s a stronger urge to express ourselves without apology. Because of this, we’ll have a significant need to shine in our personalities and other forms of self-expression.

Energy like this could help us explore new ways to showcase our talents and consciously seek ways to boost our confidence. So, being the center of attention will truly satiate our ego. For this reason, we’ll get our jollies off from thrills, excitement, and moments fit for an Instagram post to brag about how awesome we are.

We’ll also feel very energetic, motivating us to go out, get dressed up, and engage in exciting activities.

Another way this could manifest by zhuzhing up our hairstyle, home décor, cooking techniques, and clothing choices. Also, we could express this pairing’s creativity through painting, which makes us want to explore our artistic side.

7/22 Sun, Neptune And Pluto: Retrograde Turning Points

Just as the Sun is transiting into Leo, it will connect with Neptune and Pluto, marking essential turning points in their retrograde cycle.

A trine between the Sun and Neptune indicates the start and finish of the outer planets on either side of the retrograde cycles.

With this trine to Neptune it marks a period in the phase of its regressive cycle that puts this energy into full gear. For this reason, we might feel a sense of spiritual transformation underway.

The tone of this configuration offers an extra dose of harmonious and metaphysical vibes, even though Neptune is retrograde. So, it’s an ideal time to try engaging in practices that facilitate communication with our higher self, like energy healing, meditation, or a soothing bath with incense and candles.

Concerning the Sun’s aspect to Pluto, it marks the apex of its retrograde cycle. Whenever this celestial body opposes the outer planets, it marks a halfway point, placing us at the peak of the inverse process.

In such a pairing, we examine the destructive behavior that needs to change and no longer serves us. As a result, this will assist us in comprehending difficult situations involving our ego problems, personal power, destructive behaviors, withholding to gain leverage, insulting, jealousy, and hostility.

7/22 Mars Trine Pluto: Feeling Driven For Change

Monday's positive alignment of Mars and Pluto may encourage us to address the aspects of our lives that need improvement.

When Mars and Pluto are in harmony, we can be forceful without being intrusive or overpowering. For this reason, it will be effortless to speak directly in a non-offensive and courteous way.

From an energetic standpoint, this gives us the much-needed vigor to focus on our objectives better. Therefore, if we have yet to have the drive to pursue or complete things, a combination like this gives us a boost to reach our objectives.

Vibes of this caliber promote vitality, so after a period of feeling lethargic, we also experience rejuvenation. One way this can aid us is through detoxification from harmful patterns that require transformation. We might get the push to break any habits or behaviors impeding our progress.

Another aspect that will give a significant tone to this configuration is that the Sun and Mars are also making a lovely transit. Even though this energy takes place on the 26th, we’ll feel it’s vibes mounting over the next 5 days.

With this configuration, we could feel an unbridled urge to express ourselves. Energy like this brings out our enthusiastic side, allowing us to be in a chipper mood, which results in feeling self-assured.

A vibe like this helps us find inner strength, take action on objectives, get out of ruts, and feel ambitious overall.

Also, we’ll be in the mood for social engagement, so it's a period to find fun activities to do with others. Since we’ll be full of vim and vigor, it's a time to get active through exercise and other fitness-related fun. Some of this can translate into our romantic lives, making us flirtier and more passionate.

7/23 Venus Sesquiquadrate Neptune: Trying To Make Sense Of Uncertainty in Love

Even with the harmonious alignments of the last few days, we’ll get one that can cause us to wonder if we're deluding ourselves about our romantic or career relationships.

Energetically, this transit makes us confront complex issues that require our attention by exposing the unhealthy parts of a relationship and putting the spotlight on the circumstances we've been hiding from.

Because of this, even if we've disregarded the indications that the situation isn't right for us due to dishonest behavior, it may feel hard to make sense of it. However, energy like this helps us see the importance of saying no to unscrupulous conduct in our love lives.

Regarding our professional lives, this may reveal that we are undervalued and that keeping our eyes out for better employment is essential. In terms of our finances, we could identify areas where we've wasted money so that we can make the necessary corrections.

We might also feel more sensitive to energies than typical under this transit.

7/25 Mercury Enters Virgo: How To Be Observant

On Thursday, Mercury enters its home sign and will stay there longer than usual because, on August 5th, the planet will retrograde.

Since July 16th, Mercury has been in pre-shadow retrograde, so this transit into Virgo will be the opening part of the regressive motion. Then, this planet will finish its inverse movement in Leo.

Since Mercury combined with Virgo is a natural pairing, it allows us to focus on the aspects of our lives that need improvement. Therefore, with a vibe like this, we can filter out the extraneous noise and filler to ensure we focus on the important stuff.

Mentally, we stop wasting time aimlessly and instead focus on creating a better routine, taking care of our health, and thinking about how we can be of service.

On a cognitive level, it's easier to hone our analytical skills under this transit, enabling us to persist if we need to review or investigate any crucial details.

Virgo energy aids us in working on tasks requiring focused attention to detail. So, this phase is all about using our perceptiveness to ensure we go through data and other things that need to be perfected with a fine-tooth comb.

Effectiveness is essential in this energy.

One thing to remember is that because this pairing revs up our perfectionistic side, we must be aware of the trappings of giving everything our all. It's acceptable to want to be the best at something, but just make sure you don't push yourself too hard, or you'll get stressed out.

On that same day, Mercury will make a quincunx with Neptune, which could cause us to work on our relationship with reality. A vibe like this can show us where we lack insight, skim details, are not realistic, speak critically, and are covertly decent.

Mercury Retrograde Dates To Remember

• Enters Pre-Shadow 7/16
• Shifts Into Retrograde Motion 8/4/24
• Out Of Retrograde 8/28/24
• Exits Post Shadow 9/11/24

7/27 Venus Quincunx Saturn: Learning Our Limits In Romantic Scenarios

A day before Venus's alignment with Saturn, it will connect with the Sun in a way that can create gloominess.

On the 27th, Venus and Saturn will make a quincunx that could show us why we need to gain insight into love, life, and finances.

Concerning relationships, this could expose where our self-awareness is blurry in romantic scenarios about vulnerability, stability, and intimacy issues. This vibe could make us think twice about our avoidant behavior in relationships.

Therefore, if we have acted hesitantly regarding putting ourselves out there, this will indicate that we need to address our fears of being rejected.

Additionally, this configuration might give us the nudge to work on financial insecurity. As a result, we could reflect on how undervalued we feel at work, dust off our resumes, and begin hunting for new opportunities. This may also make us reevaluate how important it is to dedicate ourselves to a fulfilling career.

7/27 Mercury Quincunx Pluto: Working On A Domineering Conversation Style

Saturday brings in another planetary alignment about our blind spots with Mercury and Pluto.

The Mercury-Pluto transit may point out why we continue to have uncomfortable interactions. So, this could expose where we lack understanding about how we speak to others.

With a vibe like this, we risk causing conflict with others if we aren't aware of the need to control a conversation. So it’s a time to see how unproductive it is to be this way.

On the other hand, verbal power struggles are highly likely due to how this transit manifests. So, it could be a period to assert ourselves when dealing with dominant personalities.

Also, this gives us the nudge to work on our mindset and the importance of managing unconstructive thoughts. Thus, now would be a good time to address any suppressed memories that have been building up.

Vibes For The Week

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Good luck and ambition will be with us throughout the week, allowing us to feel motivated to take advantage of opportunities.

These enthusiastic tones will intersect family and friends, social along with psychic tones.

Through this week, we’ll be in the mood to mingle because we’re feeling like our capacity to interact with others is back. Also, we could feel more intuitive than usual, which allowed us to have vivid dreams and connect with others spiritually.

On the 24th, solitude will be present, but considering some of the other energies at that time, this urge to be with our thoughts will pass.

Transits For The Week

The last full week of July is truly a mixed bag of tenors, with a few decent transits thrown in for good measure.

Transits For July 22^nd to 28^th, 2024:

• 7/22 Leo Season 2024: Building The Most Epic Personality
• 7/22 Sun Trine Neptune: Aligning With Your Higher Sense Of Self
• 7/22 Sun Oppose Pluto: 50% Through Pluto Retrograde
• 7/22 Mars Trine Pluto: Feeling Driven For Change
• 7/23 Venus Sesquiquadrate Neptune: Trying To Make Sense Of Uncertainty in Love
• 7/25 Mercury Enters Virgo: How To Be Observant
• 7/25 Mercury Quincunx Neptune: A Lack Of Realism In Our Thinking
• 7/26 Sun Sextile Mars: Expressing Ourselves With Unbridled Enthusiasm
• 7/27 Venus Quincunx Saturn: Learning Our Limits In Romantic Scenarios
• 7/27 Mercury Quincunx Pluto: Working On A Domineering Conversation Style

Use this week to get tap into your creative self-expression.

Have a wonderful week, everyone.