This Week’s Horoscope Forecast For July 29th to August 4th, 2024

In this week’s Astrology, Chiron and Mercury shift into their retrograde motion, plus there’s a New Moon in Leo.

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We have an interesting week full of planetary transits.

In this week’s Astrology, Chiron has entered retrograde motion, allowing us to work on building healthy self-assurance. Mercury will also enter its inverse cycle, helping us reexamine where we lack self-expression and alignment in our lives. There’s a New Moon in Leo that should encourage us to take center stage in our lives. Venus is making the most transits over these next seven days, motivating us to see problematic patterns in our love life and finances.

Chiron Retrograde 2024: Building Up Motivation And Self-Assurance

Less than 72 hours ago, Chiron went retrograde, kicking off a regressive cycle about working on past disappointments and other complexities we need to recover from.

One way to retrace our healing journey through this retrograde is to think back to April 1st when this celestial body entered its shadow phase. What difficulties were you attempting to overcome in your life?

An inverse phase like this helps zero in on challenges and let go of hurt to make progress.

Since Chiron is in the sign of the ram, themes related to improving our circumstances connected to Aries might surface during this retrograde motion. Therefore, combining this nature encourages us to address issues with our physicality, individuality, ambition, self-assuredness, healthy assertion, and becoming active participants in our lives.

More situations that may need reconfiguring are unresolved trauma and releasing outdated narratives that no longer accurately represent who we are today. Also, it's a period to come to terms with the fact that we aren’t to blame for the transgressions of others. So, it's time to understand that others' projections are not our responsibility.

Another way this regressive cycle could manifest is that rather than working on ourselves, we’ll take the time to show people how to resolve their issues. So, if we’ve overcome some sort of challenge, it's time to show others how to become unstuck and better coping mechanisms for stressful situations.

Compared to other zodiac placements, Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, with degrees between 16 and 26, will be more susceptible to this regressive cycle. Therefore, if you have planets or chart points in these degrees of the cardinal signs, this retrograde will be more noticeable to you.

As this planet is stationing in retrograde motion, it will make dissimilar transits with Mars and Venus over the next 5 days.

By Tuesday, Chiron will make a lovely configuration with Venus that could help us with our love life and financial concerns.

Energetically, we could feel like we’re starting to gain more dignity in romantic relationships, allowing us to make better decisions in our love lives. Financially, this could be a time to notice patterns that have affected our funds and the solution needed to fix them.

Then, by Friday, Mars will connect with Chiron in a way that can point out issues with our temper. On the one hand, this energy could manifest through irritation, leading to lashing out. So, it's a time to learn the importance of constructively expressing our frustrations.

However, this could be presented by learning to be assertive in situations where being upset is reasonable. Therefore, it's a period to express dissatisfaction and to stand up for ourselves.

Important Dates To Remember:

• Shifts into pre-shadow on 4/1/24
• Enters Retrograde on 7/26/24
• Out of Retrograde Motion on 12/29/24
• Leaves post-shadow 4/21/25

8/2 Venus Square Uranus: An Urge To Make Hasty Changes To Your Love Life

Friday continues to exude tense energies with a transit of Venus and Uranus that could pronounce the need to shake things up romantically and monetarily.

Complex vibes like these could intensify issues where things have become restrictive. For this reason, it could feel like it’s time to pivot and make hasty changes in our love life and finances.

One way this works is by giving us the nudge to let go of dull or confining parts of our lives. But this is more of a time to understand these issues rather than take action because an alignment of this nature leads to an unexpected outcome.

So, try to avoid making too many significant adjustments under this configuration, as it can go wrong if handled carelessly in our professional lives and romantic scenarios.

Another way this could go awry is through zhuzhing yourself up. Venus is how we adorn ourselves, so the urge to update our looks might feel strong, but combined with Uranus in a complex transit; it is not advisable to alter your appearance.

A transit like this often has the opposite effect of what we had hoped for. Therefore, when making important decisions, it is imperative that we have a suitable exit strategy in place to avoid crossing any lines or placing ourselves in a worse situation.

8/4 New Moon In Leo: How To Step Forward And Be Seen

The New Moon in Leo on the 4th will shed light on our deservingness of shining brightly.

During these fresh lunar cycles, we connect with the energy of the sign associated with the New Moon, set intentions, and look to adopt positive attributes. That way, by the time we get to the Full Moon in the exact zodiac placement, we can move forward with what's working, adjust what needs tweaking, and let go of things that no longer serve us.

Leo’s energy inspires us to consider how we can take center stage and understand why we should take pride in our abilities.

Therefore, if you’ve faded into the background, this phase ensures you work on being seen and getting credit for your talents. Another way this could show up is by learning to level up concerning our appearance. We also gain confidence and comprehend the importance of expressing ourselves.

A vibe like this can help us understand why we need leisure in our lives. This phase is to return to activities that offer us fun and excitement. Also, we could feel the urge to connect with our creative side because we’re ready to be artistic.

Signs that feel this lunar event more than others will be the fixed modality between 10 and 24 degrees of these zodiac placements.

8/4 Mercury Retrograde In Virgo and Leo: How To Express Ourselves Where We Lack Confidence

On August 4, Mercury begins its retrograde motion.

Since July 16th, this planet has been in the pre-shadow phase of its inverse cycle, so consider what sort of Leo and Virgo issues you’ve been reevaluating since then.

With this regressive period occurring in more than one sign, we’ll see two expressions of a Mercury retrograde.

This retrograde's Virgo edition opens up the inverse motion. Still, it will be the shortest part of this phase and will involve reevaluating scenarios pertaining to perfectionism, overthinking, self-criticism, and passing judgment.

Because of this it might reveal why we need to work on our inner dialog and that it's time to break a cycle of self-flagellation. Also, this is a period to understand the importance of over-scrutinizing others.

Imposter syndrome is another issue we might need to examine with this retrograde. Therefore, it's a time to realize how overanalyzing gets in the way of our goals, and if we want to make progress, we have to take steps to resolve this issue.

Acts of service are also a feature of this regressive cycle where we’ll need to become more mindful of how we delegate ourselves. In other words, this could show we’re either overly extending ourselves or where we need to be more helpful.

And this may bring up issues with our routine, regimen, diet, orderliness, and other areas where we need to be more polished.

The Leo phase will return on August 14th and serve as a time to reconsider why it's crucial to stand out from the crowd and express ourselves. Therefore, it’s a time to work on how we communicate, resolve our issues with fear of attention, and stop allowing others to dim our light.

Under this influence, we’ll reconsider the areas of our lives that have become lackluster. For this reason, it's a phase to understand why we require stimulation from casual dating, leisure activities, revisiting past knowledge, and suppressed creativity.

Another area of life that could need our attention is anything related to the kids in our lives. It's a phase to do inner child work. Even if we don’t have kids, this could be nieces and nephews or children of friends. With the work we need to do on ourselves, it will be a time to take a deep dive concerning getting to the root of issues from childhood.

The fixed and mutable signs will feel this retrograde more than others. Therefore, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius between 19 to 29 degrees of these signs will notice this regressive cycle more than others. And Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces within 00 to 8 degrees of these placements.

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

8/4 Venus Quincunx Neptune: Unclear About Your Boundaries In Dating Situations

Adding to Sunday's interesting energies, we have a connection with Venus and Neptune that could lead to confusion about relationships and money.

Given that this is a quincunx, we must be mindful of our blind spots, self-destructive inclinations, and tendency to ignore warning signs from other people or circumstances. It's important to be conscious of setting unattainable standards because our expectations can swing to excessively high or low points.

As such, there may come a time in the days ahead when we have to confront complex realities about relationships and wasteful spending.

Vibes For The Week

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Good luck and ambition vibes begin on the 29th, so it is a period to take action on our objectives and attract good opportunities for ourselves.

Then, from the 1st to the 3rd romance, emotional sensitivity and a smidge of solitude will be present. Because of the transits this week, our love lives will get extra attention. However, there could be moments when we feel edgy, causing us to need space for ourselves.

Social vibes appear from the 3rd to the 4th, so we might be in the mood for some much-needed mingling and fun over the weekend.

Transits For The Week

The end of July and early August are rough around the edges, but at least we’ll get an opportunity to review what needs our attention.

Transits For July 29th to August 4th, 2024:

• 7/26 Chiron Retrograde 2024: Building Up Motivation And Self-Assurance
• 7/30 Venus Trine Chiron: Developing Dignity In Romantic Scenarios
• 8/2 Mars Semisquare Chiron: Working On Irritation Levels
• 8/2 Venus Square Uranus: An Urge To Make Hasty Changes To Your Love Life
• 8/4 New Moon In Leo: How To Step Forward And Be Seen
• 8/4 Mercury Retrograde In Virgo and Leo: How To Express Ourselves Where We Lack Confidence
• 8/4 Venus Quincunx Neptune: Unclear About Your Boundaries In Dating Situations

Use this week to reexamine the areas of life where we’re its crucial to get back in alignment.

Have a wonderful week, everyone.