July will feel like a fever dream funhouse, with no shortage of shocks and surprises courtesy of a Mercury-ruled Mars-Uranus conjunction in Gemini that perfects on July 4th, but will be active for much of the month. Mercury retrograde in Cancer will also be a major player in all of this, with the usual communication hiccups and SNAFUs amplified by the conjunction’s electric volatility.
Adding to the thrills, Neptune will retrograde in Aries on the 7th, pulling back the veil of illusion and replacing it with searing clarity, whether we like it or not. Venus saunters into the sign of Virgo on the 9th, and while it’s not her favourite zone, it might be nice to have one of the benefics designated driving while everyone else is in party mode. On the 12th, the tone shifts as the Sun in Cancer conjuncts Mercury Rx, which should bring messages and epiphanies, internally or externally, that offer perspective and a way forward in an area of our lives we’ve been wrestling with. The New Moon in Cancer on July 14th welcomes us to set new intentions around community, creativity, family, and heart coherence.
From July 15th, we’ll be entering what the astrologer Andre Barbault suggested could be the golden age for humanity. “Barbault’s basket,” as it is called, consists of a harmonious configuration of the outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto that will ideally bring much needed positive and innovative restructuring to civilisation as outdated systems of control crumble and decay. While we’re very much in uncharted terrain, the more we apply our focus and energy to attaining the best case scenario for all life on Earth, the better this energy can serve us.
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