Jupiter moves to 19 degrees Virgo (tropical zodiac).
Time for the next step in your new health daily regimen.

All positions at noon, Mountain Time, USA

(Lights)
Moon                    Sagittarius @ 04 deg.
Sun                       Cancer @ 23 deg.

(Rocky Midgets)
Mercury             Leo @ 03 deg.
Venus                 Leo @ 04 deg.
Mars                    Scorpio @ 24 deg.

(Gas Giants)
Jupiter               Virgo @ 19 deg.
Saturn                 Sagittarius @ 10 deg. (Retrograde until August 13th)
Uranus                Aries @ 24 deg.
Neptune             Pisces @ 11…

Leo it’s your time to shine as Venus planet of love and Mercury planet of communication takes its place conjoining your Sun sign in the month of July.

With Mercury and Venus traveling at your disposal there is an open arena for sensual communication with your partner or new love interest. Take the time to make plans this month Leo as Venus and Mercury only conjunct your Sun one time a year.

You will find communication to be a breeze and love relationships or business partnerships open brining a new and fresh start.

Venus in Leo is a great time to change your look, hairstyle or clothing.

Saturday July 16th is a perfect day to set up a romantic evening with either your prospective love or your current mate. The atmosphere with Mercury and Venus traveling through your sign set the tone for passionate language and romantic intimacy.

On July 19…

Now although small and fleeting, this weekend’s conjunction of Mercury, the planet of communication with Venus, the planet of love in fiery, creative Leo signifies a few days of healthy heartfelt emotions which can be expressed in word, song, dance and art.

With the Sun and the lunar waxing fortnight still emphasizing the Cancer theme of family, ancestral roots and perhaps early home life, one may be able to wax lyrical about the green green grass of home, always looking greener and more legal on the other side of the border fence. Thoughts of belonging, finding or remembering a place to called home – spiritually or materially – may inspire us to connect with family or tribe once more.

These themes remind me of my childhood school anthem…

“On the sunny shores of Africa, beneath the lion bold

where rollers raced and raged and roared as they’ve done from days…

On the 19th July we have our next Full Moon, and in some ways it’s as characterised by what it is free from as what it is itself made of. Here is the chart:

What is gone from the chart here is the Uranus-Pluto square (which we have a break from for the Summer), and the Jupiter-Neptune opposition.

The break in the Uranus-Pluto square I think gives us a taste of what things might end up looking like for us personally, once this whole Uranus-Pluto square is really done, in a few more years (though the picture is as yet immature, its true). So take a breath and reflect in how things are now, and how they went for the last five to six years, where you have reached now.

The Jupiter-Neptune opposition is now over, and that had two things to it. On the one hand it was a…

From the relentless backlog of Mars retrograde which ended on June 29 at 23 degrees Scorpio, we see an uncontrollable and destructive force associate with the presence of Mars direct in Scorpio.

When we see a planet retrograde suddenly moving direct, we are being asked to use the time to review previous events in our lives to learn from previous experiences; therefore rectifying it for our future. Now we are in the future position of Mars direct. Planetary placements such as these may bring despare but with it are lessons to be harnessed and learned tucked away for future liberation.

Naturally before Pluto was discovered in 1930, Mars was Scorpio’s primary representative. As time went on, Pluto ushered in a New Age phenomenon of unchartered territory.  Although we don’t know much about Pluto, I believe Pluto still plays a significant role in contributing to the elusive understanding of Plutonic energy.

Regardless of Pluto’s…

Photo credit Thomas Fernandez

Uranus quincunx Mars in the skies or natally can create a lot of tension, especially if it touches planets or points in your personal birth chart. Right now, Uranus is at 24 degrees Aries, and Mars is at 24 degrees Scorpio, a 150 angle known as quincunx. It’s called minor aspect, but if you have this in your chart, you’ll know it, especially between two potentially explosive planets, Mars and Uranus.

The signs that form quincunxes are often said not to have anything in common, they’re in those in-between signs that form major aspects, but they can really feel uncomfortable, like an unbearable itch or irritation that’s there constantly, and you can only ignore it for so long.

Mars in Scorpio wants to act with measured power, while Uranus in Aries is unpredictable, acting on impulse, but definitely taking action. Then they agitate each other, there can…