WHAT IS WORTH LOVING, worth investing our heart and resources into, in the face of loss or the potential for loss? What radical changes are we willing to make in our habits and our world in response to this week’s second question as Mars conjuncts ingenious revolutionary Uranus in pragmatic Taurus on Monday?
Pluto opposed thoughtful Mercury a week ago and started this investigation around the time of the first presidential debate. Pluto now opposes Venus in Leo and brings the question to our hearts. Pluto doesn’t want us to give up but wants us to parse where to cut losses and where to double down and invest in a person, place, or project, because the results could be worth it in the face of life, death, magnificence, and loss.
This Leo energy energizes our summer once those planets get past their intense Pluto opposition and can bring a resurgence of Leonine panache to make the most of each moment — whether we’re dangling our feet in a river or meeting friends for wine or wandering an arts fair.
On Monday, muscular Mars conjuncts Uranus and energizes our work. It can also fuel our wars, add intransigence to our arguments, and cause accidents when we hurry unless we give this momentum a good place to go. Take on a worthy challenge.
FRIDAY, JULY 12: We can see things in extremes as Venus in Leo opposes Pluto, so let’s be careful what decisions we make. It can be easier to feel melodramatic than to notice the deeper levels of concern or longing in our hearts. Fair and equitable compassionate action eases our hearts under this kind Libra moon; if we’re hurting, let’s help another. Evening lightens as the moon trines Jupiter.
SATURDAY, JULY 13: Be gentle: It could be a lovely, energized day with good priorities, but we can feel easily slighted and therefore irritable as Mars approaches Uranus. Note that most people want to be helpful even if they’re distracted. Look past small awkwardness and enjoy moments of beauty and shared common goals.
SUNDAY, JULY 14: We can get moody or need a moment of quiet as the moon enters Scorpio. Explore the senses, notice what the body needs to feel more comfortable or delightful in this world, or make chores a contemplative practice. Anything else can make us seriously irritated as that Scorpio moon squares Pluto and Venus.
MONDAY, JULY 15: Some serious decisions need to be made to prune or cut back to create room for healthy new growth as Mars conjuncts Uranus. Look for spikes of anger where we feel trapped; look for real progress when the goal is clear.
TUESDAY, JULY 16: Get important interpersonal calls made early on. Midday, give people room to be obstreperous or provocative as the Scorpio moon opposes Mars and Uranus — but don’t take the bait. We’ll have a more honest and potentially hopeful response tonight when the moon enters Sagittarius.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17: Get moving, dancing, traveling, sharing as the Sagittarius moon trines warmhearted Venus in the morning and opposes expansive Jupiter midday. Notice a sense of possibility and change in the air. It may be easier to talk to strangers than to beloveds, we need more room and less baggage.
THURSDAY, JULY 18: Keep up the good changes as the sun sextiles Uranus. Engage healing prayers, gentle truth, and good works as Mercury trines Chiron. Some people find hope so scary they use cynicism to stamp on other people’s new shoots, but cynicism is no more realistic than a bouquet of possibilities.
