Speaker 1: Welcome back to another episode of Astrology with Alice. I'm
your host, Alice Fell, and today we have the Cancer
Season monthly forecast. I'm actually putting this out a few
days ahead of Cancer season starting. It doesn't technically begin
until June twenty first, but it lasts until July twenty second,
but we haven't action packed month ahead of us. So
there's a lot happening astrologically. Jupiter is changing signs, it's
moving from cancer to Leo. We also have a mercury
retrograde starting in cancer, and Mars is entering Gemini, which
is really important because it's going to trigger that longer
transit of Uranus and Gemini. So all of that stuff
we went over with the Urinus transit stories episode. Expect
activity in that new house of your chart to be
more set into motion over the course of the next
few weeks. It's actually bad, Like I don't I'm not
really like caring about mercury retrograde starting. I'm just so
happy that Jupiter is leaving my twelve house this month.
It's like new beginning, coming out of hiding over the
last year. I honestly though, like looking ahead at the
mercury retrograde beginning at the end of June. I do
see this one as being more chill than the one
we got back in early March. That one was so chaotic.
It was mercury retrograd in Pisces, and the reason it
was felt like very intensely for a lot of people
was because it ruled the Virgo lunar eclipse that was
happening at the same time. So in contrast to that
time period late February early March, mercury isn't being given
that much power during this retrograde, So I kind of
expect things to feel slowed down, but not in that
same chaotic like what's happening in my life? Why is
everything going wrong? Type of way. But we'll get more
into specific details regarding all of these transits and more.
I'm gonna be going through all the transits for cancer
Season week by week, so you can easily refer back
to key dates that I talk about. Before we get
into that, though, I just have a couple of announcements.
The Cancer Season in depth monthly horoscopes will be out
on Substack on June twenty first, so this coming Sunday,
So if you want to know what all of what
I'm about to talk about means for your specific chart.
That's a great resource. It's a they're extra long this
month because there's so much to talk about, like twenty
five hundred to three thousand words this time a written
guide on what you can expect for the month ahead.
I'm also going to be hosting an upcoming workshop on substack.
I believe that's going to be on June twenty eighth,
but stay tuned for more details if you're a subscriber there.
That's going to be a virtual version of the live
event I'm hosting in Brooklyn on June eighteenth. So the
event I'm hosting, I guess that's literally today when this
episode comes out, is on the astrology of personal branding
and career timing and understanding when it's time to make
a rebrand or pivot in an area of your business
or your career. So I'm going to be doing the
virtual version of that over on substack for paid subscribers,
and also the recording of it will be sent out
the day after on Monday the twenty ninth. But yeah,
in general, substack is the place where I get a
lot more detailed with astrology. So if you're interested in
going deeper with your studies and just understanding what everything
means for your chart and how to interpret that in
a deeper way, check me out there Astrology with Alice
also on substack. Let's now get into the monthly forecast. Okay,
so we're kicking things off on week one, which will
be June twenty first through the twenty seventh, and of course,
like before we get into all of the other transits,
the main theme that will be ongoing throughout cancer season
is of course that the sun is moving into cancer
on June twenty first, and it's going to be there
until July twenty second. And cancer season is a water sign,
and it's also a cardinal sign. So with all of
the cardinal signs, they mark the start of a brand
new season. In the part of the world where I live,
it marks the start of summer. For other people, maybe
it's the start of winter. So it is the initiation
of kind of a new phase that will be ongoing
for the next three months. When I think of cancer season,
the first themes that come to mind are security, so
leaning into maybe what feels more safe and comforting, things
that feel familiar, so that could be wanting to spend
more time at home or with family, or focusing on
relationships that feel more nurturing, and comparing that to what
we're just coming out of Gemini season, where maybe you
did spread yourself thin with social commitments and work, and
now as we enter cancer season, you're feeling called to
slow down and take a step back and focus on
who and what actually brings greater meaning to your life.
But yeah, cancer season is such a family focus sign,
and there may be more time that you're spending with
family members over the next month. If you don't have
a great relationship with family, and that wouldn't apply to you.
It could just be that you're more reflect of your
past and your childhood and you are thinking about how
those family dynamics have affected you as a person. I
definitely think of this as like a more nostalgic time
of the year, and especially with mercury retrograde starting, which
we'll get into in a second, you're going to be
just thinking more about, Okay, what's happened throughout childhood, throughout
my past, and how is that informing like who I
am today. Also, your literal living space might be a
bigger priority over the coming week. So maybe you want
to like decorate a room in your home, or you're
thinking about moving, or you just kind of want to
stay at home and find ways to nurture yourself over
the coming days. Overall, expect like a less fast paced
season than we just had a Gemini season, and you're
getting back to feeling more grounded, taking time to be alone,
and again just to reiterate, like what type of work
has more meaning for you? What relationships have more meaning
for you? Also, maybe can you be more connected to
what your emotions are telling you and listen to your
intuition and strengthen that. So, keeping those general cancer season
themes in mind, I want to go through by element
of rising sign where you might be finding these themes
showing up prominently in your life. So for Fire Sign
Risings aries, Leo Sagittarius risings, cancer season is activating kind
of the more introverted, mental health focused parts of your chart.
So maybe you do feel more emotional and like, okay,
I want to be alone during this time. I feel
lower energy. I need to make space to rest or.
Emotions just feel like a lot and you're having to
face them or work on expressing your feelings better in
close relationships. Or to also say, the theme of like
family would be specifically important for like aries risings because
it is fourth house transit, so wanting to connect with
family or seeing more happen there. Or again like the
theme of like the past being important to like what's
going on with you emotionally today could be something you're encountering.
And then for Earth sign rising, so Taurus Virgo and
Cabricorn raisings, cancer season is activating the relationship oriented parts
of your chart. So those kind of themes of okay,
where can I find more meaning in these relationships in
my life, both platonic and romantic may be especially relevant
for you. And maybe you feel closer to certain people,
or you want to join in on some type of
community or connect with friends in a deeper way. Over
the next few weeks, maybe you want to put yourself
out there more dating or again, like if you're already
in a relationship, could just be you're leaning on your
partner more for support or they may may need more
of your help, or you're just kind of like wanting
to be there in a bigger way for the people
in your life. And then for airsigin risings, So this
would be Gemini Libra and Aquarius risings. This will be
a more work focused time of year also that encompasses
money and like routine and health a bit so kind
of finding ways to be more productive and taking stock
of like again bringing that theme of like cancer season,
like what's speaking to me on a deeper emotional level
when it comes to my career and also when it
comes to my daily routine and my wellness practices, like
how can I show up every day and do I
don't know, engage in like exercises or little habits in
the morning that just set me up for a better
day and like help me to feel more connected to myself.
Or you could be thinking more about like, Okay, what
comes next in my career? What do I want to
be committing to in terms of like bigger projects or
your own business. It's just important to keep in mind
with mercury retrogrades starting, if you're not seeing like immediate
things happening with work, and this goes for like all
the rising signs are about to talk about, if you're
not seeing like immediate things or like fast paced movement
that like propels you ahead in these certain areas we're
talking about. It's because of that mercury retrograde and all
these areas are just requiring more careful reflection over the
next few weeks from you, and then that brings us
to water sign rising, so cancer, Scorpio and Pisces risings.
This time of year is going to be more about uncovering,
like what lights you up, what hobbies, what creative practices
you want to lean into further, how can you express
yourself in new ways? Are there certain areas you want
to learn more about that may inform new personal goals
you want to pursue. It's just a time of like
intaking new knowledge, experimenting with creativity and just figuring out, okay,
what brings me joy. And within this month long transit
of the sun through the sign of cancer and also
the cancer ruled house of your chart, there will be
a couple of dates that may feel more frustrating or
confusing with these themes we just went over. So the
first one is happening during this first week of cancer season,
and that's that on June twenty fifth, the sun and
cancer will square Neptune and aries, so particularly around the state,
maybe in like the couple of days surrounding it to
like June twenty fourth, June twenty fifth, June twenty sixth,
you could feel lower energy, or you may have like
feelings of like self doubt come up, like doubting something
you're working on, or like the direction you're headed in.
Or you may encounter a situation that feels a bit confusing,
like miscommunications coming up with someone, or you're just running
into minor mishaps or slight delays as you go about
your day. It's almost like a mini precursor to the
mercury retrograde, which starts just a few days later on
June twenty ninth. And if you do feel super emotional
or like very sensitive around this time, know that it'll lift.
And also just look at, Okay, how am I taking
maybe something a little bit too personally, or how could
like turning to a creative or a spiritual practice help
me during these times instead of trying to focus so
hard on like productivity or outwards success. Around this June
twenty fifth time frame, might be asking you, okay, look
at what's happening internally and how can you feel maybe
more connected to something bigger than yourself? And that brings
us to week two, so June twenty eighth to July fourth,
so right off the bat this week on that Sunday
on June twenty eighth, Mars moves into Gemini until August eleventh,
and Mars and Taurus for the last few weeks has
felt relaxing but not gonna lie. It's also felt kind
of lazy, like why should I put energy into this?
Can I get myself off the couch to do work?
And maybe that's part of me just being super pregnant
right now, but I always just kind of feel like
energy is not as intense when Mars is in a
sign it doesn't do well in like Taurus. So as
Mars enters the more fast paced air sign of Gemini,
you could start to get more excited about new ideas, plans,
projects and opportunities that are coming your way. And because
Gemini is such a communication oriented sign, you may want
to invest more energy into things like writing, speaking, work,
social media content creation, or anything else that's related to
this topic of communication. And also learning will be a
bigger deal too during this like six weeks or so
transit of Mars and Gemini, and there may be several
different subjects you want to learn about at once, or
there's like a lot of variety of different books you're reading.
I am definitely racking up like a huge summer reading list,
and this is like the first time this year that
I've been like really wanting to read and like not
watch TV. So it's a great transit to just work
on like stimulating your mind in new ways. You may
also want to pick up a new skill or a
new hobby that requires more mental focus from you. However,
the downside of this transit is that you can feel
more scattered or distracted, like you want to have your
hand in a lot of different things at once, which
could feel overwhelming, Like how do I actually narrow down
what do I care about the most? What do I
want to learn or write about or share about more
in depth? So thinking ahead over the course of the
next few weeks, is there a way to get clear
on what subjects or skills take priority at the moment.
And I also think of Gemini as a super social sign,
which is interesting because we just talked about how cancer
season is more of an introverted time of year, so
it could be on the one hand, you are wanting
to branch out and meet new people but you're also
trying to balance that with like, Okay, how can I
be by myself at moments and take time to feel
grounded or connected to my own emotions. And within this
month and a half almost transit of Mars through Gemini,
there will be a really key period to take note of,
and that's on July third and fourth, when Mars comes
into this exact conjunction with Uranus and Gemini. And like
I said at the start, this is triggering that longer
seven to eight year transit of Uranus through the Gemini
world House of your chart and bringing up greater change
there and having you want to make a decision on
topics that pertain to that Gemini world House in your chart.
So pay attention to how maybe right around this first
week of July, there may be unexpected changes you're experiencing
in an area of your life, specifically that Gemini House
in your chart, or there's a desire to break free
from something that's felt more restricting to you, like you're
just wanting to make more of a quick decision, especially
if you've been like procrastinating on doing something and that
doesn't necessarily need to be like a huge life change
that you're undergoing at this time, but like, I don't
know if you've been sitting on like an idea for
a piece of writing, or like a social media post
that you wanted to put out, but like like a
sense of fear has been holding you back. Maybe this
Mars conjunct Gemini is like go for it, like don't
care what anyone else thinks, just like do it already.
So having that sense of like greater urgency or being
more open to change and experimentation really coming in at
the start of July and returning to those Gemini in
general themes that we just went over, how is there
something new that you want to try out, like in
picking up a new skill for ends, or how is
there something new you want to write about or learn about,
like going in a different direction maybe than you're used
to there And I just keep coming back to that
word of like experimentation, like trying out new avenues of
communicating your ideas with people, whether that's the writing, speaking, work,
social media in your relationships too, like how can you
connect with people in different ways? Can you try out
a new group activity in your neighborhood, or is there
a friend you haven't seen in a while and you're
deciding to reach out to them at this point. Also,
Gemini is very much a sign associated with travel, more
like short term travel though, so it could be that
you're taking a quick trip somewhere right around this timeframe.
I mean that's common in the US. This is like
fourth of July weekend that we're talking about, or it
could be like in general, you just want to change
up your daily routine to keep things interesting and get
a little bit of variety in your everyday life. To
backtrack though to the start of this week. On June
twenty ninth, mercury retor to starting in the side of
cancer and this retrograde is lasting for the rest of
cancer season. It won't end until July twenty third, So
the good news is we are starting LEO season off
with no more mercury retrograde. However, like it's an ongoing
theme throughout pretty much all of cancer season, and this
retrograde starts at twenty six degrees of cancer and it
goes back to sixteen degrees of cancer. So anyone with
cardinal signs so aries Libra cancer Capricorn chart placements right
within that sixteen to twenty six degree range of any
of those signs, those angles or planets in your chart
are going to feel the impacts of this retrograde the
most and to return to, like, Okay, what happens typically
during a mercury retrograde in general, like these next three
weeks are a time for greater reflection, going back to
maybe revise something you're working on, make edits before moving
forward again, Also returning to what feels familiar, what you
are know and in terms of like career that maybe
like returning to a past like project idea you had
or I don't know, like a past skill that maybe
would serve you to like revisit and learn more about
so that you can move forward in your career more effectively.
Like I remember during a mercury retrograde a couple of
years ago, I was in the midst of writing my book,
and I had to go back to a lot of
astrology basics and like get really clear on like what
did the actual signs mean, Like let's not talk about
more complex timing techniques at the moment, Like let's get
very clear on like things I already know, but I
really need to explore more in depth. So thinking of
that in terms of work or something you're learning about.
Have also seen, like with mercury retrograde, revisiting a place
that holds the past importance to you, or just thinking
more about childhood and your past in general, Like I
always find I want to listen to like early two
thousands music during mercury retrogrades. It's kind of like clockwork,
or like watch childhood TV shows. And because cancer is
a sign that is so specifically about the past, those
themes may be even more relevant than they are during
a typical mercury retrograde. And then of course this theme
of like hearing from people from your past, reconnecting with
people you've had a falling out with or just haven't
talked to in a while, or it could be that
in relationships there's something that hasn't been brought up or
talked about fully in this retrograde will have you doing
a lot of reflection on like how can I communicate
my emotions to this other person in a in an
effective way? But maybe you're not ready to like have
that conversation yet, and you spend the next few weeks
kind of figuring out what do I want to say?
How do I want to approach this before feeling more
confident in that. But if you do have planets or
angles affected by this mercury retrograde, you can blend these
mercury retrograde topics of like needing to go back and
like more fully understand something or work on reflecting on
that a bit further with the chart placement involved. So
like let's say you have a cancer mid heaven that
is falling within this mercury retrograde sixteen to twenty six
degree range, then maybe this is a period of like
really thinking about what do I want to be doing
in my career and not having the answers yet and
maybe feeling confused or slowed down with work or like
uncertain about what is the bigger picture here. But there
could be something important like from your past that you
need to remember about what you like and enjoying in career,
how you can bring more of your interest into the
work that you're putting out. Whereas like maybe if you
have a cancer sun that is getting affected by mercury
retrograde or like a Libra son or an aria sun,
this topic of like identity and personal goals and how
do I want to show up in the world, and
like who am I like all of those kind of
more existential questions could be coming up at this time.
But for everyone though, even if you don't have cancer
ares or libra or Capricorn placements being directly of affected
by mercury retrograde, still noting what house in your chart
is ruled by the sign of cancer, how are things
maybe feeling slowed down there or are a bit unclear
at the moment, but you are going to spend the
next several weeks really spending more time thinking about the
topics of that house. Just because it's merkeura retrograde doesn't
mean stuff isn't happening there, like oftentimes it is bringing
up greater activity for you to like work through the
themes of that house a bit more so, Like if
you're a Capricorn rising and this is your seventh house cancer,
your cancer seventhous is where mercury retrograde is occurring, Like
there could be something that does come up with dating
and relationships that get you to learn how to communicate
better with people or really think about like is this
someone I want to date or how can I move
forward differently than I have in the past in this
current partnership and on the same day that this market
retrograde is happening or is starting, there will also be
a full moon in Capricorn, and this full moon will
happen at eight degrees of Capricorn. The ruling planet of
the full moon is Saturn, which is currently an Aries. Therefore,
you're gonna see a flurry of activity building in the
Capricorn rules a house of your chart right in these
last few days of June. But you could also notice
themes pertaining to the Aris ruled house of your chart
surfacing as well. And maybe those two house topics are
like blending together or influencing each other in a bigger
way at this time. But yeah, like the busiest period
out of this whole cancer season maybe clustered, like right
around this very end of June. I just wanted to
give a couple of examples of how that may play out,
like the Capricorn house versus the Ares house and how
they're blending together. So again, like if you're a Capricorn
rising and this is a first house full moon that
you're experiencing, and then also Saturn is currently an Aries
your fourth house, you may notice that events happening with
home and family are in turn influencing maybe like how
you see yourself, what kind of responsibilities you want to
take on as a person. And it may be that like, okay,
by setting boundaries with family members or revisiting kind of
memories from childhood or addressing family dynamics, you're kind of
like learning how to set better boundaries or stand up
for yourself. Or it could be that like you're undergoing
some type of move or transition at home that is
influencing you in a big way. Or to contrast, if
you're a cancer rising and this is a seventh house
Capricorn full moon that you're experiencing, but then Saturn is
transiting your tenth house, maybe it's this topic of like
partnership and career. They're both kind of interwoven at this time,
so maybe there are important like work collaborations that you're
reflecting more on, like is this someone I want to
commit to in business? Or how can I accomplish more
at my job with the help or advice from other people?
And Capricorn is a sign associated with work and commitments,
so for everyone, you may be thinking more about like
what life tasks and responsibilities, either in your career or
in other areas of your life deserve your time and
energy and like thinking more strategically about the long term
and what you want to be working towards. And if
you're feeling overwhelmed by certain work or responsibilities that are
just taking over your life, how can you scale back
in certain areas to really prioritize what is getting me
to where I want to be in the long term. Also,
this full moon will make blue square aspects to both
Saturn and Neptune areas, so kind of brings in me
the frustrating, confusing elements of these two planets too at
this time, So there could be an element of like
frustration that comes up with launching something on into the
world or making a realization about something that needs to
change in your life. So if you do feel either
lower energy, weigh down, stuck, frustrated, try to remind yourself
that you don't need to have the next few years
of your life mapped up entirely. Just focus on what
smaller steps you can take in this immediate moment to
maybe be more productive or like set you off in
a new direction or make like smaller changes, and that
could all tie back in with like what's happening in
the coppercorn worldhouse if your chart, so like for me
as a Leo rising, that's my sixth house. So maybe
there's something that comes up that feels lower energy with
my health or work just feels kind of overwhelming at
this time, and it's like, Okay, what are small steps
I can show up to do every day, like choose
a healthier snack, or wake up a bit earlier, or
take smaller steps on a bigger project that needs to
get done immediately rather than getting caught up in like
where am I headed with work in the next five years?
Or how can I get my body back after I
have a baby type of thing. Okay, whoa, there's so
much happening in the second week of July this I'm
looking at my outline and it just keeps going and
going and going for this second week. So after the
day after the full moon occurs June thirtieth, Jupiter will
finally depart Cancer after spending a little over a year
in this sign. It was in Cancer since June ninth
of twenty twenty five, and it's moving into Leo on
June thirtieth, and Jupiter will be in Leo until July
twenty six twenty twenty seven. Interpret this transit, we can
incorporate the themes of Jupiter as a planet with the
themes of Leo as a sign, and so Jupiter is
the planet associated with education, spirituality, travel, teaching, and writing.
And over the course of the next few months, as
it really gets going in Leo, note how these themes
of Jupiter get interwoven into a creative practice or how
you want to express yourself, like Leo is so much
about returning to your own interests, like how can you
play around, have joy in your life, return to hobbies
you once loved as a child, get creative in new ways,
And maybe you're letting go of a certain image you
have of success as you allow yourself to simply experiment
and have fun with what you're learning or sharing about.
And applying this to the second half of twenty twenty
six and the first half of twenty twenty seven, like
just always keep in mind Leo prioritizes joy, entertainment, creativity,
and being your own person. And noting the house in
your chart that is ruled by Leo, like so much
is about to happen in that house, like not only
is Jupiter moving into this house, of your chart for
the next year. There's also eclipses, like the south note
is moving into Leo at the end of July, which
we'll talk about in next month's forecast, and eclipses will
start happening there, and then we get a super long
Mars transit in a Mars retrograde activating Leo as well.
So just noting, like what house is that for you?
How is just greater change about to occur their overall
throughout the next few months. With any Jupiter transit, it
can make things feel overwhelming to the area that it
is transitting for that year, it brings up more activity there,
but sometimes it can feel like a lot and it's
hard to direct your energy elsewhere, like for instance, Jupiter
and the tenth. Maybe you might expect, okay, greater career
stuff to go on, but sometimes it can just be that,
like work is a lot busier and these bigger career
commitments or experiencing growth in your job role takes up
so much of your energy that maybe you don't have
a lot of time for like your personal life. And
just to give another few examples of like how this
will play out for a different rising signs, So Scorpio rising,
you are getting that Jupiter through the tenth house, like
where work will be a bigger deal over the next year.
And then for Leo risings like this is going to
be a great time of tapping into new parts of
your identity, maybe feeling like you're becoming a new version
of yourself, especially with the eclipses in Leo two or yeah,
kind of being more comfortable being seen and like putting
yourself out there in different ways. And then another example
Piss's risings like this would be a six house Jupiter
transit for you. So this topic of like health, how
do I better take care of myself? How do I
get better like organized with work and like other responsibilities
so that like my schedule isn't so chaotic every day.
And because this Jupiter transit is lasting for a little
over a year, there will be peak time periods within
this transit where you're feeling that theme of like Jupiter
moving through a specific house of your chart a lot
more intensely. So one will be this upcoming Leo season,
especially with the solar eclipse in Leo in the middle
of August, like that will kind of bring up this
theme of change or a new start to the Leo
world house of your chart. Another timeframe to watch would
be October and November, when Mars moves through Leo and
conjunct Jupiter at a certain point those two much like
you're gonna want to take greater action and have stuff
happen in the Leo worldhouse of your chart. And then
also March, April and May of twenty twenty seven. This
is like when Mars is wrapping up its retrograde the
last month or so, it is spinning in the sign
of Leo, then it stations direct and it moves forward
again once again also in Leo. So that time period
next spring March April, May, there may be more a
lot more clarity that comes to you about like how
you want to proceed in that Leo ropehouse of your chart,
especially if things aren't totally clear in the second half
of twenty twenty six. And it may be that, like
you think something is going to happen one way in
this house of your chart, and then by the time
we get to like the wrap up of this transit
in that timeframe of like April and May of twenty
twenty seven, you're kind of off in a different direction
there one that maybe you don't fully anticipate in this
current moment, so stay open to change and like going
through a bigger transition in that specific area of your chart.
And there will also be like two phases I guess
three phases of this Jupiter in Leo transit. One is
like it's entering this sign now at the end of June.
Jupiter is still direct up until Sagittarius season. So between
now and like December, seeing a first wave of growth
happen in the Leo worldhouse of your chart, and then
Jupiteral station retrograde from Sagittarius season until Airy season, So
that may be a time of like, okay, slowing things
down a bit there, reflecting on what comes next. And
then once Jupiter stations direct again in Airy season and
wraps up that transit from Airy season up until Leo
season of twenty twenty seven, that's that kind of like
final wrap up of the transit of Okay, we've got
to handle on this. Now we're seeing maybe the results
we wanted to have happen at the start of this
transit weren't fully like coming full circle or a full
like occurring until the end of it. Around like April
of twenty twenty seven up until July of twenty twenty seven,
So that brings us to the end of week two,
finally moving into week three. This is July fifth through eleventh.
I mentioned earlier, like at the start, when we were
talking about the Sun moving through cancer this month, how
there are a couple of tricky dates within this Sun's
transit of cancer. The first was that Sun square Neptune
on June twenty fifth, but a little later on in
the month, the second kind of harder date will be
the Sun squaring Saturn on July sixth, So that's another
date to pay att engine two with, like, maybe, how
are you feeling a bit overwhelmed with worker responsibilities? How
can you get clear on what's worth committing to? Maybe
there's a certain area like looking at the cancer and
the areas world houses of your chart, like are you
frustrated in either of those areas? Or are things taking
too long to have happened or requiring a lot more
energy and like patients from you? And I just feel
like you're gonna have to put hard work into something
right around July six I think this may fall on
a weekend. Actually does it no, it's Monday. Oh my god,
Monday after a holiday weekend. Yeah, I would maybe just
expect to feel a bit more tired than usual or
kind of like frustrated with things minor happenings that come
up that may have you feeling slowed down or like
things just aren't as flowing as much as you would like.
Then we skip forward a few days two July ninth,
and this is when Venus moves into Virgo. I see
this as a great transit for leaning into wellness practices,
taking care of yourself more so, if you've fallen off
with like exercising regularly or eating more healthy, maybe you're
finding greater enjoyment into returning to these types of activities.
As we head into the middle of July, and Venus
will be in Virgo until August sixth, so a little
under a month. Also associate Virgo with like productivity and work,
so it could feel like you are being more productive
at your job if things felt slowed down there with
mercury retrograde beginning for the end of June and like
the first part of July, and maybe this is kind
of the kick you need to get a little bit
more organized, lean into self care, focus on the little
mundane tasks that make up your day and like add
up to having greater success. So yeah, not as much
going on in week three. So let's go ahead and
move into week four, which is July twelfth through the eighteenth.
So once again focusing on this transit of Venus in Virgo. Now,
once we get to week four on July fourteenth, Venus
and Virgo will square Uranus and Gemini. So Urinus brings
this topic of unexpected changes sudden advancements to Venusian themes.
So maybe you do experience kind of slight changes going
on in your relationships, like maybe you hear from a
friend unexpectedly or in an existing partnership, you need a
bit of space to just do your own thing, tend
to your own hobbies. I wouldn't expect like anything super
major to come up with relationships during this period, but
more just like, okay, maybe let's change up like who
we hang out with or I don't know, activities we
do as a couple or within a friendship, or maybe
you attend a social event around this middle of July
time frame and you come into contact with like a
lot of new interesting people. Also, it could be that
like sudden creative inspiration comes to you right around the state,
and that may have to do with like activities you're
involved in in the Virgo roomhouse of your chart. So
stay open to like inspiration and maybe wanting to go
in a different direction there. And there could be like
just sudden news or like unanticipated developments that occur right
around the middle of July looking at that Virgo world
house in your chart. And also because Minus deals with
the topic of money and personal finances, just I don't know,
maybe pay attention more to your spending at this time,
Like could be that unexpected expenses end up coming up,
or you want to like splurge on something a bit
more impulsively, and it'll could be tied back in with
like wellness stuff, like maybe you're like, Okay, I need
the kind of a spa day to myself, or I
want to get this new like stuff for my skincare routine,
or there's like a cool new exercise or there's a
cool new like workout studio that just opened. I really
want to try it out. But if you are in
the mindset of, like I need to save more money
at the moment, maybe just be open to like, okay,
this week, maybe that's not entirely possible, and I just
have to expect that there may be expenses that I
didn't plan for that surface. And on this same day,
so also July fourteenth, there will be the new moon
in cancer, and this new moon takes place at twenty
two degrees of cancer and will be in this close
configuration with mercury retrograde. So actually the sun mercury kazimi
would have just occurred the day prior on July thirteenth.
So I'm actually viewing this new moontime frame of right
in this middle of July as giving you much needed
clarity on problems or thoughts or like situations that have
been bothering you or you've just been intensely reflecting on
throughout the first half of the retrograde and maybe noticing
after the point of this new moon occurring on the fourteenth,
Ford momentum is starting to pick back up again in
different areas of your life. It's like, if you've been
searching for answers up until this point, almost like a
light bulb moment is going off around the thirteen fourteenth
of oh, this is what I need to do. Next,
this is what I need to explore further, or this
is maybe how I want to pivot with things at
work or in a relationship. And if you really haven't
seen a lot take place in the cancer worldhouse of
your chart throughout this start of cancer season, see how
a surge of growth or opportunities start to come in
there more once this new moon occurs on July fourteenth.
New moons can also be about shedding or experiencing endings
as well, So maybe there is something you want to
let go of that has to do with the cancer
worldhouse of your chart at this time, so that you
can make space for what needs to come next. Also,
new moons are lower energy, where it's you kind of
just want to like retreat, be alone for a bit,
reflect on what what do I want to put my
energy into over the next month starting from mid July,
and then we are to week five July nineteenth through
the twenty second, so right as cancer season ends, and
this is right around July twentieth, but give or take
a few days on either side. Because this is a
major aspect configuration we're about to go over. We have
Jupiter and Leo is coming into an opposition with Pluto
and Aquarius. Jupiter is also trying Neptune and aries and
sex tiling. You're in acent and so Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune,
and Urinus are all in this big configuration to one another.
They're all at four degrees of fire and air signs.
And I went over this a bit more in depth
in a Substack newsletter from a few days ago. It's
free for anyone to read. But you'll want to identify, okay,
what houses are associated with Leo, Gemini, Ares and Aquarius
in your chart, in the topics of these houses because
they're ruled by elements of fire and air, and fire
and air go well together, Like the topics of these
houses will kind of share similar themes. How are you
seen across these areas like a search of growth or
a desire to kind of incorporate all of those house
topics together. So just to break this down in a
few examples, So with an aries rising chart, you have
Jupiter now in your fifth house, it's sexiling Neurinus in
your third house, which is sexiling Neptune in your first house,
which is sex styling Pluto in your eleventh, and then
Pluto's bringing it back to that opposition with Jupiter in
your fifth, so fifth, third, first, and eleventh that are
all working together in a positive way, So that may
play out as Okay, there's stuff I'm doing in a
creative practice or with my own hobbies or kind of
learning to express myself in new ways that is feeding
into having greater confidence in who I am and how
I want to show up in community and relationships, and
also maybe share my creativity through things like writing or
social media or different channels of communication. So you're kind
of seeing, okay, how are we blending all of those
key themes together, and in general, like for fire and
air sign risings, the next several months will be more
about like bringing the attention back to yourself and finding
out more of who you are, how you want to
show up in relationships, this topic of personal creativity being
a lot more relevant and learning new skills, whereas if
you have a water or earth sign rising, it's more
about like, how can I find deeper meaning through the
work that I'm doing, but also kind of learning more
about your inner self and taking time to regroup and reflect.
And I don't know, if you're feeling like burned out
by at the fast pace you have been going recently.
The next few months could be about slowing down and
really figuring out what work speaks to me on a
deeper level, and also like how can I address maybe
this like mental health stuff going on with me. But
because all of these planets will be connecting across four
degrees of their respective signs, that's the first second of
each of these signs. And I looked further into okay,
what is the first decand of Uranus or sorry for
a second of Gemini, Leo Aquarius mean and all of them,
though they are different in some ways, they do share
a common thread of figuring out like what you want
to be doing, like prioritizing your own identity, honing in
on specific skills you want to develop, and having fun
with the creative process. Again, I feel like throughout this
whole forecast, I just keep coming back to the words
of creativity and experimentation, and as we shift into the
second half of twenty twenty six, those are really key
themes to keep in mind, no matter if that applies
to work or a spiritual practice or things going on
with yourself or a literal like artistic practice or in relationships.
It's all about like refinding joy and like ways to
have fun and not being so I don't know, focused
on like long term success, like it's lean into the
present and like what makes you happy right now? Like
things are so heavy in the world at the moment
that I feel like we all need this reminder of Okay,
how are their little ways to find joy and find
your way back to yourself over the coming weeks. So yeah,
that is where I'm leaving you this Cancer season. Next
forecast will be great. We'll start off in LEO season
Mercury Retrograde will be about to end on July twenty third,
So LEO seasons starting off in a completely different way.
Ready to move forward once again. As a final note,
I will be back next Thursday. I have an astrologer
friend guest on. We're going to be talking about dealing
with difficult birth chart placements and also transits. However, I'm
not going to be airing podcast episodes the first two
weeks of July July second and ninth, I'll be off,
and then I'll be back on starting July sixteenth. Every
single week up until my self imposed podcast maternity leave
starts at the beginning of September. So second half of
July and all of August. You can expect new episodes.
Still have so many fun guests that I'm interviewing a
lot of fun astrologers. But yeah, I hope everyone has
a great month ahead, and I'll see you back here
next Thursday's