Speaker 1: Welcome back to another episode of Astrology with Alice. I'm
your host, Alice Bell, and we are back. I ended
up taking a longer break and anticipated, and I'm here
to give you the LEO season forecast this month. And also,
Mercury retrograde is finally over. It actually ended today, July
twenty third. It was honestly brutal this time. The first
week of it started off fine for me and for
references started on June twenty ninth, so like the very
start of July was fine. I thought I was getting
off without anything major happening. And then the longer this
mercury retrograde went on, the worse it got. Like the
more emotional it got, the more I mean, it was
in my twelfth house and I was literally like trapped
in my home because of the air quality in New
York and just being eight months pregnant with that going
on too. But it's over today, so we can all
expect in this coming month LEO season to be moving
forward with more clarity and your life will not feel
as slowed down as it may have for the past
several weeks. And also I'm back to my regular schedule
with this podcast. I'll be releasing new episodes every Thursday
from now until the very very end of August, when
I have my baby and I'm going to take some
time off from podcasting at that point. So we've got
some good episodes for the next I guess month and
a half at this point. But yeah, I'm so happy
it's Leo season. There's a lot going on this month.
So I mentioned how mercury retrograde has ended as of today.
We also have the North and South nodes changing signs
in just a few days, which we'll get into. That's
a huge transit, Like I mean, that hasn't happened since
early twenty twenty five. I'll get into all of the
details in a second, but for now, know that the
nodes are changing signs, the North notes moving into Aquarius,
the South notes moving into Leo. For the next year
and a half. We also get our first solar eclipse
in Leo, which will amplify the Jupiter and Leo so
much more. That transit will just feel a lot more heightened. Also,
just expect bigger shifts occurring as eclipse season begins. July
felt very very slow, and that's about to change as
we head into August. We'll get a solar eclipse in
Leo during Leo season, and then at the very start
of Virgo season, we'll get a lunar eclipse in Pisces.
And not to get ahead of myself, but the lunar
eclipse and Pisces that is on August twenty eighth, I
believe twenty eighth or twenty ninth. I'm forgetting the exact
date of that is ruled by Jupiter in Leo. So
it's like both of these eclipses are really like bringing
your attention back to that overarching transit of Jupiter now
in Leo, activating a new house and sign in your chart.
I just have a couple of announcements before we get
into the breakdown for the week ahead substeck in depth.
Leo season horoscopes are out now. Those came out yesterday
on July twenty second, So if you want to understand
what all of these transits mean for your exact chart
based on your rising sign, those are over there now.
Twenty five hundred to three thousand words written Perie Rising.
I've also done a few other articles and workshops recently
on Substack. I put out one on interpreting planetary returns
that one's free for everyone to read, like that's how
to interpret a Jupiter return, a mercury of Mars, a
Venus return to your chart. Also under the paid subscribers here,
I've released a whole article on using zodiacal releasing to
time major career chapters throughout your life. I just find
zodiical releasing to be interesting. It's not something I use
in my readings necessarily, but I use it in my
own life. And when I'm like talking to friends and
family and they're just kind of wanting to know about
overall life direction or career related stuff, that's when I'll
pull up zodical releasing, because it really breaks down your
life into these bigger chapters of like, Okay, this is
what I'm focused on for these ten to twenty years,
and then there's gonna be a bigger shift ten years
on from that. I don't know. For some people that
might be too much into the future, but I find
it brings me a lot of peace. No, like, Okay,
there is a time and place for certain career stuff
to go on, and you never know what will happen
twenty to thirty years from now and how you may
be headed off in a completely different direction with the
type of work that you want to be doing. And
also as we get into the fall, I'll probably start
talking a lot more about the astrology of parenthood and
parent child synistry on Subsac in the coming weeks. I'm
also planning to share my birth story over there too
when that does happen, So if you want to follow along,
I will not be taking a break on Subsac. I
will not be taking a maternity to leave there. Content
will keep flowing there throughout the rest of twenty twenty six.
With that being said, let's now get into the astrology
for Leo season. So Week one is July twenty second
through the twenty fifth. It's a shorter week because we're
starting Loo season halfway through this week. But we can't
talk about Leo season without talking about the major like
underlying transit of just the Sun moving through the sign
of Leo from July twenty second to our twenty second
this year, and the Sun's transit and also the upcoming
solar eclipse in Leo. I mentioned this in the intro,
but those two transits, like the Sun and then the
subsequent solar eclipse, will amplify the year long transit of
Jupiter in Leo that we went over last month, and
you may start to feel that Jupiter transit a lot
more in the next couple of weeks. So if you
really haven't felt that big of a shift with Jupiter
changing signs and houses in your chart since June thirtieth,
expect that to come into play a lot more as
we get into the next couple of weeks. With longer
transits like Jupiter or Saturn, you need the shorter transit.
It's like a new moon or a full moon or
a Sun or Mars transit to come along and trigger
that longer transit to feel it more intensely. I also
want to say that this Leo season will set the
stage for the Mars retrograde that will happen partially in
Leo in twenty twenty seven, and Mars is also going
to move into Leo throughout October and November of this year,
So it could be interesting to see how whatever you
start thinking about more intensely this month during Leo season
or start planning for start developing, those themes will continue
to develop and get more prominent throughout this fall, so
an idea for something new may come to you this month,
but then maybe you want to take greater action on
it once Mars moves into LEO in the same part
of your chart throughout October November, and again because we
get a Mars retrograde from January up until April first
of twenty twenty seven, you could spend a good chunk
of the earlier part of twenty twenty seven thinking about
the Leo World House themes too, but just to go
over LEO season themes in general. It's really a time
for reconnecting with your personal creativity and finding new ways
to express yourself, whether that's through like an artistic practice
or your personal style, or how you show up on
social media, some other type of like activity or hobby
you do. And I want to prioritize how it's like
for your own enjoyment, not necessarily to get somewhere or
be super productive, like you're just focusing on like what
lights me up in this moment. And it can also
be a time of returning to childhood interest and really
reconnecting with what makes me me, Like what am I
particularly interested in? And I'm not following this because it's
trendy right now or someone else is doing it and
at work and through maybe some type of side hobby
or passion project, you could find yourself wanting to experiment
a bit more. This could come through in your personal
style or the branding of your own business too, like
you're wanting to put less pressure on yourself in your
career and again with being productive, so that you have
time to explore different interests. And these themes of creativity,
self expression, connecting with your inner child, they're gonna apply
to the Leo worldhouse of your chart. So I'll just
run down the by rising sign now so you can
kind of get a better idea of what can I
expect based on my own chart. So for Fire sign risings,
Leo Airy Sagittarius risings, it is quite literal in that
this time of year has a lot more to do
with your sense of identity, your personal creativity, how you
can be more confident in who you are and explore
different areas of interest, different sides of yourself. For Leo
Rising specifically, this is a bigger month because of all
the action taking place in your first house, so you
can kind of expect more significant life developments occurring, like
things that don't happen to you often or realizations about
who you want to be what you want to do
next coming up in a major way. And then also
I would say like the theme of learning and just
following whatever you're curious about would probably come up to
And then for Earth sign rising so Taurus Virgo and
Capricorn riisins, this may be a month with that is
more geared towards your mental health or your inner cell
and tending to things in your personal life, whether that's
spending more time with family or at home, or working
on yourself through like therapy or other forms of healing.
There'll be this emphasis on self improvement and really wanting
to understand yourself better. And then for AirSign risings gem
and I Leebra Aquarius risings, this is a more social
period of the year for you, So this theme of
relationships and how you connect with people and how you
can communicate better within your relationships might come up a
lot more. And there may be more social activities or
dating that's going on at this time, or bigger changes
happening in existing relationships. So maybe you're taking the next
step with your partner, or you're realizing is this relationship
right for me? Getting clear on like what do you like,
who do you value spending time with, and like who
do you want to spend your time and energy on?
And then for Water Sign Rising, so Cancer Scorpiopis's risings,
this is a more work focus time of year for you.
How can you bring that creativity and that different size
of your personality into the work projects you're developing or
even building out your own business. I know, like the
theme of like entrepreneurial type stuff is really big for
Cancer Risings right now, So looking into that specifically, like
do I want to start my own business? Do I
want more independence over my work? But for all Water
Sign Risings, just kind of wanting greater structure or thinking
about what comes next in your career. Also happening right
away in LEO season is that Mercury will be stationing
direct at sixteen degrees of cancer on July twenty third.
This will end it's more than three week long retrograde
that's been going on since June twenty ninth, so throughout
all of July up until this point, we've had mercury
retrograde going on. It'll be nice to finally receive greater
mental clarity or be able to move ahead. With new
plans more easily. It's kind of crazy, like before mercury
retrograde started, I was so excited about these new areas
of my business that were developed being and new ideas
coming to me, and then mercury retrograde totally made unmotivated, tired,
uninterested in all of this stuff. So it'll be nice
to get back on track if you felt the same
way too, And also if you've just felt more emotional
about certain relationship dynamics or things happening specifically in your
home and family life, that may clear up a lot
more over the next few days, and those things may
get resolved or just not be weighing on you as much.
Mercury will remain in Cancer until August ninth, though, so
this underlying theme of like stuff going on with home
or family in those relationships, or developments happening with moving
or your living space, or just like reflections on childhood
in the past, those themes may still linger a bit
up until August ninth, but just expect to feel less
frustrated or emotional than you have been about those themes recently.
And as we'll get into a bit later, Mars will
move into Cancer on August eleventh, just two days after
Mercury leaves cancer on August ninth. So it's worth noting
how there will still be themes to work through and
developments to occur in the Cancer world house of your
chart if you didn't see what you thought may happen
there this past month because of the retrograde slowing everything down.
So Mars sweeping in there in a couple of weeks
from now will help speed things up in that cancer
world house, and it's more likely you'll be taking action
on the topics and themes associated with that house. There's
just been like a lot of back to back cancer
transits this spring and summer, Like first throughout Gemini season
we had Venus and cancer, and then Mercury joined Venus
there and Jupiter was still in cancer, and then it
was literal cancer season and Mercury retrogading cancer. Now there's
going to be Mars in cancer. It's kind of like
that part of your chart has had a lot of emphasis,
and I mentioned like how things are very much shifting
to Leo this month, but it's still worth noting, am
I still seeing like themes linger here even though Jupiter's
not in that party? Your chart anymore, Okay, and then
we are moving onto week two, which is July twenty
six to August first. This year, we've had a series
of outer planets and other longer transits changing signs. Saturn
and Neptune both moved to Ares, Urinus moved to Gemini,
Jupiter just moved to Leo, Chiron moved to Taurus. The
nodes aren't planets, but they are changing signs on July
twenty six, and the nodes indicate where eclipses are happening
for about a two year long period, so it's a
big deal that these these elements of the chart are
changing signs, and the North note is moving into Aquarius,
and the South note is moving into Leo, like I
said on July twenty six, and they're going to remain
there until March twenty six, twenty twenty eight, So I
believe that's a little over a year and a half.
Wherever the nodes are transiting indicates where you will be
experiencing them. A major changes take place for that year
and a half to two year long period. So this
month in particular, with a solar eclipse triggering that South
node in Leo transit, and also the full moon and
Aquarius will happen in that same area that the north
node is moving into. You'll start to see how there
may be new beginnings unfolding, especially in the Leo worldhouse
of your chart, but also possible endings or bigger life
shifts that are about to take place there too, and
out of this year and a half or so long
transit up the North node and Aquarius south. Note in Leo,
if you have planets or angles in your chart that
are in Leon Aquarius, it's really important to note when
do the nodes reach those exact degrees of those chart placements,
So like, for instance, I have a lot of stuff
in like early Aquarius like six seven degrees of Aquarius,
not so much. I don't have anything in like the
later degrees like twenty to twenty nine. So I really
want to pay attention to the later part of this
nodal transit, like when the north node moves down into
early Aquarius, like that's probably going to be the biggest
period of shifts for me, or when I notice like
the themes of those chart placements coming into effect a
lot more so if you have Leo Aquarius in your chart,
observing the exact few weeks or month that the North
node or the South node is moving across those chart placements,
and how the themes associated with those elements of your
chart are brought up a lot more strongly during that
specific month. And the last time the nodes were in
Leo and Aquarius was throughout twenty seventeen and twenty eighteen,
so you may see similar themes being brought back up
again throughout the end of twenty twenty six into twenty
twenty seven. That or taking place, I guess that's nine
almost ten years ago now. And of course you'll want
to look at the two houses in your chart ruled
by Leo and Aquarius. How are you trying to strike
a balance between the topics of those opposing houses. How
are the themes of one house influencing changes going on
in the other, or you're bringing in themes of one
house into the other house. There's just going to be
back and forth activity across those two houses in your chart,
and that's the area where you're going to see the
most major changes take place from now until early twenty
twenty eight for everyone. Though, we can also just look at, like,
what are themes associated with the signs of Leo and Aquarius,
and how are those themes being brought up for like
the world right now, and how are we finding a
balance between Leo and Aquarius as signs. So when I
think about Aquarius, it's a lot about community and networking
and innovation and rebelling against this status quo, like wanting
to do things differently and be your own individual and
also promote change and kind of like able to see
how things could be done more efficiently and better, and
that may be far ahead of what's currently taking place
right now. Well, if you have Aquarius planets in your chart,
you probably understand what I'm saying, Like you may often
have like ideas for stuff that you want to do,
but no one else has caught up to you quite yet.
So that's kind of the vibe we're moving into. And
I've always said, like with Pluto and Aquarius, now that
we're really going to start to feel that Pluto and
Aquarius transit a lot more once the North node moves
into Aquarius and eclipses start triggering Pluto there too. So
I just see like a lot of transformation in society,
coming up with new innovations, with science, with coming together
as a community to promote change and kind of get
rid of these structures that just aren't working for us anymore.
And then on the opposite end of that is the
South Nord and Leo, and Leo is so much about
the attention being on you, and again we're turning to
those Leo themes who went over at the start, like
connecting to your creativity, wanting to rediscover joy, and like
in your everyday life, not being afraid to experiment. So
I almost see the two of these signs blending right
now is like, how can you lean into your own
like individual, creative self, and how in turn is that
helping to promote change or bring greater solutions into the world.
It'll be interesting to see what things look like two
years from now and how much this balance of Leo
Aquarius shifts, like the way people show up online or
show up with in the workplace. I felt like with
the North note in Pisces, especially like when it was
conjunct Saturn and Neptune, things felt very like confusing or
hazy and just uncertain about what the future holds. And
now I see like the North note moving into Aquarius,
it's more like I want to take action. I want
this change to happen, and I have a vision for
what I want to be doing next. Continuing on with
these Aquarius themes, there will be a full moon and
Aquarius happening on July twenty nine, nin at six degrees
of Aquarius. And this full moon is pretty significant because
it'll be exactly conjunct Pluto and Aquarius, and it will
be opposite to Jupiter and Leo. So the Sun is
going to be conjunct Jupiter in Leo and the Sun
and Jupiter are going to be exactly opposite to the
Moon and Pluto in Aquarius. So it's really triggering the
Jupiter Pluto opposition and also awakening that major cradle aspect
between Jupiter, Pluto, Urinus, and Neptune that I went over
in last month's forecast. So again it's bringing up this
theme of like, how can you better balance community involvement
with time spent on your own interests? Or you're kind
of making a lot of realizations about what sets me apart,
how might I lean into that more. There could also
be a situation that you're wanting to break free of
at this time, or you're noticing that you're undergoing a
lot of positive transformation or change around the end of
July that likely pertains to the Aquarius worldhouse of your chart,
Like is there some you need to get rid of
there or something you need to release in order to
move forward? Differently, there might be limiting relationships, mindsets, are
situations that you want to leave behind with this full
moon too, as you prepare for that next new six
month chapter to start up once that solar eclipse in
Leo occurs about two weeks later on August twelfth. So
I overall, I'm seeing this full moon as an opportunity
to step more into your personal power, like kind of
take back, like what who do I want in my life?
What types of situations do I want to engage in?
If it's not working, it's time to go. In Aquarius
is such a relationship oriented sign, so it could be
that you're a lot busier with social activities around the
time of this full moon, or just that theme of
like relationships, who do I want to surround myself with?
That becomes something that you're thinking about a lot more. Also,
the ruling planet of this full moon in Aquarius is Saturn,
which will have just stationed retrograde in Aries on the
twenty six, just a few days before the full month.
So in addition to seeing how greater change or realizations
are being brought to the Aquarius world house of your
chart at the end of July, you could also be
looking at the Ares world house of your chart and
how are you thinking about wanting to restructure things in
that area or go about your commitments and responsibilities differently.
There there may even be a connection you're seeing between
the themes of the Ares worldhouse of your chart and
the themes of the Aquarius world house of your chart.
So let me just give a couple of examples to
see how this could play out. So let's say you're
an Aquarius rising and you have this full moon happening
in your first house, so that may bring up a
lot of realizations about who am I, what do I
want from myself? Bigger life stuff happening, or kind of
more attention on you from other people, or there's like
a willingness to put yourself out there a bit more
and kind of thinking about how do I want to
show up in the world. And then that has this
connection with Saturn and Ares transiting your third house. So
it could be that maybe you're wanting to bring more
of your personality first house into things like writing or
content creation or other communication based work with the Saturn
the ruling planet of the full moon in your third
whereas if you're a Taurus rising, you have the full
moon in your tenth house, so it could bring up
more activity in your career or realizations about what you
want to be doing with work in the long term.
But then the ruling planet of that full moon is
Saturn and aries transiting your twelfth house, So maybe it's
that you're kind of like letting go of something at
work that's not serving you anymore, or it could be
that twelfth house themes like mental health or spirituality are
finding their way back into what you want to be
doing in your career. Always so important to look at
where is the ruling planet of any lunation. It's going
to give you so much more insight. Also, on the
same day as the full moon, we got another transit happening.
Venus and Virgo will square Mars and Yemini. So this
again brings in the topic of relationships into the full moon,
and we'll probably have you deciding like who do you
want to put energy into and also just being pretty
busy with social activities right at the end of July.
Because both Virgo and Gemini are signs ruled by Mercury.
It also may be that you have more motivation to
put into writing, speaking, or other types of communication projects
for a few days, and ideas and like new plans
to get kind of a content off the ground or
writing or research going could come together pretty quickly. However,
on the downside of that, maybe you do feel very
mentally like on or just like harder to relax, or
you're just feeling a bit anxious for a couple of
days right around the twenty ninth, So finding ways to
get out of your mind and reconnect with your body
maybe super important to do right around this, like full
moontime frame two and Venus and Virgo thankfully does have
that like well known aspect to it, so could be
great to like sign up for a workout class or
take a walk outside or kind of nurture your body
through like healthier foods or like taking a longer time
with your skincare routine at night, just like bringing it
back to like, okay, let me connect with my body
and get out of like being so mentally like on
moving on to week three August second through eighth, So
about a week after Venus squares Mars on July twenty ninth,
we get Venus moving into Libra from August sixth through
September tenth, and Libra is one of the signs Venus rules,
so it loves to be here. As we get a
bit further into August again, you're gonna see a greater
emphasis on partnerships in your life. I would say the
Folmon and Aquarius is more about a community and kind
of bigger groups, but Libra is more about that, like
one on one time you have with people, whether that's
platonic or romantic. So maybe it could be that you're
collaborating with people at work a bit more, or strengthening
certain friendships, or spending more time with your partner, or
feeling more up for dating, and just overall noticing how
can you maybe accomplish more with the help of someone else,
or how are you coming together with someone and deepening
certain relationships. Also areas like art, design and fashion, maybe
greater interest during these several weeks too, Or you could
be interested in attending cultural offerings around your city or
doing things like visiting the museum or taking some typid
day trip to see a specific site that has a
history behind it. When I think of Libra as a sign,
I think of it as combining style and esthetic with
this theme of education and wanting to learn something new.
This is definitely one of the more pleasant transits of
this month. I actually really like this first full week
of August because we get another positive transit TOOLO on
August sixth is that the Sun and Leo will trying
Saturn and Ares. So seeing this nice link between the
fire signs and how things might be flowing easily between
the Leo world house of your chart and the Ares
world house of your chart may also just be easier
to like commit to new responsibilities or new work around
this time and just sit down and be productive. It
could feel like you're seeing results from the effort that
you're putting in, like less frustration overall, or you're just
able to go about your day be more productive and
not feel so stressed out about that. So, yeah, not
as much happening during that week. So let's move on
to week four, which is August ninth through the fifteenth,
where a lot is taking place, mainly a solar eclipse
but before we get to that, there is an aspect
Venus and Libra will make in this fourth week of
the month, So around August ten through eleven, Venus and
Libra will oppose neptune and aries, which may have you
feeling a bit more sensitive when it comes to relationships.
It could feel kind of like a mini Mercury retrograde
where you misinterpret what someone says to you, or you
feel a bit uncertain about where you stand in a relationship.
On another note, this transit may have you reconnecting with
an artistic or a spiritual practice and kind of leaning
into that part of your brain a bit more, or
returning to that theme of relationships, how can you be
there to help someone in a bigger way or be
more compassionate and like giving to people, Just understanding where
I guess like this is a theme that has kept
popping up because I feel like I keep talking about it,
Like where, who and what are you giving your energy
to And is that burning you out or leaving you
frustrated or are you finding that by putting more effort
into someone, you're able to go deeper and have like
a more meaningful connection. So just really taking stock of
like am I getting in return the energy that I'm
putting out to people around like this August tenth eleventh period.
Then on August eleventh, MARS will change signs as it
leaves Jemini and moves into Cancer until September twenty seventh.
This is a throwback to cancer season themes. But like
I said earlier, maybe you have more motivation and a
desire to take action on the topics associated with that
cancer worldhouse in your chart than you felt during actual
cancer season. However, MARS doesn't do that well in cancer,
and it does bring up a lot of emotional frustration
or taking things way too personally, just quick to get
like worked up about stuff, but then also not knowing
how to confront people when you're upset. Like take it
from someone, I have MARS and cancer in my birth chart.
It's like the biggest struggle. However, looking at this transit
on a more positive note, maybe you just want to
engage in work or relationships that you feel more emotionally
connected to, Like it could just be harder for a
few weeks to do something just for the sake of
being productive and staying busy. There has to be this
deeper purpose to it, or again, this theme of home
and family is resurfacing, like how might you make changes
to your living situation or idust miss your living space
like decorating, renovating, making little improvements here and there. Or
you could be connecting with family members. However, because it's
Mars we're talking about, maybe there is something you need
to speak up about with family, or it's just requiring
more energy like this topic of like family dynamics and
connecting with them, or maybe addressing things that feel uncomfortable
or sensitive from childhood that may likely come up again too.
And then we've got another planet changing signs this week.
Mercury will move into Leo on August ninth until August
twenty fifth, so it just has a very brief like
a little over two weeks stay in Leo. However, it'll
be great for creative brainstorming and coming up with more inspiration.
Remember last year when Mercury was in Leo for a
long time because it went retrograde there. I read the
book Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. She also wrote Eat, Pray, Love,
but that was a book all about bringing creativity into
your everyday life, exploring what you're curious about kind of
finding new outlets for creativity. So on that note, just
like seeing how you may be more interested in learning
about creative practices or ways you can express yourself. You
may also feel more confident in speaking up and voicing
your personal opinions, or like leaning into your personality a
bit more without fearing what if, like other people are
going to disagree with you or what they might think.
I love people who have Mercury and Leo in their
birth chart. It's just like they have a more animated,
like funny way of speaking, and they speak so passionately
about stuff. So maybe we all get some of that
energy for a couple of weeks in August. Also, Leo
tends to interest that relate back to like childhood and pregnancy,
and maybe it's that you want to learn more about
these types of topics too. Then on August twelfth, we
get a solar eclipse in Leo. This solar eclipse will
take place at twenty degrees of Leo. It's also going
to be the first of two eclipses we'll have in
Leo over the next year. So the second one will
be exactly a year from now, in August of twenty
twenty seven, So it'll be interesting to note how whatever
new beginning or life direction begins to take hold in
that Leo wruldhouse of your chart around the time of
this eclipse, and in the weeks that follow this eclipse,
how that gets built upon further by the next Leo
solar eclipse a year later. And it's always keep important
to keep in mind that solar eclipses set the stage
for the next six months, but what they represent often
isn't visible quite yet. So maybe you have a feeling
that you're headed in a new direction in this Leo
world house of your chart, but it's not quite clear
what that new direction is yet, or things you're working
on aren't fully visible. You may sense that something new
is unfolding there, but you're not seeing the full potential
of what's to come for the next several months, and
that's something you'll spend a lot of time working through.
With Jupiter also in this sign, and then, like I
kept saying, like Mars retrograde also occurring in Leo, like
there's so much energy and reflection you're going to be
putting towards that Leo ruled house of your chart. And
since this is an eclipse that will be in the
sign of the South node. It might be that endings
come about at this time, or there's something you need
to leave behind that has to do with the topics
of that Leo house in your chart in order to
make way for what wants to come next. So for instance,
of your Scorpio rising, this Leo solar eclipse is taking
place in your tenth house, so maybe it starts to
bring up bigger opportunities in your career. But maybe there's
also something like a job you're leaving behind at this time,
or an element of work that just isn't working for
you anymore and it's leaving you feeling like low energy,
or you just like you want to walk away from
a job that isn't fulfilling. But over the course of
the next year, you're really getting an idea of like
what is to come with work and how are you
taking on bigger projects or more of a public facing
role in your career, Or if you're a Leo rising,
maybe since that something is changing in your life in
a bigger way, like a new identity shift is coming up,
or new interests are coming to you, but you haven't
fully seen the extent of like what those new interests
or those new life changes, like what they will result in. Like,
for instance, I'm a Leo rising, so this eclipse is
happening pretty close to my Leo ascendant, and it's like,
I know I'm having a baby. I know that will
change my life in a bigger way. I just don't
know what that change will look like yet, Like who
will I be as a person a year from now
as a result of having a child. I don't know,
but I know that that change is coming. So you
could apply that same kind of thing to whatever house
is ruled by Leo in your chart. Also, having the
solar eclipse occur in the same sign that Jupiter and
Mercury are both currently in at this time speaks to
how you may be more interested in educational, spiritual, or
travel related pursuits, or you may be thinking more about
like decisions you want to make in the Leo road
house of your chart, Like there's more conversations going on there.
You're learning about what could come next or how you
can improve that area of your life. And this may
feel especially true in the lead up to August fifteenth,
that's when Mercury and Jupiter will meet up in Leo
at the exact same degree. The days surrounding August fifteenth
could be really great for leaning into things like reading
or writing, or research or wanting to take some type
of workshop. They push yourself to learn something new, like
get out of your comfort zone with what you usually
learn about in order to like I don't know, take
in a new culture or a new place you're traveling to,
or kind of finding greater confidence in speaking and writing
as well. And then it lasts weird to week five
August sixteenth through the twenty second. This is the hardest
week of transits in my opinion. So on August sixteenth
to seventeen, Mars and cancer will come into a square
with Neptune and Ares, which similar to the Venus neptune
opposition that came up just the week prior to this. Again,
maybe we're seeing like a mini mercury retrograde vibe or
just feeling over sensitive, lower energy, not so motivated for
a couple of days this week. Also, I find when
Mars aspects Neptune like a hard aspect like conjunction square opposition,
it can sometimes bring up illness if you are pushing
yourself too hard, So really listen to like what is
your body telling you at this time, I'm maybe instead
of a super hard workout, or like I don't know,
staying extralated the office, like try to engage in nurturing
self care practices or gentle exercise. You may feel better
if you're turning to some type of spiritual or creative practice.
This is such a big theme this month, especially if
things feel kind of unsteady or uncertain because of all
the shifts happening with eclip season. And then on August
twenty first, Venus and Libra will oppost Saturn and Ares.
Again not a super fun transit, it's going to bring
up this theme of relationships, but it may bring up
stress with people, or you're thinking more about the long term,
like who do I want to commit to further, or
maybe you need to put more effort into making a
relationship work or address any underlying issues. Also with Venus Saturn,
it very much brings like the reality of a relationship
into your focus. If they there's been problems you've been
avoiding with someone or haven't wanted to face that, You're
gonna have to get that stuff out in the open
at this time, or really decide like is this someone
I want to keep seeing or keep putting energy into.
But some of you may feel that transit in a
more positive way, where you feel more committed to a partner,
or you're putting in that extra effort with a friend
and you're enjoying being there for someone. So it's not
it doesn't always have to go a bad way, but
wanted to bring that up in case there is a
bit of relationship stress right at this end of LEO
season timeframe. Okay, but that is it for the LEO
season forecast. I will be back here next Thursday with
a new episode. I'm actually having my good friend Maxine
on the podcast again. We used to host the podcast
Astrology and You Together a few years ago, if anyone
listened to that back then, so I'm so excited to
catch up with her. And yeah, I will see you
guys back here next Thursday. Hi,