Follow Your Heart - July 2025
The fire signs are igniting your passions this July, and it will be worth following the call of your heart - it never lies.
4th July: Neptune Retrograde @ 2’ Aries & Venus Conjunct Uranus, Ingress Gemini
It it said that it hardly matters whether Neptune is going direct or retrograde, because with Neptune the sensation of knowing your North Star is veiled from view. Yet on the day that Neptune begins the retrograde, there is often a glimpse of something other than the expected surroundings. A glitch in the matrix, that enables you to see where your ship is heading. Perhaps we will all get a glimpse this time around, since Neptune is newly in Aries representing each of us and our desires and goals. If I tell you to be aware of signs today, it may help in recognising the under currents. On top of this, the lovely Venus meets chaotic Uranus on the last degree of Taurus, and together they are shifting earth and its inhabitants to a more profound level of connection. What a time to be alive. Lean into any otherworldly sensations, because these signals are bound to get louder and clearer, and become the norm.
7th July: Uranus Ingress Gemini
And finally Uranus steps into Gemini, straight after Venus has cleared the way and strewn it with her perfumed petals. We might all be intoxicated by the world of ai that Uranus in Gemini opens up, and surely as this increases, there will be more enticements to live a life connected to the digital world, social media and ai. Venus entering just before Uranus will be enhancing the temptation factor, so perhaps we can follow her path. Yet Venus, then Uranus, will be making a trine to the death card of Pluto in Aquarius, and this warns us that society as a whole may be sipping from a poisoned chalice.
Just like in the mid 1960’s when these two came together to give us the contraceptive pill. It was great for women’s liberation, but no one thought about the sacredness of sex that was being lost, or the hormones in the water, when the freedom it offered was unleashed on the public. With Saturn and Neptune in early Aries, it is down to our individual selves to proceed with caution and as much awareness as we can muster.
10th July: Capricorn Full Moon
The Moon in Capricorn agrees with this careful modus operandi and urges good planning, and selective financial conduct. Don’t be splashing out on frivolities, but save some of that cash to put to a good cause. The Capricorn Full Moon is the Big Daddy standing firm whilst those less powerful or inexperienced, cause mayhem and chaos.
13th July: Saturn Retrograde @ 1’ Aries
Neptune Retrograde is now edging closer to Saturn, yet they still don’t make an exact conjunction. And on 13th July, Saturn also turns retrograde, making this day, the closest moment for Saturn and Neptune to come together before their meeting in February 2026. They are 13 arc minutes apart which is minuscule and perhaps more potent. And for them both to retrograde within days feels like we should be alert to the karmic twists of fate, drawing us off one path, and on to another. This may feel like a backwards step, but do not be alarmed or perturbed, there is much to learn and to complete in the months leading to the end of November when Saturn moves forward again. Saturn Retrograde says we ought to clean this mess up in order to be clear and free for the February 2026 conjunction and its jettison into new paradigms.
18th July: Mercury Retrograde @ 15’ Leo
The fire signs are calling us to stay true to our own desires and feelings, no matter Pluto in Aquarius, tempting us into cultural and societal rabbit holes. The drama Mercury makes on his day of stationing retrograde may well help you keep in touch with your true feelings, and perhaps a deep dive here is needed. There may be scenarios, flirtations, sensational words spoken, but never is it more important to listen to your own heart during this Leo retrograde. The heart never lies and Mercury Retrograde in the sign of the King, will dramatically demonstrate our personal truth.
20th July: Virgo Mars Conjunct South Node @ 19’
You are going to have questions, and you want the answers. Mars is insistent that you get to the bottom of long held ideas or facts you have lived by, as Mars meets the South Node, which holds a candle to the past. You may get the feeling that things have gone on far too long in their current mode and you are duty bound to investigate the narrative once and for all. We all need to consider what was going on in light of new facts, and make a bold statement to cut ties, end the story, now. On 22nd and 23rd, Venus in Gemini will be squaring Mars, so perhaps you can have fun with your words…as they say, you can give one person 20 chances (sigh), or be the Venus in Gemini player and give 20 chances to a variety of people.
24th July: Leo New Moon, Trine Saturn Rx & Neptune Rx, Opposing Pluto Rx
Not for the first time this month, the fire signs are again in action, inviting, nay, igniting your passions, and your self belief. There may be turmoil around, and tons of ai gadgetry to distract you, but staying true to your convictions and being present for what matters is the call at this Leo New Moon. Every thing else seems to be drawing you back into old stories, or endless situations, but this New Moon is the signal to tear away from paradigms that keep you stuck pleasing everyone else. This is your chance to shine your own light and in doing so, there will be creative opportunities unfolding you hadn’t imagined.
30th and 31st July: Venus Ingress Cancer, Chiron Retrograde @ 27’
If you have followed your heart, Venus and Chiron are here to support what could have been heart breaking decisions. Venus in Cancer has the softly softly approach that will give you comforts and understanding - it can be hard being in the spotlight on your own. Chiron’s retrograde will draw the situations you have created into healing mode, and in opposition to the harmonious Moon in Libra, will soothe your emotions and your relations, to end the month in a very satisfying place.