WEEK OF July 1 – 7, 2024
Keep a tighter grip on your wallet starting this Tuesday, July 2, Aquarius. Foggy Neptune joins your co-ruler, no-nonsense Saturn when it turns retrograde in Pisces and your second house of income and security for five months. Working your butt off to make bank only goes so far if you burn it as fast as you earn it. Hopefully, Water Bearer, you’ve squirreled away a few nuts for those big-ticket expenses that always arise in summer. This annual backspin isn’t only an “annoyance.” Pay attention, and you might become aware of your fiscal foibles as well as strategies for getting on more solid ground. With distracted Neptune in reverse, you may need some clear-cut systems to avoid slipping into bad habits like compulsive shopping or even mindless spending. And should you find yourself struggling to implement any “policy changes” during this cycle, at least you’ll gain more clarity about how you operate.
Draining financial habits aren’t life sentences, and it’s only with awareness that you can, for example, become more disciplined about spending too freely or realizing that you’re not earning enough to support your lifestyle. This probably isn’t coming from out of the blue. Neptune’s been trekking through your second house since 2012 and will finally move onto your third house in March 2025—but then it’ll have one final retrograde next year before it moves on forever! Consider this an invaluable opportunity to get a handle on what you most desire, then map out a game plan to achieving those goals.
Are you being honest about your commitment needs? Starting this Tuesday, your tongue may feel liberated when it comes to expressing those desires. Messenger Mercury zips into loyal Leo and your seventh house of partnership, encouraging you to speak what’s in your heart. The next three weeks are ideal for calm and objective discussions about what each of you is feeling and wanting. Lead with an open mind and heart, and be more strategic than reactive. With articulate Mercury as a guide, you will find just the right words and tone to communicate your concerns clearly AND lovingly. The seventh house rules all kinds of relationships, including professional alliances. Any dynamic duet that starts now has the potential to be auspicious, but you still have to do your due diligence and get things in writing.
Your health moves from the back burner to the front this Friday, when the year’s only Cancer new moon lands in your sixth house of self-care and service, aligned with the Sun and close to beautifying Venus. New moons are associated with fresh starts. Single out a few habits you’d like to adopt—and a few you’d like to drop—and stick to those. Swap out food with no nutritional value (with processed sugar and flour) and replace them with whole foods for a few weeks and see how you feel. But don’t beat yourself up for past offenses. Focus only on the NOW. Set a couple concrete, measurable goals, like training for a half marathon or breaking a food addiction, and find ways to stay motivated. Friday’s lunation is a perfect opportunity to start any positive behavior and to recommit to taking phenomenal care of yourself. And if you’ve had any nagging aches and pains, make the appropriate appointments.