7/6 • Sun (energy and individuality) ~square~ Saturn (reality and purpose):
With this energy, it is best to understand that you can have two separate attractions within you – this: the obligation to others and the responsibility to the Self. It’s not nearly as bad as it seems, but it does bring up something that we all work very hard to balance on some level – ME AND OTHERS. How much do you owe to your Self and how much do you owe to others? Balance and reciprocity come to mind as guidelines. One of the challenges of this effect is that you make negative assumptions that there is no support for you when in fact you haven’t asked for help and you *need* to ask for help. Saturn brings up our relationship with time and some may feel restricted, as if life/other/external is too demanding and there is never time for just the individual. This activation gives impetus to growth. It’s time to somehow maintain your own structure and regain your inner power to control your own life. Others may have their lives falling apart because they have shied away from responsibility for so long and now there is no “room to move”. Instead of crashing, take a nap and resolve to wake up with a plan, a strategy for taking the next step, even if that means simply asking an older and wiser person for help or guidance. Now is the time to deepen your commitment and engage your Self in a whole new way. Recognize your current limitations and work with the resources you have for now. The Sun usually illuminates your essential core nature or Self, so see where you might be stuck and need to break out of some sort of rut, and trust that taking charge, making decisions, and choosing a direction is (actually) *calling in* help from the Universe to support your new direction.
7/7 • Neptune Rx ARIES (until 12/12):
As Neptune begins its sacred inward journey, we too are called to turn inward, to listen more deeply, to feel more fully, and to weave, strengthen, and strengthen the threads that connect our human form to our Eternal Spirit. This year’s Neptune Retrograde is particularly significant, as it is the first full review in Aries, and it stirs a great transition not only in us, but also in the Collective Soul. Neptune rules the invisible realms such as the dreamtime, mystical currents, and the ocean of consciousness from which all forms arise. It dissolves the veil between worlds, ego and soul, matter and reason. While the Moon reflects the personal womb, which is our own rhythms, needs and emotional memory, Neptune rules the collective womb. This is where humanity goes to remember who we really were before the world told us otherwise. Each year, when Neptune goes Retrograde, we are gently called back to this cosmic womb to remember our original essence, reconnect with Source, and renew the dream that called us here in the first place.
Retrograde Neptune not like Uranus or Pluto Retrogrades, which can often shake us up or confront us with change and force us into a sudden awakening. Neptune’s Remedy is subtler than water that wears away stone, or a mist that blurs the boundaries of certainty until only the essence remains. Gentle, but deeply effective. It works from the inside out, asking you to loosen your grip on what you think is real and open up to what is eternally true, within you and around you. This is not the time to charge ahead. This is the time to slow down, take a break, and process your feelings about the changes happening at this time.
Where Neptune Direct Encouraging you to pursue dreams and spiritual visions outwardly, Neptune Retrograde is an invitation to tend your own inner temple, dream privately, restore and re-imagine from the inside out. Read to remember. Sing to your soul’s delight. Dance not for performance, but for liberation. Create, not for the gallery, but for your own sacred healing and integration. This is spiritual food. It is the hydration of the soul. These next 5 months are a time of purification to reconnect with your Spirit Team and listen to the whispers of your Soul Self, which is you as you were before distortion and distraction. By regularly making room for these connections, your new vision will become stronger, clearer, and more rooted in your own truth and purpose.
The womb is not only a space of holding, but also a space of release. As you move through this Neptune Retrograde period, allow it to dissolve and flow out to make room for new energy and flow to come through you. Drop the masks. Let the illusions fade away. Trust that what remains will be your most essential Self, strong enough to birth the next, soft enough to receive Spirit’s guidance, and wise enough to follow it with courage and faith in the ultimate vision of your life. You don’t have to rush. You are in rhythm with the Cosmos. So for now: rest, dream, journal, paint, walk in nature, pray, sacrifice. Be quiet enough to hear your own Spirit speak. When Neptune becomes Direction at the end of the year, you will see more clearly what is spiritually true for you and what is ready to take shape in the new world you are helping to give birth to.
7/9 • Venus enters VIRGO (until 8/6):
Venus (values, priorities, resources, love, art, beauty, culture) in Virgo (earthly wisdom, lifestyle, and natural timing) is the time to focus on healing the mind-body connection and perfecting it in Spirit-Human form. Your current values and priorities should focus on how well your own life system is serving you and where you need to simplify your life to be more efficient. Since Virgo precedes Libra’s focus on relationships and other people’s responses (to you), I suggest that for now you keep the focus on yourself and what your mind, body, and spirit can actually handle and handle on a day-to-day basis. It’s time to release the unimportant, extraneous or unnecessary and make room for higher quality nutrition, inner clarity and self-discipline. Time to focus on quality control and question everything ~ is it worth it? Practical? Does it make sense to me personally? Is this natural? Is it really important or valuable? Venus rules our romantic and financial sector, and in Virgo you have to ask: is it really working?
Be sure to review the Relevant reflections and upcoming events the JULY Monthly mission and know that the links discussed in my forecast can often be found on my blog when you are looking for something specific.
