will be briefly ‘out of bounds’ from the 28th to the 31st. This can indicate various things: the books you’re reading are outside the norm; your job can take you outside your normal sphere. In some cases you are seeing therapists or alternative health practitioners who are off the beaten track.
The month ahead is unusually prosperous. Money is rolling in. You’re still in the midst of a yearly financial peak, until the 21st, and children, children figures, bosses and authority figures are all supportive of your financial goals. Career might be slowing down, but not the financial life. On the 15th Venus moves into your money house and spends the rest of the month there. She is in her own sign and house and is therefore more powerful on your behalf. This spells extra earnings – stronger earning power. From the 17th to the 19th Venus travels with Uranus. This transit often brings sudden and unexpected financial benefit. Sometimes it doesn’t bring physical money, but expensive material objects instead. Your spouse, partner or current love – friends in general – are supportive financially and are bringing opportunity. You’re still in a very independent period (although it’s becoming less so day by day), but in finance the social graces are very important.
The love life is happy this month too. Venus, who does double duty in your chart as both the love planet and financial planet, is still in your 1st house until the 15th. Thus, as we mentioned last month, there’s no need for any special effort in the love department. Venus in your sign signals instant love – impetuous love – someone who falls in love quickly. But after the 15th this changes. You slow things down. You favour wealthy people. Material things – material gifts – attract you. You find love opportunities as you pursue your financial goals and often with people involved in your finances. The money people in your life like matchmaking these days.
June
Best Days Overall: 7, 8, 15, 16, 25, 26
Most Stressful Days Overall: 5, 6, 11, 12, 18, 19
Best Days for Love: 1, 11, 12, 20, 21
Best Days for Money: 1, 7, 8, 11, 15, 16, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Best Days for Career: 1, 9, 10, 18, 19, 27, 28, 29
Mercury remains ‘out of bounds’ until the 16th, so review our discussion of this last month. Mars, which has been ‘out of bounds’ since April 21, returns to his normal borders on the 12th. Your days of ‘wondering and wandering’ are winding down.
You’re leaving behind two very strong financial months. By the 9th, as Venus leaves your money house, finance becomes less important. Financial goals, the short-term ones at least, have been attained and you can shift your attention elsewhere. Your 3rd house of communication and intellectual interests became strong on May 21, and this month it is even stronger. So the mind is sharp and your communication skills are stronger than usual. Students below college level might want to take advantage of this and attend summer school – learning will be quicker and easier. But even non-students should become students this month. It is a very good time to attend lectures and seminars and to take classes in subjects that interest you. A good time to catch up on your reading as well. Your gift of the gab and intellectual knowledge will help the bottom line. You’re probably spending more on intellectual pursuits, too.
Until the 9th love is still materialistic and down to earth. You are the ‘material girl’ or ‘material boy’ these days. Love and social opportunities still happen as you pursue your financial goals and with people involved in your finances. But after the 9th, the venue for romance shifts. Now it happens in your neighbourhood and perhaps with neighbours. School and educational-type functions – lectures and seminars, the bookstore and the library – become venues for romance. A romantic date might be a lecture or class, rather than a night out on the town. While Venus was in Taurus (May 15 to June 9) wealth was a turn on. Now it is a person’s mind and speech that attract you. You like people who are easy to talk to, people you can share ideas with. In astrology we would say, people with whom there is harmony in the mental bodies.
Health is still good, but after the 21st it needs more attention. As always, make sure to get enough rest. Never allow yourself to get overtired. Low energy is the primal disease. After the 21st half of the planets are in stressful alignment with you, so focus more on health – and especially your emotional health. Diet seems an issue from the 4th to the 27th. Simple dietary changes can produce much wellness, but these things should be checked with a professional. Water-based therapies are powerful during this period. Swim in the ocean or river or lake. Spend more time around water. If this is not practical, take long soaks in the bath. You have a good connection to the healing powers of water from the 4th to the 27th.
Retrograde activity among the planets is heating up this month. We’re not yet at the pinnacle of it for the year (that will happen next month), but we’re close. This is hard for an Aries to take. The fast way, the short cut, might not really be the fastest way. Patience, patience, patience.
July
Best Days Overall: 4, 5, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 31
Most Stressful Days Overall: 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 16, 29, 30
Best Days for Love: 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 31
Best Days for Money: 1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31
Best Days for Career: 6, 7, 15, 16, 25, 26
Health is an important issue this month. Not only do we have at least half (and at times more) of the planets in stressful alignment with you, but we also have two eclipses that impact on you in a stressful way. So focus on health this month. Make sure (as always) to get enough rest. If possible, spend more time at a health spa, or schedule more massages or health treatments. Keep the mind focused on the essentials and don’t waste time and energy on trivia. Enhance the health in the ways mentioned in the yearly report. Chest massage is powerful all month, but especially until the 19th. After the 19th be more careful in dietary matters. Health will start to improve after the 21st, but will still need watching.
The two eclipses this month are replays (although not quite exact replays) of the eclipses of January. The solar eclipse of the 2nd occurs in your 4th house of home and family. So, there can be dramas at home – perhaps repairs are needed. There are dramas in the lives of family members (especially a parent or parent figure). This parent or parent figure has some financial crisis and dramatic change is needed (which will happen over the next six months). The family finances, as a whole, need to be changed. The strategy and thinking have been unrealistic, as the events of the eclipse will show. Children and children figures (ruled by the Sun in your chart) are always affected by every solar eclipse. So they need reduce their schedules over this period. Do your best to keep them out of harm’s way.
The lunar eclipse of the 16th occurs in your 10th house of career and is the second of three eclipses that happen here this year. So, there are more career changes and shake-ups. There are shake-ups in the corporate hierarchy and in your industry. Bosses, parents and parent figures – authority figures in your life – have personal dramas. Their marriages are being tested (this happened during the solar eclipse of the 2nd too). Again, repairs can be needed at home. Emotions are volatile in the family – perhaps there is some sort of crisis going on. Siblings and sibling figures in your life have a financial crisis, and dramatic changes will be needed in this area.
Retrograde activity is at its maximum for the year. Half of the planets are moving in reverse from the 7th onwards. Changes and decisions need to be made, but study things more carefully first.
Once the dust settles from the eclipses, you begin a yearly personal pleasure peak from the 21st onwards. Enjoy your life. Handle your challenges, but make time for some fun.
August
Best Days Overall: 1, 9, 10, 19, 20, 28, 29
Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 5, 11, 12, 26, 27
Best Days for Love: 1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 20, 21, 30, 31
Best Days for Money: 1, 9, 10, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 31