On July 20th, the shift begins; Jupiter is trine to Neptune. Jupiter is expansion, and Neptune is the illusion and the spiritual, and is positive. We are all on a hero’s journey.

Jupiter opposite Pluto retrograde is the expansion and the intense transformation.

Jupiter is in a sextile to Uranus, thinking outside the box and expecting the unexpected.

The Sun enters Leo on July 22nd. Leo is generous and is the strongest sign in the zodiac because it is ruled by the Sun.

July 22nd, Neptune is in a sextile to Pluto retrograde; Neptune is the dreamer, the one who manifests reality. Pluto’s orbit is irregular. The intensity is still there, but answering to Saturn, which is in Aries, a sign that is too impulsive. Pluto is breaking norms and causing profound upheavals.

On July 23rd, Mercury retrograde ends and enters the shadow period. In astrology, a shadow period is defined as a specific period of time that occurs both before and after a planet’s retrograde period, starting when the planet first passes the degree of the zodiac that it will eventually retrograde back to and ending once it eventually passes the degree that it originally stationed retrograde at.

On July 27, the Nodes change signs, the North Nodes in Leo, and the South Nodes in Aquarius. We are looking at how to be more creative and help the collective.