We might be at a point in this turbulent year where we’re ready to give up on anything ever being stable again. Many of us have resigned ourselves to the relentless onslaught of change and upheaval. We may have also trained ourselves to tolerate the unrecognizable so that we’re less consistently shocked. But, as the summer retrograde parade commences, we’ll be able to backtrack over familiar territory in the hopes of integrating the twists and turns of early 2025.
The first planet to station retrograde in July is Neptune. After barely making it into the sign of Aries in March, the gaseous god of the sea turns the tide on July 4th. That day is also host to Venus’s conjunction with Uranus in Taurus just hours before it enters Gemini. This day could contain reversals, confusion, and deep cravings for novelty. A few days later, on the 7th, revolutionary Uranus enters Gemini after a seven-year stint in Taurus. This is the biggest transit of the month, and introduces possible quantum leaps in technology, communications, and travel.
The first lunation of the month is a steadying full Moon in Capricorn on July 10. This full Moon is ruled by Saturn, who is preparing for its retrograde on the 13th. This mid-month period encourages us to slow our roll and reflect on some of the foundations we began to lay in the spring. We may embark on our first round of tweaks. Speaking of adjustments (and adjustments to our speech), Mercury stations retrograde in Leo on the 18th. We may feel compelled to revisit how we’ve presented ourselves in the past and retool our ego expression. The Sun enters Leo on July 22, creating an interesting tension between our desire to be seen and our desire to hide while we’re reconstructing our persona.
This article appears in July 2025.
