LUNAR NODES ENTER AQUARIUS-LEO AXIS ON 27 JULY 2026 The transiting nodes are reality checks on our soul path… On July 27, the true Lunar Nodes will enter the Aquarius-Leo axis after having been in the Pisces-Virgo polarity since January 2025. So, the modality will change from Mutable (Water-Earth) to Fixed (Air-Fire). With the North Node transiting the sign of Aquarius this could be a good moment to refine your powers of persuasion and to teach others why diversity makes the world a better place and that there is no need to judge or fear those who hold different views to our own (in [...]
SATURN’S 5-MONTH RETROGRADE PERIOD STARTS 26 JULY 2026 Isn’t it time to question the warfare and aggressiveness that’s all around us? Saturn will station retrograde at 14°45’ Aries (antiscion 15°15’ Virgo) on 26 July to station direct at 07°56’ Cancer on 10 December.
FULL MOON IN AQUARIUS 29 JULY 2026 One for all and all for one…or is it? This Full Moon occurs at 06°30’ Aquarius (antiscion 23°30’ Scorpio), a Fixed, Air sign ruled by Saturn (traditional ruler) and Uranus (modern ruler).
MERCURY STATIONS DIRECT IN CANCER Thoughts, plans and emotions should now be disentangled Mercury stations direct 23 July at 16°25’ Cancer (antiscion 13°35’ Gemini). Cancer, being a Water sign, is all about feelings and emotions and, being ruled by the Moon, how these fluctuate in time.
PLUTO’S DANCE IN AND OUT OF BOUNDS IN SOUTHERN DECLINATION Last year in August, Pluto went in and out of bounds for the first time after seventy-two years, the last time it was in and out of bounds in this manner was from February 1938 to May 1953 during the planet’s stay in Leo and it was an OOB in Northern declination.
OOB NEW MOON IN CANCER 14 JULY 2026 heading home...right? The New Moon will occur in the maternal sign of Cancer at 21°59’ (antiscion 08°01’ Gemini). Being in its own sign this is obviously a very dignified Moon, loving and caring, or perhaps not since the Moon is also OOB. OOB Moons are known to have a very personal idea of what mothering might mean.
VENUS ENTERS VIRGO 9 JULY 2026 Miss Modesty Venus in Virgo intellectualises love and intimacy and is also pretty good at maths when it comes to managing finances so keeping a check on over-spending could be a welcome (and necessary for some of us) break after the Leo extravagance.
NEPTUNE STATIONS RETROGRADE IN ARIES 7 JULY 2026 Neptune is said to be the higher octave of Venus and a couple of days after Neptune stations, Venus will enter the sign of Virgo (where Aries has its antiscion). Neptune will begin its annual 5-month retrograde period on 7 July at 04°25’ Aries (antiscion 25°35’ Virgo) and will turn station to turn direct on 12 December at 01°37 Aries.
MERCURY RETROGRADE IN CANCER Thoughts, plans and emotions are all entangled Mercury stations retrograde on 29 June at 26°15’ Cancer (antiscion 03°45’ Gemini). Cancer, being a Water sign, is all about feelings and emotions and, being ruled by the Moon, how these fluctuate in time. Mercury is a little out of sync in Cancer, finding some minor dignity only between 10-20° of the sign. Being a Water sign, Cancer is far too emotional for “all-in-my-head” Mercury.
JUPITER IN LEO 29-30 JUNE 2026 So many things can be said about the year we are now in. The outer planets have all moved and there has been the Saturn-Neptune conjunction. Jupiter was last in the sign of Leo from 16 July 2014 to 11 August 2015, its stay there was continuous with no back and fro between previous or subsequent signs. The same pattern will occur this time too with the ingress of Jupiter into Leo on 29-30 June and its departure on 26 July 2027.