JULY 2024 Futurecast
July 2024 pokes holes in your ship- but you’re still sailing.
This month’s energy is Over-Under.
The keynotes are Juggling, Corrosion, Spectacle, & Vacation Mode.
Things appear to be working on the surface, but something is corroding underneath.
Overcompensating with extra flare or effort to cover up gaps.
Fresh bruises or old wounds. Drama resurfaces from problems you thought you could walk away from unscathed (especially if linked to July & Dec 2023)
Pre-Mercury Retrograde shadow period: preview of situations that will soon require transformation in August.
Keep an eye out for someone acting jealous, petty, or even outright deceitful regarding a relationship or financial matters.
Creativity, festivity, glamour, and good times; summer vacation mode.
Seeing the truth (and the fakers) within the spectacle.
Entertaining multiple people or multiple projects, but haven’t decided between options yet.
Sensual Feminine Retreat on 7/19-21 in Austin TX!
7/1-25 CREATIVITY.
Mercury in Leo + Neptune Retrograde.
Think + speak with more creativity + flare. Taste the palette of life’s variety in full flavor and color. This is not the time to live in black-and-white when the kaleidoscope of consciousness is so vibrant and juicy. Notice where your perspective has been flat, drab, or boring. Now’s the invitation to be imaginative, playful, and wonderous. Drama (of the best kind !) in how you consider each experience and in how you describe it to others. Embody an enthusiastic, regal quality in your approach to life by imagining, talking, and walking like an artisan of reality.
To do so, deconstruct illusions or blockages you’re holding in the realms of creativity, entrepreneurship, romance, and fun. What self-fulfilling prophecies are holding you back ? What are you really doing it all for? Does it make you happy? Are you enjoying yourself?
July gets you started on thinking more imaginatively and living more joyfully, though it takes through December for the creative process to completely unfold.
7/5 BEACON OF BEGINNINGS.
Cancer New Moon + Sirius.
A new beginning to shine more brightly arrives at one of the most favorable New Moons in 2024 when la luna cruises through the constellation of Cancer to align with the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius. The name Sirius means ‘the scorching one’ and the star is so bright that some people even call it the ‘Second Sun’ of our galaxy. Sirius is associated with renown, fame, illuminations, power, and passion. All hallmarks of a great leader or creator. Sirius signifies immense potency, and it magnifies everything- but, with a warning on effusiveness or overexpression. Its intense energy makes people shine brightly …and sometimes burn too brightly. Watch out for egomania and avoid the temptation of inflation.
Overall, Sirius should help illuminate your special place in the world, light the next steps on your path, and intensify any new seeds of possibility you’re planting.
You may intuitively sense that preparing for your next chapter will require a change of spaces, a family shift, or an uprooting from familiarity. Something that’s binding you to the past must adjusted to free up your future.
You might sort through your belongings, organize your space, and give things away. Objects hold energy and, as professional organizer Marie Kondo teaches, if it no longer brings you joy then get it out of there- move stuck energy so new things can flow in. Some people might even consider moving. Within domestic dynamics, you may have an important talk with family or household partners about what the future looks like. From a ritualistic perspective, this is an excellent time to build a home altar to honor your intentions (include the ancestors when asking for help !), perform a house cleansing or space blessing, cultivate a garden to symbolize growing new life, to do a land clearing or warding around your sacred space. Whatever you choose, choose something to fluff the foundation of your future.
7/11-8/4 JOYOUS.
Venus in Leo.
Spark creative expression and expand your awareness into potentiality by placing a higher value on enjoyment, affection, and generosity. Think like a King or Queen who has plenty to share, enjoys giving and recieving, leads others with integrity, knows how to have a good time at court, and delights in all aspects of their kingdom- big and small.
In business this month you’ll find a plethora of entrepreneurial ideas or new project concepts is emerging, you might update your brand image or presentation style with a bit of flair, and that entertaining clients is a beneficial way to establish an authentic human connection. Plus, the more dramatically or enthusiastically you pitch your product the more successfully you’ll sell.
Romantically, roll out the red carpet. Make your lover feel like a star who recieves the rose on The Bachelor/Bachelorette. Classic courtship is timeless. A bit of chivalry can lubricate even the tightest of locks. You’ll be most attracted to the person who appears to adore you the most.
7/15-17 OVER UNDER.
Mercury Retrograde Shadow + Mars-Uranus Conjunction.
Although many things appear to be working on the surface in your life, something is subtley corroding underneath. There are some holes in your ship, but you’re still sailing (for now). Where are you or others putting in extra flare and effort to cover up gaps ? You might already know what some of the underlying discomforts are, but, if you don’t, they will surely come into focus between mid-July into the end of August. Mid-July brings the Mercury Retrograde shadow period, giving you a preview ahead to changes that will occur in August. Pay attention to the people + situations that become highlighted now, as those will be the things that come under review next month.
Mid-July also brings a sudden change or uncomfortable surprise that kicks off the Mercury Retrograde shadow period with gusto. A door might suddenly open or close. On another note, this alignment can be prône to physical accidents or emotional outbursts- so just be careful. Positively used, it could be the push towards a much-needed wakeup call or intervention.
7/20-21 JUGGLING.
Mars in Gemini + Capricorn Full Moon.
Life involves lots of juggling from late July into September. You might be juggling multiple lovers or multiple projects, which is fine so long as you juggle everything to completion and don‘t leave a trail of half-baked endeavors. Multitasking can easily devolve into frenetic action; the impulse to do ‘all the things’ or get easily distracted by a ‘squirrel’.
Positively, it could make you want to dialogue more openly about all your various desires and interests (‘let’s talk about it or hash it out’). You’ll feel inclined to negotiate personal agreements or business documents to ‘strike a deal’, or even make a few quick trips during July, August, and September to go visit these multiple people or possibilities. Negatively, it could make those things feel chaotic if the mind is like a monkey (or the person you’re dealing with is!).
Additionally, the Capricorn Full Moon amplifies the explosion of busyness, your hope that one of the many new opportunities you’re entertaining will lead to success, and your inclination to pick the lover that seems like the highest achiever or the most resource stable.
Themes which began mid-June around the Summer Solstice may reach a progress point at the Capricorn Full Moon.
7/25-9/26 Mercury enters Virgo for almost two months due to the upcoming summer retrograde in August. Pay attention to the people + situations that become highlighted now, as those will be the things that come under review next month. It might sting just a tad as the Chiron Retrograde cycle simultaneously kicks in reletting some Summer 2023 karma over the next six months. Fresh bruises or old wounds/drama resurface from problems you thought you could walk away from unscathed (especially from July & Dec 2023).
Most people tell me it’s better than therapy, that they wish they’d done it soon, and that they wish they could take the money + time they’d spent on other self-help programs to do this first instead.
Quit wondering, stop worrying, start acting.