July is very much a retrograde month, with Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn all entering or leaving their backwards cycles. As such, slow down. Pause and reflect. Do less and notice what you’re left doing all the more. Sometimes it’s easier to savour and enjoy a lighter load, sometimes it’s necessary.
Venus in Virgo, from the 9th, puts us in a practical mood in our relationship realm. Love language is set to demonstrations of love, helpful support, favours and chores shared or halved. Do more than you talk about doing and your loved ones will appreciate and reciprocate it. Lead by example.
The continuation of Cancer season and the New Moon in Cancer lets us all get a relationship reset. Draw closer to your inner circle, family, or partner and talk about what the future holds, what hopes and fears you’re harbouring and how you can share the good and bad. When you’re all on the same side, pulling in the same direction, anything is possible.
Leo Season and Mercury Retrograde End
Leo season entering on 22nd brings the fun and passion back too, so you’ll be ready to put plans into action. The end of Mercury’s retrograde, on the 23rd, is always a good time to swing back into business, pick up the pace, and book those trips, holidays and moves that will shape the remainder of 2026 for you. Create things to work towards and look forward to. The reset has happened and you can return to your busyness!
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Aries: March 21 to April 20
Tarot cards for Aries for July: Eight of Swords, Temperance, The Moon. Meaning: A great mystery is going to be solved about a relationship that you spend a great deal of time (over)thinking about. And this epiphany moment is going to help resolve whatever the issues have been because, though you’ve tried to deny it, you are the root cause of it. And therefore you can change it. Overnight, just like that! It’s a mindset shift too, so nothing onerous or taxing is required. The Moon shows you receiving a revelation, a lightbulb moment, maybe around the New Moon in Cancer, maybe as the result of yet another conversation. And the deal is this: it’s more in your head than it is in real life. The Eight of Swords sees you projecting, assuming what they’re thinking, and then torturing yourself with that. And none of it’s true or real. So, you can just let it go, clear the decks and take them at face value vs an imagined villainous version. Temperance sweeps in to ground everything, make you feel secure again, and bring this relationship back to safe middle ground, in harmony and balance. Phew.
Taurus: April 21 to May 21
Tarot cards for Taurus for July: King of Swords, The Star, Judgement. Meaning: When you align what you’re good at with what folk truly want and demand, then resolve to make that happen… well, the sky’s the limit. You have a practical, realistic, shrewd nose for what folk like, need and will pay good money for. Judgement has you assessing the situation correctly once again. And the King of Swords is your calculating, enterprising side emerging to make the most of this insight, to turn it into a creative, future-proofed opportunity that you can invest it and earn rewards from. You are a great seller, inventor and organiser. Use these skills. The Star shows that amazing success lies ahead here. This time next year you could be a millionaire, as someone once said! It’s true though, you have everything you need to make a project, role or idea soar, and you’ve now also got the motivation and energy to see it through. Get to work. Bring us whatever it is we need. Make a fortune. This is your era, Taurus.
Gemini: May 22 to June 21
Tarot cards for Gemini for July: Two of Cups, The Wheel of Fortune, Nine of Cups. Meaning: You are more of a giver than a taker, all Geminis are. Selfless, in a way, and always ready to split things 60-40, in the favour of the other person (so long as they’re liked). It’s often a surprise to you when folk are spontaneously generous, loving or kind back, you sort of come to be self-sufficient quite young and often remain that way. That changes this July. Something shifts. The Wheel of Fortune brings a transformation, a good one as shown by the wish-making Nine of Cups. And the area impacted is the Two of Cups — your closest relationship/s. What’s changing is reciprocation, the balance, the give and take. It’s becoming more even in really unexpected and beautiful ways. Collaboration, alliance, co-creation. You are seeing how you can join forces and become more than the sum of two. You are seeing new potential for what you can create and deliver when you align on it. And this opens your mind to a whole new world. Enjoy it!
Cancer: June 22 to July 23
Tarot cards for Cancer for July: Five of Cups, Four of Coins, The Magician. Meaning: Sweep all sadness, regrets and doubts aside, Cancer, as your star sign season unfolds alongside your own wishful New Moon in Cancer, you can make new magic happen for yourself! The Five of Cups asks you to admit, acknowledge, and release a regret or sorrow you’ve been nursing. It is sapping energy and its moment has long passed, so let it go. Look ahead. The Four of Coins is bringing you a glow-up opportunity, a phoenix from the ashes story, a chance to go again, do over, and transform what was causing dissatisfaction or discontent. Transform. Rise. Change. The Magician puts the power in your hands. You have it all within you — the creativity, imagination, drive and charisma. You can reinvent yourself and your lifestyle and live the life you dream of. You truly can. Believe me. Do this. Do this for you.
Leo: July 24 to August 23
Tarot cards for Leo for July: Three of Coins, Nine of Swords, Ace of Wands. Meaning: Relationship renewal and repair is a major theme for you this July, as you start to look ahead to your birthday and another spin around the Sun. You have been nursing some resentment, jealousy, worry or dread regarding your bonds, perhaps projecting feelings of insecurity onto other people, seeing yourself in a negative (projected) light through their eyes. The Nine of Swords shows this is mostly vapour and hot air, created by an overactive mind. Get to the root cause of your insecurity, speak about it with someone trusted, and release this self doubt. The Three of Coins shows you are loved, admired and respected, there is nothing to fear from other people. Your Leo season brings a beautiful gift — a new beginning. The Ace of Wands can apply to travel, education, creativity, career, lifestyle or friendship. You’re going to receive a birthday treat from the cosmos that feels authentically you, and uplifts your spirits.
Virgo: August 24 to September 23
Tarot cards for Virgo for July: Three of Wands, The Lovers, Knight of Cups. Meaning: A random encounter with someone leads to a tempting offer that you really, deep down, suspect you should say no to… but you feel strangely compelled to throw caution to the wind for once and say yes. The Lovers and the Knight of Cups puts the odds on this being something romantic and intense, something that feels like fate. And it will change the course of your life, for sure; one of those sliding door moments. Choose carefully. Maybe fate is doing all of this for a reason, putting a new option in front of you because you need it. Not necessarily to take it up, but to pressure test and measure the passion you have for what you’ve already got. The Three of Wands reveals you can go either route, and neither is ‘wrong’, as such, but each one leads to a very different destination. So imagine the road ahead and consider your appetite for it before saying no or yes. This is a major pivot point.
Libra: September 24 to October 23
Tarot cards for Libra for July: The Fool, Two of Coins, The World. Meaning: When you open up to everything the world has to offer you — every invite, every option, every glimmer or slim chance — you realise you are abundant in choice, you can really do anything from this point. There is so much more available than you realise, because we all get set in our routines, expectations and ruts. The Fool reveals you are going to step out of your rut and see all that you could be doing instead. The Two of Coins reveals a glut of opportunity. And once you notice it, and welcome it, then more and more will flow towards you, drawn by your magnetic interest. The World shows this will lead to new purpose and goal-setting, a broader perspective, a greater climb to a much more rewarding destination, and possibly travel or even location change too. It all starts with expanding your perception, and that all starts this July.
Scorpio: October 24 to November 22
Tarot cards for Scorpio for July: Six of Cups, Nine of Wands, The Wheel of Fortune. Meaning: Looking to your past will help you forge the ideas, purpose, and glinting steely ambition to design and execute your future. This is a pivot month, of pausing to reflect and then rebuild. The Six of Cups asks you to wander Memory Lane, specifically seeking powerful moments of success, achievement, pride and glory. Where were you winning, who with, and how? The Nine of Wands promises that it is not so hard to imagine building on these successes in the future. Extracting the essence of why you won and replicating it in other fields, areas, and roles. The secret of your success is waiting to be revealed. Once you have the formula, test it out. The Wheel of Fortune will bring ample opportunities to use this equation to focus differently, on new things, in a different way, and reap the rewards. You have figured something very important out this retrograde season… maybe you just needed to slow down and remember.
Sagittarius: November 23 to December 21
Tarot cards for Sagittarius for July: Eight of Swords, Temperance, The Moon. Meaning: The Full Moon in Cancer on July 14 is a powerful day for you; a day of reckoning to some degree. No more running from what lies inside or feels heavy, difficult or scary. The Moon shows that when you understand the nature, trigger, and root cause of your suppressed feelings, you will unlock a massive personal insight and opening for growth. And change. And progress. Know yourself first. The Eight of Swords shows this is likely around your projections or assumptions about what other people think of you and have in store for you. Somehow you feel it will be negative and you’ve been shrinking, diminishing and overthinking these fantasy outcomes. When you realise this is all projection, the relief and freedom will be tangible. You have simply been imagining the worst. It’s not real. Let it go. Come back to who you really are and what it is you most want to do. Temperance has you back in business by the time Leo season rolls around on July 22, feeling confident, charismatic, warm and ready for action. You feel strong and settled in your own selfhood and eager to make the most of an exciting summer season. This look in the cosmic mirror is restorative and empowering.
Capricorn: December 22 to January 21
Tarot cards for Capricorn for July: Eight of Cups, The Devil, Ten of Cups. Meaning: The Devil is your sign’s talisman card, representing your worldliness, materialism, serious ambition and sophistication. It also shows you might be in danger of being your own worst enemy right now, especially when it comes to your close relationship/s. You can be extremely stubborn! You mustn’t fall prey to old habits and patterns that you stick to even though things have changed, there’s no need to act this way, and you know, deep down, it’s not helping. Admit you’re open to new ideas or approaches, and test them out. This is not defeat, it’s progress! The Eight and Ten of Cups asks you to start with a disappointment, a let down, a setback, that you would typically judge harshly, write off, and never allude to again. How about a second chance? How about coming at it from a different angle and seeing what unfolds? These cards promise that a beautiful era of fellowship, friendship and super hot passion could ensue from just being open to second chances and do overs. It won’t feel like backing down, it will feel good.
Aquarius: January 22 to February 19
Tarot cards for Aquarius for July: Knight of Wands, Strength, Knight of Coins. Meaning: Courage, mercy and optimism — these qualities will help elevate your July to epic proportions! Be like a Knight — striving to do your best, for the best, with the best of intentions for all — and Karma will reward you. The Knight of Wands and Coins both offer you their suit’s powers; courage, optimism, compassion, practicality and mercy. The ability to understand, not judge, and do something positive to make things better. Being kind and strong is simply lending others your strength when they are weak. Be that Knight. Be the one that makes situations better. The Strength card brings you all of the power you need, and more. In fact, seeing others in need and making a difference will boost your own self esteem and perception to such a level that your own issues will seem so obvious and easy to resolve, and you will. Helping others helps you this July, maybe that is the Cancer season energy infiltrating your sign.
Pisces: February 20 to March 20
Tarot cards for Pisces for July: Seven of Cups, King of Coins, The Moon. Meaning: Your planet, Neptune, is in retrograde all month which makes you look inwards, seek the truth of your current situation and how you feel about it, and your intentions as a result. The Moon and King of Coins join forces to bring you both the insight, wisdom and motivation to see things as they are and take steps about it. Sometimes you can daydream your way through problems, as seen by the imaginative Seven of Cups, and take solace in adding a veneer of illusion and magic to everyday life, hiding the flaws and scars. Your rose-tinted glasses are fully off for July, but it actually feels empowering and you’re glad to be taking action and taking control, rather than letting these things rumble on and keep hurting you. This is a powerful month, Pisces.
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