The Cosmic Connection
Rising sign horoscopes for July 17-23
♈Aries: Dialogue is the highlight of your week. Communication with others may be more challenging than usual. Source your voice from a place of forgiveness and peace.
♉Taurus: Self-worth is the highlight of your week. Valuing yourself and your time is most important. Create the future you envision regardless of what others think.
♊Gemini: Your connection to yourself is the highlight of your week. Remain in tune with your true north through anything trying to blow you off course. New beginnings are ahead.
♋Cancer: Hidden forces and patterns are the highlight of your week. Breaking up with the inner critic can create dramatic external shifts. Being honest with yourself will liberate you.
♌Leo: Creating your best life is the highlight of your week. Tests may arise from entanglements with belongings and others. Radiate love through every action and reaction.
♍Virgo: Your career and public image are the highlight of your week. This part of your life involves sharing your words and ideas. Expansion is possible through collaboration with others.
♎Libra: Higher learning is the highlight of your week. It’s time for a language arts lesson: Research the art of positive affirmations. Identify any impediments to self-acceptance.
♏Scorpio: Your shadow is the highlight of your week. As social life slows down, the invitation for quiet time with yourself emerges. Use it to explore feelings you may have been numbing.
♐Sagittarius: Treasured personal connections are the highlight of your week. Make dates with your closest confidants. Being with those you love will help ease tensions at work and home.
♑Capricorn: Your health and vitality are the highlight of your week. Source all forms of nourishment from your local environment. Remember that your body is the vessel to your soul.
♒Aquarius: Finding joy is the highlight of your week. Remember that love and beauty are unlimited resources. Connect with anything that makes your heart sing.
♓Pisces: Your authenticity is the highlight of your week. Personal transformation is a process of making positive changes for yourself. Relationships not supporting the change will fall away.
Weekly astrology summary:
We are on the brink of the most cosmically tense week of July. The second Mercury retrograde of the year begins July 18. Be aware of the classic mercury retrograde playlist, whose greatest hits include communication breakdowns, technology and electronics glitches, rescheduled plans, friendship tests, and travel interruptions. This one will be flavored with power dynamics between the expression of the human spirit and systems of oppression. Embrace a slower pace with ease and grace, dot your “I”s and cross your “T”s, carefully review contracts and legal agreements, and tune your minds and hearts to the hidden magic in any situation that arises. This retrograde ends on Aug. 11. The sun shifts into Leo on July 22, inviting us all to radiate and shine our light from the inside out. We enter the heart of the summer season here in southern New Jersey. Concurrently, Venus and Mars enter a tense lovers’ quarrel about something that needs to change to try something new. Underlying themes of the week are identifying patterns and old hurts that get in the way of being our truest selves and having the courage to face fears of the unknown with trust, humility, and heartfulness.
See the above horoscope for your rising sign for more specific insight and guidance. If you’re unsure what your rising sign is, you can email me at ursaalchemy@gmail.com, learn more in my info/tutorial video on my Ursa Alchemy YouTube channel, or cast your own birth chart for free on astro.com.
Ursula Duffy is a Professional Astrologer, Certified Aromatherapist and founder of Ursa Alchemy. Find her astrology readings and astrological aromatherapy services, teachings, podcast, get in touch and more at www.ursaalchemy.com or ursaalchemy@gmail.com.
