July 2010 forecast

With the Sun in your solar fourth house of home and family until 22 July, joined by Mercury until 9 July, you’re likely to be talking with tradies, builders, decorators, architects, real estate agents or council authorities about your home on 1, 9 and 10 July, with a fresh start indicated from the New Moon of 11 July. Those of you who have flatmates could get new ones, first home-buyers could have some great news, while many Aries parents can successfully use those dates to introduce household rosters to get the chores done.

One of the best bits of news for you is that Venus will be in your solar fifth house of love and creativity until 11 July, with Mercury joining the party from 9 July, and the Sun from 22 July. Whether you’re happily involved or single-and-looking, love and romance will sooooooo be on your mind this month! You’re totally in the mood for excitement, independence and freedom on 9 and 23 July, and you’ll definitely want to laugh, have a great time and be the centre of adoring fans on 11 and 26 July (well, maybe on 26 July – more on that in a moment). Some of you might feel a happy sense of reconnection with their partner while single parents could fall for someone older, more established or feel finally ready to settle down on 22 July.

All of these dates are excellent for achieving a loving closeness with your children if you have them, and you may have such a good time that you feel like having (another) one...You are super-fertile now! However, you could be very disillusioned with friends who lie to you on 8 and 20 July and as 26 July is equally deceptive AND the Full Moon, you may part ways with a pal who’s let you down once too often.

Venus then gets into your solar sixth house of work and health on 11 July, joining Saturn there until 21 July, Mars until 30 July, and Mercury from 27 July. You’ll be keen to network and get yourself out there talking to industry VIPs especially if you want to start working again. Don’t be surprised if you dive into surprisingly intense discussions around jobs, promotions, career, industry VIPs and schmoozing on 13 and 30 July which also happen to be ideal for getting the help you need to launch your own business. Working for yourself may be bubbling at the back of your mind anyway.

With Uranus and Jupiter both going retrograde in your solar first house of personality from 5 and 23 July respectively, you may notice some tense moments where your keenness to explore your options or to do your own thing may not go down so well with your boss on 25 July – it’s an us-or-them approach that offends. If you’re between jobs, you may resent the lack of choice.

Once Saturn enters your solar seventh house of relationships on 21 July, joined by Mars on 30 July, you also could have a face-off between your (business) partner (who wants stability, security and a commitment) and your own need for freedom and independence on 27 and 30 July. Watch out for enormous relationship stress and frustration on 31 July.