Your July horoscope

June 26, 2026

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Your July 2026 horoscope

Happy July!

This month we are asked to consider what we feed and how we let ourselves be fed. Cancer season turns our attention inward toward the tender architecture of nourishment, and the parts of us that both hold and provide. The body parts ruled by Cancer include the chest, breasts and stomach. Because this sign is so woven with the instinct to nurture, it also governs the womb, the diaphragm and the lymphatic system. These are the places where we metabolize not only food but feeling. It is where we store what we have been given and sometimes hold far longer than we should. July also gifts us the clarity of a Mercury cazimi and the New Moon in Cancer. It then opens into the Full Moon in Aquarius and Jupiter’s cazimi in Leo. Enjoy this bright and generous month!

Key astrological dates in July 2026

July 12 Mercury cazimi in Cancer (retrograde clarity)

July 14 New Moon in Cancer

July 22 Sun enters Leo

July 23 Mercury stations direct

July 29 Full Moon in Aquarius

July 29 Jupiter cazimi in Leo (abundant blessing)

Aries (March 21 – April 19)

July invites you home, Aries, into the parts of yourself you usually rush past. Cancer season settles into your fourth house of home and family. This is the deep emotional bedrock beneath everything you build, and for a sign as forward-leaning as yours this can feel like a pull toward the interior that your nature does not always know what to do with. Your chest and your belly are the body’s barometers this month, so when something domestic or ancestral stirs, you may feel it as a tightness beneath the ribs or butterflies in the stomach. After nearly eight years of Chiron traveling through your sign and tending the deepest wound of who you are allowed to be, the wounded healer has now moved on into Taurus. This is good news as you may feel that relief of something finally loosening its grip. When the New Moon in Cancer arrives on July 14, you are offered a tender and protected beginning around your sense of belonging. The Full Moon in Aquarius on July 29 shines a bright light on your friendships and the communities you move through, asking you to notice where you feel genuinely held among others. The Jupiter cazimi in Leo on the very same day pours an abundance of creative joy directly into your life. Let yourself receive the largeness of it, Aries.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20)

Cancer season moves into your third house of communication, Taurus. These are your thoughts and daily exchanges that make up the texture of your life. During July, you may find your mind unusually busy and your conversations tinged with more feeling than usual. The chest and the stomach hold the weather of this month, so notice whether a difficult exchange settles as a knot in your belly or a heaviness across your breast that lingers longer than the moment that caused it. Chiron the wounded healer has now entered your sign for a long stay. This means the deepest and oldest tenderness around your sense of worth will slowly rise to the surface to be met. Receive this passage as the gift it is, even when it aches.

The Mercury cazimi on July 12 brings a luminous flash of understanding through a conversation or a message. When the New Moon in Cancer arrives on July 14, you are offered a new beginning around what you choose to tell yourself in the privacy of your own mind. As the Sun enters Leo on July 22 and Mercury stations direct the following day, the warmth moves into your fourth house of home and emotional foundations, and clarity on something you have been waiting for begins to come through. The Full Moon in Aquarius on July 29 illuminates your career and your public standing, bringing a chapter of your ambitions to a point of honest culmination.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20)

After a month of being everywhere at once, Gemini, you may find yourself starting to settle a bit. Cancer season moves into your second house of money and resources. The quicksilver part of you that loves motion is now asked to consider what actually sustains you when the pace starts to slow. This month, notice whether a worry about security sits in your belly or presents itself in your breath as something tighter, because the body will tell you which fears are real and which are simply old companions passing through. The Mars-Uranus conjunction in your sign on July 3 is in your first house. This could bring about an unexpected restlessness so give that energy somewhere generous to go. Since Mercury is your ruling planet the Mercury cazimi on July 12 is a particular gift for you. Something you have been turning over finally shows you its truth. When the New Moon in Cancer arrives on July 14, you may find a new sense of security around your money and your sense of your own worth. As the Sun enters Leo on July 22 and Mercury stations direct the next day, the mental fog of the past few weeks finally lifts. The Full Moon in Aquarius on July 29 brings a sense of clarity to your beliefs and the bigger questions about how you want to live.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22)

Happy birthday, July Cancer! As the Sun moves through your sign it lights up your first house of self and body making this a powerful time to ask what you truly need rather than what you habitually give. Your ruled body parts which are the chest, breast, stomach, digestive and lymphatic systems are fully activated now, meaning your body is asking to be nourished and allowed to release whatever it has been holding. Notice where you store your feelings as physical fullness and let yourself drain what no longer needs to stay. The Mercury cazimi in your sign on July 12 will show you something true about yourself or your direction. Consider keeping a journal of things that come up in dreams. With the New Moon in your sign on July 14, you enter a deeply fertile moment to set intentions around the projects you wish to mother into being. The Full Moon on July 29 asks whether your daily work and health routines truly serve the body you live in. You give so much, Cancer. Let this be a month where you also receive.

Leo (July 23 – August 22)

Happy birthday July Leo! Something magnificent is gathering for you this month. While Cancer season holds the first weeks, the Sun moves through your twelfth house of rest, which asks you to do something unfamiliar and retreat for a little while before the spotlight finds you. The diaphragm is your body’s teacher here. It is that great muscle beneath the lungs that supports the breath. When feeling tense, exercise this muscle to find release. The Mars-Uranus conjunction in Gemini on July 3 brings about an unexpected connection or a jolt of energy moving through a group you belong to. With the New Moon on July 14, you are offered a chance to set intentions around the release of whatever you have been carrying in secret. As the Sun crosses into your sign on July 22 your season officially begins and you feel yourself stepping back into your own skin again. The Full Moon on July 29 illuminates your seventh house of partnership, bringing a relationship better into focus. When Jupiter meets the Sun in your sign that same day, a once-yearly blessing will crown you with so much possibility. Walk into it knowing the months ahead are yours to fill.

Virgo (August 23 – September 22)

July is asking something significant of you this month, Virgo, particularly in the realm of friendship. Cancer season moves through your eleventh house of community and the dreams you hold for the future. You may feel your attention drawn toward the people around you and the question of whether they truly nourish you. Speaking of nourishment, the stomach is a sensitive center where you digest not only food but your emotional climate. Be mindful of holding worry in the gut, especially around social situations. With the Mars-Uranus conjunction in Gemini on July 3 expect development around something you’ve been working toward. Around July 10, something from the past drifts back in your life. Mercury, your ruling planet, has a cazimi on July 12. This should bring new insight around a friendship. The New Moon on July 14, offers a fresh beginning around your community and the future you wish to build. At the end of the month, the Full Moon will illuminate your sixth house of daily work and health, bringing your routines and your wellbeing into honest focus. Remind yourself to tend the small things this month, Virgo. They are how you build a life that holds.

Libra (September 23 – October 22)

Libra, you may start to feel your work in the world and your reputation building. Because Cancer season moves through your tenth house of career and public life, you may sense the weight of your ambitions more keenly than usual. Notice the chest as your guide this month. It is the place where you will feel any pressure when responsibility gets too intense. Remember to let your breath help open the space again. The New Moon on July 14 uncovers a fertile moment to set intentions for where you are headed vocationally. As the Sun enters Leo on July 22 and Mercury stations direct the following day, the warmth moves into your eleventh house of friendship and community, drawing you back toward the people who lift you. At the end of the month, the Full Moon in Aquarius will illuminate your fifth house of creativity and play, bringing your relationship to joy back into focus. That same day Jupiter meets the Sun in your house of friendship, opening something generous in your wider circle. Let yourself be carried by good company this month, Libra. Your ambitions are better tended when you are not holding them alone.

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)

Scorpio, you may feel a restless longing early in the month. Follow that pull, because it is your soul asking to be expanded. This energy could gather in the chest area, so remember to breathe into it and trust that the ache of wanting more is a sign you are still beautifully alive. With the Mars-Uranus conjunction in Gemini on July 3, expect a sudden shift around something you share with another person. This could be a resource, or a private matter that has needed resolving. On July 12 an understanding around a belief or a journey will switch on like a light inside you. The New Moon a few days later offers a hopeful new beginning around your sense of meaning. Take it as an invitation to set intentions for where you wish to wander and what you wish to learn next. At the end of the month, the Full Moon in Aquarius will illuminate your fourth house of home and family, bringing your emotional foundations into the forefront. Around the same time, something genuinely generous in your work and your standing in the world is presented. Good things are moving toward you, Scorpio. Let yourself believe you are allowed to receive them.

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)

July takes you into deep waters this month, Sagittarius, and asks you to meet them with a little more tenderness than your adventurous nature usually slows down for. Cancer season moves through your eighth house of intimacy, exposing that something must end so a new chapter can begin. The womb is your symbolic guide this month. It is the ancient seat of creation and release, reminding you that there are seasons for holding and seasons for letting something be reborn. Trust what is asking to be released in you. On July 3, expect a sudden development within a close partnership. Midmonth, the New Moon offers a new perspective around how you view trust. On July 22, the Sun will enter a fellow fire sign. This will be in your ninth house of meaning and travel, and your natural longing for the far horizon returns with fresh zest. At the end of the month, the Full Moon in Aquarius will bring a conversation or a long-circling thought into clear focus. That same day there is a Jupiter cazimi, your own ruling planet, in your house of meaning and adventure. Expect something expansive to open showing you a bright path ahead.

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)

Capricorn, July turns your gaze toward close relationships. You may hear from the people closest to you that they require more presence. Let them in a little. The breasts and chest hold the lesson this month. This is the part of the body tied to nurturing, and your lesson is to notice whether you receive care as easily as you give it. You carry so much for so many. Let someone carry a little of you. With the Mars-Uranus conjunction in Gemini on July 3, expect a sudden shift in your daily work or your health, a development that may rearrange your routines with little warning. We know you like to build things, and the New Moon on July 14 is a perfect opportunity to set intentions for the kind of connection you truly wish to cultivate. As the Sun enters Leo on July 22, your eighth house of intimacy and shared resources comes alive, deepening something that has been waiting just below the surface. At the end of the month, the Full Moon in Aquarius will illuminate your second house of money and self-worth, highlighting your relationship to your own value. You have done so much on your own, Capricorn. This month invites you to let others do some of the heavy lifting.

Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)

Aquarius, you are being asked to slow down and tend to the small, daily business of being human. This month, your health and routines will be the focus, so you may feel the pull to get your days in order and clean up the little things that have been piling in the corners. For you, the stomach will be activated this month, so if your belly feels off when life gets busy, take it as a signal to slow your pace and feed yourself nourishing foods. Early in the month, expect a sudden spark in your creative or romantic life. Midmonth, there will be new information or insight around your work or your wellbeing. The New Moon on July 14 asks for intentions around the daily life you envision for yourself that actually feels good to live. At the end of the month, the Full Moon in Aquarius falls in your own sign. This is your big lunation of the year. Utilize this opportunity to ask yourself who you are becoming and what you are ready to release. That same day Jupiter is lit up by the Sun in your house of partnership, opening something generous and warm in a close relationship. Let this month show you just how far you have come, and celebrate that.

Pisces (February 19 – March 20)

July is a month to remember what lights you up. Cancer season moves through your fifth house of creativity, pulling you toward whatever makes you feel most like yourself. Let yourself follow those things that have no purpose beyond delight. The lymphatic system is your focus this month. This is the body’s way of clearing away what it no longer needs, and as a fellow water sign you understand that everything moves better when it is allowed to flow. Keep yourself moving and hydrated and let the stagnant things drain. During the New Moon on July 14, you are urged to set intentions for what you wish to make and how you wish to play. As the Sun enters Leo on July 22, your sixth house of health and daily routine is highlighted, inviting you to bring a little more care into the rhythm of your days. At the end of the month, the Full Moon in Aquarius asks for rest. Honor that time of reset, Pisces, because it is how your spirit often finds its way home.

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