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Love Monthly for Month Commencing: Tuesday 01 July 2025

	Aries	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Mar 21 - Apr 19
Considering that the Sun doesn’t return to your romantic sector until 23rd July, the point in each year when the solar spotlight will always shift onto matters of the heart and all things romantic, there is already a lot of history. Venus, who returned to Aries in early February for what is normally a 24 day visit, didn’t leave until last month, as did Mars, who returned to your romantic sector in November 2024 for what is normally a six week visit. While the planets of love and passion have moved on, they have left behind a legacy, a clear path and they have established a pattern that is going to continue. That pattern is planets shifting their focus onto matters of the heart, but then are reluctant to move on. Set to repeat that pattern is Mercury, the planet of communication, who at the end of last month returned to your romantic sector to begin what is normally a 14 to 15 day mission to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page. Instead, a retrograde turn on 18th July will keep Mercury here until September, with the Sun only just returning on 23rd July. Often, the Sun’s return is the first point in the year when there is any activity on the romantic front but by then, it will have been nearly nine months since Mars returned to kick things off. With Venus held back by her own retrograde phase and not returning until later next month, you haven’t even got to the most romantically charged weeks of the year. Instead, while Mercury is working to give your heart a voice, Venus will spend from 5th July to 31st July in your communication sector, with her mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice putting the planets of love and communication on parallel tracks. With no planetary activity in your relationship sector, the Moon’s return from 2nd July to 4th July and again from 29th July to 31st July will be both a chance to check in and take advantage of the growing communication support. Meanwhile, it is the Moon’s return to your romantic sector from 25th July to 27th July that shortly after returning will see it align with the Sun to create the most romantically charged New Moon of 2025.

	Taurus	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Apr 20 - May 20
After spending so long in retrograde motion and months slowly transiting backward and forward between a nostalgic and reflective and a social and serendipitous part of your chart Venus, the planet of love is on the move and picking up speed. In all, Venus will spend time in three areas of your chart, albeit in your communication sector for just a few hours when returning on 31st July to begin her belated mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice. Importantly, Venus will begin the month in Taurus and while she will leave on 7th July, this will have an impact on the rest of the month. When Venus returns to Taurus each year, it is to update your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year, usually during or close to your birthday month. Held back by a retrograde phase, that was not the case this year, which has worked to your advantage on the romantic front. Had Venus moved through during your birthday month, she would have been long gone when Mars returned to your romantic sector last month. Instead, Venus has been here to witness and help guide the early weeks of the most romantically charged months of 2025. With Mars not leaving until next month, he will continue to fire up your romantic passions and fighting spirit through July. Meanwhile, Venus also returned to Taurus this year to find the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment in your relationship sector. It was there clash late last month that has also helped to define what you want from your relationships and what they need from you. Together, Juno and Mars are making Venus’ mission to update your romantic desires and expectations for the coming year a lot easier and especially as they will stay on to help turn those desires into reality. Meanwhile, helping to give the spirit of romance a boost is starting the month with the Moon in your romantic sector until 2nd July, then returning again from 27th July to 29th July. With Juno turning direct in your relationship sector on 11th July, the Moon’s return from 4th July to 7th July will be a chance to go into this emotionally engaged and aware.

	Gemini	Tuesday 01 July 2025	May 21 - Jun 21
With no planetary activity in your romantic or relationship sectors this month, the focus is on the Moon’s monthly visits to each and also on Venus, the planet of love as she reaches an important point in the heavens. It is from 2nd July to 4th July that the Moon will not only make the first of two visits to your romantic sector that it will make this month but during Venus’s final days in a nostalgic part of your chart. These romantically charged lunar vibes will be steeped in a mix of romantic nostalgia and anticipation, as the nostalgic trip down love’s memory lane that Venus has been taking your heart on draws to a close. With Venus leaving and returning to Gemini on 5th July, these romantically charged lunar vibes will amplify an already strong sense of romantic nostalgia, but also a sense of anticipation as she nears a return to your sign and the promise of new beginnings. Held back by a retrograde phase earlier in the year, Venus is late returning to Gemini this year but once the planet of love is here, she won’t leave until 31st July, spending nearly the whole of July updating your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year while using the laws of attraction to start turning those desires into reality. The Moon will return to your romantic and relationship sectors while Venus is here and while in each case, they are ordinary monthly visits, as the only ones this year while the planet of love is in Gemini, they will be important for defining the coming year. It is two days after Venus returns that the Moon will not only move through your relationship sector from 7th July to 9th July, but will come full circle from last month’s Full Moon. While the Moon will clash with Venus as it moves through, this will help establish what you want from your relationships and what they need from you while you have Mercury, the planet of communication in your communication sector all month to ensure the communication lines are open. It is while the Moon is back in your romantic sector from 29th July to 31st July that Venus will leave Gemini, with her final days likely to be the most romantically charged.

	Cancer	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Jun 22 - Jul 22
When the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment returned to your romantic sector in November 2024, it was to begin what is normally the three month chance that you get every four weeks to give your heart a sense of resolve and commit to making matters of the heart a priority. This was always going to mean that you were going to move into 2025 with that sense of resolve and while Juno did leave in February, a retrograde turn not only brought her back for a do over, but she is here now until October. Last month, things got a lot better for Juno and matters of the heart, when the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter all returned to your romantic sector. Mercury formed a friendly aspect to Juno before leaving late last month and it is just after the Moon moves through your romantic sector from 4th July to 7th July that the Sun will do the same. While never getting a chance to connect directly Jupiter and Juno, husband and wife in mythology, will spend the next four months in harmony, bringing the spirit of romance and adventure together. As the Moon moves through it will align with Juno and form a friendly aspect to the Sun and Jupiter, making these the most romantically charged days of the month. It is also just as Juno’s friendly aspect to the Sun has peaked that she will turn direct on 11th July, turning your heart’s focus away from the past and onto the future. Meanwhile, with no planetary activity in your relationship sector, the Moon’s return from 9th July to 12th July was always going to be a valuable chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged and aware. Because the Moon will move through while the Sun is in Cancer, as is the case at some point during your birthday month each year, they will clash to create a Full Moon, which they will do on 11th July. This is something that halfway between the Sun’s last visit to your relationship sector and the next and with a new solar year underway, can flush out any balance issues between your own and your relationship needs. The difference this year is that you have Mars in your communication sector all month, with a chance to capitalise on his war on communication barriers.

	Leo	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Jul 23 - Aug 22
By now, with Pluto having begun to transition into your relationship sector in March 2023 and having now settled in for a 20 year continuous stay in November 2024, you will have a feel for his influence. Pluto is the planet of change and transformation and this first visit to your relationship sector in our lifetime is taking you on a journey that over time, can change how you approach your relationships, while helping both you and your relationships make the kind of changes or just to lean in the direction that can create more authentic relationships. While Pluto can bring sudden change, here for so long, it is more about evolution and slow turns in the right direction. You will also be starting to become aware of sticking points, when this long term focus on your relationships comes up against times when your own needs are important as well. You experienced this when Mars was retrograding back out of Leo in the New Year, when he returned in April and again at the very end of last month, when Mercury returned to Leo. As you move into the new month, a clash between Mercury and Pluto is just starting to separate, while the Sun will face the same when he returns to begin your birthday month and new solar year on 23rd July. The reality is, for the next 20 years no planet can return to Leo without clashing with Pluto, something that is key to maintaining the right balance between your own and your relationship needs. For Mercury, who because of a retrograde turn on 18th July, will not only spend the whole of July in Leo but the whole of August as well, as the planet of communication he will be using this to get the communication lines open. This will be especially helpful when the Moon makes its monthly visit to your relationship sector from 12th July to 14th July. It is a few days earlier that the Moon will not only return to your romantic sector from 7th July to 9th July, but coming full circle from last month’s Full Moon, these romantically charged lunar vibes will have a lot more potency.

	Virgo	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Aug 23 - Sep 22
While this is a relatively quiet month on both the romantic and relationship fronts, this will be a good month for both. For one in a slow, steady and constant way and for the other, in what will be short bursts. The latter relates to matters of the heart and all things romantic, when everything will be concentrated into two periods. The first into the first four days of the month and then again into a short period from 9th July to 12th July. Until she leaves an adventurous part of your chart on 5th July Venus, the planet of love will be putting as much as she can into the final days of her mission to bring the spirit of romance and adventure together. With no planetary activity in your romantic sector and yet another busy month in front of you, the more you can invest in this as well the better. It is just a few days later that the Moon will make its monthly visit to your romantic sector from 9th July to 12th July. With no planetary activity on the romantic front, these can be the most romantically charged days of any month, but with a Full Moon here on 11th July adding a lot more potency. With other input from the love gods this month, these are the key days for making matters of the heart and all things romantic a priority. Meanwhile, it is on the relationship front that you have slow, steady and constant support. When Saturn and the dwarf planet Ceres left your relationship sector in May, this left you with no planets here for the first time in 15 years. However, until Saturn and Neptune retrograde back in later in the year to spend a final few months her before leaving again, the North Node is quietly keeping things on track. Not a planet or even a physical object, the North Node can provide a sense of direction and along with its partner the South Node in Virgo, can help to maintain the right balance between your own and your relationship needs. Helping with this is constant support from the communication gods. You will have a chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged and aware when the Moon moves through your relationship sector from 16th July to 15th July.

	Libra	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Sep 23 - Oct 23
When Venus, the planet of love first returned in early February for what is normally a 24 day visit to your relationship sector, it was business as usual on the relationship front. As you would expect, Venus returned to find Chiron, the planet of healing who has been here since 2019 and the dwarf planet Eris, the warrior princess of the cosmos, who has been here for over nine decades. A retrograde turn meant that Venus only left last month and by the time she did, everything had changed. By the time Venus left last month there were five planets here. This includes Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams who has returned for the first time in 150 years and Saturn, who has returned for the first time in three decades. Even the dwarf planet Ceres has returned for her first deep dive into your relationship needs and priorities in four years, something that should take around three months. Instead, a retrograde turn next month will keep Ceres here until March 2026 and while they will retrograde back out for a few months later in the year, Saturn is here until 2028 and Neptune until 2039. This has formed a formidable team of five planets that will shape the coming year and beyond, but they are also all slowing down as they prepare to turn retrograde. It will begin with Neptune’s retrograde turn on 5th July, followed by Saturn’s retrograde turn on 13th July, Eris on 22nd July, Chiron on 31st July and Ceres next month. By the time the Moon makes its monthly visit from 16th July to 18th July, Saturn and Neptune will already be in retrograde motion, but all five will be at a standstill, making this a powerful chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged and aware. Meanwhile Pluto, who is already in retrograde motion in your romantic sector will get a boost when, within the space of 48 hours, first Venus, the planet of love on 5th July and then Uranus, the planet of surprise, synchronicity and the unexpected and 7th July will return to an adventurous part of your chart. Venus will spend her early days at a friendly aspect to Pluto, giving her mission to bring the spirit of romance and adventure together a boost. Helping with that will be the Moon’s return to your romantic sector from 12th July to 14th July.

	Scorpio	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Oct 24 - Nov 21
While Venus, the planet of love’s departure from your relationship sector on 5th July is later in the year than is normally the case, her return and departure each year is an ordinary event. Held back by a retrograde phase and having returned after the Sun had moved through, this gave Venus a chance to build on from the relationship housekeeping that takes place when the solar spotlight is on your relationships. In her final days, Venus will always be working to give your heart a voice and a say in what you want from your relationships. This year, with the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment and especially commitment to your relationships in Scorpio, a balance between your own and your relationship needs has been even more important. Meanwhile, a given is that when Venus or any other planet over the last six years leaves your relationship sector, Uranus will be there to keep the momentum and the focus on your relationships going. Except just two days later Uranus will leave your relationship sector, leaving you with no planets here for the first time since he returned in 2019. Over the last eight months every major planet has changed position, something that has seen an unprecedented amount of change, with Uranus’ departure on 7th July the last of those major shifts, at least when it comes to dramatic change. A retrograde turn will see Uranus back in for a few months, but when he leaves again in April 2026, it will be another eight decades before he returns. While listening to your heart is important during Venus’ final days, until Uranus leaves on 7th July, it is about listening to the planet that for the last six years has quietly worked to keep things on a real and authentic path. Once Venus and Uranus are gone, it is the Moon’s monthly visits that will keep things on track, with its first visit from 18th July to 20th July a valuable chance to check in. Meanwhile, the most romantically charged days of the month will be when the Moon moves through your romantic sector from 14th July to 16th July. A friendly aspect to the Sun and Jupiter in an adventurous part of your chart will bring the spirit of romance and adventure together.

	Sagittarius	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Nov 22 - Dec 21
You have reached an important month on both the romantic and relationship fronts, though with their paths diverging, one to focus more on the past and the other on the future. It is on the romantic front that five of the most powerful planets in the solar system have not only assembled but are here for the long haul. All but two have returned between when Venus, the planet of love returned to your romantic sector in February for what is normally a 24 day visit and when she eventually left last month. This includes Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams who has returned for the first time in 150 years and Saturn, the planet that can give you the power to move mountains if you have to, for the first time in three decades. Here something unique is happening and as if deciding at the same time that it is time to shift their focus onto the past, they are one by one turning retrograde. It will begin with Neptune’s retrograde turn on 5th July, followed by Saturn on 13th July, the dwarf planet Eris on 22nd July, Chiron on 31st July and the dwarf planet Ceres, making her first deep dive into your heart’s needs and priorities in four years, next month. One by one the doors are opening to the past. When the Moon moves through from 16th July to 18th July, two planets will already be in retrograde motion but all five will have slowed to a crawl, adding to the potency of these romantically charged lunar vibes. Meanwhile, it is on the relationship front that there is the potential for major new beginnings. When the Sun, Jupiter and Mercury left your relationship sector last month they left it empty for the first time in 13 months but with Venus, the planet of love yet to return. Venus will finally return on 5th July and with the hard work done, she will have a chance to work her magic, which includes attracting what you want from your relationships. However, Venus won’t be on her own, for on 7th July, Uranus will return to your relationship sector for the first time in eight decades. While Venus is only here until 31st July, apart from when he retrogrades back out for a few months later in the year, Uranus will be here, guiding your relationships and creating more authenticity, until 2033. The Moon will give you a chance to connect with both when it moves through from 20th July to 22nd July.

	Capricorn	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Dec 22 - Jan 19
As you move into the new month, you are in the final days of one era and the early days of a brand new era, while at the same time shifting the focus off matters of the heart and onto your relationships. While you begin the month with Venus, the planet of love in your romantic sector and the Sun and Mercury have already moved through since Uranus, the first of the slow outer planets returned in 2019, there has been continuous, year round planetary activity on the romantic front. As the planet of surprise, synchronicity and the unexpected, Uranus has not only kept the laws of synchronicity in effect, but he is a planet that will constantly work to put things on their true and authentic path. This means giving your heart a clear sense of direction, something that Venus has harnessed, as until leaving on 5th July she is working to get the month off to a romantically charged start. As Venus works through the laws of attraction and Uranus through the laws of synchronicity, it is during the planet of love’s final 48 hours, when they align, that you most need to be willing to trust your heart. As always, when Venus leaves Uranus will stay on, however this time, only for another 48 hours until he too leaves on 7th July, leaving your romantic sector empty for the first time since 2019. Uranus will return for a few months later in the year, but until then, it is the Moon’s monthly visits that will keep the spirit of romance alive. You will get your first chance when the Moon moves through from 18th July to 20th July. Meanwhile, while planetary activity on the romantic front is coming to an end, it is just starting up on the relationship front. While the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of July in your relationship sector and the solar spotlight is always on your relationships at this time of year, Jupiter’s return last month means that this is the first full month of your most important, expansive and important relationship year in over a decade. Held back by a retrograde phase, Venus won’t finally return to your relationship sector until 31st July, with the planets of love and luck ending the month together here.

	Aquarius	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Jan 20 - Feb 18
The love, communication and relationship gods are dialling up a positive and in one case, a game changing month. While Mercury’s return to your relationship sector late last month may have seen him clash with Pluto in Aquarius, with their opposition just separating as you move into the new month, not only is he the planet of communication, but it came at the same time that he had moved into a friendly aspect to Saturn and Neptune in your communication sector. Mercury will return to your relationship sector once a year, but for the first time while Neptune is in your communication sector in 150 years and Saturn in three decades. With five planets in your communication sector and all of them slowing ahead of retrograde turns, this is something that will have extraordinary significance on the relationship front. Normally moving through your relationship sector in just 14 to 15 days, a retrograde turn on 18th July will keep Mercury here until September. Neptune’s retrograde turn on 5th July and Saturn’s on 13th July, means they will already be in retrograde motion and working towards giving the past and unsaid words a voice, when Mercury turns retrograde in order to focus on doing the same on the relationship front. By the time the Sun returns to your relationship sector and turns the solar spotlight onto your relationships on 23rd July, the doors will be open to the past on the communication and relationship front. Meanwhile, held back by her own retrograde phase Venus, the planet of love will finally return to your romantic sector on 5th July. Not leaving until 31st July, Venus will be working to make this one of the most romantically charged months of 2025. However, it is here that there are game changing developments, for it is just two days later that on 7th July, Uranus will return to your romantic sector for the first time in eight decades. Apart from a few months later in the year, the planet of surprise, synchronicity and the unexpected is here until 2033.

	Pisces	Tuesday 01 July 2025	Feb 19 - Mar 20
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of July in your romantic sector, the solar spotlight is always on matters of the heart and all things romantic at this time of year. However, this year the Sun is not on his own, with Jupiter in the first full month of a 12 month visit. Jupiter had been here for 11 days by the time the Sun returned last month, putting the solar spotlight on the early days of what the planet of luck and expansion will be working to make a lucky year for love. While the Sun will have left by 23rd July, with Jupiter here until June 2026, at a point in the year when the focus normally shifts off matters of the heart, things are just getting started. In addition with Venus, the planet of love held back by a retrograde turn earlier in the year, by the time the Sun leaves she has yet to return. It is at the very end of the month that on 31st July, Venus will finally return to your romantic sector, kicking off what she will be working to make the most romantically charged weeks of any year, this time in the early months of your luckiest year for love in over a decade. Meanwhile, while the solar spotlight doesn’t shift onto your relationships until towards the end of August each year, Mars’ return to your relationship sector last month has the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos firing things up for the first time in two years. With Venus and Mercury not returning until September, Mars will have moved through by the time they return, though with a chance to benefit from the pathways he is creating now. However, until she leaves your communication sector on 5th July, Venus will be in harmony and working with Mars to get the most out of the final days of her mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice. Having the Moon in your relationship sector until 2nd July will help with that, while its return from 27th July to 29th July will ensure you are emotionally engaged and aware as Mars moves into his final days before leaving early next month. Moving through your romantic sector from 23rd July to 25th July, the Moon will return just as the Sun is leaving, with these romantically charged lunar vibes able to capture his influence.