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Love Monthly for Month Commencing: Monday 01 July 2024

	Aries	Monday 01 July 2024	Mar 21 - Apr 19
After months where the focus has been on your relationships and while that will continue and especially with support from Jupiter in your communication sector, it is matters of the heart that finally get their turn this month. The Sun’s return to your romantic sector on 22nd July is the point in each year when the solar spotlight will always shift onto matters of the heart and all things romantic, meaning that at the most you would have to wait three weeks for the romantic drought to end. Fortunately, you won’t have to wait that long, with Mercury returning on 3rd July to begin the first planetary activity on the romantic front this year. Normally Mercury will race through in 14 to 15 days, giving you just long enough to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page. However, while over three weeks later Mercury will leave on 26th July, a retrograde turn early next month will bring him back for a double dip visit. It is while Mercury is here but before the Sun returns that Venus, planet of love will return on 12th July to begin the most romantically charged weeks of 2024. While Venus will leave early next month, with the Sun here by then and then Mercury retrograding back out before he leaves and then not leaving until early September, what begins in the early days of July will continue to evolve. The Moon’s return to your romantic sector from 7th July to 10th July will help to get the ball rolling. Meanwhile, while the partnership between Jupiter on the communication and the South Node on the relationship front is locked in, this will be further energised when Mars returns to your communication sector on 21st July. This will be Mars’ first visit in two years and by the time he returns to declare war on communication barriers, the engine driving the communication lines on the relationship front should be running well. You will have a chance to take advantage of this when the Moon moves through your relationship sector from 12th July to 14th July.

	Taurus	Monday 01 July 2024	Apr 20 - May 20
While so far this year there is been no planetary activity in your romantic sector in the technical sense and there rarely is at this time of year, you have had the next best thing in the form of the asteroid Juno, queen of commitment who returned in October 2023 for what is normally a three month visit. Juno not only returned with Venus, the planet of love but after she had been held up and delayed from returning due to a retrograde phase. Just days after Venus returned ready to make up for lost time, Juno returned with the resolve to make matters of the heart a priority and due to a retrograde phase early in the year, she never left. Juno is back in direct motion and will finally leave next month, but not until 15th August and with Venus coming full circle on 5th August, it will be to find that things never went off the boil. However, Juno won’t be on her own until then, with Mercury’s return on 26th July marking the return of the planets that can make things happen. Mercury will not only spend 14 to 15 days here and in that time, he will work to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page. However, a retrograde turn early next month will see him retrograde back out, only to return in September. Together with the Sun and Venus, this will keep your romantic sector active through to the end of September. While Juno has kept the engine running, it is Mercury’s return on 26th July and Venus’ return in early August that will see the love gods put their foot on the gas. Until then, the Moon’s return to your romantic sector from 10th July to 12th July will make these some of the most romantically charged days of the month. Meanwhile, with no planetary activity in your relationship sector, the Moon’s return from 15th July to 17th July will be a valuable chance to check in and become more emotionally and intuitively engaged. While Venus will leave your communication sector on 12th July, she will be working until then to give your heart and your relationships a voice.

	Gemini	Monday 01 July 2024	May 21 - Jun 21
While it is business as usual on the romantic and relationship fronts this month, external influences are going to make this a good month on both fronts. On the romantic front, business as usual means that while the South Node will spend the whole of 2024 in your romantic sector, there has yet to be any planetary activity here and won’t be for several months. However, in harmony with Pluto in an adventurous part of your chart and due to move into a friendly aspect to Jupiter in Gemini, there has been and will continue to be a lot of support for matters of the heart. With another solar eclipse here in October, there is also an element of fate already in play. When the Moon moves through your romantic sector from 12th July to 14th July it will form a friendly aspect to Jupiter as it moves through, bringing the spirit of romance and adventure together. With the friendly aspect between Jupiter and the South Node running from 9th July to 13th July, the spirit of romance will already be getting a boost by the time the Moon returns. Meanwhile, business as usual on the relationship front means no planetary activity and only the Moon’s monthly visits to keep the focus on your relationships. This makes the Moon’s visit from 17th July to 19th July a valuable chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged. However, while an ordinary monthly visit, this is when you find that the external conditions have changed. Mercury, the planet of communication’s returns to your communication sector on 3rd July and Venus, the planet of love’s returns on 12th July means that by the time the Moon returns they will be in position. While Mercury will leave on 26th July a retrograde turn will see him return next month while for Venus, this will be the Moon’s only visit to your relationship sector during her short 24 day mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice.

	Cancer	Monday 01 July 2024	Jun 22 - Jul 22
Until she leaves Cancer on 12th July Venus, the planet of love is on a mission to not only update your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year but to turn those desires into reality. Last year Venus had been and gone long before the Sun returned to begin your birthday month and new solar year, so this wasn’t part of the launch or the setting of your overall intentions and resolutions. This year, with the Sun not leaving until 22nd July, Venus has embedded herself into the DNA of this new solar year, weaving your heart’s hopes and aspirations into the very fabric from the start. While Venus is only here for 24 days, she will have an influence on the coming year, with the Moon’s monthly visits to your romantic and relationship sectors while she was here helping with that. This happened during Venus’ early days, with the Moon having returned to your romantic sector within minutes of her return to Cancer and then just days later, not only returning to your relationship sector but as a Full Moon. By the time the Moon comes full circle from those visits Venus will be gone, but with the Sun still here there will be a revisit their influence and in the final days of your birthday month, revise your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year. The Moon will move through your romantic sector from 15th July to 17th July, something that will not only see it form a friendly aspect to the Sun in Cancer but to Saturn and Neptune, in retrograde motion in an adventurous part of your chart by then. In the heart of the working week and just days after Venus left, this will bring the spirit of romance, adventure and nostalgia together. It is just a few days later that the Moon will not only come full circle from last month’s Full Moon in your relationship sector, but here from 19th July to 21st July it will clash with the Sun in its final hours to create a second Full Moon.

	Leo	Monday 01 July 2024	Jul 23 - Aug 22
With Pluto in retrograde motion in your relationship sector and Venus, the planet of love in a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart until 12th July, there is a lot of focus on the past on both the romantic and relationship fronts. While the nostalgic trip down love’s memory lane that the Moon is taking your heart on will end when Venus returns to Leo, Pluto will remain in retrograde motion until retrograding back out in September. Since returning with the Sun in January, Pluto has had nothing but support and while he will retrograde back out for 11 weeks, when he returns the planet of change and transformation will be here until 2044. This makes this the start of a long journey, but having Jupiter in your friendship sector until June 2025 and the South Node in your communication sector all year is providing ongoing support. However, Pluto will face his first challenge since his return in January when Mercury returns to Leo on 3rd July and moves into opposition. Pluto had spent just over three months here in 2023 and just before retrograding back out, Venus and Mars had moved into opposition. However, back then Pluto was just dipping his toe in the water and the real journey had yet to begin. That journey is now well underway, but while the clash between Mercury and Pluto might put a balance between your own and your relationship needs to the test, as the planet of communication he is the perfect planet to break the ice. For when Venus returns to Leo on 12th July and the Sun on 22nd July, they will do the same. It is during Venus’ early days in Leo that the Moon’s return to your romantic sector from 17th July to 19th July will make these the most romantically charged days of the month. Fortunately, slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn early next month, Mercury won’t leave Leo until 26th July. The Moon will be in your relationship sector when the Sun returns to begin your birthday month and new solar year, with a chance to be emotionally engaged and aware from the start.

	Virgo	Monday 01 July 2024	Aug 23 - Sep 22
There is a lot of nostalgia in the air this month and this will increase when Venus, the planet of love returns to a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart on 12th July. Venus will only spend 24 days here, but this will mark the start of a nostalgic trip down love’s memory lane that will end with her return to Virgo early next month. Until then, Venus will begin the month in your friendship sector, which for her is the most social and serendipitous part of your chart. Here Venus can work with the laws of attraction and synchronicity to put you in the right place at the right time, increasing the potential of serendipitous moments and/or encounters. Venus is not on her own with Mercury, the planet of communication here until 3rd July and the Sun until 22nd July. With all three forming a friendly aspect to Saturn and Neptune in your relationship sector before leaving, this will make the first three weeks of the month especially good for friendship and relationship building. Meanwhile, even before Venus returns to a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart, on both the romantic and relationship front the focus is on the past, though in the case of the latter, this is something you are still adjusting to. The dwarf planet Ceres has been in retrograde motion in your romantic sector since May, while Saturn only turned retrograde in your relationship sector on 30th June. With Neptune still in direct motion as you move into the new month but at a standstill ahead of her retrograde turn in your relationship sector on 2nd July, the tide is just turning on the relationship front. With the Moon having just moved through late last month but before they had turned retrograde, this is something you are still adjusting to and might not get a real feel for until the Moon returns to your relationship sector from 24th July to 26th July, by which time Venus will be in a nostalgic part of your chart. Venus will still be there and her nostalgic trip down love’s memory lane underway when the Moon returns to your romantic sector from 19th July to 21st July and not only comes full circle from last month’s Full Moon, but a rare second Full Moon.

	Libra	Monday 01 July 2024	Sep 23 - Oct 23
On both the romantic and relationship fronts, the focus has already shifted onto the past or will have by the end of the month. Pluto, who returned to your romantic sector in January has been in retrograde motion since early May and will remain in retrograde motion until retrograding back out in September, only to return 11 weeks later and then spend the next 20 years here. While Pluto spent just under three months here in 2023, he is not only here for longer this year but has a lot more support. Pluto is on especially good terms with Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion who returned to an adventurous part of your chart in May. As was the case when the Sun, Venus and Mercury returned, Jupiter spent his early days at a friendly aspect to Pluto but will remain an ally until he leaves in June 2025, together promoting the spirit of romance and adventure. While Jupiter begins the month on his own, Mars’ return to an adventurous part of your chart on 21st July will see him move into a friendly aspect to Pluto, creating a potent mix of nostalgia, romance, passion and adventure. With the Moon returning to your romantic sector from 21st July to 23rd July, these romantically charged lunar vibes will make this even more potent, just as Pluto is holding the doors open to the past and second chances. Meanwhile, while the month begins with both planets in your relationship sector still in direct motion, they are slowing down ahead of Eris, the warrior princess of the cosmos’ retrograde turn on 22nd July and Chiron, planet of healing’s retrograde turn on 27th July. These are planets that have been here for years and in Eris’ case for decades and they will always spend the second half of each year in retrograde motion. The difference this year is that the North Node is spending the whole of 2024 in your relationship sector and apart from working with the South Node to police a balance between your own and your relationship needs, it will keep an eye on the future. The Moon’s return from 26th July to 28th July will ensure you are emotionally engaged and aware as the tide turns.

	Scorpio	Monday 01 July 2024	Oct 24 - Nov 21
There is something special happening on both the romantic and relationship fronts this month and in a way that differs from the norm. With Neptune, the planet of dreams in your romantic sector since 2012 and Uranus in your relationship sector since 2019, unlike other areas of your chart they are active all year. Things become more active when the Sun and the faster planets move through, but this is something that will have usually run its course by now. The Sun will move through your romantic sector in February/March, through your relationship sector in April/May and Venus and Mercury will also move through at around that time. By this point in the year, Uranus is usually back on his own in your relationship and Neptune in your romantic sector and it is expected to stay that way for the rest of the year. However, Saturn’s return to your romantic sector last year means that wasn’t going to be the case on the romantic front, with the two working for 12 months to give you the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes in order to turn romantic dreams into reality. However, there is change underway, with Saturn having turned retrograde on 30th June and Neptune turning retrograde on 2nd July. By the time Venus, the planet of love moves into a friendly aspect to both in her final days in an adventurous part of your chart they will be in retrograde motion, with a mix of romance, adventure and nostalgia deepening in the lead up to her departure on 12th July. Meanwhile, starting the month with the Moon in your relationship sector will ensure you are emotionally engaged from the start, but with things yet to dial back on the relationship front. That is because while the Sun, Venus and Mercury have long since moved through, with Mars not leaving until 21st July his fight for what you want from your relationships and what they need from you has another three weeks to run. By the time the Moon comes full circle from 28th July to 30th July, Mars will be gone and things will have settled back.

	Sagittarius	Monday 01 July 2024	Nov 22 - Dec 21
Since the Sun, Venus and Mercury left your relationship sector last month Jupiter has been on his own, but with everything needed to embark on the journey ahead. With Jupiter here until June 2025, this was always going to be a long term approach to relationship growth, with his return in May benefiting from the Sun’s awareness, Venus’ motivation and Mercury’s ability to get the communication lines open. With all three not returning until just before Jupiter leaves next year, apart from the Moon’s monthly visits, he should be spending the rest of this year and the early months of next year on his own. While Jupiter will spend the majority of his time here on his own and he will have the support of Pluto in your communication sector for the majority of that time, there is still more water to pass under the bridge before you get to that point. On 21st July, a month to the day since the Sun left, taking the solar spotlight off your relationships and leaving Jupiter on his own, Mars will return for his first visit to your relationship sector in two years and for his first encounter with the planet of luck and expansion here since 2023. Mars returns with the passion and drive to help you fight for what you want from your relationships and what they need from you. The Moon will make two visits to your relationship sector this month, the first while Jupiter is on his own and things have settled back from 3rd July to 5th July and then returning on 30th July to find Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos here. Meanwhile, on the romantic front, both planets are slowing ahead of retrograde turns, Eris on 22nd July and Chiron on 27th July. By the time Venus, the planet of love who returns to an adventurous part of your chart on 12th July moves into a friendly aspect they will both be in retrograde motion, with a mix of romance, adventure and nostalgia especially strong towards the end of the month. This will be especially potent when the Moon moves through your romantic sector from 26th July to 28th July.

	Capricorn	Monday 01 July 2024	Dec 22 - Jan 19
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of July in your relationship sector, the solar spotlight is always on your relationships at this time of year. Unlike last year, when Venus had been and gone for several weeks by the time the Sun returned, the planet of love is still here and will be until 12th June. While Venus was still able to work her magic when she moved through last year, it helps if the solar spotlight is on your relationships. You will also begin the month with Mercury, the planet of communication in your relationship sector and until leaving on 3rd July, he will be working to ensure the communication lines are open. This won’t leave you with without the support of the communication gods with Mercury, Venus and the Sun all spending their final days at a friendly aspect to Saturn and Neptune in your communication sector. With Saturn having turned retrograde on 30th June and Neptune turning retrograde on 2nd July, this will see the focus shift more to giving the past and unsaid words a voice. This means that while Mercury will have left by the time the Moon not only moves through your relationship sector from 5th July to 7th July but as a New Moon, there will still be plenty of communication support. With Venus leaving a week later and the Sun on 22nd July, as well as a chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged, this will be a chance for new beginnings and to commit to the journey ahead. At the same time, until leaving on 21st July, Mars will be working to make the most of his final weeks in your romantic sector. Knowing that once he leaves, he won’t be here for another two years, as well as fuelling your romantic passions and fighting spirit, having returned two weeks after Jupiter left, he is keeping the influence of what was a lucky year for love alive. The Moon will start the month here and until leaving on 3rd July, will work with Mars to get the month off to a romantically charged start, though will return from 28th July to 30th July to find him gone but Uranus, the planet of surprise, synchronicity and the unexpected keeping the momentum going.

	Aquarius	Monday 01 July 2024	Jan 20 - Feb 18
The love and relationship gods are dialling up a good month on both fronts, though for one in an ordinary but important way and in a truly exceptional and unexpected way. When the Sun, Venus and Mercury left your romantic sector last month this should have and usually does end all planetary activity on the romantic front for the year. Instead, it was just a few days after the Sun returned the solar spotlight onto matters of the heart and just as Venus, the planet of love was also settling in that Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion returned to begin your luckiest year for love, matters of the heart and all things romantic in over a decade. The Sun, Venus and Mercury, who returned early last month to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page have all moved through and the month begins with Jupiter on his own. However, it is not until the Moon moves through from 3rd July to 5th July that this first visit while Jupiter is on his own that you will get a real feel for his influence and his impact on matters of the heart until leaving in June 2025. Jupiter should be on his own for the rest of the year and until the Sun returns next May. Instead, by the time the Moon comes full circle on 30th July things will be heating up thanks to Mars’ return on 21st July. This is the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos first visit to your romantic sector in two years and his first encounter with Jupiter here since 2013. Not leaving until September, this will see the planets of passion and luck work together to get this lucky year for love off the ground. Meanwhile, the first planetary activity on the relationship front for the year begins with Mercury, the planet of communication’s return on 3rd July, followed by Venus, the planet of love’s return on 12th July. By the time the Sun returns on 22nd July, something that will always turn the solar spotlight onto your relationships at this time of year, Venus and Mercury will be well established and working with the planets in your communication sector.

	Pisces	Monday 01 July 2024	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. Last year Venus had been and gone weeks before the Sun returned and while she still worked to make these the most romantically charged weeks of the year, having the solar spotlight on matters of the heart makes her job a lot easier. You also begin the month with Mercury, the planet of communication in your romantic sector and until leaving on 3rd July, he is on a mission to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page. Venus will leave on 12th July and when the Sun leaves 10 days later, this will end all planetary activity on the romantic front, not for the year but for now. While from Venus and Mercury’s return last month your romantic sector will only be active for five weeks, this is enough to jumpstart things ahead of Mars’ return in early September. This will be Mars’ first visit in two years and as the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos, he would normally spend six weeks firing up your romantic passions and fighting spirit while declaring war on roadblocks and barriers, whether real or imagined. Instead, slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn in December, Mars will spend from 5th September to 4th November in your romantic sector and will then retrograde back in for a deep dive from 6th July and 18th April 2025. With Jupiter returning in June 2025 to begin your biggest year for love and matters of the heart in over a decade, what you have in the first three weeks of July is preparation for something much bigger. Helping to give this a boost will be the Moon’s return to your romantic sector from 5th July to 7th July and the New Moon this will create. Meanwhile, your relationships are set to get a boost when Mercury, the planet of communication returns to your relationship sector on 26th July.