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| Saturn's ruling tarot card #21, The World Shadowscapes Tarot© |
July started the month off with incendiaries – some of which had faulty guidance systems, but all in all, July’s roller coster arrival (Super Moon after shocks and Mercury Retrograde) was nothing we couldn’t handle with meditation, creative visualization and maybe a couple of glasses of wine if things felt too crazy. Now we’re humming as the Grand Trine between Jupiter in Cancer, Neptune in Pisces and Saturn in Scorpio takes the center stage and becomes the major player for July’s astrological forecast.
A trine is the most favorable aspect, or angle (120 degrees), between planets and certain other celestial bodies. A Grand Trine is a harmonious and continuous flow of energy between 3 planets. Our natural inclination during a trine is to bask in the pleasant out-pouring of magnificent energy, however, astrologers warn that too many trines at once may be too much of a good thing, causing a somewhat sluggish mindset, or even outright laziness. Go with the flow this month, particularly during Mercury Retrograde, but remember that there is fabulous energy from the Grand Trine that you can use to shift your life in the desired direction.
All the signs in July’s Grand Trine are water signs. All water signs are spiritual, intuitive and creative. Water folk tend to view life from an emotional viewpoint rather than from facts and figures. They are often romantic souls. The analogy used to compare them states that if Cancer is a lake, Scorpio is a river and Pisces is an ocean. Each of these signs has a direct affect on the planet within its house and what we’’ll all be feeling this month is the water signs’ influence.
Jupiter (tarot’s #10, The Wheel of Fortune) in Cancer (tarot’s
#7, The Chariot) is humorous, good-natured and good with money. Design a budget and stick to it. The end of summer will find your cash crunch eased and who knows, you could solve a tricky money flow issue with the help of Jupiter, the Santa Claus planet. The combination of Jupiter in Cancer also promotes emotional growth and healing which makes July the perfect month to let go of romantic fantasies and emotional attitudes we should have left behind long ago.
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| Jupiter's ruling tarot card #10, The Wheel of Fortune Shadowscapes Tarot© |
Neptune (tarot’s #10, The Hanged Man) is the ruling planet for Pisces (tarot’s #18, The Moon) and is the “beautiful dreamer” of the Grand Trine. Neptune is also in Retrograde which means that we are more likely to contemplate our
connection to one another and question our intention towards our fellow creatures. Who do we serve, ourselves or the whole? You may recall that Pisces easily becomes lost in day dreams and illusion. In July we’ll all battle this tendency trying hard to remain focused on the here and now instead of the seductive allure of ‘someday.’ The lesson here; change your focus, stay in the now and change your life.
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| Neptune's tarot card #12, The Hanged Man Shadowscapes Tarot© |
Saturn (tarot’s #21, World) is the most practical of the three planets. Saturn likes analyzing people’s motivations and assigning them either asset or liability status – not in a cold-blooded way, but as a matter of practicality. Do the people in your life help you be a better person, or do they hinder the process? While Saturn in Scorpio (tarot’s #13, Death) normally uses challenges to help us transform our world, here we see Saturn stabilizing the trine and helping us use its energy in our daily lives.
Factoids for the month: Our New Moon in Cancer in on July 8th. The Grand Trine becomes exact of July 17th, so expect a little more magic that day. Hum a lot. Mercury goes direct on July 20th and is an exact square with Uranus. Look for some breakthrough energy there. The full Moon in Aquarius is on July 22nd and we also have a meteor shower, the Delta Aquarids, later this month. More on these later. Enjoy!
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