Key July Phenomena: The United States celebrates its 248th Birthday. Neptune retrogrades at the pivotal 29th degree. Mercury, Venus and the Sun enter Leo, Mars/Uranus conjunct, Mars enters Gemini ushering in the USA Mars Return (happens every 2 yrs.)
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Quote of Note: “It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” — Theodore Roosevelt.
**A note about aspects. The following list gives you the day the aspect is mathematically exact, but effects are often felt a day before or a day after. With very strong aspects, such as Stations or Eclipses, we may see events several days before exactitude and later when other planets re-trigger those marker degrees. Aspects affect you personally the most if they connect closely to planets or points in your chart. Contact your astrologer for personal interpretations.
1. 7/2/24 – A day with 4 key aspects:
-- Neptune in mutable, water Pisces Station Retrograde @ 29deg. – By far this is the most important aspect of the day and certainly for these last months and for the next few. The other aspects add support. Read my article on Neptune @ 29 degrees here for further explanation of this critical degree at the end of the natural Zodiac. As the country prepares to celebrate, we must remember what we are celebrating – our cherished democracy. We are at a critical and pivotal time of change requiring exquisite and careful decision-making. The country is divided, disenchanted, discouraged, and confused. In the midst of this, we must count on the enduring values that have guided not only this country but ourselves to seek every day, to do the right thing and protect our freedoms and equality. And we must find inspiration to guide us in pursuit of our better human natures. Collapsing into chaos is not an option.
Neptune at this degree (since 5/4/24 and until 9/2/24 this year) expresses the vague and sometimes undefined feelings of malaise plaguing all of us in various ways. Intuitively we know that so much of what we see and hear from public leaders and governmental institutions is unfair, outrageous, even blatant lies, or goes against cherished principles. At times we might feel helpless, but we are not. Neptune asks us to focus on the highest ideals for living life wherein all human beings are respected and in which we cherish the planet that supports us and where justice, equality and wisdom prevails. It’s incumbent on all of us to step up and work for those ideals and way of life. We must keep the faith and refused to be confused or to give up.
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