Leo Horoscope for July 2017

This is a mysterious month of inner exploration, Leo. Due to the recent Cancer New Moon in your sector of unconscious process, as well as the highlighted presence of Mercury and Mars passing through this same sector, you are very much pulled to the inside. This is where entire worlds within worlds exist, relatively unknown to your conscious self, yet still influencing your behavior from below. You can get ahead of the curve of stultified consensus thinking by paying close attention to what you hold inside. Communication with peers is vital for you right now, or perhaps journaling, including your dreams. You might find as well this month that your outer world persona is transforming in uncharted ways. You are not sure where this is headed so that It might be best to take a wait-and-see attitude, as you actualize and fit into new ways of seeing the world around you.

The following was written by this month's guest columnist Adam Elenbaas of The Nightlight Astrology School

This month is truly just preparation for August for all the Leos out there. August is your biggest month of the year with several eclipses in your first house. This month prepares the way for those eclipses by focusing on a few powerful dynamics, in the meantime. The biggest planetary transit for Leos this month involves the entry of Venus into Gemini on the 5th of July. Venus will enter your eleventh house at this time after spending June in your tenth house of career, likely bringing with her a month of success, love, and enjoyment in your work place. Now as Venus moves into your eleventh house she will slowly begin a long application to an opposition with Saturn in Sagittarius in your fifth house. This transit focuses on the themes of your dreams, wishes, and aspirations for the future, as well as benefactors, colleagues, and friends or networks or groups of people that you share similar goals with (traditional eleventh house topics), along with creativity, children, recreation, and joy (fifth house topics). Venus in the eleventh house may bring new business or work relationships, or it may bring you into a new group of friends or a new community. At the same time, on July 5th, Mercury enters your first house in the sign of Leo, and so the need to be heard, to stand out, to speak your mind, and to have your own creative presence within a group will be just as strong as the need to get out, socialize, mingle, network, and find new allies or friends. It’s a delicate balance you’re looking to strike this month between being heard and seen while also respecting the role that others may need to play in the realization of your dreams at this time. Diplomacy, tact, and courage are needed in equal measure this month, in addition to your normal assertive and radiant personality.

As the month unfolds, this dynamic will start to intensify as Venus opposes Saturn, perfecting by July 24th. You may find yourself trying to balance your own creative needs and voice (fifth house), or your creative commitments (Saturn in the fifth) with those of your friends, colleagues, associates, or within the context of a group (Venus in the eleventh). Remember, Mercury will be in your first house, so you will have no choice but to speak up during this process. The question is whether you will be able to speak up and stick to your guns while also remaining flexible, diplomatic, and open-minded. How you express yourself now and how you navigate the dynamics above is part of an incredibly important season of growth and personal evolution that’s going to unfold in the month of August, when two eclipses will fall in your first house in a row, offering you an opportunity for a new and improved version of yourself! Good luck to all the Lions out there! And remember, real strength during times of opposition is measured by both our courage and our diplomacy.

Leo Horoscope for July 2017

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