J U L Y the month that prepares us to shine from a truer place

July arrives with a sky full of astrological movements, a taste of transformative energies inviting us into new beginnings, but also into a deeper listening of what is changing shape within us

This is not a month to rush throughIt is a month to feel

Because July does not arrive to give us all the answers immediatelyIt arrives to show us which questions we can no longer avoid

It is a month of transition, inner reorganization, memory, intuition and preparationA month in which the sky seems to say: first come back home to yourself, then choose where you want to go

Mercury retrograde in Cancer: listening to what returns

From June 29 to July 23 Mercury is retrograde in Cancer

And as always, when Mercury turns retrograde, the first collective reaction is panic

Misunderstood messagesDelaysSecond thoughtsOld conversations knocking at the door againPeople reappearing like karmic notifications nobody asked for

But Mercury retrograde is not a punishmentIt is a review

In Cancer, this movement becomes deeply emotionalIt is not only about the mind, but about memoryIt is not only about words, but about what those words awaken in the body

Cancer is the sign of home, roots, family, protection and the need to feel safeThis is why Mercury retrograde in Cancer can bring old emotions, memories, family dynamics, emotional needs and vulnerabilities back to the surface

This transit invites us to ask ourselves:

Where am I still protecting myself too muchWhich emotion is returning because it has never truly been heardWhich part of me needs safety before taking the next stepWhich story from the past am I still carrying into the present

This is not the ideal moment to force final decisionsIt is the ideal moment to observe, write, breathe, create space and review what needs to be understood before it can be released

Sometimes we are not confusedWe are simply too far away from ourselves

Jupiter in Leo: the courage to take up space

At the end of June Jupiter enters Leo and opens a new cycle of expansion connected to light, creativity, visibility and the heart

Jupiter is the planet of growth, trust, abundance and possibilityWhen it enters Leo, it reminds us that shining is not a sin

Leo speaks of identity, expression, talent, joy, stage presence and an open heartNot in the sense of empty egoBut in the sense of life force returning to say: here I am

This passage can awaken the desire to show ourselves more, create more, love more and choose more courageously what makes us feel alive

Jupiter in Leo asks us:

Where am I dimming my light so I do not disturb anyoneWhere am I waiting for permission to be myselfWhich talent have I hidden out of fear of judgmentWhich part of me wants to play, create and express again

July therefore becomes a very particular monthOn one side Mercury retrograde brings us inward, into memories, roots and our most sensitive partOn the other side Jupiter in Leo calls us outward, toward a life that is more expressive, warmer and more authentic

The message is clear

First recover your voice

Then let your light find space

New Moon in Cancer: an emotional new beginning

The July New Moon is born in the sign of Cancer

It is an intimate, soft, watery MoonA Moon that does not ask for performance, but for presenceIt does not ask us to do more, but to feel better

This New Moon invites us to plant new intentions starting from the need for care, protection and emotional truth

It is not a Moon for big declarationsIt is a Moon for small sacred gestures

Tidying a spacePreparing a teaWriting what we cannot sayListening to the bodyReleasing a tensionAllowing ourselves to rest without guilt

Cancer reminds us that we cannot build anything stable if there is no safe place within us to return to

This Moon is perfect for energetic treatments, deep massages, nervous system resets, water rituals, journaling, home cleansing and body listening

Because sometimes a new beginning is not about changing everything outsideSometimes it is about no longer abandoning ourselves inside

The Sun enters Leo: the season of light

From July 22 the Sun enters Leo and the energy changes tone

After more emotional, inward and sensitive weeks, the sky begins to awaken a warmer, more solar and creative vibration

The Sun in Leo brings us back to the heartTo joyTo vitalityTo the desire to be seen, not to please, but to exist fully

It is the moment when something inside us can begin to say:

I want to live with more colourI want to choose what lights me upI want to stop making myself smallerI want to inhabit my energy without apologizing

Leo does not ask us to be perfectIt asks us to be present

It reminds us that light does not need to be explainedLight is felt

And after a more introspective beginning of the month, this energy can help us rediscover enthusiasm, creativity, magnetism and trust

Not to become someone elseBut to return to being more faithful to ourselves

Full Moon in Aquarius: seeing beyond the old pattern

The July Full Moon arrives in Aquarius

After the water of Cancer and the fire of Leo, this Moon brings air, vision, distance and future

Aquarius helps us observe our life from a wider perspectiveIt invites us to step out of roles, expectations and scripts we have repeated for too long

This Full Moon can illuminate what no longer belongs to us

Old patternsOld attachmentsOld dynamicsOld versions of ourselves built to survive, but no longer suitable for the life we want to create

It is a Moon that speaks of inner freedomAuthenticityNew possibilitiesFuture

It can bring sudden insights, desire for change, need for space and clarity around what we no longer want to feed

Its message is simple and powerful:

You were not born only to repeat the pastYou were also born to invent a new form

A threshold month before August

July is also an important threshold before August

In the next article I will speak more deeply about the August eclipses and the so called Golden Year, connected to the harmonious dialogue between Jupiter and Saturn

For now, we can simply feel July as a month of preparation

A month asking us to listen to what returnsTo welcome what movesTo recover our voiceTo begin making space for our light

The August eclipses will bring a more intense, transformative and revealing energyAnd the theme of the Golden Year will guide us toward a very concrete question:

am I ready to truly build what I desire

But before arriving there, July asks us for presence

Not to control everythingBut to avoid arriving asleep in front of an important door

The energetic message of July

July does not ask you to have all the answers

It asks you to stop ignoring the signs

It asks you to listen to your bodyTo respect your emotionsTo make peace with what returnsTo make space for your lightTo stop living as if you always needed permission

It is a month of roots and fireMemory and visionProtection and courageInner home and the desire to shine

Mercury retrograde brings us inwardJupiter in Leo reminds us that we can expandThe New Moon in Cancer teaches us to nourish ourselvesThe Sun in Leo awakens our vitalityThe Full Moon in Aquarius shows us that the future cannot be born from an old cage

July is an invitation to come back home to yourself

Because only from there can you walk through the next door without losing yourself

With love

Marilü