This is a planting week.
On Tuesday evening, 14 July, the Moon turns new in Cancer, the sign of home, feeling and roots. A New Moon is the quiet opposite of the Full Moon we had a fortnight ago: the sky goes dark, and whatever you plant in that dark grows with the month.
Here is the twist: this New Moon sits right beside Mercury retrograde. So the freshest start available this week begins by going back. Replanting something, giving an old hope a second chance, finishing what was left half done.
July’s numerology 8 gives the planting ambition and follow through, and the Chinese year has just entered the gentle Goat month, so the Fire Horse’s gallop eases while the seeds go in.
Plant from the roots up.
Read for your Sun sign, and your rising sign if you know it.
Aries
The New Moon lands in your home and family corner, so the fresh start is at your foundations: a household, a living arrangement, a family bond ready to begin again. Something from the past may need revisiting first, and that is the right order.
Taurus
The seed goes into your world of words: a conversation, an idea, a course of study beginning again. An old exchange may need finishing before the new one can be heard.
Gemini
The planting happens around money and worth: a new approach to income, or a truer sense of what you are worth. With Mars still in your sign you have plenty of fuel, so spend it deliberately.
Cancer
This one is yours: the New Moon in your own sign is your personal new year. Set one quiet intention for yourself, and let the retrograde show you which part of your past is actually a root, not a weight.
Leo
Your seed is planted in the quiet, behind the scenes, in rest and the inner life. With Jupiter newly in your sign, a big year is beginning: plant privately now and shine later.
Virgo
The fresh start is among friends and the wider circle: a new group, a new role among people. Venus newly in your sign brings extra warmth to how people meet you this week.
Libra
The New Moon crowns your chart, in career and public standing: a professional chapter is being seeded. Look back over an old ambition before you commit; the retrograde says it may deserve a second chance.
Scorpio
The planting is on your horizon: travel, study, or a shift in what you believe. A trip or a course you once shelved may be worth taking down again.
Sagittarius
The seed goes into the deep shared places: trust, intimacy, and resources held with others. A reset is available where things are usually left unspoken.
Capricorn
The New Moon lands in your partnership house, so a close bond gets its fresh start. Patient, second look conversations do more this week than bold declarations.
Aquarius
The fresh start is in your daily work and wellbeing: a new routine wants to take root. The retrograde tip: return to a habit that once served you well.
Pisces
The seed is planted in joy: creativity, romance, play, the things you make for love. Something you once loved making may find its way back into your hands.
Whatever your sign, the instruction is the same.
Clear a little ground, choose one seed, and plant it on Tuesday.
What are you planting this week?