Last week we planted.
This week we tend what is coming up, and the season turns.
Three things shape the week.
On Tuesday evening, 21 July, the Moon reaches its First Quarter in Libra, the first check in on the seeds you planted at the New Moon, the moment they meet a little resistance and ask you to adjust rather than quit.
Before dawn on Thursday 23 July the Sun leaves Cancer and strides into Leo, so a warmer, braver, more open hearted season begins.
And on Friday 24 July Mercury finally turns direct after three weeks of walking backwards, so the fog starts to lift and things that stalled begin to move again.
July is still an 8 month in numerology, the number of power and follow through, and the Chinese calendar is still in the gentle Goat month, so lead with warmth and let strength be quiet.
Read for your Sun sign, and your rising sign if you know it.
Aries
Leo season lights up your house of joy, so play, romance and creativity are where your warmth wants to go this week. When Mercury turns direct, a home or family matter that stalled starts talking again.
Taurus
The Sun moving into Leo warms your home and your roots, a good week to make where you live feel like yours. As Mercury turns direct, a conversation or a message you were waiting on finally moves.
Gemini
Leo season lights up how you speak and connect, so your words carry more warmth and reach further now. With Mercury, your own ruler, turning direct in your money house, a financial question starts to clear.
Cancer
The Sun leaves your sign and moves into your house of worth, so the focus shifts from who you are to what you value. Mercury turns direct in your own sign this week, and the mental fog of the past three weeks begins to lift for you especially.
Leo
This is your season. The Sun comes home to your sign before dawn Thursday, and with Jupiter here too a big warm year is opening for you, so step forward.
Virgo
Leo season lights up your inner world, so this is a week for rest, reflection and quiet preparation before your own season arrives. When Mercury turns direct, something you have been mulling in private starts to make sense.
Libra
Tuesday’s First Quarter Moon lands in your own sign, asking you to balance what you want against what a relationship needs. Leo season then warms your friendships and networks, so lean toward people this week.
Scorpio
The Sun moving into Leo lights up your career and public standing, so your work gets a little more visible and a little more warmth. Mercury turning direct eases a matter around travel, study or belief that had been stuck.
Sagittarius
Leo season warms your horizons, your house of travel, study and big ideas, so your natural optimism has more room to move. As Mercury turns direct, a shared money or trust matter starts to unstick.
Capricorn
The Sun crosses into Leo and your house of shared resources and deep bonds, so intimacy and trust get warmer focus. Mercury turning direct in your partnership house means a close relationship finds its words again.
Aquarius
Leo season lights up your house of partnership, so the people closest to you take centre stage this week. When Mercury turns direct, your daily routine and health matters start flowing again.
Pisces
The Sun moving into Leo warms your house of daily work and wellbeing, a good week to bring a little heart to your routine. As Mercury turns direct, a creative or romantic thread you had set down picks back up.
Whatever your sign, the week has one shape.
Tend the seed on Tuesday, let the season warm you on Thursday, and trust that on Friday things start moving forward again.
What is starting to move for you this week?