July 2025 is marked by one of the most important transits of the year – dare to say, the decade: Uranus’ ingress into Gemini.
July 2025 is also when several planets go retrograde, marking a turning point for all of us – personally and collectively. This is a time to reflect on what we’ve seen emerging – the glimpse of what’s possible – and where we truly are at this point in our lives.
Retrogrades invite us to ‘go back’ and revisit our past experiences. When planets are in direct motion, we tend to respond or react without fully processing what’s happening.
That’s because when planets move at high speed, there’s simply not enough time to completely ‘digest’ our experiences as they unfold. It’s only when we take a step back and reflect that we gain true understanding.
July initiates this review process. This is our chance to go deeper, refine our understanding, make adjustments, correct course, and gain a broader perspective on WHY things unfolded the way they did when the planets were direct.
In July, we are also supported by 2 favorably aspected lunations: a productive Full Moon in Capricorn and a confident, self-expressive New Moon in Leo. The sense of alignment and forward momentum is real!
Now let’s take a look at the most important transits of the month:
July 3rd, 2025 – Venus Conjunct Uranus
On July 3rd-4th, 2025, just before moving into Gemini, Venus and Uranus meet in the last degree of Taurus.
With Venus and Uranus – the proverbial daughter and father – meeting for one last time at 29° Taurus, we will gain important insight into our identity and our place in the world.
During this transit, take some time to reflect and make a list of:
a) what you genuinely enjoy doing, what feels effortless and pleasurable to you (Venus), and
b) your higher calling – your larger mission in life – what, if pursued, could bring you authentic freedom and personal sovereignty (Uranus).
How are these two things linked?
July 4th, 2025 – Venus Enters Gemini
On July 4th, 2025, Venus leaves Taurus and enters Gemini.
Venus represents what is important to us – what we like, and what brings us pleasure and happiness. Tracking Venus’ journey through different signs (Venus spends, on average, about one month in each sign) is a very practical way to understand how to enjoy our life more.
While Venus was in Taurus, our happiness came from simple pleasures – like good food, rest, and honoring our own rhythm. With this Venus-in-Gemini month, our focus shifts.
Venus in Gemini is much more active and curious, so our pleasure and happiness in the weeks ahead will come from taking a more exploratory approach – getting out of the house, making connections, having stimulating conversations, and trying out new things.
And the fact that Venus and Uranus both enter Gemini within days of each other (and immediately after their conjunction in the last degree of Taurus) is very telling – because it will make it very clear to us what needs to shift in order for us to feel more free, engaged, and aligned with who we’re becoming.
July 5th, 2025 – Neptune Goes Retrograde
On July 5th, 2025, Neptune goes retrograde at 2° Aries. One week later, on July 13th, 2025, Saturn also turns retrograde at 1° Aries, so we have a lot of activity concentrated in the very first degrees of the zodiac.
Neptune and Saturn going retrograde will start to clarify which themes will dominate our collective focus for many years to come – read: the next 14 years.
Neptune and Saturn are not literally conjunct – although they will be less than 1 degree apart, close enough to feel their combined influence. So while the sense of anticipation can be strikingly obvious, the RESET is not happening just yet.
There are still things to reflect on, still things to adjust. And with Neptune and Saturn both slipping back into Pisces (from later this year until early next year), we’re offered a grace period to fine-tune what needs refining – so we can step into the next big chapter of our lives with our homework done.
July 7th, 2025 – Uranus Enters Gemini
Today is the big day. Uranus begins a new 7-year chapter in the sign of Gemini.
The 7-year period is a well-known turning point – astrologers often associate it with the Saturn cycle (7 years being the time between two Saturn squares) – but we could also argue that these shifts align just as much with Uranus’ change of focus.
When Uranus changes signs, what used to feel urgent and defining for the past 7 years begins to lose its grip – as new themes suddenly take all our focus and energy.
Uranus ingresses start with a bang. Unlike other outer planets like Neptune, which operate in mysterious ways, Uranus doesn’t have time for gentle transitions – it delivers shocks, breakthroughs, and wake-up calls.
When Uranus entered Aries in 2011, we had Fukushima and the Arab Spring. Uranus in Taurus in 2018 brought us the crypto boom and disruptions to financial and environmental systems.
Uranus in Gemini will most likely reshape the landscape of artificial intelligence and digital communication – but as the saying goes with Uranus: expect the unexpected.
There may be paradigm shifts related to the Gemini archetype – language, mobility, networks, and the way we process and share information – that catch us off guard and demand changes to help us find greater freedom and autonomy.
A detailed report about this important transit will follow in the next few days.
July 10th, 2025 – Full Moon In Capricorn
On July 10th, 2025, we have a Full Moon at 18° Capricorn. This is a positive, results-oriented Full Moon, trine Mars in Virgo.
Full Moons (and especially Capricorn Full Moons) want to get things done – they are achievement-oriented. And when the productive Mars in Virgo lends its precision and work ethic, this energy becomes even more effective.
There’s something that earth signs understand about the world we live in that other signs don’t – they operate from a matter-of-fact, grounded, and realistic perspective that actually works. They don’t need to overcomplicate things. They take action that’s rooted in reality.
This Full Moon in Capricorn is the one to work with if you want to achieve something meaningful to you.
July 18th, 2025 – Mercury Goes Retrograde
On July 18th, 2025, Mercury goes retrograde at 15° Leo. Mercury retrogrades are those times of the year when we check in with our internal mental processes and make sense of what just happened.
Mercury will be retrograde until August 11th, 2025, covering the 4°–15° Leo area of the zodiac. If you have planets or angles there, this retrograde period will be more personally relevant. If not – pay attention to the house where Leo falls in your natal chart. This is where the review, rethinking, and recalibration will unfold.
July 22nd, 2025 – Sun Enters Leo
On July 22nd, 2025, the Sun enters Leo. Happy birthday to all Leos out there! Leo season is that time of the year when we’re all a little more Leo, regardless of our personal chart signatures.
This is when we’re encouraged to reconnect with our inner child – what brings us joy, what lights us up – and live a life that is aligned with our most authentic self.
It’s no coincidence that July-August (Leo season) is when many of us take a break or go on holidays – that’s probably because our real Self truly needs more joy, play, and creative expression.
July 24th, 2025 – New Moon In Leo
On July 24th, 2025, we have a New Moon at 2° Leo.
The geometry of this New Moon is amazing – it literally aspects all the slow-moving planets: it’s trine Neptune and Saturn in Aries, sextile Uranus in Gemini, and opposite Pluto in Leo.
At the New Moon in Leo, we’re tuning into larger forces at play – and we are called to step in and claim the role we want to play in this emerging reality.
Leo wants us to be brave – to lean in, and make our voice, values, or dreams known to the world. We don’t have to know exactly how to make it happen – yet – but the first step is claiming our territory, in the same way the lion shows up and lets everyone know it’s there.
July 31st, 2025 – Chiron Goes Retrograde
On July 31st, 2025, Chiron goes retrograde at 27° Aries.
Chiron retrograde invites us to take a closer look at our wounds. How do your – conscious and unconscious – wounds shape your life?
Our Chiron wounds are not always obvious, but they sabotage our lives in subtle ways. We don’t even know who we could be without them.
Maybe we don’t start a new relationship out of a fear of abandonment. We don’t go for what we want out of an unconscious fear of embarrassment. We don’t fully step into our potential because of an unconscious loyalty to our parents or the roles we’ve been shaped to play.
Chiron retrograde is our opportunity to take a look inside and understand the wound–trigger mechanism. The goal? Transcend the pain – not by ignoring it, but by integrating it. Because our wounds are the keys to our greatest gifts.
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