Hoo Boy. July has been a month, and that is saying something given this year. But here we are. Mercury is now direct so there's that. Also, Jupiter has started its year long move through Leo, moving on after its year in Cancer. Oh, and the outer planets (Pluto, Neptune and Uranus) made exact connections at 4 degrees of their respective signs, forming the "Basket" that pretty much every astrologer has at least mentioned. And we have made it through all of it, so let's take a moment to acknowledge that. No matter how the first part of 2026 affected you, whatever was started or ended, lost or gained, reorganized or transformed, you are here now. The end of July and August are continuing to bring things up for review. We all have choices to make about what to do with the information that is surfacing. 

Astrology is often described as "weather", operating in the background, establishing an environment that affects everything. I consider it more like currents in the ocean that we are all swimming in. Sometimes the current is flowing easily, gently moving you along like a lazy river. Sometimes the swells are daunting. Sometimes the rip tide is pulling you from where you want to go. Always, though, we are served by knowing how the currents are running so we can decide how to navigate them.