TOKYO GINZA Astrology

July finds you wanting to move toward what you love. The Sun and the New Moon around the 14th are in the 5th house of romance, creativity, and play, highlighting your appetite for more enjoyment. From around the 9th, Venus also moves into the area of one-to-one relationships, bringing more pleasure in seeing people. An unexpected idea for your home or workspace starts the month; by midmonth, you are turning something you love into an experience. Later, possibilities open up in your daily work as well. You may discover that something you have been enjoying has given you a skill you can use professionally. This is a month when an absorbing experience can inspire your next effort, rather than pleasure always having to wait until the hard work is done.

July brings both the pleasure of improving your everyday work and the wider possibilities of joining forces with someone else. The New Moon around the 14th falls in the 6th house of practical work and daily life. Learning a good method, then hearing from people who have actually used it, may give you more confidence in your skills. Meanwhile, Jupiter in the 7th house of one-to-one relationships expands invitations and other people's expectations of you. Along with enjoying the excitement they bring, you may want to be clearer about what you want to do yourself. Around the 29th, the Full Moon is in Aquarius. This month lets you create a new opportunity both for the capable person you are at work and for the person absorbed in doing something you love.

New methods you try in your everyday work open up possibilities for working with someone else. Early in the month, Mars and Uranus come together, bringing unexpected ideas to familiar tasks. The New Moon around the 14th turns attention to your one-to-one relationships, helping you turn thoughts about what you would like to do, and with whom, into a concrete agreement. In the second half of the month, the Sun and Jupiter meet, encouraging closer collaboration. The quality you can achieve with someone else’s skills or equipment brings satisfaction. Meanwhile, the Full Moon around the 29th illuminates your own abilities and values. Having people you can rely on helps make it clearer where you want to put your own strengths to use this July.

Other people’s suggestions give you more places you want to go. At the start of the month, Mars and Uranus come together in the area of relationships, adding a fresh spark to unfamiliar partnerships and ways of working together. The midmonth New Moon falls in the area of intimacy and shared resources, helping you get specific about what you and someone you connect with can actually contribute. Later in the month, the Sun and Jupiter come together in the area of travel and specialist learning. Alongside plans to go somewhere far away, your interest in skills and cultures you want to experience firsthand begins to flourish. This July, hearing about someone else’s experience may make you want to go and taste that world for yourself.

You want to put your experience to use in a larger role. With Jupiter in the area of work and public life, joined by the Sun in the second half of July, you are likely to develop a bright, specific picture of what you would like to be entrusted with. Early in the month, new methods enter the technical work you share with others; the New Moon at midmonth opens a door to travel or specialized study. There is pleasure in discovering something unfamiliar and then putting that experience to use in your work. Around the 20th, you weigh expectations in the wider world against your wishes for the place you call your own, and by the end of the month, both may give you a sense of progress. The pleasure of taking on a role you have chosen can come home with you, too.

Stories from far away and new knowledge open up possibilities where you are now. Early in the month, Mars and Uranus meet in the area of travel and specialist learning. An unexpected invitation may introduce you to an unfamiliar world and make you want to take part yourself. The midmonth New Moon illuminates work and public activities, helping you see more clearly which role would let you put that experience to use. In the second half, the Sun and Jupiter meet in the area of friendships, bringing a sense of occasion to plans you can enjoy with others. This is a month to consider who could make an experience you enjoyed on your own even more rewarding. There is room for your personal taste in what brings everyone pleasure.

New possibilities arrive in your work or public life as the month begins. Mars and Uranus come together in the 10th house, encouraging you to act in a different role or try a different method. You may have intended to think things through before joining in, only to discover the appeal by getting involved. Midmonth brings a chance to begin making plans with others. Venus enters Virgo around the 9th, and letting your tastes show becomes part of your charm. Meanwhile, the Sun and Jupiter in the latter part of the month enrich pleasures you have yet to share. July gives you room to develop both the capable person others know and the person absorbed in interests of your own.

July makes you want to enjoy your turn in the spotlight a little more. Jupiter traveling through Leo encourages you to expand your activities and express yourself, and the Sun joins it later in the month. Your hopes may become more specific: taking on a role you previously passed over, or letting others see something you love in your private life. Friends bring unexpected inspiration early on, while you also have time to test an idea before revealing it. Around the 20th, Jupiter and Pluto bring your wishes face to face with someone else's considerable expectations. You can do more than fit into their project this month; you can add something distinctively your own.

This is a month to say what you want to do in words that reflect who you are now. Around the 14th, the New Moon in Cancer opens a new door in your activities and the way you present yourself. At the start of the month, you may suddenly want to try an idea you have yet to show anyone. A private flash of inspiration becomes the pleasure of making something with your own hands. In the second half, the Sun and Jupiter come together to highlight your skills and income, and you may feel eager to make more use of your abilities. As plans with someone else become more concrete, you also grow clearer about how you want to put your own values into practice. In July, people can see the warmth of your own intentions, beyond your willingness to meet their expectations.

You feel like taking the initiative and trying a different approach. Early in the month, Mars and Uranus meet in Gemini, bringing fresh excitement to your readiness to act. Along with changing how you present yourself, you can have a new experience of your own. Midmonth is a time to bring your current wishes into the way you use your skills and possessions. In the second half, the Sun enters the area of words and learning and meets Jupiter. When you tell someone what you have discovered, their response may leave you with something else you want to try. The Full Moon around the 29th also brings a stage of travel or specialist learning to a close. This July, your experiences begin to find expression in your own words.

Listen to a maker whose work interests you; visit a place someone has recommended. In July, conversations close to home and short outings broaden the world of things you love. The midmonth New Moon falls in the 3rd house, and your experience now may give you different questions about something you have heard before. Early in the month, tools and skills reveal unexpected uses. Later, the Sun and Jupiter draw you toward bringing those discoveries into the places where you live and spend time. You may want to keep savoring a flavor or a work of art after you return home. Even the recognition you receive at work toward the end of the month brings joy you can take home with you.

An unexpected invitation, a piece of information so interesting you want to pass it on: in July, everyday conversations set your plans in motion. Early in the month, Mars and Uranus come together, stirring up messages and short journeys. Rather than nurturing an idea on your own, you may find your next destination by talking about it. Plans for your home or the places you use for work and other activities may also come up for review. In the second half, however, the Sun and Jupiter come together to enliven romance and creativity, and you will want to play a more active part in what you love. You can do more than join everyone else's plans this month; you can bring in something you find exciting yourself. The pleasure you take in it could draw new people to you too.