“Within you is the light of a thousand suns” – Swami Vivekananda

This month, we invite you to explore the sacred power of stillness. In silence, the soul remembers, the soul speaks.

Practice taking 5–10 minutes each day to sit in quiet awareness. Notice what arises when the mind slows down.

✨Journal Prompt:
What do I discover when I allow myself to be still?

🌕 Moon Phases & Planets Wisdom

✨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?

✨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.

✨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.

✨On July 7, 2025, 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.

✨July 10, 2025, Full Moon at 18° Capricorn. This is a positive, results-oriented Full Moon, trine Mars in Virgo. This month Full Moon is also known as the Buck Moon.

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.

Ritual Suggestion:
Write what you’re ready to release on paper and burn it safely, visualizing freedom and lightness.

✨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.

✨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.

✨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.

✨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.

📖 Sacred Poem of the Month

The Guest House – Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

🌸 Affirmation Corner

“I am deeply connected to the divine rhythm of life. I trust the unfolding.”

🧘‍♀️ Practice of the Month: Solar Plexus Activation

Each morning, place your right hand on your Solar Plexus (area above your navel) which is the center of personal power and confidence:

Place your hand on your stomach, breathe in golden light, and affirm:

“I trust my inner fire. I move forward with clarity.”

Breathe out with the certainty you are releasing what doesn’t serve your body, mind and spirit.

🌞Sacred Ritual for July

Sun Gratitude Walk 
Every other morning this month go outside and walk either around a park or barefoot in your backyard. With each step, connect to the mighty Sun and offer Gratitude:

• “Thank you for my breath.”

• “Thank you for this light.”

• “Thank you for this life.”

Let the sunlight remind you that you are alive, whole, and growing.

💫 Soy Luz Events

🌻“Reclaiming my Womb”, A Women Circle – Saturday July 19th 9:30 am – 3:00 pm

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🌞8/8 Lion Portal Gate: A Celebration of Love & Light -Friday 8/8 5:00 – 8:30 pm

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🌬️“Embracing my inner light”, A Shamanic Breathwork Journey – Tuesday 8/12 1:11 pm online event

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As you move through July, may the warmth of the sun mirror the warmth in your heart.
Shine brightly, love deeply, and walk in truth.

With love and light,

✨ Luz