Virgo (August 23 – September 22)

July represents a major change over previous months this year – think of it as a line in the sand, separating all that came before in 2016, and all that’s due after, starting now. The front part of the year was difficult because Mars went retrograde on April 17, and you felt the slowdown well before that happened. Finally Mars went direct just days ago, June 29. Why does this matter to you? Mars is the little hot energy planet that pushes endeavors and relationships into high gear, helps you see lots of progress, and helps you be uber-productive. As one of the zodiac’s most industrious of all signs, this matters to you, so you will love the change.
There’s more! Mars is the natural ruler of your eighth house of other people’s money, including such types of funds as commissions, royalties, bonuses, cash advances, inheritance, insurance payouts, mortgage, refinanced mortgage, venture capital, and also, if you are self-employed, accounts receivables that you would get from clients. With Mars retrograde, money was slow to come in, and on another score, people whose approvals you needed were indecisive. Life crept along. If you did manage to make progress, it happened because you literally willed it to – you supplied the yeomen’s effort necessary, effort that would normally have been supplied for you by Mars in active, not sleepy position. It must have felt like you were being forced to watch maple syrup, in agonizingly slow fashion, drip from a tree into a little red pail – after boiled, extremely delicious, but requiring much patience.
Mars will need a little time to return to former brilliance, and that ramp-up process will be complete by August 22. You will not need to wait until then to act on dearly important missions. Each day from now on brings increasing energy to Mars that you can tap into. Payments that were held up from clients will now start to come to you. Influential people will be more decisive, and you won’t have to wait so long to get the green light to go.
Let’s look at the new moon, which comes next, on July 4 in Cancer, 13 degrees. This new moon, in her elegant white gown, will arrive on the arm of the Sun, with glorious Venus and your ruler, Mercury, as part of the entourage, all filling your eleventh house of friends, clubs, societies, and charitable and humanitarian organizations. In essence, the eleventh house describes groups of all kinds, so when people come together for a joint cause, it becomes an eleventh house matter. This area of your chart also rules individual friends, too, and you may make the acquaintance of one this month that can grow into a new friendship. In all, in July, you will see that your long-term friends love you – this month it shows.
I like this new moon because Mars in Scorpio will be in fine angle to the new moon in Cancer. Water signs like Cancer and Scorpio blend beautifully with your earth-sign element, and it’s a fertile combination – earth and water make flowers. Mars will light your third house of quick short travel, so you will get a chance to enjoy going to a new setting soon after the new moon arrives. (A new moon is not powerful for just a day, but is a portal of energy that lasts ten days or more, and allows you to take charge and move into a new area.) Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, is still in Virgo, so you still wear the crown of the most favored of all signs. Jupiter will support this new moon, adding the element of fun and even possible profit from mixing and mingling with others, perhaps at a business seminar or conference.
If you are single, this new moon could bring the introduction of someone new to love, brought to you though the kindness of a friend. Your best period will be while Venus remains in Cancer, July 1 to 11. During that time, go shopping, and find ways to look and feel more attractive. Doing so will give you confidence and an eagerness to meet people. During those first eleven days it will be important to circulate and show your face to the world.
If you are in an established, committed relationship, in love or business, this person will inspire you this month, for Neptune will be in a perfect spot in the sky to beam energy to that new moon. You may be inspired by the love your romantic partner / spouse has for you, or at work, you will turn out magnificent original work, thanks to the spark that Neptune will lend to you.
There is one difficult planet, Pluto. I suppose every good story requires a protagonist (you) and a villain (Pluto). He will directly oppose all the planets in the friendship house from Pluto in your house of true love. It may be that your lover doesn’t like one or two of your friends and is vocal about it (or won’t join you when you arrange a dinner with friends). Something seems to get under your skin at this time, but I don’t see this aspect as earthshattering or overly difficult. Pluto is in Capricorn, an earth sign like yours, so the energies blend well. Jupiter will be in fine angle to Pluto too, increasing the chances of the expression of love between you and the person you are with. If a child or children are involved in the episode, they will be protected,
This would be the right time to join a professional or social club – and attend meetings too, of course. Both Virgo and the eleventh house are associated with service to those who suffer, so if you had been thinking of joining a charity, humanitarian cause, or even a political party as a volunteer, this would be an ideal time to do so. If you have little time, you might want to simply do a power walk for the cure, to help raise money for research to support a cause close to your heart.
If your birthday falls on September 4, plus or minus four days, you will feel the effects of this new moon the most. The same would be true if you have Virgo rising 13 degrees, or the natal moon, or a natal planet in Virgo, also 13 degrees, plus or minus five degrees – you will feel the influences of this new moon more strongly than most.
Later that week, on July 6, we have Venus and Mars making a lovely aspect, suggesting that this week (July 3-10) would be an ideal week to go on a short vacation either with a friend or to see friends.
On July 8, your ruler, Mercury will be in sync with Jupiter, creating one of your favorite days of the month. You are golden on this day – do anything that involves communication – write, speak, edit, translate, do research, write code, or design an app. This is a day for you to shine. Being with friends or a group of people would be ideal. You might even decide to go to a sporting event – you’d have lots of fun. (Attending sports is a group event too that comes under your now lit-up eleventh house.)
Sunday, July 10, brings a heavenly aspect, when the Sun in Cancer will reach out to Jupiter in Virgo. Make this a standout day when you celebrate something special with others. The eleventh house is not only about friends and groups, but also is considered the house of hopes and wishes, and on this magnificent day a dearly desired dream may be within reach.
Your love life will become the center of your attention at the full moon July 19, plus or minus four days. It will fall in Capricorn, 28 degrees, and fill your house of true love. This full moon is the only one of the year to fall in your most romantic house – it could be spectacular.
If your birthday falls on September 21, you will feel the effects of this romantic full moon more than most. The same would be true if you have Virgo rising 28 degrees, or natal moon in Virgo, or a natal planet in Virgo, Taurus, or Capricorn, Pisces, Cancer, or Scorpio at 28 degrees and mathematical tolerance. In all these cases, you will feel the effects of this full moon very strongly.
Now let’s turn to the full moon, July 19, in Capricorn, 28 degrees, and influential for a plus or minus four days. It will light your house of love, romance, matters related to pregnancy / children, fun, leisure activities, and creativity. I like that Mars and Jupiter will be in elegant angles to this full moon – Mars will add energy and Jupiter, the possibly for profit.
You may see money from something you wrote, whether that is a manuscript for a book, the lyrics to a song, code for an app, or a speech that you give or that your client will give. Communication-oriented projects should be fruitful.
Uranus, however, will be stirring the pot. Uranus is based in your financial eighth house that I talked about at the start of your report, covering such funds as student loans, bank loans, lines of credit, credit cards, mortgage, commissions, severance, bonuses, cash advances and large gifts, inheritance, and so forth. The funds I listed have brought a roller coaster effect on finances for Virgo, for you have been hosting Uranus, the planet of unpredictability, in this very same solar eighth house of your horoscope. Sometimes the news was exciting and happy, for a lot of money may have come to you in one large chunk. At other times, you may have felt temporarily cash poor, for the money was dribbling in, forcing you to look through the pockets of your coats to find enough cash to get through the week. Unpredictable Uranus in your financial house has caused this extreme situation since 2011, so by now you likely are somewhat accustomed to this situation and have found ways to deal with it.
Uranus will remain in your financial eighth house until early 2019, but remember, sometimes the news about money has been so wonderful you couldn’t believe it, but at other times, you may have been horrified at how much you’d have to pay. On the up side, money may have come from unexpected sources, too, like winning a big stash of cash on a TV game show. On the reverse side, the eighth house rules taxes too, so you may have been thrown off balance by the amount of taxes due. Alternatively, you may have to be vigilant about identity theft near the full moon, July 19.
Uranus will again become active at the new moon, producing an unexpected expense. (I know, this keeps happening. Pisces has the same financial problem in July as you, for that sign lies 180 degrees from yours, and therefore is on the same axis.) The expense that comes up might be related to your travels, or, if self-employed, you find you need to pour more money into personnel, consultants, computers, code, or other parts of your business. If you are a self-employed Virgo, you may be doing an advertising or publicity campaign, or because you are making a big investment in computers or other necessities you need.
There’s another possibility that could come up at the full moon, and this one is not business-related. That could be an expense associated with a friend. If you agreed to be in a friend’s destination wedding, for example, you might find costs rise in a way that alarms you. Keep an eye on how much you are spending all month, as you may not be aware of how high the charges on your credit card are mounting. When Uranus is involved, it is nearly impossible to judge beforehand what could come up – that is the nature of this planet – surprise (but this month, not likely a good one).
Don’t let the prospect of another expense to come near July 19 make you blue. You have enough positive planetary power to take care of what comes up and to still enjoy the company of others. I agree, it is hard to have all this unpredictability when it comes to your finances, and the last thing you needed was Mars retrograde, for it only exacerbated the situation with slowed payments to you or being in limbo over such financial questions as needed infusions of venture capital that were slow to come, or didn’t come at all due to the instability of world markets.
Everyone will feel this twist of Uranus in different ways, so in a sense we are all in the same boat. In your case, it may help to know the universe is about to make a big correction, for you will start to earn more money later this year, more than you’ve seen in years, and whatever losses you have suffered should soon be covered and corrected.
As you see, this entire month is about your private life, and not so much about your career, although you will have wonderful days for your career, where news will be exciting. Schedule interviews and presentations on July 8, when Mercury (news and your ruler) will be in sync with generous Jupiter. It’s a standout day! Also circle July 26 when Mercury will be sent happy beams from Uranus in a sublime “trine” position, and this time Uranus’ surprises will be ones that will make you jubilant!

Libra (September 23 – October 22)

This might turn out to be an exciting month for your career – the biggest month of 2016! You have so much going for you, and I have plenty to say! Grab a pen and paper – there are many days that will become important to you this month, and you will want to put a star on all of them!
As the month opens, you have a crown of stars twinkling at the very top of your chart, in the house of honors, awards, and achievement, your tenth house. Although many people would assume July would be a quiet month, perfect for going away on a holiday, you will need to stay in town to gather up all the special professional opportunities that are due to come your way. Last month was big for travel, so hopefully you took full advantage and took your vacation then, but if not, you will have chances to pack and go in October.
A note to my readers in Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and other countries down under, July is “winter” for you. Yet no matter where you live, my forecast holds true – if you are a Libra or have Libra rising, you will be busy with your job in July.
Everything starts with the new moon, July 4 in Cancer, 13 degrees. You have Venus, Mercury, and the Sun accompanying the new moon, suggesting your career will be popping. If you have been frustrated that nothing seemed to be happening in your career, you will see a big change now. You have been spending a lot of money lately, due to the position of Mars, so it’s understandable that you’d be eager to get a well-paying, prestigious position, and that seems to be in the cards in early July. Start looking for the right position soon after July starts off – opportunities will start to show up after the new moon appears. I love that this moon will align with Neptune, the planet of creativity, now based in your sixth house of workaday assignments. The project you will be working on after the new moon appears will allow you to put your own personality stamp on the project, and that is exactly right – that’s the reason you were chosen to work on it in the first place.
Pluto, however, will oppose the Sun, new moon, and Mercury, so you may feel a push-pull between the needs of home and family and those of your present or any new job being offered. It is clear there is someone at home is depending on you for day-to-day care, making difficult the decision about whether to take the job or pass it up. See if you can work things out, because this job seems special.
On Wednesday, July 6, Venus and Mars will be in perfect sync, linking your houses of career success and salary, so it appears you can get the compensation you want if you negotiate for it. July 6 is a stellar day for love too – Venus is your ruler, planet of profit, love, and beauty. You will love the results of this day on all fronts – it’s that special.
Someone high level may be speaking on your behalf behind the scenes on July 8, when Mercury and Jupiter will be in sync. This is another glorious day for you. You can sign contracts and important papers on this day, send in a query letter, or have a vital interview or presentation. Anything that would be considered communications in nature would do well today – writing, speaking, translating, editing, researching, teaching, or negotiating all would all be favored in an outstanding way.
Have a confidential meeting, negotiation, interview, or presentation on July 8 or July 11, for over the weekend, July 10, you will have still another spectacular aspect, one involving the Sun in ideal angle to Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck. This is a wonderful aspect, and you will feel it on Friday, July 11, and Monday, July 11, as this aspect has a wide sphere of influence. As you see, there is an entire string of aspects that you can take full advantage of as July opens.
Now let’s look at the full moon, which is ready to light your home and family sector, July 19, to be influential for a plus or minus four days. This full moon is a little mixed in outlook. On the plus side, this full moon will receive sparkling vibrations from Mars, linking money to your house of home to your home, property, and family. This gives me a clue of where you will be spending your money. Jupiter will be a bit far from where I need him to be, but thankfully is still within mathematical tolerances to be of help as well. This suggests you will be able to find the money you need to make the home-related changes or repairs to your home, a wonderful omen. Clearly you are spending more lately, but you appear to move ahead with home-related changes. This includes helping a family member who may desperately need you to find solutions for his or her care.
Uranus, however, will not be friendly and will be in tight mathematical square, considered challenging position, one that will present an obstacle. The challenge seems to stem from your marriage partner or your tenant, roommate, or other person with whom your share your space. Or, if you own a house with someone else, it could be that person who seems not to see eye-to-eye with you and might give you unexpected problems. You will experience some stress at this full moon, but it will be very hard to pinpoint now where it will emanate. It may be that you are having difficulties with your contractor, decorator, architect, or other person who you hired to work with you with your home. This is a full moon, so it appears that rather than see the start to the project, you seem to be finishing it.
The outcome should please you, even though you may have to get over an obstacle that Uranus will toss in your path. This is a full moon in Capricorn, and that automatically brings Saturn into the picture. (Capricorn rules Saturn.) It is gratifying to see that Saturn will be in fine angle to Venus, your ruler.
In terms of romance, you will do very well once Venus moves into Leo on July 11 through August 4. Venus is your ruler, so Venus’ place in the heavens means more to you than for most other signs. Once in happy-go-lucky Leo, you will begin to relax, and as the month moves into its last weeks, you should find your friends playing a much more prominent role in your life.
Mars is now moving direct (as of June 29), having been retrograde since April 17. This will be a relief to everyone, as Mars is the planet that provides plenty of energy and gets things going. In your chart, Mars is the planet that rules your seventh house sector, so if you have been dating and wondering when you both will get engaged, it looks like the last third of the year – from October through most of December – will be mighty special. You both will feel more confident and ready to move forward with your plans to commit to each other and to build a future together.
If you are attached, you will love July 26, when Mercury and Uranus align, and you and your partner may be feeling spontaneous. You may travel to a foreign country or island, give a party, or go to one. This day is a Wednesday, but you are sure to have fun anyway. Perhaps this is a day in the week you experience while on vacation. Perfect!
If you are single, it appears you have recently met someone who intrigues you. If so, keep meeting to see how the two of you interact. Uranus, which rules your true love sector, will turn retrograde on July 29, to stay that way until December 29 of this year. (It is common for big outer planets like Uranus to retrograde for five months at a time. Uranus retrograde is not like Venus, Mars, or Mercury retrograde – those planets spin close to earth, so we feel those more when they are retrograde.) When Uranus retrogrades, he is saying to concentrate on the relationships you have already built, and make more of them, rather than to seek elsewhere to find a new relationship. See how this works for you.

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)

Your chart screams travel, and if it is at all possible, by all means, go. As the month opens, four heavenly bodies are communing in your foreign people and places sector, including the new moon of July 4 in Cancer, 13 degrees, and the Sun, Venus, and Mercury in Cancer too. These are all in water signs that blend so beautifully with your Scorpio Sun. Any trip you take this month wouldn’t likely be for work but rather to relax.
Your chart of the moment is lyrically romantic, for Neptune, the glamorous planet of dreams and inspiration, is now in your fifth house of true love, and will be spreading sparkling silver dust to those darling Cancer planets for a full ten days. If you do travel, choose a location near water for best luck. Venus will be in Cancer until July 10, so use that time to circulate and to find many ways to refresh your appearance, in any way you like. This is your month!
I love that Jupiter will be strongly supportive to that new moon July 4, so a friend may be instrumental in bringing you luck in the first week of July, possibly concerning a way to make more money in coming weeks.
The ninth house, so brimming with planetary energy at the new moon, July 4, also rules making assertive actions toward your goal to attain a higher degree at a university. Your mind will be hungry for knowledge, so you may be looking at brochures for universities or setting up appointments to visit a college for the entrance interview. Alternatively, you may be working on a project for the media – a magazine article or one for a newspaper, a segment for broadcast, or something having to do with digital media.
If you want to open talks over a legal matter or file with the courts, do it now, in early July. With Pluto at 180 degrees, you may have a fight on your hands, but if you have chosen a top lawyer, you have nothing to fear.
This same ninth house, where your new moon will fall this month on July 4, is also the house of relatives, from aunts and uncles to in-laws, and in the third house across from the ninth house is sisters and brothers. Pluto will oppose all the little dancing planets in Cancer situated in the ninth house, so you may have problems with a relative who does not agree with your opinions. In early July, you would be best not to voice any controversial political or religious thoughts because doing so could get you in hot water. Pluto, of course, will tug at all the activities you do from travel to education, so if you should encounter a bossy person, realize this person is Pluto, and you should not try to win this argument. Just shake it off.
If your birthday falls on November 4, plus or minus five days, you will benefit the most from this new moon of July 4. The same is true if you have Scorpio rising 13 degrees or a natal planet or moon of 13 degrees of Scorpio, Pisces, Cancer, Virgo, Taurus, or Capricorn. Apply a plus or minus five degrees in all cases.
Mars is in Scorpio, giving you confidence and drive, always an asset in business, and also in love, for Mars in your sign is considered to bring on an aphrodisiac affect. Mars will remain in your sign all month, and won’t be back for two years – use this month to have fun socially.
For a large part of the first half of 2016, Mars toured Scorpio, which would have given you the edge in any competition. However, with Mars retrograde, it was almost useless. (I should say, not completely useless, but weak). Both Pluto and Mars rule your sign, but Pluto retrograde would never affect you as strongly as Mars retrograde, because Mars orbits very close to earth and Pluto does not – little Pluto is the planet that orbits on the very edge of our solar system, the farthest out. (The planets that affect all of us when retrograde are Mercury, Venus, and Mars.)
When your ruler, the little Red Planet, is sleeping, you feel as though nothing is proceeding fast enough, and you are right. That entire situation will now change for the better, for lately, on June 29, Mars went direct. Mars will need a little time to ramp up to former strength, and that will happen on August 22. Now if you are standing on your desk screaming, “Oh no! No more delays! I can’t bear it!” there is no reason to have to wait. Each day, little Mars is getting stronger and stronger.
Mars rules all sharp instruments the surgeon uses during an operation, among other things. I decided to have my eye operation on August 1 because I wanted Mars to be strong, but he didn’t have to be completely and fully strong to have the surgery. (If you follow me on Twitter@AstrologyZone, you may be aware that the steroids I took in the hospital in March 2015 for my ulcers left me almost blind in the right eye, and the left eye, not in as bad shape, will eventually need surgery too. I am taking things one step at a time. I have been using flashlights to see my planetary tables. It’s been a nightmare trying to write and see the screen, but happily, the doctor knows precisely how to fix me up.) I had to look at the entire sky to make my choice of a date to operate, further complicated by the fact that my surgeon only operates on Mondays.
As said, Mars will be back to former strength on August 22, but his brother, Mercury, will go retrograde soon after, August 30. I didn’t want to get tangled up in Mercury retrograde either! Certainly not when having an optional operation! Mercury will retrograde next August 30 to September 22. After that, however, it is all systems go.)
I’m giving you an example of the give-and-take we all have to do when we choose a date to plan an initiation. I have one farsighted and one nearsighted eye that also complicated things because most of the doctors wanted to average and degrade my vision to make them both the same. I was adamant – no! The doctor (any doctor) has to give me a new flat lens in the eye during the surgery. Mars retrograde allowed me the time to interview four surgeons. None of them wanted to believe I had great eyes under the bad stuff the steroids put like a film over my eyes.
The last doctor (number 4) that I interviewed said, “Oh, you think you have good eyes, despite the fact that you can barely see the big E on the eye chart with the right eye? Okay, we will give you another test and we will see about that.” The new test allowed them to see under the stuff that the steroids had created, and they asked me to read the eye chart. The doctor almost fell off his chair – I was 20/30 with no eyeglasses. “Well, you are right, and this changes everything?” Seeing lots of doctors, especially when you have a surgery that can’t be ever changed again afterward, is always wise! Doctor number 4 gained my trust.
I like to give you examples of choices I make or that others around me make, so that you can see how astrology works. The month of May was a particularly bad month, because five out of eight planets were retrograde. It’s a miracle anything got done in May, and if it did, there were plenty of re-dos and corrections made to that work. If you are nodding your head, so am I!
There will be several sweet days I would like you to make note of in your calendar. (If you bought my astrological calendar for 2016, you already know these jewel-like days!)
First, circle in gold July 6 when Venus in Cancer will receive shimmering beams from her lover Mars, sure to be a highly romantic day, especially if you are traveling or are taking classes in a university.
Next, watch July 8, when Mercury and Jupiter will be aligned, a perfect time to visit a friend in a distant city. If your friend has a summer cottage near the beach or other body of water, so much the better. This will be such a fun time for you to let go and kick up sand. The moon will be in Virgo, getting closer to Jupiter the following day. It’s a super day for you.
Over that weekend, Jupiter will send lovely beams to the Sun, and again, the weekend of July 9-10 will win a blue ribbon in my book for most fun with friends. One friend may go out of her way to do something wonderful for you, and you will be touched.
The full moon, July 19, in Capricorn 28 degrees, will also help you to travel, only at that point in the month, you are likely to go a much shorter distance. It also seems to me that any trip you take near July 19 would be work oriented. Saturn rules Capricorn, and Saturn is currently found in your house of money. This says to me that your trip would likely be to see a client to get a financial deal signed and sealed. Uranus will be in hard angle to the full moon, so you may have last-minute problems with the workers in your company (suddenly not coming in, being hard to train or generally difficult, or quitting on you). Worse, it may be that the project is heading in the direction of going over a cliff, and it will be up to you to save it before it crashes and burns.
Even having said what I did, if you have a Scorpio birthday that falls on November 19, plus or minus five days, you will take advantage of all the benefits and have few if any problems with this full moon. The same would be true if you have Scorpio rising 28 degrees, or have the moon in Scorpio 28 degrees, or a natal planet at that degree in Scorpio, Cancer, Pisces, Virgo, Taurus, or Capricorn. Allow a tolerance of plus or minus five degrees to your natal planet.
As you see, you would be MUCH smarter to travel early in the month when things are likely to be quite divine. Also as you get closer to the end of the month, your career will take on greater importance. Some sparkling career aspects are coming up in early August, so I want you to be at your desk to scoop them all up and take advantage.
Concerning that project that you will have to watch near July 19, have IT watch the servers and computers to be sure nothing untoward happens with your projects and with technology. Uranus rules the digital world and all that happens in it. This planet never gives any indication of what may come later.
Despite the problems you might have with this project, your career is doing really well, something you will see in early August. You will see that you are doing well this month too – Venus will move into your career sector July 12, and so will Mercury, turning the spotlight on you and your burgeoning career success, dear Scorpio!

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)

Your main focus in July will be on money, for both the new moon and full moon will draw your attention to your finances. September will be very important for your career status, but for now, money will take priority over all. Still, even though financial considerations will rule, you will have several opportunities in July to make a name for yourself. Let’s start by looking at the new, July 4, in Capricorn 13 degrees.
This July 4 new moon will light your eighth house of other people’s money covering large funds to make a dream possible, so you may be applying for a mortgage, student loan, venture capital, sponsorship, bank loan, or a business line of credit. This area of your chart also rules large sums, usually delivered in one chunk, such as money from a court settlement, an inheritance, division of property in a divorce, a bonus, commission, prize winning, royalty, licensing fee, or a valuable gift. The house covers financial obligations such as to credit cards, child support, alimony, taxes, and also tax refunds if you are due one. You seem not to be finishing up a financial obligation this month but rather seeking a new source of funding.
This is the area of a major opportunity, so you would have the perfect moment to open talks for any of these matters, and also to do estate planning and/or the creation or change of your will. Additionally, you may want to meet with your financial advisor to see how your retirement portfolio is performing to see if adjustments are indicated. Think about your insurance needs too, to see if you need more or less coverage. It might also be a good time to see your accountant to do tax planning now that you are at mid-year.
This new moon will open opportunity to increase your cash flow, especially through the creative arts, for Neptune will be in an outstanding position to support that elegant new moon. If you are an artist, director, producer, musician, poet, screenplay writer, costume designer, painter, illustrator, dancer, costume designer, stylist, makeup artist, architect, designer of interiors – you name your profession – if you are creative, you will do exceptionally well. Additionally, Jupiter, in Sagittarius, rules the professions related to the media, law, medicine, and professorships at the college level. All those areas will do well for you too.
Even if you are not in a creative field or one of the professions, it doesn’t matter – you should be looking at ways to bring in more money, whether earned (such as commission), won (contests), owed to you (such as child support), or loaned (such as a bank loan or mortgage). Those are just examples – you can think of others. Jupiter, the financial planet that expands profit in everything it touches, will be beautifully angled to this new moon, so there is a strong indication that your efforts will pay off. Sagittarius’ ruling planet is Jupiter, so Jupiter’s activities mean more to you than to most other signs. This is all good news.
There is one difficult planet in the mix. Pluto is positioned across the skies in your second house of earned income, at 180 degrees from the sweet little planets in your eighth house of other people’s money. This tells me that if you are in a dispute about money, the other person or entity will push you very hard. If you are negotiating the compensation package for a new position, you may find that the other side will be intransigent about certain points, and in some cases the lack of compromise will seem unfair to you. Pluto is the 800-lb. gorilla who sits anywhere he pleases. Pluto is known to take no prisoners, so you will need to have your ducks in a row with your legal team.
There is one other way Pluto may work in your chart in that you may have problems instead with a ruthless competitor. No matter who it might be, this person seems to be determined to win. Your chart is complex, and you have support from Mars, so while this phase may be stressful – especially coming at time that is so celebratory for your career and money – you can find ways to protect yourself if you keep your wits about you.
You will be very prescient this month, so heed all that your intuition tells you to do. At times you may wonder why you are getting the hunches that you feel, but you must follow them, as they will be given to you for a reason.
Start working to enlarge your income in these areas quickly after the new moon arrives, July 4 and in the ten days that follow it. You won’t get another new moon in this house again for a year, so your time to act is now. Remember, you have Jupiter and Neptune on your side. The actions you take now, if they take root, will have the power to positively affect your finances for a full year, until the next new moon in comes by – June 23, 2017 – to refresh the energy of this new moon.
New moons begin actions, and full moons bring things to an end or culmination. You won’t have a full moon in this part of your chart until January 12, 2017. The results you will see in January 2017 will be related to the actions you take now.
You might want to do something as simple as list all your bank and brokerage accounts on a piece of stationery, with the name and phone number of your broker or banker, and file it in your safe deposit box along with another copy for your files at home. You may have all the financial people you deal with in your smart phone, but it’s wise to keep them all in one place, too.
I want to tell you about some glittering days due this month that you can use to your full advantage! July 6 will be very special for having talks about money behind closed doors. You seem to be on the same page with the other person, and Venus and Mars will work brilliantly together to bring harmony.
A five-star day for you will be July 8, when Mercury (talks, news, contracts, and agreements) will work closely with Jupiter, giver of good fortune. What a gorgeous day to sign a contract or to shake hands on a deal. (In astrology, giving your word is just about the same as signing papers.) On this day, your career will be on fire. Use it to work out a compensation package, including benefits, like health insurance and vacation days. Over the weekend of July 9-10, you have another dazzler of a day, when the Sun and Jupiter will be aligned – again, money and status should flow to you. This is a Sunday, but you may feel the effects Friday, July 8, or Monday July 11.
Next, let’s look at the full moon, July 19, in Capricorn 28 degrees, set to fill your second house of earned income, savings, and possessions. It is a house that reveals how you earn, save, spend, and appropriate your income. You may be paying a large bill at this time, or hearing back about a raise that you had asked for earlier. Again, Jupiter, giver of gifts and good fortune, will be active and in fine angle to this full moon. Jupiter is a little far away in his perch in Virgo 20 degrees, but within the eight-degree tolerance of influence (the full moon is 28 degrees Cancer). That’s a good sign of things to work out to your benefit.
Mars will be in perfect angle to this new moon and Sun, too, which is excellent – you will have help from people behind the scenes at this time, and they will be individuals that you won’t necessarily know, but who will be on your side, supporting you. Your actions will have weight and promise.
In any good story there always has to be a villain, and at the full moon July 19, it’s Uranus, planet of out-of-the-blue happenings. He just can’t help himself. Leave Uranus alone for five minutes and he is stirring the pot – a real Dennis the Menace. Uranus is in your sector of love and children, so this is where you may experience an out-of-the-blue expense within four days of the full moon, July 19. You may decide at the last minute to send your child to a pricey camp in August (or for my readers south of the equator, to have an expensive tutor for your child.) These are just two examples.
Or, it may be that a creative project you may be working on has overruns at the full moon July 19, and suddenly the client won’t pay them, so you may have to eat those expenses because your name on the project to keep its integrity intact. Things like this happen but it’s hard to tell where this expense will come from, because unpredictable Uranus is involved.
Let’s talk about Mars now. Mars is currently in Scorpio filling your twelfth house. This is a house that rules many things, including work done behind closed doors, in solitude. You may be working on a manuscript to be shown to the world soon, or a conducting research that requires your full concentration. You can be very productive this month, for Mars will not leave this part of your chart until August 2 when Mars enters Sagittarius. From August 2 to September 27, you will have center stage and full control. Keep looking at your project to root out inaccuracies or misguided assumptions and prepare to unveil it in August, a spectacular month for you. September brings Mercury retrograde, August 30-September 21, so August is your month to act.
Mars in the twelfth house, as you have in July, may also bring you in contact with medical personnel, for you or for someone dear to you. This might be that you will having your annual physical, check your eyeglass prescription and/or do dental work (it could be as simple as having a professional cleaning). Or, it may be that this month you will go in for surgery you need done. The planets stacking in your eight house can indicate physical or dental surgery because the ancient astrologers reasoned the eighth house is the house of transformation. The surgeon removes the part of you that you don’t need anymore and that is causing you problems so he can affect a total recovery or move to greater comfort for you.
I was born with a birth defect that affected my entire childhood. The doctors found what was wrong when they went in for an exploratory. I was in the hospital eleven months that year, but instead of seeing it as the hardest year of my life (I was 14 years old), I feel it was my best. I had to have nearly three years of daily physical therapy afterward – it worked. The doctors ended my exceedingly rare condition, and I never had to be troubled by it again. I am the poster child of traditional medicine, for I believe in surgery when there are no other options. Choose your doctor well, doing your thorough research, and when (or if) you go in for your procedure, you will be transformed.
Your timing would be good to take care of any medical condition now because Mars is now moving in direct orbit. Since April 17, Mars has been retrograde, and all of life seems to have been creeping along at a snail’s pace. It was hard to get things moving, for with every step forward, we all had to take two steps back. There were a lot of things that needed to be re-done, with the month of May the worst time – five planets including Mars and Mercury were out of phase.
When big outer planets go retrograde (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), we don’t feel them as directly, not like we would Mars, Mercury, and Venus, Those three planets orbit close to earth so we DO feel them strongly. Both Mercury AND Mars were going backward in May. Now, this period is over and you are entering into the best part of the year, the second half. Mars rules your love life, so you may have felt that the past few months were confusing for your love life, and if you are dating, you may have even wondered if you wanted to stay with the person you are with. It was a confusing time, but things should be clearer from now on.
Uranus will retrograde from July 29 to December 29, suggesting that by the end of July, you should concentrate on your present relationship and not look elsewhere. If you are dating seriously, but are still confused, give your relationship until October to decide what to do, for in October you will get many clues of the direction to take.
Venus will move through fellow fire sign Leo from July 11 to August 5, your time to shine romantically. Use that time to refresh your appearance, to buy new things for your wardrobe, and to experiment with the way you wear your hair. Looking great will give you confidence, always a plus when socializing.
On July 26, Mercury and Uranus will be beautifully aligned, and you may hear news about how well you did with a recent creative endeavor. Certainly ideas will pour out of you at a rapid rate, and everyone, including VIPs, will be impressed – you’ll be deemed a rock star.

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)

With four heavenly bodies gathering on July 4 in your marriage and partnership sector – including the new moon in Cancer 13 degrees, the Sun, Venus, and Mercury, all in the home and family sign of Cancer – you will be getting ready to make a commitment to someone who is important to you. You may be getting engaged or married now, or you might be planning to take on a business partner, agent, manager, writing partner, or other collaborator to help you get ahead in your career. If you are already married, you can draw up an exciting goal that you will work on with your marriage partner.
I love this new moon for several reasons. Neptune will be in Pisces and send shimmering vibrations to the new moon and her entourage in Cancer. Your partner will inspire you, and if you need to travel for any reason, you will find the trip has an uplifting and motivating effect on you. You may be going on a honeymoon, going on a trip with some of your friends, or visiting a friend who has a vacation house overlooking the sea, and she will be fluffing her pillows in her gorgeous guest room in anticipation of your arrival.
Jupiter will also help, and this is remarkable, for Jupiter is the giver and gifts and luck and brings a touch of luxury and ease to all he touches. Jupiter is now positioned in your long-distance travel sector, a perfect place for Jupiter to be to help you find beautiful accommodations that you can afford. If you work overseas, the new moon will help you make powerful associations abroad, and your international relationship will grow and prosper.
In short, anytime two people come together to complete the same goal, and each contributes certain attributes, traits, skills, and elements that the other needs and admires, that?s a seventh house matter. This is the area so lit up for you. It could be two people who marry to have children and build a life together. It could be that you hire an agent to represent you, and both of you would share in the proceeds (not necessarily equally but nevertheless, share), and you both would be dependent on the other for the financial growth and business success of the relationship. These are all seventh house matters.
A contract of some sort is always involved, for the promise made is a binding one if the relationship is to fall in the house of marriage and established partnerships. We don?t think of a marriage as a contract, but it is that and more. If you are dating and in love, that?s a fifth house matter – the two of you have not yet made it to the seventh house yet. If you were to split up, say, at the end of a business, it would still be a seventh house matter, because more legal papers would be needed. This time your seventh house is basically friendly, with sweet Venus in Cancer moving through it; the relationship should go smoothly. If you were to marry or become engaged in the first days of the month (June 1 to 11) while Venus is in Cancer, that would be great as Venus would be in home-and-family oriented Cancer AND Venus would be protecting your relationship.
There is one problem with this new moon in that Pluto will oppose all those planets in Cancer in your seventh house. Pluto is in Capricorn, so it may be that you are taking a bit too much control of the relationship, something your partner may not appreciate. Be careful not to come on too strong.
If your birthday falls on January 3, plus or minus five days, this new moon will speak directly to you. The same is true if you have Capricorn rising at 13 degrees, have the natal moon there, or a natal planet in Capricorn, Virgo, Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces, again at 13 degrees, plus or minus five degrees. If any of these “fit” your natal chart, you will benefit from this new moon.
July 6 should be a heavenly day, when Venus and Mars work together, linking friends to your area of marriage and partnership. It would be a great day for a party, where you introduce the one you love to all your friends. It would also be a perfect night to meet each other and go out on the town to have a great dinner, and either have it be romantic for only the two of you, or to invite friends, too.
July 8 will also be special, when you may be traveling a far distance. If you are not traveling, this would be a great day to forge an international deal. There are other possibilities. You can take a qualifying test (and ace it!), defend your thesis, have your book be published, appear on TV, or get a ruling from the courts that favors you.
Over the weekend of July 9-10, the great good fortune planet will be aligned with the mighty Sun in what is called a “sextile” position (60 degrees apart), denoting opportunity. Again, you have a great weekend for you and your partner to take a trip together. Your accommodations would be sumptuous and the food would be delicious and artfully prepared. Can?t travel anywhere? Take a cooking class together, or take in cultural activities – a ballet or Broadway show, a concert, art gallery, or other fun event while you work on the little projects.
The full moon is an important one for you, for it falls in your sign, Capricorn, 28 degrees, July 19. This is powerful, for with direct support from Mars in your eleventh house of friendship and hopes and wishes, something of enormous importance to you is coming to culmination. A friend or someone who belongs to the same club that you belong to may trigger the happy news that this full moon will bring. Jupiter (good luck) and Mars (energy) will be close enough to support this full moon too, so you have considerable planetary power behind you.
The only troublesome planet will be Uranus, rattling your windows (perhaps literally), for Uranus will cause a sudden situation that you will have to attend to at home, concerning the physical living space or concerning one of your relatives. In the latter case, you may have to help your relative who may not be feeling well and be in need of assistance. I am giving you suggestions but in reality, it?s nearly impossible to anticipate what Uranus will bring – it is the nature of this planet to do something completely out of the blue. It is always what you are not looking at that Uranus brings up to knock you a little off kilter.
Just in case, Uranus rules electrical wiring, so make sure your wiring is up to code and that no outlets are overloaded. Pull out all plugs from their sockets before you leave on any trip. Back up your most vital work, should your computer freeze or crash.
If your birthday falls on January 17, plus or minus four days, the full moon will be speaking directly to you. The same is true if you have Capricorn rising at 28 degrees, or if you have a natal planet, rising sign, or natal moon in Capricorn (best), Virgo, Taurus, Pisces, Scorpio, or Cancer at 28 degrees, you will benefit too.
In this topsy-turvy month, it ends on a happy note. Mercury will receive signals from surprise-a-minute Uranus, so news about money should be very positive on Wednesday, July 27. If you applied for a bank loan, you will be thrilled with the phone call or email you receive. If you hope to buy or sell property, again, bingo – you seem to get the good news you hoped to hear. Money and home will go together like salt and pepper on July 27.

Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)

July brings a focus on your career and the methods you use to get your assignments done. It’s a positive month, filled with opportunity, so you will like how things go. The first, most important event comes July 4, a new moon in Cancer, 13 degrees. This majestic new moon will arrive with the Sun, Mercury, and Venus, all in divinely compatible Cancer in your solar sixth house of work and health. For now, I will focus on your work life, and later I will come back to how you take care of yourself, and how the new moon can be of help.
With four heavenly bodies in your solar sixth house, you will have lots to do. Many people take time off for a vacation in July, but you will be needed at the office – August would be a better time to go. This new moon will receive a golden beam from Neptune, the planet of creativity, dreams, and vision, and is currently based in your solar second house of earned income. This says that you will have a major opportunity to add your creative touch to a current assignment, and that doing so will pay off, quite literally – in terms of earning more money, either now, if you are self-employed, or before 2016 is out if you work for others.
Jupiter will also be in the wings at this new moon July 4, helping you every step of the way, and Jupiter will bring you a bonus, commission, or some sort of one-time large payment of cash. This is exciting!
Pluto, however, will oppose the planets in the solar sixth house, for Pluto will be 180 degrees away in Capricorn. This suggests you may be under some strong pressure to perform. Or it may be that in your office, a co-worker or client is plotting a political move that will put you at a disadvantage. It won’t be easy to decide who is the person doing this because this person is working under your radar, in the shadows. I am not sure about this second option – that the person may be plotting a scheme to advance his own agenda. In that regard, I don’t want you to have to keep looking over your shoulder, but I do want you to be aware that some people are not as friendly and supportive as they may seem on the surface. Pluto, when in hard aspect, can unleash outrageously unfair tactics in someone who can only be called an enemy, to get to a certain goal. Be circumspect to protect yourself but not overly anxious. You are holding all aces, the reason this person wishes they were you.
Now let’s turn to Mars, for this red little planet is assuming a predominant role in your solar chart this month.
Mars is currently in your tenth house of honors, awards, and achievement, making it easy for you to get your foot in the door of the most influential people. Until now, and for months, Mars has been moving at a snail’s pace in retrograde orbit, and looking back, you began to feel the slowdown in professional matters as early as the beginning of April, although Mars officially went retrograde April 17. During that period, part of the time Mars spent time in Scorpio and filled this same prestigious area of your chart, which would have reflected rising career status. You may have been frustrated that you’ve been working so hard, but with such little to show for your efforts. Now all that changes since Mars is moving forward – for Mars will bring you forward, too. Soon you will be pulling away from the pack and getting the attention of the people who matter.
Mars will need a little time to shake off his grogginess, and he will return to full, former strength on August 22. You won’t have to wait for that date to launch your projects, though. Each day from now on brings increasing energy to Mars, the energy planet that works as a booster rocket to all your most vital endeavors. By October 30, you will likely see progress, as the new moon on that day will be important to your career future.
Switching now to the matter of your health and fitness, this new moon July 4 will be the best one of 2016 to begin to turn over a new leaf and get active. Most people wait for January 1 to start to get fit, when they really should be watching for the new moon in their solar sixth house of health prevention – that is, all the things we do to say fit and in good condition. Investigate a gym membership, or if you have been going to the gym, see if there is a new group fitness class you can join, a new sport you can try, or a trainer you can hire to increase your fitness. This would be the best time to go in for an annual physical exam, too, and when you do, include a trip to the eye doctor and dentist. Doing this only takes a few minutes, but can have a powerful effect on your health and the quality of your life.
Now let’s look at three important points of the month that you will want to take advantage of:
On July 6, Venus and Mars will be in sync, a rare and glorious aspect that for you will link your work assignments to your area of fame and honors – you are about to hit a home run, and everyone will be cheering.
Only two days later, on Friday, July 8, Mercury will receive a wonderful beam from expansive, good fortune Jupiter. A new project or one you’ve been working on can bring you a generous amount of cash on this day. This would be a perfect day to sign papers, as Mercury rules all agreements.
Over the weekend of July 9-10, the Sun and Jupiter will make a decisive alignment, and that will also bring fantastic news about a project, and again, a generous one-time payment of cash will be given to you too. The aspect of July 8 will overlap with this one, July 9-10, so you can feel this on Friday, July 8 or Monday, July 11. When news hits, it should be quite exciting.
On July 19, you will come to the full moon in Capricorn 28 degrees and it will be a time to rest, or to work on a creative project alone, in solitude. At that full moon you will make lots of progress if you do work behind closed doors, without being interrupted. It will be soothing to work at a leisurely pace, and that’s exactly what the universe has in mind for you. At this time, you could easily find out who has been working at cross purposes to you, while he creeps around in the shadows – that is, if indeed, there is anyone doing that. Once you see that person, you can better deal with things, if necessary.
Uranus will be in hard angle to this full moon of July 19, so you may have problems when traveling. You would be best to travel on July 26, when Mercury, the travel planet, receives brilliant rays from your ruling planet, Uranus. You may spontaneously take a trip, and if so, things would be exciting and go your way.
In your romantic life, once Venus enters Leo on July 12, Venus will bring her candlelight glow into your seventh sector of committed love, favoring your relationship if you are attached. Venus will help you find all the right words, and together you can find ways to connect in a carefree way like you did when you first met.
If you are not attached, you’ll love August, when Mars will brighten your social life in a big way, and you’ll be on all the right people’s party lists. Get your wardrobe ready, dear Aquarius, for you’ll be stepping out.

Pisces (February 19 – March 20)

Life will be joyous in July, for you have a little party of four heavenly bodies congregating in your fifth house of true love, fun, leisure, and creativity. It’s time to take a deep breath, let go, and relax. This beautiful trend will be set off once the new moon arrives on July 4 in Cancer 13 degrees.
You’ve been working hard, for you are hosting Saturn in your tenth house of honors, awards, and achievement, a place Saturn took up in December 2014. Saturn is the taskmaster planet, so you have had to concentrate hard, and you are learning how to step up to a higher stature in your career. Saturn can be a tough teacher, but all that you learn from him will stay with you forever. Saturn will end your teaching and testing period in December 2017, and at that time you will get considerable professional reward – but not before Saturn’s exit. Once Saturn leaves, he will not have time to come back to tutor you again until 2044, decades from now.
The universe feels that you need a rest from all this hard work you have been doing, and July will be your time to indulge. Romance should be very bright, for Venus in Cancer will see to it, July 1 to 11. Venus in a fellow water sign will heighten your charisma, and your charm will draw others to you. Indeed, July will be your best month of 2016 to find new love if you are single and have not been dating. If you are attached, this new moon will fan the fires of love too. A new moon opens a portal of energy, so it’s not just influential for a day but an entire string of days lasting for at least ten days. It is important to circulate and clear your calendar to get the most out of this peach of a new moon.
Neptune, your ruler, will be the planet most tightly supportive (mathematically) of this new moon, a fantastic indication that love will be glamorous and inspire you deeply. This is no ordinary time!
If you are creative – and most Pisces are – you will find that original ideas will come to you easily, especially in the first half of the month, thanks to the new moon July 4. Set aside time to devote to your creative project, and you will be amazed at what you turn out – and so will everyone around you.
A child, or children, could be part of the fun this month too. If you hope to become pregnant, the time after July 4 bodes well for conception. If you have children, you will want to include them in all your activities. Bring them along on your travels, and choose a place near water for the soothing effect that such an environment will have on you, your partner, and your children. With Neptune prominent, the little Fish will be happiest at the seashore or near a beautiful lake.
It is true that Pluto will oppose the four heavenly bodies in your fifth house of love at the new moon, so it is possible that a friend will not like your choice of partner who you are dating, or say something critical about your child. You may be distressed by your friend’s words, so try to see the motivation behind them. Is this person trying to be helpful or hurtful? Don’t let this person spoil the beauty that this month holds for you.
If you have a birthday that falls on March 4, plus or minus five days, you will feel this new moon the most – and benefit from it. The same is true if you have Pisces rising 13 degrees, or have your natal moon in Pisces, or a natal planet in Pisces, Scorpio, Cancer, or Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn at 13 degrees, plus or minus five degrees.
Only two days after the new moon, Mars, the sexy energy planet, will tour Scorpio, another water sign. Lo and behold, Venus and Mars will signal each other in the heavens on one magical day to use for romance: July 6. Put a big star on July 6 as a super romantic day to celebrate your love for your partner, or for finding someone who is right for you.
Venus in Cancer from July 1 to 11 would be the right time to go shopping for new things to wear, to refresh your appearance, and for women to investigate new makeup.
This year you have been hosting Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, in your marriage house, and on July 8, Mercury and Jupiter will be in sync, making it a fabulous time to commit to one other person. Over the weekend of July 9-10, the magic continues, for Jupiter, in your marriage house, will contact the Sun in your house of love, making that weekend one for the record books. You may be getting engaged or married, and this would be a loving, tender weekend to see that happen. You’d enjoy a touch of luxury too.
This month has a strong emphasis on commitment, but if you are not ready for that step, you can use this energy for forming a powerful, long-lasting business relationship that you make official by signing papers. A great time to sign any kind of document or agreement would be July 8, when Jupiter, the giver of girts and luck, will support Mercury.
It looks like you will travel this month, too, and it is likely to be to a distant location, for you have Mars in your long-distance travel sector focusing you there. When Mars and Venus combine energies on July 6, you may find you are in that new, faraway city. Mars will encourage you to pack and go all month, not just the first week. Once you get to August, however, you will be needed at home base, for your work is about to get very active.
This month will be active professionally if you work in the media, such as for a magazine, newspaper, Internet, or broadcast company. You might be the reporter, writer, producer, director, editor, or part of the support staff. Or, remarkably, you may be the topic of a very positive publicity story – or both. Once Mars leaves Scorpio on August 2, he won’t be back to Scorpio until December 2017, so make use of this heavenly trend for travel while all the conditions are right.
The full moon on July 19 in Capricorn, 28 degrees, will mark a time to kick up your heels. It appears you’ll be attending a festive event like a friend’s wedding or other celebration, possibly in an old, beautiful landmark building or at a posh country club. You will have help from Jupiter and Neptune at this full moon – those are big planets, so that is nothing to sneeze at – so the events of this time should be positive.
Uranus, the planet of unexpected events, will be in hard angle to the full moon, however, so it appears that you will get a bill for a charge that you did not expect. Those charges that may be related to the social event, and apparently costs climbed without your being aware of how high they are going. Or, the costs may be directly related to a creative job that you are working on and that has cost overruns.
If you have a birthday that falls on March 19, plus or minus five days, you will benefit from this full moon. Similarly, if you have Pisces rising or the moon in Pisces, 28 degrees, or a natal planet in Pisces, Scorpio, Cancer, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn at 28 degrees, you will also benefit. In all cases, allow a tolerance of plus or minus five degrees.
As you get closer to month’s end, on July 27, you will have a spectacular aspect, Mercury in supremely harmonious angle to Uranus. This suggests you will have a chance to make money from a surprise assignment.
Your work, health, and fitness will take on greater importance in August, so July 27’s sparkling aspect will have inkling of what is to come. The outlook for your finances is superb as you get deeper into the second half of the year, so if you feel you’ve had too many expenses, all your “losses” will be more than compensated.
It will be far better for you to travel this month, in July, for next month and beyond will be exciting, with many changes, and you won’t have the time to go. With two eclipses in September due, one in Virgo and one in Pisces, your life is about to move on fast-forward. While you can enjoy a long trip and romance, take your chance, dear Pisces.