[Fate & Free Will ] Astrology for the Week of July 14 - 20

This has been the longest Mercury shadow period in the history of Mercury shadow periods (at least to me and a lot of other people with significant Mercury things happening) and I am SO ready to get the ball moving.

Fortunately (?) Mercury stations retrograde this week and everything else in the sky decided to chill out and let us cope with it. I wrote a new article about Thriving During Mercury Retrograde on substack that you can read here.

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Monday 07/14

• 🌖 Waning Gibbous Moon | 8:47 am Eastern
• ☽ at 07° 53‘ Pisces △ ♃ at 07° 53‘ Cancer | 9:46 am Eastern
• ☽ at 11° 20‘ Pisces □ ♀︎ at 11° 20‘ Gemini | 3:52 pm Eastern

Monday social connections are working overtime, opening doors and bringing opportunities through the right people at the right time.

Just be careful not to overspend or over promise since all of that goodwill and celebration can get expensive fast.

• Best for: Getting a yes instead of a no, closing deals, group negotiations
• Potential Challenges: Overspending on fun stuff, double-booking yourself, hidden fees in contracts

Tuesday 07/15

• ☽ at 16° 06‘ Pisces ☍ ♂︎  at 16° 06‘ Virgo | 12:15 am Eastern
• ☽ ☌ ☊ at 19° 45‘ Pisces  | 6:40 am Eastern
• ☽ at 23° 27‘ Pisces △ ☉ at 23° 27‘ Cancer | 1:09 pm Eastern
• ☽ V/C |1:09 pm» Eastern

Tuesday things could feel a little extra for no definable reason. 

Reactions (yours and those of the people around you) might be stronger than the situation calls for or more instinctive than rational.

• Best for: Low-stakes planning, checking in with people, moving things along without overthinking.
• Potential Challenges: Reading too much into nothing, drifting off track, unclear reasoning behind choices.

Wednesday 07/16

• ☽ ▻ Aries | 12:32 am Eastern
• ☽ at 00° 22‘ Aries ✳ ♅ at 00° 22‘ Gemini | 1:11am Eastern
• ☽ ☌ ♄ at 01° 55‘ Aries  | 3:52am Eastern
• ☽ ☌ ♆ at 02° 08‘ Aries  | 4:15 am Eastern
• ☽ at 02° 47‘ Aries ✳ ♇ at 02° 47‘ Aquarius | 5:23 am Eastern
• ☽ at 08° 22‘ Aries □ ♃ at 08° 22‘ Cancer | 3:02 pm Eastern

Wednesday there’s pressure to deliver even if the details are kind of a mess and no one really agrees on what’s actually important. NBD.

There’s also a little bit of a go big or go home vibe that could be great or could make it too easy to say yes to something that turns into a problem.

• Best for: Quick calls, culling the list, moving stalled work forward.
• Potential Challenges: Vague instructions, ambiguous demands, regret from saying yes too fast.

Thursday 07/17

• ☽ at 14° 01‘ Aries ✳ ♀︎ at 14° 01‘ Gemini | 12:43am Eastern
• ☽ at 15° 32‘ Aries △ ☿ at 15° 32‘ Leo | 3:20 am Eastern
• 🌗 Last Quarter Moon | 8:37 pm Eastern
• ☽ at 25° 40‘ Aries □ ☉ at 25° 40‘ Cancer | 8:37 pm Eastern
• ☽ V/C | 8:37 pm» Eastern

Thursday the tension starts building fast and progress might start to feel like it’s grinding to a halt.  Mercury stations shortly after the clock strikes midnight on the east coast tonight and the shenanigans are likely to be in full effect today. 

• Best for: Quick wins, sorting out small stuff, noticing where things are about to go sideways.
• Potential Challenges: Pushed deadlines, crossed wires, people doubling down on bad ideas.

Friday 07/18

• ☿ ▻ ℞ at 15° 34‘ Leo | 12:45am Eastern
• ☿ ▻ Direct at 04° 14‘ Leo on August 11, 2025  Eastern
• ☽ ▻ Taurus | 3:58 am Eastern
• ☽ at 02° 44‘ Taurus  □ ♇ at 02° 44‘ Aquarius |8:37 am Eastern
• ☿ at 15° 34‘ Leo ✳ ♀︎  at 15° 34‘ Gemini | 9:37 am Eastern
• ☽ at 08° 51‘ Taurus ✳ ♃ at 08° 51‘ Cancer | 6:57 pm Eastern

Friday there could be some tension bubbling under the surface but for the most part people are busy trying to keep things civil while quietly rewriting half the plan. 

Mercury's station is already causing some weird static, but at least the practical stuff mostly moves forward.

• Best for: Double-checking details, following up on loose ends, revising the plan.
• Potential Challenges: Power plays under polite language, miscommunication , delays from last-minute edits.

*Mercury Retrograde Nerd Alert*

So remember last year and the first half of this year when Mars spent 20 bajilion years in Leo and Cancer? I know, I’m trying to forget too but stay with me.

So Mars was stuck between 6 Leo and 17 Cancer between October 4 and May 2 and didn’t get all the way out of Leo until June 17.

Now Mercury is stuck between 4 Leo and 15 Leo  between June 29 and August 25 and won’t be fully out of Leo until Sept 2.

Why does this matter? Because all of the Leo house things that were being massively rethought over the winter and spring are now in the fine tuning stage.  

Saturday 07/19

• ☽ at 15° 30‘ Taurus □ ☿ at 15° 30‘ Leo | 6:07 am Eastern
• ☽ at 18° 46‘ Taurus  △ ♂︎ at 18° 46‘ Virgo | 11:36am Eastern

Saturday there’s some crossing of wires and stubborn opinions, especially when people think (or pretend) they’re being clear and reasonable.

Still, there’s momentum and it’s easier to get things done if you remember actions speak louder than expectations.

• Best for: Productive work, steady effort, skipping the back-and-forth and just doing the thing.
• Potential Challenges: Miscommunication, talking past each other, getting stuck on phrasing instead of progress.

Sunday 07/20

• ☽ at 27° 49‘ Taurus ✳ ☉ at 27° 49‘ Cancer | 2:43 am Eastern
• ☽ V/C | 2:43am - 6:21 am Eastern
• ☽ ▻ Gemini | 6:21 am Eastern
• ☽ ☌ ♅ at 00° 32‘ Gemini  | 7:15 am Eastern
• ☽ at 01° 53‘ Gemini ✳ ♄ at 01° 53‘  Aries | 9:30 am Eastern
• ☽ at 02° 06‘ Gemini  ✳ ♆  at 02° 06‘ Aries | 9:52 am Eastern
• ☽ at 02° 41‘ Gemini △ ♇ at 02° 41‘ Aquarius | 10:51am Eastern

Sunday is functional(ish). There will probably be vague or unexpected things coming up but the structure can hold if you lean into the adaptability and away from the rigid idealization of “the way things should be”.

• Best for: Quick pivots, spotting weak points, cleaning up behind the scenes.
• Potential Challenges: False starts, missing details, jumping in without context.

Until next time, my wish for you is reflection, revision, and reimagining in preparation of the next phase of your evolution. -Robin 💋