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July 2025 Horoscope: Predictions for Leo
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Overview for this Month: Leo (All)
July 2025 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Leo:
July brings a stronger focus on the past, emotional issues, and your inner world, dear Leo, although you’re building towards a far more active and involved phase as the month progresses. The month can be a slow burn, but it revs up as you go along. Fortunately, some time taken to rest and reflect this month can be time well spent. Venus enters your social sector on the 4th, and the Sun moves into your sign on the 22nd, and your connections and confidence are building.
If you need to handle a private matter or deal with an ending or a problem from the past, the first week of July is a powerful time. The mighty Sun is in a hidden area of your solar chart until the 22nd, suggesting you need personal downtime as you wind down your solar year and prepare for the next one. Still, you easily draw upon your memory or wisdom to solve a problem or advance a goal. This can be a month of significant emotional breakthroughs. It’s a time for learning more about yourself, your heart, and the people closest to you. This period can be a time of letting go of something you no longer need or turning the other cheek. Either way, it can be liberating. It’s a good time for winding down, healing, and processing. Mercury’s retrograde in your sign from the 18th also suggests some withdrawal and introspection.
With Venus in your social sector from the 4th to the 30th, however, you are balancing your attention to your private life and social life well. While some introspection is great for you now, Venus here enhances your appeal and enjoyment of others. Friendships or your popularity can receive a nice boost. You are more willing than usual to accommodate, change, and grow in your interactions and are far less likely to stick with old patterns that are no longer effective. Business income is in better shape. You have more charisma with friends and groups. While you are keeping to yourself in many ways, this does not affect your appeal. In fact, others are drawn to you more than usual.
A major sign change punctuates this: Uranus moves into this same sector that rules community, networking, your social life, and your happiness goals. Keep in mind that Uranus travels through a zodiac sign for about seven years, and for the most part, until 2033, Uranus will be shaking up the way you see your place in the community. A preview of these themes begins this month and will run until November.
In the coming months (and later, years), friendships and group associations can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. You’ll be attracting people who are free-spirited, individualistic, and a bit eccentric. Your social life is bound to be very colorful. Note that this influence kicks in more consistently from April 2026 forward. Stimulating changes are on the horizon in the realms of friendships, group connections, and business plans. Experimentation becomes increasingly important to you as you feel adventurous and courageous. For some, changes in your career direction bring new or different friends and groups into your life.
The Full Moon on the 10th reminds you of the need to find a work-rest balance. It calls you to action, mainly to take better care of daily routines, wellness, and work matters.
You’re likely to derive much satisfaction from accomplishing something tangible and measurable this month, even with a stronger spiritual/inner life focus. You find it easier to pick and choose your activities to your benefit.
Neptune, Saturn, and Chiron are all visitors to your spirit sector, and each one turns retrograde this month! As such, signals are strong to slow down and reassess or consider your larger plans and goals. It’s not the time to rush decisions. Avoid taking on more when you should really be thinking of simplifying, particularly with studies, special interests, travel, and sharing. Try to tackle things one at a time rather than wear yourself out. As you advance, you’ll be realigning with beliefs and pursuits that reflect your current growth.
Mercury turns retrograde in your sign on the 18th, signaling a need to look back before moving forward. There can be information clogs until next month, but the pause can help you catch up and make different choices and essential edits. Make sure that the words you use to express yourself are constructive.
There will be times when pausing and allowing your emotions to catch up with your mind can serve you well. As such, delays occurring now can be blessings in disguise.
The Sun in your sign from the 22nd onward boosts your sense of personal power and increases your influence and presence. It also highlights the importance of sharing your ideas and harnessing the power of words to enhance your life. It’s a fine time to consider new personal initiatives. You’re particularly noticeable, prouder, and more confident or coming across with more personal strength at this time.
The New Moon on the 24th is in your sign, pointing to a brand-new beginning. Since Mercury remains retrograde until August 11th, take things slowly as you consider ways to reinvent or renew yourself. There’s an ethereal, fascinating quality to your personality that draws people to you.
Retrograde Mercury aligns with the Sun in your sign on the 31st, making it a significant time to see recent decisions or plans in a new light. You have more clout and personal presence, but there can be some mystery surrounding you, especially with Venus moving into your privacy sector around the same time, encouraging you to go within. It’s a potentially brilliant time for rethinking your life in crucial ways. It’s also strong for doing something with your ideas, even if it’s not about new launches. Laying the groundwork is exciting, even in the absence of a solid plan.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Leo (Born July 23 to August 2)
AND Leo Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Leo:
July 2025 Leo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2025
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until July 22nd:
The Sun continues to shine its light on your solar twelfth house. This is the time to listen to your intuition, to take a break from the hectic pace of your life, and to reflect on what you have learned in the past year. You might naturally retreat a little and take more private time for yourself now.
Your physical energy levels may not be up to par for the time being, and this is your body signaling you to take a break. This is not an ideal time for pushing forward with new personal projects and plans. It is better to finish up projects and tie up loose ends now.
From July 22nd forward:
The Sun illuminates your first house now, bringing issues surrounding your personal identity, appearance, outward behavior, and self-expression to the forefront. This marks the peak of your physical solar cycle, and you are in the position to make an impression on others, and to assert your personal influence. Spontaneity of expression is what this transit is about. You are ready to put your past behind you and to start a new personal cycle. You have presence and you project confidence. Increased energy and a renewed feeling of confidence is with you now, so take advantage.
It’s a great month to do something entirely new and pioneering—to go solo in some area of your life. This particular season of the year smiles on your personal endeavors. This is a time when you more easily get in touch with a true sense of your identity and purpose. The most enterprising side of your nature surfaces, and it’s time to seize opportunities. Existing problems in your life may be overcome now by bravery and a straightforward approach to your life.
There’s nothing wrong with a bit of self-centeredness during this cycle, but avoid taking it too far. It’s not the best time for teamwork and other cooperative endeavors. The spotlight is on you and your ability to lead, so make it a good one! Take steps to improve how you come across to others. It’s time to carve your own path in life.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until the 4th:
Venus continues to transit your solar tenth house. Relationships with authority figures, superiors, and with the public are in focus during this cycle. It’s a strong period for diplomatic relations, although a negative expression of this position could be bending over backwards to please rather than positive, friendly relations. It’s a time when being a team player reaps the most rewards, and you may be mixing business with pleasure now. This may be a time when you are especially enjoying your career or position and making the most of it.
From the 4th to 30th:
Venus graces your solar eleventh house now. Forming harmonious, warm social friendships, possibly related to group activities within a club, can figure now. You may meet someone through such group activities; consequently, your interests will be shared. Whether or not you do, the bottom line is that sharing interests with someone is what makes you happy during this cycle. Venus here enlivens your friendships and group associations with charm and grace. You are more peace-loving than usual and slightly detached on a personal level. If a romance were to begin during this time frame, it would be characterized by a strong feeling of camaraderie, but it could also be rather impersonal and perhaps lacking in depth and intimacy.
From the 31st forward:
Venus is spending some time in “hibernation” in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
All month:
Mercury continues to transit your solar first house. During this cycle, you are more communicative than usual. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that conversations are at their best right now, simply because you are more interested in expressing yourself than listening! You are especially alert and a little cerebral now. You have a receptive audience for your ideas.
Mercury is retrograde from July 18th to August 11th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal finances, as well as communications with friends or groups, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Major financial initiatives should be avoided. Remember that friends don’t mean what they say and don’t say what they mean, and take what you hear with a grain of salt. Group meetings may be delayed or cancelled.
Occurring in your solar first house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to your body language. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. This is a time to review the manner in which you come across to others–not so much whether it truly reflects your nature, but more in terms of whether it is working for or against you. Don’t worry too much if others aren’t quite “getting” you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. You might spend more time than usual when it comes to making decisions now, and this is natural. Rushed decisions may be regretted when you change your mind later on.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to energize your solar second house. You tend to put more effort into making money or making your life more comfortable and secure during this cycle. Your strong desire to be financially independent could lead to positive things, such as paying off debts or increased enterprise. The opposite side of the coin is asserting your independence by making impulsive purchases or taking risks with your money. You are more protective of the way you earn or spend money, as well as with the values you live your life by, and if others question you about these things, there could be arguments.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2025 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Leo:
July brings a stronger focus on the past, emotional issues, and your inner world, dear Leo, although you’re building towards a far more active and involved phase as the month progresses. The month can be a slow burn, but it revs up as you go along. Fortunately, some time taken to rest and reflect this month can be time well spent. Venus enters your social sector on the 4th, and the Sun moves into your sign on the 22nd, and your connections and confidence are building.
If you need to handle a private matter or deal with an ending or a problem from the past, the first week of July is a powerful time. The mighty Sun is in a hidden area of your solar chart until the 22nd, suggesting you need personal downtime as you wind down your solar year and prepare for the next one. Still, you easily draw upon your memory or wisdom to solve a problem or advance a goal. This can be a month of significant emotional breakthroughs. It’s a time for learning more about yourself, your heart, and the people closest to you. This period can be a time of letting go of something you no longer need or turning the other cheek. Either way, it can be liberating. It’s a good time for winding down, healing, and processing. Mercury’s retrograde in your sign from the 18th also suggests some withdrawal and introspection.
With Venus in your social sector from the 4th to the 30th, however, you are balancing your attention to your private life and social life well. While some introspection is great for you now, Venus here enhances your appeal and enjoyment of others. Friendships or your popularity can receive a nice boost. You are more willing than usual to accommodate, change, and grow in your interactions and are far less likely to stick with old patterns that are no longer effective. Business income is in better shape. You have more charisma with friends and groups. While you are keeping to yourself in many ways, this does not affect your appeal. In fact, others are drawn to you more than usual.
A major sign change punctuates this: Uranus moves into this same sector that rules community, networking, your social life, and your happiness goals. Keep in mind that Uranus travels through a zodiac sign for about seven years, and for the most part, until 2033, Uranus will be shaking up the way you see your place in the community. A preview of these themes begins this month and will run until November.
In the coming months (and later, years), friendships and group associations can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. You’ll be attracting people who are free-spirited, individualistic, and a bit eccentric. Your social life is bound to be very colorful. Note that this influence kicks in more consistently from April 2026 forward. Stimulating changes are on the horizon in the realms of friendships, group connections, and business plans. Experimentation becomes increasingly important to you as you feel adventurous and courageous. For some, changes in your career direction bring new or different friends and groups into your life.
The Full Moon on the 10th reminds you of the need to find a work-rest balance. It calls you to action, mainly to take better care of daily routines, wellness, and work matters.
You’re likely to derive much satisfaction from accomplishing something tangible and measurable this month, even with a stronger spiritual/inner life focus. You find it easier to pick and choose your activities to your benefit.
Neptune, Saturn, and Chiron are all visitors to your spirit sector, and each one turns retrograde this month! As such, signals are strong to slow down and reassess or consider your larger plans and goals. It’s not the time to rush decisions. Avoid taking on more when you should really be thinking of simplifying, particularly with studies, special interests, travel, and sharing. Try to tackle things one at a time rather than wear yourself out. As you advance, you’ll be realigning with beliefs and pursuits that reflect your current growth.
Mercury turns retrograde in your sign on the 18th, signaling a need to look back before moving forward. There can be information clogs until next month, but the pause can help you catch up and make different choices and essential edits. Make sure that the words you use to express yourself are constructive.
There will be times when pausing and allowing your emotions to catch up with your mind can serve you well. As such, delays occurring now can be blessings in disguise.
The Sun in your sign from the 22nd onward boosts your sense of personal power and increases your influence and presence. It also highlights the importance of sharing your ideas and harnessing the power of words to enhance your life. It’s a fine time to consider new personal initiatives. You’re particularly noticeable, prouder, and more confident or coming across with more personal strength at this time.
The New Moon on the 24th is in your sign, pointing to a brand-new beginning. Since Mercury remains retrograde until August 11th, take things slowly as you consider ways to reinvent or renew yourself. There’s an ethereal, fascinating quality to your personality that draws people to you.
Retrograde Mercury aligns with the Sun in your sign on the 31st, making it a significant time to see recent decisions or plans in a new light. You have more clout and personal presence, but there can be some mystery surrounding you, especially with Venus moving into your privacy sector around the same time, encouraging you to go within. It’s a potentially brilliant time for rethinking your life in crucial ways. It’s also strong for doing something with your ideas, even if it’s not about new launches. Laying the groundwork is exciting, even in the absence of a solid plan.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also 2025 Leo Preview Horoscope and the detailed 2025 Leo Yearly Horoscope.
Leo (Born August 3 to 12)
AND Leo Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Leo:
July 2025 Leo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2025
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun travels through your twelfth house now, marking a time of retreat and regeneration. Think about the attachments you have–to things, people, and routines–and consider which ones are dragging you down. This is a time when competitive energies and the ego are on a bit of a break.
It’s not the time to push ahead with brand new projects. Rather, it’s a time of reflection, dreaming, and recharging your batteries. Situations that have naturally outgrown their usefulness in your life can now be put behind you. Endings of natural cycles may be part of the picture at this time of year. Your energy is largely applied to personal and private affairs now. Your disposition is introspective. Rest and reflect, and prepare for a more outgoing cycle when the Sun moves into your first house.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until the 13th:
Venus continues to transit your solar tenth house. Relationships with authority figures, superiors, and with the public are in focus during this cycle. It’s a strong period for diplomatic relations, although a negative expression of this position could be bending over backwards to please rather than positive, friendly relations. It’s a time when being a team player reaps the most rewards, and you may be mixing business with pleasure now. This may be a time when you are especially enjoying your career or position and making the most of it.
From July 13th forward:
Venus graces your solar eleventh house now. Forming harmonious, warm social friendships, possibly related to group activities within a club, can figure now. You may meet someone through such group activities; consequently, your interests will be shared. Whether or not you do, the bottom line is that sharing interests with someone is what makes you happy during this cycle. Venus here enlivens your friendships and group associations with charm and grace. You are more peace-loving than usual and slightly detached on a personal level. If a romance were to begin during this time frame, it would be characterized by a strong feeling of camaraderie, but it could also be rather impersonal and perhaps lacking in depth and intimacy.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until July 5th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar twelfth house. This is a cycle in which clear decision-making does not come easily. You are paying more attention to unspoken or hidden elements of any circumstance. You are seeing all sides to any given story, and forming a definite opinion does not seem “right” for the time being. Thoughts turn to the past. It’s a strong period for gaining different perspectives on problems or issues in your life, as well as for reflection and research, but not the easiest time for presenting your ideas.
From July 6th forward:
With Mercury in your solar first house, you are most inclined to speak up about matters that you previously were only mulling over. Your disposition is more intellectual than usual now, and self-expression comes easily. You are sharper than usual–more observant, and more inclined to “live in the head”. Relationships with siblings, neighbors, classmates, and casual friends may become more prominent in your life now.
It is likely that you will initiate discussions during this period, evaluate your appearance and the impact you have on those around you, and make contact with others rather than stay chained to any one place or activity.
This is the time to be direct and to communicate your needs and interests. You are more inclined to talk about yourself and your personal past now. This may also be a restless time when it is difficult to turn the thinking process off when it would be better to relax! It is an especially fruitful time for any endeavor that requires dealing with words, ideas, and facts and figures.
Your demeanor is more youthful, perhaps mischievous, light-hearted, and non-threatening so that others may be more inclined to turn to you for advice or pleasant conversation. Using the power of words to attract what you want or to further your interests works best for you now.
Mercury is retrograde from July 18th to August 11th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal finances, as well as communications with friends or groups, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Major financial initiatives should be avoided. Remember that friends don’t mean what they say and don’t say what they mean, and take what you hear with a grain of salt. Group meetings may be delayed or cancelled.
Occurring in your solar first house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to your body language. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. This is a time to review the manner in which you come across to others–not so much whether it truly reflects your nature, but more in terms of whether it is working for or against you. Don’t worry too much if others aren’t quite “getting” you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. You might spend more time than usual when it comes to making decisions now, and this is natural. Rushed decisions may be regretted when you change your mind later on.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until July 4th:
Mars continues to activate your solar first house, supplying you with added energy to apply towards personal goals, and a more assertive and direct approach to the world in general.
This is an excellent period for physical training and exercise of any kind. The desire to be self-sufficient and independent is especially strong now. You are far less tolerant of being restricted by or dependent on others, and this is a good time to identify your personal strengths and take positive action to rectify situations that may have previously felt frustrating or repressive.
You might be especially attracted to personal challenges, and seeing just how far you can push. However, be careful not to push yourself (and others) too far.
From July 5th forward:
Mars energizes your solar second house. You have more energy at your disposal to make money, but also to defend your values. This can be a very resourceful time, when you make the most of what you have. You have much energy for new money-making projects, or for stepping up existing ones.
You may be over-identifying with what you have and own, and you could be trying to prove yourself (your worth) to others using money and possessions as the means to do so. If conflicts occur during this transit, they are likely to be over issues of ownership. This is a time when impulse buying is at a peak. You probably should avoid using credit right now, simply because your spending habits may be excessive and impulsive.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2025 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Leo:
July brings a stronger focus on the past, emotional issues, and your inner world, dear Leo, although you’re building towards a far more active and involved phase as the month progresses. The month can be a slow burn, but it revs up as you go along. Fortunately, some time taken to rest and reflect this month can be time well spent. Venus enters your social sector on the 4th, and the Sun moves into your sign on the 22nd, and your connections and confidence are building.
If you need to handle a private matter or deal with an ending or a problem from the past, the first week of July is a powerful time. The mighty Sun is in a hidden area of your solar chart until the 22nd, suggesting you need personal downtime as you wind down your solar year and prepare for the next one. Still, you easily draw upon your memory or wisdom to solve a problem or advance a goal. This can be a month of significant emotional breakthroughs. It’s a time for learning more about yourself, your heart, and the people closest to you. This period can be a time of letting go of something you no longer need or turning the other cheek. Either way, it can be liberating. It’s a good time for winding down, healing, and processing. Mercury’s retrograde in your sign from the 18th also suggests some withdrawal and introspection.
With Venus in your social sector from the 4th to the 30th, however, you are balancing your attention to your private life and social life well. While some introspection is great for you now, Venus here enhances your appeal and enjoyment of others. Friendships or your popularity can receive a nice boost. You are more willing than usual to accommodate, change, and grow in your interactions and are far less likely to stick with old patterns that are no longer effective. Business income is in better shape. You have more charisma with friends and groups. While you are keeping to yourself in many ways, this does not affect your appeal. In fact, others are drawn to you more than usual.
A major sign change punctuates this: Uranus moves into this same sector that rules community, networking, your social life, and your happiness goals. Keep in mind that Uranus travels through a zodiac sign for about seven years, and for the most part, until 2033, Uranus will be shaking up the way you see your place in the community. A preview of these themes begins this month and will run until November.
In the coming months (and later, years), friendships and group associations can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. You’ll be attracting people who are free-spirited, individualistic, and a bit eccentric. Your social life is bound to be very colorful. Note that this influence kicks in more consistently from April 2026 forward. Stimulating changes are on the horizon in the realms of friendships, group connections, and business plans. Experimentation becomes increasingly important to you as you feel adventurous and courageous. For some, changes in your career direction bring new or different friends and groups into your life.
The Full Moon on the 10th reminds you of the need to find a work-rest balance. It calls you to action, mainly to take better care of daily routines, wellness, and work matters.
You’re likely to derive much satisfaction from accomplishing something tangible and measurable this month, even with a stronger spiritual/inner life focus. You find it easier to pick and choose your activities to your benefit.
Neptune, Saturn, and Chiron are all visitors to your spirit sector, and each one turns retrograde this month! As such, signals are strong to slow down and reassess or consider your larger plans and goals. It’s not the time to rush decisions. Avoid taking on more when you should really be thinking of simplifying, particularly with studies, special interests, travel, and sharing. Try to tackle things one at a time rather than wear yourself out. As you advance, you’ll be realigning with beliefs and pursuits that reflect your current growth.
Mercury turns retrograde in your sign on the 18th, signaling a need to look back before moving forward. There can be information clogs until next month, but the pause can help you catch up and make different choices and essential edits. Make sure that the words you use to express yourself are constructive.
There will be times when pausing and allowing your emotions to catch up with your mind can serve you well. As such, delays occurring now can be blessings in disguise.
The Sun in your sign from the 22nd onward boosts your sense of personal power and increases your influence and presence. It also highlights the importance of sharing your ideas and harnessing the power of words to enhance your life. It’s a fine time to consider new personal initiatives. You’re particularly noticeable, prouder, and more confident or coming across with more personal strength at this time.
The New Moon on the 24th is in your sign, pointing to a brand-new beginning. Since Mercury remains retrograde until August 11th, take things slowly as you consider ways to reinvent or renew yourself. There’s an ethereal, fascinating quality to your personality that draws people to you.
Retrograde Mercury aligns with the Sun in your sign on the 31st, making it a significant time to see recent decisions or plans in a new light. You have more clout and personal presence, but there can be some mystery surrounding you, especially with Venus moving into your privacy sector around the same time, encouraging you to go within. It’s a potentially brilliant time for rethinking your life in crucial ways. It’s also strong for doing something with your ideas, even if it’s not about new launches. Laying the groundwork is exciting, even in the absence of a solid plan.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology’s in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology’s in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also 2025 Leo Preview Horoscope and the detailed 2025 Leo Yearly Horoscope.
Leo (Born August 13 to 22)
AND Leo Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Leo:
July 2025 Leo Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
July 2025
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until July 11th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar eleventh house. During this cycle, you are planting seeds for the future, dreaming up plans that you might begin to develop two months down the road, if they still seem viable then. You are more aware of the benefits of networking, and you might find some great ideas through others now. You might be working in a team now.
You could be questioning some of the rules you have been living by and you could be ready to try something totally new. You are more attracted to that which is progressive or unconventional during this cycle.
From July 12th forward:
The Sun travels through your twelfth house now, marking a time of retreat and regeneration. Think about the attachments you have–to things, people, and routines–and consider which ones are dragging you down. This is a time when competitive energies and the ego are on a bit of a break.
It’s not the time to push ahead with brand new projects. Rather, it’s a time of reflection, dreaming, and recharging your batteries. Situations that have naturally outgrown their usefulness in your life can now be put behind you. Endings of natural cycles may be part of the picture at this time of year. Your energy is largely applied to personal and private affairs now. Your disposition is introspective. Rest and reflect, and prepare for a more outgoing cycle when the Sun moves into your first house.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until the 22nd:
Venus continues to transit your solar tenth house. Relationships with authority figures, superiors, and with the public are in focus during this cycle. It’s a strong period for diplomatic relations, although a negative expression of this position could be bending over backwards to please rather than positive, friendly relations. It’s a time when being a team player reaps the most rewards, and you may be mixing business with pleasure now. This may be a time when you are especially enjoying your career or position and making the most of it.
From July 22nd forward:
Venus graces your solar eleventh house now. Forming harmonious, warm social friendships, possibly related to group activities within a club, can figure now. You may meet someone through such group activities; consequently, your interests will be shared. Whether or not you do, the bottom line is that sharing interests with someone is what makes you happy during this cycle. Venus here enlivens your friendships and group associations with charm and grace. You are more peace-loving than usual and slightly detached on a personal level. If a romance were to begin during this time frame, it would be characterized by a strong feeling of camaraderie, but it could also be rather impersonal and perhaps lacking in depth and intimacy.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
All month:
Mercury continues to transit your solar twelfth house. This is a cycle in which clear decision-making does not come easily. You are paying more attention to unspoken or hidden elements of any circumstance. You are seeing all sides to any given story, and forming a definite opinion does not seem “right” for the time being. Thoughts turn to the past. It’s a strong period for gaining different perspectives on problems or issues in your life, as well as for reflection and research, but not the easiest time for presenting your ideas.
Mercury is retrograde from July 18th to August 11th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal finances, as well as communications with friends or groups, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Major financial initiatives should be avoided. Remember that friends don’t mean what they say and don’t say what they mean, and take what you hear with a grain of salt. Group meetings may be delayed or cancelled.
Occurring in your solar twelfth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to privacy matters. You may find that you are less able to rely on your intuition. Perhaps you’re picking up the wrong cues or reading too much into situations. Whatever the case may be, for the time being, you may not feel that your intuition is serving you well. Be as non-judgmental as you can, but do keep an eye out for deceptiveness and falseness in others. You might unwittingly reveal something that you’d prefer to keep private. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating about your inner world now; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 21st:
Mars continues to activate your solar first house, supplying you with added energy to apply towards personal goals, and a more assertive and direct approach to the world in general.
This is an excellent period for physical training and exercise of any kind. The desire to be self-sufficient and independent is especially strong now. You are far less tolerant of being restricted by or dependent on others, and this is a good time to identify your personal strengths and take positive action to rectify situations that may have previously felt frustrating or repressive.
You might be especially attracted to personal challenges, and seeing just how far you can push. However, be careful not to push yourself (and others) too far.
From the 22nd forward:
Mars energizes your solar second house. You have more energy at your disposal to make money, but also to defend your values. This can be a very resourceful time, when you make the most of what you have. You have much energy for new money-making projects, or for stepping up existing ones.
You may be over-identifying with what you have and own, and you could be trying to prove yourself (your worth) to others using money and possessions as the means to do so. If conflicts occur during this transit, they are likely to be over issues of ownership. This is a time when impulse buying is at a peak. You probably should avoid using credit right now, simply because your spending habits may be excessive and impulsive.
Overview Horoscope:
July 2025 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Leo:
July brings a stronger focus on the past, emotional issues, and your inner world, dear Leo, although you’re building towards a far more active and involved phase as the month progresses. The month can be a slow burn, but it revs up as you go along. Fortunately, some time taken to rest and reflect this month can be time well spent. Venus enters your social sector on the 4th, and the Sun moves into your sign on the 22nd, and your connections and confidence are building.
If you need to handle a private matter or deal with an ending or a problem from the past, the first week of July is a powerful time. The mighty Sun is in a hidden area of your solar chart until the 22nd, suggesting you need personal downtime as you wind down your solar year and prepare for the next one. Still, you easily draw upon your memory or wisdom to solve a problem or advance a goal. This can be a month of significant emotional breakthroughs. It’s a time for learning more about yourself, your heart, and the people closest to you. This period can be a time of letting go of something you no longer need or turning the other cheek. Either way, it can be liberating. It’s a good time for winding down, healing, and processing. Mercury’s retrograde in your sign from the 18th also suggests some withdrawal and introspection.
With Venus in your social sector from the 4th to the 30th, however, you are balancing your attention to your private life and social life well. While some introspection is great for you now, Venus here enhances your appeal and enjoyment of others. Friendships or your popularity can receive a nice boost. You are more willing than usual to accommodate, change, and grow in your interactions and are far less likely to stick with old patterns that are no longer effective. Business income is in better shape. You have more charisma with friends and groups. While you are keeping to yourself in many ways, this does not affect your appeal. In fact, others are drawn to you more than usual.
A major sign change punctuates this: Uranus moves into this same sector that rules community, networking, your social life, and your happiness goals. Keep in mind that Uranus travels through a zodiac sign for about seven years, and for the most part, until 2033, Uranus will be shaking up the way you see your place in the community. A preview of these themes begins this month and will run until November.
In the coming months (and later, years), friendships and group associations can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. You’ll be attracting people who are free-spirited, individualistic, and a bit eccentric. Your social life is bound to be very colorful. Note that this influence kicks in more consistently from April 2026 forward. Stimulating changes are on the horizon in the realms of friendships, group connections, and business plans. Experimentation becomes increasingly important to you as you feel adventurous and courageous. For some, changes in your career direction bring new or different friends and groups into your life.
The Full Moon on the 10th reminds you of the need to find a work-rest balance. It calls you to action, mainly to take better care of daily routines, wellness, and work matters.
You’re likely to derive much satisfaction from accomplishing something tangible and measurable this month, even with a stronger spiritual/inner life focus. You find it easier to pick and choose your activities to your benefit.
Neptune, Saturn, and Chiron are all visitors to your spirit sector, and each one turns retrograde this month! As such, signals are strong to slow down and reassess or consider your larger plans and goals. It’s not the time to rush decisions. Avoid taking on more when you should really be thinking of simplifying, particularly with studies, special interests, travel, and sharing. Try to tackle things one at a time rather than wear yourself out. As you advance, you’ll be realigning with beliefs and pursuits that reflect your current growth.
Mercury turns retrograde in your sign on the 18th, signaling a need to look back before moving forward. There can be information clogs until next month, but the pause can help you catch up and make different choices and essential edits. Make sure that the words you use to express yourself are constructive.
There will be times when pausing and allowing your emotions to catch up with your mind can serve you well. As such, delays occurring now can be blessings in disguise.
The Sun in your sign from the 22nd onward boosts your sense of personal power and increases your influence and presence. It also highlights the importance of sharing your ideas and harnessing the power of words to enhance your life. It’s a fine time to consider new personal initiatives. You’re particularly noticeable, prouder, and more confident or coming across with more personal strength at this time.
The New Moon on the 24th is in your sign, pointing to a brand-new beginning. Since Mercury remains retrograde until August 11th, take things slowly as you consider ways to reinvent or renew yourself. There’s an ethereal, fascinating quality to your personality that draws people to you.
Retrograde Mercury aligns with the Sun in your sign on the 31st, making it a significant time to see recent decisions or plans in a new light. You have more clout and personal presence, but there can be some mystery surrounding you, especially with Venus moving into your privacy sector around the same time, encouraging you to go within. It’s a potentially brilliant time for rethinking your life in crucial ways. It’s also strong for doing something with your ideas, even if it’s not about new launches. Laying the groundwork is exciting, even in the absence of a solid plan.
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For example, the Sun might transit the second house of your solar chart from June 21 to July 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both June and July’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. While new months can hold new energy, transits don’t abruptly change because the calendar month changes.
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