A Beautiful Day With Many Opportunities & The Six of Koros (Cups)--Plus, The Third Quarter Moon This Weekend!
Daily Horoscope Check-in for Friday, July 26, 2024, and a Bit About The Weekend Too!
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Without further ado, here is the daily horoscope.
Good morning, friends!
Today looks like a really nice day astrologically! I don’t know about you, but I am ready for some good luck and fun.
My brother’s birthday is tomorrow, so I’d like to wish him a Happy Birthday!! I hope you have a wonderful day, bro!
Okay, let’s get into…the astrology
Today’s Transits
(All times are in Eastern Time unless mentioned otherwise)
Early in the morning at 1:32 am the Moon in Aries conjoined (00°) the North Node, amplifying our pioneering energies. We may have woken up with the urge to lead the way into new territory today and embrace the opportunities we see before us. Hallelujah! Let’s go!
At 9:15 am ET, the Aries Moon formed a harmonious sextile (60°) to Jupiter in Gemini indicating that there are indeed great opportunities coming our way today (or this week). The Aries Moon in sextile to Jupiter and the Leo Sun still in sextile to Mars in Gemini, as we discussed yesterday, is providing a very robust foundation of courage, leadership ability, confidence, and mental acumen to get things accomplished today. This is really nice energy!
Chiron in Aries stations retrograde at 9:58 am ET symbolizing that for the next five months, we will be reflecting on our ego wounds and vulnerabilities and figuring out ways to heal them on a deeper level. He will station direct on December 29, 2024.
The Aries Moon will form another harmonious aspect, a trine (120°) to Venus in Leo today at 6:14 pm ET. How wonderful! First a sextile to Jupiter and now a trine to Venus! Jupiter and Venus are the two benefics who bring happiness, hope, blessings, aid, and abundance to our lives and when they are in harmonious aspects with the Moon we feel more joy, luck, and good fortune. People could be more affectionate—smiling, laughing, and just getting along. Blessings may be more abundant today!
The Moon in Aries is making frustrating aspects to both Mercury, now in Virgo, and Mars in Gemini today though, so there may be annoying things you are dealing with but because of all of the positive and supportive aspects going on today between the Moon and the benefics, I think if we do our best to have patience and think before we speak, we should be okay. Little hiccups or speedbumps in the road are predicted so just be aware that even though we have some great aspects there will be instances to practice emotional control, staying positive, and looking on the bright side.
In the evening, Venus in Leo will perfect a quincunx to Saturn in Pisces retrograde and Mercury will perfect his quincunx to Pluto in Aquarius retrograde, as we talked about yesterday, now that he is in Virgo.
So, the YOD I spoke about, with Mercury, Pluto, and Neptune, in yesterday’s horoscope is still in effect—if you didn’t catch that post, you can check it out here.
Venus in a quincunx (150°) to Saturn can mean that there are things we love, value, and find beautiful in our life that are a bit soured right now due to limitations, restrictions, or time constraints. Or there are things that you know would make your life more beautiful and pleasurable but because of rules, or an area of lack, you aren’t able to manifest them at this time. The good news is that Saturn in Pisces loves Venus and he is willing to bend some of the rules or restrictions, meaning that even though there are limitations you may find a creative solution that still brings beauty and pleasure to your life. The image of someone who is broke (Venus represents money and Saturn represents the lack of) but wants to decorate their house with houseplants comes to mind and so instead of spending a bunch of money on new houseplants they get cuttings from friends, family, and the neighborhood to make their own. Venus in Leo is creative and can work magic on her lair even when she only has what is lying around to decorate with or she has to shop at thrift stores or garage sales or even paint her own works of art! Just because it can’t be brand new doesn’t mean it won’t be beautiful—that’s the image I am getting with this combination.
Over the weekend on Saturday, the Moon will conjoin Chiron, bringing all those reflective feelings close to home, then she will ingress into Taurus and make her third quarter square to the Sun in Leo, while at the same time perfecting a square to Pluto in Aquarius and a trine to Mercury in Virgo—meaning that deep things may come up and it will be easy to talk about them.
On Sunday, the Moon in Taurus will perfect a sextile to Saturn in Pisces retrograde—so, what we desire to have in our lives will be more available even with certain limitations at play.
Let’s take a quick look at the Third Quarter chart and talk about that for a bit before we get into the card for the day.
Third Quarter Moon at 5°Taurus 32’
You can see the Moon at the bottom left of the chart right before the 8 o’clock position in a square (90°) relationship to the Sun on the bottom right of the chart at the 5 o’clock placement.
One of the things that I find interesting about this event is that the Moon is at the same degree as she was during the Lunar Eclipse last year on October 28, 2023. So, for some of you, this third quarter phase may reactivate some of the themes from that lunar eclipse. I wrote about that event in this post, if you’d like to revisit it.
The Third Quarter Moon phase marks a time of mindful action. Whatever conscious actions you take could be due to a calamity in your life that you need to respond to or they could be because of the need to break away from a situation. Whatever it is, it could feel really big and dramatic or it could be something mundane and easily forgotten.
With the Moon in Tarurs in the superior position to the Sun in Leo, this could create a lot of passionate emotions that come bursting forth overcoming the heart and pushing us to create sustainability.
Since the Taurus Moon is attached to their possessions, their friends, their food, and their comforts, she will snort and stomp like a stubborn bull if any of those things are threatened and demand that they are preserved at all costs in order to last as long as possible.
When the Moon gets to the Third Quarter phase in her cycle it is a time when we are redefining the intentions that we set during the New Moon, three weeks prior. It’s symbolic of a time in the month when you are taking stock of what you already have, re-imagining it, and turning it into something new and long-lasting.
So, what are you re-imagining? What are you tidying up? What are you protecting? What are you re-focusing on? These are the types of questions you may be asking yourself during this phase of the Moon.
Brief Horoscopes for ALL 12 Signs
Briefly, below you will find the house that this Third Quarter Moon in Taurus is occurring in, according to your rising sign. Find your rising and read the house topics associated with it. You may notice a shift or a deeper focus involving one or more of those topics.
Aries — second house of money and possessions.
Taurus — first house of self, health, and character.
Gemini — twelfth house of blind spots, large animals, hidden enemies, and mental health.
Cancer — eleventh house of friends, allies, groups, and wishes.
Leo — tenth house of career, praxis, and the mother.
Virgo — ninth house of foreign travel, higher education, and beliefs.
Libra — eighth house of shared resources, inheritance, debt, and death.
Scorpio — seventh house of marriage, partnerships, and legal matters.
Sagittarius — sixth house of stress, health issues, employees or co-workers, and pets.
Capricorn — fifth house of pregnancy, children, creativity, and recreational activities.
Aquarius — fourth house of family, roots, and property.
Pisces — third house of siblings, communication, and local travel.
I wish you all a Happy Third Quarter Moon!
The Tarot Card
Let’s see what the cards have to say…
What is the guidance for today?
Six of Koros (Cups)
On this card, we see two children putting flowers in dainty little teacups and then placing them on the steps of a wagon. They are happy together.
This is a beautiful card about love, pleasure, and making pleasant memories! I think it is a wonderful omen since we have the Moon today in positive aspects to both Jupiter and Venus, so there is an opportunity today to make pleasant memories, enjoy the company of those you love, and find pleasure in your activities.
When you are determined to bring pleasure into your life in all the forms it comes in, it can be renewing, revitalizing, and regenerating.
Back in 2022, I pulled this card and I want to share what I wrote because I feel it fits very well with today’s energy:
Last night, while I was making dinner, a song popped into my head, “Mexican Radio,” by Wall of Voodoo, an 80s band. So, I found it on Spotify and when it started playing, I couldn’t help but dance! It feels like I haven’t danced in a long time.
It felt so good to dance around the kitchen, that I played more songs! And for the next hour or so, I danced! It was so pleasurable and it did indeed feed a part of my soul that really needed nourishment. I didn’t even know how empty that part of me felt inside until I started moving to the beat and feeling the joy that comes to me through dancing.
So, dance! Sing! Make and eat yummy food! Make love! Listen to amazing music! Write poetry (hint hint)! Go on walks! Draw, write, craft! Whatever brings you pleasure and makes your heart sing, do it!
Sometimes it’s easier to be in a pessimistic, bad mood because we’re so unhappy or depressed that we feel like joy would just crack us open and all our tears would spill out, but let them spill! Believe it or not, there is PLEASURE in crying! In letting go! Let yourself feel JOY and don’t hold yourself back from this wonderful emotional gift from the Universe any longer.
Too many of us box ourselves into unhappy places, but for what?! So, we can complain about them and “say” that we want life to be different but then we just do the same things over and over! That’s insane!! Be BOLD and let yourself experience the JOYS of life! Laughter, love, gratitude…life is not about material things or status, it’s about loving, and growing, and experiencing the highest forms of vibration: Love, gratitude, peace.
Does this reading resonate with you? What are your plans for the weekend? I would love to hear your reflections.
I hope this is helpful!
Until tomorrow,
AstroMommy
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Today’s card was pulled from Today’s card was pulled from The Buckland-Romani Tarot Deck, available on Etsy (this is the deck that I have). Buckland Romani Tarot Kindle Book (this is the book I have). Buckland Romani Tarot: Gypsy Book of Wisdom by Raymond Buckland (on my wishlist), and The Master Romani Tarot: Divinatory Journeys of the Buckland Romani Tarot Cards by Tamara Von Forslun (also, on my wishlist).
Great reading, Monica! Especially the last part, about dancing and moving through the energy! Amazing how transits are really reflected in our lives!! Yesterday, I was dancing in the kitchen to some
Grateful Dead! :-D