WEEK OF July 10 – 1 6, 2023
No rest for the weary? Not necessarily, Libra! On Monday, July 10, energetic Mars redirects its attention from your social eleventh house, where it’s been for the past seven weeks, and relocates to your dreamy, introspective twelfth house until August 27. As you adjust to this change in velocity, you may feel wired and tired at the same time, almost like you’re hitting the gas and pumping the brakes simultaneously. The twelfth house rules everything meditative, also endings and transitions, so if you experience fatigue, it may be a sign that you’re ready to let something go. Don’t fight the feeling!
But do double down on your self-care with additional sleep, more flowy movement and perhaps some bodywork or rejuvenating beauty treatments. Be gentle with yourself during this internally focused phase. You can make major strides with healing work over the coming seven weeks, processing subconsciously AND physically. Dynamic Mars can inspire you to move those emotions out of your body. And the red planet knows something about that since one of its signature emotions is anger—not so easy for a peace-seeking Libra to deal with. But there’s value to purging this from your system, perhaps with a few sessions at a boxing gym or by enrolling in a self-defense workshop.
Also useful would be a major decluttering mission, which can lighten your psychic load. You’ll feel more levity with each closet or drawer you clear out. Old papers and files that you never need to look at again should be shredded or recycled. While you’re at it, curate your digital environment, too! You may be too “kind” to unfriend someone, but if you prune your friends list, you may have an easier time connecting with people you actually care about.
Activating Mars in your mystical twelfth house can be a direct line to the muse, sparking divine downloads and supercharging your creative juices! Make art, write a poem, listen to guided meditations. And if painful moments bubble up, use them as fodder for your creative projects. Surely others going through this same thing will relate, perhaps taking deep solace in your words, images or music.
Just remember to come up for air occasionally and step outside! Even as Mars is traveling underground, you’ll feel a pull toward community starting on Tuesday as chatty Mercury teams up with Venus in playful Leo in your social-networking sector until July 28. The messenger planet is interested in everything, and the flip side to that is that it’s easily bored—and distracted! An antidote is spending your leisure time with a range of diverse and stimulating people. You’re not a one-note Libra, and your social and professional circles should reflect that.
For the rest of the month, have fun exploring new scenes and organizations or sampling activities that don’t require emotional commitment (pickleball, anyone?). Take a pass on any groups that feel too cliquey or elitist and enjoy the liberated feeling you get from floating from crew to crew. Happy with your regulars? Then come up with some unexpected activities to keep things interesting, like a group road trip or a creative mission that helps local folks who may have fallen on hard times.
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