WEEK OF July 10 – 1 6, 2023
Wallet check! Your fiscal fitness is on an uptick starting this Monday, July 10, as motivated Mars leaves your sign after seven invigorating weeks—a phase that was equal parts exhilarating and exhausting—and settles into Virgo and your income sphere until August 27. Work—and more specifically your earning power—can become a major focus under this electrifying Mars influence. The best part? Self-determining Mars lets YOU decide how to raise that bottom line, whether you’re bounding up the company ladder, impressing other people’s bosses with your enthusiasm, or launching your own business.This will come as particularly good news to Leos who may have had a little TOO much fun celebrating the start of summer. Mars’ M.O. is beginning stimulating new things—while not following through to completion.
Now, with Mars in Virgo, productivity (along with focus, discipline and a willingness to make sacrifices) returns. Improve your chances for success by NOT trying to do a dozen things at once. Choose one or two of the irons that you’ve got in the fire and commit to developing them—and sticking with them—this fall. Don’t rush into your decision, however. The projects you select could take off at a gallop, so make sure in advance that they’ll (likely) be rewarding and profitable for YOU, not just passion projects that look better on paper than they do in your bank account.
But this transit comes with a warning label: Beware the urge to resort to retail therapy! Unless you truly can afford to, watch your spending habits over the coming seven weeks. Money could feel like it’s burning a hole in your pocket. Whether your indulgences tend to be in the clothes and furnishing department or “food and beverages,” stay mindful of where your hard-earned dough is going. If you can’t resist a certain luxe “objet,” open a dedicated account so you can know the gratification of working and saving for something and really feeling like you deserve it, regardless of the price tag.
Even if you do succumb to that horrible “b” word (budget), that doesn’t mean there won’t be any fun to get up to. On Tuesday, expressive Mercury joins amorous Venus in Leo until July 28, inviting you to let your mane down! Whatever you do for your 9-5, an avocational part of you has stepped into the “live out loud” zone, making this is a golden time to share your story, whether as a guest speaker on the circuit, by writing your memoir or just pumping up your online presence.
As the analytical messenger planet, Mercury can help you objectively consider how you’re exhibiting yourself to the world. If you are a brand, this could be a perfect time to hire, or barter with, an image specialist to help you update and zhush everything the public sees, from your profile photos to your wardrobe to your pitch deck templates. The zippy little planet imparts some social independence, and if you’ve been longing to cut loose from a certain squad that’s grown too insular, this can inspire you to make new friends by popping into different groups, both virtually and IRL.
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