Weekly Astrology for July 13-19, 2025

This week, the inward journey of the fool continues. There are many fools out there. There are many that are being foolish. And there are many places inside that we can be fooled. Let yourself play with this metaphor for this week and see where it gets you and what could possibly be revealed.

July 13^th, Saturn goes retrograde, and the Moon moves into Pisces

To say many are feeling sensitive is an understatement. The question is … what is that retrograde asking us to master? Clearly, we need to find a way to review and really take an honest look at a lot of things.
For some, it will ask you to step back and rest. For others … it is time to find some new elusive alignment that is calling to your soul.
Retrogrades are always about reflection. To do that we have to first stop. It’s the stopping that is the hard thing to do. We are going to need time to reorient our instincts and feelings in a place that will bring a better sense of authority and a clearer reflection of our deeper value.

We want … what we desire to be true … but we are here to learn the powerful differences in the voice, tone, and temperament of our attachments, our desires, and that deeper intuitive knowing.
We also need to look at the voices that we genetically inherited and that now do not serve who we want to become.
Add to that, the Moon moves into Pisces, which is a very sensitive place to be, and our emotions can feel loud over our rational mind. It is time to really discern what is a premonition … from what is wishful thinking.

July 17^th, Mercury goes retrograde

I can hear the groaning from the bleachers! Yes, we are in another Mercury retrograde. This one starts the energy off being in Leo and it will continue through August 11^th.
I know everyone wants to make sense out of this crazy reality. I know … that you know … that what you think … may not be the reality. I know that you want the narrative that you have created to continue happily and to not have to face the horrible consequences of our current history unfolding. But this Mercury retrograde is going to force our hands in a lot of ways.
While Mercury in Leo wants to be foot-loose and fancy-free. There is so much more going on as it moves into retrograde, that it forces us to question the truth. The retrograde Mercury in Leo at this time asks us to move authentically and from a place that will allow us to find our own happiness first and become an example.
Fake smiles will just not cut it.
It is time to be completely in alignment with our highest and best selves. It is time to let go of those thoughts and feelings that inhibit us from being that authentic self.

July 19^th, the Sun will square to Chiron
As this week comes to a close, we have the Sun in Cancer and a retrograde Chiron backing up into Aries. We strive to do things differently not just for ourselves (Aries) but for those we love (Cancer).
To claim our own wisdom … first we will have to take our own medicine. You know … those projections we have on others that need to be more carefully looked at as ways that we too need to grow. It is so much easier to see the patterns in others and often miss that pattern that we hold inside as well. But the wisdom we offer others is probably exactly what we need to do for ourselves and so the medicine we offer others … is what we need to do to take care of ourselves.
We are a temple in need of healing.
We are worthy of tenderness and love.
We are in actuality whole and healthy.
But we need to be willing to accept the depths inside that have longed for recognition and acceptance.
Now it will be up to us to find the courage to allow more of life in.

~Suzanne Wagner~