July 2024 Horoscope: Trips Will Be Dramatic, For Better or Worse

27.06.2024 - 19:53 / cntraveler.com / Steph Koyfman

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Steph Koyfman is a writer and astrologer best known for her work as Lady Cazimi. She writes the monthly horoscope for Condé Nast Traveler's Women Who Travel.

Your July 2024 horoscope is many things, but it is not “tepid.” The vibe early in the month is a bit like a lively party or living room salon where people are dishing out spirited conversation and piping hot gossip—and at some point in the month, as things get heated, the scandalousness of it all can’t help but boil over a little. Whether or not life takes on the dimensions of a soap opera (or a Real Housewives episode), suffice to say that we might not have a chance to get bored.

In general, the first half of July is a little less messier than the second half, but there’s opportunity throughout the month for both joyful connection and unnecessary drama, for #hotgirlshit and putting out fires. The first week of July features Mercury in Leo applying to a sextile with Jupiter, and Venus will be wrapping up its time in Cancer, serving the kind of special intimacy you create when you’re fully engaged in a conversation, but in a corner at a busy party. After Venus enters Leo on July 11, the social climate gets a little more extroverted, and we’ll be wearing our Saturday night best for our copious travel selfies. However, Mars conjoins Uranus on July 15, which creates a bottleneck of explosive potential, irascible tempers, or instability toward the middle of July. Plus, every time a planet enters Leo (Mercury on the 2nd, Venus on the 11th, the Sun on the 22nd), it immediately runs into an opposition with Pluto the next day. Bombshells may be dropped, and reactions taken to extremes—there may potentially be some power plays and hasty chess moves in the works, too.

Interpersonal drama aside, the second half of the month also looks slightly more prone to travel mishaps and breakdowns of the logistical and mechanical variety. Though Mercury doesn’t officially go retrograde until August 5, the messenger planet enters its retrograde shadow on July 16 and squares Uranus on July 21. Read that rental car agreement extra carefully, and maybe avoid off-roading in a rural, unfamiliar place with no gas station around for miles.

Astrologer's note: Below we refer to your signs as “rising” signs, also known as your ascendant sign. Horoscopes are more accurate when read this way—using your birth time and location, you can quickly find your rising sign online (it takes less than 30 seconds).

You’re determined to be out there living your best life right now, and for the most part, you’ll be successful. Don’t be surprised if your natural inclinations toward joy and radical self-expression rub others the wrong way, though, or contribute to a climate of