If you know your astrology and are aware of your Sun Sign, your Moon Sign and your Rising Sign, also called the Ascendant, please read the Scopes for the Signs of all three; The Moon sign being especially important for those born in the evening or at night, likewise the Sun for those of you born at dawn or during the day. See my page on Facebook called 'Nyx Knox' for any questions or inquiries.

 

The theme of the week is sensitivity, all around, for every one, mostly everywhere, and not due to one small calculation but by the sheer amount of planets highly affected by the sign Cancer. When the Sun enters Cancer and Mercury along with it for example, you can be sure this particular influence of the sign comes out verbally and through written communications. You might notice this more in social media between the end of June and late July. In your case, with your ruling planet also in the sign of the Crab tightly bunched with the Sun and Mercury, you will be feeling this heightened emotional state to the umpteenth degree. You are more Fire than you are Water, so this can have a tendency to boil your blood a bit. Keep calm and stay nurturing.
 

Venus has been riding the tail end of its time in Leo, approaching movement into the sign of the Virgin where you find the general tone of your days becoming more down to Earth with less of an often too hot to handle fiery spark, but please note, you aren't out of the woods just yet. If you can observe the last two weeks and exactly how the sign of Leo has been influencing you, then act until Friday with all of that helpful stuff in mind, using the information to slowly tend the dying embers of the last month’s busy activities.
 

 With Mercury entering Cancer leaving Gemini last week, don't be surprised if you find your emotions all in a tither as well as that of others. This means potential verbal outbursts most likely by you, especially in the realm of children if you have them. Or they may concern values relating to house and home and even ethics, but it could also indicate family activity around you becoming quite heavy or other people whose emotions are awry. Family and emotions flaring up sort of go hand in hand. Either way, I think it's fair to expect some friction in or around your home this coming week. Understand this sort of trial can be exactly the thing needed to bust through to new understanding, if we are willing to have our protective shells cracked; It is possible to outgrow a shell and equally possible that a shell could outgrow you. Wait, what?
 

With Mercury having entered your sign four days ago where it will remain until Aug. 5, you may find yourself having an awful lot to say mostly in the realm of how you feel. You may be wearing your emotions on your sleeve as we are all inclined to do during the Season of the Crab, that magickal time of year when you celebrate your birthday. Dodging tactics, including skirting around or deliberately avoiding issues may actually be helpful from time to time. Sometimes, facing things head on can be great and all, but sometimes, and Cancer knows this well, it's best to actually crawl away to more agreeably sandier beaches. Either that, or the famous crabby pincer technique can work wonders... It works well if you're playing the game 'Risk', anyway.


The Sun approaches the Sign of Leo, where it sits happily in a throne of sorts, wearing its crown, but not for another week and a half. Until then, you are still faced with the planet ruling your Sign opposing dark, mysterious Pluto which rules over the very nature of forces of the occult. Once again we revel, journeying still deeper into the bored tunnels of the psyche of the Lion, in the case of this week, probing the subject of the wounded warrior and healer, specifically in terms of what is honest and fair to others. The question is in the answer to Chaos, and the Uranian/Ouranian. Get in touch with your full spectrum of emotions relating to your home and familial relationship on every intimate level you can.
 

Venus leaves Leo entering your sign by the time the weekend rolls around. In the area of love and relationships, where the relative fires sparked of her time there die down into ashes, reducing much of the last month’s Leonine heat to a nice simmer until Friday. A sense of grounding that may feel like a breath of fresh air should kick in over the weekend leaving you a little more at home in your own skin despite any of your surroundings. With so much in the sky influenced by the sign Cancer right now, Mars, the Sun and Mercury, all conjunct, there's a lot of tension on the home-front for everyone. However, the feelings will wane by Friday, leading to a fruitful harvest of your personal best over the following days.