July 2026 Forecast

The much-feared and long-debated month of July 2026 is finally here. In a way, July began two days early. If you felt a jolt of psychic whiplash course through your mind and life early this week, you’re not imagining it. Mercury stationed retrograde on Monday, Mars moved into Gemini, and Jupiter has finally exited Cancer after a long residence in our moon’s tidal kingdom. Each of these shifts is significant, and each represents complications and activations of the new outer planet order. We know that change is the only constant, but there are times when change feels terrifyingly tangible, when change takes center stage and becomes undeniable. This month has the potential to be equal parts disruptive and energizing. We’ve all been sensing changes coming and witnessing enormous shifts in the collective. Part of the tension of 2026 has been not knowing what form these changes will take. This July, we may start to see a more complete picture of what’s to come. In our own lives, it may feel uncomfortable, even disruptive, but it also represents an opportunity: a surge of energy shoving us through a portal into something new. If you’d like to work with me, you can book a reading here. Calling all Cancer & Leo Risings: Journey with the Sun is a year-long program for building a living, embodied relationship with your birth chart. Together, we use the Sun as our guide, moving through each house and sign in your chart over the course of the year. This work is about developing a functional, expansive relationship with astrology: one that helps you better understand what’s present while opening to more of what’s possible. Each journey begins in the season of your rising sign. I offer a free 15-minute consultation on the program if you’d like to learn more. Get full access to Skies and Currents at skiesofgrace.substack.com/subscribe