Week Ahead Forecast: 28th July to 3rd August 2025
- Jennifer
- Jul 27
- 12 min read
Updated: Jul 30
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'These weekly posts aren’t predictions. They’re invitations. I’m not trying to tell you exactly what’s going to happen, because I can’t. No astrologer can. What I can do is show you the terrain. The weather. The conversations The Gods are having up there, and in here.
My intention with the weekly forecast is to help you feel that. To give you a way in. To open a window of possibility. What might this transit feel like? Where might it show up? What kind of emotional tone, friction, insight, or shift might be available if you’re paying attention?
Read it like a weather report. Let the words stir something. Then go live your week. Notice what plays out. Return and reread if you need to.'
Read my weekly forecast manifesto in full here.
🍄 Astroweather | 28 July - 3 August 2025
Emerging gently. Listening for clarity. Let The Moon, Mercury and Venus guide you.
After last week’s intensity, this week brings the first real breath after the storm. The New Moon in Leo last Thursday was a reset. Now, as the Moon waxes, there’s a sense of movement but it's still quiet. This is a week to process, assimilate, and make sense of. It's time for some self reflection and inner work around whatever was revealed last week.
It is my understanding that what we feel and experience is here to teach us more about who we are and why we are here. We are perfectly equipped to handle and make sense of what confronts us, even when it's hard. We just have to trust in ourselves and in The Universe and let what is being shown unfold without trying too hard to control it or resist it. This is a week for practicing that. I like to start with a question when I experience any difficult feelings:
What does this remind me of? Where have I felt this before?
Then I get on with my day and look with curiosity and interest what arrives in my head.
If you'd like to learn more about inner work and this kind of practice check out this post:
Back to the week ahead: Venus enters Cancer late Wednesday night, and Her next steps are purposeful. She speaks to both Saturn and Neptune, challenging the heart to discern between love and illusion, hope and reality or ideally, to harmonise the material with The Divine. Meanwhile, Mercury’s retrograde journey reaches a turning point as He meets The Sun on Thursday: a moment of insight, a reconnection to your inner voice.
Let’s follow the rhythm of the week.
To learn more about how to feel into your inner self with guidance from The Gods read my follow The Moon post: Know Thy Feelings: Working with The Moon
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Your Weekly Snapshot
Please note: all timings are BST
✨ Monday
Monday 28th July
🌒 Waxing Moon in Libra
Moon joins the South Node at 12:00pm
Moon conjoins Mars at 7:00pm
The Moon activates the Nodes today bringing us face to face with something karmic, familiar, or fated. She meets Mars later, re-touching the same thread He stirred last week on the 21st when He crossed the South Node Himself.
What old pattern are you tempted to act out again?
This is simply about witnessing. Stay present with the part of you that wants to run the same script and gently choose something else.
🪞 Prompt: Where do I feel the pull of an old pattern and what would it feel like to pause instead of react?
✨ Tuesday
🌒 Waxing Moon in Virgo → Libra (enters Libra at 6:00am)
Moon square Venus | 1:00am
Moon trine Uranus | 7:00am
Moon opposite Saturn | 9:00am
Moon opposite Neptune | 10:00am
Moon trine Pluto | 11:00am
This is a day for deep reflection. The Moon’s early square to Venus may stir discomfort around what we want versus what we feel we should want. And then, after entering Libra, She moves through a powerful chain of aspects that unlock and illuminate what the New Moon on the 24th began.
Uranus opens a window. Saturn and Neptune test it. Pluto drives it home.
Today is not about dramatic realisations it’s about emotional clarity. Something wants to be felt fully. Something wants to be seen again, this time without the old story attached.
Give yourself space to process. This is a powerful checkpoint.
💧 Prompt: What truth did the New Moon show me and how am I emotionally responding to it now?
✨ Wednesday
🌓 Waxing Moon in Libra
Moon sextile Sun and then Mercury | early hours
Moon square Jupiter | 4:00am
The Moon softly speaks with the Sun and Mercury offering a flicker of insight before the light fully breaks through with the Mercury Cazimi (perfecting in the middle of the night tomorrow). This is a whisper before the word. The soft edge of something you almost understand.
But then Jupiter amplifies it and it may feel like a lot. Emotions or ideas will feel inflated, stretched. Jupiter is God of truth. He pushes us to see the bigger picture and understand that everything we experience has meaning and purpose. Try not to judge what comes up. It’s raw material, not the finished story.
You may feel like you're waiting for something to be communicated. If so, be patient, when Mercury is reborn what is knotted and tangled will loosen and we will be more able to communicate what's in our hearts.
The real clarity comes tomorrow. Today is about listening to the hints.
🪶 Prompt: What is quietly surfacing in me right now—before my mind catches up?
✨ Thursday
🌔 Waxing Moon in Libra → Scorpio (enters Scorpio at 6:00pm)
Venus enters Cancer | 4:00am
Moon trine Venus | 7:00pm
Moon square Pluto | 10:00pm
Venus slips into Cancer in the early hours, softening the heart. She wants warmth now, not words. Safety, not spectacle. But She’s vulnerable here—and tonight, the Moon enters Scorpio and immediately opens a deep emotional doorway.
There’s sweetness in the Moon-Venus trine, but Pluto follows. The tension between longing and control, connection and self-protection, may rise. Stay honest with yourself about what you’re really feeling.
This is a night to sit with it, not solve it.
💔 Prompt: Where am I longing to feel held—and where am I trying to control the outcome instead?
✨ Friday
🌔 Waxing Moon in Scorpio
Mercury Cazimi (just after midnight)
Venus square Saturn | 5:00pm
Venus square Neptune | late evening
This day hums with significance. Mercury met the Sun just after midnight—marking the heart of the retrograde. A message begins to land now, though perhaps not with words. The mind has turned a corner. But the feelings still need catching up.
The Scorpio Moon spends the day in tense conversation with both Mercury and the Sun, reflecting the tension between what we sense and what we can name. Venus is also under pressure, caught between the cold clarity of Saturn and the dreamy fog of Neptune. Love, security, and longing all blur into one—and the Moon’s evening trine to Jupiter only magnifies what’s already stirring.
This is not a day to demand certainty. It’s a day to feel it all, and to let what’s real settle into your bones without needing to define it.
🌊 Prompt: What truth am I beginning to see more clearly—and where am I still clinging to illusion?
✨ Saturday
🌔 Waxing Moon in Scorpio (until midnight)
Moon sextile South Node & trine North Node | 10:00am
The Snake looks both ways today.
The Moon connects with the Nodes of Fate this morning, casting a gentle light on where you’ve been and where you’re going. In Scorpio, this isn’t abstract—it’s felt in the body, in the bones. Something you’ve been carrying may soften now, if you let it.
No drama. No breakthrough. Just a quiet reorientation: a reminder that your future doesn’t have to repeat your past.
🪶 Prompt: What old truth am I ready to stop carrying—and what new one is beginning to shape me?
✨ Sunday
🌔 Waxing Moon in Scorpio → Sagittarius (enters Sagittarius early morning)
Moon sextile Mars | 1:00am
Moon opposes Uranus | 8:00am
Moon trine Saturn and Neptune | 9:00 - 10:00am
Moon trine Mercury retrograde | 8:00pm
After a week of emotional depth, the Moon shifts into Sagittarius and opens the windows. But it’s not light-hearted yet—She immediately faces Uranus, then moves through a string of soft trines to Saturn, Neptune, and Mercury.
This is an integration day. Your nervous system may need grounding after the emotional and mental weather of the past few days. The Moon’s conversation with Mercury retrograde tonight offers a reflective closing: not a resolution, but a sense that you’re beginning to understand what this chapter is about.
✨ Prompt: What part of this week’s story is starting to make more sense now?
🌿 Closing Reflection
This week didn’t bring certainty, but it may have offered something deeper: a sense of connection to what’s moving within you. The kind of clarity that doesn’t shout—but hums quietly beneath the surface.
The Moon guided us through reflection, tension, and small integrations. Mercury returned to the heart of the Sun. Venus stepped into new waters and was met with challenge. And all the while, the space was held for not knowing fully, but noticing—what stirs, what repeats, what begins to make sense.
If last week cracked something open, this week asked: What will you do with what you now see?
There’s no need to answer right away. Let the days ahead be a continuation of the unfolding. Keep listening. Keep softening. Keep trusting that what’s being revealed is part of your becoming.
🌀 Where am I beginning to understand something I once resisted?
Rising Sign Forecasts
☀️ Mercury Cazimi in Leo – 31st July 2025 (11:26am BST)
A quiet return to centre. Clarity begins here.
The Messenger sits in the heart of The Sun today, bringing the first glimmer of insight after weeks of tangled thoughts. It's not about answers arriving fully formed. It's about hearing your own voice again.
Where The Cazimi falls in your chart is where you may start to remember what matters.
Let’s follow the light.
♈️ Aries Rising – 🖋️ Creativity, Joy, Love
Where does your heart want to speak?
Clarity begins to return around your creativity, your joy, and your heart’s desires. This is about reconnecting to what lights you up—not what looks good on paper. If you've felt uncertain about love, children, or creative projects, a quiet knowing may flicker through now. Listen.
Reflection question: What would I create, or say, if I wasn’t afraid of how it would be received?
♉️ Taurus Rising – 🏠 Home, Roots, Inner Security
Where do you feel safe enough to be yourself?
The light comes back to your home, family, and inner sanctuary. What do you need to feel safe? Where is ‘home’ for you now? Questions about living situations, family dynamics, or emotional security may start to clear.
Reflection question: What makes me feel at home within myself?
♊️ Gemini Rising – 💬 Words, Mind, Communication
What needs to be spoken—or left unsaid?
Your mind has been busy, Gemini. But this Cazimi brings clarity to your communications, learning, and immediate environment. What do you need to say—or stop saying? A truth may arrive around siblings, close friends, or local matters.
Reflection question: What truth have I been avoiding saying out loud?
♋️ Cancer Rising – 💰 Worth, Resources, Stability
What do you truly value?
This is about money, worth, and stability. Questions about your income, resources, or what you value most may begin to resolve. Look for insight around what truly nourishes you—not just financially, but spiritually.
Reflection question: Where am I mistaking survival for true security?
♌️ Leo Rising – ☀️ Identity, Path, Self
Who are you, when you stop performing?
This is your moment. The questions Mercury stirred about identity, direction, and your place in the world start to soften. Something returns to centre: a reminder of who you are, without the noise. Clarity about your path is beginning.
Reflection question: What part of me have I forgotten that is ready to return?
♍️ Virgo Rising – 🌑 Inner World, Rest, Intuition
What’s whispering within?
Quiet answers arrive in hidden places. This Cazimi lights up your inner world—dreams, solitude, intuition. If life’s felt unclear, stop searching outward. Look inward. Clarity begins in your stillness.
Reflection question: What do I know, deep down, that I’m ready to hear?
♎️ Libra Rising – 🕸️ Friendships, Community, Belonging
Who do you feel safe to be real with?
The fog starts to lift around friendships, community, and your wider networks. Questions about belonging, your role in groups, or future plans may start to resolve. Clarity is social: who supports you, and who no longer does?
Reflection question: Where am I still trying to ‘fit in’ instead of showing up as myself?
♏️ Scorpio Rising – 🏔️ Purpose, Role, Reputation
What are you here to build?
Career, reputation, your public path—this is where clarity stirs. If you've questioned your purpose or direction, this Cazimi offers a glimpse of what’s real. Listen for insight about your role in the world.
Reflection question: What am I working towards—and is it still true?
♐️ Sagittarius Rising – 🔭 Vision, Belief, Direction
Where are you going?
You’ve been questioning your beliefs, your vision, your ‘why’. This Cazimi marks the first quiet step towards clarity about your bigger picture. It’s not about knowing the whole answer—but feeling where the next step leads.
Reflection question: What do I believe in now?
♑️ Capricorn Rising – 🕳️ Depth, Trust, Intimacy
What have you kept hidden from yourself?
Deep, hidden matters stir. Questions around intimacy, shared resources, or emotional entanglements may begin to resolve. Clarity comes through honesty—with yourself first. A gentle light in the shadows.
Reflection question: Where am I still afraid to let myself be seen?
♒️ Aquarius Rising – 🤝 Partnership, Connection, Reflection
What are your relationships showing you?
Partnership is where clarity begins to return. If relationship questions have swirled, expect insight now—not necessarily about them, but about you within the connection. Listen to what your heart knows about who stands beside you.
Reflection question: What do my current relationships reveal about my relationship with myself?
♓️ Pisces Rising – ⚙️ Work, Health, Daily Life
Where does life need simplifying?
Work, health, daily routines—this is where clarity comes back. The everyday matters that sustain your life may suddenly feel simpler. If things have felt chaotic, a small piece clicks into place now.
Reflection question: What small habit or practice would help me feel more whole right now?
This is not clarity that demands action. It’s clarity that brings relief: the quiet knowing that you are no longer lost.
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And finally,
🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive — Week 9
The Flickering Thread
Saturn and Neptune are close now—so close you can almost hear them breathing together. But they’re moving backwards. This isn’t a time for progress. It’s a time to question what you’re building your life on.
What story are you still telling yourself that isn’t true?
What dream needs stronger foundations?
Let this week be about sitting with those questions, without rushing to answer. Waiting isn’t avoidance. It’s preparation.
And if you'd like some help getting to know where Saturn and Neptune sit in your chart, get in touch.
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For those new to astrology:
This forecast assumes a bit of an understanding of astrology and some practice at feeling into the energy of the moment to see how it's manifesting for you in your experience. If you are a beginner then it may not be easy to discern or feel, especially when the astrology is loud.
So, a recommendation: If you are learning, then pick one of the transits - whatever feels most interesting to you - and take note of when it is happening. Then just pay attention to what themes arise - I'll make some suggestions of what you might notice in the outer world and how you might tap into it in your inner world. Notice what’s showing up in your mood, your body, your conversations, or even in the stories you’re drawn to on telly or in the news. It’s not about getting it “right”, it’s about getting curious. That’s where the magic starts.
As you get more practiced with noticing you can expand your awareness to more than one transit in the week and before long you'll be immersed in the astrology and your way of being in, and experiencing the world, will have shifted into something altogether more magical!
For more on all this, read this post.
You may also find the rising sign forecast helpful because this will narrow the range to where you're most likely to feel and notice the transits in your life. If you don't know your rising sign then fill in this contact form and give me your birth date, place and time and I will send you a picture of your birth chart and an overview of your rising sign. If you'd like a comprehensive overview of your chart then book a reading with me and I'll explain it all to you!
A note on AI & my writing:
I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.
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