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Happy July, readers.

This month we hit the last of the weird astrological news of 2025, which has been the movement of all the slow moving outer planets into new signs. Earlier this year I wrote about how unprecedented this is, to the point that I haven’t yet found a precedent.

The last change of the giants is Uranus’ movement into Gemini, on July 7th, after 7 years in Taurus. All the changes this year have been big, but for some reason this is the planetary movement I’ve been most interested in. Uranus is about chaos, the unexpected, rebellion, accidents, revolution, and innovation. In Taurus, the sign of stability, predictability, food, resources, and the earth itself, we saw huge instability around the basic physical necessities we need to feel safe (remember not being able to buy toilet paper?), unpredictability regarding resources (remember everything is cake?), and both chaos but also scientific innovation around climate change (I was recently reminded that every single thing we do to slow climate change helps).  Taurus is an earth sign, so Uranus messed with practical things. Gemini is an air sign, so this energy is now in the realm of thought and communication.

Here’s an interesting, if terrifying, factoid: the chart that is widely used as the natal chart for the United States of America, dated for 6:20 PM on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, has Mars in Gemini. Mars is the planet of (among other things), war and combat. Uranus was in Gemini during the revolutionary war, during which time the declaration was signed. Uranus was also in Gemini from 1858-1866, during the civil war. Uranus was also in Gemini throughout 1941-1949, the years of Second World War. Finally now Uranus moves into Gemini again, where it will remain until 2033.  This is an astrological marker of conflict for the U.S.A., and I don’t think I need to do any deep political analysis to draw a parallel.

For your personal charts, I am focusing on the parts of your chart that Uranus has moved out of, and the parts it will move into. Since Uranus moves so slowly, this won’t be an astrological shift you necessarily notice right away, but rather an opportunity to reflect on themes throughout the past seven years. To get a deeper preview of the upcoming seven years, read the horoscope for the sign directly before yours (for example, if you’re a Cancer, read for Gemini. if you’re an Aries, read for Pisces), because they will have just finished the transit you’re coming up to.

Gemini’s energy is quick, curious, and can be unpredictable. Almost all of the astrological shifts this year have been into signs that are of this energy, and while I did just saw that you may not notice this right away, I myself can report that my circle of friends have almost all reported insomnia and racing minds lately. It’s also not uncommon around the solstice to have a hard time resting—so much daylight is stimulating and makes it hard to know when to rest.

Try to stay between the fun of the stimulation and the necessity of shutting it out when you need to.

I hope you’re all recovered post pride!
Amelia

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