Esoteric Astrology as news for week July 24 – 29, 2025

Mercury retrograde in Leo & Summer Gazing Meteors

Mercury retrograde in Leo is in full force. Reaching outward, we’re pulled inward. Unable to maintain “business as usual” for multiple reasons (the retrograde, solar activity altering our electromagnetic field, proton streams of positive ions, planetary shifts, Uranus/Pluto, long moon void of courses, the old reality attempting to override the new, etc.), some of us feel paralyzed with fear and tiredness, exhausted from pain, weary and longing to slow down.

It’s a time to rest, contemplate personal ideas and perceptions. However, we experience disruptive change, realities upside down, plans stalled, miscommunications, etc. and wonder how to find strength and flexibility to maintain balance. It’s difficult in our present world. We find we must be adaptable…our task during this transition time.

Retrogrades can be revelatory. During this Mercury in Leo (sign of humanity’s freedom) retrograde, it’s important to be the voice that articulates what humanity may be feeling – tired to exhausted and seeking real change. And to collectively ask who are the movers, shakers and changers? It seems that we are.

Many of us have the same vision. We confront a paradox these days, when choice is paramount for humanity, yet indifference and confusion seem the norm. We prepare and we lead by practicing choice each day, beginning with small choices. Humanity needs leaders to guide them to truth, real science, the Soul, which is Light and towards the Forces of Light (for protection and guidance).

It takes willingness (1st level of the Will of God) to do these tasks. The Will-to-Good is the Will to Love and this is the magnet of the future. Coupled with the Goodwill deep within humanity. We call these forth. We mentor them.

This Mercury retrograde in Leo calls all of us to be leaders. And, as leaders, to gather together, visualize and build a strong capacity for community, creating a plan of action that calls forth, envisions and actually helps build the future.

Assisting us with the light and energy for our future tasks are the Delta Aquarids – a meteor shower (active July 18 – August 21), slow moving, bright with tails, emerging directly from (radiant) the constellation Aquarius. They peak the night of July 29-30, 2025. Best viewing is during the peak (29-30th). The late-evening, pre-dawn showers, 18 – 20 an hour, fanning out east, north and west, stream across the sky distributing the light of the new era, the unfolding new Aquarian Age.

ARIES: In the days to come, with Sun in Leo, many levels of your creativity gradually reveal themselves. But you must be still and quiet, no emotional waters tossing or drowning it, for your creativity to emerge. The Sun will reveal your personality temperament and the characteristics of why you are in this particular life and incarnation. It will highlight gifts from previous lives you are gathering, reconnecting with and living out in this lifetime. It will point out your path toward and made of stars!

TAURUS: You will either be told or it will be impressed upon your mind that you need rest in order to enter a deeper level of healing. There is also a wound in need of healing. A new level of confidence and creativity will emerge as you begin to express yourself with kindness and care. Although you say you don’t want to be noticed, deep inside when people recognize your gifts, you are happy, and in a circuitous way, you realize you are loved. Does it occur to you to play and have fun at home?

GEMINI: Do you consciously speak from a place of authenticity? Or do you speak quickly, any jokes or words will do, as long as you make people laugh and they don’t cling to you? A personal power and new level of courage emerge when your true creative mind and voice are expressed. It’s important to identify exactly how you feel and express those feelings. They are the truth that holds you (and others). You become a light in the world when you speak. Especially when from the heart.

CANCER: Do you believe you are valuable and have personal power? Do you give generously of yourself? Do you expect anything in return? It’s important not to hide feelings. You are not to indicate or create enigmas, riddles or puzzles for people to try and figure out how you feel. This bewilders people and they lose trust in you. It’s important to value your feelings, to articulate and to cherish them. They are your pathways to connecting with others. Real authentic contact with others releases love. You need to receive this love.

LEO: You have the ability to bring the heart of the Sun, Love/Wisdom, down into your mind (a thousand-petalled lotus), into your throat (speaking kindness, care and the truth) and then into your heart, radiating it outward to everything, everyone and to all you encounter. You have the ability to create and activate warmth in others as they stand next to you. You must understand spiritually that you carry the light of the Sun. Often, unaware, you hide yourself in that light. You must instead, radiate that light. You are both the Soul and the Sun (light)!

VIRGO: As the Sun begins to illumine your twelfth house (religion, spirituality, compassion, etc.) it will ask you to dissolve all separative thoughts, feelings and actions (past, present and future); dissolving them into a universal loving matrix (atmosphere around you) so your desires and aspirations can be recognized by the Soul. The Soul cannot direct anyone’s personality if one is unkind, cruel, judgmental, critical – all separative behaviors. The Soul’s light is Love and Wisdom. Our Soul loves us. And so, as a server of humanity, when you see others creating separations, send your Soul light to them.

LIBRA: Are you the bright star with friends and in your social and work groups? I think you are. Libra has a certain charm and light that emanates from them. They are magnets. Your friends appreciate your courage, flair, smile, generosity, beauty and invitation to parties. You share everything you have with everyone. Sometimes, though, you want to blend into the shadows. Sometimes you’re drained and fatigued and need shelter. There are places to explore that are still unknown to you. Your own shadows. In there, someone isn’t a star for you. Why?

SCORPIO: The world needs the depth and discipline of Scorpio. The world needs Scorpios who are researchers, serious thinkers, warriors and disciples. Deeply individual at first, you build the strongest personality  to house the light of the Soul. Later you become aware of collective purpose and serving humanity. Often people think you’re hiding. But really you’re pondering life’s mysteries, which you must undertake, one by one. You shoulder great responsibility so that others can move toward the light. You have a special style of bravura which has its own charm.

SAGITTARIUS: You sometimes, in your joy and enthusiasm (filled with God), throw caution to the winds. You are so often a clear and shining light. You also sometimes hide your star and let others shine in their own light. You aren’t happy with anything less than the very best of everything. You bring warmth, personality, a journey, truth and justice wherever you are. You look away sometimes from what others see. You look toward your destiny. You shine a light on it and walk toward it. Often alone.

CAPRICORN: There is sometimes an unspoken energy around you that brings the attention of others to your state of happiness and creativity. Many think there’s a bit of mystery about you that no one understands. You maintain your style and dignity in all situations. You know the difference between people who love you and people who…(you fill in the blank). You have a childlike way of loving and are hurt when others are cruel. Keep your trust intact. Remain poised. Capricorns have a great sense of humor. Your gift is helping others laugh more.

AQUARIUS: It seems to be time for an interlude, linking you to the world of perhaps, maybe, nothing and nowhere. Just for a while (in the retrograde), so that you can come to a central state of balance as to who you are, where you are, why, and what further choices you must make in and for the future. As you stand in balance within this strange land, attempt to hold all opposing forces in check. This tension creates a greater awareness concerning the distribution of your gifts in service to humanity. You have many gifts to share. All  you need is direction.

PISCES: It’s good for a Pisces to have someone who understands and listens to you, someone who can share your hopes, wishes and dreams, someone who, although you have a distinct sense of self, can hear your heartbeat and knows all that you say is important and contains a message. You need environments that bring forth your playfulness, environments of beauty, intelligence and balance. Chemical reactions between two substances transform both. If only one is transformed, then only one is singing. You need to live in a garden.