What will your July hold, and what should the soundtrack be? Shamir is back with the answers, divined with special guidance from his mom, Ameenah "Mama" Bailey. Your fortune awaits!
—Amy Rose Spiegel, Editor-in-Chief, Talkhouse Music
Caring Cancer
July theme song: "Party Like A Rock Star," Shop Boyz
July mantra: “Party like a rock star.”
Happy banging, bountiful, blessed birthday, my captivating, caring Cancer. I wish you prosperity in all of your desires and joys throughout your whole solar year.
July has your Cancer sign and energy trekking through the whole Zodiac wheel—even the New Moon that took place on June 23 was in Cancer. Caring Cancer, you already know that you have to keep your emotions in check. In doing so, you will learn how to create a new you.
You have headstrong, leaping-without-looking Mars and ferociously aggressive brother sun in your original Cancer house to help you party like a rock star. Both of those fire planets will warm up your cooling waters to produce leadership skills at work that will make you shine like a trophy in your career house. Vivacious Venus will be sitting in your twelfth house of secrets and illusions, which mean that you can go all the way out for your birthday month. Party Las Vegas–style: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. If you wake up next to someone you don’t know in the morning, at least get their name; that’s all I’m saying.
Caring Cancer can be the wild one this month. It’s your birthday, so party hard in July, and rock on, baby!!!!
Lustrous Leo
July theme song: "Get The Party Started," P!nk
July mantra: “Chill out.”
Happy harmonious, heartfelt birthday, my lovely, lustrous Leo. I’m sending you awesome amounts of abundance and pure love for the remainder of your solar year. My luscious fire peeps, ruled by the blazing, beautiful sun, will actually have a low-key July!
Planets in your house of health that are asking you to be cautious and chill—there will be some games there that are less than straightforward. Velvety Venus and strict Saturn receive some deceptive energy from never-trusted Neptune, but pay attention and you’ll be fine. Your career will maintain an even keel, which will allow you some free time to get away from work on a nice vacation without missing any big clients or deals.
Lustrous Leo, relaxation is unusual for you, since you’re normally so lively, so accept it and tweak it to your benefit by getting some well-needed rest and thinking about new plans. Handle the month as it comes to you—but make sure you blow the roof off this mofo for your birthday, if nothing else!
Very Virgo
July theme song: Diamonds "Rihanna"
July mantra: “Shine bright.”
July is the month for fierce fireworks, and my very Virgo will flash with the same colorful flames in your career and financial houses. You are one of the only signs this month with this lucrative lucky streak in your chart, so you stand out like a glorious diamond. Virgo can thank Venus and Jupiter—their tremendous trine makes all of this possible for you this month.
Soul brother sun and “make it do what it do” Mars will keep your eleventh house of networking pristine, so make those connections, baby, especially in business and building your career. The only caveat I have for you this month, my very Virgo, is to keep an eye on your health. If anything comes up, jump on it immediately, even if it is just a little summer cold. Take care of yourself, my very precious ones, and shine as bright as the stars in the sky this month, because you have all the fuel to do so.
Leveled Libra
July theme song: "Bon Appétit," Katy Perry
July mantra: “Serve yourself.”
Forget about balanced scales dominating this month, because it is all about you in July. Cancer, the emotional water sign shaking all of the other signs up, wants to get you caught up in the flow, too. You will feel that, but you won’t dive in, because you are tipping the scale on your side. July is your all-you-can-eat buffet, and you will serve yourself well, with something from every section.
Your career and work will have the same demanding energy surge from Sir Sun and my man Mr. Mars. Sir Sun will make sure you shine as bright as he does in the middle of the day—you’ll earn respect at work so they can’t hate on you. Mr. Mars will help you lay down demands without anyone’s opinion. You’ll get it done, and they’ll roll with you because it will be on point. Hold your composure around the ninth of the month, when suddenly sensitive Sister Moon tests your strength. Her fullness makes everyone crazy, but you got this, leveled Libra. Do you!
Shifting Scorpio
July theme song: "Look Up," Daley
July mantra: “Look up.”
Shifting Scorpio can get caught up in a frantic flood in July if you don’t keep your head up high to the sky. There will be water on top of water, since Scorpio and Cancer are both water signs: I’m talking emotions all over the place—if you allow that. You can always choose to utilize your mantra: If that head is up, you won’t drown.
Your career will have you traveling and networking. You’ll also learn new ways of being spiritual or what spirituality means for you. All of this is possible due to marvelous Mercury, the planet of communication, in your tenth house of career, and the aggressive sun and Mars in your ninth house of higher learning with travel. You might find out that your lover has some freaky-deaky secrets that you didn’t know about before, thanks to Venus in your 8th house of mysterious secrets and sex. Let’s face the fact that shifting Scorpio have their own secrets—y’all are the freakiest of all the signs.
You have too many planets fighting each other in your house of health, so awareness there is critical. Don’t ignore anything about your health, and don’t pretend to feel good when you don't. Look closely, and look up!
Savory Sagittarius
July theme song: "Sweetest Devotion," Adele
July Mantra: “Be devoted.”
Venus and Jupiter got a thang going on in your love house, which may play out as: couples taking a much-needed vacation trip for some time alone, or if you are single and traveling, you just might bump into Mr./Mrs. Rght.
Devote yourself to your health, my super, savory Sagittarius. You got some planets beefing with each other in that house. The planets will become homies again as you get closer to the third week of July.
Your money will be looking good in July from the splendid, shine-on, super sun joining “I’m going to make it happen” Mars and private Pluto to make it rain. Savory Sagittarius should focus on figuring out what kind of move you should make in business—but don’t make a move yet; just keep peeping things out. Devote yourself to the plan, then execute it during the harvest time in October, when the energy is paramount to collecting the fruits of all labor.
In the meantime: Life is good for you, my savory ones—enjoy all the jewels that come with this month.
Courageous Capricorn
July theme song: "Humble," Kendrick Lamar
July mantra: “Be humble.”
Courageous Capricorn’s month is full of fiery flames, as if being in July ain’t hot enough. The cooling water sign of Cancer is not enough to sizzle you down, so you have to stay calm on your own if you want to make it through the month without a full showdown with some show-out!!!!!! You got too much testosterone bleeding through your chart from rageful Mars and the burning sun—if you’re part of a couple, please be careful. Flip the script and use all of that outwardly passion in an alchemical type of way for some hot, wild sex! That will relax everything.
You got Venus loving up on Jupiter to produce some achievements and luck in your career house, but I’m not gonna lie to you: it will come with some stress and agitation. Nothing comes for free, it’s just the price that you have to pay for fame or success. Vigilant Venus is nice in your career house, but she is being naughty in your health house. She picked a fight with big papa Saturn and noisy Neptune to cause you ailments, minor or not. But if you focus on being humble instead of flipping out, you’ll be more able to take care of yourself.
Abstract Aquarius
July theme song: "Keep it Movin' (feat. Big Meech)," Keke Palmer
July mantra: “Keep it pushin.”
Forget about what you hear and focus on what you know, my abstract Aquarius. You’ll be hearing a lot of talk that may not be favorable to you, and what you are trying to do this month is just keep it pushin’. The planet Mercury got everybody talking, but stay tuned to see who will really back up their words this month.
Couples, if your other half ain't talking about nothing that’s going to benefit you and the growth of y’all relationship. then push on. I’m not saying to leave them, but you might have to park it to get your head straight.
Your ass is going to be working hard this month, abstract Aquarius. You got that fire from the sun and that madness from Mars in your work house, so you already know how it’s about to go down. Oh, believe me, it’s a good thing—you will have opulent opportunities for associations and collaborations that will bring in more income on a month-to-month basis. Allow attentive, abiding eyes on all your money contracts this month, even if you have to hire an attorney to do it for you. You will get a little tired, but the outcome of what you are about to accomplish will keep you pushin’. I bet you will plan a vacation after all of this!!!
Abstract Aquarius, do a little bit of preventative maintenance and get a checkup this month, especially if you have not been to a doctor in a while. Have a magical month, my awesome ones.
Passionate Pisces
July theme song: "Work From Home," U.S. Girls
July mantra: “Balance.”
The month of July is going to be a balancing act for you, my peaceful, passionate Pisces. Caring Cancer is putting herself in your watery mix with ignition from solider sun and “move out the way” Mars heating that water up.
It will be hard to balance between home and work this month, given all of the energy from the aforementioned planets. You might even decide to create a work-from-home job because of the pressures of trying to make sure home is well while you are earning money. Balance, child.
Passionate Pisces, your fifth house of creativity is the talk of the town, baby. You’ll have an immaculate amount of good luck with your creative endeavors, even if you decide to switch professions to support this; you will be the winner. This extends to all kinds of creativity, like sports, writing, and unusual investing—whatever you can think of. Don’t limit yourself.
Couples might be a little lustful this month—get some humping time in. The only other health advice that I have for you, passionate Pisces, is to balance some time for R and R. Being relaxed and happy boosts the immune systems to allow healing and restoration to take place. I just wrote you a prescription for some free medicine; you're welcome (lol)! Enjoy the month of July’s serious sweetness.
Ambitious Aries
July theme song: "Work It Out," Beyoncé
July mantra: “Work it out.”
My ambitious Aries has the go-getting attitude to make things happen. This will calm down in July as the emotional water sign of Cancer meets your flames. Don’t get me wrong: You are still a fireball, but being patient will yield a greater return on everything. Your planetary ruler, magnificent Mars, is fighting with too many other planets this month, so slow down and take your time with your all-around decisions.
July is a big holiday month, which tends to bring family together for celebration—so sometimes arguments come up. We all know that we have to use the barometer with family and just bite our lip because we care about them, even if we want to go HAM on them. Keep a low profile, my ambitious Aries, with the help of your mantra for this month.
Business and work will be very stressful until you realize that you can’t do it all alone. To be productive, you will have to network and partner up this month.
I don’t like to be the bearer of bad news, but your awareness of the stressful month can lessen the shock value. I will never leave you without some sugar and spice somewhere in your forecast—for you, it’s in your love life. Jupiter and Venus will help you and your boo thang steam up some sheets, couches, countertops, or car seats! This will be the best place to help you balance out the strenuous mood of jumbled July.
Tenacious Taurus
July theme song: "Lay Low," Snoop Dogg
July mantra: “Lay low.”
I have to give it to you straight, my tenacious Taurus: In July, you should just lay low. The beginning of the month starts off with emotions on tilt for couples, due to the emotional home sign of Cancer’s impact on almost all of the signs this month. You may have arguments about not spending enough time with your other half. Or, your partner might get mad at you for not walking and cleaning up after the dog like you should—things along those lines. Please be careful with your responses, because the atmosphere is ripe for you to set if off! You don't want that, so just lay low, my fabulous friends.
High emotions will be with you for most of the month. Be really extra-careful until June 12, around the time sister moon becomes full. Lady Venus will be part of this emotional rollercoaster in areas relating to your finances—she has some confusing aspects that will cause money to come in, then go back out, just to come in again to stay.
The end of the month brings in much awaited heavenly harmonious energy for you to peek out from your laying-low spot. Look both ways as if you are crossing the street, then merge out to be you again. Tenacious Taurus, July is not out of your control. If you heed the warning, you can reap the benefits.
Galactic Gemini
July theme song: "Let's Get It Started," The Black Eyed Peas
July mantra: “Get it started.”
I don’t know about you, but I know what my galactic Geminis came to do—make that money. The month of July got some sexy potential for making some serious money with a lot of flirtatious flattering planets in your money house. All you have to do is get it started. Your career can take off, no matter what type of work you do, thanks to Jupiter, the expansive planet in your house of career. The work that’s done through art and passion are especially favored by Jupiter, too.
Galactic Gemini has Venus and Jupiter in your house of love, so if you don’t have a boo yet, then you can get started on finding you one. The potential is ripe for you to finally hook up with that perfect beau/wifey.
Look out for your health, my gorgeous ones, because Mars is in your house of health. If given the chance, he will come for blood!! Go the preventative route and get your diet on fleek—add minerals to your juice or water daily and consume a food-grade vitamin. The month of July will treat my galactic Geminis well—just as I would.
