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July 4: America celebrates 250 years of freedom and liberty with Mars-conjunction Uranus in the sky; progressed Sun in its chart square birth chart Mars and progressed Moon opposition birth chart Saturn and square progressed Jupiter. On July 24 progressed Moon opposition progressed Mars starts stimulating the major Sun-Mars square aspect > it peaks August 17.
July 19: The final of the FIFA World Cup will be played at East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Major in-sky astro-events in July 2026
July 4: Mars is conjunction Uranus > ends July 27. Their in-sky merger forecasts war, conflict, escalating violence, strife, fierce competition, excitement, fireworks, disruption, surprise attacks, sudden, unexpected developments, social unrest and protests. America and Israel went to war with Iran with Mars square Uranus in the sky and their in-sky conjunction will bring major developments with the conflict.
July 5: Mars is parallel Uranus > ends July 11: and Mars is sextile Uranus and trine Pluto
Jupiter parallel Uranus ends July 15
Saturn is conjunction Neptune > the new Neptune cycle is changing the world as countries work to deal with the current energy-oil-shock and shield themselves from future shocks.
July 17: Mars parallel Pluto starts > peaks August 1 and August 26 > ends September 12
July 18: Uranus is trine Pluto
July 20: Jupiter is trine Neptune > ends August 31
July 20: Jupiter is opposition Pluto > ends August 31
July 20: Jupiter trine Saturn starts > peaks August 31
July 21: Jupiter is sextile Uranus
July 25: Neptune in sextile Pluto
The harmonious in-sky sextile and trine aspects should manifest as somewhat fortunate events here on Earth.
America’s 2026 Mars cycle progressed to July 1
Chart data is April 12, 2026 at 1.24pm EST: 38N53; 77W01 (Washington)
Mars (strife, war, conflict, violence and military) is in house 8 (tariffs, taxes, Trump’s cabinet and death). It’s conjunction Mercury (vacillation and controversy), Saturn (security, economy, fear and loss), sextile Uranus (sudden change and radical moves) in house 10 (Trump and his administration), conjunction Neptune (schemes, confusion, chaos and exaggeration) and sextile Pluto (groups, cooperation and disinformation) in house 6 (workers, sickness, police and army and navy personnel).
Progressed Mars transits house 10 (Donald Trump, his administration and business) till July 23 when it moves to house 11 (Congress).
July 1: Progressed Mars in house 10 is semisquare Jupiter in house 11
July 2: Mars is sextile Mars and Neptune in house 8
July 6: Mars is trine Pluto in house 6
July 8: Mars is sextile Saturn in house 8
July 9: Mars is semisquare Sun in house 9
July 12: Mars parallel Jupiter in house 11 and Pluto in house 6 start > peak July 22 > end September 21
July 21: Mars is semisextile Venus in house 10
July 22: Mars is semisextile Jupiter in house 11
July 23: Mars moves to house 11
July 28: Mars is sesquisquare Pluto in house 6
July 30: Mars is trine Moon in house 7
July 31: Mars is sextile Sun in house 9
Major astro-events July 2026
June 15: Gemini new Moon cycle at 2.54am GMT > Moon is sesquisquare Pluto (groups, division, disunity and coercion) > ends July 14
America’s Gemini new Moon chart
Chart data is June 14, 2026 at 10.54pm EDT: 38N53; 77W01 (Washington)
Sun and Moon are in house 5 (sport, speculation, gambling, stock market, schools, children, entertainment and movies). They’re sesquisquare Pluto (groups, threats and coercion) in house 1 (the people and their welfare).
Progressed Neptune parallel Saturn in the Neptune cycle peaks July 4
Progressed Mars parallel Uranus in the Mars cycle ends July 5
Progressed Saturn parallel Sun in the Saturn cycle ends July 8
Progressed Saturn semisquare Uranus in the Saturn cycle ends July 11
Progressed Pluto inconjunct Moon in the Pluto cycle ends July 12
Progressed Jupiter parallel Mercury in the Jupiter cycle peaks July 18
Progressed Uranus sextile Moon in the Uranus cycle peaks July 21
Progressed Neptune semisextile Sun in the Neptune cycle ends September 25
Progressed Pluto parallel Uranus in the Pluto cycle peaks September 24
Progressed Pluto parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle peaks September 6, 2027
July 1: Progressed Mars is semisquare Jupiter in the Mars cycle
July 2: Progressed Mars is sextile Mars and Neptune in the Mars cycle; and progressed Jupiter sextile Moon in the Jupiter cycle starts > peaks July 7
July 4: Mars is conjunction Uranus in the sky
July 5: Mars is parallel Uranus in the sky > event forecast period is July 1 – July 11; and Mars is trine Neptune in the sky
July 6: Progressed Sun is trine Mars in the Sun cycle; and progressed Mars is trine Pluto in the Mars cycle
July 7: Progressed Sun is conjunction Jupiter in the Sun cycle; progressed Jupiter is sextile Moon in the Jupiter cycle > ends July 11: and progressed Saturn square Jupiter in the Saturn cycle starts > peaks July 27
July 8: Progressed Mars is sextile Saturn in the Mars cycle; and progressed Jupiter trine Jupiter in the Jupiter cycle starts > peaks July 13
July 9: Progressed Mars is semisquare Sun in the Mars cycle
July 12: Progressed Mars parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle start > peak date for both aspects is July 22
July 13: Progressed Jupiter is trine Jupiter in the Jupiter cycle > ends July 17; and progressed Uranus parallel Mercury in the Uranus cycle starts > peaks September 10
July 14: Cancer new Moon cycle starts at 9.43.30am GMT > Sun and Moon are conjunction Mercury and Jupiter, square Saturn, semisquare Uranus and opposition Pluto > end date is August 12
America’s Cancer new Moon chart
Chart data is July 14, 2026 at 5.43.30 EDT: 38N53; 77W01 (Washington)
Sun, Moon, Mercury (talk and controversy) and Jupiter (prices and cost of living) are in house 1 (the people and their welfare), Mars (strife and aggressive action) and Uranus (unexpected developments) are in house 11 (Congress); Saturn (safety measures and loss) is in house 10 (Donald Trump and business); and Pluto (division and threats) is in house 7 (enemies and off-shore developments).
July 18: Uranus is trine Pluto in the sky
July 20: Progressed Sun parallel Uranus in the Sun cycle starts > peaks July 25; Jupiter is trine Neptune and opposition Pluto in the sky; and Jupiter trine Saturn in the sky starts > peaks August 31
July 21: Progressed Mars is semisextile Venus in the Mars cycle
July 22: Progressed Mars is semisextile Jupiter and parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle > end date for the parallel aspects is September 21; and progressed Jupiter parallel Venus in the Jupiter cycle starts > peaks August 10
July 24: Progressed Sun is trine Neptune in the Sun cycle
July 25: Progressed Sun is parallel Uranus in the Sun cycle > ends July 29; and Neptune is sextile Pluto in the sky
July 27: Progressed Sun is trine Saturn in the Sun cycle; and progressed Saturn is square Jupiter in the Saturn cycle > ends August 13
July 28: Progressed Sun is trine Pluto in the Sun cycle; and progressed Mars is sesquisquare Pluto in the Mars cycle
July 30: Progressed Mars is trine Moon in the Mars cycle
July 31: Progressed Mars is sextile Sun in the Mars cycle; and progressed Saturn parallel Sun in the Saturn cycle starts > peaks September 18
Major events in the Aquarian Age chart
July 3: Progressed Moon square birth chart Saturn (economic constraints, fear and recession) starts > peaks July 27
July 18: Progressed Moon inconjunct progressed Sun starts > peaks August 13
Progressed Sun semisquare progressed Saturn peaks July 29
Progressed Sun sextile birth chart Saturn ends December 9
Progressed Mars sesquisquare progressed Uranus peaks February 2027
Progressed Mars parallel progressed Uranus peaks October 2027
Progressed Mercury parallel progressed Sun peaks March 2028
Progressed Mercury parallel birth chart Mars ends June 2029
Progressed Jupiter conjunction progressed Neptune peaks September 2030
Progressed Sun parallel birth chart Mars peaks 2031-2034 with Sun at 23N27 and
Progressed Venus parallel birth chart Neptune peaks January 2033
America’s chart progressed to July 1, 2026
Chart data is July 4, 1776 at 12.14am LMT, Philadelphia (74W08, 39N57)
July 11: Progressed Moon is opposition birth chart Saturn in house 5 (stock market and entertainment) > ends August 4
July 21: Progressed Moon is square progressed Jupiter (banks and finances) > ends August 14
July 24: Progressed Moon opposition progressed Mars (strife, violence and conflict) in house 5 (stocks, speculation and hazards) starts > peaks August 17 > the major Sun-Mars square aspect is stimulated
Progressed Sun (the power crowd) in house 11 square birth chart Mars (strife, violence, conflict, military action and policing) in house 1 (the people) ends May 17, 2027
Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel birth chart Saturn (safety, security, economy and loss) peaks July 30
Progressed Venus sextile birth chart Jupiter ends August 8
Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel progressed Mars in house 5 peaks September 20
Progressed Venus semisquare birth chart Mars ends October 1
Progressed Venus in house 12 (disappointment and restriction) sesquisquare birth chart Neptune in house 5 (entertainment, stock market and sport) peaks March 2027
Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel birth chart Neptune (schemes, booms, chaos, uncertainty, oil and drugs) in house 5 ends June 2027
Progressed Midheaven is sesquisquare progressed Uranus > ends June 2027
Progressed Venus parallel birth chart Moon peaks January 2028 and
Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel progressed Neptune in house 5 peaks February 2028
Donald Trump’s chart progressed to July 1, 2026
Birth certificate data is June 14, 1946 at 10.54am EST (40N41; 77W48)
July 5: Progressed Moon semisquare progressed Mars starts > peaks August 7
July 8: Progressed Moon parallel progressed Saturn (loss and misery) in house 12 (disappointment) starts > peaks October 23
July 22: Progressed Moon is square birth chart ascendant > ends August 22
August 8: Progressed Moon is parallel birth chart Midheaven > ends November 26
Progressed Midheaven conjunction progressed Pluto ends c July 14
Progressed Venus square birth chart Venus peaks July 16
Progressed Sun semisquare birth chart Saturn ends October 2
Progressed Sun sextile birth chart Mercury ends October 18
Progressed Sun semisextile birth chart Pluto peaks December 26
Progressed Jupiter (excess, over-indulgence and higher prices) square birth chart Venus (scandals, friends and his reputation) peaks March 2027
Progressed ascendant square progressed Saturn ends March 2027
Progressed Mars semisquare birth chart ascendant ends May 2027
Progressed Venus conjunction progressed Jupiter ends August, 2027
Progressed Mercury parallel birth chart Mars ends November 2027
Progressed Mars parallel birth chart Jupiter ends May 2029 and
Progressed ascendant parallel birth chart Mars peaks September 2030
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