The Astrology Podcast Jun 29, 2026 Monthly Astrology Forecasts A deep dive into the astrology forecast for July 2026, with astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock. The month opens on highly unstable ground, dominated by a volatile Mars-Uranus conjunction that threatens sudden, unpredictable shifts and explosive turns. This erratic energy is ruled by a newly stationary retrograde Mercury, which has just backed away from a conjunction with Jupiter. This combination sets the stage for logistical snafus, technological difficulties, and widespread delays right out of the gate. Jupiter, having just entered Leo at the end of June, begins to form a tense opposition with Pluto that goes exact around the middle of the month. This highlights major power struggles and the tension between truth and control. This opposition is part of a much larger, momentous pattern of simultaneous outer planet alignments peaking this month. As Uranus completes its first exact trine with Pluto, these planets lock into a complex basket configuration alongside Jupiter and Neptune. This heavy planetary geometry indicates that significant precursor events are unfolding in the background, particularly surrounding rapid technological or military innovations. We finally see a more positive shift in the astrological weather during the second half of the month. Mars applies to a stabilizing, constructive sextile with Saturn, helping to ground the earlier chaos. Mercury stations direct, clearing up miscommunications, and the Sun makes its triumphant ingress into Leo to form an auspicious conjunction with Jupiter. This cazimi brings a much needed wave of radiant, showy warmth and outward confidence, despite an opposition with Pluto. However, a lingering Venus-Mars square operating in the background introduces an unwelcome element of creative friction and tension in partnerships, pitting the forces of unification against the drive to sever and divide. This late July window ultimately serves as a temporary lull, and a calm before the storm. By early August, we swiftly transition into eclipse season, bringing weighty major endings and beginnings to the forefront, just as Venus enters the shadow sign of its upcoming retrograde phase. This is episode 541 of The Astrology Podcast. United Astrology Conference https://uacastrology.com Austin’s Website https://austincoppock.com Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:53 July Astrology Quick Overview 00:03:57 News Segment Begins 00:04:51 Venus-Jupiter Conjunction Stories 00:05:13 First Trillionaire 00:08:49 Spielberg Disclosure Day 00:13:45 Marriages 00:16:25 Iran-US peace deal 00:20:31 Zelda Remake 00:22:07 Beer Shortage 00:24:04 Venus-Pluto Opposition 00:26:50 Mars-Uranus Stories 00:27:06 Venezuela Earthquakes 00:29:47 AI Companies Authorized 00:35:03 Lebanon agreement 00:36:17 Nuclear news on Mars ingress 00:38:36 Wrapping up news segment 00:41:43 United Astrology Conference 00:46:04 July Forecast Begins 00:47:06 Mars-Uranus Conjunction 00:59:34 Mercury Retrograde 01:02:11 Outer planet alignments 01:09:07 Jupiter-Pluto opposition 01:25:23 Sequential breakdown of the month 01:25:46 July 1: Mars-Uranus Overview & Sun-Saturn Square 01:26:55 July 7: Neptune Stations Retrograde in Aries 01:29:45 July 9: Venus Enters Virgo 01:31:33 July 12: Mercury Retrograde Cazimi 01:33:08 July 14: New Moon in Cancer 01:35:58 July 15-18: Uranus Sextile Neptune & Trine Pluto 01:39:35 July 19: Mars Sextile Saturn 01:41:21 July 20-21: Jupiter-Pluto Opposition & Outer Planet Aspects 01:50:54 July 22-23: Sun Enters Leo & Mercury Stations Direct 01:51:52 July 24: Venus Sextile Mercury 01:54:44 July 25: Neptune-Pluto Sextile 01:55:04 July 26: Saturn Stations Retrograde & Lunar Nodes Shift Signs 01:57:33 July 27: Sun Opposes Pluto 01:58:55 July 28: Venus Square Mars 02:02:29 July 29: Sun-Jupiter Cazimi & Full Moon in Aquarius 02:04:31 Electional Chart for July 02:07:42 Wrapping Up 02:17:39 Credits