horoscope-2026-07-16

Having the Moon move through your romantic sector during the working week shouldn’t be a problem for these romantically charged lunar vibes. As the Moon makes its first visit to your romantic sector since Venus, the planet of love left last week and its first since Jupiter returned at the end of last month, it is to find that matters of the heart now have the full weight of the largest and most powerful planet in the solar system behind them.

Venus, the planet of love has already been in your romantic sector for nearly a week when she moves into her final three weeks here today. Normally only here for 24 days, Venus is slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn later in the month, giving her more time to get the most out of not only what she will be working to make some of the most romantically charged weeks of any year, but as she paves the way for the planets that will keep the momentum going after she leaves.

While the Moon is making its ordinary monthly visit to your communication sector, something that every four weeks will make it easier to give your emotional responses a voice, just as there has been a handing of the torch. It was last week that Venus left, ending her mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice, while this first visit since Jupiter returned and as he is here until July 2027, the focus is not just on getting but keeping the communication lines open.

While in her first full week in your communication sector Venus, the planet of love is getting an early start to her annual mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice, the timing couldn’t be better. As well as a chance to give a voice to anything flushed out by a Full Moon in your relationship sector at the end of last month, this is a chance to prepare for when Juno, the queen of commitment retrogrades back in there for a do over next month.

The Moon’s first visit to Leo since Venus, the planet of love left last week, is a chance to check in after her mission to update your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year ended. With your birthday month and new solar year still a week away, the Moon is able to connect with your subconscious, which is holding onto messages that Venus has left you with.

With Venus having only returned to Virgo last week and as she is here for another three weeks, there is plenty of time to follow the planet of love as she takes you on a journey of discovery into your romantic and relationship desires, hopes and aspirations for the coming year. While since Venus’ return there has been more focus on your relationships and especially on a balance between your own and your relationship needs, there are romantic developments ahead that make it important to keep an open mind.

Nine days after Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams turned retrograde in your relationship sector the dwarf planet Eris, the warrior princess of the cosmos moves into her final seven days in retrograde motion here. While Neptune is the only planet in retrograde motion here and as he is just days away from a friendly aspect to lucky Jupiter, for now this is a chance to revisit old dreams and aspirations without a need for reality checks.

When the Moon left an adventurous part of your chart yesterday, it didn’t just wrap up the New Moon here, its alignment with the Sun or its last visit while Mercury is in retrograde motion there, but its last while the North Node is in your romantic sector. This makes it important to hold onto a mix of romance, adventure and nostalgia and the chance this has been to lock into the sense of direction that the North Node has been giving your heart for the last 18 months.

While the Moon’s return to an adventurous part of your chart each month will always see it form a friendly aspect to all three planets in your romantic sector as it moves through, just as there have been some big changes on both fronts. With Neptune already in retrograde motion there and Eris, the warrior princess of the cosmos seven days away from turning retrograde, as the doors open to the past and second chances, there is a mix of romance, adventure and nostalgia in the air.

The Moon’s departure from your relationship sector yesterday has done more than just allow you to move into the Sun’s final seven days here emotionally engaged and aware. As well as the Moon’s only visit while Mercury, the planet of communication is in retrograde motion in your relationship sector, it was also the last while the North Node is in your communication sector, leaving you better able to get and keep the communication lines open.

Because since returning to your relationship sector yesterday the Moon has already clashed with both planets in Aquarius, it has already pushed any buttons or flushed out any issues it was going to. However, after a friendly aspect to Neptune in your communication sector yesterday, the Moon is continuing to connect with the other planets there and will continue to until leaving tomorrow, with tensions dropping while support to give your emotional responses and relationships a voice increases.

In between the Moon’s departure from your romantic sector yesterday and its return to your relationship sector tomorrow, life has taken a busier turn, but it won’t take much to hold onto the spirit of romance. Thanks to the New Moon two days ago, there is a chance to move into the Sun’s final seven days in your romantic sector and into Mercury’s final days in retrograde motion here with everything needed to follow your heart and make the most of the new and old doors that are open.