Astrology for Q3: Water Sign Edition

Summer is here, and the astro is hot for this quarter. If your sun, moon, or rising signs are Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces, read on! If not, check back for your Earth,Air, and Fire signs forecasts.

Let’s burn it up!

All hail high summer, Scorpio! This is your downtime of the year; lucky you for it to be during such a warm and beauty-filled time in North America. You have virtually no placements occurring in your sign until Venus makes her appearance in your sign on September 10th. Enjoy the integration time and the reflection that lazy summer days allow for. As this is your ‘fallow’ period of the year, however, do take care not to burn up in the summer heat. Enjoying a shallower side of life with no massive deep dives will be a huge benefit to you once we enter the final quarter of the year, when the multiple transits that make it your decision-making time of year are in full swing. Chill, get enough sleep, and try to stay above the noise of others who simply find themselves in the midst of chaos.

Greetings, dear Pisces, to the low waters of summer. Although not always the easiest time of year for you, being on the opposite side of the zodiac, the boosts you received this winter have rooted deeply within you and are providing a stable base for this season’s warm flow. The collective energy may affect you more than usual; however, as the rest of the world zooms around in the heat of the day, your body and soul crave real rest. With Venus in Virgo and then Libra over the coming months, Pisces, focus on tending to the garden of personal beauty and rest as forms of radical self-care. What if this year, you went into your season fully rested instead of using up your precious birthday season as the resting time everyone else slides into? You have never been one to follow the crowds, dear Pisces. Stick to your own rhythm this summer, and you’ll find yourself entering your solar season this winter with more capacity and inspiration than you thought possible.

You’ve almost made it through a wobbly birthday season, my dearest Cancers. With Mercury retrograde (RX) in your sign over the peak of your birthday season and Mars in windy, speedy Gemini, this birthday time for you may not have been exactly what you were hoping for. Fear not, however! Sometimes gifts are simply a little late to the party, and Mars’ shift into your sign is going to slow things way down and soften the edges to boot. The new moon in your sign on July 14 moved us all to a new place of understanding the depths of our needs and emotions – and the sweet summer sun has provided a salve for many. Take a deep breath and exhale, dear Cancer – the multitudes of emotion and experiences you’re having in the current moment will settle enough for you to sift through them come the end of July. Let the full moon in Aquarius on July 29 serve as a jumping-off point – where you leap forwards into the unknown territory guided by what you want, and you shamelessly leave every other damn thing behind.

That wraps up our Q3 Astrology forecasts for the water signs! Don’t forget to check back for your Sun, Moon, and Rising signs in the Earth, Air, and Fire forecasts.

Happy summer!