This Thursday, life shows you that every goodbye simultaneously creates space for a new beginning.
We sometimes cling to things because we fear losing ourselves along with them. A thought that proved true during a difficult time.
An idea of how life should have been, and how it ultimately didn’t turn out that way.
A disappointment we never fully processed because we weren’t sure what would remain without her. Sometimes we even cling to pain because at least it’s familiar.
Life sometimes asks us with gentle persistence: When will you let it go?
This Thursday carries precisely this question within it. Not as a call for indifference, not as an attack on what was important.
But rather as a genuine invitation: Your future self needs more space. Space that is currently occupied by things that have had their time and that can now, lovingly, with gratitude for what they have meant, be released.
The Cancer season is currently operating on precisely this level. The sun in Cancer illuminates the inner life, while Mercury retrograde in Cancer brings the past to the forefront.
Not to torment, but to bring closure. What was previously only half understood now gains its completeness. What was previously only half let go of can now be fully released.
And Jupiter in Leo waits on the other side of this letting go: with courage, with confidence, with the trust that after the end there is always a beginning.
The cosmic image of July 9, 2026
We are currently in the phase following the last quarter of the lunar cycle on July 7th (3:31 AM CEST). This waning moon phase is cosmically associated with letting go, dissolution, and quiet honesty, not as a decline, but as a conscious process of lightening our load before the new moon on July 14th (11:43 AM CEST, 21°59′). What is released now makes room for what becomes possible at the new moon.
Mercury retrograde in Cancer, active since June 29th and continuing until July 23rd – brings a special quality with it on its journey through the past today:
Things that were not fully understood before become clearer. Patterns that have repeated themselves now reveal their origin.
This may be uncomfortable at first. But it is the prerequisite for them to truly change.
Jupiter in Leo (since June 30th) and Venus in Leo (since June 13th) are poised to strengthen what comes after letting go:
Self-confidence, courage, the willingness to show oneself. These two benefactors in Leo are not a consolation for saying goodbye, they are the energy of what comes after.
Mars in Gemini (since June 28th) gives communication momentum today. Conversations held today have the potential to truly resolve old issues.
Not through conclusion, but through truly being heard. Uranus, also in Gemini, brings surprising turns in the conversation; sometimes someone says something that opens up a completely new perspective.
Saturn in Aries serves as a reminder in the background: Not every responsibility is one’s own. Some things we carry have been carried for a long time out of a feeling that we have to.
Today is a good day to take a closer look at what truly constitutes one’s life’s purpose and what one is free to delegate.
Neptune in Aries opens up space for new visions of the future. Pluto, retrograde in Aquarius since May 6th, is working on the deeper layers of transformation.
The full moon in Aquarius on July 29 (4:35 PM CEST, 6°30′) will bring these processes to a first peak.
Horoscope Aries
Aries is a sign that pushes forward. But sometimes letting go is the braver move than rushing ahead.
This Thursday reminds Aries that not every responsibility they have taken on is truly theirs.
And that energy flowing into too many things at once moves significantly more in one clear direction.
Saturn in Aries poses the sobering question: What is my real purpose here? The answer is often surprisingly simpler than expected.
Aries, who sheds excess baggage today, notices how much easier the next step is. Not because the challenges have disappeared, but because they are now tackling them without the extra weight.
Cosmic message for the zodiac sign Aries: Those who let go gain new strength.
Horoscope Zodiac Sign Taurus
For Taurus, this Thursday brings something they sometimes barely allow themselves: the feeling that their own path is the right one, even if it’s slower than others’.
Consistency doesn’t mean stagnation. It means truly taking each step, instead of taking several half-steps.
Mercury retrograde in Cancer today can bring back an old conviction, one about oneself, about one’s own path, about what one is allowed to do.
Some of these old beliefs are true and enduring. Others have had their time.
Today is a good moment to feel the difference. Venus in Leo lends warmth to encounters throughout the day.
The bull, who trusts his own pace today, notices at the end of the day: The path he has taken calmly carries him further than the one others have covered in haste.
Cosmic message for the Taurus zodiac sign: Trust grows with every step.
Horoscope Zodiac Sign Gemini
Mars and Uranus in Gemini ensure a lively communicative energy today as well. Conversations will bring new ideas.
An encounter can open up a perspective that was previously missing – sometimes from someone you wouldn’t have expected it from.
Uranus in Gemini is known for precisely these surprising moments: the conversation partner, the book, the thought in a quiet moment.
Mercury retrograde slows things down somewhat and deepens them. What is said and heard today carries more weight than in faster-paced phases. Remaining open-minded is more valuable today than being right.
Cosmic message for the Gemini zodiac sign: New thoughts open new doors.
Cancer zodiac sign
With the sun in Cancer and Mercury retrograde in Cancer, your own sign is in particular cosmic focus this week.
Today, on July 9th, this is evident in a special emotional clarity: It is palpable which people truly touch the heart and which connections are beneficial.
This distinction is not a judgment about others; it is an honest perception of one’s own emotional truth.
Cancer patients who allow themselves to perceive this, instead of pushing it aside out of fear of pain, will make the most honest decisions of the week today. What feels right will have a particularly reliable ring to it today.
Cosmic message for the zodiac sign Cancer: Follow the people with whom you can be completely yourself.
Leo horoscope
Jupiter and Venus are both in Leo. This is the foundation upon which this Thursday for the sign of Leo is built:
A growing courage that is not based on the approval of others, but on the inner knowledge that one is more than one sometimes allows oneself to show.
Today, this courage can become a little more visible. Not as a grand display, but as a more honest answer, a decision that would previously have been postponed until better times, a gesture of self-respect that is quiet but unmistakable.
The lion who stops hiding his light so that others don’t feel blinded begins to see himself.
And that is true courage: not the courage that is displayed outwards, but the courage that grows within and radiates outwards from there.
Cosmic message for the Leo zodiac sign: Your light will grow stronger when you no longer hide it.
Virgo zodiac sign
Mercury, the ruling planet of Virgo, is retrograde. This is a week for Virgos in which control and planning are sometimes not the best tools.
Not because planning is bad, but because there are moments when the unexpected offers better opportunities than the most perfect plan.
Uranus in Gemini brings precisely such moments today: an idea that comes from nowhere, an invitation that wasn’t on the agenda, an encounter that opens a door that Virgo herself would not have sought.
The Virgo who embraces the unplanned today will discover something that no plan could have found.
Cosmic motto for Virgo: Trust that not everything has to be planned.
Horoscope Zodiac sign Libra
For Libra, this Thursday brings something unexpected: a feeling of harmony that has not arisen through compromise, but through a change of perspective.
A situation that recently concerned me seems somewhat different today. Not because it has changed, but because my perspective has shifted.
This is the deepest form of Libra intelligence: the realization that peace often does not arise from external change, but from a new inner attitude.
This attitude is not about giving up or suppressing anything. It is about consciously moving forward, more easily than before.
Venus in Leo supports encounters that are warm and direct. Retrograde Mercury encourages slower, and therefore more honest, communication.
Cosmic message for the zodiac sign Libra: Inner peace begins with a new perspective.
Horoscope Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Pluto, retrograde in Aquarius and ruling planet of Scorpio, will be particularly noticeable this Thursday.
Deep inside the Scorpion, something is shifting. Not dramatically, not loudly, but with an unmistakable clarity: This past is allowed to go.
It’s not about forgetting. It’s about releasing the emotional energy that is still bound to it.
The space that arises from this is not emptiness; it is possibility. What can emerge during the new moon in Cancer on July 14th requires precisely this space.
Transformation, as understood by Scorpio, is never destructive; it is transformative. The old does not dissolve because it was worthless. It dissolves because the new surpasses it.
Cosmic message for the zodiac sign Scorpio: Every farewell can be a new beginning.
Sagittarius horoscope
Jupiter in Leo nourishes Sagittarius’ optimism today in a special way: not as self-deception, but as honest confidence.
Something that previously appeared to be an obstacle is now revealing its true nature. It was a preparation.
A soft spot. An experience that had to come at exactly that moment.
Uranus in Gemini brings a spontaneous thought or invitation that points in a direction that has not been considered before.
Neptune in Aries keeps the space open for dreams. Sagittarius, who remains open to what comes today, will be pleasantly surprised.
Cosmic message for the Sagittarius zodiac sign: Remain open to the unexpected.
Horoscope Zodiac sign Capricorn
The Capricorn makes progress that is often not visible – not to others and sometimes not even to himself.
This Thursday reminds him to appreciate that. Not as self-aggrandizement, but as genuine recognition:
Every step counts. Even those that no one saw. Even those that didn’t feel like progress at the time.
Saturn in Aries provides a solid foundation: those who know what they have built also know what they can build on next. Capricorn, looking back today, sees more than they expected.
Cosmic message for the zodiac sign Capricorn: Honor your own path.
Horoscope Zodiac sign Aquarius
Pluto retrograde in Aquarius creates a special condition during this phase:
Decisions that stem from one’s own values, rather than from external expectations, feel easier to make today.
The question of who one really is and what is truly important has become clearer in recent weeks. This Thursday reveals what has emerged from this.
The less you compare yourself to others, the clearer your own path becomes. This isn’t a new insight, but today is a day when it can be experienced in a very direct way.
The full moon in Aquarius on July 29 (4:35 PM CEST, 6°30′) will further deepen this process.
Cosmic message for the zodiac sign Aquarius: Your uniqueness is your greatest strength.
Horoscope of the zodiac sign Pisces
Neptune in Aries, the ruling planet of Pisces in an unusual sign, lends Pisces intuition a special reliability today.
Connections that remain hidden to others are now clearly legible to the fish.
This is not imagination or superstition; it is a genuine form of perception that does not work through logical analysis, but through a deep inner knowing.
This knowledge deserves trust today. Not retrospective trust, once reason has validated the decision.
But rather direct trust. What the heart knows today, it usually knows earlier than the head, and often more accurately.
Cosmic message for the Pisces zodiac sign: Trust what your heart already knows.
The concluding thought for July 9, 2026
Life sometimes takes something from us because it wants to make room for something greater. That’s no consolation for the loss. Sometimes it’s simply true.
Not every goodbye is a punishment. Not every change is a loss. Some doors close so that we can finally find the courage to walk through a new one.
And the astonishing thing is that afterwards you almost never think: I wish the old door had stayed open.
The past does not need to be preserved to retain its meaning. The meaning remains.
What changes is the burden that comes with it. And that burden can be a little lighter today.
The new moon in Cancer follows in five days (July 14, 11:43 a.m. CEST). These five days are a phase of preparation, letting go, completion, and honest reflection before a new beginning.
Everything that is released until then creates space for what can then emerge.
Jupiter and Venus in Leo provide the energy for what comes next: self-confidence, joy, and the willingness to show oneself.
And sometimes the most beautiful chapters begin exactly where you stopped hoping that something more would come.
“The end of a song is not the end of the music.” – WC Handy
