Mercury turns retrograde on July 14 at Leo until August 7, when it will have reached 1°30' Leo. Its shadow period continues until August 22, a period during which we want to express ourselves from our hearts and reconnect with our creativity. Relationships with children could be enhanced. It's a wonderful period to expand and outwardly shine the light within. A lover from the past may reemerge. We may have to look at our creations differently. We may remember an unfinished, forgotten piece of art and complete it now.

Venus's shadow period remains until July 31. A relationship we thought was lost could resurface, giving us a second chance to turn past challenges into future opportunities. We could understand better the meaning of love and how to live the balance of the masculine and the feminine within ourselves and with another. We are more clearly at cause in our romantic relationships, conscious of our emotional dynamics.

Saturn's shadow period remains until October 1, 2012, giving us a chance to revisit and make right what was going on in a love relationship between October 28 and November 6, 2011. If we had no relationship at that time, the opportunity is given to us to understand exactly what we want and create our inner marriage so that we may attract a significant other from a place of fulfillment and feeling whole and not from a place of scarcity, fear, or need. We are learning to balance our power and our peace, to delve deeply into life's mysteries and truly understand our deep inner connection with someone we cherish.