The Week of June 29th, 2026: A Jupiter sign-shift, a Full Moon, and a mix of fireworks and mischief
Astrology of the Week Ahead with Chani Nicholas - CHANI
A dynamic week ahead features Jupiter's sign shift to Leo, a Capricorn Full Moon, and Mercury retrograde in Cancer. Expect emotional reflection, transformative energy, and potential disruptions around July 4th.
Key takeaways
- Jupiter enters Leo, boosting Leo placements and initiating a cycle of abundance and release.
Transcript preview
Big Week for Leos, Wild Week for Jemmonies, Massive Week for Capricorns, and kind of a glitchy week for Cancer. Hello and welcome, this is the astrology of the Week Ahead podcast. I'm your host, your Astro Bestie. Channy Nicholas, in this episode we are talking about the Wild, Wild Week of June 29th. There is a year's worth of astrology in just Monday alone. Monday Mercury stations retrograde. It's going to be retrograde for most of July for like the next three weeks Mercury is going to be retrograding through cancer. This is a sign that's really nostalgic. This is a sign that loves memories, that loves memorabilia, that loves to collect things and keep them forever in its little pincers. This is a mercury retrograde where we are going to be in a process of remembering how we felt way back when. Something's going to happen now that's going to remind us of how we felt then. And this is the deal. Each emotion that we have needs to do its thing. Each emotion that we have needs to be expressed. Each emotion that we have needs to be expressed. Because when it's expressed, it gets to live its little thing out. and it dissipates. Each emotion that is repressed gets weirder and makes you weirder and gets wonkier and makes life feel wonkier and eventually explodes. And so this my congratulations grade is a reflection on how we allow ourselves to feel the emotions that are present, let them roll through, and the wisdom. there within. We don't have to act on every emotion. Feelings are not facts. We all know all the little sayings, all the little ditties about our emotional life. But this is a really good time to reflect on how emotionally intelligent are we given the hardest emotional situations that we might find ourselves in. I'm not saying it's going to be full of emotionally challenging conversations. Just that's one of the tones. There's something about memory here. reflecting on like when was the first time I felt like this or when was the first time this happened or there's something here about wanting to be cognizant of something that is coming back up to the surface for me to rethink. Mercury retrogrades are always important times to re-evaluate the systems and how they're working in our life. So, Cancer is a memory keeper. want to think about how am I working through my memories. Like sometimes I realize I've been really putting that person on a pedestal and they don't deserve it at all. But I'm remembering something from a former iteration of myself that put them up on a pedestal and I don't need to do that anymore. It could be one of those Mercury retrogrades. So Mercury is stationing retrograde on Monday the 29th of June. as there's a full moon in Capricorn. Big huge full moon in sturdy, reliable, responsible goal-oriented Capricorn. This is a very high-functioning full moon. This is a full moon that when it's happening is catching Jupiter just at the very edge of cancer right before it slides into Leo on the same day as the full moon and Mercury Station's retrograde. Jupiter changes signs. We're having a once in 12 year. What happened to you 12 years ago? What happened to you back in 2014? What was going on for you in 2014? We're going back to that Jupiter in Leo moment, like particularly July of 2014 all the way to June, July of 2015. That was the last time Jupiter was in Leo. that you went through back then. This is a new different but you know rhymes with new iteration of that growth cycle. So obviously giant for Leo placements. Huge for Leo Rizings. Eventually huge for Leo Sun. Leo Moon, Leo Venus, Leo Mercury, Leo anything. So who's having their Jupiter returned? Do you have Jupiter in Leo. This is the beginning of your Jupiter return. Any placements in Leo will be beefed up, will be extra bouncy, will be full of hot air. Lots of pizzazz, many disco balls spinning. Many, many, many, many, many spotlights lighting you up. Wherever Leo is in your chart, we all have Leo somewhere in our chart. This is where Jupiter will be blessing us. to bless us, work with Jupiter so that it can bless you in the area of your life that contains Leo. The interesting thing about this Jupiter and Leo transit is that soon in July the South node will come through Leo and then in August we're gonna have eclipses in Leo near the South node. So there's a very, this is a very different type of Jupiter in Leo transit. We'll talk a lot about it once we get into the South node. those months, but as much as we grow with Jupiter and Leo, there will be a cleaning out and a clearing out. So we want to think about it as like, okay, abundance and then weeding the garden, and then abundance and then weeding the garden. Abundance and then being specific about what we keep and what we release. So it's not just like big huge overgrown all the time, every six months, a couple times, you know, actually more than that. It'll be like a study kind of grooming. cleaning out as we go along. So there'll be a boost and then a clearing and then a boost and then a clearing I think. I think that's how it's going to go. We'll see. Okay, so that is just Monday and that's not even all of Monday. On Monday also Mars squares the nodes which feels like oh a little bumpy a little a little chitter chattery. Mars is in Gemini about to make a conjunction with Uranus. very loud disruptive conjunction on July 3rd slash 4th. I don't know if you know of anything going on on July 4th