If Gary Vee was an astrologer: his July 2019 horoscope

If Gary Vaynerchuk was an astrologer, his July 2019 horoscope might read something like this:

My horoscope isn’t fancy. It boils down to this: you just have to be willing to give up dumb stuff for a better life. It doesn’t matter if you are a Leo, Capricorn, or whatever you sun sign is. Just remember: It’s always about self-awareness.

You Taurus folks have the solar eclipse in the third house, which is about your tribe, communication, siblings, and your mindset. The north node is in the third house of my chart, where I crush it every day. The pursuit of trying to buy the New York Jets is my passion because it allows me to play the game that I love. Happiness needs to be the ROI. Do you love what you do?

There’s a new moon in the second house for Geminis in July. New business ideas and revenue might be found here. But don’t think you’re fancy. Everybody thinks being an entrepreneur means you make a million a year. I grew up working lemonade stands, baseball card shows, and washing cars as a seven-year-old all day long. One of my biggest highs is going garage sale-ing and motivating others to have a side hustle flipping stuff. Thinking smaller about the second house will actually help you live bigger. I say it all the time: how you make your money is more important than how much you make.

Hey, VIrgos, there is a big solar eclipse going on for you in the 11th house of friends and allies. Learn from me: the biggest weakness I have is I think I can do everything. I’m too optimistic. I’m too confident. In the past I had several businesses with a partner and couldn’t deliver to the partner because I had so much going on. You have to put effort into relationships. You have to give more value to somebody than they give to you. I live my life by guilting people into having a relationship with me.

I’ve been getting DMs from my fellow Scorpios about this month’s new moon in the tenth house of career. If that’s you, look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself: What do I want to do every day for the rest of my life? Then do that. Whatever it is, you can monetize it.

I have tremendous empathy for you Sagittarius folks if you experience heavy stuff in the eighth house this month due to the solar eclipse. I know anxiety about the future, death, and karmic debt can rise up here. Every morning when I wake up, if the people I care about the most are still alive, the day is already a win, no matter what else happens. Anything else just doesn’t matter. #Perspective.

Mercury retrograde starts on July 7. It’s in Leo, a masculine sign, which gives it some kick, and it’s loosely squared to Uranus. Bring it on. Last month a flight of mine got cancelled and I had to drive eight hours from Toronto to New York to make it home in time for my daughter’s birthday. Mercury retrograde type crap happens all year round. Mercury is just a symbol or sign, it’s not what causes this negative stuff. To deal with unpleasant surprises I accept that everything is all my fault. Even if it’s raining out, it’s my fault. It’s about taking responsibility. Use this Mercury retrograde energy to find new ideas that spring from your love for something. Find ways to do what you love. Follow your heart.

You have one life, my friend. Only one shot at July 2019 The biggest poison is regret. Stop making excuses. Stop complaining about transits. Nobody is listening. Just make one person happy this month: YOU. Then you can make others happy and do the things that will put you in a position to succeed in business and in life.

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The biblical “great cloud of witnesses” and archetypal astrology

The biblical phrase “cloud of witnesses” has long enthralled for me, for it hints at the mystical and archetypal.

Hebrews 12:1 is the Bible verse where it’s mentioned:

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

As I continue to do dream work with my Jungian analyst, and have begun to study archetypal astrology, the phrase “cloud of witnesses” keeps coming to mind.

Dreams are populated with archetypal figures that are, in essence, a cloud of witnesses. Animus/anima figures, who often have the persona of the inferior function of one’s personality type. Powerful cameo appearances from loved ones who are deceased and bring a message of healing. And, of course, shadow figures, that remind us of what we have trouble facing in waking life.

I love how James Hillman, the late, great Jungian psychologist and founder of archetypal psychology puts it:

In astrology, this cloud of witnesses is just as evident. It is easier to have self-compassion, and empathy for others, while reviewing the times in your life when you had difficult transits (such as the Saturn return and Uranus square Uranus) because you know that every other person has had a similar period. We are all witnesses to each other.

This archetypal support emboldens us to “run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”

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