Your Weekly Horoscope Is Here: What's In The Stars For You?

Can sensuality and sense coexist? This week, the stars say, yes! On Monday, July 24, va-va-voom Venus makes her annual opposition to structure-obsessed Saturn, pulling us between two extremes. Venus lives by the pleasure principle while Saturn follows an engineer's blueprints. Their awkward dance CAN be helpful, however, if we strive for a healthy balance.

Whether you're planning an end-of-year pilgrimage to Bali, building a tiny house, or starting a college fund for your kid, dive into the nitty-gritty details. Artistic types might find their business managers this week—someone who can agent deals and help you monetize your talents while also protecting your right to your intellectual property. P.S.: Since Venus is in Gemini and Saturn is in Sagittarius—two hypercommunicative signs, conversations could be lively, passionate, and productive.

Normally, the messenger planet hangs in a sign for three weeks, but due to an upcoming retrograde from August 12 to September 5 (consider yourself warned), he'll hover in the Virgo zone for an extended stay. Mercury is the ruler of Virgo, and this analytical cycle encourages us to slow down, simplify, and systematize. As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Put more security measures in place so you're covered for those rainy days. Maybe that means auto-transferring money from each paycheck into a rainy-day fund and retirement account—BEFORE you accidentally spend it all on brunch and Mara Hoffman bikinis.

...especially before Mercury's U-turn August 12! As Virgo is the sign that governs healthy routines, our summertime hedonism could come to a halt. Then again, why deprive? Just slice those berries, peaches, and watermelon wedges into fruit salads or toss them in the blender with some enzyme-rich kale. Make more time for movement. Rally friends for lap swims, yoga in the park, and evening bike rides.

Want more astrological insight? Check out your July horoscope, then learn what your rising sign is (and what it says about you).