Libra Monthly Love Horoscope

Release the butterflies! The love planets, Mars and Venus, are in simpatico placements until July 9, as Mars spends the whole month in Gemini and your adventure zone, while Venus makes its rounds through Leo and your free-spirited eleventh house until July 9. For the first week of July especially, your fun-loving side is in peak summer flight.

The lightness continues all month since Mars is in Gemini until August 11. While here, the racy red planet could bring everything from a long-distance romance to a sizzling vacation fling. Long-distance and cross-cultural chemistry could heat up during this elongated visit. Couples will crave more independence and room to stretch their wings. We’re not saying you can’t have a rock-solid commitment during this time. (You certainly can!) But it’s likely to be rooted in a shared respect for each other’s sovereignty rather than keeping score or letting the emerald-eyed monster run the show. How refreshing!

The frenetic pace settles down on July 9, when Venus slips into Virgo and your escapist twelfth house, dialing your romance-meter to high. But are you seeing this situation clearly? You’ll be prone to projecting hopes and illusions onto someone as your cosmic ruler spins through this sector of your chart. If things have been tense with a partner, Venus in your compassionate twelfth house can help you take a softer and more openhearted approach to solving any conflict. Drop gentle but direct hints about how you’d like to be wooed. Or just take the lead and show your love interest how it’s done!

You could feel torn between an urge to run away and a conflicting desire to dive into a torrid affair headfirst, especially when Venus and Mars lock into an embattled square on July 29. Both Venus and Mars are making you itchy to be “anywhere but here” this month. For longtime couples, it’s practically mandatory that you spice things up by breaking out of your comfort zone. The same old same old will NOT cut it now!

With Venus in your zone of closure and Mars in your sector of growth and expansion, there could be some overlap between an old relationship fading out and a new spark igniting. Or maybe you still have some inner work to do. If so, take a little break from your wild Mars in Gemini nights for healing, processing and nurturing any raw emotions. When Venus moves into Libra next month, you’ll get your groove back, along with a lot more clarity about the direction you want your love life to take.