The Week of June 22nd, 2026: Commitment, community, and the chaos of Mars in Gemini
6/22/202629 min
Episode 288
In this podcast, New York Times best-selling author and astrologer Chani Nicholas discusses the astrology of the week and what it might mean for us all.
The astrology of the week of June 22nd, 2026, closes one chapter and opens another. Venus’ trine to Saturn encourages us to fully commit to our creative plans and the power of our connections, to celebrate the beautiful history of those who came before us, and to take ownership of our own legacies. And as Mars ends its time in Taurus with a sextile to Jupiter, we’re given one last jolt of energy to finish the projects that need wrapping up before the planet of action starts stirring up chaos in Gemini. This is the time to lock in to your commitments, communities, and creations ahead of July’s game-changing astrology.
This episode covers:
- Venus’ trine to Saturn on Thursday, June 25th
- The Sun’s square to Neptune on Thursday, June 25th
- Mars’ sextile to Jupiter on Saturday, June 27th
- Mars’ entrance into Gemini on Sunday, June 28th
- The start of Mercury retrograde in Cancer on Monday, June 29th
- Mars’ conjunction with Uranus on Friday, July 3rd
This episode was recorded on 05/25/2026.
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The music featured in the podcast was created by Latashá.
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First 90 secondsChani Nicholas· Host0:00
Some weeks are just for wrapping things up to clear space for this next new iteration of life, and work, and our world. [gentle music] Hello, and welcome. This is the Astrology of the Week Ahead podcast. I'm your host, your astro bestie, Chani Nicholas. In this episode, we're talking about the week of June 22nd, which for the most part is like, okay, great, fine. It's got a couple little things. On Thursday, we don't even have any major thing until Thursday, we've got Venus making a trine with Saturn. That's a new thing for Venus and Saturn to do in these signs. Venus is in Leo. It's really obvious. It's really flashy. It's here to get attention. But in a structure queen kind of way when it makes a trine with Saturn, which is to say this is a really good moment for realizing the importance of symmetry, and commitment, and making sure that everything is weighed in the ways that it needs to be. We have to be critical when we're making art. We have to be very cognizant of who we commit to, make sure that it is a union we actually wanna be in. When we're creating something, we wanna make sure we understand the ways in which this thing goes with that thing, how everything is weighed against the other. That's