Ask / request — July 2026
The best days to ask for a raise in July 2026.
Computed in America/New York (Eastern Time); every interval prints its UTC offset. A different timezone shifts the day boundaries — the sky doesn’t change, but the local days it lands in can.
You’ve got the raise on the calendar. Here is July 2026, scored for asking: every hour rated on the Moon void-of-course, Mercury retrograde, the Moon’s phase, and its next applying aspect for this decision — then averaged per day. Fifty is a flat sky; every point above it is computed help, every point below is drag.
The month’s best stretch opens Sun, Jul 26, 10:00 AM EDT and holds until Tue, Jul 28, 3:00 AM EDT, scoring 72.
Amber rows below are the days that stretch touches. Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.
| Date | Day | Score | The computed sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1 | Wed | 12 | Mercury retrogradeopposition Venus 1:27 PMwaningvoid Wed 7:50 AM – Wed 3:32 PM |
| Jul 2 | Thu | 12 | Mercury retrogradeopposition Venus 1:27 PMwaning |
| Jul 3 | Fri | 7 | Mercury retrogradeopposition Venus 1:27 PMwaningvoid Fri 1:27 PM – Sat 2:30 AM |
| Jul 4 | Sat | 21 | Mercury retrogradewaningvoid Fri 1:27 PM – Sat 2:30 AM |
| Jul 5 | Sun | 24 | Mercury retrogradewaning |
| Jul 6 | Mon | 21 | Mercury retrogradetrine Venus 2:41 PMwaningvoid Mon 1:21 AM – Mon 11:07 AM |
| Jul 7 | Tue | 38 | Mercury retrogradetrine Venus 2:41 PMwaning |
| Jul 8 | Wed | 31 | Mercury retrogradetrine Venus 2:41 PMwaningvoid Wed 2:41 PM – Wed 4:30 PM |
| Jul 9 | Thu | 24 | Mercury retrogradewaning |
| Jul 10 | Fri | 10 | Mercury retrogradesquare Venus 9:05 PMwaningvoid Fri 6:13 AM – Fri 6:41 PM |
| Jul 11 | Sat | 19 | Mercury retrogradewaningvoid Sat 6:11 PM – Sun 6:46 PM |
| Jul 12 | Sun | 6 | Mercury retrogradesextile Venus 12:54 AMwaningvoid Sat 6:11 PM – Sun 6:46 PM |
| Jul 13 | Mon | 24 | Mercury retrogradesextile Venus 12:54 AMwaning |
| Jul 14 | Tue | 22 | Mercury retrogradewaningwaxingvoid Tue 5:43 AM – Tue 6:35 PM |
| Jul 15 | Wed | 35 | Mercury retrogradewaxingvoid Wed 6:26 PM – Thu 8:07 PM |
| Jul 16 | Thu | 20 | Mercury retrogradeconjunction Venus 11:05 AMwaxingvoid Wed 6:26 PM – Thu 8:07 PM |
| Jul 17 | Fri | 46 | Mercury retrogradeconjunction Venus 11:05 AMwaxing |
| Jul 18 | Sat | 35 | Mercury retrogradewaxingvoid Sat 6:13 PM – Sun 12:56 AM |
| Jul 19 | Sun | 39 | Mercury retrogradewaxingvoid Sat 6:13 PM – Sun 12:56 AM |
| Jul 20 | Mon | 40 | Mercury retrogradewaxing |
| Jul 21 | Tue | 43 | Mercury retrogradesextile Venus 1:37 PMwaxingvoid Tue 7:05 AM – Tue 9:34 AM |
| Jul 22 | Wed | 38 | Mercury retrogradesextile Venus 1:37 PMwaxingvoid Wed 5:48 PM – Thu 9:06 PM |
| Jul 23 | Thu | 20 | Mercury retrogradesquare Venus 7:53 AMwaxingvoid Wed 5:48 PM – Thu 9:06 PM |
| Jul 24 | Fri | 50 | square Venus 7:53 AMwaxing |
| Jul 25 | Sat | 42 | square Venus 7:53 AMwaxingvoid Sat 10:58 AM – Sun 9:44 AM |
| Jul 26 | Sun | 56 | trine Venus 2:11 AMwaxingvoid Sat 10:58 AM – Sun 9:44 AM |
| Jul 27 | Mon | 72 | trine Venus 2:11 AMwaxing |
| Jul 28 | Tue | 40 | trine Venus 2:11 AMwaxingvoid Tue 2:11 AM – Tue 9:46 PM |
| Jul 29 | Wed | 49 | waningwaxing |
| Jul 30 | Thu | 36 | waningvoid Thu 5:26 PM – Fri 8:13 AM |
| Jul 31 | Fri | 25 | opposition Venus 8:33 AMwaningvoid Thu 5:26 PM – Fri 8:13 AM |
How to read this
Void-of-course— after the Moon’s last exact aspect in a sign, before it enters the next. The classical read: finish things; don’t start them. Exact times are in the void calendar for July 2026. Mercury retrograde — the traditional caution for messages, deals, and signatures; station times to the second are in the retrograde dates. Waxing / waning — growing favors starts, thinning favors finishing. The applying aspect— the Moon’s next exact contact with this decision’s planet, easy angles helping, hard angles dragging. The full rulebook — which conventions Orrery follows and which it refuses — is in Method.
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