Ask / request — July 2026
The best days to ask for a raise in July 2026.
Computed in America/New York (Eastern Time). Event and interval times include their Eastern Time zone label (EDT or EST). 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. Scores start at 50. Higher scores mean more favorable conditions under Orrery’s rules, not a higher chance of success. Check the times against your availability.
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.
Rows list factors in that day’s hourly samples. An applying aspect’s exact date can fall on a later day.
| Date | Day | Score | The computed sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1 | Wed | 12 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Fri, Jul 3, 2026, 1:27 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Jul 1, 2026, 7:50 AM EDT – Wed, Jul 1, 2026, 3:32 PM EDT |
| Jul 2 | Thu | 12 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Fri, Jul 3, 2026, 1:27 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 3 | Fri | 7 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Fri, Jul 3, 2026, 1:27 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Jul 3, 2026, 1:27 PM EDT – Sat, Jul 4, 2026, 2:30 AM EDT |
| Jul 4 | Sat | 21 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Jul 3, 2026, 1:27 PM EDT – Sat, Jul 4, 2026, 2:30 AM EDT |
| Jul 5 | Sun | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 6 | Mon | 21 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 2:41 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Jul 6, 2026, 1:21 AM EDT – Mon, Jul 6, 2026, 11:07 AM EDT |
| Jul 7 | Tue | 38 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 2:41 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 8 | Wed | 31 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 2:41 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 2:41 PM EDT – Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT |
| Jul 9 | Thu | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 10 | Fri | 10 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 9:05 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 6:13 AM EDT – Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 6:41 PM EDT |
| Jul 11 | Sat | 19 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 6:11 PM EDT – Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 6:46 PM EDT |
| Jul 12 | Sun | 6 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 12:54 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 6:11 PM EDT – Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 6:46 PM EDT |
| Jul 13 | Mon | 24 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 12:54 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 14 | Tue | 22 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 5:43 AM EDT – Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 6:35 PM EDT |
| Jul 15 | Wed | 35 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 6:26 PM EDT – Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 8:07 PM EDT |
| Jul 16 | Thu | 20 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 11:05 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 6:26 PM EDT – Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 8:07 PM EDT |
| Jul 17 | Fri | 46 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 11:05 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 18 | Sat | 35 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 6:13 PM EDT – Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 12:56 AM EDT |
| Jul 19 | Sun | 39 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 6:13 PM EDT – Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 12:56 AM EDT |
| Jul 20 | Mon | 40 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 21 | Tue | 43 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 1:37 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 7:05 AM EDT – Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 9:34 AM EDT |
| Jul 22 | Wed | 38 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 1:37 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 5:48 PM EDT – Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:06 PM EDT |
| Jul 23 | Thu | 20 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 7:53 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 5:48 PM EDT – Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:06 PM EDT |
| Jul 24 | Fri | 50 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 7:53 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 25 | Sat | 42 | Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 7:53 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 10:58 AM EDT – Sun, Jul 26, 2026, 9:44 AM EDT |
| Jul 26 | Sun | 56 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 2:11 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 10:58 AM EDT – Sun, Jul 26, 2026, 9:44 AM EDT |
| Jul 27 | Mon | 72 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 2:11 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 28 | Tue | 40 | Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 2:11 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 2:11 AM EDT – Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 9:46 PM EDT |
| Jul 29 | Wed | 49 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Jul 30 | Thu | 36 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 5:26 PM EDT – Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 8:13 AM EDT |
| Jul 31 | Fri | 25 | Applying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Sun, Aug 2, 2026, 8:33 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 5:26 PM EDT – Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 8:13 AM EDT |
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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