Happy July, astro-friends.

We know you’re exhausted; Gemini season can do that to a person.

We know you’re overwhelmed; the news is heavy and the world is changing fast.

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But let the stars offer you comfort summer is finally here, and so is Cancer season.

The time of the crab is the moment to fully engage and let yourself feel.

That’s right, everyone: Go ahead and cry.

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San Diego Comic-Con

It’s what July is for.

Read on for the pop culture that will get you to the free-flowing catharsis you’ve been craving.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Darling, exuberant ram!

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Liveright

Because, to paraphrasean iconic Scorpio: Aries, you’re a firework.

There’s no getting it back (for another year, anyway).

But you’re a Gemini, do what you do best follow the party.

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Tim Duggan Books

And if it’s possible for you to’t make it all the way to the SoCal Con?

And what better birthday present is there than that?

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

How will you know the heart of a diva?

Nothing like balancing things out, right, Libra?

We promise, you’ll find it absolutely piercing.

), which can be painful for a person who understands so much, so deeply.

Or, um, you know, being gentle and beautiful creatures of the sea, also.