The events of September are busy and varied, but the biggest standout moments include the planets Saturn and Neptune. These two planets have contrasting aims— Saturn wants to sharpen and consolidate, Neptune creates dissolution. With the simultaneous emphases, we are called to find ways to constructively work with fantasies or create narratives that can consider the passage of time, the frailty of the body, and the physical and metaphysical limitations that exist as the defining parameters for the vehicle of living.
These planets will continue to be primary players in the planetary energy of the next two years, but this month primarily brings focus to how they can be implemented in our daily lives, especially in our ideas about service, duty, craft, and devotion.
First is the Virgo New Moon on September 3rd.
This lunation is opposite the restrictive Saturn and ruled by the showy Mercury in Leo. There may be a desire to speak your truth and defend yourself when under examination. Mars in Gemini is square Neptune which means that the direction of channeled energy is obfuscated, and you may be accidentally hitting the wrong targets in the zealousness of your approach. This is a moment to be calm under pressure and to allow some things to slide in order to allow your energy more focus.
Secondly is Pisces Lunar Eclipse on September 18.
This eclipse is filled with potential. It carries with it the seeds of dreams and fantasies, promises of learning, and a plethora of extended invitations, that ultimately must coexist with a demand for logic and consideration of material circumstances. There is a rejection, redirection, criticism that must be considered levelheadedly. What comes up during this time will need to go through a bit of examination and proofing, to see if it is true, coherent, and long-lasting.
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horoscopes (please read for your rising/sun sign)
Virgo:
Emphasis this month is on whether or not you can let go of control in relationships and whether or not you have been letting go of too much of your own agency. Are you focusing on how others affect you instead of paying attention to what you can do to change the situation? An appeal about yourself may be frustrated this month, but see every roadblock as a sign for redirection and redefinition.
Libra:
The eclipse this month falls in your 6th house of work, routines, and health. It’s necessary to see how the way you arrange your life reflects an internal systematization. Maybe something in this systematization needs to come loose, or move a bit more fluidly, and the events of this month are here to help you see what needs compassion and leeway and what needs more guidelines. This month also shows the possibility for refreshment, in your relationship to yourself, in your appearance, and in exciting visions and adventures.
Scorpio:
The events of this month seem to reflect a scene of coming back from a party and collapsing on the bed, as events from the night float around in your head. There’s a lot of activity out in the world, but the real fruit of this time is how you process it when you are with yourself, with your creativity, and with your desire. There may be some introduction of travel or philosophical study as Mars enters Cancer.
Sagittarius:
You are coming home this month, but home is never quite what it seems, maybe the ocean, maybe an aquarium? There is a feeling of being afloat or not fully on the ground, or you may feel an acute sense of responsibility like heavy water pressing around you. Some unsavory words are exchanged. This is the process of learning what feels right to you. In the background of the fireworks are love and friendship in the air.
Capricorn:
By circling around familiar places and people, you are, in essence, jumping through portals in time. As you return to where you came from, a way of being, to a neighborhood or a scenery, you understand what you’ve been looking for in your far away journeys, even if the awaited discovery still evades you.
Aquarius:
The eclipse this month is bringing up the confusions, brushed aside details, and lack of boundaries you have around your resources. If you’ve been prone to giving, you may need to see where the giving is covering up a sense of your own distrust in other’s ability to care for you. If you’ve been prone to over-spending, deliberately avoiding certain responsibilities, this will be a month to really get serious about getting everything in order.
Pisces:
This month, you move in the world in spirals and whirls. At times you may be the mirage, and other times, your eyes are covered in such a film, that the world becomes tinged with a blurry halo, enveloped in a whirring sound. Why have you incorporated outside judgment, a certain measurability, as the end-all, be-all of your worth? You can be ephemeral, and it’s still a worthwhile expression of being in this world.
Aries:
Does the sun shine brightly as it ends its day? You are in a metaphorical dusk, sweeping asides the records of the day to peel into the structure of your breath. The tiredness sweeps away for something new, but there is always a small death waiting for you to give into it. A small sacrifice is a way of recognition and honoring.
Taurus:
This is a moment of separation. To let go of something is to recognize the possible fruits within a relation, to take an accounting, and to allow it to be unborn. In this world, there are also less conscious separations and less finite ones too. This month requires a coming apart for future coming togethers. Your community needs you as well to play, be creative, and to be true to your own desires, and that might mean finding some time to go off at your pace.
Gemini:
Your work this month comes with a smokescreen, and where it is leading you is very concealed, maybe to everyone involved. What you need is discipline that allows you to say no, even when what’s encroaching is not even clearly offensive. This is because you need to be actively carving out space for what really matters to you. Your center will be able to be firmly grounded due to the awareness and concentration you cultivate this month against all odds.
Cancer:
You are not one who likes to aimlessly wander, but this month may ask you to put down the map and let yourself out to sea. The terrain is full of confusing characters that ask you to stretch your beliefs and may even poke at the tense points inside your armor. You can either double down and create more of a shell or build up more adaptability to bend and wiggle with the ocean.
Leo
As you try to collect what’s rightfully yours, you may sense that it’s hard to draw the line down the middle. People see the world in different ways, and sometimes someone just has be the one to get the smaller slice. There’s no way around it. This month, you may have to give more than your receive, even though you are wishing that things could be more fairly divided. If only things were done your way! You’ll need to find a way to deal with your anger and move on, so the imbalances don’t continue to unsettle you.