Welcome to your September forecast!   Click on “read article” and scroll down til you find your sign of the zodiac….

VIRGO (AUG 22- SEPT 21)   Enjoy the first week of the month and pay special attention to the new moon in Virgo on the 5^th.  It is always important when the new  moon occurs in one’s sign, and this one is especially significant for you since Chiron in Pisces opposes the Sun and Moon. (And if your birthday is on the 5^th you’ll have this energy with you all year long!)  The Chiron effect is one of spotlighting—so pay attention.  It’s shining its light on Virgo-ness and on the new moon quality of starting things, bringing forth new ideas. So of all new moons, definitely meditate on it, focus on it, do whatever hoodoo you do to connect with this very potent and creative energy.   Then the week of the 8^th you get down to business.  This will be a very intense week of work and focus.  Get to work on something, especially if it requires really detail-oriented attention. Steer clear of arguments and be aware that relationships will be stressed this week.  Venus enters Scorpio on the 11^th and catches up to Saturn on the 19^th, when we also have a big old full moon in Pisces.  Feelings will be running high and the Saturn- Venus aspects may make you very thin-skinned. Keep in mind that all month long, everyone is having issues with abandonment – you included!  It is a good time to recommit to relationships – Venus and Saturn have a deep and committed side.  Remember that the Uranus-Pluto square comes more into play as the month goes on, so life is full of drama and the world is insane.  Watch your stress levels. Then expect some easier work aspects around the 24^th when you’ll have a sense of productivity and collaboration.

LIBRA (SEPT 22-OCT21)  This is a pretty intense month! The focus on intimacy and commitment continues, mostly because of the Saturn-North Lunar Node conjunction.  Enjoy the start of the month and welcome Chiron’s presence in the powerful new moon on the 5^th, because Chiron always points the way towards healing.  In other words, it is a great month for slogging through relationship issues. It may feel crappy but by the end of the month you’ll know it has been worth it. But back to the planets…. The week of September 8^th is very challenging – everyone is cranky, sensitive and argumentative.  Hole up somewhere and get some really focussed nit-picky work done.  Mercury enters your own sign on the 9^th and then by the 15^th  it aspects the Uranus-Pluto square.  You may be brimming with crazy ideas and also feeling tense and wigged out.  Pay attention to those ideas, especially around the full moon on the 19^th when Mercury catches up to an angle with Jupiter.  You’ll have a good time and communication should flow a bit more easily.  Then it is the equinox on the 22^nd.  Woo-hoo! The Sun enters Libra and the following week Venus squares Mars and everyone’s happy…or at least happier.

SCORPIO (OCT 22-NOV 21)  This is a huge month for you in regard to relationships and commitment.  Saturn in Scorpio spends the month in the same spot as the North Lunar Node, so intimacy is the name of the game.  You want it and you don’t. You’re seeing relationships very clearly and you don’t always like what you’re seeing. Moreover, the Uranus-Pluto square makes you kinda antsy and yearning for freedom, especially if you’re born in the last few das of Scorpio.  So here’s  how to deal with these particular stresses:  first, use the new moon on the 5^th to gain some clarity on new steps to take in your relationships.  As the month unfolds the Saturn aspects will facilitate rebuilding and recommitment, but not before putting you through some struggle.  Pay special attention the week of September 8^th, when Mars squares Saturn and the Node and everyone is very cranky and fractious.  The US Congress and the drama about intervention in Syria will set everyone’s teeth on edge.  That week you should stay away from conflict and instead engage in satisfying and concrete physical labor.  Then the energy starts to shift. Mercury enters Libra and squares Jupiter on the 19^th, facilitating communication and release on the day of the full moon in Pisces. On that same day Venus in Scorpio catches up to Saturn, so it’s time to recommit. The last week of September brings movement in relationships as well as work.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22- DEC 21)   The Virgo new moon on the 5^th is an important one for you—especially if your birthday is around December 3-5.  This new moon has Chiron opposite it in Pisces making big angle to Sagittarius, and putting the focus on what we need to do to stay healthy and serene.  (Sagittarius serene? Am I kidding?!)  This new moon is one to work with—it crystallizes plans and insights into self-care, especially in regard to relationships. Are we getting what we need?  Is there an ordered balance between our work and emotional lives?  There are intense Saturn aspects all month long that raise the issue of intimacy and commitment, so starting on the 5^th, do some reflection.  I would advise against action, however, during the week of the 8^th. Everyone will be cranky with end-of-summer blues and the drumbeat of war in the background.  It is a great week for accomplishing hard work but not a great week for process.   Venus enters Scorpio on the 11^th and by the full moon on the 19^th catches up to Saturn.  Well, well – this will be an interesting full moon!  Let your deep feelings carry the day.  That’s when you renegotiate boundaries and commitment, and then things move swimmingly at the end of the month.

CAPRICORN (Dec 21-Jan19)  The world continues to spasm spectacularly and you feel pretty overwrought for the first couple of weeks, until Jupiter pulls away from the Uranus-Pluto square.  The big astrological event for you to pay attention to is the new moon in Virgo on the 5^th.  This powerful new moon aspects Chiron, and it is a great lunation for reflecting on what is working and not working for you in the structure of your work.  It is time for you to take yourself more seriously professionally (OMG! Is it possible for Capricorn to take itself more seriously?!).  Seriously—Chiron wants you to step up to the plate somehow.  The week of the 8^th just put your nose to the grindstone and plow through some project. Although the aspects are largely about relationships this month, the week of the 8^th everyone is a mess, cranky and freaked out about the drumbeats of war in the background.  Keep to yourself until the energy begins to shift the week of the 15^th.  About relationships – it is a good time to think about boundaries and commitment, but don’t take action til after the full moon on the 19^th when feelings and insights emerge.  The end fo the month is good for recommitting and for joint projects of any kind.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20-FEB 19)  This is a serious month for you. The Saturn-Lunar Node aspects are all about commitment and relationships; about saying yes and also saying no.  Boundaries, my dear.  There is a powerful new moon in Virgo on the 5^th with big Chiron aspects, so it is time to examine how you do your work. Are you working too hard?  Generate some ideas for changing how you do things so you take better care of yourself and of your significant relationships. Then the week of the 8^th is a hell of a week – everyone is cranky and thin-skinned, yourself included.  Abandonment and angst is on everyone’s mind, and the drumbeats of war are in the background. It is a great week for getting things done, for very focused and very physical work, and avoid too much interaction or emotional process.  Wait for the full moon in Pisces on the 19^th which will bring a lot of feelings to the surface. Mercury and Jupiter will facilitate communication, and Venus and Saturn facilitate recommitment.   Then the fun of shared work and collaboration occurs at the end of the month.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 19)  What a month! By and large the focus of the month is on relationships since Saturn and the North Node are so close together in Scorpio. But first there is an important new moon in Virgo on September 5th with Chiron in Pisces sitting opposite.  If you are a Pisces born March 2-4^th this is an especially significant lunation for you  where you need to reflect on Virgoan themes such as integration and order.  In other words, is everything in your life in right relationship? Work, relationships, health, meaning, community.  All those big things!  So take advantage of the new moon and do some reflection and also set some new plans in motion.  Speaking of plans, expect to work very hard the week of the 8^th but stay away from emotional process since everyone will be cranky and think-skinned. It is a great week for hard physical work or building things.  Tension biolds in relationships and comes flying loose around the full moon in Pisces on the 19^th.  This too is a big one for you – personally, I am a nut when the moon is full in my own sun sign, but that’s me . The aspects favor communication and recommitment.  During the last week of September focus on a joint effort or collaboration of some kind.

ARIES (MAR 20-APRIL19)   Jupiter continues to exaggerate the sense of world crisis, and that feeling will be exacerbated the week of September 8^th when the drumbeats of war make everyone edgy and cranky.  But I am getting ahead of myself. There is a beautiful new moon in Virgo on the 5^th whose aspects with Chiron make it very good for reflecting on work issues. So pay attention and ask yourself if how you’re working is ultimately good for you. Is there a different balance you could strike?  What is the balance between work and the other things that give you meaning, especially relationships? The Saturn-North Node conjunction all month puts particular focus on relationships and the ways our work life interferes. This will be a stressful issue for the first half of the month, at leats until the full moon in Pisces on the 19^th helps let loose a lot of emotion. The aspects are good for communication, and Venus catches up to Saturn at the same time giving you the ability to clarify commitment.  The end of the month brings some nice joint ventures.

TAURUS (APR 20-MAY 20)   Oh what a month!  Enjoy the start of the month and the Virgo new moon on the 5^th.   You’re like Martha Stewart on crack —  cooking and redecorating up a storm. You’re all about home and creativity and the last thing you want is to get back to work out there in the world.  Seriously – this new moon is very powerful  because Chiron’s influence makes you yearn for a more balanced, integrated life, one that is less work-addicted.  Then, the week of September 8^th, Mars squares Saturn and everyone is very cranky. The end of summer blues has everyone wishing they were somewhere else.  The drumbeats of war in the background don’t help.  But for you, this is a great aspect for doing a really hard or really technical or really nudgy piece of work.   If you have a book to edit or a house to build, go for it. There are likely to be relationship challenges this month, in part because abandonment is in the air and everyone is thin-skinned.  Whatever has been building up comes out on the full moon in Pisces on the 19^th. That will be a great moon for communication and for recommitment, and then comes a really good week for collaborative work.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)  You’re reeling from all the life changes and crises brought about by the Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto business.  Then here comes a powerful new moon in Virgo, which, if you’re a June 2-4^th Gemini will be especially important. But it is important for all Gemini’s because Virgo is a sign that you square off against but also have a real appreciation for.  The new moon has a big aspect to Chiron, so you have to use this new moon to act like a Virgo. Reevaluate things. Look at health and work and creative arts and where you are of service. Look at where things are out of whack in regard to work and make some changes.  Because it’s a new moon, gather all that darkness and do some new things, make some new plans.  But I digress… The week of September 8^th work and reentry hit you – and everyone  else—like a ton of bricks.  Ugh.  Everyone is cranky and edgy.  It is a good time however to get a really big impossible piece of work completed, so go ahead and tackle something.  The big issue this month is community, and everyone’s abandonment stuff is up like crazy.  It doesn’t shift til the full moon in Pisces on the 19^th when everyone will need a good cry. Believe it or not it is a great time for release, for communication and recommitment.  For you, it’s about really valuing who is important to you and making sure you are in close proximity to them.

CANCER  (JUNE 21- JUL 21)   This month is all about relationships and intimacy because Saturn and the North Lunar node are sitting together for all of September.  The powerful new moon in Virgo on September 5 really pushes you to want to stay home and attend to your creativity. It also pushes you to reevaluate how much you’re working, and whether there is an area of your life that you are neglecting.  The week of September 8^th is a very intense one – everyone is cranky and edgy, and the drumbeats of war don’t help.  It is a very good week for working hard and a very demanding technical project, but it is not a good week for emotional processing.   Leave your needs alone for the moment – you’ll have time to address them around the full moon on the 19^th.  That full moon in Pisces is a huge release, and the communication aspects are excellent.  You will be able to renegotiate boundaries, make some demands, and also recommit.  The next week is great for collaboration and shared agendas.

LEO (JUL 22-AUG 21)   Ooh. September is nothing if not intense!!  Take advantage of the powerful new moon in Virgo on the 5^th to reevaluate your life and to ask yourself whether things are in right relationship. It is especially important to look at your health and also your relationship to work – and to overwork.  Do some reflection, and put some new plans into motion.  Take care of yourself.  But overall, this month is about intimacy and connection, since Saturn and the North

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Lunar Node sit in the same spot in Scorpio all month.  If you are an August 1 Leo, this aspect will be on your head and you will be really struggling with commitment issues. You’re wanting it and not wanting it.  Let yourself struggle and become aware of your own resistance– it’s all part of the process.  Just make sure you don’t engage in emotional process the week of the 8^th.   That week is all about hard work and getting things done, but people generally will be edgy with end of summer blues, so it is not a time to engage!  Wait for the full moon in Pisces on the 19^th which will bring release and good communication, and perhaps a good cry.  It’s followed by nice partnership aspects.