The Sun was in Virgo most of the month. September is the natural time of getting back to work after summer fun. School is back in session, and people are gearing up for autumn. Autumnal Equinox is September 23. Pluto turned direct on the 16th. Pluto stations tend to bring issues to the fore, where they can be addressed. September is a great time for us to get our lives in improved order. For people receiving direct energy from the Pluto station, it can be frazzling.
This forecast is more of a retrospective of the month, as the Pluto station and the general rush of life have overtaken this astrologer. The week of August 28-September 3 is quoted as written for the August forecast. The influences of the later weeks are summarized, written on September 21 & 22.
The buzz has been building for over a year, regarding thesquareofUranusand Pluto. These two planets will be exactly square, 90 degrees apart, a total of 5 times between June 24, 2012 and April 21, 2014. This dovetails with the buzz about December of 2012 that has been on its own trajectory for a couple of years. Uranus and Pluto have a cycle that is measured from one conjunction of Uranus and Pluto until the next, approximately 125 years. The quarter points of the cycle are considered critical times in that cycle. The last conjunction was in the mid to late 1960’s, truly a time of widespread revolutions, in consciousness, and in many groups calling for equality and freedom. Now the cycle is coming up to its first quarter phase, and once again those energies are surging. It sometimes appears to me that social order is disintegrating and we are all in danger from individuals and groups acting recklessly and without regard for consequences.
The first exact square is not until next June, but Uranus and Pluto are currently less than 2 degrees from the exact square, and they are at the beginning of the cardinal signs of Aries and Capricorn, which means that at each equinox and solstice, when the Sun enters one of the four cardinal signs, there is an alignment of the Sun with Uranus and Pluto. The astrological conditions at the equinox or solstice set the tone for the coming three months. Uranus represents revolution and breaking of old forms; Pluto signifies deep, powerful change. You saw it in the 1960’s, and this is the next phase.
WEEK BY WEEK:
August 28-September 3: New Moon comes Sunday evening, 9:04 p.m. MDT. The New Moon chart is rather positive. The Sun and Moon are conjunct Venus in Virgo, the phrase “Whistle while you work” comes to mind. It could be a good time to settle in to create beauty, order and efficiency in your surroundings. Sun, Moon and Venus are trine Pluto, good for clearing out and rebuilding, and the New Moon chart influences us all month. Mars is moving out of the square to Saturn; there may be a sense of moving out of stagnation, picking up momentum.
This is the week Jupiter is stationary, turning retrograde*. Jupiter’s positive, optimistic, expansive energy is at a peak. Use it wisely and for lasting benefit; avoid overextending. The station occurs over night between Monday and Tuesday. Venus is trine Jupiter the night before, bringing positive light to relationship interactions. The Sun will trine Jupiter later in the week, on Friday night. It should be a positive day and evening, characterized by a bit of ease and by ebullience. Savor the week; it is free from complications.
September 4-10: General influences for this week are rather quiet. The Moon was increasing but not yet full, and Mercury was picking up speed and regaining ground lost during the recent retrograde. Mercury turned direct on August 26. It completed its “prograde,” returning to the point where it had turned retrograde, on September 9. We are now officially past the Mercury retrograde cycle.
September 11-17: Full Moon occurred at 3:27 a.m. Monday morning. There are some positive alignments in the Full Moon chart, including a grand trine in earth signs, a stabilizing influence. The “Sabian Symbol” for the Moon’s degree is “a table set for an evening meal,” which to me speaks of sustenance and community. May it be a balancing influence in the midst of the Pluto station, which occurred on Friday of this week.
Pluto stations bring all kinds of hidden things to light, where they can be dealt with and remedied. This particular Pluto station and the period around it seem to be coinciding with health issues, some of them very serious, in my immediate circles. In my personal life there has been a flurry of renewal in my physical house, three separate significant home improvement projects and general clean-up and repairs. I hope all your clean-ups and renewals are going well, with a minimum of crisis.
September 18-24: This week is colored by the continuing influence of the Pluto station, which was exact on September 16, and by Autumnal Equinox, which comes on Friday the 23rd.
In between, Venus opposed Uranus (on September 17) and squared Pluto on Sunday, September 18. For me, I was concerned with activities around a wonderful wedding celebration (Venus), and encountered an unusual number of snafus (Uranus and Pluto) in the process.
You may feel a restoration of confidence this week. Mars moved from sensitive Cancer into confident and expressive Leo Sunday evening.
Equinox arrives early Friday morning, 3:05 a.m. MDT. The Sun and Mercury will be opposite Uranus and square Pluto, coming into exact alignment over the next several days, up to Wednesday, September 28. This stirs up the energy for change and revolution and cleaning things up, with intensity both positive and at times painful. Your challenge is to bring things to light and deal with them, making positive changes without overdoing the intensity. The Moon will be conjunct Mars in Leo, in positive alignment with Uranus, in the Equinox chart. This favors bold and confident action leading to liberation. Take this as an encouragement to take positive steps to transform your life and live with greater freedom and aliveness. Let the several days at the end of this week and the early part of next week unfold naturally, and go with the flow. There may be numerous deviations from the script, and that can be beneficial.
September 25-October 1: The Sun and Mercury will oppose Uranus on Sunday and Monday, keeping things up in the air. New Moon comes early Tuesday morning, 5:09 a.m. MDT. The Sun and Moon are even more tightly square to Pluto than at Equinox, and the opposition to Uranus remains strong as well. This is a good time to let go of expectations and be in the flow. Let things go differently than planned (as I have this month, filing my forecast later than planned or expected). Permit yourself to experiment. If challenging situations are coming to light, be thankful that you know about them and can address them.
Venus appears close to Saturn in the New Moon chart. This may be a time of testing relationships, when there is more work and less fun, and all the challenges are coming up without the warm fuzzies to make it all seem good. This is a test; this is only a test, unless it is really time for something to come to its natural end.
October Preview: The month looks pretty good. The only alignment among the outer planets is a trine of Jupiter and Pluto at the end of October. That is generally beneficial and to be looked forward to. At the beginning of October the Sun, Mercury and Venus are all in Libra, sign of balance and harmony. One by one those planets enter Scorpio, associated with deep stirrings and dredging up that which needs renewal. I’d say the sooner you start working on matters, the better. Full Moon comes on October 11. New Moon is October 26. On October 28 Jupiter trines Pluto, generally an indication of opportunities for positive transformations.
*Regular readers of this column and others familiar with astrology know that all the planets occasionally appear to backtrack or “retrograde” in their orbits. A planet will slow down, appear stationary, and then appear to slip backward for a period of a few weeks or months before again appearing to slow down and be stationary before resuming apparent forward motion. Of course the planet is not actually reversing direction but only appears to do so due to its motion relative to Earth’s. Nonetheless, we do feel the effects of these shifts. When a planet is at its “station” or stationary point, the planet’s energies are emphasized; when retrograde, its energies are more internalized. The cycle looks like this. The planet is going forward, and affairs of the planet are moving forward normally. As the planet slows and turns stationary, those matters related to the planet become emphasized in our lives, and significant developments may take place. Then those matters ebb in our outer lives for a while, as we internally digest those developments and realizations and integrate them into our lives during the retrograde. Later, the planet again goes stationary, coming back to the forefront of our awareness, and then “turns direct,” resuming apparent forward motion as we again move forward with those matters related to the planet.
Mercury takes a little three-week retrograde cycle approximately every four months. Our daily affairs slow down and get complicated. Communications get tangled, computers flake out, automobiles break down and travel arrangements fall into disarray, a comedy of scheduling mishaps occurs, and things pretty much slow to a crawl. It’s really a great time to slow down and regroup, to finish projects and catch up on unfinished business. Just try not to launch your big project, or sign on the dotted line for a new contract, job, car, or whatever unless you really need to. Try to get those things moving before the retrograde, and shepherd things patiently along during the retro cycle, knowing that some things may not completely come together until Mercury turns direct. If you are making significant moves during the Mercury retrograde period, just know that some things will have to be straightened out after the direct.
**Moon void of course occurs when the Moon has made all the alignments it will make while in the sign it’s in, and is just “marking time” without real momentum. The Moon goes through a sign in 2 to 2 ½ days, so consequently it also goes v.o.c. Every couple of days as well, sometimes for only a few minutes or more likely hours, but sometimes for more than a day. Things initiated during a Moon void of course period tend to meander off and arrive at a destination other than what was planned. Void of course periods are well used in completing tasks or doing routine chores, or in resting, meditating, and planning for future activities. The v.o.c. period ends when the Moon enters the next sign.
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