Posted on August 28, 2024 by Henry Seltzer of ASTROGRAPH.COM
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This is a month that might be more one of recovery, Gemini, from a rather active, optimistic, somewhat crazy, and totally consequential August cycle. Along with other considerations, your ruler, Mercury, being retrograde all last month drove the conversation to the inside, as you meditated upon the factors for your life path of home, family, and your communicative outreach. This month begins with the dynamic Virgo New Moon of September 2nd, also emphasizing issues of your dwelling, familial dynamics, and your psychological roots. This is so, yet now from the standpoint of a Mercury in direct motion, yet still straightening out from its recent retrograde. There were undoubtedly lessons learned that are still being put onto practice. Mercury finally escapes its post-retrograde shadow by the 11th. We find, as well, that Trickster Uranus remains a significant presence on the edge of your identity sector, bringing surprises and powerful intuitional information from deep inside you that you do well to heed. The Full Moon eclipse of September 17th is also a lulu, with Mercury, now fully recovered, opposite Saturn, giving you a thoughtful pause. Uranus continues to rock any kind of normative boat, so that you are advised to stay as open as you can to possibilities.
The following was written by our guest columnist Elodie St-Onge Aubut of Ninth House Astrology
As September begins, the Mercury Retrograde period largely through your home and family sector has completed and Mercury is recovering. The post-retrograde shadow lasts until the 11th. As Mercury recovers its lost zodiacal ground things will gradually straighten out. The preceding period of contemplation and reviewing issues of your family life or your dwelling will gradually ease.
The Virgo New Moon of September affects 2nd your sector of creative self-expression, romance, pleasurable events, and any children that you could have, and all of these areas could be off to something of a fresh start. Transformation continues to be in the air for your career and professional life and partners may provide valuable input as you assess whether this New Moon energy could provide be providing you additional impetus to act. With you ruler, Venus, in a comfortable setting, you could be getting more organized.
Mars entering Cancer on the 4th represents additional energy for your evolutionary metamorphosis and Mercury forming its square with Uranus in your sign on the 6th could help drive this home. If you are feeling feel restless or bored with the status quo then you might begin to make changes. The first half of September may also call for more physical movements and experimentation to channel your energy.
On the 7th and 8th, the Sun in Virgo forms an opposition with Saturn in Pisces which may accentuate the pressure you put on yourself to do things a certain way or represent blockage in the creative execution of your ideas and feelings. Mercury re-enters Virgo on the 9th and a few days later escapes its retrograde shadow. You may the need to encourage others to start seeing you for who you are. Your desire to bring the right contribution to the table could make seem like you are seeking perfection, and you may wind up reflecting that while it is difficult to be authentic it is valuable.
The Pisces Full Moon of September 17th is also a partial eclipse. The Sun and Moon are aspected by both Neptune and Jupiter which cast their glamorous gaze onto your hopes, your aspirations and your income flow. Mercury opposing Saturn in this Full Moon may make it easier to stay realistic about potential opportunities although with Venus, your ruler, also opposed to Chiron in this Full Moon, you could also be oscillating between believing in yourself and doubting the legitimacy of your current choices. The recipe with Chiron is to make sure to accept yourself at all levels including your flaws, which all of us after all do have; loving acceptance of the hurt places within you goes a long way toward healing your internal issues.
On the 22nd the Sun enters Libra – marking the September Equinox. This may have the effect of helping you to organize your thoughts around your workload and also with stimulating you to further instances of transformation and change. On the same day, Venus at the last degree of Libra forms a square with Pluto in Capricorn as it enters your opposite sign of Scorpio. Relationship mystery and emotional wisdom could be inspiring you to shifts in the way you can align yourself to your innermost principles and values.
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