Moving into the second half of September, it may feel as though it’s you against the music. Venus enters Virgo on September 19, and there’s a solar eclipse in Virgo on September 21. There is some aspect of your creative process that can’t come on the ark you’re building to survive the coming floods, and if it’s not that, perhaps you’re being called to create a new template that feels more current and fresh—more true to the tastes and genres that currently feel exciting to you. And if the canvas is your life, well, where is the tension between your personal enjoyment and your social obligations coming from at the moment? It might be hard to have a five-star experience during the second half of the month, even if you’re at a festival you’ve been looking forward to for months or vacationing in an epic location. Still, becoming more intimate with what you don’t enjoy is a great way to become more intimate with what you do. Take it as a sign of where you can afford to make some changes.
Gemini Rising
Lightning rarely strikes twice in the same spot, and neither does opportunity. But how prepared are you to pivot on your heel when opportunity comes knocking? Because by the time you read this, you may already be swept up in the winds of change (or on a redeye flight to your next speaking gig). The first week of September flips the script on you as Uranus stations retrograde in Gemini for the first time on September 5, followed by an eclipse in your tenth house of career and ambitions on September 7. Additionally, your ruling planet, Mercury, squares Uranus on September 3 while Jupiter forms a trine to the North Node, urging you to break with certain aspects of your personal status quo in order to claim the abundance that’s trying to reach you.
Are you being offered a more lucrative opportunity right now, or possibly breaking up with the “safer” option in order to take a risk on something that might be more rewarding down the line? Either way, continued predictability seems unlikely, and some amount of flexibility and spontaneity is called for. Also, Saturn is now back in your tenth house as of September 1, resurfacing some of the success struggles and slow progress toward mastery and recognition that have defined the past couple years. Let’s be real, it hasn’t been easy getting to where you want to be. You may have even dealt with some blows to your reputation, or a less than supportive boss who didn’t believe that much in your potential. Now, as you enter the final boss round of “making it in the world,” you might be playing with higher stakes, but at least it’s not entirely the same old thing all over again.
As if all that weren’t enough, there are potential changes afoot in your private life as well—perhaps some form of leaving behind your current living situation, or “end of an era” vibes when it comes to home and family. Though these negotiations may be happening in earnest from the second week of September onward, the September 21 eclipse in Virgo sees to it that you don’t remain clinging to a past that is clearly expired. Questions of legacy may also be hugely important here as you potentially make moves with the wellbeing of future generations in mind. Preserve the history you’d wish was available for you to peruse in your grandmother’s attic. Maybe in the future, someone will relish your souvenir collection and travel diaries just as much as you did.
Cancer Rising
Where will the world pull you next, especially now that it’s looking more and more like your personal oyster? The call of the open road gets loud again this month, and this time, you may just answer it all the way. On September 1, Saturn returns to Pisces, your ninth house of big trips, big concepts, and big learning, just in time for that same part of your chart to be eclipsed on September 7. As if that weren’t enough, Mars squares Jupiter from your fourth house of home on September 4, making it not unlikely that you’re actually in the middle of a move right now, or severing your connection to home base in a different way.
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Whether you’ve been on an educational path, a spiritual pilgrimage, or an endurance journey with many passport stamps involved, the past two years have led you to this moment. Saying “yes” to the adventure is as much a leap of faith at this point as it is a deeply considered choice knowing the difficulty it may entail. And also, things look pretty different than before with Jupiter now in Cancer. Any figurative plane that struggled to get off the tarmac before may now be primed for takeoff, so if this is an opportunity to go where you weren’t able to go before, you probably already had your mind made up months ago. All that remains is to walk through the door.
