Welcome to September 2022

Art: Signum Noir
Art: Signum Noir

Can you believe it’s already September?

Despite being in the middle of the Virgo season, we may not feel particularly keen to get stuff done. 

That’s because Mercury is retrograde most of the month. And we usually meet the MR’s with a bit of trepidation, fair to say.

But this is not your “Wake me up when September ends” month. September has a lot to offer: 

There’s two beautiful, nicely aspected lunations, a new Mercury cycle at 0° Libra, and a “bring me good news” Mercury-Venus conjunction.

Let’s take a look at the most important transits of the month.

With love

Pam ❣️

 

September 5th, 2022 – Venus Enters Virgo

Since Venus is the planet of feelings, Venus in Virgo has the unique ability to tap into her feelings to get stuff done.

In the next weeks, Venus in Virgo will teach us how to be more pragmatic and “use” our feelings to achieve something concrete. Do you feel energised? Take on that project you keep procrastinating on. Do you feel emotional? Have a heart-to–heart chat with your Water sign friends. Do you feel angry? Clean the house. Channel your feelings and do something useful.

September 10th, 2022 – Full Moon In Pisces

This is a beautiful, “make a wish” Full Moon conjunct Neptune and sextile Uranus. The Full Moon in Pisces is perhaps one of the best Full Moons of the year.

Full Moons in general are not times when we want to be locked at home: they are times when we’re social, get out there, and connect with others.

September 10th, 2022, Mercury goes retrograde at 8° Libra.

Mercury retrograde in Libra will ask us to revisit some decisions, do a bit more research (mid-retrograde Mercury will move back into Virgo), and then eventually make up our mind.

 

September 19th, 2022 – Sun Square Pluto in Capricorn

The Sun is our personal identity. Pluto is the power of nature – or what we call “fate”.

When we have a Sun-Pluto square, other people or events challenge and threaten our sense of Self. To deal with this tension, we either attempt to control these outside circumstances, getting into power struggles and ego wars, OR, we feel helpless and resign ourselves to circumstances.

Yes, we can change our circumstances, yes, we are not always at the mercy of fate… but the secret is, acting from our Higher Self, not from our Egoic Self.

Art: Daria Petrilli
Art: Daria Petrilli

September 23rd, 2022, the Sun enters Libra, 

Which means we have the Autumn Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the Spring Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

No matter where you live on Earth, the day is equal to the night. Equality is a key Libra word. Equality is a balancing act – the result of lots of weighing and reflection. Equality also means getting outside our personal, subjective bubble, to see where the other is truly coming from.

September 25th, 2022 – New Moon In Libra

The New Moon is opposite Jupiter (at 3° Aries), giving us an appetite for risk-taking. Ready, set, action?

The New Moon ruler Venus is conjunct Mercury retrograde, so there are some considerations to make. The combined Mercury and Jupiter influence will help us weigh the details against the big picture, helping us come up with a plan where everyone can win.

September 26th, 2022 – Venus Enters Libra

Venus enters one of her favourite signs: Libra. And when Venus is happy, everyone is happy.

In the coming weeks, Venus will have a blast: it will walk hand by hand with the Sun, oppose Jupiter, and trine her lover Mars (now in Gemini).

The result? We will just feel at ease with life, ourselves, and others. Venus in Libra wires us to be receptive to others – so this is a good time for social activities and for anything to do with relationships.

Excerpt taken from astrobutterfly.com 

 

Dance in the Holy Dark

when the burdens I carry 

hang low like a heavy dew

and midnight drops 

into my skin

like the dream I used to love

I feel like the mother

with a full womb 

of unfamiliar constellations, 

the aching pull of time,

and the moon who noses me from the inside

asking that before I beg for the morning to bring her light 

I dance in the holy dark of this place

for just a little while longer

~ Kendall Rosenberg