September 2025
A month with two Eclipses will raise the mood with some apprehension about what is to come. Eclipses are not negative but they are challenges to change in one area of life. So there will be a sense of trepidation about what is shifting – or trying to. Saturn also reverses back into Pisces until mid February which may bring back the regretful feel of earlier in the year and in 2024.
The Virgo Sun will press for work and routine as the answer to all worries for the first three weeks and with Saturn in opposition frivolities will be swept aside and self-sufficiency emphasized. Though Jupiter in Cancer will add upbeat moments.
The Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Pisces on the 7th is the first hint that a rebalancing will be needed in whichever areas of a chart Virgo and Pisces rule. Self and other, solo and joint, detail and broad sweep, home and work, love v friendship, physical health and psychological health. It is the first eclipse to bear the signature of the new era with Pluto in Aquarius trine Uranus in Gemini sextile Neptune in Aries and Saturn in final degree Pisces.
Mars in Libra will argue for fairness in relationships until the final days when it will become doubly determined and secretive in Scorpio.
The Partial Solar Eclipse of 21 September at 29 degrees Virgo is in a downbeat opposition to Saturn and Neptune, though Saturn is trine Jupiter which in turn is square Mars in final degree Libra which may take the edge of the Saturnine gloom. (See Eclipses on top bar.)
After the 22nd there will be a fraught few days with Mars moving to square Pluto on the 24th which always brings frustrations and a trapped, sometimes fearful mood. Though Uranus and Pluto picking up the Libra Sun also on the 24th will hint at ways out of restrictions.
PLANETARY ASPECTS:
1st: Saturn retrogrades into Pisces to stay till the middle of February 2026 – regretful about the past. Not always good at getting a grip and being practical.
2nd: Mercury into Virgo until the 18th – focus on details and nuts and bolts. Wanting tangible outcome to conversations.
3rd: Mercury square Uranus in Gemini – outspoken, impulsive, bright ideas, absent minded.
5th: Mars in Libra square Jupiter in Cancer – confident, opportunistic, lucky.
6: Uranus retrograde until early February – in Gemini until early November and then reversing into Taurus. Subtle shift – new plans need to be rethought, less progress for change.
7: Eclipsed Full Moon – finding a better balance between opposites in the months ahead.
12: Sun sextile Jupiter – enthusiastic, lucky, want results with no effort. Mercury sextile Jupiter – positive approach, fun chats.
13: Sun conjunct Mercury in Virgo in mental overdrive, talking non-stop.
16: Venus in Leo sextile Mars – passionately enthusiastic.
17: Mercury opposition Saturn – negative thinking, critical, serious chats
18: Mercury into Libra until October 6th – fair minded, indecisive. Mercury opposition Neptune – kind, vague.
19: Mercury trine Uranus – bright thinking, good ideas, alert
Mercury trine Pluto – persuasive, intense
Venus into Virgo until October 13th – taking pleasure from chores and being helpful, less spontaneous socially.
20: Venus square Uranus – flirtatious, wanting freedom romantically, can be an upset.
21: Sun opposition Saturn – downbeat, hard working, mistakes surface.
Solar Eclipse in Virgo – new beginnings which take effort.
22: Mars into Scorpio until 4 November – super-determined, secretive, can be vengeful.
Sun into Libra for four weeks – keen on balance, fairness and justice.
23: Sun opposition Neptune – vague, low energy, undermined.
24: Sun trine Uranus – bright ideas, positive changes. Moon trine Pluto getting it together and taking control. Mars square Pluto – stuck, infuriating, requires significant effort to overcome blockages.
OUTER PLANETS
Jupiter in Cancer from June 9 2025 until June 30 2026 – focused on family and home, expansive, emotional, sympathetic, easy going.
Saturn: In Pisces from March 8 2023 till May 25 2025; and again September 1st 2025 to mid February 2026 – a time to let the past go, push old regrets aside and be supportive to those in need.
Saturn in Aries from May 25th for the first time in 29 years. There will be a need for grit, self-reliance, initiative, patience and resourcefulness. It can lead to selfish behaviour on the part of some and a lack of cooperation since the tendency will be to pursue an independent course. Though Neptune close by may soften its effect bringing more sympathy for those in need.
Uranus: From March 2019 until July 2025 in Taurus – changing attitudes to handling of money, possessions and resources especially in agriculture and our attitude to nature. Into Gemini from July 7 2025 to November 2025 – lively discussions, new ideas, alternative approaches, fast-moving, outspoken. There will be a retrograde back into Taurus from November 2025 to April 2026, after which it stays in Gemini until 2032.
Neptune in Aries from from late April 2025 till 2039 (with a brief retrograde back into Pisces from late October to late January 2026) can prompt individuals to submit themselves to a bigger cause than themselves. In the past it has led to an increase in individual rights and advances for disenfranchised people. When back in Pisces it reprises the mood of the past decade plus with conspiracy theories running rampant.
Pluto in Aquarius from late November 2024 till 2044. Can be enlightening, fosters social movements and equality, changes outlooks and attitudes, brings intense discussions and scientific advances.