This is birthday month, and fittingly, the universe has a present for you. It comes in the form of a new moon in Virgo, September 8, and will help you finally lift off important plans that may have stalled earlier this year. Mars and Venus will be beautifully angled to Neptune, so artistic or creative projects would go exceedingly well. No matter what’s on your to-do list, try to initiate your actions for after your guardian planet, Mercury, turns direct on September 12. Love will be in the air too, for Pluto, having been retrograde for months, will awaken on November 14 and push your social life to new heights. The holiday season is coming and you seem perfectly positioned to meet someone special at one of those gatherings.
The very best part of the month will come mid-month, for as you get deeper into September near the end, planets will begin to clash, causing difficulties to arise. You will need to be sure footed as you go along, so do your homework and take nothing for granted. This is a month of intense highs and lows, so let’s look closer.
Your expenses have been high, but it also appears your income has been picking up too and for that, you’re grateful. You may get a generous cash birthday gift, or news, an insurance payout, tax refund, or approval for student financial aid, as examples of possibilities. Once Mars leaves your second house of earned income on September 14, you’ll see costs drop, and you’ll feel more in control of your finances. Saturn is still in your earned income house, though, so you may find employers to be tightfisted, and changing jobs won’t likely produce a different situation.
You’ll need to be careful with spending until you get past the difficult conjunction of the Sun and Saturn on September 30. This will be a tough day when a financial obligation will come due and must be satisfied. You may have to do some intense juggling to do so, so try to anticipate what might come up later in the month. A creditor will not be in a generous mood - he will want to be paid, or else. It’s also possible that things will manifest differently, that you see a loss immediately or later, as a result of an action or decision made on this day. This is no day to sign papers or to schedule major talks.
A big shot of good financial news will come just prior to this conjunction, at the full moon September 23. A fat check may come in to you outside of earned income, and it seems to arrive just in the nick of time. For now, hang on to most of it - you may suddenly need it later!
One of your favorite days this month involving a collaborator or partner will be September 17-18, when Jupiter, planet of happiness, will conjunct surprise-a-minute Uranus. Your spouse, sweetheart, business collaborator, agent, manager, publicist, or other business partner may now thrill you in ways you’d never imagine. On this day, someone close will take very good care of you.
Yet in a month that will hold nothing but black-and-white contrasts, a tough day follows on September 21. It seems like a different partner will show a troubling side of his or her character. This episode could be serious enough for you to feel you must leave this person for good, but doing so will leave a scar that will take time to heal.
Single? There will be ups and downs for you, too. Pluto, now in your house of new love, will turn direct on September 14 (good for the future) but will argue with other planets (bad). Whenever Pluto is in harsh angles to other planets, there’s a danger of feeling manipulated. As a Virgo, you don’t like having to push back, but near September 23 you may have not much choice. Finances will likely be the bone of contention. See how you feel - you will know what you need to do. Generally, though, this day is good for finances. It may just be that someone will ask you to jump through hoops to get the money you deserve.
Dates to Note:
The new moon in Virgo September 8 will help you lift off matters dearly important to you in the weeks to come.
However, Mercury will be retrograde in Virgo, a holdover from last month (August 20). Wait until Mercury regulates its orbit on September 12 before making any key decisions.
When Mars leaves Libra, September 13, your expenses will drop and you will find managing money to be easier.
Travel to nearby spots will bring fun from mid-month through October, possibly to view fall foliage. Start making plans!
A partner could delight and surprise you on September 17 or 18, quite unexpectedly.
Yet only a few days later, a partner (different or the same person) may be very difficult on September 21.
The full moon September 23 plus four days could bring a financial decision or matter to climax.
If you were born September 17-23, you still have Uranus opposed to your Sun, and so partners are still very volatile and quick to anger or to act strangely.
Watch for possible loss of profit or personal items on the month’s most deflating day, September 30, due to Saturn conjunct the Sun.
Your most romantic dates will be September 4, 7, 8, 11-12, 16-18, and 26.