As the August eclipse dust settles, the reverberations continue. Geopolitically speaking, a critical time approaches during the first two weeks of October. How to prepare? Joyful discipline and sober play.
Life is a dharmic fruit basket– every day filled with succulent revelations, hand-picked at the peak of ripeness, just for me.
The month opens with a nose-to-the-grindstone Mars/Saturn square, putting the brakes on impulses to blindly charge ahead. Why? So we can slow down and strategically build something with staying power. Good time to learn a new skill or seek experienced counsel.
The good news: your efforts will likely bear fruit, as the first two weeks of the month are blessed with an auspicious Jupiter/Saturn Trine favoring opportunities for forward movement– providing your project is realistic and manageable. In addition, all planets are direct all month. Does your professional calling require more study and skill-training in to order to move forward? The wind is at your back!
Most effected: People with personal planets or points between 12 and 15 degrees in fire or air signs.
The theme of study and practice continues through the third week (16-20) when Mercury forms an opposition to Saturn. The formulae is as stark as it is simple: Discipline the mind or get depressed. Time to ask:
What immersive mental focus delivers me from time and mind’s fickle attempts at self-image? In the midst of what work does the chatter of civilization fade?
Note for Fridge
Minus timeless absorption in Virgo service and a sense of being well-lived by a greater Pisces presence, mind-on-a-countdown is a trapped beast, mad with depressive realism.
On September 10th, Venus and Mercury change signs: Venus into “confess and undress” Scorpio; Mercury into diplomatic Libra. Adding pivotal strength to this day is the New Moon in down-to-earth Virgo. Got a nagging Venusian relationship challenge? No problem. Therapeutic Venus in Scorpio makes this an ideal time for solution-oriented conversations that give rise to sustainable compromise.
Just in time! On Sept 15th, Venus squares Pluto: a time to address inequality of power in relationship, fear of loss and inquire into new ways of generating money.
These themes intensify during the upcoming Venus retrograde: Oct 3rd- Nov 14th.
But wait. What is “relationship?” Try this:
Mind is a climate of light and vibration that “thing-ifying” routinely damages. Relationship: damaging ourselves less for the sake of an imaginary other.
Sep 26th Full Moon in Aries:
You can’t be moral unless you have the capacity to be dangerous
This Full Moon is conjunct Saturn/Neptune and co-arises with the mounting tension of a Mars/Pluto opposition: a golden opportunity to deepen one’s faith in the midst of crisis. A steely optimism is available to those who spend the first weeks of September grounding into their karmic calling whilst donning the armor of God.
Still rattled by the mad chatter of civilization? There is still time to build “beginner’s mind” resilience. Harness this Aries Full Moon to dive into a gutsy, return-to-zero retreat.
On a material level, this Full Moon forms a high flying “Kite” formation. Good time to culminate a well-established project– but too starry-eyed to initiate something new. Conclude negotiations and finalize plans.
Virgo Vernacular
Seems September wants to introduce a new term into our vocabulary:
“Disenfranchised Grief”
The underground feelings we have about the loss of our sense of eternalness, arising from a lifetime of binge watching the perishable.
What to do? Confess:
Taking on the visage of a person without benefit of soul-seeing skills is like puffing on God without inhaling.
The good news: September provides both the impetus and the discipline to develop the personality-penetrating skills needed to take a long, deep drag of the divine.
Can you think of a more joyful discipline? A more sober play?”
Divine Love Note
Venus retrograde (Oct 3rd- Nov 14th) is on the horizon. Here’s a divine love note to get you in the mood:
Without my love for You, I am microscopic nonsense.
Transits for September 2026
Sep 10th- Venus enters Scorpio
Sep 10th Mercury enters Libra
Sep 10th- Uranus Retrograde in Gemini
Sep 10th- New Moon in Virgo
Sep 17th- Chiron Rx enters Aries
Sep 22nd- Sun enters Libra
Sep 26th Full Moon in Aries
Sep 27th- Mars enters Leo
Sep 30th- Mercury enters Scorpio
Oct 3rd- Venus Retrograde in Scorpio
Upcoming:
Venus Retrograde- Oct 3rd- Nov 14th
Mercury Retrograde: Oct 24- Nov13th
-Hunter Reynolds
linktr.ee/hunterji
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