The Sun entered the sign of Libra at 12:21pm on Wednesday September 22 and will remain there until October 22 at about 9:51pm PST.

Libra season encourages us to focus on the symbolism of the scales of justice. In many ways, these scales are about the balance of our actions. What are you doing behind the scenes and how does that influence how you act publicly? How do you both fight for justice and demand it for yourself. We have a good deal of energy taking place in this sign, so let’s dive in!

Libra Season IS HERE

Libra season is here and with it, it brings the energy of a Mercury retrograde and Mars moving through the sign of its detriment. I’m not going to lie, this season feels rough in some ways. I’ll be focusing primarily on Mercury Rx. During this retrograde cycle (including the shadow periods), Pluto and Mercury will be making a square aspect three times. The thing about this that strikes me as it being a bit of a rough transit is that Pluto will also be retrograde for the bulk of this transit. With Pluto in Capricorn, we’ve witnessed so much of society’s systems begin to collapse. We’re witnessing the way structures and systems don’t support us just by the nature of them being structures. We’ve pushed as a collective, and within ourselves, to demolish these systems so that we can embrace new ones. As I see Mercury square Pluto, it feels as though much of what we’re exploring both within and ourselves will reach a tension point leading us to externalize much of what we’re demolishing within ourselves. Add this to the fact that Libra season, for me, highlights the way people reflect our inner journeys back to us, tells me that there will be a good deal of conflict to explore. Aside from the square to Pluto, Mercury is also making a trine to Jupiter in Aquarius, who is also retrograde. Retrograde is generally about going in, right? But when we have two planets stationed retrograde in air signs, we get this conflict of needing to process the internal struggle in an external way. People are reaching a breaking point with what they’re navigating, and it’s seeking the easiest avenue out. This is one of the downsides of Jupiter transits, for better or worse, it amplifies and teaches us when we need to learn to taper ourselves instead of letting it ALL out. One final thing I’ll mention, we have a good deal of stations this cycle. Because of that, you may feel a bit wobbly: the anticipation of what’s to come.

IMPORTANT DATES THIS SEASON

Mercury will station Rx on September 27th and then station direct on October 19th.
New Moon in Libra on October 6th.
Pluto will station direct on October 7th.
Venus moves into Sagittarius on October 8th.
Saturn stations direct on October 11th.
Jupiter stations direct on October 18th.
Full Moon in Aries on October 20th.

HOROSCOPES

Aries and Aries rising

Libra season will bring to you, moments to reevaluate your relationships and explore the way you connect to others. While Libra transits remind us that people can be mirrors in many ways, for you, this is more true, especially as Mercury stations retrograde. You may find that conflict becomes a little more complicated in this cycle. As an Aries rising, asking for your needs to be met may not always be a struggle, and for this reason, you’ll be pushed to ensure you prioritize your needs while also being considerate of others. As you move through this next cycle, I want you to check in with yourself particularly in moments of high stress and conflict. Are you allowing yourself more time for breath? Are you taking it upon yourself to solve conflict when it truly involves more than one person? True justice and balance come from learning when to step back, give space, assess, and then RESPOND versus reacting immediately.

Taurus and Taurus Rising

This month more than others, Taurus, may ask you to prioritize rest and nourishment. You are likely to feel a bit bogged down with Mercury retrograde moving through this sign and Mars in its detriment here as well. When we have Mars transiting through Libra, especially in this part of your chart, it can make it feel like running through sand. The new moon in this sign will especially call for you to slow down and bring some ease into your life so prioritize your needs on that day especially. I encourage you to rely on your tools to help boost your energy where needed and to pull you out of any low-vitality or funk moments. This is the month to lean into bath or tea rituals and to do more uplifting magic (sweetening baths may be especially helpful). This zodiacal season, I want you to ask yourself what you do when the world throws you off balance? How do you allow yourself to build structure back into your life?

Gemini and Gemini Rising

Gemini, you’ll find that season pushes you to put yourself out into the world. There may be moments when you feel a flurry of desire to create within you, but struggle to understand how to best externalize it. With this type of energy, I usually encourage folks to avoid working with a “blank page” sometimes that means (especially during retrograde) revisiting artwork that hasn’t been finished. Using quotes or songs to help inspire the flow. It can feel, during this cycle, like there’s a little dam that you’re drive is pushing against. This is an ideal time to create a lil toolkit you can turn to when it feels like you’re hitting a wall with your projects. Sometimes that toolkit just reminds you it is time to take a nap or a few days off. Sometimes you just need the right playlist. Whatever’s in the toolkit will be personal to you. More than anything, I want you to ask yourself this season, how do you allow yourself to build relationships with every facet within you? How do you connect to the artist archetype within you, the magician within you, the high priestess within you? How do you give each of them space to emerge?

Cancer and Cancer Rising

This season is about learning to find harmony in the home. Mercury rx will especially help you wrap up any aspect of the house that you have pushed aside or haven’t tended to. This season may have you feeling especially worn down if the space you unwind in doesn’t allow you to FULLY unwind. It may be beneficial to get a lil notepad next to the bed to brain dump what’s on your mind, or find a way to tuck away dirty laundry and clothes that need to be folded so you don’t need to physically see it or feel it’s presence as you unwind. More than just the physical home, you may find ancestors increasing in volume, and may feel them pushing you more towards healing and developing a stronger practice of connection. Ask yourself, how do you tend to your dead folks so they can tend to you? How do you honor them simply as a way to give and remain connected?

Leo and Leo Rising

Leo, this season for you is all about connection. What do you seek from your community? This Rx will be highlighting how you connect to others and how you allow yourself to receive from them. You may find yourself going back and reassessing relationships that have felt a bit on the fritz or you may find yourself reaching out with those you haven’t connected with in a good while. If find yourself feeling a bit lonely and wanting to find the right community, it might be time to do a little spellwork or ask your spirits to bring the right folks your way. It’s difficult, especially now, to find people who are on the same path as you and who are healing and who are aiming to educate themselves and grow. It’s okay to ask for a little help in this. Aside from that, don’t be afraid to take action and form your own little space. This cycle, I want you to ask yourself, “What do I most need to feel a connection, support, community, right now?”

Virgo and Virgo Rising

Virgo, this season is about excavating your beliefs and ideas related to resources and finances. Mars moving through this part of your chart may push you to spend or push you to cut back. With Venus in Scorpio as well, I think this is the ideal time to go scavaging to help you figure out how you’re spending your time and money if you’re able to. Given that we are in Libra season, it’s not so much about just prioritizing “cutting back” but rather I want you to prioritize. What energy-consuming activities bring you joy and how can you make time for them? What expenditures help you feel ease, and how can you prioritize them? For some, it won’t be directly about money but rather, building a healthier relationship to time and energy as a resource. The nice thing about Mercury stationing retrograde here is that you are in the right frame of mind to review and reassess so that once it stations direct, you can take clear action to move forward.

Libra and Libra Rising

Libra, it is your season and there is a GOOD DEAL of action taking place in this part of your chart. Some of the conflicting energy may have you feeling ready to put yourself out there in new ways, or you may find that you are wanting to go hermit mode and withdraw, it’s going to depend entirely on your natal chart. One thing I do encourage is for you to explore the relationship you have with yourself and how you allow yourself to be seen. Sometimes “our seasons,” meaning the ones that line up with our rising signs, can feel overwhelming and exhausting as we experience change happening from the inside out. While Mars remains in this part of your chart, aim to heal the relationship you have with different facets of you. What parts of you are you hiding out of fear of not being accepted? It’s okay to not give everyone access to every part of you ALL the time, but you definitely want to explore the parts of yourself you don’t share out of fear and whether the fear is based in truth, or if it can be worked through.

Scorpio and Scorpio Rising

This season for you, Scorpio, is about learning to find multiple views and possibilities within yourself. Libra season highlights the unseen and what it means to sit with not knowing. Because of Libra’s associations with Justice, Mars moving through this part of your chart can have you feeling a bit extra judgmental towards yourself or wondering if you’re making the right choice. One possible way to navigate this is by exploring the different timelines of your choices. Who would you be if you hadn’t made that life-changing move? Who would you become if you decided to cut off that person? This type of mental play is ideal with Mercury stationing retrograde in this part of your chart.

Sagittarius and Sagittarius Rising

Sag bbys, this season asks you to reinvest in your vision and to get fired up by it. As Mars moves through this part of your chart, it could feel like you’re climbing uphill, but easing this can be possible by focusing on feeding the wider vision instead of the “hows” of your dreams. Allow yourself to feel inspired. Give yourself the tools you need to be lit up by your passions again, whether this means creating a vision board, finding a podcast that lights you up, or forming a lil community space where you cheer on other folks like you (other folks studying tarot, for example). Mercury Rx will offer you a chance to reevaluate what parts of your dreams you’ve outgrown and what parts you’ve pushed away. It’s okay for our visions to evolve, if that’s what we want, but sometimes we push things away because we fear actually reaching it or fear that we may not be able to make it happen. What of your visions needs to shift and be reassessed? Let the mind wander and exhaust itself with the space of wondrous possibility.

Capricorn and Capricorn rising

Cappy! This season is going to give you some incentive and drive in regards to your career, but it won’t be without a bit of frustration. With Mars moving in this part of your chart, you could feel pushed to take action, to start something new, to take the ideas and bring them to fruition, but I would recommend instead planning and figuring out exactly what you want and need to do. Mercury is retrograde in this area of your chart, so anything that you put out into the world is likely to be re-done or reassessed, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing but paired with Mars, I feel like many things that get launched will be done so from an internal pressure versus from strategic planning. As always, follow your own guidance! Finally, this season, I want you to put more attention on creating an equal exchange in your work life. Are you being properly compensated or are you giving more than is fair for you?

Aquarius and Aquarius Rising

Aqua cuties, this season is about finding a new connection to your spirituality and to the divine. With Mercury stationed retrograde in this part of your chart, I invite you to deepen your knowledge within a specific realm, an area that you’ve felt a bit stifled and stuck in lately. This may mean connecting to the tarot in a new way, deepening your understanding of astrology by exploring one of the traditional teachers, or by reconnecting to your understanding of magic in a new way. With Mars still in this area of your chart, I would encourage you to find balance in your practice. Are you learning how to banish alongside manifesting, are you working on protection and warding as much as you are cleansing? This season, I want you to ask yourself how you create equity in within your spiritual practice? Do you honor as much as you ask for things? Do you reflect and process as much as you consume?

Pisces and Pisces Rising

Fish bbys, this season for you is about exchanges and collaborations and connections and how you manage to do all of the above in a way that honors both you and those involved. You will find that there is an urge to connect with others this season and to exchange whether that be related to business or simply out of a desire to connect. With Mercury stationed retrograde through this part of your chart, you may also find that you decide to reassess who you let into your personal sphere. There may be some conflict in regards to these topics this season, so navigate this as best as you can and lean into your spiritual practice(s) to help you move through them. Aside from reviewing exchanging relationships, you may also find that this season brings up some old wounds that need a little bit of tending to. Those who struggle with imposter syndrome or confidence issues may especially navigate this. Understand that you have an invitation to approach these in a new way. How can present you navigate these struggles in a new way? What tools have you developed recently that you can put to good use?

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