When the Sun left Leo last month this might have brought your birthday month to a close, but not the planetary activity in your sign for the year and that includes in the short and long term. When there are planets in Leo new doors are opening, as was the case when the Sun moved through in order to launch your birthday month and new solar year. Venus has already moved through and has already given your heart a voice and a say in what you want from the coming year, but while your new solar year is well underway Mercury, who had left earlier last month, retrograded back in for a double dip visit. Mercury only turned direct in the final days of August and by the time the Moon returned on 29th August, he had only been in direct motion for 48 hours. By the time the Moon leaves on 2nd September, Mercury will be seven days away from leaving on 9th September, giving you time to tie up loose ends and focus on the when, where and how and on your game plan for this new solar year. However, Mercury will leave the doors open, with Mars returning in Leo to open even more doors. This is when Mercury will join the Sun in your income sector, by which point things will be pumping across the income, work and career fronts. The Sun will always spend the first three weeks of September in your income sector but Uranus’ retrograde turn in your career sector on 2nd September and Pluto’s return to your work sector on the same day will change everything. The Sun will leave your income sector on 23rd September and both he and Mercury, who will move through from 9th September to 26th September will be free to exploit the doors this will open to the past, second chances and untapped potential on the job and career fronts. Meanwhile, in your communication sector until 23rd September, Venus’ return at the end of last month has been in time to capture Pluto’s final days in your relationship sector before retrograding back out on 2nd September.
Things are about to go quiet on the relationship front, though not for long and with it a valuable chance to step back and take a break. While Pluto, the planet of change, transformation and rebellion first returned to your relationship sector in March 2023, he was here for less than three months before retrograding back out again. Pluto returned in January and over seven months later, as you move into September he is still here, though not for long. Within 48 hours Pluto will retrograde back out on 2nd September, leaving your relationship sector empty for the first time since June 2023. This time Pluto will only be gone for 11 weeks and when he returns in November there will be no more coming and going and he will be here until 2044. This is a chance to get a feel for Pluto’s influence and before he settles in here for the next 20 years and as his focus is always on change and on how your relationships can evolve, this is a chance to step back, reflect on the journey so far and prepare for a fresh start when he returns in November. While this will leave your relationship sector empty with the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment and especially commitment to your relationships in your communication sector all month and Venus, planet of love until 23rd September, they are here to keep the communication lines open. The Moon will make its first visit to your relationship sector since Pluto left from 14th September to 16th September, bringing a chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged. A friendly aspect to Juno and Venus as it moves through will also make it easier to give your emotional responses and relationships a voice. Meanwhile, with no planetary activity in your romantic sector, the Moon’s return from 10th September to 12th September will make these some of the most romantically charged days of the month. It is a month to the day after the Moon leaves that Venus, planet of love will return for her second visit to your romantic sector this year.
On the one hand, it is business as usual or what you would expect at this time of year on both sides of the financial fence. However, on both sides, the conditions differ to a point that this should be a good month for both income and money matters. For you, business as usual means that with the Sun always spending the first three weeks of September in your income sector, the solar spotlight is always on your income situation, matters and options at this time of year. With Saturn and Neptune in your financial sector until early 2026 but always in retrograde motion by this time of year, business as usual means that money matters will be in review mode. That will remain the case until later in the year, but from 5th September Mars will be in harmony and from 23rd September Venus, the planet of money as well. This will go a long way towards boosting your financial confidence and imagination and especially when it comes to financial matters on the home front. Meanwhile, while the Sun will keep the solar spotlight on your income situation, matters and options until leaving on 23rd September, a lot of water has already passed under the bridge and the professional support is about to increase. Venus, the planet of money has already moved through and while Mercury has already spent weeks here, after retrograding back out last month he will return for a double dip visit from 9th September to 26th September. This will be a chance to use his smart head for money to get your head back in the game, knowing that he leaves all planetary activity on the income front for the year will end. However, helping to make these final weeks count is not just that Pluto will retrograde back into your work sector on 2nd September, but on the same day that the Moon returns to your income sector to begin the lead up to a New Moon on 3rd September. With Uranus turning retrograde in your career sector on 2nd September and the Moon helping to bring things together, all of a sudden the Moon will be acting as a trigger for new income potential as the doors open to the past, second chances and untapped potential on the job and career fronts.