The Week Ahead: 28 September to 4 October

This is the week the sky changes gear twice, and then stops.

At 10:49 this morning, Monday 28 September, Perth time, Mars steps out of Cancer and into Leo, and stays there until late November.

Mars has spent seven weeks in Cancer, where the drive turns inward, toward home and the people you protect.

Leo turns it outward.

The energy that has been kept behind the front door starts looking for a stage, and I will write more about that tomorrow.

On Wednesday evening Mercury follows Venus into Scorpio. The conversation goes under the surface, and the small talk stops working.

On Thursday the month turns, and October is an 11 month, the first Master Number month of this 1 year. The volume goes up, on intuition and on nerves both, and I will write about that on Wednesday.

Then Saturday.

At 3:15 on Saturday afternoon, 3 October, Venus stops in the sky and begins to move backwards through Scorpio. She stays retrograde for six weeks, until 14 November. Love, money, what you value and who you value all go in for review, and Sunday morning’s article is about exactly that.

Saturday night the Moon reaches Last Quarter in Cancer, the letting go point of the cycle that peaked at the Aries Full Moon, so the weekend asks you to release something before the review starts.

And on Sunday evening the Sun in Libra stands opposite Saturn in Aries. Whatever you have been avoiding in a partnership gets a fair hearing whether you planned one or not.

Numerology: the last three days of September’s 1 month, then October’s 11 month begins on Thursday.

The Rooster month has ten days left, so finish the paperwork before the Dog arrives.

The theme for everyone: step forward early in the week, and then on Saturday, let Venus turn you around to look at what you already have.

Read for your Sun sign, and your rising sign if you know it.

Aries

Mars, your own planet, enters your house of joy and creativity this morning, so the next two months want you making something, playing something, or falling for something out loud. Book the thing that is only for pleasure and put your name on it. Saturday’s Venus station lands in your house of depth and shared resources, so money held with another, trust, an old debt or an intimacy, goes in for a six week review. The Last Quarter Moon at the base of your chart says clear one thing at home before you start.

Taurus

Mars enters the base of your chart this morning, so home and family get the drive for two months, the renovation, the move, the conversation with the parent. Pick the one job at home you keep walking past and start it this week. Saturday’s Venus station lands in your house of partnership, and Venus is your own planet, so the relationship review of the year starts here and it is personal. Mercury into Scorpio on Wednesday, also in partnership, says the other person will have things to say, so listen first.

Gemini

Mars enters your house of words and daily connections this morning, so the next two months are for the bold conversation, the pitch, the message you have been drafting for a month. Send one of them by Friday. Saturday’s Venus station lands in your house of work and health, so the routine, the job and what the body is worth to you go in for review until mid November. An 11 month in your house of horizons says the intuition about the bigger plan is loud in October, so write it down before you argue with it.

Cancer

Mars leaves your sign this morning after seven weeks and enters your house of money and worth, so the drive moves from protecting yourself to earning your worth. Put a number on your work this week and say it plainly. Saturday’s Venus station lands in your house of joy and creativity, so a romance, a child or a creative project goes in for the six week review, and something you set down may come back around. The Last Quarter Moon is in your own sign on Saturday night, so the weekend wants you to let go of one thing you have outgrown.

Leo

Mars enters your own sign this morning and stays for two months, so this is your turn to be seen, and the energy is yours to spend. Choose the one thing you want to be known for this spring and put your whole weight behind it. Saturday’s Venus station lands at the base of your chart, so home, family and what you actually value there go in for review until mid November. Jupiter is still in your sign beside Mars, so the bigger version of you is not only available, it is expected.

Virgo

Mars enters your quietest house this morning, so for two months the drive works behind the scenes, on the thing nobody sees you finish. Give the private project the first hour of the day and let the public one wait. Saturday’s Venus station lands in your house of words and daily connections, so a conversation you had, or did not have, with a sibling, a neighbour or a friend comes back for review. Mercury, your own planet, enters Scorpio on Wednesday in that same house, so say the true sentence before Venus makes you say it twice.

Libra

Mars enters your house of friends and community this morning, so the next two months are for the group, the cause, the circle you keep, and your role in it. Say yes to the invitation you were going to decline out of politeness. Saturday’s Venus station lands in your house of money and worth, and Venus is your own planet, so what you are paid, what you spend and what you are worth all go in for a six week review. On Sunday evening the Sun in your sign faces Saturn in your house of partnership, so the honest conversation about the relationship is due, and it will go better if you start it.

Scorpio

Mars enters the top of your chart this morning, so for two months your work, your reputation and your public role get the drive, and people will notice. Ask for the bigger job, the raise or the room, this week, while Mars is fresh. Saturday’s Venus station is in your own sign, so the six week review is about you, what you want from love, from money, from your own reflection. Mercury enters your sign on Wednesday and hands you the words for it, so use them before Saturday.

Sagittarius

Mars enters your house of horizons this morning, so the next two months are for the trip, the course, the belief you want to test in the real world. Book the ticket or enrol in the thing before the month turns on Thursday. Saturday’s Venus station lands in your quietest house, so a love, a value or an old loss you thought was settled comes back for a quiet six week look. The Last Quarter Moon in your house of depth on Saturday night says let one thing go that you have been holding for someone else.

Capricorn

Mars enters your house of depth and shared resources this morning, so two months of drive go into the joint account, the inheritance, the debt, the intimacy that needs courage. Have the money conversation this week rather than the one you have been rehearsing. Saturday’s Venus station lands in your house of friends and community, so a friendship, a group or your place in one goes in for review until mid November. Saturn, your own planet, faces the Sun on Sunday evening from the base of your chart, so home and work want a fair split, and you will be the one to draw the line.

Aquarius

Mars enters your house of partnership this morning, so for two months the other person has the energy, and the relationship moves whether you push or not. Let them lead one thing this week and watch what happens. Saturday’s Venus station lands at the top of your chart, so your work, your reputation and what you are valued for professionally go in for the six week review. An 11 month in your house of horizons says the intuition about the bigger road is strong all October, so listen to it before the logic gets going.

Pisces

Mars enters your house of work and health this morning, so the next two months are for the routine, the body and the job, with a drive you have not had since winter. Change one daily habit this week and hold it until Mars leaves in November. Saturday’s Venus station lands in your house of horizons, so a belief about love, or a love in another place, goes in for review until mid November. Mercury into Scorpio on Wednesday, in that same house, says the deeper conversation about where you are going is the one worth having.

Whatever your sign, the week has one shape.

Monday Mars steps forward.

Saturday afternoon Venus turns around. Move first, then review what you already have.

What will you be starting this week, and what will you be looking back at?

There is more teaching like this in The Library, and every daily post is in Daily Posts. If you would like guidance on your own path, see Readings.