Virgo often achieves perfection, by the way, so salute rather than lynch your fussy Virgo-influenced friends, lovers, family members and cohorts. Clean and slick designs prevail; trimming, pruning and down-sizing are fashionable during the season of efficient and frugal Virgo.Virgo beseeches us to infuse finesse into our handiwork. Develop finesse. Even if you fail, fail with finesse. The details of situations are more emphasized than the vast vision; drones are more emphasized than entrepreneurs. The work required to realize ideals takes precedence over mere idealistic wank-offs. Virgo's lovely feet tend to tread the ground of reality.
The first four days of September feature re-arranging antics. The extremely motivated and extremely self-willed Sun challenges expansive Jupiter and power-play Pluto; battles of wills are triggered; kaboom. Jupiter and Pluto simultaneously oppose each other, enhancing agitation of well-laid plots, plans and schemes. Miss Luna is feeling intense while traveling through I've-got-nothing-to-lose Scorpio. The once contained and hidden undercurrents of situations defy superficial spin. The influence of clean-freak Virgo can help with damage control and clean-up; Virgo carries a big broom and hums "I told you so" while sweeping-up the messes. Self-indulgent Madame Venus and escapist Neptune form a trine aspect in the midst of all this shifty energy; you can run but you can't hide.
Thinking Mercury sashays into diplomatic Libra on the 7th. Heavy decisions and manipulative interrelating on the chessboard of life prevail. Hurry-up and wait!
Big Daddy Saturn pivots into retrograde motion on the 12th while Miss Luna is almost full in Pisces (she floats belly-up and fully bloated on the 13th @ 12:37pm PDT). Saturn pivots while in make-up-your-mind-already Gemini; economics and professional decisions fluctuate suspensefully. The Full Moon requires trust in something other than logic; compassion is tested.
Mars marches into Virgo on the 16th. Our egotistical warrior archetype is more socially and environmentally conscious (and conscientious) while in Virgo. He is likely to enforce recycling and coerce strict vegetarianism; he'll micro-manage your life if he doesn't agree with the way you are doing things - isn't it great that egotistical Mars is so concerned with what is going on around him? So much of the ripping martial energy is drawn into serving others that Mars is likely to become ill from compelling so much of his brand of obedient altruism. Bureaucrats become really frisky while Mars moves through Virgo. Experiment with the arts of persuasion and attraction rather than influencing others with severe strong-arming.
We sashay into Libra on the 22nd. Slip into velvet, put on a Dean Martin album and raise an eyebrow at someone special. Diplomacy and balance are the Libra theme. Life tends to get thrown off-balance during our jaunt through the Scales so that we may strive for new and improved balance. Madame Venus and Mercury careen into extreme Scorpio on the 24th and the 28th respectively; again, life tends to get thrown off-balance during our jaunt through the Scales so that we may strive for new and improved balance. The influence of secretive Scorpio on thinking Mercury and desirous Madame Venus turns up the volume of intrigue. CIA agents and conspiracy theorists become really frisky while under the influence of Scorpio.
Jupiter, ruler of expansion, pirouettes weirdly into retrograde motion on the 29th while in scheming and versatile Gemini. Limber-up, your elasticity is going to be tested through the end of the year.
Aries . . . Taurus . . .Gemini . . . Cancer . . . Leo . . .Virgo . . . Libra . . . Scorpio
. . . Sagittarius . . . Capricorn . . . Aquarius . . . Pisces
 Aries Through mid-month, your planetary ruler, unruly Mars, finishes his swagger through imperious Leo. On September 16th, the ardent, non-compromising influence of Leo gives way to the more cooperative, slaving rhythm of Virgo. The tedium of situations can overwhelm you; picky people posse you. You can use the verve of Virgo to be more discriminating where you have been too wanton in the past; you can also tie-up all those annoying details that you usually let slip through the fingers of your more epic-inclined psyche. Hygiene, physical and psychic, becomes more imperative as we move through purification-happy Virgo. Extreme fluctuations of fortune are apt to give you an occasional thrill (and an occasional stress rush). As we embark into Libra terrain on the 22nd, you are in the position of reactionary rather than agitator. Although you usually throw situations off-balance, Libra tosses you into the passenger seat of life, cringing at the way other people want to drive you through life. New relationships and new compromises in old relationships enable others to play a transforming role in your life. Bite the bullet and allow others to assist you. |
 Taurus Our jaunt through Virgo lights a fire under the ass of your will. Emphasize aggression rather than resistance. Go boldly where you have not gone before. Call some shots. Your planetary ruler, self-indulgent Madame Venus, traipses through Libra most of the month; ironically, the self-indulgent Madame is traveling through a self-less terrain of the Taurus solar chart; so you're in a position to earn some dough through a non-profit organization (and then you can take the vacation that you'll very much need). The time is ripe for new health regimes and purification rites. You can create new systems of efficiency, too. Work and pleasure mix like a potent cocktail. As we enter Libra on the 22nd, needy people and situations wiggle their eyebrows at your life force and your jugular vein; put some brawn into building limitations. The retrograde pivots of Saturn and Jupiter enable you to re-assess your worth, your purpose and your finances. |
 Gemini A cycle of hibernation enables you to re-group. Saturn's brief stint in Gemini coupled with his pivot into retrograde motion this month has created some developments that need your response. Your planetary ruler, reasoning Mercury, moves through perpetually-balancing Libra most of the month, creating a Vacillation Syndrome. Should you forge forward or retreat? Is it best to ride the bronco of spontaneity or is it better to hum weird ditties while straddling the nag of waiting games? Should you stay in the background or should you pursue upstaging antics? These responses are scheduled to come to a head around the 13th when Big Daddy Saturn turns retrograde on his authoritative heel while in Gemini. You've changed; sketch new self-portraits in order to delineate new responses to situations (old and new). Your life is pregnant with possibilities as we enter Libra on the 22nd. Romantic notions seek realization. |
 Cancer The Virgo verve beckons you to re-map some of the routes of your life. Perhaps you'll have to back-track; but ultimately you can peel-out of the cul de sacs that are spinning your wheels. You embark into discovery-mode and so you're apt to drift into unknown territory as all ballsy explorers must do; paste a "Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost" sticker on your ass for disclaimer purposes. Knowledge is power and you gain what you need to know in order to make informed choices, particularly in situations that have been vexingly perplexing. Virgo is inclined to prune and trim; what needs the axe in your life? Madame Venus trips through Libra, drawing your energy into the coziness of home; maybe you are rehabilitating, maybe you are re-decorating, maybe you are moving into a more comfortable home or work environ. The Full Moon in Pisces on the 13th tests your personal values. Our movement into Libra on the 22nd brings you face to face with what lies beneath superficiality. You are drawn into the role of psychologist - don't lose your self while analyzing others. |
 Leo Oral fixations squeal with glee; the tongue wags and lashes; your inner conspicuous consumer is on the make; the debauched side of your nature drools with abandon. You are indubitably here on earth and poised to indulge in all the delights that life on this planet has to offer. The frugal nature of Virgo enables you to explore pleasures that are price-less. You are in one of your more attractive positions of year, endowing you with the luxury and the agony of choice. Madame Venus, ruler of desire, moves her groove thing through Libra, enhancing the prospect of heavy decisions. The first week of September tests your strength and elasticity as your ruler, the robust and aggressive Sun, takes on both Jupiter ("King of the Contenders") and Pluto (The "Meat Hook") in the wrestling arena of life; embrace Friedrich Nietzsche's adage that "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." Re-prioritization unfolds like an appealing red carpet bedecked with impossible-to-ignore arrows. |
 Virgo Shoot your self out of a cannon; sling thy self from a slingshot; the season of Virgo is your ETA of Arrival. You enter the scene anew; you have shed some baggage and tears and so your current stint of mapping your life takes on an audacious trailblazing theme. Sing "I Gotta Be Me" from the marrow of your soul while embarking into a cycle of non-conformity. Although you are probably the most cooperative and well-behaved sign of the zodiac, your irreverence and wild spots are prodded and pinched to the surface of life this month. Drop-kick any shrinking violet tendencies; you are supposed to stand-out, throwing outworn schemes off balance - you are like a scintillating stroke of crimson in a neurotic pastel portrait. Our entry into Libra on the 22nd prescribes re-evaluating your values in relation to those that surround you. Your ruler, plotting Mercury, enters intriguing Scorpio on the 28th, letting a couple of cats out of bags. |
 Libra Slip into your swankiest frogman gear - you're going to spend a great deal of time wading through thick, vexing quagmires. You'll drag a few lakes, seeking what lies beneath the surface of situations. You're negotiating a weird and wide threshold between endings and beginnings; parts of you dissolve while other, previously unfamiliar parts of you emerge. Your identity crisis begets an identification-of-personal-desire crisis; at least your planetary ruler, self-indulgent Madame Venus, offers you some encouraging (and definitive) ego strokes from time to time as she moves her assets through Libra for most of the month. Your balance-compelled nature is like a boat temporarily capsizing; you'll need to periodically overcompensate and exaggerate in order to ultimately achieve a new balancing act. Occasional breast-beating and banshee whooping invokes confidence amidst change (while also coloring the cheeks a fiercely appealing red). |
 Scorpio The first week of this month features an intense wrestle-mania between your planetary ruler, power-packing Pluto, the self-willed Sun and contender-belt bedecked Jupiter. Pluto will probably uncoil like a snake in the grass or one of those eerie jack-in-the-box characters bearing plot arc tidings (replete with tension-ridden sound FX). You gain an opportunity to fine-tune what you previously missed or ignored in the Big Picture of your stealthy plots, plans and schemes. Throughout the month, you'll discover that there are exceptions to every rule and you'll find that demographics and profiling merely scratch the surface of defining humanity. As we sashay into Libra on the 22nd, both Mercury and Venus sneak into Scorpio, urging you to re-define your identity - discard outworn masks; you've changed. |
 Sagittarius My second-floor apartment faces the front of the building that I live within. My abode is like the left eye of an experienced, wizened face. There is not a buzzer system here; when the front door of the building is locked, delivery people scream up into my windows to be let into the entrails of this edifice. Pizza guys and UPS women know me by name; they regularly serenade me with their pleading and bellowing. You Sagittarians have this type of power this month; you have the authority and the power to honor or reject entry. You've got the keys. Use discretion! Your experience, wisdom and influence climax; your face features a couple of new crevices of wizened experience after the first week of this month tests your grit and your elasticity. Your ruler, expansive Jupiter, pivots into retrograde motion on the 29th; reality erupts through illusion in relationships; you can revive opportunities that slipped into a coma in the past. |
 Capricorn During the first week of this month, beliefs are stirred and shaken like a pitcher of misbehaving Martinis. What is written in stone experiences erosion; well-laid plans tectonically shift. Skirts and veils are shed, revealing hidden features of situations and relationships; you are better equipped to make informed decisions and reactions amidst so much revelatory activity. A benevolent connection between feel-good Madame Venus and escapist Neptune suggests that loss ultimately equals gain; maybe, you'll slip into an unexpected palatable path or perhaps you'll evade a malevolent mess. Madame Venus sashays through Libra, endowing you with the ability to delineate what other people desire; embrace the Madame's gift as you'll spend a lot of time pitching and appealing this month. Your planetary ruler, Big Daddy Saturn, pivots into retrograde motion on the 12th while in indecisive Gemini; Saturn's authority is questioned, creating a stimulating and frisky binge of risk-taking for Capricorns through the end of the year. |
 Aquarius The season of Virgo demands that you find and then exercise your power. Whether your survival mechanisms are elbowed to the surface of desperate situations or whether you've got to strong-arm a few pesky opponents, you're scheduled to flex some brawn. The first four days of September are a festival of un-covering. Ah, the intrigue is tasty and the re-arrangements of power hierarchies are enchanting. Your finances and resources are apt to scamper about like mischievous imps; you're apt to find a loophole or two that fits like a glove. This is a perfect time for Aquarians to pull-off a coup d' état or to simply re-coup. You are in one of your more magnetic positions of the year, attracting both fabulous treats and vexing flack. Relationships feature stimulating debate. Our entry into Libra on the 22nd beseeches new policies and laws of your land. |
 Pisces Those people who get under your skin the most are featured this month. Paramours, family members, mates and petty tyrants have the ability to bore deeper into the marrow of your soul; people seem to intuitively know your vulnerabilities, so your mission this month, if you choose to accept it, is to build some muscle on a weak spot of your essence. Tis the season to confront and purge a fear. The efficient Virgo verve beckons you to examine how you distribute your energies lest you are perpetually drawn and quartered. Discriminate the ultimate value of anything you do; drop-kick desperation. Both Saturn and Jupiter pivot into retrograde motion this month, endowing you with opportunities to revive that which was shelved or delayed in the past. Miss Luna is full and feisty in the Fish on the 13th; you'll ultimately have to fight for yourself. How was your : August? July? June? May? April? March? February |