Libra - September 22nd-October 23rd

January for Librans corresponds with the principle if home and family, and also this month corresponds with a need to focus on renewed transformation of one’s domestic scene, or working from home, and Mercury in your solar 4th house of home/family between the 8th and the 27th certainly indicates that entertaining from home and much communication on the home/family front can be a very positive activity.

However, because Mars, the ruler of your relationship area, is in your solar 12th house of Virgo all month, there may also be a feeling of a need to retreat and behind-the-scenes activities may well be paramount. The danger of Mars in the 12th house is not to sit on any resentment or anger, particularly after the 24th when Mars moves retrograde for a few months when it will be all too easy to brood, internalize and to dwell on the past. Subjective tensions and inability to relax can plague you. Avoid passive aggression and you may find that sometimes your motives are not easily understood and can be triggered by objective external stimuli. You may well be uncertain of action (which you will need to be) until you have internally reviewed the nature of what is to be done. Lack of initiative and enterprise may frustrate you but really you will be developing a strategy. Delay action until you feel it is right inside. Solitude can be quite a good use of this energy and do not ignore the need for sleep as your inner psychological stamina at this time may be greater than your tired body can handle. Being a crusader and pioneer for others in an altruistic fashion could be very rewarding.

Your ruler Venus in Aquarius before the 14th is brilliant for creative self-expression that is pleasing. It can also bring a sociable element into your life and Cupid can be activated, particularly true for all born after October 6th, and after the 14th when Venus moves into Pisces, for many of you there will be a sense of well-being and affection connected to your everyday working life, and colleagues will be particularly cooperative and charming.

After the 27th when Mercury moves into Aquarius, for all born up to September 31st, there will be a particular inspiration for the written and spoken word and this augurs very well for those who write for a living or for a passion. It also allows for the opening of very good communication lines with romantic partners and one’s offspring. Days when this is of particularly powerful benefit, are around the 28th.

Jupiter in Taurus is a bit of a dumb note for Librans but it does tend to enhance one’s financial situation and can bring generosity from other people or luck around financial dealings.

For those born late Librans, around October 20th, Saturn is currently sitting right on your Sun. This happens once every 30 years and is a fairly significant transit. However simultaneously Neptune is exactly trining your Sun which happens once every approximately 82 years and is a very positive combination. Between the two planets, this brings an interesting and potentially constructive period of time. The Saturn conjunct alone can feel quite heavy. It is a time when one is burdened by duties, responsibilities, and obligations and when one can feel that one has a huge mountain to climb in terms of work, because of having to plug into some kind of karmic duty. It is also a time when one can feel tired and low and when needs to look after the body. It is a time when one can feel oppressed and if one is prone to negativity, this can be triggered. Positively it brings great discipline, patience and application and enormous feats can be achieved which can ultimately secure one’s infrastructure for the future. However it is also a time when play and light-heartedness is not too strongly in the picture. It can also bring reality checks when one has to face up to some facts and do what one has to in order to deal with them intelligently. As always with Saturn, humility and honesty is a necessary prerequisite for wise action, and also importantly looking to the future is needed. However simultaneously, Neptune’s trine is wonderfully inspiring and brings a sense of really wanting to stick to one’s goals that are idealistic and creative and that are inspired from the heart and the soul, and it gives sensitivity, compassion and empathy and a sort of spiritual insight which helps bring necessary belief and faith to do what Saturn demands that you have to do. In other words the demands of the present will make the ideals of the future possible. This could not be a better time for inspired use of perspiration in carrying out a creative goal. Similarly when it comes to romantic issues, there is a great combining of the principle of with necessity which is irradiated by love.

Uranus is indeed creating for early Librans born around September 22nd to 25th a sense of uncertainty and maybe insecurity around relationships. There is a definite sense of people behaving in a way that is less than consistent and the need for freedom is in the air, either from others or from within yourself. Equally you may be meeting people who may be incredibly awakening and enlightening, unusual or maverick, but who are needed as a catalyst for your life. Just see people as wonderful ships in the night, rather than anybody who is likely to stick around, and remember people around you who need freedom may well be living out for you vicariously, just what you need to address in yourself.

Finally, Pluto is squaring the Suns of those born September 29th to October 2nd. This is a period when you may find that there are power struggles in the air with family members or indeed there are changes and events that are very profound connected with domestic situations. This is the end of a chapter. It is about you liberating yourself and finding your true potential and the ends of chapters invite phoenixes out of the ashes.

Thought for 2012: You can’t please all of the people all of the time, Go for the highest principal and let the chips fall where they may.