September 14th - 20th, 2026
The astrology for this week of September 14th through the 20th of 2026, the last full official week of the summer season, can have us banging and crashing about through whipsaws of activity — periods of rapid movement followed by sudden stops, moments when everything seems possible followed by times when nothing seems to move at all.
Welcome to the volatility of these extraordinary times.
Coming off what may have been an exciting and exhilarating weekend, we could begin the week feeling that everything is going our way.
And in concept — in our mind's eye — it may well be.
Ideas can be brilliant.
Possibilities can seem limitless.
Our understanding of where we are going may appear crystal clear.
It is only when we attempt to translate concept into reality that things can become complicated.
Implementation may reveal roadblocks.
Execution can expose weaknesses in our planning.
Circumstances might refuse to cooperate with our carefully constructed itinerary.
Yet perhaps we need to reconsider what we mean by an obstacle.
An impediment is not necessarily a stop sign.
Sometimes it is a directional marker.
A roadblock may force us to remove our blinders, engage our peripheral vision, and discover an alternative route superior to the one we had originally intended to follow. What initially frustrates us might ultimately save us time, energy, money, or unnecessary aggravation.
We need to become accustomed to the ups, downs and turnarounds of these times.
Increasingly, we appear to be moving from our familiar experience of sequential, linear reality into what might be described as asequential reality, where events unfold in unexpected ways and meaningful connections do not always follow an obvious sequence of cause and effect.
A leads to B.
B leads to C.
C leads to D.
Or so we have been conditioned to expect.
But what if A leads unexpectedly to G, which introduces us to Q, which somehow circles around and brings us precisely where we needed to be?
The shortest distance between two points may not always be a straight line — which perhaps it never was in a curvature world.
The twists and turns are not going away.
Our challenge is learning how to navigate them without allowing every unexpected development to throw us emotionally off balance
And perhaps we need to hold mantram-like to the sentiment:
Things do truly work out for the best.
Not necessarily according to our timetable.
Not necessarily according to our initial expectations.
And certainly not always according to the route we would have chosen.
But sometimes the road we never intended to travel takes us somewhere better than the destination we had originally imagined.
The week vividly illustrates this process.
A Fixed Sign T-Square early in the week is replaced with a Fire Grand Trine later in the week. The transcendental planets are engaged reminding us that we are co-creators with the universe unfolding.
We may encounter resistance early in the week, become discouraged, and wonder whether our recent optimism was misplaced.
Then the energy changes.
Suddenly doors reopen.
Possibilities return.
Thursday could have us soaring with the eagles.
Friday brings another reversal.
Up.
Down.
Forward.
Stop.
Expand.
Contract.
These wild swings may test our ability to find and maintain equilibrium.
The danger lies in extremes:
Elation — despair.
Overexpansion — rigid constriction.
More — less.
Balance becomes essential.
But balance does not mean standing motionless while the world moves around us.
True balance is dynamic.
A surfer maintains balance by continually adjusting to the wave.
A sailor maintains course by continually responding to the wind
A pilot makes constant minute corrections while flying toward the destination.
Perhaps we are being asked to develop precisely that kind of balance now.
And whenever circumstances seem more than we can handle, let us remember the wise and enduring saying:
“We never get more than we can handle.”
By the weekend, the cosmic roller coaster begins settling down. We can return to our base, put away our summer toys, straighten our surroundings, and prepare for autumn.
Summer is nearly finished.
Another season approaches.
And once again, life asks us not merely to endure change —
but to learn how to dance with it.
Monday, September 14th – Rug Pulled Out from Under - Moon Void-of-Course, Venus, Lunar T-Square, Pluto, Sun, Mars. The long Void-of-Course Moon that began yesterday morning with the Moon making no further connections to the planets as the Moon completes its transit of Libra ends as the Moon moves into Scorpio early this Monday morning [2:44 AM EDT]. The Scorpio Moon today conjuncts Venus, and the Moon squares Pluto. The Moon is triggering a Fixed Sign T-Square with the Scorpio Moon’s square to Pluto in Aquarius today, the Scorpio Moon square to Jupiter in Leo tomorrow. The Sun sextiles Mars.
Tone of the Day
Humility After Exhilaration.
The exhilaration of the weekend's Air Grand Trine may still be lingering.
Perhaps we experienced synchronicities.
Perhaps something unexpected occurred that seemed to confirm our sense that the paradigm is shifting
Perhaps we briefly felt that we had stepped through a doorway into a different reality — one where magic, serendipity, and extraordinary possibilities were becoming commonplace.
Wonderful.
But not so fast.
We have not permanently crossed over to the other side.
Old and new are still operating simultaneously.
Monday may bring us abruptly back to earth.
Plans can encounter resistance. Resources may appear insufficient. Something we assumed would move easily could become complicated. The contrast with the weekend may be startling enough to make us question whether the magic we experienced was real.
It was.
But glimpsing a new landscape does not mean we have permanently left the old one behind.
The great danger today is believing that everything must unfold according to me time — our schedule, our expectations, our preferred sequence.
Asequential reality does not operate that way.
The universe has its own timing.
Our role is participation, not domination.
Best Practices
• Maintain perspective when circumstances slow you down.
• Use obstacles to reassess your approach.
• Remain attentive to resources without assuming limitations are permanent.
• Keep moving where movement is possible.
• Practice humility.
Pitfalls to Avoid
• Avoid assuming that one difficult day invalidates recent positive developments.
• Do not force circumstances to conform to your timetable.
• Resist becoming controlling or self-absorbed.
• Avoid interpreting delay as defeat
How to Use the Energy
If the rug gets pulled out from under you, first regain your footing.
Then look around.
Perhaps from the floor you can see something that was invisible while standing on your high horse.
Humility is not diminishment.
It is perspective.
We can appreciate the wonders appearing around us without assuming we control them.
The magic remains.
Today simply reminds us:
We are participants in it, not its sole authors.
Tuesday, September 15th – Kerfuffles and Parade Rainers - Lunar T-Square, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Moon Void-of-Course, Venus, Pluto, Neptune. Tuesday continues with the Scorpio Moon with the Moon completing the Fixed Sign T-Square begun yesterday with the Scorpio Moon square Pluto in Aquarius yesterday and today with the Moon square Jupiter in Leo. Late in the day, the Moon trines Mars and the Moon sextiles the Sun. The Moon then goes Void-of-Course for thirteen hours [11:30 PM EDT – 12:41 PM EDT Wednesday] as the Moon completes its transit of Scorpio and before the Moon enters Sagittarius Wednesday afternoon. Venus squares Pluto and Neptune sextiles Pluto.
Tone of the Day
Don't Let Discouragement Write the Story.
Someone may have let the air out of our tires.
Or at least it may feel that way.
The contrast between this morning and the previous weekend could be dramatic.
Where anything seemed possible only days ago, today we may wonder whether anything is possible.
Dreams can seem distant.
Obstacles appear larger.
People may become snarky, irritable, territorial, or downright difficult.
Relationship dynamics deserve particular care.
Venus square Pluto can intensify interactions and make relatively minor disagreements feel far more consequential than they actually are.
This is not the ideal day to determine who is right and who is wrong.
As Buffalo Springfield coined in their classic song For What It’s Worth:
“…nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.”
Sometimes the wisest response to an invitation to argument is declining the invitation.
The evening improves as the Moon trines Mars and sextiles the Sun.
What seemed hopeless in the morning may appear considerably more manageable once our emotional temperature cools.
Best Practices
• Give difficult people additional space.
• Step away from unnecessary arguments.
• Take private time to reassess priorities and goals.
• Delay emotionally charged conversations when possible.
• Remember that today's mood is temporary.
Pitfalls to Avoid
• Avoid making permanent judgments from temporary discouragement.
• Do not become entangled in power struggles.
• Resist jealousy, possessiveness, or attempts to control another person.
• Avoid allowing someone else's negativity to become your own.
How to Use the Energy
When someone rains on your parade, you have choices.
You can argue with the rain.
You can complain about the weather.
Or you can open an umbrella and keep walking.
Today's kerfuffles need not become tomorrow's problems.
Step away.
Regain perspective.
Things improve as the day progresses.
And remember:
A cloud passing overhead does not mean the Sun has disappeared.
Wednesday, September 16th – Waiting for the Muse - Moon Void-of-Course, Neptune, Pluto, Uranus. The Void-of-Course Moon in Scorpio that began last evening continues into the midday of this Wednesday with the Moon making no further connections to the planets as the Moon finishes its transit of Scorpio and before the Moon enters Sagittarius [12:41 PM EDT]. The Sagittarius Moon today engages the three transcendental planets with the Moon trine Neptune, the Moon sextile Pluto, and the Moon opposed Uranus.
Tone of the Day
From Withdrawal to Wonder.
The morning may begin quietly.
After Monday and Tuesday's bumps, we might prefer to lay low, remain at home, keep to ourselves, and lick our proverbial wounds.
Perhaps we received one too many blows to the head — figuratively, hopefully — and need time to recover.
If we spent the past two days trying to control situations, the universe may have pushed back strongly enough to get our attention.
Then the Moon enters Sagittarius.
The atmosphere changes dramatically.
The three transcendental planets are engaged once again, and suddenly our focus shifts away from ourselves and toward possibility.
We may go from feeling down and self-pitying to enthusiastic and optimistic in remarkably little time.
The emotional swing itself is instructive.
Did reality change completely?
Probably not.
Our perspective did.
Once again, unexpected developments may appear.
A conversation.
An idea.
An invitation.
A surprise.
A possibility we had not considered.
The muse does not always arrive when summoned.
Sometimes she appears after we finally stop trying to force her through the door.
Best Practices
• Allow the morning to unfold slowly.
• Give yourself time to recover emotionally.
• Become increasingly receptive as the day progresses.
• Remove the blinders.
• Explore whatever unexpected possibilities emerge.
Pitfalls to Avoid
• Avoid wallowing in self-pity.
• Do not attempt to control every development.
• Resist dismissing a surprise merely because it was not part of your plan.
• Beware of emotional whiplash between pessimism and excessive enthusiasm.
How to Use the Energy
Wait for the muse.
Do not chase her.
Create enough quiet that you can hear when she knocks.
The universe occasionally throws us curveballs not to torment us but to keep us human, flexible, and awake.
A curveball forces adjustment.
Adjustment creates movement.
And movement gets us off square one.
By afternoon, something that seemed stuck may begin moving again.
Let it.
Thursday, September 17th – Soaring with the Eagles - Mercury, Lunar Grand Trine, Saturn, Jupiter. Thursday has the Sagittarius Moon sextile Mercury and the Moon triggering a Fire Grand Trine with the Sagittarius Moon trine Saturn in Aries and the Moon trine Jupiter in Leo.
Tone of the Day
Confidence with Altitude and Perspective.
Up, up, and away.
After the frustrations and reversals earlier in the week, Thursday offers a dramatic change of altitude.
We can broaden our reach.
Consider our prospects.
Explore alternatives.
Engage possibilities.
And perhaps most importantly, recover confidence in ourselves and in the journey.
Conversations can ignite brainstorms. One idea leads to another. Possibilities that previously seemed disconnected may suddenly fit together.
But today's enthusiasm has an important advantage.
The Moon engages Saturn first and Jupiter later in the day.
That sequence matters.
Saturn asks:
Is it practical?
Is it realistic?
Can it be built?
Does it have a foundation?
Then Jupiter asks:
How far can we take it?
How large can it become?
What else might be possible?
This is expansion grounded in structure rather than irrational exuberance.
We can soar without losing sight of the ground.
Best Practices
• Brainstorm.
• Discuss possibilities with stimulating people.
• Broaden your horizons.
• Evaluate practicality before expanding.
• Take constructive action while confidence is strong.
• Allow optimism to fuel productivity.
Pitfalls to Avoid
• Avoid confusing confidence with invincibility.
• Do not overextend simply because things are going well.
• Resist forgetting the lessons of Monday and Tuesday.
• Avoid becoming so focused on success that you lose perspective.
How to Use the Energy
Fly high enough to see the larger landscape.
Eagles do not gain perspective by staring at the ground directly beneath their feet.
Altitude changes perception.
Problems that seemed enormous from ground level may appear quite different when seen within a larger context.
Today reminds us how profoundly attitude can pave the way for success or failure.
Even in difficult times, we can retain optimism — even if sometimes that optimism is merely bemusement at the foibles of humankind.
Spread your wings.
Survey the horizon.
It's hard to get a day much better than this Thursday.
Friday, September 18th – A Little Rain Must Fall -Sun, Moon Void-of-Course, Mercury, Saturn. Friday continues with the Sagittarius Moon with the Moon square the Sun before the Moon goes Void-of-Course for eight hours [4:44 PM EDT – 12:55 AM EDT Saturday] as the Moon completes its transit of Sagittarius without any further connections to the planets and before the Moon enters Capricorn early Saturday morning. Mercury opposes Saturn.
Tone of the Day
Perspective During the Downturn.
What happened to yesterday?
Thursday may have had us soaring.
Friday can feel as though someone clipped our wings.
Mercury opposes Saturn, and suddenly we notice everything that might go wrong.
Problems seem larger.
Resources seem smaller.
People become rigid in their opinions.
Conversations can turn into exercises in frustration as everyone speaks and nobody listens.
We might even begin wondering whether yesterday's optimism was naïve.
Here again comes the emotional whipsaw.
Yesterday:
Anything is possible.
Today:
Nothing will work.
Neither assessment is entirely accurate.
They are moods.
And moods are weather.
Friday is simply cloudier.
The great advantage of recognizing the volatility of these times is that we need not believe every emotional state that passes through us.
Best Practices
• Lower expectations.
• Focus on what is manageable.
• Listen more than you argue.
• Postpone important discussions if people become rigid.
• Remember yesterday's broader perspective.
Pitfalls to Avoid
• Avoid catastrophizing.
• Do not assume temporary obstacles are permanent.
• Resist believing the world is against you.
• Avoid trying to convince someone who has no interest in reconsidering their position.
How to Use the Energy
Call this what it is:
a challenging day.
Not a disastrous life.
Not a failed future.
Not evidence that everything is going wrong.
Just a difficult day.
A little rain must fall.
Let it.
Tomorrow the weather changes again.
Saturday, September 19th – Needs or Wants - Neptune, Venus.Saturday has the Moon moving into Capricorn where today the Capricorn Moon squares Neptune and the Moon sextiles Venus.
Tone of the Day
Work First, Pleasure Later.
A more serious tone takes hold.
But this is not yesterday's heaviness.
Instead, we become aware that certain matters simply need attention.
Summer is nearly over.
Perhaps there are things to put away.
A house to straighten.
Paperwork to organize.
A closet to clear.
Repairs to address.
Loose ends to tie.
The question becomes:
What do I need to do, and what do I merely want to do?
If we handle pressing responsibilities early, the second half of the day becomes considerably more enjoyable.
There can be something deeply satisfying about restoring order to our physical environment.
“Everything in its place and a place for everything.”
Our home is not merely where we keep our belongings.
It is our base camp.
Our sanctuary.
The place to which we return after navigating the world's uncertainties.
Straightening our surroundings can have the curious effect of straightening something within ourselves.
Then, once the work is finished, the Moon sextile Venus encourages pleasure, companionship, and quality time with those who matter.
Best Practices
• Handle pressing responsibilities early.
• Organize your surroundings.
• Put away summer items no longer needed.
• Create greater order at home.
• Reserve the latter part of the day for enjoyment and companionship.
Pitfalls to Avoid
• Avoid procrastinating until responsibilities hang over the entire day.
• Do not confuse wants with needs.
• Resist turning household organization into an exhausting marathon.
• Avoid carrying Friday's heaviness into Saturday.
How to Use the Energy
Work.
Then play.
Simple enough.
Take care of what needs doing.
Restore your base.
Put things where they belong.
Then stop.
Enjoy the fruits of your effort.
Spend time with someone special.
Order creates space.
And space allows pleasure to be enjoyed without the nagging voice of unfinished business whispering in the background.
Sunday, September 20th – Comforts of Home - Lunar T-Square, Saturn, Mercury. Sunday has the Capricorn Moon triggering a Cardinal Sign T-Square early in the morning with the Moon square Saturn in Aries and the Moon square Mercury in Libra.
Tone of the Day
Sanctuary over Striving.
Whenever we have a T-Square, we need the missing fourth element to balance off the energy configuration; in this case, Cancer.
Expectations may weigh heavily this morning.
Our own expectations.
Someone else's expectations.
Responsibilities we think we should fulfill.
Plans we made when today's circumstances looked very different.
We may feel caught in a no-win situation.
Even determined efforts could encounter blockages, impediments, or simple lack of enthusiasm.
Rather than pushing harder, consider the missing fourth element of the T-Square:
Cancer.
Home.
Sanctuary.
Nurturance.
Emotional replenishment.
Perhaps the answer today is not greater effort.
Perhaps the answer is retreat.
Plans may fall flat.
Let them.
Expectations may need lowering.
Lower them.
The energy will pick up again next week.
There is no prize for exhausting ourselves on a day better suited to restoration.
Best Practices
• Stay close to home if possible.
• Lower expectations.
• Rest.
• Enjoy familiar surroundings and simple comforts.
• Recharge physically and emotionally.
• Allow yourself to do less.
Pitfalls to Avoid
• Avoid forcing plans that clearly are not working.
• Do not accept every demand placed upon you.
• Resist guilt about needing rest.
• Avoid turning minor frustrations into evidence of larger problems.
How to Use the Energy
Return to base camp.
Close the door.
Put your feet up.
Read.
Listen to music.
Enjoy a favorite meal.
Spend time with those whose presence feels comforting rather than demanding.
Sometimes the spiritual warrior needs to put down the sword.
Rest is not retreat from the journey.
Rest is preparation for its next stage.
Autumn approaches.
Catch your breath.
Reflective Weekly Close — Learning to Navigate the Curve
What a week.
We begin with the rug seemingly pulled out from under us.
Tuesday brings kerfuffles and parade rainers.
Wednesday waits for the muse.
Thursday soars with the eagles.
Friday reminds us that a little rain must fall.
Saturday restores order.
Sunday brings us home.
If ever there were a week demonstrating the volatility of these times, this may be it.
Yet perhaps the real story is not volatility.
Perhaps it is adaptability.
Our conventional understanding of progress has been remarkably linear.
Establish the goal.
Determine the route.
Follow the route.
Reach the destination.
A to B to C.
Simple.
Logical.
Sequential.
But increasingly, life seems unwilling to cooperate with that model.
We may be moving into what can be described as asequential reality.
The destination may still exist.
Our intention may still matter.
Our actions certainly matter.
But the route?
That may be another matter entirely.
We might head toward B only to be diverted toward F.
At F we encounter someone we never expected to meet.
That person introduces an idea that sends us toward M.
And suddenly M provides the missing piece that allows us to reach C far more effectively than the straight road ever would have.
Was the detour a mistake?
Or was it the route?
This is where synchronicity and serendipity become increasingly important.
The technological revolution itself reflects something similar.
We once assumed progress would develop incrementally — one advancement building predictably upon another.
Instead, innovations increasingly intersect.
Artificial intelligence accelerates scientific research.
Quantum technologies may reshape computation.
Robotics combines with AI.
Medical research intersects with data analysis.
New energy technologies alter assumptions about what can be built and where.
One development catalyzes another in ways difficult to predict beforehand.
The straight line becomes a network.
And perhaps human consciousness is undergoing something similar.
Our task is not to abandon reason.
Far from it.
Reason gives us discernment.
But we may need to supplement linear reasoning with peripheral awareness — the willingness to recognize meaningful developments that occur outside our intended field of vision.
Monday and Tuesday demonstrate what happens when we insist too strongly upon our personal timetable.
Wednesday reminds us to become receptive again.
Thursday shows what becomes possible when structure and expansion cooperate.
Friday teaches us not to confuse temporary contraction with permanent defeat.
And the weekend brings us back to the importance of our base — our foundations, our sanctuary, our ability to restore ourselves before beginning again.
The Fixed Sign T-Square early in the week is replaced with a Fire Grand Trine later in the week.
What better image could there be?
What appears blocked becomes flowing.
What contracts expands.
What falls rises.
What seems impossible one day becomes remarkably possible the next.
This is why extremes serve us poorly.
If we become euphoric during every high, we will be devastated by every low.
If we become despondent during every low, we might miss the opening that appears tomorrow.
The spiritual challenge is finding the center.
Not an immovable center.
A living center.
The balance of the surfer.
The flexibility of bamboo.
The sailor adjusting to shifting winds.
The pilot continually correcting course.
We are not victims of circumstance.
Nor are we omnipotent masters commanding circumstance to obey our wishes.
We are something far more interesting.
Co-creators with the universe unfolding.
We choose.
We act.
We intend.
We build.
And then we observe how the universe responds.
Sometimes it says yes.
Sometimes not yet.
Sometimes it points somewhere entirely different.
Our wisdom lies in learning the difference.
So when the road bends unexpectedly this week, perhaps we need not ask:
“Why am I being taken off course?”
Perhaps the better question is:
“What can I see from this road that I could never have seen from the one I intended to travel?”
The shortest distance between two points may not always be a straight line.
And perhaps our lives were never intended to be straight lines in the first place.
They are journeys.
Curving.
Twisting.
Ascending.
Descending.
Occasionally doubling back.
And somehow, through all those unexpected turns, carrying us toward where we need to be.
So hold mantram-like to the sentiment:
Things do truly work out for the best.
Keep your balance.
Maintain your peripheral vision.
Be willing to change course.
And when the universe throws another curveball —
don't curse the curve.
Learn how to hit it.