September 28th - October 4th, 2026
The astrology for this week of September 28th through October 4th of 2026 begins with exciting possibilities, moves through frustrations and release, and ultimately builds toward what could be an especially intense end of the week and weekend.
If we have learned anything from recent weeks, it may be that conditions no longer remain static for very long.
One moment we are soaring.
The next we are grounded.
One day the road seems completely blocked.
The next an unexpected doorway opens.
We can be riding the crest of the wave only to find ourselves suddenly dropped into the trough. But the reverse is equally true. When we are down in the dumps, circumstances can shift rapidly and lift us again.
That is both the challenge and the wonder of these volatile times.
Like New England weather, if we do not like the conditions at the moment, perhaps we should wait awhile.
They are likely to change.
The week begins with the Sun finishing its engagement of the transcendental energies with the Sun trine Uranus. There is an exploratory quality in the air. We want to experiment, investigate, sample alternatives, and perhaps break free of limitations that seem increasingly incompatible with the person we are becoming.
Yet enthusiasm does not guarantee immediate freedom.
Monday and Tuesday can leave us feeling hemmed in by responsibilities, financial considerations, other people's demands, or simply the realities involved in turning a brilliant concept into something workable.
Once again, we encounter the difference between possibility and implementation.
Almost anything can work beautifully in theory.
Reality asks harder questions.
Can we afford it?
Can we sustain it?
Does it fit our circumstances?
Is it merely exciting — or truly meaningful?
By Wednesday, the atmosphere changes dramatically. The Moon enters Gemini and engages Mars and the three transcendental planets, and suddenly what seemed heavy can become light. Curiosity returns. Possibilities multiply. The universe may once again remind us that a roadblock on one path does not mean every road is closed.
Wednesday evening and Thursday offer breathing room.
Enjoy it.
Because the latter part of the week becomes considerably more demanding.
Mercury in Scorpio triggers a Fixed Sign T-Square as Mercury squares Mars in Leo and Mercury squares Pluto in Aquarius. Mars triggers the transcendental planets with Mars trine Neptune and Mars opposed Pluto with Mars sextile Uranus next week. Venus turns retrograde, and the Sun opposes Saturn.
These are powerful configurations.
Power itself is neither good nor bad.
Electricity can illuminate a city or electrocute.
Fire can warm a home or burn it down.
Water can sustain life or become a destructive torrent.
The issue is not merely how much energy is available.
The issue is how that energy is directed.
And that may be the central challenge of this week.
Can we channel intensity rather than become consumed by it?
Can we maintain consciousness when others lose theirs?
Can we respond rather than react?
Can we hold our center when circumstances around us become chaotic?
Those are questions worthy of the spiritual warrior.
Not because spiritual warriors avoid difficult conditions.
But because difficult conditions reveal the degree to which we have developed mastery over ourselves.
This week may provide quite a test.
Monday, September 28th – Great Adventurer Stymied - Mercury, Moon Void-of-Course, Lunar T-Square, Mars, Pluto, Sun, Uranus. Monday begins the week with the Aries Moon completing its transit of Aries with the Aries Moon opposed Mercury. The Moon then goes Void-of-Course for almost five hours [5:50 AM EDT – 10:40 AM EDT] as the Moon finishes its transit of Aries without further connections to the planets and before the Moon enters Taurus where today the Taurus Moon triggers a Fixed Sign T-Square with the Moon square Mars in Leo and the Moon square Pluto in Aquarius.The Sun trines Uranus concluding the Sun’s engagement of the transcendental planets which began over the weekend.
Tone of the Day
Adventure Meets Reality.
Coming off the vibrancy of the weekend with the Full Moon, Sun trine Pluto, and Mars entering Leo, we may begin Monday with considerable enthusiasm.
We want to move.
Explore.
Experiment.
Assert our independence.
Try something different.
The Sun trine Uranus can make the familiar seem increasingly stale while the unexplored becomes especially attractive.
Yet the Taurus Moon may apply the brakes.
What seemed easy conceptually may prove more difficult practically.
Naysayers may appear.
Responsibilities intervene.
Resources may be limited.
Or our own doubts may begin whispering:
Are you sure about this?
The Fixed Sign T-Square can leave us feeling caught between the urge to break free and conditions that refuse to budge.
But the missing Fixed Sign element is Scorpio.
And Scorpio demands focus.
Perhaps the problem is not that we lack possibilities.
Perhaps we have too many.
The great adventurer needs not only courage but a destination.
Best Practices
Explore possibilities without demanding immediate implementation.
Identify which options have genuine depth and staying power.
Pay attention to where resistance occurs
Focus your energies rather than scattering them.
Notice today's obstacles; they may reveal pressure points important later in the week.
Pitfalls to Avoid
Avoid forcing matters.
Do not allow naysayers to destroy legitimate enthusiasm.
Resist trying to pursue every interesting possibility simultaneously.
Avoid interpreting temporary blockage as permanent defeat.
How to Use the Energy
The adventurer may be stymied
But stymied is not stopped.
If the road ahead is blocked, examine the obstruction.
Perhaps it reveals something you need to know.
Today's Lunar T-Square may provide an early indication of where pressure is building before Mars exactly opposes Pluto on Saturday.
Take note.
Do not batter against the wall.
Study it.
There may be a door you have not yet noticed.
Tuesday, September 29th – Blockages Continue - Lunar T-Square, Venus, Jupiter, Moon Void-of-Course. The Taurus Moon triggers a Fixed Sign T-Square again but today the T-Square has different components — Moon opposed Venus in Scorpio, Moon square Jupiter in Leo. The Moon goes Void-of-Course for almost eighteen hours [7:36 PM EDT – 1:26 PM EDT Wednesday].
Tone of the Day
Reality Tests the Dream.
Yesterday, we needed the Scorpio influence to balance off the T-Square.
Today we get it.
Venus and Jupiter — the two “good guys” of the planetary realm — are adversely engaged.
We may become more conscious of resources.
Or lack thereof.
Yesterday's exciting adventure may suddenly acquire a price tag.
We could swing between extremes.
Let's do it!
We can't afford it.
Go big!
Cut everything back.
Excess and frugality may compete for control.
The sensation can be enormously frustrating.
The engine is running.
Our foot is ready for the accelerator.
Yet somehow the transmission remains stuck in neutral.
We spin the wheels without moving forward.
But frustration can be useful if we allow it to refine rather than defeat us.
Possibility needs practicality.
Dreams need resources.
Inspiration needs implementation.
Today asks whether what excites us can also work in real terms.
Best Practices
Review resources realistically.
Distinguish between what is desirable and what is sustainable.
Scale plans appropriately.
Use delays to improve your strategy.
Focus on pursuits that are both enlivening and practical.
Pitfalls to Avoid
Avoid wild swings between extravagance and excessive frugality.
Do not spend merely to relieve frustration.
Resist abandoning a worthwhile idea because it cannot happen immediately.
Avoid pushing harder simply because nothing seems to move.
How to Use the Energy
Stop spinning the wheels.
Put the vehicle in park.
Look at the map again.
What is actually possible now?
What requires more preparation?
What sounded wonderful but does not withstand practical scrutiny?
Reality is not the enemy of dreams.
Reality helps us determine which dreams can be built.
Today may narrow the field.
That can be a blessing.
Wednesday, September 30th – Brightening Skies - Moon Void-of-Course, Mars, Neptune, Pluto, Uranus, Mercury Scorpio. Wednesday begins with the Taurus Moon Void-of-Course that began Tuesday evening and continues with the Moon making no further connections to the planets as the Moon completes its transit of Taurus [1:26 PM EDT] and before entering Gemini. The Gemini Moon today sextiles Mars and triggers the transcendental planets with the Moon sextile Neptune, the Moon trine Pluto, and the Moon conjunct Uranus. Mercury exits Libra to enter Scorpio [7:44 AM EDT].
Tone of the Day
From Trudging to Dancing.
What a difference a few hours can make.
The morning may remain slow.
We may still be picking up pieces, reorganizing plans, and dealing with adjustments necessitated by Monday and Tuesday's obstacles.
Then the Moon enters Gemini.
And the atmosphere changes.
Movement replaces stagnation.
Curiosity replaces frustration.
Possibilities begin multiplying again.
With the Moon engaging Mars, Neptune, Pluto, and Uranus, we may once more feel that curious sensation of dancing with the universe rather than struggling against it.
Synchronicities may occur.
Unexpected conversations can prove stimulating.
Something we encounter almost accidentally might open a fascinating new line of thought.
The evening could be especially enlivening.
Meanwhile, Mercury enters Scorpio, adding depth to Gemini's breadth.
We can explore widely while also recognizing what deserves deeper investigation.
Best Practices
Allow the morning to unfold slowly.
Become increasingly flexible as the day progresses.
Explore.
Sample.
Converse.
Follow intriguing synchronicities.
Stay open to unexpected possibilities.
Pitfalls to Avoid
Avoid dragging Monday and Tuesday's frustration into Wednesday evening.
Do not insist that today's opportunities resemble yesterday's plans.
Resist overanalyzing every synchronicity.
Avoid becoming so scattered that nothing receives meaningful attention.
How to Use the Energy
Keep out of your own way.
The past two days may have felt like trudging through mud.
Now the road dries.
Our step becomes lighter.
We may even begin dancing.
We are crossing the bridge from where we have been toward where we are going.
And bridges sometimes contain switchbacks.
Occasionally we must step sideways.
Sometimes even backward.
But going back momentarily does not mean we are regressing.
Sometimes we need to go back in order to move forward.
Thursday, October 1st – Sweet Dreams -Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Moon Void-of-Course. Thursday continues with the Gemini Moon with the Moon trine the Sun during our sleep state, the Moon sextile Saturn as we awaken, and the Moon sextile Jupiter late in the evening.The Moon then goes Void-of-Course for seventeen hours [10:42 PM EDT – 3:54 PM EDT Friday] as the Moon completes its transit of Gemini without further connections to the planets and before the Moon enters Cancer Friday afternoon.
Tone of the Day
Order, Ease and Pleasant Possibilities.
After Wednesday evening's energetic lift, our sleep state may be particularly pleasant.
Perhaps we awaken with the simple feeling:
All is right — or eventually will be right — in our world.
There is something wonderfully constructive about this Thursday.
The Moon sextile Saturn encourages us to attend to responsibilities without making them burdensome.
We can get our house in order.
Complete necessary tasks.
Create structure.
And rather than moaning and groaning about what must be done, we may recognize that responsibility creates freedom.
Once obligations are handled, mental and physical space opens for something new.
The evening becomes especially pleasant with the Moon sextile Jupiter.
We may enjoy spending time with upbeat people whose experiences differ from ours.
Someone may tell us about a place we have never visited.
A subject we have never studied.
A possibility we have never considered.
Curiosity becomes its own form of travel.
Best Practices
Handle responsibilities efficiently.
Create order.
Enjoy stimulating conversation.
Spend time with optimistic, broad-minded people.
Consider future journeys — literal or figurative.
Pitfalls to Avoid
Avoid filling every available moment with activity.
Do not turn responsibility into drudgery.
Resist dismissing unfamiliar interests merely because they are unfamiliar.
Avoid overcommitting late in the day.
How to Use the Energy
Get the house in order.
Then dream.
Where might you want to go next?
What might you want to learn?
Who might you want to meet?
What new world might you wish to investigate?
Not every dream requires immediate action.
Sometimes we simply need to let possibility percolate.
Enjoy this Thursday.
The energies become considerably more demanding tomorrow.
Friday, October 2nd – Get off of My Cloud - Moon Void-of-Course, Neptune, Mercury, Mercury T-Square, Mars, Pluto.Friday has the Gemini Moon Void-of-Course that began Thursday evening continuing today until the Moon moves into Cancer [3:54 PM EDT]. The Cancer Moon squares Neptune and trines Mercury. Mars trines Neptune, and Mercury triggers a Fixed Sign T-Square with Mercury square Mars in Leo and Mercury square Pluto in Aquarius.
Tone of the Day
Intensity Requires Restraint.
Our tongue could get the better of us today.
Mercury in Scorpio can be forensic.
We see beneath surfaces.
We notice inconsistencies.
We detect weaknesses.
We can dissect an argument with surgical precision.
Wonderful — when used constructively.
Not so wonderful when the scalpel becomes a weapon.
Opinions differing from ours may irritate us more than usual.
Words can become caustic.
Sarcasm can cut deeply.
And because we may simultaneously feel uncertain about our own way forward, defensiveness can masquerade as certainty.
The old sentiment — “a good offense is a strong defense” — may be tempting.
But attacking first merely because we feel vulnerable is unlikely to serve us.
The Mercury T-Square suggests considerable mental pressure.
Mars and Pluto add intensity.
The temperature is rising.
Best Practices
Think before speaking.
Then think again.
Choose words carefully.
Channel analytical ability toward solving problems rather than attacking people.
Keep emotional reactions proportional.
Maintain your connection to your deeper direction — your silver thread to personal destiny.
Pitfalls to Avoid
Avoid caustic remarks.
Do not weaponize information.
Resist arguments intended merely to prove superiority.
Avoid responding immediately when angry.
Do not confuse defensiveness with strength.
How to Use the Energy
Your mind is a powerful instrument today.
Use it as a microscope, not a dagger.
Examine.
Investigate.
Discern.
Understand.
But avoid slicing and dicing everyone who disagrees with you.
Intensity is building.
The wiser we are today, the less unnecessary baggage we carry into tomorrow.
Saturday, October 3rd – All Fall Down - Venus, Lunar T-Square, Sun, Saturn, Moon Void-of-Course, Mars, Pluto, Venus retrograde. The Cancer Moon trines Venus, which has just turned retrograde [3:16 AM EDT] in Scorpio, a Sign of Detriment for Venus. The Moon also triggers a Cardinal Sign T-Square with the Moon square the Sun in Libra and the Moon square Saturn in Aries. The Moon then goes Void-of-Course for almost thirty-two hours [11:08 AM EDT – 6:54 PM EDT Sunday] as the Moon transits through Cancer with no further connections to the planets and before the Moon enters Leo Sunday evening. Mars opposes Pluto. Pluto is the higher octave of Mars, and both speak to incredible force.
Tone of the Day
Maximum Intensity — Minimum Reactivity.
This is the week's pressure point.
Mars opposed Pluto symbolizes tremendous force meeting tremendous resistance.
Pent-up energy seeks release.
At the personal level, people may be irritable, confrontational, impulsive, or determined to impose their will.
And whenever enormous force is available, consciousness becomes critically important.
The spiritual warrior does not prove strength by fighting every battle.
Sometimes the greatest demonstration of strength is refusing to be provoked.
Today is not about cowardice.
It is about self-mastery.
The Cardinal Sign T-Square adds another layer of pressure.
Venus turning retrograde can have us reconsidering values, relationships, desires, and perhaps even what we thought we wanted.
There is enough going on without adding unnecessary drama.
Best Practices
Take everything down several notches.
Move deliberately.
Allow extra time.
Channel physical energy into controlled, appropriate activity.
Use structured exercise if suitable for you.
Keep distance from unnecessary confrontation.
Exercise extreme care with anything requiring concentration or physical control.
Pitfalls to Avoid
Avoid knee-jerk reactions.
Do not provoke or accept invitations to confrontation.
Resist power struggles.
Avoid impulsive decisions made under emotional pressure.
Do not assume that because you feel enormous energy, it must immediately be expressed.
How to Use the Energy
Contain.
Channel.
Do not suppress — but direct.
A river flowing through strong banks can generate tremendous power.
A river breaking through its banks can destroy everything in its path.
Be the banks.
If anger rises, give it space before acting.
If someone attempts to provoke you, disengage.
If plans can wait, let them wait.
The warrior who survives the battle may be the one wise enough to recognize which battles never needed fighting.
Today's achievement may simply be:
maintaining your center while the world around you temporarily loses its own.
Sunday, October 4th – After the Fall - Moon Void-of-Course, Neptune, Sun, Saturn. The Cancer Void-of-Course Moon that began Saturday morning continues through much of this Sunday with the Cancer Moon making no connections to the planets. The Moon ends its Void-of-Course when the Moon moves into Leo [6:54 PM EDT] with the Leo Moon tonight trine Neptune. The Sun opposes Saturn.
Tone of the Day
Recovery, Reflection and Regrouping.
Whatever occurred over the previous two days may leave us feeling wiped out.
Friday and Saturday carried enormous intensity.
Sunday is not the day to pretend otherwise.
We may need to lick our wounds.
Regroup.
Process.
Catch up.
Grieve something that went wrong.
Or simply acknowledge that our nervous system has had enough stimulation.
The Sun opposes Saturn can make everything feel heavier.
Responsibilities may loom.
Energy may be low.
Progress may seem slow.
Do not add unnecessary pressure.
There are times to charge forward.
There are times to hold position.
And there are times simply to recover.
This is one of them.
By evening, the Leo Moon trine Neptune can soften the atmosphere.
Music, art, imagination, prayer, meditation, or simple quiet may help restore our spirits.
Best Practices
Rest.
Reduce expectations.
Give yourself emotional and physical space.
Process recent events before drawing conclusions.
Engage restorative activities.
Recognize what you successfully navigated.
Pitfalls to Avoid
Avoid pressuring yourself to be productive.
Do not immediately reconstruct everything that may have fallen apart.
Resist pessimism caused by exhaustion.
Avoid confusing depletion with defeat.
How to Use the Energy
Survey the landscape.
What remains?
What needs repair?
What no longer needs rebuilding?
That last question may be the most important.
Not everything that falls needs to be reconstructed exactly as it was.
Sometimes collapse reveals structural weaknesses.
Sometimes disruption clears space.
Sometimes the crash and burn of an old arrangement becomes the foundation for something better.
Tonight, give yourself credit.
You went the distance.
You made it through the maelstrom.
And tomorrow is another day.
Reflective Weekly Close — Riding the Crest, Surviving the Trough
What an extraordinary demonstration of the times in which we live.
Monday wants adventure but encounters obstruction.
Tuesday tests dreams against practical reality.
Wednesday brightens dramatically and gets us dancing with the universe.
Thursday gives us breathing room and pleasant possibilities.
Friday raises the temperature.
Saturday reaches the pressure point.
Sunday asks us to recover.
Crest.
Trough.
Crest again.
Perhaps the most important lesson is not how to remain permanently on top of the wave.
That is impossible.
The wave itself exists because there are crests and troughs.
Remove one and you remove the wave.
Life may operate similarly.
Expansion and contraction.
Confidence and uncertainty.
Action and rest.
Construction and destruction.
Beginnings and endings.
We often label one side good and the other bad.
But perhaps both participate in development.
Saturn's limitation can prevent Jupiterian excess.
Pluto's destruction can clear structures that have outlived their usefulness.
Uranian disruption can free us from stagnation.
Neptunian uncertainty can dissolve rigid assumptions.
The question is not whether we can eliminate volatility.
The question is:
Can we become skillful navigators of it?
A sailor does not curse the ocean for having waves.
A skilled sailor learns how to read them.
And perhaps that is one of the great lessons of this paradigm shift.
For generations, we have sought control.
Control nature.
Control circumstances.
Control schedules.
Control outcomes.
Control other people.
Control the future.
Yet the more rapidly our world changes, the more obvious it becomes that total control was always something of an illusion.
What we can develop is something far more useful:
response-ability.
The ability to respond.
To observe conditions.
To adjust.
To pivot.
To act when action is appropriate.
To wait when waiting is wiser.
To move forward when the road opens.
To step aside when enormous forces are barreling through.
This is not passivity.
It is conscious participation.
We have repeatedly spoken of becoming co-creators with the universe unfolding.
The co-creator does not sit helplessly waiting for life to happen.
Nor does the co-creator demand that life obey every personal command.
We initiate.
The universe responds.
We observe.
We adjust.
We initiate again.
A dialogue develops between intention and circumstance.
That may be one expression of the asequential reality we have been discussing.
And perhaps Wednesday provides this week's most important reminder.
After two frustrating days, everything changes.
The Moon enters Gemini.
The transcendental planets are engaged.
Movement returns.
What seemed blocked suddenly becomes fluid.
That is why despair is so dangerous during volatile times.
It assumes permanence where there may be none.
Today's obstruction may be tomorrow's opening.
Today's disappointment may redirect us toward something better.
Today's detour may introduce the very person, idea, technology, or opportunity that becomes essential to tomorrow's journey.
Similarly, Thursday's ease should not seduce us into believing that difficulty has permanently disappeared.
Everything changes.
That is not a flaw in life.
That is life.
And then comes Saturday.
Mars opposed Pluto.
Enormous force.
The temptation may be to meet force with force.
But the higher expression of power is not always greater power.
Sometimes it is consciousness.
A martial artist understands that meeting overwhelming force head-on is not always wise.
Redirect it.
Step aside.
Let momentum exhaust itself.
That principle applies psychologically as well.
We need not respond to every insult.
We need not win every argument.
We need not attend every battle to which we are invited.
The spiritual warrior chooses carefully.
And when the storm finally passes, Sunday asks another important question:
What should we rebuild?
Perhaps not everything.
Paradigm shifts inevitably involve endings.
Old structures collapse.
Old assumptions fail.
Old ways of working become obsolete.
Technological change accelerates that process.
Artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum technologies, new energy systems, and scientific breakthroughs are not merely giving us new gadgets.
They are challenging established assumptions about work, productivity, creativity, knowledge, and even what it means to be human.
Yet technology alone cannot determine where we are going.
That remains a question of consciousness.
Capability without wisdom can be dangerous.
Power without restraint can become destructive.
Knowledge without humility can become arrogance.
Saturday's astrology provides an extraordinary metaphor for precisely that issue:
Power requires consciousness.
The greater our capabilities become, the greater our responsibility for how we use them.
So perhaps this week asks us to practice the very qualities the future requires:
Flexibility without instability.
Strength without aggression.
Curiosity without recklessness.
Confidence without arrogance.
Discernment without cynicism.
Technology with wisdom.
Power with consciousness.
And movement with an awareness of when to stop.
When you find yourself riding the crest —
enjoy the view.
When you find yourself in the trough —
remember that the wave is still moving.
And when circumstances become turbulent —
hold the silver thread.
Your deeper direction remains.
The spiritual warrior does not demand calm seas.
The spiritual warrior learns how to navigate the storm.