We begin the week with messenger Mercury entering Libra, an annual event that may have more significance this year. That’s because given Mercury’s upcoming retrograde cycle (September 27 – October 18), instead of the three weeks that it usually spends in a sign, the planet of communication will be in Libra for quite a long time: until November 5!

As such, for the next nine-plus weeks, what’s on our mind may be focusing our mind on topics such as justice, equality, beauty, and pleasure. It’s a period in which we may find ourselves taking a deep dive into learning to develop an even more artful way of communicating. We may be pulled to weave our words with more finesse and grace, seeing how they can create greater harmony in our environment. As we become messengers for peace, it’s likely we will also discover how to create accords without comprimising the essence of our own needs.

Of course, when we speak of Libra, we can’t forget to touch upon the relationship-oriented facets of this sign. With Mercury spending such an extended period there, it’s a period of discovering ways to be a better listener as well as becoming more masterful at sharing your ideas and feelings with the special someone/s in your life.

During this time, surround yourself with art and let it inspire you. Contemplate beauty. Further develop your definition of justice and speak power to it. Review money matters—including how your visions of your value inform your ability to generate it and the ways it informs your spending of it.

Here are a few more reflections on this week’s astrological landscape; please note that while I refer to the date that the alignment takes place, that it’s active days before and after.

Thursday’s Mars/Neptune Opposition could have us feeling like someone’s popped our energy bubble; if all of a sudden, you find yourself languishing, don’t push yourself beyond your boundaries. Instead, rest and recharge. It’s a good time to tap into your intuition as to how you can fruitfully pursue an important aim. Meditate, lose yourself in poetry, take action to help those less fortunate than you: these are some Rx for this moment.

Saturday’s Mercury/Saturn Trine inspires our ability to give more shape to our ideas. Investing time to ensure that your message is foundationally strong will go a long way in terms of delivering reward. Consider too that understanding may come through historical sources. Also investigate where less is much more when it comes to sharing your thoughts.

Finally, with Sunday’s Venus/Pluto Square, we could find ourselves diving below the surface to really look at what has worth to us. The thoughts and feelings that we have been keeping out of our view, for want of not desiring to deal with emotional confrontations—with ourselves or others—may clamor for attention. Holding our relationships—to people, places, and things—up to the light so that we can better survey unconscious patterns that are keeping us from embodying a sense of inner freedom and power may be challenging yet exceptionally valuable.

Astrological Highlights

August 30

Mercury enters Libra

September 2

Mars/Neptune Opposition

September 4

Mercury/Saturn Trine

September 5

Venus/Pluto Square

All days reflect Eastern Daylight Time (-4 hours GMT)

Stellar Insights: August 30 - September 5, 2021

Astrological Highlights