This month is Tishrei in the kabbalistic calendar, and it is born on the night of September 11th—Rosh Hashanah, the seed that sets the tone for the entire year. Therefore, it is worth understanding the unique energy it brings. The Moon is born with the Sun still strong in Virgo (order, precision, and service), and very soon it slips into Libra, giving us the first taste of the balance and harmony that will define the month. Here, too, the feminine months of the calendar begin.
Around September 22nd, the Sun enters Libra, right at the equinox: day and night are the same length. This is no coincidence, as the symbol for Libra is the scales (relationships, justice, and harmony). It arrives in good company—Jupiter, from Leo, opens doors and good fortune; Uranus, from Gemini, brings fresh ideas and clarity; Pluto, from Aquarius, ignites the power to transform at the root. That support is our best resource of the month.
It is important to mention that there is a powerful backdrop to this whole combination. From Jupiter to Pluto, all the planets are in masculine signs: fire (Jupiter in Leo, Saturn and Neptune in Aries) and air (Uranus in Gemini, Pluto in Aquarius). It is a year with an excess of fire and air, which prompts haste, a racing mind, the urge to be right, much struggle, and little patience or tolerance. Fire burns, and air rushes… and where is the sensitivity of water and the patience and responsibility of earth to be found? That is precisely our task: to be proactive and temper ourselves by tapping into the elements of water and earth that the sky does not provide.
Here, a beautiful and very feminine counterweight appears. Venus (love) enters Scorpio and returns the water that is missing. We will feel an intense need for love and a deep urge to seek intimacy. It is intense (think a need for control, a feeling of jealousy, and the idea that it’s got to be all or nothing), but that depth balances such a masculine climate.
Later, Mercury joins that Scorpionic energy, and communication becomes more emotional, psychic, and soul connected. We may feel sharper with a precise ability to touch where it hurts (and even to manipulate if we are not careful). Water can soften so much fire and air, though used without awareness, it can wound.
There is also a challenge felt all month long: Saturn and Neptune in Aries, which represents the “I,” oppose the Sun in Libra, which is the “we.” Saturn tests our bonds, making them more serious, at times colder or lonelier, and asks us for maturity, commitment, and real boundaries; whatever is not solid weighs on us. Neptune, on the other hand, clouds our sight. We may idealize the other and conflate love with sacrifice, making it hard to see where the “I” ends and the other begins. It can feel like a fog in our relationships. The advice: to be honest and committed as Saturn asks and, at the same time, to clear Neptune's fog—to see people as they are, not as we dream them to be— with compassion and without losing ourselves.
With this climate, Libra's shadow is easily activated: think indecision, wanting to please everyone, avoiding conflict, and dissolving into the other. The work of the month is concrete: slow down, truly listen, feel before reacting, set healthy boundaries, choose peace over being right, and use words to heal and not to wound. Beware also of Mars entering Leo as it increases the fire and, with it, the ego and the fights.
Astrology describes the energy, but it does not govern us. Through awareness, we can rise above the influence of the stars and be the cause, not the effect. Amid so much fire, choose calm; amid so much air, choose to feel; where earth is missing, choose patience. If the entire year is sown in these days, let us enter them awake. May this entrance of Libra be the opportunity to restore balance in our relationships and to sow good seeds for the whole year.
