Horoscopes: Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2024

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Aries: Soul searching through your past can bring up challenging feelings. It is time to work on interpersonal dynamics because you are about to enter a new phase. Let people hold you accountable. It means that they care for you and believe in you. Your ruling planet Mars enters Cancer on Sept. 4 sparking creativity and nurturing. Home or family matters can bring up intense emotions, and learn to express them responsibly. The new moon in Virgo on Sept. 3 reminds you that being a perfectionist can make you procrastinate.

This week’s astrological friends: Aquarius, Leo

This week’s overall vibe: Love 5/5, Career 3/5, Friendship 4/5

Taurus: It’s time to quit appealing to authority and get some of whatever that thing is that you admire in others for yourself. You are in a painful period of self actualization and realization. The new moon in Virgo on Sept. 3 is a chance to shift your relationship with the idea of perfection and stop flipping between two extremes to find more intuitive movement. Mars in Cancer starts on Sept. 4 and inspires you to speak from the heart. What are your true feelings in a situation and how can you bring them into play?

This week’s astrological friends: Capricorn, Taurus

This week’s overall vibe: Love 2/5, Career 5/5, Friendship 4/5

Gemini: You have to go back and tie up some loose ends that have to do with your emotions or beliefs, there is a lesson to be completed within the next few weeks. You come out on the other side less judgmental and more self aware. Fear, although it may not be obvious, is what has been keeping you stuck. Mars enters Cancer on Sept. 4 and your financial choices and philosophy around the material realm are due for an upgrade. The new moon in Virgo on Tuesday says to let go of rigid expectations.

This week’s astrological friends: Gemini, Sagittarius

This week’s overall vibe: Love 3/5, Career 4/5, Friendship 5/5

Cancer: You’re in a period of remodeling your approach to relationships. After facing some harsh truths, you are moving into a new phase. You hit a stride in knowing what you want and being more assertive over the next few weeks. Mars is in your sign and provides you with innovative ideas and passionate energy. Newfound boldness brings different results. The new moon in Virgo on Sept. 3 reminds you that certain expectations can put a damper on the beauty of what actually exists.

This week’s astrological friends: Cancer, Scorpio

This week’s overall vibe: Love 3/5, Career 5/5, Friendship 5/5

Leo: You do some retracing of your steps to get down to the root cause of a bad habit of yours. This can be a period of facing some harsh truths. It’s important to embrace them with clarity and not to be clouded by fear. The new moon in Virgo on Sept. 3 reminds you to use your imagination and to pay attention to your inner world and not just focus on other people as a distraction from yourself. Mars in Cancer begins on Sept. 4. It’s not a good time to log extra hours at work or push yourself to extremes.

This week’s astrological friends: Aquarius, Aries

This week’s overall vibe: Love 3/5, Career 3/5, Friendship 4/5

Virgo: The new moon in your sign on Sept. 3 is a chance to remind yourself why you enjoy being you. Take a moment to appreciate your own perspective and experiences. Mars in Cancer begins on Sept. 4 and you are inspired to pay it forward in the world and create positive changes for others. Kindness can be contagious. Pluto backtracks for a spell and sharpens your intuition. It can put you on edge in some regards.

This week’s astrological friends: Virgo, Pisces

This week’s overall vibe: Love 5/5, Career 2/5, Friendship 5/5

Libra: You might be unboxing some heavy emotions in the coming days. Themes from the past resurface and this is your chance to approach them with new and improved tools. The new moon in Virgo on Sept. 3 presents you with two options: continue to aim for impossible perfection and stay stuck, or make peace with what is possible and achieve your goals. Mars in Cancer reminds you to be honest with yourself about your feelings.

This week’s astrological friends: Leo, Aquarius

This week’s overall vibe: Love 3/5, Career 5/5, Friendship 4/5

Scorpio: Meaningful conversations are had in the coming weeks. Be bold and frank in your communication. Being true to yourself is hard, yet healing. You let go of someone or something you have relied upon because it turns out it is holding you back. The new moon in Virgo on Sept. 3 cleanses you of a feeling of powerlessness. You know how to navigate the chaos better than most. Mars in Cancer has you feeling protective of something fragile in your heart.

This week’s astrological friends: Scorpio, Cancer

This week’s overall vibe: Love 5/5, Career 4/5, Friendship 5/5

Sagittarius: The new moon in Virgo on Sept. 3 brings up an inner conflict that finds resolution when you let go of expectations of perfection. This week brings clarity about opening up your emotional world to other people. If you’ve been closed off lately and wondering why it’s been hard to make a real connection, it could be that you have been asking the wrong questions.

This week’s astrological friends: Sagittarius, Gemini

This week’s overall vibe: Love 5/5, Career 3/5, Friendship 3/5

Capricorn: Unfinished business concerning emotional and mental wellbeing pops up one last time to be dealt with before a new period of harmoniousness begins. In the love department, you might be working hard to improve the balance in an existing relationship and if you are single, you may be more willing to put your emotions on the line to see if it’s reciprocated. The new moon in Virgo on Sept. 3 puts you in a pragmatic mood. You know what you want.

This week’s astrological friends: Capricorn, Taurus

This week’s overall vibe: Love 5/5, Career 5/5, Friendship 5/5

Aquarius: Your dreams are intensely symbolic and your emotions can be quite powerful, almost volatile if you are not careful. There is something spiritual or subconscious that you have been working through that is in its final stages of being understood and integrated into your life. This week, you work hard to stick to plans and do what is best for you. It’s important to be loyal to yourself. The new moon in Virgo on Sept. 3 has you trying to make sense of things that perhaps do not have one answer, but many.

This week’s astrological friends: Aries, Leo

This week’s overall vibe: Love 3/5, Career 3/5, Friendship 5/5

Pisces: You are reviewing your relationships to groups and what it’s like to take part in them. You might be at a place of wanting to belong and yet wanting to be the eternal dissenter you like to be. There is powerful creative energy to tap into and it might not be used in the literal sense to make art, but to approach a problem or adapt to a situation. The new moon in Virgo in your relationship sector on Sept. 3 is a fresh start for love. There is a lightness, a sense of freedom and forgiveness.

This week’s astrological friends: Pisces, Virgo

This week’s overall vibe: Love 5/5, Career 4/5, Friendship 5/5

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