Horoscopes: Sept. 20-26, 2024

(Illustration: Ash Cheshire)

Aries: The sun and Mercury enter your partnership sector for the next four weeks. It’s time to focus on relationships of all kinds. Collaboration is very important and you seldom accomplish anything remarkable on your own during this time. You get out of your own head by talking with people. When Venus moves into Scorpio, relationships are further intensified by eighth house energy. You solidify bonds through personal revelations. Intimacy, vulnerability and admissions abound. Be transparent about your desires, be honest with yourself, ask for help when you need it and accept that help gracefully if it arrives.

This week’s astrological friends: Libra, Capricorn

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

Taurus: The sun and Mercury in fellow Venus-ruled Libra for the season feels more comfortable to you. You feel settled within yourself enough to focus on the details and do some self improvement. This four-week period has the potential to set you on a new path of improved habits and routines that move you closer to a practical goal. The theme is refinement. Venus moves into your opposite sign of Scorpio and turns the heat up in relationships. Emotions are intense and the reasons are ancient and deep. This brings great insight that can help you connect with yourself and others. You must be willing to have a brush or two with things that you deem taboo. Judgment and reservations only create stagnation. Be different, defiant.

This week’s astrological friends: Sagittarius, Scorpio

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

Gemini: This is where things get interesting. The sun and your ruler Mercury enter Libra for the season. This brings a renewed zest and confidence to your life. Rediscover your passion for creativity and self expression through trying new things, being playful and stepping into the spotlight a little. You don’t mind the attention. Don’t be reserved in your affections as Venus enters Scorpio and reminds you how deep your feelings run even when you play at being shallow. Romance is sparked by shared goals and collabs at this time.

This week’s astrological friends: Scorpio, Sagittarius

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

Cancer: You seek a sense of belonging and a space in which to be yourself as the sun and Mercury enter Libra. It may be necessary to engage in healthy debate and advocate for your perspective with partners and family members. You feel better knowing you have spoken up and shared what’s on your mind even if it is uncomfortable. You have proven to yourself that you have your own back. Venus enters Scorpio and spices up your creativity and self expression. Your aura can be quite powerful and you might embrace a more glamorous or eccentric side of yourself. In romance, you are very attractive to others, but you must use your best discernment.

This week’s astrological friends: Aries, Cancer

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

Leo: With the sun and Mercury in Libra for the season, it is a good time to prioritize connecting with others by forming or maintaining bonds. Practice good listening, show that you care and be a positive influence for others. Maybe take a social media break and focus on real life, or get better at texting. Venus moves into Scorpio and you find more value in respect and loyalty than flashy displays or gifts. Subtlety (not secrecy) is a new intriguing concept.

This week’s astrological friends: Sagittarius, Libra

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

Virgo: The sun and Mercury move into Libra for the season where your second house is highlighted. During this period, you seek stability and predictability over all else. After a period of traveling, experimentation and going with the flow, you feel prepared to set your own schedule and stick to things that are familiar. When Venus moves into Scorpio, you have a deep desire to be truly seen and understood within your relationships. You are less willing to compromise or to accept something that is pleasant yet shallow. You’d rather have a little dirt to accompany the authenticity.

This week’s astrological friends: Scorpio, Pisces

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

Libra: There is much to celebrate as your solar season begins in alignment with Mercury, the planet of communication. There is fortuitous energy for self improvement, communication and reinvention. Your mental energy is sharp and you experience success with the things that you put your mind to. Learning, studying and public affairs seem to run smoothly and naturally without too much artifice or editing. Your ruling planet, Venus, enters Scorpio and highlights your privacy sector, in which your relationships, especially romantic ones, can take on a more discreet tone. Your emotions might elude you at times; it’s good to meditate and focus on your true desires or intentions.

This week’s astrological friends: Sagittarius, Gemini

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

Scorpio: The sun and Mercury align in Libra for the season, beginning this week. There is a sense of letting go of the past and realizing the trap of nostalgia. You are likely to speak candidly and honestly. Things feel ephemeral but not in a bad way. When Venus squares your ruler Pluto on the 22nd, you might see romantic partnerships more as a challenge than a collaboration. Venus enters your sign for a more lengthy stay during which time you are quite magnetic to others and your emotions are deep and intense. Fortunately, once you get over any fleeting adversarial notions, you have much luck in friendships and romance.

This week’s astrological friends: Taurus, Libra

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

Sagittarius: Things feel a little more casual and general as the sun and Mercury align in Libra for the season to highlight your 11th house of friend groups, networking and ideas. It can get you better results when you don’t take things too personally this cycle, people are in their own little realities. Venus in your privacy sector means you are probably not looking for new love. You prefer to stick with what you know.

This week’s astrological friends: Libra, Aquarius

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

Capricorn: The sun and Mercury align in Libra and you feel inspired to work hard, stand out and do something that makes you proud of yourself. You focus on skill building and tangible results over the next four weeks. You can get pretty matter of fact in your communication. In the romance department, you seek the role of protector and provider. You want to make loved ones feel like they can do anything they put their mind to.

This week’s astrological friends: Pisces, Capricorn

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

Aquarius: Your sense of adventure is reignited and your need to get experimental guides you toward creativity and a few calculated risks. The sun and Mercury in Libra highlight these ideas of the next four weeks. Meanwhile Venus in Scorpio shows you that you learn deeply from those around you. Your relationships are places for challenges and growth. People that you seem to meet by accident become significant somehow.

This week’s astrological friends: Gemini, Aries

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

Pisces: You enter a period of self exploration in which you really enjoy your unique inner machinations and can truly indulge your eccentricities. The sun and Mercury align in Libra to boost your confidence and self awareness. You feel deliberate in your actions toward goals of breaking bad habits and negative cycles. Intimacy, psychic energy and research are powerful themes over the next four weeks. Venus in Scorpio gives you a taste for adventures in love.

This week’s astrological friends: Scorpio, Leo

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

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