Expect the VERY unexpected this Wednesday, September 28, when impulsive Mars in Gemini and your adventurous ninth house gets in formation with restrained Saturn in Aquarius and your fifth house of passion, romance and fame. Talk about a paradox! Lusty Mars dials up your desire to jump into the spotlight and flirt with anyone whose attention you grab. Meanwhile Saturn wants you to fly under the radar and perfect your craft before putting anything on display. What’s a balanced Libra to do? Find the middle ground (of course!). You can be a hermitic creative spirit AND be totally out there. In the romance department, keep your strong emotions in check. Passion could escalate into possessiveness, making you cling a little too tightly to the object of your affection, which probably won’t produce the result you’re hoping for.
On Thursday, your ruling planet, vivacious Venus, struts into Libra for her annual spin, igniting your inner and outer glow! Charisma and magnetism are spiking between now and October 23. With zero effort, you’ll just radiate the warmth and beauty that’s the Libra birthright. Don’t look to others for cues on how to live, love, dress or date. As one of the four cardinal signs, you play by your own unique rulebook, and when you’re not true to it, you risk not manifesting your deepest desires. This Venus cycle makes you irresistible, and your primary responsibility during this time is to revel in it.
Single Libras have your pick of the spiciest prospects. Enjoy this fun and flirty energy and don’t feel pressured to hand over your final rose too quickly. With Venus shimmying through your sign, you can—and should—graze copiously at the sexy, seductive smorgasbord. If you’re happily attached, resist the temptation to emulate your single friends. Instead, reassign BFF status to your partner and see if you can’t rewind the clock and start “dating” each other again.
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Now for some even better news, if you can believe it. On Sunday, October 2, Mercury ends a grueling retrograde that began way back on September 9 in YOUR sign. Clear-eyed thinking might have gotten blurry since then, and feelings and instincts might have overtaken your sharp-eyed logic. Then, on September 23, when the quicksilver messenger backpedaled into Virgo and your internally focused twelfth house, things got really surreal! While this may have been a boon to your spirituality and creativity, it hasn’t been the best for your work life and productivity. You may have (willingly or otherwise) found yourself forced to process an old wound or deep grief, regardless if “shadow work” was on your September programming schedule or not. Painful as this has probably been, it’s also been essential.
Now, when Mercury snaps back into direct motion on Sunday, October 2, you can bring the lessons and healing back with you into this next chapter. It could take until October 10, when Mercury arrives back in Libra, to see and feel the shifts, but they’re there! The power that comes from owning your role in old dynamics without still being compelled by them will be worth whatever you endured to get there. And stay the course! With this newfound confidence, you can clear a major hurdle as you celebrate your birthday season!
Identical twin sisters Ophira and Tali Edut (The AstroTwins), have been ELLE.com‘s official astrologers for over a decade. They are the authors of several astrology books, including their popular yearly horoscope guides, and have read charts for celebrities including Beyonce, Karlie Kloss and Emma Roberts. For their spot-on predictions, books and online courses, visit them at astrostyle.com.
