September 2020 Monthly Horoscope: What's In The Stars For You?

In the meantime, against the analytical backdrop of Virgo season, September will give us lots to think (and think and think...) about. Here are the monthly horoscope highlights.

The tricky part is that Mars in reverse can cause us to stuff down our anger, creating the effect of a dormant volcano. All that suppressed rage could explode when Mars turns direct on November 13, one day after the already volatile Jupiter-Pluto conjunction of November 12. (We don't like to post scary predictions, but we feel it's our duty to report on the range of possibilities so you can be prepared.)

Mercury, which rules the postal system, will be retrograde from mid-October until November 3 (literally ending on Election Day in the U.S.). Mail-in ballots are already priming us for another potential vote-counting catastrophe that could surpass the 2000 Bush-Gore election breakdown, which was also during a Mercury retrograde. The only thing certain is that more uncertainty is ahead.

These heavenly heavyweights are moving slowly, each one spending four to five months in a retrograde cycle. This means the first few weeks of September will feel super slow motion, as the spring and summer did. (Or, as one of our readers put it, "I feel like I'm getting half as much done in twice as much time.") In some ways, the outer planet slowdowns are helpful. It's been virtually impossible for most people to operate at their usual speed against a background of 2020's intensity, and these retrogrades give us a chance to pause and reevaluate our long-term plans, correcting course and going back to the drawing board where necessary.

The balancing beams of Libra season will be welcomed. The Sun shifts into this measured sign from September 22 to October 22. As the sign of partnerships, Libra reminds us that we'll go further faster when we cooperate. With the world so polarized, it's never been harder to create dialogue instead of deepening divisions. Here's hoping the stars lend a hand.