Your Month

September:2010

The third and fourth weeks of September are crucial times for your finances, lifestyle, security, debts or assets. You have spent 2009 longing for freedom and inventing new and radical ways to get it. However, you have also been blocked by people or situations you cannot control, and that has challenged you every step of the way. By October this cycle is over, leaving you free to accumulate wealth in 2010. Bear this in mind as you prepare for the last stage of this cosmic obstacle course, and make allowances for changes and delays in September. On no account accept a promise, make a statement, sign a document or accept a signature unless you have taken all the factors into account – and then some. October 1st brings progress.

Key planets hover in your zone of former partners, future partners and current partnerships in September. This area of your horoscope also rules anyone who is against you. As you are a sensitive, emotional water sign you will need plenty of support (and space) to deal with the final stage of the toughest love life cycle in 29 years. By October you are free. As the issue will disappear, or your point of view will change so much that it no longer affects you. In the meantime, it may help to put important discussions, paperwork or correspondence  about this forward to the final day of September. Before that time it may be hard to bank on anything, no matter if it’s a computer or a verbal promise. After that point though, it’s time for closure.

Work, lifestyle or health questions go backwards and forwards this month, but from September 29th you will finally be able to pin people down or obtain a final answer. One month later the atmosphere will change completely, as to your relief, the most challenging cycle in 29 years ends. Until then, it may help to make allowances for delays or reversals – even though it feels like decision time near September 15 and 20, it may not be until October that you have all the information you need. Soon after this, the situation (or the person) disappears, or you find your attitude changes and any stress vanishes. In the meantime, do what you must, as your job, employment situation or wellbeing calls for one final piece of practical planning.

As you look back on your year from September 15, you’ll remember your role with a committed group of people, and how it made change possible on many levels. You may also reflect on those friends and acquaintances you’ve gathered who have taught you to forget about categories and stereotypes. Now you’re ready for the next stage,  as it’s time to find out which people or networks belong in your future, and which should be changed, or left behind. A matter involving your children, pregnancy, other people’s kids or potential parenthood could be hard to resolve this month. Try to manage the situation day by day until at least September 29; after that date it should be much easier to find logical, straightforward answers.

In September you will be almost at the end of  the most difficult cycle for property, home improvements, family members or flatmates in 29 years. By the end of October the issue will vanish, or circumstances will change around you, so that you no longer feel so burdened. What happens in September is a dress-rehearsal for next month so try to make allowances for all kinds of scenarios involving the house, flat, renovations or relatives. Not everything is fixed yet, so read the fine print and have Plan B. Your career requires a philosophical attitude too. When everything and everybody is changing – all the time – it pays to be flexible. Invent a new way to work or live if you have to, but make sure you use your new freedom too.

What happens near September 15, 17 and 23 will remind you how open you need to be with travel, education, religion or foreign people. You have learned this lesson before, so it should be easier this time. Try to avoid the tempation to bank on specific situations or people, as you may be better off creating a game plan as things alter around you. This month also finds you finishing a cycle that has made the simple business of communication very hard work. Your reward for coming this far is a complete change in your situation at the end of October. Until then, be aware that this could be a time of technical complications or human error, when it’s wise to read the terms and conditions, and common-sense to have back-up plans.

The financial, business or property picture from September 15-23 is challenging, but this is the last time you will have to deal with this cycle – which is the most demanding in almost three decades. From the end of October the atmosphere will lighten up, and you can begin to plan for  an easier year in 2010. Until then, proceed as if almost anything could change, or even be reversed; as you may not be in a position to make final arrangements until after September 29. Be particularly careful with people whose word may not necessarily be their bond, and with paperwork which hides small-print conditions.  This applies to your precious possessions, foreign exchange rates, tax, interest rates and the sharemarket. Seek expert advice.

You will be pleased to hear that in September, you can farewell Saturn, the planet of hard life lessons, from your own sign. He will not be back for another 29 years, and by the time the pumpkins appear for Halloween you will be ready to live quite a different life. The person or situation which has blocked you will disappear by this point, or no longer bother you – and then you will be free to move on. Your big challenge in September is your love life, or your conflicts with others. The person in question may be meaningful to you on a sexual or romantic level, or you may consider them to be the enemy. The real issue is freedom, though. September’s changes will give you the chance to be who you are, without restriction. Experiment.

You have carried a difficult secret for a long time, or been burdened by a period of solitude. September is the last full month you will have to do this, so you have a great deal to look forward to. In the meantime, you must take what you have learned over the last year and use it. The situation you have been put through has shown you what you’re really made of, and you will now have a very different relationship with yourself. – and the wisdom and maturity you’ve gained will last you for another three decades, if you wish. It’s also time to approach your workload and health differently. The sooner you can drop the old expectations and attitudes, the easier it will be to find a new way of  looking after others, as well as yourself.  Let the past go.

It’s not always easy being part of a group. You’ve learned a great deal about that in the last two years, and in September you can use every lesson. Let one situation take its course, though – there may be obstacles which prevent a clear outcome or a final answer until October. The art of friendship is also another key growth area now. The sense of burden you feel will vanish soon. And even though the situation will go backwards and forwards for a while, from the 29th you will be in a position to fine-tune your ideas. It’s also time to be open to new alternatives in terms of your children, or broader issues about young people. Old attitudes, expectations and set-ups will be shaken up now. Let it happen. It’s time to live as a free spirit.

Your boss, staff, colleagues or clients have given you more than one heavy burden to carry in the last two years, and in September you’ll have some useful lessons to fall back on. In other cases your employment situation, job description or industry has been the problem and nothing has been fast or easy. All this is set to change next month, but this is a time of questions – and by October, closure. If you don’t work then this applies to your job as a parent, partner or volunteer, but the sense of relief and release next month will be exactly the same. Near September 15, 17 and 23 another familiar situation will unfold. It involves your property situation, home life or family. The message, as always, is to keep moving and keep on changing.

The difficulties you have had with study, teaching, publishing, travel or other cultures will teach you a lot about how to proceed in September. Learning to live in the real world has been part of the journey, and as much as you’ve disliked various people or experiences since 2007, it’s all shown you how things actually work. Use this from September 15-23 when patience is required. If you must commit to paperwork, though, read the fine print as the situation could change between now and October. It’s also time to find a new way to communicate, and a new way to get from A to B. This has been in the background for the last 18 months but even though September sends everything up in the air, by 2010 you’ll see the wider purpose of it all.