There is good news for your September 2024 monthly horoscope: The planets aren’t poised to wreck our lives. The not-so-good news: We’re entering eclipse season, which often brings an entire whirlwind of world-changing energy from the personal to the political. Transformation is the operative word all month long.

We’ll know we’re in a new era on September 1, when Uranus stations retrograde for the final time before it enters Gemini next year, while Pluto moves back into Capricorn, just in time for election season. This is the last time Pluto will be in this sign for the next 250 or so years, so it’s a big effing deal. A few weeks after we elect the next president of the United States, Pluto will move into Aquarius and remain there through 2044. It’s giving beginnings and endings.

The new moon in Virgo arrives on September 2, amping up that back-to-school vibe. Think sharpened pencils, fresh notebooks, fall reading lists, and new, cute ‘fits to match the slightly cooler temps. This lunation is especially attuned to resetting wellness routines. Post-Mercury retrograde, we can more easily give up bad habits and adopt new healthy ones. Set intentions for the Virgo house of your chart—what do you want to put on that perfectionist to-do list?

In September, we’re leaving Mercury retrograde behind and entering eclipse season. Transformation is the word all month long.

Shout out to the stars the weekend of September 14 and 15, when Venus in Libra is trine to Jupiter in Gemini. When the two benefics (a fancy way of saying two planets with extra-good vibes) are acting like besties from sister air signs, everything tends to feel extra flirty and fun.

Here’s where things get a little messy and mushy: the combo full moon / lunar eclipse at 25 degrees of Pisces arrives on September 17. It’s the first on the Pisces-Virgo axis since 2016, so think back to what you were working on nine years ago, and know that some evolution and course-correction may be in order over the next year-and-a-half. Pisces, Virgos, Sagittarians and Geminis born in the final week of their sign will feel this one the most—especially Pisces, who are already hosting Saturn close to this degree. But we’re all gonna be hella sensitive during the days before this eclipse. Hold space for yourself and for your loved ones.

Libra season begins on September 22, the same day that sweet Venus, Libra’s planetary ruler, enters Scorpio. This is high dating season, even for people in long-term relationships. It’s fun and flirty yet very sexy and profound. Balance and beauty rule while the deeper than deep emo vibes sustain our need for drama.

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September 2024 monthly horoscope for each zodiac sign

To get a fuller understanding of what you can expect from the above cosmic transits and others this month, keep reading for your zodiac sign’s September 2024 monthly horoscope. (A pro tip: Read for both your sun sign and your rising sign, the latter of which can offer an even more accurate horoscope, as it sets the order of the astrological houses in your birth chart.)

Looking for even more astrology insights? Read yourfull 2024 yearly horoscope here.

Aries

Last month’s Mercury retrograde was a mess for your work life, Aries, and the ensuing chaos may have left you exhausted and burnt out. But now the sun highlights your house of work and wellness for the first three weeks of September, allowing you to get back on track. Pairing healthy habits (getting to sleep early, avoiding stress, and making time for pleasure) with getting back on track with deadlines is advised.

With Mars moving into your domestic zone, focus on keeping things calm, cool, and collected on the home front in preparation for 2025—it’s coming sooner than you think! The lunar eclipse in your house of dreams and secrets might make you a bit spacy at mid month, so get organized early. After September 22, the sun shifts into your relationship zone, reminding you that despite your laudable independence, it’s sometimes nice to have a boo to hang with.

Career and money:
You can make exceptional progress at work this month. Use the new moon on September 2 to infuse your daily life with some positive affirmations and intentions, take action on them in the next two weeks, and watch the next six months unfurl in a wildly successful way.

Love and relationships:
Venus sweetens up your partnership zone through September 22, then enters your sexuality sector on the same day that the sun begins illuminating your relationships. This will be a major area of focus for the next 30 days, so avoid relational drama as much as possible—especially during the second half of September.

Taurus

Virgo season is pleasure season for you, Taurus. That’s because the sun spends three delicious weeks in your fifth house of love and romance. Use the new moon on September 2 to set intentions around the way you play. While everyone else seems to be going back to work and school, you get to make some solid plans for indulging your senses. Mercury will be returning to this part of your chart on September 9, this time going in the right direction, so everything should feel good and gooey in the best possible way.

The full moon in Pisces (which is also a lunar eclipse) hits your social zone on September 17, so steer clear of drama with your besties and don’t throw any bombs into the group chat. Someone in your circle may prove unworthy of your allegiance, but that’s only to make space for someone you can trust AND have a good time with.

Career and money:
Your sweet planetary ruler Venus is in your work and wellness zone until September 22, bringing you the potential to make more cash. But you might also be pretty spendy, and given your love for the lavish, you may have to mind your budget. This part of your life pops off after September 22, when the sun in Libra sets up camp here for the next 30 days.

Love and relationships:
With Venus diving into the depths of Scorpio from September 22 onwards, things are about to get super hot for your relationships. If you’re single, the last week of September could be one of the best times of the second half of 2024 to find love. If you’re attached, this can create a very romantic phase for your partnership.

Gemini

Even if this month brings some challenge and complexity, Gemini, knowing that you’re on the other side of Mercury Retro is everything. You may still find yourself cleaning up some messes that were made since your planetary ruler slowed down and stationed direct. The retroshade isn’t fully over until September 13, so that’s when you’ll get your final answer on anything that remains confusing or incomplete.

Use the new moon in your home zone on September 2 for setting intentions around moving, buying or selling a home, renovations/redecorating, and all the ways you enjoy chilling in your crib. The lunar eclipse hits your status sector on September 17, and can bring a major transformation in the way you see yourself upon the world stage—or a career change you weren’t expecting.

Career and money:
One of the biggest phases of your professional life in the past nine years begins this month, as the full moon in Pisces hits your career zone. This is the beginning of a series of eclipses that will hit this part of your chart over the next year-and-a-half, opening new doors and sending you on a journey to find your true vocation, if you haven’t already found it.

Love and relationships:
Venus is in your romance and pleasure zone through September 22, and the sweetest moment, best for a date night, comes on September 15, when the love planet trines Jupiter in your sign. SWOON. This is gorgeous for both single Gems and Twins currently in relationships.

Cancer

Communication is your strong suit during Virgo season, Cancer. This is a USE YOUR WORDS kind of month, and you can use the new moon in Virgo on September 2 to initiate and set intentions around what you want to say (and how you want to listen). It’s also excellent if you have any writing projects on tap for the next six months—anything from a promise to yourself to journal every day or to write the next great American novel.

The lunar eclipse comes to your spirituality zone on September 17, making you feel super emo about your relationship to your higher self, your beliefs, and the culture into which you were born. After September 22, the sun moves into your domestic zone, giving you ultimate permission to begin nesting like a boss even before true sweater weather sets in.

Career and money:
Now that Mercury is direct and moving back into your communication zone on September 8, any work-related mishaps can be set so right that they never happen again. That is to say, this is a GREAT time for organizing both at your job and at home, and it might be perfect for a desk or home office design update if you WFH.

Love and relationships:
When Mars enters your very own stars on September 4, your passion soars to the stratosphere. Yes, this might mean you could get angry at a lover faster than usual—this isn’t a slow boil kind of thing —but it also means that you’ll have more instant access to your erotic instincts. If you fight with bae, you just might be able to make up…in bed.

Leo

It’s time to focus on your money, Leo. Virgo Season puts your ruling luminary, the bright and shining sun, in your second house of finances. And now that the communication planet is direct and heading back into Virgo on September 9, all those messy money matters should be cleared up.

The Lunar Eclipse hits your eighth house of sexuality and transformation on September 17, suggesting that you might experience both agony and ecstasy in your most intimate relationships. Be willing to go deep and allow yourself to be vulnerable with a lover. The sun slips into Libra on September 22, lighting up your communication zone for the next 30 days. You’re flirty, charming, and make a great dinner party guest now. Obviously, you’ll be the center of attention.

Career and money:
Cash that’s been on hold could come through after September 9, after Mercury finally moves back into your money zone. If you’ve been waiting for a good time to ask for a raise or pitch a client with deep pockets, set your intention for success at the new moon and swing for the brass ring around September 15—one of the luckiest days of the year.

Love and relationships:
Pluto retreats out of your relationship zone on September 1, giving you a brief break from the relentless onslaught of intensity it’s brought to your partnerships since last January. Your respite ends in late November, so savor it and let that ease flow into your love life for now.

Virgo

Happy birthday, Virgo bb! It’s your month to shine (every surface in your home). Your annual new moon on September 2 offers an opportunity to get serious about your intention setting, so take note of everything you want to manifest over the next six months, from love to money to friendship to family to even fame—and write it all down in list form (your favorite).

During the following two weeks, and especially after your planetary ruler Mercury reenters Virgo on September 9, begin taking action on all these intentions. By next March, you might just start calling yourself an alchemist after the successes begin rolling in. Be very kind and compassionate with yourself near the lunar eclipse on September 17. It’s in your opposite sign and relationship zone, so it could be somewhat heavy and intense.

Career and money:
Venus is in your money zone through September 22, and the sun enters this part of your chart the same day, so your financial situation should be decent most of the month. However, business partnerships could be tricky near the lunar eclipse in Pisces. Take care to feed and water any work-related relationships, especially the one-to-one alliances you have built.

Love and relationships:
This is where things get a little intense. With Pluto returning to your love zone on September 1 to stay until late November, and the powerful full moon/lunar eclipse in your relationship zone on September 17, you might feel deeply emotional when it comes to anyone you love or want to be loved by. By all means, feel all your feels. Just don’t let them control you.

Libra

September’s stars come with an extra dollop of sweetness for you, Libra. It’s not quite your birthday as the month opens, but with the sun in your subconscious sector, the universe is encouraging some deep and contemplative rest before Libra season begins on September 22. You can use the new moon in Virgo on September 2 to create intentions for deep healing, inner peace, psychological wellness, and set any important therapy goals you want to reach within the next six months.

The lunar eclipse hits your work zone on September 17, yet another reason to focus on stress reduction in the weeks leading up to this emotional full moon. Working yourself to the bone may seem tempting or even essential because of a deadline, but it could cause a big crash.

Career and money:
With passionate Mars moving into your career zone on September 4—and heading toward a December retrograde that will keep the Red Planet in this part of your chart through the spring of 2025—ou’re at the beginning of a powerhouse professional phase. There could be challenges along the way, so think carefully about who you want to be when you’re in charge.

Love and relationships:
With Pluto inching briefly back out of your romance zone on September 1, you might feel a bit of relief from any recent bouts of intense jealousy or other obsessive thoughts you’ve had about your relationships. Use the next few weeks to recalibrate and remember that you’re more independent than you might give yourself credit for.

Scorpio

September was made for socializing, Scorpio. Even though you often prefer to remain incognito, this is the time of the year when you shine in a group setting. With the sun in your networking zone, it’s time to make those connections, for both personal and professional reasons. Set intentions for mixing and mingling at the new moon on September 2, whether you’re aiming to up your follower counts or get out and meet new people IRL.

If you had any squabbles with friends in late July or early August, you should be able to meet somewhere in the middle after September 9, when Mercury returns to your friendship zone, (this time going in the right direction). The lunar eclipse in your fifth house of pleasure and play brings some kind of transformation to your love or creative life near September 17. What are you willing to let go of so you can invite in the kind of love you long for?

Career and money:
The first week of September is excellent for putting stalled career objectives back on track. With Mercury now direct and still in your professional zone, it’s an ideal time to follow up with projects and clients that were put on pause earlier in the summer. The new moon is also fantastic for launching joint ventures or sending out your resume.

Love and relationships:Even if the lunar eclipse throws your love life for a loop, Venus soon begins to work her romantic magic in your sign starting on September 22. This sweetens up your love life considerably over the next few weeks—ideal for both single and attached Scorps.

Sagittarius

Your career is in the spotlight this Virgo season, Sagittarius—be ready to meet the moment. With the sun in your professional zone through September 22, and Mercury direct in your status sector from September 9 onwards, it’s time to push forward on your boldest ambitions. You’re always thinking about how to change the world, and on the new moon on September 2, you can set specific intentions to do so over the next six months.

The lunar eclipse hits your home zone on September 17, and it’s giving big changes. This could make you feel more emotionally vulnerable in domestic situations, but embracing that openness and trust is the key to overcoming any challenges that arise. After September 22, you’re in the mood to get out there to see and be seen. With the sun in your social zone, it’s time to party your way into October or tap into your network to foster more connections.

Career and money:
On September 1, Pluto returns to your money zone for the first time since last January, and the planet of deep karmic change will remain here for its final jaunt until late November. This is your chance to push through any negative beliefs about your self-worth that have affected your finances in recent years—you’re really, truly done with that now!

Love and relationships:
Mars remains in your relationship zone through September 4, keeping your energy and passion high vis-à-vis your partnerships. But when the Red Planet enters your sexuality sector, things could get off-the-charts spicy. Keep in mind that Mars is going to spend an extraordinarily long time in this part of your chart in 2025 because of a retrograde that starts this December. Bookmark any crushes you develop this month.

Capricorn

Whoa, Capricorn: September brings the intensity. Since Pluto left your sign last January, you’ve experienced some (relative) lightness, no longer bearing the heavy burden of its presence in your stars as you did for years. Yet with the planet returning to your sign from September 1 through later in November, it’s time to briefly revisit some of the lessons you learned over the last year. Use this time to celebrate your wins.

With the sun in your travel zone through September 22, you might long to get on the road before the summer is truly over—even if just for a weekend. If a planned trip was thwarted by Mercury retrograde last month, you might be able to reinvent those plans after September 9. The lunar eclipse comes to your communication zone on September 17 so steer clear of conversational drama and provocative topics in the days leading up to this messy full moon.

Career and money:
Venus spends the first three weeks of September in your career zone, amping up your charm and potentially helping you attract investors or others who want to pay you well for your talents. After September 22, the sun enters this part of your chart, charging up your professional prowess for the next thirty days.

Love and relationships:
Red alert: Mars enters your partnership zone on September 4, bringing fiery passion and potentially some arguments to your romantic relationships. Because Mars will station retrograde and re-enter this part of your chart early next year, you’re in for a very long encounter with this spicy planet in 2025. Note what comes up this month for clues.

Aquarius

You’re getting a Plutonian reprieve early this month, Aquarius! Water bearers born at the beginning of their sign experienced some acute intensity since last January, as the karmic change-maker explored the earliest degrees of this fixed air sign. Pluto retreats to Capricorn from September through late November, giving you a chance to catch your breath.

Virgo season is intimacy season for you—with the sun in your eighth house of depth, you can’t just skim the surface of relationships. Your willingness to take deep dives with lovers and intimate partners can profoundly shift your life right now, and you can use the new moon on September 2 to set intentions for powerful changes you need to make. The lunar eclipse comes to your money zone on September 17, ushering in an era during which radical empowerment and high self-esteem can help you earn your true worth.

Career and money:
Your financial situation improves during the final week of the month once Venus, the planet of money, enters your professional zone on September 22. This is just the start of several months of strong energy in your professional arena, so plan ahead for it—and invest in yourself.

Love and relationships:
Mercury is direct and moving through your relationship zone during the first week of September. Use this time to repair any relationships that went awry in late July or August. Take the plunge with a lover as the sun warms up your sexuality zone through September 22.

Pisces

Virgo Season is relationship season for you, and this one is particularly intense. The good news is that Mercury is no longer retrograde in your partnership zone, as it was earlier in August. The communication planet will return to this part of your chart after September 9, giving you the opportunity to repair and reset any one-to-one alliances that broke down last month.

Yet there is inherent complexity this month, because the full moon comes to your very own sign on September 17, marking the start of an eclipse series that will last for about a year-and-a-half. The lessons about love and partnership are likely to be deep. The key to all of this is remembering your boundaries, and reminding yourself that there is no shame in having big emotions.

Career and money:
With such a big focus on your capital-S self at mid-month, you may find yourself thinking about what it all means for your career and the direction you’re heading in this lifetime. It’s possible that you’ll decide that a mundane job that doesn’t live up to your true values isn’t for you anymore, and decide to pursue something more meaningful.

Love and relationships:
The sun is in your relationship zone and Mercury returns here on September 9, but the spiciest part of your love life begins when red-hot Mars moves into your romance and pleasure zone on September 4. This part of your chart will be hot-to-trot for much of 2025 thanks to a retrograde that begins in December, so pay close attention to developments in your love and sex life during the next six weeks.