On September 22nd, the Sun enters Libra, warming up themes around relationship, pleasure, and our aesthetic sensibilities for the next astrological season. Venus—the planet of love, beauty, and personal values—is crowned the seasonal ruler, elevating its potency in our natal chart. We are invited to experience a collective exhale and rebalance our scales through the “others” in our lives.

Keep in mind the South Node is in Libra (July 2023 – January 2025), and Venus just entered Scorpio (September 22nd – October 17th), accentuating the evolutionary importance of recognizing the Libran shadow and allowing self-sovereignty and truth-telling to coexist with primal bonding and interpersonal chemistry.

In Libra season, negotiation and getting along take on more significance, testing our people skills as well as our receptivity to receive support. It won’t always be easy, but you can look to the houses and planets illuminated on the Sun’s tour through a very specific terrain in your natal chart to get some clues around impending themes.

On October 2nd, a New Moon Solar Eclipse at 10 degrees of Libra marks an important beginning (Happy Rosh Hashanah!) and allows us to clarify our vision for peace. Exactly what does a successful relationship, business partnership, or beautiful existence look like in your mind’s eye? Tell that New Moon! 🌑

5 Actionable Steps in Libra Season 

1. See a tough interpersonal situation from someone else’s point of view and see if you can’t use more honey than vinegar to resolve a conflict… or even enjoy it!
2. Put on your best Astrologer’s hat and prescribe an “artist’s date” for yourself this month that honor’s your Venus sign and house — and brush up on the astrology of compatibility in the meantime?
3. Brush up on your relationship skills! Attend a workshop, read a book, ask ex-lovers or business partners for some constructive criticism (that one’s on you!)  
4. Transform something ordinary into a beautiful, shared experience — who says you can’t enjoy a connection at the DMV?!
5. Write down your top money and relationship goals for 2025 and schedule a ritual or pull some tarot cards for the powerful Libra New Moon + Solar Eclipse on October 2nd.

If the transiting Libra Sun is activating… 

♎ 1st House: It’s time for a glow up! You are the work of art this season with the Sun in Libra activating your 1st House of personality and style. Be the change you want to be in the room; turn on the power of that Libran charm and social intelligence to find common ground with others. Dress up, engage, and put your best foot forward…as Libra energy graces your 1st house, it’s about BEING the partner you’d want to be with.  

♎ 2nd House:  Shared values are an aphrodisiac with the Sun in Libra activating your 2nd House of earned income, values and possessions. Being intentional about your energetic investments - from how you earn your money to whom you spend your time with - amplify your blessings this season. Patience, slowing down, and creating a sustainable pace allow you to cultivate and build on your foundation. Uncouple from energetic investments that don’t reflect your need for calm and stability.

♎ 3rd House:  You’re vitalized by an uptick in personal connections and local discovery as the social Libra Sun activates your 3rd House of short term travel, communication and your neighborhood.  You may be negotiating agreements, fielding more calls and emails than usual, and expressing your ideas with a certain enviable je ne sais quoi. There’s no dearth of opportunity to feed your increased hunger for novel stimulation, the beauty of ideas, and harmonizing with others. Make space to let others’ input change your mind — whether that’s trying a new local gem or taking or taking a new approach with an assignment. 

♎ 4th House: Your inner life is in need of a glow up as the Sun in Libra activates your 4th House of family, home and deep inner self. Bring a little energy to your environment to make sure it reflects your current ideas of what is tranquil and beautiful - you’ll likey be spending more time there! Deep connection with others beckons and you’re drawn to those that feel instinctually familiar. If relationships have run thin due to the modern malady of “busyiness” this could be an important time to make entreaties and rebalance the scales. First and foremost, restore equilibrium within before you try to fill another’s cup. 

♎ 5th House: Embrace opportunities to creatively express yourself as the Sun in Libra empowers your 5th House of self-expression, children and recreation. The enjoyment of other humans is going to be an important component of fulfilling this cosmic prescription for restoring balance. You may be learning to date again, even if you’re already hitched — or re-discovering the joy of an impromptu romantic adventure or taking a creative risk to the applause of others. Collaborating on the exact definition of what “play”  means may be half the fun. 

♎ 6th House: You’re ready to ritualize more beauty and pleasure in your daily routines like work, health and self-care as the Sun in Libra lights up your duty-driven 6th House. You might play the peacemaker at work or unwittingly coax a more amicable environment through your attentive social graces. You’re learning that the support of others is key, as is doing work that appeals to your sense of justice. Ask yourself how you can create more harmony in the daily grind, and let your muses inspire even the smallest improvements from your desktop art to your health regiments. 

♎ 7th House: The first step in a successful navigation of Libra Season may be recognizing that you don’t have all the answers. As the Sun in the sign of balance and pleasure comes alive your 7th House of partnership you magnetize the all-important others in your life to step up to the plate and juicily relate. Whether you need practice playing the devil’s advocate, attuning your romantic receptors, or just a little creative collaboration, there’s joy in symbiosis. 

♎ 8th House:  As the Sun in Libra illuminates the 8th House of Sex, Death and Other People’s Money, you build bridges of trust when you let your guard down, share what’s going on in, and tactfully pursue your most trenchant curiosities. You can bring a sense of beauty and calm even to the most high-stakes environments, employing a natural diplomacy to the passionate terrain of the taboo-busting 8th House. Part of achieving balance this season is making time to dive beneath the superficial layer and explore the undiscovered satisfaction of self-healing and intimacy. 

♎ 9th House: Beautiful adventure awaits, and pleasure is a worthy end goal as diplomatic Libra lights up your 9th House of Travel, Experience, and Higher Education. A heightened passion to seek truth, make peace with paradox, and understand the bigger picture may impact your activities, information and the company you seek. Getting off the beaten path, engaging the wisdom of others, and restoring your equilibrium through shared experience buoys your intrinsically peaceful outlook. 

♎ 10th House: You might look like you belong at the top as the Sun in Libra shines a spotlight in your 10th House of career, mission and reputation. Your audience is primed to enjoy your social finesse, peaceful demeanor and artistic talents — and the worst thing you can do is get lazy with your position or shy from your own mastery.  Polishing your public image through your heightened aesthetic sensitivity and actively demonstrating your willingness to entertain all sorts of differing opinions - even ones different from yours — go a long way.  You’re re-defining what it means to be a leader in your world  — so make it count! 

♎ 11th House: Don’t underestimate the power of your community to lift you higher as the Sun in Libra shines in your 11th House of friends and long-term vision. A lively exchange of ideas and opinions helps you assess your progress and clarify your goals for the future. Appealing connections and causes might seduce you into a role akin to a social director and more frequent attendance to philanthropic gatherings. Friendship and intellectual connection is the necessary sauce in romance — don’t be afraid to bring up your big ideas and see if you’re both (still) going in the same direction. 

♎ 12th House: A soulful approach to love and life makes for a successful passage of  the Sun in Libra through the mystical waters of the 12th House. Don’t be afraid to let the air out of some of your most passionate ideas and plans to see what the universal consciousness or even divinely-appointed partners have to say. A shared sense of wonder, and a respect for the unseen world is the birthplace of connection. Tap into the wisdom of knowing the truth lies somewhere between and beyond two sides of any story. Only a fool would stick to the facts. 

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