Illustrations: Dani Pendergast

Multi-Retrograde Remedy: Take Stock of Your Anger So You Can Control It

The astrology of September 21 — September 27

Just days after a Virgo new moon, we’re entering the week as ready as we’ll ever be for a new season and primed to see the themes we’ll be dealing with as we approach Election Day in the U.S. First thing Monday, Mercury (in Libra) squares Pluto (retrograde in Capricorn) and pushes us to have and seek richer dialogue on the state of our relationships, government, and society as a whole. This transit encourages us to keep an open, fair, and integrity-focused mindset as we hear how things are progressing (or not) in the news. We may be more apt to have unnecessary arguments if we push too hard on topics that don’t mean anything in the grand scheme. On a personal level, you could be interested in studying topics that have been kept under wraps. See where your curiosity takes you.

Monday evening, Venus (in Leo) has some adjusting to do with Jupiter (in Capricorn). Here is where we learn how to temper our acceptance of and desire for praise and adoration based on the work we’ve actually done. Many people want to be congratulated for work they have neither created nor completed. That doesn’t fly under the final beams of the Virgo sun. Any gifts, rewards, or compensation that comes this week may feel awkward at first because they’re so specific to you and serve to establish you as the sovereign ruler of your queendom.

An Astrologer Breaks Down How to Check In With Your Moon

Autumn is upon us (in the Northern Hemisphere) as the sun enters Libra on Tuesday at 8:31 a.m. CT, making the day just as long as the night and heralding the changing of the cosmic weather. (Although these days, the earthly weather is doing whatever thanks to climate change, so there’s that.) The focus of this Libra season is on friendship and community, especially between people of varying religious and cultural backgrounds. As a collective, we need to reconsider what it means to be human and expand our idea of connection. Many people may be pushed to uncomfortable places in order to secure their wants and…