Libra Season 2021
september 22nd – october 22nd, 2021
collective message: “ The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough ” (Rabindranath Tagore)
september 20th – september 26th ( a whole new ball game has begun )
This Libra Season is going to be intense. There is a lot happening this month. Let’s get right into it. This week we actually start off with a Full Moon in Pisces. I wrote a whole article on this if you want to check that out here. This isn’t the worst way to transition into a new season. Full Moons bring realizations, insight and awareness of what strides we have made over the last six months. Hopefully we get some type of clarity with this lunar phase.
Let’s talk about the mentality of this week because we are going to see an increase in mental activity. If we look at Mercury (the planet of mental processing), we see that it is making a trine with Jupiter, starting to square Pluto and beginning to slow down towards its retrograde. We can use this energy to be more open to gaining something out of the life experiences we are having right now. Jupiter wants to grow, Mercury wants to know so together, we are learning how to expand our level of knowledge by being open to more experiences. Mix this with Pluto and we have the chance to execute great mental focus this week. We are going to come up on both optimistic news and distressing news throughout this week. Try to handle the harsh information by thinking about your future in an open-ended way.
On Wednesday evening, we see the sun entering Libra and so the dawn of Autumn is upon us. We have begun a fresh three month seasonal theme between now and Sagittarius Season. The goal of Libra is to even out the energy of our year. What did we start in Aries season, and how has it gone? Libra considers what we are lacking and what we are overcommitted to. Ideally, Libra season will allow for us to even out our lifestyles by adding and subtracting things from our schedule to make a more balanced load. It comes right off the tales of Virgo season, the month of summer, where we try to get things organized and prepared for the fall and winter months ahead of us.
Now is the time to weigh out our options and choose something to prioritize for the next three months. With the North Node making a nice trine to the Sun, the best option can be screaming in our face, making its presence known so we may not get stuck in too much indecision.
The final major energy of this week will be Venus in scorpio opposing uranus in taurus. We will feel the effects of this the strongest Tuesday through Thursday. Friday will also be significant as the Moon conjoins Uranus. Venus is the planet of appreciation and preference. It rules over what we are attracted to and what we are repulsed by. With Venus in Scorpio, we find the most pleasure in experiences that take up a lot of our energy. We want to feel fully immersed and involved in our experience with this energy. Anything mediocre or bland will make us feel dissatisfied. Venus in Scorpio wants an intense engagement.
This will be crossing paths with Uranus, the planet of disruption, rebellion and autonomy. In Taurus, we are dealing with earthly, physical pleasures and valuables. Our sense of personal stability. I see this as a chance to experiment with activities, relationships and experiences that you have not tried before or that you have been tipping toeing around. This energy is exciting because it gives us a chance to claim for ourselves what is desirable vs unpleasant. Uranus has no regard for tradition, established standards or rules in general. So, this is a great opportunity to stretch ourselves and experiment.
On the down side, we can experience some distressing changes in our social life. Maybe we are not feeling ready for these shifts but they come anyway which can disturb our peace and rhythm. We shall see how it plays out.
Ok, some smaller events happening throughout the week include a grand air trine between saturn, mars and the north node. Grand trines create a feeling of alignment and trust in what is happening. With the air element involved, we can have more confidence in knowing what to do next. We can know what we think about a situation and feel okay with our perspective. Not questioning ourselves so much which is great considering the Mercury/pluto square.
With Mars and Saturn involved we can have more control over our actions and we can act according to our circumstance in a more mature, regulated way. We can have more control over our anger, irritation and make decisions that move us forward without causing too much tension. We are more equipped to take our time and be patient with the results. With the North Node present, we can feel an increased pull towards a specific direction. Projects can feel like they are falling into place for a reason and we can make sense of some of what we have been preoccupied with lately. We will feel this grand air trine the most strongly on Sunday, so maybe wait to make an important decision or have a significant conversation until then.
september 27th – october 3rd ( temporary fretting cured with patience )
And the talk of the town has finally shown up, fashionably late of course. Mercury enters its retrograde late Sunday night and we start Monday off dazed and confused. Lasting until around October 18th, 2021 we are going to need to slow down, take our time and have more patience than usual with our social interactions, agreements/conflicts, problem solving skills and tech devices. We can use this next month or so to reflect and reconsider our recent choices, important conversations, contracts and any thoughts or opinions we feel uncertain about. Take your time when considering all sides of a situation. Be cautious and run through the pros and cons of every decision. Mercury in Libra wants to get along, but also wants everyone to be heard. Give yourself the space when you need it to bite your tongue and think about how you really want to get your point across.
The ruler of all of this Libran energy is Venus, and they play a big part in the events of this week. Early in the week, we will start to see them form a trine with Neptune retrograde and square Jupiter retrograde. There could be room for some self-doubt to creep in this week. Neptune and Jupiter retrograde can make it difficult to feel the magic or excitement that Venus in Scorpio is craving. It is important to go inwards and trust your inner sense of openness to what life has to offer. It may not always feel overwhelmingly synchronized, romantic or fated, but we can still learn to appreciate and resonate with the ordinary ways our lives are pleasant and enjoyable.
Towards the end of the week, Mars and the Sun in Libra begin to oppose Chiron retrograde in Aries. This may emphasize the self-doubt and disappointment we are feeling. At the same time, the opposition can provide some suggestions of how to make ourselves feel more supported and understood. We can have a better idea, moving forward, of what steps we can take to take care of our insecurities instead of bullying our own vulnerable sides. We have to take our own advice this week.
october 4th – october 10th ( finding the energy to move forward )
We start the week off with a challenge. There are going to be some significant changes being pushed onto us. It is important not to resist these and try to see the freedom of choice this disruption creates. Even if we are feeling unprepared, keep your head on straight and realize that even the routine you have gotten used to at the moment was a huge change for you in the past. These things happen and we get through the energy shift and reorient ourselves and settle into the new normal eventually. So, again, be patient.
Mid – week we continue with these substantial energy shifts with a New Moon in Libra and Pluto going direct both occurring on the 6th. New Moons provide a renewal energy for us to be open to new cycles and a fresh start for the next six months. You can read my full New Moon in Libra article here. With Pluto going direct we are going to be able to move forward with a stronger and wider awareness of the extremes of life. Pluto understands the depth of the darkest parts of humanity and the height of the lightest arts of humanity. When direct, we will be able to more clearly have some of that awareness and be prepared for the intensity life has to offer without shaking in our boots.
On the 7th, we see Mars and the Sun make an exact conjunction. The Sun has been trailing Mars nearly all of the Libra Season. This seems like we are going to have an increase in motivation and the personal will to push things forward on our own accord. We will have a stronger self-interest in righting our wrongs, forming important connections and putting ourselves out there.
After several weeks of being submerged in the dark, swampy waters of Scorpio, Venus is ready to lighten their load and emerge into the sign of Sagittarius on October 7th. This will last until November 5th. We may begin to crave adventure, exploration and something energizing to give us a sense of purpose again. Right away, Venus meets up with the South Node which brings us back to some kind of familiar experience. That sounds like the opposite of adventure and maybe it will feel more like revisiting something or someone that you once enjoyed doing but let fade away.
This could be a good moment this year to take the risk that you have wanted to for a long time but haven’t yet. Venus conjunct south node in sagittarius means craving an old thrill, craving an old sense of purpose and journey that you were not able to embark on. Maybe this will rekindle an old interest or hobby that we weren’t able to engage in. We can also see this as a final goodbye to unhealthy relationships, unhealthy relationship expectations and impractical goals.
By the end of the week, Mercury retrograde will begin to conjunct Sun and mars. We will have a little more mental clarity, answers to our questions, an ability to form a plan of action, come to an agreement and move forward on a decision.
october 11th – 17th ( taking on the challenge with vigor )
The beginning of this week, we will see Saturn going direct which is a great heaviness lifted off our shoulders. Saturn has been retrograde since May 23rd of earlier this year. We have been relying on our own self-discipline to bulldoze through our responsibilities. When this energy goes direct, we can have a much clearer game plan for how we will handle what we are responsible for. We have been navigating a bit of a maze for the past six months and now finally we may be overcoming some of those obstacles. Moving forward, we will feel a bit more grounded and capable of handling our workload. We may also see an increase in responsibility and authority.
Throughout the week we will be dealing with the Sun and Mars beginning to trine Jupiter and square Pluto. Jupiter is about to go direct next week so we may start to feel that we are gaining experiences that may be a little uncomfortable but are moving us forward. We may feel like we are opening back up to having faith. At the same time, with the Sun and Mars beginning to square Pluto, this is when sh*t can get real. We may feel like our strength and emotional bandwidth is being tested by the events of this week. Will we break or fold or will we be able to dig deep and pull through?
By the end of this week we will have mercury retrograde start to oppose chiron once again. Vulnerable issues may come up in conversation that poke at our insecurities. However, we know this territory. We know this game and this time we can review our rationale and come up with solid reasons why we no longer have to feel so insecure.
october 18th – october 24th ( Getting through it )
The last week of Libra energy ends with a potent push. I am probably the most excited for this week out of the whole month. We have two very important planets going direct on Monday. This will be a great tidal wave of energy and forward motion coming at our backs to progress into the rest of the Fall season.
At the same time, this week we will have mars squaring pluto. This adds to that gust of fortitude we can use to motivate us this week and the rest of the year. We are probably going to be met with a daunting challenge this week that we have to use our personal willpower to muster through. Get ready to take something damaging or devastating and do what you can to flip it on its head. We will need to unlock our resilient side this week. On the 20th, Libra season ends with a Full Moon in Aries bringing a culmination to the whole month. On the 22nd, the sun enters scorpio and we will leave it at that.
For Libras, we have arrived at your season. This may be a month where you have to sit in the driver’s seat more than usual and make some personal life decisions. Showing up with a consistent and likeable personality can be draining. Especially if you start to feel like people in your daily life don’t really know you, they just see you as a nice, approachable person.
This Mercury Retrograde is going to call into question the personality and instinctual behaviors you have been presenting. The need to confront the stark contrast between the personality you show to others and what goes on in the privacy of your own home, history and family matters will increase as the month goes on. Great mental strength is needed in the process of recovering uncomfortable and distressing memories, conversations or interactions. These can come from family dynamics or your personal history in general. The person that you are at your root, your most raw form, will be creeping its way into your everyday persona so that you can decide more honestly how you will carry yourself.
Use this Libra season as a way to find resolution with insecurities you have around your friendships and partnerships and your ability to manage these relations. Weigh out your options when it comes to the compromises you have to make inorder to get along, yet have your needs met. Don’t bend over backwards for people who are not willing to even meet you halfway.
After a month of being in the driver’s seat, we now turn our focus into themes of self-preservation and personal resources. Libra season will bring into focus your ability to be self-sufficient, afford the lifestyle you have and continue to earn/build your value. Mercury retrograde will bring into review how you are making money, how you are managing that income and how you are going to stay afloat for the remainder of the year. There will be a need to confront an underlying fear of wasting your time and therefore wasting your chances to make the most out of your life.
We can fear not living up to what our younger self was so enthusiastic about and becoming the sad, bitter old people that disappointed us in our childhoods. This can either cause inaction or put too much pressure on creating something impressive out of our lives that we don’t even feel the thrills or joys we are trying to indulge in. The struggle this month is to figure out, through weighing our options fairly and rationally, how we can afford a life where we have enough time and energy to engage in experiences that excite us, avoid a bland existence but maintain a stable amount of financial support.
We can use Libra season to care for our insecurities around wealth, debt, and any other heavy baggage that is keeping us from feeling properly engaged. We are offered some more energy this month to build some self-worth and rediscover what value we innately have to support our decisions and lifestyle choices without feeling bad or judging ourselves too harshly. We may have to confront what unhealthy habits we rely on to escape deeper hurts and rethink how much we want to lean on a sinking ship.
Libra season is asking you to start putting more thought into what content you have been taking in for the past year or so. Reconsider what shows, news channels, movies, books and daily conversations you have been witnessing and how these are affecting your point of view and perspective. What mental stimulus in your environment are you relying on to feel engaged with the world around you? This next month will also ask you to focus on what content you are putting out. What thoughts and opinions are you sharing in your daily interactions and how honest are you being?
Libra season can bring up the need to confront fears around health, work/life balance and self-improvement. Is your daily routine worth the mental exhaustion and intensive labor? Are there ways you can be more or less productive? What options can you reconsider that may make your work/life balance healthier and more feasible?
Use this season to tackle an insecurity around losing your sense of purpose or adventure. This year may be feeling like you do not have what it takes to explore new experiences and get out of your comfort zone. This next month can give you some more motivation to get your hands dirty, engage in the world around you and be okay with risks not working out or arrows falling short of their target. The fact that you tried to do something out of your wheelhouse is enough.
Take this Libra season to settle private matters. Mercury retrograde is asking you to reconsider recent decisions that have affected a family connection, matters of the home or your personal history in general. The parts of your life you keep private will need to go under review. Who are you at your root? Where do you come from, how does your early upbringing still affect you? What is your relationship like to your parents? What do you need your home environment to feel like in order to rest and recharge after a day’s activity?
This Libra season will ask you to confront any uncomfortable or distressing relationship dynamics that are messing with your sense of security and safety. What options can you weigh the outcomes of to settle a difficult conflict without completely severing the connection you have? Maybe you find that the best option is to end things. That’s ok too.
Libra season will bring to your attention what setbacks and failures have formed some insecurities around your ability to achieve your goals and how you have let that vulnerability keep you from trying again. Are your relationship problems hindering your ability to move upwards? Use this month to reground yourself and remember the source of your ambition.
Libra season is asking you to prioritize reenergizing yourself by engaging in activities that you genuinely find entertaining and fulfilling. Mercury retrograde is bringing the focus to reflecting on how you use your free time to soak in the good things about life. Your children, creative projects or dating life can all give you a sense of enthusiastic engagement, but when we don’t have these forms of relief, our free time can get cramped with more work, responsibilities or boredom.
This month will force you to confront some fears around the heavy emotional, relational or financial baggage you may be carrying on your shoulders. Complex situations never offer an easy answer. This month we have to review what options we may have to get through something difficult and draining. We need to weigh out what decisions can be of most use even if it does not perfectly resolve the conflict we have to deal with. We have to try to find a healthy ratio between dealing with this harsh reality while also making time to enjoy what activities are available to us. It is important not to get burned out by how harsh life can be sometimes.
This month will also allow us to stand up to our own internal self-criticism when it comes to not realizing all of our aspirations that we may have wanted to by this point in our life. Sh*t happens that can deter us and delay us from actualizing our highest ideals. That is completely normal and this month calls for resolving that inner critic inside that is putting you down for feeling stunted in some way by re-engaging with what brings your honest happiness and relief.
This Libra season will bring your attention to your daily routine and your work/life balance. Mercury retrograde is asking you to review some recent decisions concerning your daily schedule, health regimen and any work – oriented projects. Is your level of productivity becoming overwhelming and exhausting or are you starting to get bored and restless? What options do you have to organize your time better? Do you need to have an uncomfortable conversation with a coworker or employee?
This month is going to call for a confrontation of certain fears around the direction your life is taking and whether or not you align with that purpose. Is your daily list of responsibilities becoming tedious and do you feel an impending kind of fear around missing out on something more? Is there something else ‘out there’ that will bring more to your mundane life? Did something that you were excited about embarking on fall through? This month is about reconsidering what you are working towards and where you are looking to go as the year goes on.
Libra season will also help you stand up to your own inner critic, putting you down for not having enough energy to get everyone done that you want to in a day or a week or even your whole life. The insecurity around needing a break needs to be met with more resistance. Resting allows you enough time to recharge and get back to work. There is no need to feel bad about that.
This year’s Libra season will ask you to reflect on the give and take agreements you have made in your relationships. Mercury retrograde asks you to review recent conversations and decisions you have made within the dynamic of your close friendships and relationships. Are there fair expectations for both sides? Are you and your partner giving and taking an equal amount? What agreements can be reevaluated and made more reasonable?
This month will ask you to address fears around the level of visibility you have and how that affects your sense of success and personal achievement. The social standing you take on in a wider community can come into question and you may have to reconsider how your status is being perceived by other people. Is your presence taking up too much space or not enough? Are you putting your all into your goals for an honest reason or just to impress others?
Libra season will also open up new options to stand up to that inner critic that has a lot to wine about in terms of recent life decisions. You can use this month to go easier on yourself when you cannot consistently present a brave, capable personality ever now and then. It’s ok to have a day or week or month where you don’t feel like a winner or up for the challenge. You don’t always have to convince people that you’ve got everything under control. Lean into supportive partners to pick up where you left off.
Libra season will be a month dedicated to trudging through some difficult material so that by the end you feel lighter and ready to move forward next month. You may need some down time this month to reflect on everything you have been through, put your time, effort, heart, soul and any other resource into and take some moments to reconcile with the way these intensive commitments have affected you and the life you are living now. Mercury retrograde is asking you to review and weigh out some options you have to relieve yourself of some pressure and heaviness that you might be carrying at the moment.
This month will ask you to confront some fears around the authenticity of your contribution or larger role to society. Have you been working your way towards actualizing your highest aspirations for toxic reasons? Have you been affected by distressing and harsh group dynamics and rejection when you were just trying to find ‘your people’? If you have realized some of your aspirations and hold some kind of significant social standing, how are you looking to handle that kind of influence?
Libra season will also be providing some more extra motivation to stand up to your inner critic that may be trying to convince you that you are not as valuable or self-sufficient as you think. That you are not resourceful enough to support your desired lifestyle. This month will give you more motivation to remember some of your resilience in the face of difficult situations.
Libra season will bring your focus to finding something to be excited about again. This month will be all about exploring something outside of your daily routine. If you are feeling restless, it’s because Mercury Retrograde is asking you to reflect on what direction your life is taking. Do you feel like you are growing in any way or do you feel like your daily activities have become far too dull, draining or bland? How can you review and weigh out some options to give yourself a sense of purpose and growth? Is there a course that you weren’t able to complete that maybe you have time for now? Is there a trip you wanted to take but could not before? Get out of the ordinary routine in some way this month.
This month you may also be asked to confront inner fears that feel like they are haunting you and following you around to prevent you from moving forward. You may have to face why you are so afraid of yourself. What past mistakes are haunting you? What fear do you have of gaining more agency in your life? The struggle this month is trying to believe in your own growth while confronting the intimidating doomsday voice in your head.
Libra season may also give you more motivation to stand up to any self-doubt around participating in the world around you. Sharing your thoughts and perspective can be intimidating by an inner critic of your intelligence and communication abilities. Do you even have anything important to say? This month will offer some more energy to resist these insecurities by allowing yourself to engage with the outer world and be curiously involved with the stimus your environment provides.
Libra season will be bringing your focus towards your most significant achievements whether accomplished, failed or still to come. This is a month where you can reflect on what goals and personally significant work you have been putting effort in throughout the year. Mercury retrograde will be asking you to reconsider what you are working towards, how you carry yourself in a professional sense and what status you are after maintaining. Can you weigh some options you might have in regards to the next steps in your career, goals and ambitions?
This month will force a confrontation with some fears around how you are being perceived and how that is affecting the personal decisions you make for your own life. Why are you afraid of yourself? Are you showing up with honest intent in your daily interactions or are you hiding behind fear of being seen in your raw form? Will your true intentions mess with your public reception? Is being more directly honest worth the drop of social appeal?
This month will also give you more motivation to stand up to the critic harping at you from within. There is vulnerability in being more open about who you are at your core. Sometimes, with that Capricorn rising, you can keep things professional and impersonal, sacrificing warmth and relatability. Libra season wants you to stand up to that inner critic saying that you need to push down any weakness of the heart. The whole world isn’t out to get you.
Libra season is going to bring into focus how you may or may not be contributing to the wider community around you and whether or not you feel like you have found ‘your people’. This is a month to reconsider what some of your highest aspirations are and what community you can rely on to support you in your efforts to do these great things. Mercury Retrograde will bring into review what ideas you have for your future. It is time to weigh out some of the options you have to move forward with a collaborative, passion project and work out some feasible ways to make it happen.
This month will bring up a confrontation with fears around your ability to support your lifestyle through self-sufficiency. Are you making money through honest means or are you hiding your true intent because of fear of being perceived as overly materialistic or a fear of losing all of the resources you have earned? Is your scarcity obsession getting in the way of being properly engaged with your future? The struggle this month lies in rationally figuring out how you can manage your social standing while also contributing something important to the wider community or moving towards your higher aspirations in some way.
Finally, Libra season will also give you more motivation to counterattack that inner critique of your sense of wasted energy. Maybe you have a minor (or major inhibiting) insecurity that makes you feel like you still aren’t getting the most out of your life that you could. Maybe you feel like you just don’t have it in you or that all of the effort to enjoy your free time still cannot prevent hardship. This month is about standing up to that perceived weakness by revitalizing your hope and wishes for the future. Find communities, even if they are online, that may be able to motivate you against your own insecurity around wasting time.
Libra season will be a month of rest or trying to get some alone time in. The mercury retrograde occurring over the span of these next few weeks, will cause you to find some time to reflect, in solitude, about your year so far. Figure out ways to make peace with the events of this year and accept all that has happened. This acceptance will help you move forward next month when you will be required to take the driver’s seat and make some personal life decisions. Journal, go for walks, meditate and prioritize getting in the zone, healthy escapism and anything that releases everyday stress and anxiety.
This month will cause a confrontation of our fears around our involvement with the world around us. Are you showing up in your daily interactions with an honest perspective or are you hiding behind a fear of being perceived as overbearing or a fear of being caught in a lie? This month will push you towards reflecting on our raw and honest you have been in your daily associations and any content that you share with the outer community. How can you share your true intentions without stepping on the shoes of the more vulnerable?
Also, this Libra season will increase your motivation to stand up to the inner critique of your ability to be productive and stay on top of your workload. You may be able to better silence the insecurity around being capable enough to get through your workday, and your exercise routine and your housework and your doctor’s appointment, etc, etc by focusing on allowing yourself to take breaks and rest when you need to without the harsh judgement. Needing time for recharging is normal for all people.