Regroup with friends old and new this month, Scorpio. September spotlights all varieties of relationships, from casual connections to intimate ties. With the Sun traveling through Virgo and your collaborative eleventh house until September 22, it’s a great time to join forces with kindred spirits socially and for a shared mission. Whether you’re registering voters for the upcoming midterm elections or dusting off your synthesizer to start a jam band, the more is the merrier now.
With energizer Mars spending the next six months in Gemini and your intense eighth house of mergers, a powerful partnership could heat up between now and March. There will be nothing light and breezy about this one. It might be a business alliance that creates serious mutual gain. Or it could be a relationship that’s either deepening into official terrain or splitting up for good.
Warning: If you’re dividing up any shared property or pursuing a legal battle, things could get contentious, especially when Mars turns retrograde from October 30 until January 12. Take that as a cue to hash things out sooner rather than later so it doesn’t have to get ugly. Since Mars is the minor/classical ruler of Scorpio, you’ll feel its transits strongly.
Speaking of retrogrades, there’s a whole bunch of them this month. All of the slow-moving outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune AND Pluto (your ruler)—are powered down in retrograde (backward) motion for the whole month. And on September 9, communication planet Mercury joins the retrograde brigade, foiling technology, schedules and day-to-day interactions until October 2.
Whew! You might be ready for a break by the time the Sun downshifts into Libra and your restful twelfth house this September 22. Take one, Scorpio. Pull back from the fray as much as you can. Focus on tying up loose ends before your birthday—and Scorpio season, which includes another game-changing eclipse in your sign this year.