PLANETS

Sun — 13° Leo
Moon — 12° Taurus (waning gibbous)
Mercury — 25° Cancer
Venus — 29° Virgo
Mars — 26° Gemini
Jupiter — 8° Leo
Saturn — 14° Aries, retrograde
Uranus — 5° Gemini
Neptune — 4° Aries, retrograde
Pluto — 4° Aquarius, retrograde

THEMES

Steadiness completing, resolve now arriving. The Moon spends the whole day in Taurus — the sign of her greatest strength — having already reached her last quarter in the small hours, at a hard angle to the Sun. After two days of Aries urgency, the tone stays measured, grounded, quietly decisive — but where the turn was the point before, today lives in its wake, a day for carrying conclusions through rather than reaching them.

Pressure arrives in three movements, already partly behind you. At dawn, the Moon met Pluto at a hard angle, and something unresolved rose early — sit with what it stirred rather than chasing it further. By midday she angles to Jupiter, and whatever was already weighing on you appears far greater than it truly is. Tonight, the register shifts entirely: Saturn aligns exactly with the Sun, and what has been gathering as friction resolves into something you can actually use. The midday distortion still deserves scepticism — reserve judgement until it passes.

An old sensitivity lies in the path. The Moon also passes over Chiron, newly arrived in Taurus — the sign of worth and security. If something minor lands with disproportionate force today — a question of money, of value, of being taken for granted — recognise it as history speaking, not the present. The steadiness of this sky allows you, for once, to face it rather than set it aside.

Warmth overhead, with support now arriving rather than gathering. The Sun and Jupiter remain together in Leo — drifting apart now, yet still the most generous presence in the sky. More significant is what completes tonight: Saturn meets the Sun exactly, and the pressure that had been gathering behind a door is the door opening. The wisdom is in the sequence — today is the commitment, not its rehearsal.

The quieter movements continue. Mercury in Cancer keeps thought entwined with feeling. Mars in Gemini, accompanied by Uranus, keeps the pace brisk and the attention divided. Venus completes her final day through Virgo — tomorrow she enters Libra, her own sign, and matters of love, alliance, and negotiation move onto far kinder ground.

Beneath it all, the deeper current now carries dates of its own. Pluto turns direct first, in mid-October; Saturn and Neptune hold their retreat into December. Tonight's exactness falls six days ahead of the total solar eclipse in Leo on the 12th. Whatever commits tonight is still preparation, not arrival — ground is being cleared, even as a door opens within it.

In short: composed and quietly exacting — today carries through what last night's turn began. Conclude what surfaced at dawn, honour what stirs beneath the surface, lend no weight to how large things appear at midday, and when night comes, commit. The sky lends its full authority to it.