Monthly · January 20 – February 18
The lunar events falling across the month ahead, and what each means for you.
Fri 18 Sep
Compatible elements — fire with air, earth with water. Easy, cooperative and rarely explosive.
Fri 25 Sep
Neighbouring signs share a border and little else. They tend to find each other slightly baffling in a way that is more irritating than dramatic.
Sat 3 Oct
Nothing in common: different element, different modality, different polarity. Requires deliberate effort to even understand each other.
Sat 10 Oct
Same element. The smoothest combination in the zodiac — mutual understanding without translation, at the risk of never being challenged.
The dates above are astronomy — they are the same for everyone and were fixed long before anyone asked. What is added is the geometry between each lunar position and your sign. Anything beyond that would be invention, and inventing it is what makes most long-range horoscopes worthless.
Computed for the month ahead
Angles and focus below are computed against Aquarius, so this table differs for every sign. How it is worked out →
Sun 13 Sep · moon enters Libra · Trine
Balance, fairness and acute awareness of other people. The moon is trine your sign — the easiest angle, and the one you are least likely to notice — and for Aquarius that meets thinks for itself and cares about fairness at a scale beyond its own circle.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 9th house — travel, study and the bigger picture.
Tue 15 Sep · moon enters Scorpio · Square
Intensity, privacy and refusal to accept surfaces. The moon squares your sign, which is friction rather than misfortune — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 10th house — work in public, reputation and ambition.
Thu 17 Sep · moon enters Sagittarius · Sextile
Expansion, honesty and appetite for the unfamiliar. The moon is sextile your sign: workable, but only if you do something with it — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 11th house — groups, networks and what you want next.
Sun 20 Sep · moon enters Capricorn · Semi-sextile
Ambition, structure and playing the long game. The moon sits a sign away from yours, close enough to colour the days without dominating them — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 12th house — rest, retreat and what you have been avoiding.
Tue 22 Sep · moon enters Aquarius · Conjunction
Independence, principle and distance from the herd. The moon sits in your own sign, so its mood and yours are the same thing for these days — and for Aquarius that meets thinks for itself and cares about fairness at a scale beyond its own circle.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 1st house — how you come across and what you initiate.
Thu 24 Sep · moon enters Pisces · Semi-sextile
Empathy, imagination and porous boundaries. The moon sits a sign away from yours, close enough to colour the days without dominating them — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 2nd house — income, spending and what you value.
Sat 26 Sep · moon enters Aries · Sextile
Initiative, appetite and the willingness to go first. The moon is sextile your sign: workable, but only if you do something with it — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 3rd house — conversations, messages and short trips.
Tue 29 Sep · moon enters Taurus · Square
Steadiness, comfort and a long attention span. The moon squares your sign, which is friction rather than misfortune — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 4th house — the household, roots and private life.
Thu 1 Oct · moon enters Gemini · Trine
Curiosity, quickness and a need for variety. The moon is trine your sign — the easiest angle, and the one you are least likely to notice — and for Aquarius that meets thinks for itself and cares about fairness at a scale beyond its own circle.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 5th house — play, flirtation and anything you make.
Sat 3 Oct · moon enters Cancer · Quincunx
Protection, memory and deep attachment. The moon is quincunx your sign — an awkward angle with nothing in common to work from — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 6th house — routine, the body and daily obligations.
Tue 6 Oct · moon enters Leo · Opposition
Warmth, presence and the need to be seen doing it. The moon stands opposite you, which puts your own traits in someone else's hands — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 7th house — partners, close others and negotiation.
Thu 8 Oct · moon enters Virgo · Quincunx
Precision, usefulness and noticing what is off. The moon is quincunx your sign — an awkward angle with nothing in common to work from — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 8th house — intimacy, debts, and what is not being said.
Sat 10 Oct · moon enters Libra · Trine
Balance, fairness and acute awareness of other people. The moon is trine your sign — the easiest angle, and the one you are least likely to notice — and for Aquarius that meets thinks for itself and cares about fairness at a scale beyond its own circle.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 9th house — travel, study and the bigger picture.
Mon 12 Oct · moon enters Scorpio · Square
Intensity, privacy and refusal to accept surfaces. The moon squares your sign, which is friction rather than misfortune — and for Aquarius that meets intellectualises feeling, and mistakes emotional distance for objectivity.
Counting from Aquarius, that sign occupies the 10th house — work in public, reputation and ambition.