Monthly · July 23 – August 22
The lunar events falling across the month ahead, and what each means for you.
Sat 12 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.
Fri 18 Sep
Same element. The smoothest combination in the zodiac — mutual understanding without translation, at the risk of never being challenged.
Fri 25 Sep
Nothing in common: different element, different modality, different polarity. Requires deliberate effort to even understand each other.
Sat 3 Oct
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 10 Oct
Compatible elements — fire with air, earth with water. Easy, cooperative and rarely explosive.
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 Leo, so this table differs for every sign. How it is worked out →
Sun 13 Sep · moon enters Libra · Sextile
Balance, fairness and acute awareness of other people. The moon is sextile your sign: workable, but only if you do something with it — and for Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 3rd house — conversations, messages and short trips.
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 Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 4th house — the household, roots and private life.
Thu 17 Sep · moon enters Sagittarius · Trine
Expansion, honesty and appetite for the unfamiliar. The moon is trine your sign — the easiest angle, and the one you are least likely to notice — and for Leo that meets genuinely generous, and lifts the mood of a room by walking into it.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 5th house — play, flirtation and anything you make.
Sun 20 Sep · moon enters Capricorn · Quincunx
Ambition, structure and playing the long game. The moon is quincunx your sign — an awkward angle with nothing in common to work from — and for Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 6th house — routine, the body and daily obligations.
Tue 22 Sep · moon enters Aquarius · Opposition
Independence, principle and distance from the herd. The moon stands opposite you, which puts your own traits in someone else's hands — and for Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 7th house — partners, close others and negotiation.
Thu 24 Sep · moon enters Pisces · Quincunx
Empathy, imagination and porous boundaries. The moon is quincunx your sign — an awkward angle with nothing in common to work from — and for Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 8th house — intimacy, debts, and what is not being said.
Sun 27 Sep · moon enters Aries · Trine
Initiative, appetite and the willingness to go first. The moon is trine your sign — the easiest angle, and the one you are least likely to notice — and for Leo that meets genuinely generous, and lifts the mood of a room by walking into it.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 9th house — travel, study and the bigger picture.
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 Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 10th house — work in public, reputation and ambition.
Thu 1 Oct · moon enters Gemini · Sextile
Curiosity, quickness and a need for variety. The moon is sextile your sign: workable, but only if you do something with it — and for Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 11th house — groups, networks and what you want next.
Sat 3 Oct · moon enters Cancer · Semi-sextile
Protection, memory and deep attachment. The moon sits a sign away from yours, close enough to colour the days without dominating them — and for Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 12th house — rest, retreat and what you have been avoiding.
Tue 6 Oct · moon enters Leo · Conjunction
Warmth, presence and the need to be seen doing it. The moon sits in your own sign, so its mood and yours are the same thing for these days — and for Leo that meets genuinely generous, and lifts the mood of a room by walking into it.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 1st house — how you come across and what you initiate.
Thu 8 Oct · moon enters Virgo · Semi-sextile
Precision, usefulness and noticing what is off. The moon sits a sign away from yours, close enough to colour the days without dominating them — and for Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 2nd house — income, spending and what you value.
Sat 10 Oct · moon enters Libra · Sextile
Balance, fairness and acute awareness of other people. The moon is sextile your sign: workable, but only if you do something with it — and for Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 3rd house — conversations, messages and short trips.
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 Leo that meets needs recognition badly enough that its absence reads as rejection.
Counting from Leo, that sign occupies the 4th house — the household, roots and private life.