VIRGO August 23rd - September 21st

This is a particularly good month for travel and holidays. It also augurs well for intellectual pursuits, and before the 3^rd if born after September 19^th, there is a window of opportunity for Cupid and at the least affections are coming your way.

Your ruling planet Mercury between the 7^th and 29^th is in your solar 10^th house, indicating constructive communications at work, but make sure the details are thoroughly understood.

The big news is that Mars moves direct this month on the 20^th after more than two months being retrograde. For your sign this indicates that it is in the world of finances that things start to move forward and the green light goes on, and hesitations and uncertainty of direction dissipate.

Jupiter is in fine position to emphasis a positive mood for those born September 6^th to 14^th. Friendships inspire and your leadership skills grow, and indeed for those born September 10^th to 14^th, Saturn also guides you with a very steady hand and gives shrewd judgement.

Neptune however is now opposing the Suns of those born August 30^th to September 1^st. For this small group there is for approximately the next two years, a distinct danger of over-idealising people and projecting on to them an image that you would like to see, whether it be a victim to save or a hero to worship. Others can be capable of deluding you. If not, you are able to delude yourself, so beware. However positively, it is wonderful for inspiration in the arts, hypersensitivity to others, and genuine compassion where needed. Enjoy having music around you and communing with nature and also for pursue spiritual and esoteric studies.

A very powerful ongoing influence now for those born round September 6^th is Pluto, who is bringing a great sense of courage /purpose and strength in all things romantic/creative and to do with empowering the ability to live life to the full. A sense, no less of regenerative destiny is being born