Cancer Horoscope for September 2025

This is another transformative month, Cancer, when things are changing both within you, and without. On the heels of an intense series of summer months, there remain confronting indications. An enhanced interior presence of Trickster Uranus this September enhances your increased focus on communicative outreach with almost magical powers of intuition, so that information arrives at your mental doorstep in many ways. Your career revamp continues as well with new wrinkles that convey that it is not so much what consensus thought has to teach you, but rather what you can derive from strictly your own inner process. And yet that is enough. This is borne out even further after September’s first week by the Lunar Eclipse and Pisces Full Moon in your Higher Mind sector. Your sense of who you are at the deeper layers of your being is advanced by what you know in your heart of hearts that you unflinchingly believe. The New Moon eclipse of the 21st and Libra Equinox the next day also signal an important turning point. Home and family concerns become the focus, in opposition to the exigencies of your career and profession, while also somewhat in collusion with that significant part of life. In both areas it is becoming more and more evident that your bedrock beliefs are your guiding principles, the values that only you can fully understand and to which you can entirely commit.

The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at Star Sign Style

The recent Virgo New Moon from the last week of August has set the tone for September, bringing your focus to your third sector of connection and communication. This Virgo lunation cycle runs for thirty days, or through the first three weeks of September, bringing your focus to your communicative outreach, comprehension and intellect, language, skillsets, and your thought process in general. The recent New Moon features a powerful yod, or “Finger of God” aspect, focused on the Sun and Moon, so that your thoughts are sizzling and vibrant, and could become the basis of a new outlook on your life, or renewed understanding of where your career or a relationship might be taking you. The yod pattern was underpinned by Pluto in Aquarius or your intimacy sector, plus the tight ongoing conjunction of Saturn and Neptune in Aries, which corresponds to your vocational sector. There is an additional quite powerful square from the New Moon to Uranus in Gemini, your sector of unconscious process, isolation, and inner work, which adds another dimension to consider. With Uranus highlighted there, your intuition is very strong right now, and you could find new areas to study, inwardly, reflecting what is going on with you behind the scenes. Unexpectedly, logic alone is not your only source of information in this September timing, and perhaps not even the most important one. Your transformative process leading to your next evolutionary stage that has been in the works all summer continues, and learning, teaching and relating could be part of that, with an emphasis on intimacy with existing or potential partnerships.

On Monday, September 1st, your relationship sector ruler Saturn re-enters watery Pisces and your ninth sector of knowledge, wisdom and higher mind, signaling a shift in your perception of intimate unions, what you’ve come to know and understand about dealing with important others in your life, perhaps involving your beliefs and worldview.

On the 2nd, communication planet Mercury enters Virgo, there to be co-present with the Sun. At this moment, Mercury is square Uranus and in aspect to nebulous Neptune and transformational Pluto, so that your thoughts, while somewhat scattered, are also powerful. There could be surprise revelations that come to you suddenly, or a glimpse of life changes that are underway with you at deeper layers of your psyche.

Also on the 2nd, Jupiter in your first or identity sector is simultaneously trine the North Node, indicating that you could be feeling optimistic and expansive about your recent learning curve or travel/educational plans. You could find that you are becoming more conscious regarding your connections, ideas, and cognizance, or also perhaps coming into alignment with those who are like-minded, and this can enhance your own adventure of truth, experience, and understanding.

On the 4th, your vocational planet Mars, now in Libra and your fourth sector of home, roots and family, squares Jupiter. This could present a momentary distraction from your journey of growth and personal expansion, so you may want to pay attention to life behind closed doors, or factors that warrant your attention in household settings.

Uranus stations retrograde on the 6th, amplifying the impact of this planet and perhaps bringing surprise revelations around internal work or recovery from inner wounding. During its station, standing dead-still for the moment in the sky, Uranus is trine Pluto, and sextile Neptune. This is a volatile configuration presaging further transformation and spiritual realizations, or perhaps as well illusion or deception, with Neptune so fully involved. The potential is there for over-idealization, or ongoing confusion, and it could be worth pausing to reflect on the way you may withdraw and mend inwardly, along with outer world commitments that you also must honor.

On the 7th, the Full Moon, which is a total lunar eclipse in Pisces, illuminates your visionary sector of truth-seeking, wanderlust, and long-distance quests. This constitutes an important evolution and expansion of your mind and spirit which could be revelatory – you could feel that the special attitudes and understanding that are uniquely your own are amplified. Your personal development and life philosophy are potentially featured, along with your social setting, to include friendships, groups you favor, and life goals you feel yourself to be aligned with. This might be a time to soak up opportunities to broaden your perspective even further.

During the Last Quarter Moon in Gemini of the 14th, Mercury conjuncts the Sun in Virgo, your sector of communication and learning. With the Gemini Moon, the luminaries both answer to Mercury. This may be fortuitous and bring about a shift in your awareness of certain issues that have been festering. A retreat within – or moment to catch your breath – might appeal, and there could additionally be a call to get more involved with the people around you, interacting at something of a deeper level as you do so.

On the 15th, Venus in Leo and your second sector of earnings, confidence, values and income is sextile Mars, in your fourth sector of home and family. Improving what you can do at home or in your space could be important.

On September 17th, Mercury opposes Saturn, potentially bringing attention to neighbors, close contacts, or dealings in your local area, yet perhaps also imposing a pause in conversation, or a back and forth. There may be ideas that you’re considering, yet a call for authority and expertise could stop talks in their tracks.

Then on the 18th, Mercury enters Libra, arriving opposite Neptune, and in the days that follow trines Uranus and Pluto forming a grand air trine, to be repeated at Fall Equinox, when the Sun enters Libra. This could find you broaching your domestic life or family, with a sense of the contracts, binding ties or alliances you have, and an awakening hidden from view, and also your outward title or career. How you present yourself publicly could seem confusing or mysterious, given the nebulous quality of Neptune, and perhaps what you're expected to do or give to maintain a secure base could be unclear.

On the 19th, Venus enters Virgo, creating the same yod aspect with Pluto and Neptune, as Mercury on the 2nd, and the New Moon of August, again with a square to Uranus. Friends in your community could draw closer, so that it’s easier dealing with people in your environment, navigating those around you, or the plans and topics that link you together.

On the 21st, the second Virgo New Moon lands at the last degree of the sign, which is also a partial solar eclipse – so a powerful lunation. The Sun and Moon oppose Saturn, implying that limits or obstacles you may encounter at this timing, and your consciousness of their effect on your life, become important. The Sun and Moon are also in a grand trine, though out of sign, with Uranus in Gemini or your sector of the unconscious, and Pluto in Aquarius which corresponds to your sector of intimacy and partnership agreements. You are truly digging into your psychological depths with this eclipse, and the effects may last for months. This could reset your interests and mindset, and shift your approach to writing projects, messages, engagement and how you cultivate rapport and undergo personal evolution. You win when you can sweep away outdated ways of thinking, becoming more aware of the discipline and hard work you must continue to put in, if you want to truly master your perspective shifts and a renewed outlook. Your roots, lineage, household set-up and nurturing tendencies could inform this fresh start, with the New Moon’s governing planetary body – Mercury – lodged nearby in your familial fourth house. You might consider from whence your ideas ultimately stem, where you’re going in this incarnation, and why, to the extent that you can understand that most profound question.

On the 22nd, Mars enters Scorpio and your fifth house of self-expression, and this may be a strong, exciting time for you, creatively or sexually. The weeks that follow could see you having an enjoyable time, whether through dating, indulging in playful pursuits or just having fun with children or potential romantic partners. Pleasure and gratification could be a hot topic, although there is also to consider the square to Pluto during this Mars ingress which may add transformational pressure, perhaps as you consider future goals, or promises made.

The Libra Equinox arrives on this day too, as Sun enters Libra arriving there opposite Neptune, and forming another grand trine in Air with Uranus and Pluto. This brings the spotlight to security and your sense of place, with home arrangements emphasized. You could find yourself very focused on your dwelling space, intimacy, sacred bonds, and commitments. Meanwhile, your vocation, external image and accomplishments are in this picture too, and play into the part you’re guided to inhabit at home.

Cancer Horoscope for September 2025

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