Stepping Into Your Next Chapter

Reflections on Saturn and the September Eclipse season.

How do I create a successful business that earns more than enough to support myself, my family, and make a difference in others' lives? And what do I need to let go of to make 2026 a year of growth and success?

– Ms Cancer, born 4:17 am, 2 July 1960

Dear Ms Cancer,

When you catch yourself wondering if it's time to let something go, it's also time to trust that famous Cancerian intuition. What you're feeling is the tension between Saturn and your natal Jupiter. This battle between the giants of the solar system is stirring up questions about your path, your purpose, and the next chapter of your professional life.

Battle of the Giants

In your natal chart, you have been blessed with Jupiter in Sagittarius in the seventh house: you're a wise teacher, mentor, and consultant. You shine when you're working one-to-one, guiding, advising, and sharing your insight and vision. But during most of 2025, Saturn is challenging Jupiter from your tenth house of career and purpose, deflating your customary optimism and pressing you to take a more practical, grounded approach. Saturn is the planetary influence that calls us to account, asking: What is truly worth your time? Where are you wasting energy? What has outlived its purpose?

When we have a square transit, we feel that no matter how hard we try, there are outside forces or insurmountable circumstances that prevent us from achieving our goals. Mythical Sisyphus was doomed to push the same rock up the same hill for eternity. Perhaps you, too, have been pushing shit uphill, giving your all to achieve a particular goal. You may be restless, anxious to explore new horizons, and frustrated by your limited opportunities in a particular area. Doors that once seemed to swing invitingly open now stay ominously shut. Saturn transits are often characterised by a sense of being immobilised or stuck. Given that this transit is a challenging square, someone or something may be actively blocking your progress. The light that appears to be shining at the end of the tunnel is starting to look suspiciously like an oncoming train.

No wonder you're questioning your direction.

But Saturn's lessons are never wasted. While the square is a tense aspect, it also brings energy and motivation, giving us the push we need to make meaningful improvements. As frustrating as it is, this energy is an invitation to let go of what isn't working, and to double down on what is. It isn't punishment. It's refinement.

A Head for Business

There's good news here, too. Saturn is making a trine to big-hearted Mercury in Leo in the second house of money and assets. Mercury is the god of commerce, business, communication, and clever thinking. This is where your practical brain, your business instincts, and your ability to capitalise on your personal resources are an asset.

You understand the importance of communication as a means of earning and accumulating wealth. No doubt you are well aware that your ability to articulate ideas, negotiate, and persuade others is a key factor in your financial success. You thrive in an occupation involving writing, teaching, sales, or any field where communication plays a central role in generating income. Your words have value, and you know how to leverage your communication skills in order to showcase your multiple talents.

This transit supports steady, deliberate progress in your commercial ventures. Think baby steps, not leaps. Delays are part of the process, but if you build carefully, you'll create a foundation that lasts. This isn't about quick and easy wins. It's about sustainable growth.

Saturn is also sextile your Ascendant, highlighting relationships that support you in practical, tangible ways. With easy-going, down-to-earth Taurus rising, you radiate a sense of grounded integrity. You may find yourself achieving new recognition as a trusted guide and mentor, or you may meet someone who steps into that role for you. Not every "teacher" will look like one at first, and you may only recognise the lesson learned in hindsight, so pay attention to whoever enters your orbit now.

An Eclipse is a Turning Point

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The significance of this moment is reflected in the September eclipses. On Monday 8 September 2025, at 3:38 am ACST, the lunar eclipse fell in Pisces, almost directly on your Midheaven, the area of your chart governing career, public profile, visibility, and, ultimately, your legacy. Clearly, this is big!

With Pisces on the Midheaven, you thrive when you integrate empathy, compassion, and intuition into your public-facing role. You have a natural ability to pick up on and capitalise on social, business, and economic trends.

This eclipse marks a dramatic turning point in your professional path. It illuminates hidden developments, delivering unexpected revelations and urging you to release roles, expectations, or directions that no longer align with who you're becoming. What has been unfolding behind the scenes now demands recognition, signalling that your career is entering a new and defining chapter.

Soon, on 21 September 2025, a solar eclipse will take place in Virgo, in your fourth house, which represents home, family and your sense of personal stability. This eclipse focuses on evaluation: What have you built? Which habits and routines serve you, and which need clearing? Taken together, the eclipses represent both an ending and a reset.

Eclipses function as cosmic course corrections, closing some doors while opening others. They bring endings, surprises, and shifts often beyond our control, but their impact unfolds gradually over weeks or months rather than in single dramatic moments. For this eclipse season, the first rumbles might have been triggered as far back as March, and the ripples could extend into early next year.

The Virgo-Pisces axis highlights service. Virgo asks: How can I be of service in practical, tangible ways? Pisces asks: How can I be of service through compassion and vision? The key lies in integrating both approaches: making a meaningful difference while maintaining healthy boundaries and avoiding burdens that aren't truly yours to carry.

Trusting the Process

Have faith that the universe is unfolding as it should. Even when outcomes surprise or disappoint us, they're part of a larger correction, a way of closing one chapter so the next can begin. You may already sense that something is shifting – it's not coming out of nowhere. This question has been on your mind for a while for a reason.

So as you prepare for 2026, the invitation is clear:

· Let go of the uphill battles that drain you.

· Build carefully on what you already know works.

· Trust the relationships and opportunities showing up now.

· Balance your vision (Pisces) with practical steps (Virgo).

This isn't about giving up, it's about realigning. If a door closes, it's because there's another one that's meant for you, and Saturn is putting the brakes on to make sure that you step through the one that leads to lasting success. Good luck!

Thank you for reading this far

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