The Planets this Week: September 24 - 30, 2017

Aired Monday, 25 September 2017, 9:00 PM ET

The Planets this Week: September 24 - 30, 2017

What do the planets have in store for this week? We have a fairly quiet week after a lot of planetary activity last week. The astro headlines of the week are communication planet Mercury moving into Libra on Friday and Pluto, planet of change finally turning direct after being retrograde since April 20th.

While Mercury is in Libra until October 17th, and depending on its influence in your personal birth chart, you may find yourself seeing both sides of any situation. Before making a decision or committing to a course of action, you’ll weigh the options carefully and objectively.

Many of us may make excellent diplomats, liaisons or negotiators at this time. We’ve got a gift for spotting the common threads in differing perspectives, and are able to bring people to consensus. We will have more grace and charm and can be quite persuasive, able to communicate in a way that others can hear. Negotiating contracts and closing deals is favored now.

Pluto, planet of change and transformation turns direct on Thursday, it has been retrograde since April 20th. Pluto is all about the hidden side of existence — secrets, affairs, behind-the-scenes manipulations and so on. But more than that, it’s about power, whether it’s negative or positive. Powerful experiences such as sexuality, death, destruction and regeneration are within this planet’s realm, as are powerful urges like will, control, and obsession.

This all defines Pluto’s energy, one that has the simultaneous power to create and destroy, to make life both amazing and terrible; or, in short, intense. It can grip you in its jaws and rip down everything you’ve come to depend on, but it can also force you to learn the power of strength — of standing on your own two feet, come what may.

Tune in on Monday at 6pm PT/9pm ET to find out more…