ASTROLOGICAL WEATHER | September 28 – October 5, 2025 | TAROT | and RITUAL
The ASTROLOGICAL WEATHER - September 28 – October 5, 2025 brings dissolving and unbinding. TAROT of the WEEK — THE EIGHT OF SWORDS reversed and THE STAR — reminds us that letting go clears the path for hope, vision, and renewal.
To honour both, try the easy (RITUAL below) of intentionally burning incense or sacred wood. Move clockwise through your space and whisper I release what no longer binds me. I call in renewal, I call in light. Let the smoke carry heaviness away, and step closer to the vision of your life you are creating.
We are feeling into the days behind the EQUINOX. The energetic scent of release grows: thorns, fear, bindings are dissolving in very real aspects of our lives. This week, many of us feel lighter—freed from weight we may not have known we were carrying. And yes, there may also be a resonance of loss in that freedom: letting go always asks something of us.
Over the coming months, you will emerge renewed. This week gives a glimpse of that blossoming. Courage has thundered in on a brumby's back. Shadows fall away. And yes, you may not feel fully ready to step into the new, but the feeling is there, the path is more visible than it has been for years. By the end of Libra season, you will be actioning it.
Looking ahead, a Full Moon in Aries on October 6 (some sources say Oct 6 at 14° Aries) promises a fire-lit culmination. This Full Moon will illuminate what you must act on, what needs reclaiming, what boundary or spark you must regain. It’s a courageous beacon pointing into the way forward, especially in parts of your life where you’ve dimmed your voice, delayed your truth, or held back your power.
In the flow of this week, there will also be shifting angles between inner planets — perhaps Mercury or Venus making harmonious or challenging contacts that help you integrate what’s dissolving, stabilise your focus, and refine your choices. (We’ll watch those movements closely.)
SUN | MOON | RISING
Read for your Sun, Moon, and Rising to feel more deeply into the week’s weather. As always, take what resonates and leave the rest.
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ARIES
You feel a softening of control in the areas you’ve held tight. The dissolving energy from recent weeks frees space in voice and direction. It’s okay if you don’t feel totally ready to step forward yet — trust that clarity is forming behind the veil. The upcoming FULL MOON in ARIES illuminates your path and prompts action.
TAURUS
Something falls away in how you relate with others — in giving, compromise, or standing in your truth. This week asks you to hold gentle boundaries while listening generously. The rush of courage is stirring, and by the end of LIBRA season you feel more prepared to lean into it.
GEMINI
Old stories about self-worth, work, or what you deserve dissolve. You’re drawn into questioning what remains and what must go. Courage grows when you let shadow speak lightly. Aim this week for quiet clarity, not dramatic leaps.
CANCER
Emotional currents are lighter now. Relief comes from burdens related to family, belonging, or ancestral patterns. Let yourself rest more, for renewal happens in silence. The push forward comes from softness.
LEO
In creativity, self-expression, or love, constraints fall away. Something inside wants to leap, to shine unabashedly. Breathe, lean into what delights you, and follow the call past the horizon.
VIRGO
A deeper sense of self-release emerges — letting go of self-judgment, perfection, or overthinking. Your presence is needed just as it is. Trust the alignment forming behind the scenes.
LIBRA
You’re called to re-balance what’s unsteady — in partnerships, fairness, or your inner dialogue. The dissolving energies help you see what’s been one-sided. Speak gently, choose wisely, and hold both your needs and your heart’s reach.
SCORPIO
Your shadows soften: fears, control, and deep patterns unravel this week. You’re closer to a new threshold. Don’t force what wants to emerge — let it come through your truth.
SAGITTARIUS
In vision, goals, or beliefs, you feel freer, less burdened by outdated structures or expectations. The rush of a new edge is close. Let your heart lead, even if your mind hesitates.
CAPRICORN
What has bound your daily life — habits, routines, limits — dissolves now. You’re invited into more alignment, more flow. This week calls for quiet courage to let go of what no longer fits.
AQUARIUS
There’s a loosening in deeper layers: intimacy, trust, shared resources. The dissolving edge feels raw, but in its wake lies gentler strength. Stay true to what feels honest.
PISCES
Your wounds soften; your heart is baptized in tenderness. A past burden lifts so the next cycle can begin more lightly. Vision comes from release — let yourself feel what wants to leave.
TAROT OF THE WEEK
When two cards fall, stick, or shout from a stack it is because the tapestry of their interpretation is metal woven. Two cards arrived to me as companions this week THE EIGHT OF SWORDS reversed and THE STAR.
THE EIGHT OF SWORDS reversed speaks to the unbinding. The dissolution we feel astrologically — the release of old habits, fears, or perfectionism — is mirrored here. Where you once felt stuck, restricted, or bound, there is space now. The bindings were never locked. You can step forward. You can be more freely.
THE STAR follows as the vision. It is the shimmer of hope after the loosening, the deep exhale after the tension. This card asks you to lift your gaze, to trust your unique path, and to believe that your gifts are needed. It is the invitation to see beyond the immediate horizon, to allow healing, and to move in alignment with your higher light.
Together, these cards remind us that release is not the end — it is the doorway. What you dissolve now clears the path for what is ready to be envisioned and illuminated under the coming FULL MOON in ARIES.
These moments shape the years ahead, shifting us from one chapter of life into the next. The view from here is vast and shimmering, but stepping into it requires courage, clarity, and trust.
My books for ASTROLOGY and TAROT are open now for OCTOBER. An astrology reading with me is a way to glimpse beyond the eclipse’s veil—to understand where these tides are flowing in your own chart, what is closing, and what is waiting to begin.
RITUAL for RELEASE and RENEWAL
This week invites us into a dissolving — a soft unbinding seen in the ASTROLOGICAL WEATHER, echoed in THE EIGHT OF SWORDS reversed, and healed by THE STAR. The energy is not just about endings, but about clearing the pathways for the vision ahead.
In VASTU, the ancient art of space and harmony, smoke from incense or sacred wood moves into corners, dissolves stagnation, and invites flow.
THE RITUAL
Choose your burning: loose incense of frankincense, sandalwood, and dried rose petals, or a piece of sacred wood such as palo santo.
Light it gently, letting the smoke curl upwards.
Move through your space clockwise, pausing at doorways, windows, and corners. Whisper as you go:
“I release what no longer binds me. I call in renewal, I call in light.”
When finished, open a window and allow the smoke to carry the heaviness out.
Sit for a moment in silence, imagining yourself not outside the beautiful landscape of your life but stepping into it — as we move through the EQUINOX GATE, you are being invited to begin.
This ritual belongs to all SUN | MOON | RISING signs this week. It threads through the dissolving energetic, the TAROT reminder of unbinding and vision, and the sacred RITUAL of VASTU.
Do you feel it?