This summer launched many Rams down a brand-new path when expansive Jupiter and revolutionary Uranus entered your sign. This planetary duo sparked exciting changes that will unfold over the next decade. Last month, Uranus backed into Pisces, your twelfth house or closure (it returns to Aries next March). On September 9th, Jupiter retreats into Pisces until next January. Consider June and July your preview reel, rather than the actual epic movie your life will soon become. Handle unfinished business for the rest of 2010.
When Jupiter returns to Aries next year, you’ll want nothing to hold you back!

Relationships take center stage when Sun enters Libra on September 22nd. On the 23rd, the Aries full moon brings together your goals from the last six months. A power struggle—with a boss, a parent or a romantic partner—may see its final showdown. Unconsciously, you may be blaming this person for holding you back. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Enough’s enough, Aries. Find your power by owning your choices, both good and bad.

LOVE & ROMANCE:
Your desire for connection deepens in September. Romantic Venus and passionate Mars spend most of the month in Scorpio, your sexy eighth house. You’ll crave more intimacy and private time, so don’t let work cut into together time. Do your part to feel more sensual, attractive, and magnetic. Trade the cargo shorts and flip-flops for sharp, body-conscious fall pieces that make you feel like a sexy powerhouse. Break the rules at the Aries full moon on September 23rd and take a day off to misbehave with your sweetie.

From September 10th until the end of 2010, Jupiter and Uranus travel together in Pisces, your twelfth house of closure and the unconscious. It may be time to end a long-expired relationship pattern, especially one rooted in denial. Was there a transgression between you and a partner that never fully healed? Painful as it feels to dig up those feelings, do it in the name of closure. You could also feel the tension of a “soul contract” that needs to be broken or elevated between this person and you, possibly from past life karma. Check out Colin Tipping’s Radical Forgiveness for a metaphysical look at transforming troubled dynamics.

MONEY & CAREER:
Juggling details can stress you out during the first couple weeks of September. Mercury, the planet that keeps your mind orderly and clear, is retrograde (backward) August 20-September 12, making you lose keys and misplace phone numbers. Sort through those cluttered piles on your desk, purge your inbox, and corral your projects into file folders and stations so you can easily find what you need. As you sort, you may just stumble across a choice phone number or message, especially near the September 8th Virgo new moon. Make like Charlie in the Wonka factory and grab that golden ticket: a new job, a business lead, or that college student who’d make the perfect fall intern.

You’re at an interesting transitional point, Aries, one of cautious optimism. The can-do spirit and the uneasiness both come from Jupiter, planet of luck and expansion. Jupiter entered Aries on June 6th, bringing exciting risks and solo ventures. Jupiter in your sign is REALLY like having the golden ticket to your own chocolate paradise—and you’re ready to leap into this freakily unfamiliar world.

Don’t storm into the penthouse-bound glass elevator with those oompa-loompas just yet, though. On September 9th, Jupiter retrogrades back into Pisces, your twelfth house of closure. Take stock of your life since 1999, the last time Jupiter was in Aries. What have you learned? Which habits, relationships, and patterns no longer serve you? For the rest of 2010, take a bold personal inventory and correct your course. When Jupiter returns to Aries from January to June 2011, plunge your face into that chocolate river and lap up the nectar.

On September 14th, transformational Pluto goes direct (forward) in Capricorn, your career sector. It’s been retrograde since April, making you question your true calling. It’s also stoked your fear of rocking the boat, causing strange power dynamics with authority figures. Working out your “daddy issues” by playing domination and submission games is risky business. With Pluto direct, rooted in quiet confidence, not exhausting mental chess, reclaim your true leadership. You’re a Ram not a lamb! Temper obsessive behavior or ruthless pursuit of a goal near the Aries full moon on September 23rd. You don’t have to burn down a fortress to build your own castle.

HEALTH: MIND, BODY & SOUL:
The Sun is in Virgo, your healthy sixth house, until September 22nd. Start your fall fitness plans right away, Aries—or, at least, as soon as you polish off that last serving of Labor Day potato salad and jumbo hot dogs. The September 8th Virgo new moon swoops in like a Celebrity Fit Club trainer to help. With structured Saturn in Libra, your partnership sector, hiring a personal trainer isn’t such a bad idea. Partnerships are where you’ll learn your greatest lessons over the next couple years, so you can work out your quads AND learn how to take orders.

Your resistance to change is futile anyhow. From September 10th until the end of 2010, expansive Jupiter and radical Uranus travel together in Pisces, your twelfth house of rest, endings, and spirituality. On the 18th, they form an exact conjunction, a day that could bring an epiphany or a sudden ending. Hard as it may be, surrender to any changes. Only miracles await on the other side. Next up: your Aries Weekly Horoscope >