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Here’s what’s up with our organization and the Astrological forecast for September
What’s Coming in Our September Presentation
This presentation is not to be missed! Our September 27 talk features internationally known and respected Astrologer Chris Mitchell speaking on “A Medieval A-Z: From Astrolabes to Zijes.”
He states “Astrology was practiced on a day to day basis in the Roman Empire, using classical texts written mostly in Greek. After the decline of the Empire in the West, knowledge of astrology diminished, although it never entirely died out.
However, the ability to cast accurate charts did get lost until it was rediscovered, courtesy of Arabic texts, in the 12th century. This talk tells the story of that rediscovery, looks at some techniques, and we'll also take a peek at why chart calculation was so complicated back in the days before the printing press made ephemerides available.”
Chris offers this as his bio: He is a certified geek, and since childhood has had a fascination with obscure languages, whether human languages (he's learning Welsh), computer programming languages, or the mysterious symbols and language of astrology. He was therefore astonished to learn that he could actually get paid enough for writing computer programs to pay the bills, and was allowed to do a PhD in medieval astrology which opened doors allowing him the right to wander, Harry Potter style, through hidden basements of ancient buildings and magical libraries poring over arcane medieval manuscripts written on parchment.
I have no doubt it’s going to be another excellent discussion, and we hope you will join us for this event, since “what one astrologer misses another catches.”
As usual, the admission for the presentations is $10 for members, $15 for non-members. You can register at https://azastrologers.org/.
Future Programs Down the Road
Our October 25 presentation features spiritual astrologer Eric Meyers speaking on the power of the progressed Moon to shape our spiritual life, our November 29 talk is TBA, and our December 20th is our free Solstice gathering. Looking ahead into 2026, our January 24th talk will feature our yearly “Predictions for 2026” so mark your calendars! We look forward to seeing you at our high-quality astrology talks offered by some of the best of the best in the field.
A Look at Some of Our Recent Presentations
Our October 26, 2024 presentation featured yours truly, Professor Robert discussing Transmuting Squares and Oppositions to Good Effect. Based in concepts I wrote about in Horoscope Magazine we covered how to work constructively with our natal and progressed afflictions and how to transmute frictional aspect to good effect. Learning this we can become Masters of Our Destiny and bring order out of chaos as we flow through life. This has been professionally edited and is available for purchase.
Our February 22 event had Craig Hayenga giving a class on The Centaurs: Chiron is Not Alone. It was a fascinating discussion of the astronomical, mythical, and astrological dimensions of Centaurs in general, as well as the relationship of Chariklo and Chiron.
Our June 28 talk featured Professor Robert giving us a guided tour of his new book The Cycles of Life – 7 Year Cycles and Stages of Change. When we’re born, 7 year cycles kick into play on material, emotional, psychological, and spiritual levels of life. This technique helps you understand which planet creates the specific quality of every year of a 7 year cycle. After editing this will be available for purchase.
Our July 26 talk featured Doc Benton speaking on the “Summer of Change” and the Saturn/Neptune conjunction and the Uranus/Neptune/Pluto double-sextile trine in play off and on this year and next.
Our August 16 event was our yearly free Summer program, where Robert lead the group through an analysis of 5 extraordinary horary charts on “How to View and Navigate the Current Darkness,” “What is the Source of and Solution to Evil in the World?”, “What Does Christ Returning to Earth Mean?”, and “What Is the Future Destiny of Astrology?” We had quite a wide ranging discussion and I believe a good time was had by all!
Many of our talks are available for purchase. Prices vary by length of the talk. The are all recorded on sound files which we then send to your email, but your box must be able to accept large sound files, like Hotmail, Outlook, Gmail, and a few others. Then you can download it to a file on your desktop. As it was an outstanding presentation, please consider getting your personal copy today and support the efforts of AAZ!
When we have a list of all the talks which are available, we'll list them on this site. You can purchase a copy by either sending an email to astrologyarizona@gmail.com to let us know, or you can go to the paypal button on our website and make your donation which will generate an email to us.
How To Attend Our Events
This is the era of Zoom. We do all our presentations online at this time. If you would like to attend, please make sure you’ve downloaded the latest Zoom update so you don’t have to deal with it when you’re trying to get into the talks. If you go to the site, just download the latest software. They release new versions often, so please upgrade in advance. Details are provided in our two AAZ alerts in the two weeks prior to the presentation.
To anticipate a question, you don’t have to have a camera or microphone to attend a ZOOM webinar. All you need is internet access and speakers. If you’re interested in attending the webinars, please contact us at astrologyarizona@gmail.com and we'll put you on our mailing list to notify you in advance of the presentations. You can make your donation for membership and admission to events by going to https://azastrologers.org/donate Admission fees are usually $10 for members, $15 for non-members.
Please Drop By Our Facebook Page!
There’s always something going on at our Facebook page, with articles to feed your astrological imagination. To find out more, come on over to our Facebook page where questions, comments, and discussions are most welcome! You can find us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/111582320851163and we hope you’ll join the social media initiative going on there.
Calling All Members!
If you haven’t already joined our group, please consider visiting our site at https://azastrologers.org/ and becoming a member. For $36 a year, you get a discount on admission to all talks and many other benefits, including free advertising for your business on our website, access to the awesome documentary Changing of the Gods, as well as a discount for audio copies of our talks as they become available.
For two people living at the same address, both can become members for $54. Don’t delay, renew today! We prorate your dues so that all subsequent renewals will occur in January. Of course your donations are always welcome.
As a member, you’ll continue to enjoy the full version of our newsletter sent directly to your email. An abbreviated version is available at our website homepage at the above link.
Who we Are - Contacts
We are an astrology group based in the Phoenix area dedicated to the art and science of Astrology. Our organization is a New Moon double Aquarius trine a Gemini Ascendant, affirming a wider Aquarian intention and a welcoming Aquarian vibe for all who come.
We encourage your suggestions about potential speakers and topics. We envision our 21st century group being a point of light to help students of Astrology who want to know more in the emerging 20 year Aquarian Era
If you have questions about who we are and what we do, or want to suggest a topic for a future program or apply to speak, please direct all correspondence to one of these current AAZ Board members:
Bill Nastasiak (Vice President and Education Director)
Robert Wilkinson (President and Editor of AAZ Newsletter)
laughingcat51@hotmail.com
Mary Katherine Kracht (Treasurer)
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AN ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW BY ROBERT WILKINSON, ASTROLOGER
AN ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF September 2025
by Robert Wilkinson
(This column is an abbreviated version of what we send to members at the beginning of each month. If you want the complete overview, please join our organization.)
This month maintains the “Three Note Chord” of the double sextile-trine involving Uranus in Gemini, Neptune in Aries, and Pluto in Aquarius, heralding the forces in play in the spiritual field of 2026 and beyond! The month begins with the exact Uranus sextile Neptune still in force, marking maximum transpersonal productivity in the collective field.
All of the inner planets are still moving at a very fast pace, showing that a lot can get done. At the same time, we can expect a lot of adjustments and “expansion through sacrifice” thanks to the numerous quincunxes and Yods, or Fingers of God, made by planets transiting early Virgo and early Scorpio.
September begins under the beams of the August New Moon at 1 Virgo, showing a month of focused adjustments due to that Lunation being the nozzle of a Yod with Saturn/Neptune in Aries and Pluto in Aquarius. August was certainly a month of more than a few hard adjustments and sacrifices, with a need for seeing what’s core and what’s peripheral.
Saturn is retrograde, and on September 1 moves back into Pisces, giving us a review of when it transited 26-30 Pisces in April and May. So this month we get “echoes of May” which can give us a different understanding of what we want to see made manifest in 2026 as many things fall apart. Our Summer “dress rehearsal” has shown us what’s coming in early 2026, and now we get to clean up and clean out that which has outlived its usefulness.
Neptune went retrograde at 3 Aries, the “avatar” degree in early July. This degree announces the future appearance of new world leaders, and new players on the various stages of life. And because Saturn went RX at 2 Aries in mid-July we’ve been learning objectivity through humor, and humor through objectivity.
Looking back, because the March-April Venus retrograde was from 11 Aries to 25 Pisces, and Mercury’s retrograde was from 10 Aries to 27 Pisces, it made late Pisces and early Aries active zones with themes which will be triggered as Saturn moves through both RX zones. It began its long run in that span of degrees between May 2025 and May 2026. As Saturn moves across those stationary direct points in Pisces, the cosmic timekeeper will begin crystalizing those themes into form between this month and February 2026.
The action is in the houses where we have Cancer, Leo, Virgo, and Libra. This emphasizes intimate and creative interactions, and heralds new ideals which will take shape in October. Mars in Libra is helping us find a balanced and reasonable approach to things, with intense Yods to come when it enters Scorpio and makes quincunxes to Neptune and Uranus. These will be replicated in October by Mercury and then the Sun, so look to the Mars Yod as a practice run for October. .
With Saturn re-entering Pisces this month, take another look at what needs purifying before we launch into a new life and new world of activity in February, March, and April. We’ll say goodbye to a lot this Autumn and by Winter we’ll be on our way. Abundance is promised for all of us in 2026, and with both Saturn and Neptune in Aries for a long time, it’ll be a new collective atmosphere!
The Spiritual Field
We continue to be blessed by the closest Neptune sextile with Pluto in 30 years. We’re now between two eras: the past/present of Uranus in Taurus, Neptune in Pisces, and Pluto in Capricorn, and the present/future of Uranus in Gemini, Neptune in Aries, and Pluto in Aquarius. Each of these “three note chords” creates a powerful linkage in the Spiritual field of productive stability according to the signs involved.
We began an entirely new experience of Spirit and Life when these Spiritual powerhouses shifted out of Earth and Water into Fire and Air. This is Life and Spirit expressed as a new inspiration, with Saturn in Aries providing “real world structure” which crystallizes the preliminary Fire and Air harmonic consciousness.
That means 2024 and early 2025 spiritually harmonized planets we have in late Earth and Water signs, while the Summer brought us the same thing for planets
we have in the early degrees of the Fire and Air signs. This holds through September and early October, but by early November Uranus will be back in Taurus and Neptune will be back in Pisces, giving us a “last look back” at those energies before we cut loose into the new spiritual field of Fire and Air next March.
Uranus occupies the first two degrees of Gemini between early July and early November, heralding new discoveries and the arrival of “Santa Claus” for those affected by 2 Gemini. We can expect a lot of breakthroughs with Uranus in Gemini, as well as new ideas, new interpretations, and new ways of understanding things.
We’ve been moving through an individual and spiritual awakening which marks the beginning of a long term regeneration and renewal wherever we have late Taurus. This is the next step of the 14 year cycle which began in April 2024 with the Jupiter/Uranus conjunction promising us all a new life.
Neptune in Aries is spreading a new type of energy which will “be in fashion” in the collective consciousness for decades to come. It went stationary retrograde on the “avatar” degree at 3 Aries. That degree promises us new “avatars,” new world leaders, and new icons of an Aries nature through this century and beyond.
Pluto in Aquarius puts us on the cusp of historic change. Its last RX station at 4 Aquarius now begins a review of what will heal us, or perhaps a sense of our inner regenerative power to “make things whole.” This degree is about hidden powers being made manifest in some form of healing or “restoration of health.” So open to your latent “healing powers,” or abilities to restore a natural harmony to circumstances. Be fearless in making decisions, as this month helps us turn away from useless loyalties and obedience to authoritarian ideas.
We also have several long wave Aries cycles in play. Jupiter launched a major healing and mentoring cycle when it conjuncted Chiron at 15 Aries on March 11, 2023. That began a long Chiron cycle which will last until the Summer of 2036.
Not all Chiron cycles are the same length. When Chiron transits between Aquarius and Gemini, it moves relatively slowly and has conjunctions with Jupiter about every 13 years. However, it can take 19-20 years for the next conjunction after Gemini or Cancer. That means once the conjunction at 16 Gemini happens in the Summer of 2036 we won’t have another conjunction of Jupiter and Chiron until the Spring of 2056 in Aquarius, which will launch another long term “expansive healing/mentoring” cycle.
Mars
Mars is now picking up speed for many months to come after going SD at 18 Cancer in late February. This month it’s accelerating and moves through the second half of Libra and the first face of Scorpio and in a harmonious sextile with Venus in the second, third, and fourth weeks of September, making a “fateful” septile at the end of the month.
This month Mars activates the house(s) where we have 17 Libra through 6 Scorpio. September 1-7 finds Mars between 17 and 20 Libra, creating an agitating effect on planets we have between 17 to 20 degrees of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. September 7 through 22 will create the same effects for those with planets between 20 to 30 degrees of the same signs, and September 22 through 30 will agitate planets between 1 and 6 degrees of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius.
As I’ve offered before, when Mars is within a degree of forming or separating from a hard aspect with a planet, slow down and show deliberation and caution in how you use force. Hard aspects to/from Mars always require that we moderate or antidote impulsiveness and impatience.
We’re Actors On A New Stage With A New Set – The Bigger Picture
We’re still in the initial years of a new era in human evolution. The Grand Mutation of Jupiter conjunct Saturn at 1 Aquarius began a new 20 year Aquarian Era in December 2020, as well as a new 200 year era, moving global energies out of Earth and into Air. We’ve begun to grow beyond the materialism of the past 200 years and have entered two centuries of Air emphasis, with its qualities of relatedness, receptivity, versatility, movability, lightness, and cooperative ideas, visions, and ideals.
We’re still "under the beams" of the Solar Eclipses of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, and these “cosmic recyclers” continue to remove what we no longer need in our lives. Take note of where you have 1 Cancer, 24 and 13 Sagittarius, 20 Gemini, 10, 20 and 30 Aries, 11 Taurus, 11 and 22 Libra, and 2 Scorpio, since we’ve all had to let go of many things related to these sectors the past few years. We have two more eclipses coming this month, a Lunar eclipse at 16 Virgo/Pisces, and a Solar eclipse at 30 Virgo. Both of these begin endings wherever they hit in your chart.
As we study how successive Eclipses have affected various areas of our charts and lives, we can get a sense of the utility of these “Cosmic Recyclers” in removing what we no longer needed in those areas, creating a void which attracted new life experiences. They invite us to look back, and then forward, to see the continuity of “letting go, taking in, letting go, taking in” across the years.
Primary Action Beats for the First Half of the Month
As mentioned, September begins under the beams of the late August New Moon at 1 Virgo, bringing a lot of sacrifices and hard adjustments while it’s in play through the Equinox. Retire from old dramas and contemplate the heart energies being released, as this is a month to cultivate love.
The first week of the month shows Mercury making a quincunx to Saturn just before entering Virgo on September 2, after which it makes a quincunx to Neptune, creating an “offset Yod.” Sharing, non-possessiveness, and discernment are the qualities to express. It then squares Uranus, giving an ability to find a set of “liberating ideas” which will bring protection and lift us to “surer foundations.”
Other major events of the first week include Mars square Jupiter on September 4, so if you’re called to do something, do it in a big way while avoiding waste or extravagance. Get above the strife and ugliness while accepting a challenge to accelerate your growth. September 6 brings Uranus going stationary retrograde at 2 Gemini, the “Santa Claus” degree, showing future blessings to come as that degree is triggered by other transits.
On September 7, the New Moon of late August will begin to fulfull its “seed purpose” at the Full Moon Lunar eclipse just after Uranus goes stationary retrograde. That will be a “turning point” eclipse, with adjustments in our values and likes as we glimpse distant possibilities which likely won’t be developed until January.
The second week begins with the Full Moon at 16 Virgo/Pisces, after which there is maximum productivity of Sun sextile Jupiter and Mercury sextile Jupiter. The “fusion of Mind and Life” of the September 13 Superior conjunction of Mercury with the Sun at 21 Virgo is on a degree of stimulation through group exercise.
This will impact us for many weeks to come, so develop the physical to find personality integration. As Venus is sextile Mars the second week, we should see productive harmony in our interactions.
Primary Action Beats for the Second Half of the Month
The third week begins with Venus sextile Mars with a mixed bag of aspects the entire week in the run up to the Solar Eclipse of September 21 at 30 Virgo, promising the removal of all which keeps us in “a narrow destiny.” Other aspects the third week include Mercury quincunx Chiron, Venus trine Chiron, and Mars opposed Chiron on the 16th, followed by Mercury opposed Saturn, entering Libra, and then opposing Neptune while making trines to Uranus and Pluto.
On the 18th as Mercury makes the Grand Air Trine, Venus quincunxes Saturn and the Sun quincunxes Chiron, followed by Venus entering Virgo on the 19th and immediately creating a Yod with quincunxes to Neptune and Pluto while square Uranus. At the same time, we see Mars quincunx Saturn and Sun opposed Saturn, so the third week of September has a lot of hard adjustments, sacrifices, and realizations.
The third week ends and the fourth begins with the Solar eclipse, so get ready to leave the past behind this Autumn into the Spring. Immediately after the eclipse Mars enters Scorpio, we have the Autumn Equinox, Mars makes a Yod with Neptune and Uranus through September 25 as the Sun makes a Grand Air Trine and opposes Neptune, creating the third of the four “Peace Sign” configurations made between early August and mid-October.
As noted the last 10 days of September feature the Grand Air Trine of the Equinox, Mars entering Scorpio and making a Yod with Neptune and Uranus while squaring Pluto, so adjust and try not to let things get blown out of proportion, even if you have to turn the corner and/or say goodbye.
Evolutionary Development
This is the eighth month of the North Node in Pisces era! This is a time to grow through empathy, compassion, and forgiveness, demonstrated through our sense of service. We will grow in our “nonlocal awareness” and tune into what Neptune and Saturn have taught us about Pisces while “showing what we know” wherever we have late Virgo.
The Sun in Virgo is a time to take the Light of new “radiations of heart energy” of Leo and give them “significant form” in Virgo, where we learn that “to rule is to serve.” We are now able to ground a lot in practical forms and structures, and should be able to make a lot of progress in whatever we do. Now that we’ve looked back via Mercury in August, we all have messages to give and receive in September and October. .
Because we’re in the fifth year of a new 20 year and 200 year cycle, remember a new era has dawned. Have courage and take the initiative to leave the Earth and fly free as the Grand Mutation expands its promise into the Divine transfigured ideal of a more just truth and future. While the old dies, the new has arrived!
Even though the ideal is far away, we are the midwives and mid-husbands to a new way of relating to Life, Energy, Consciousness, each other, and the Earth Herself. Because our essential nature is Loving Wisdom, remember to lighten up, play a little, and be willing to explore new arenas of effective activity where you can work and play with other Light Spirits. This is the time to take heart as we navigate the dawning of the Pluto in Aquarius era.
We have now collectively transfigured into a greater vision of the one Light/Life we all are together. Continue to find your heart strength and new forms of genuine happiness appropriate for who you are now, and who you are becoming relative to just a few months ago.
We now navigate the cosmic time-space between endings and beginnings so bless and forgive much to flow down the time stream. The past is over and we all have begun our trek into a new world of new potential, new adventures, and new ways to enjoy being ourselves while doing our work of Destiny. Open to the abundance of the process of growth, since we are all on a rocket ship to the stars!
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Until next month
(or whenever we meet again, since tomorrow is never guaranteed)
Robert Wilkinson
Editor, AAZ Newsletter
http://www.aquariuspapers.com
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