Summer Winds Down As Virgo Season Rolls In — Here's What To Know

We've officially reached the last four weeks of summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. After an admittedly turbulent Leo season (thanks, Mercury retrograde), Virgo season is ready to kick off, marking a time of harvest, abundance, and preparing for the fall season to come.

For the next four weeks, the sun is cruising through practical and earthy Virgo. We're coming up on the halfway point of the astrological year with the fall equinox next month, and Virgo comes to transition us into fall.

During Virgo season, we have a chance to both collect the fruits of the first half of the astrological year and prepare for the waning of the year's energy come fall and winter.

As you may already know, Mercury has been retrograde since August 4. It started its retrograde course in Virgo and then moved back into Leo on August 14. We have another week to go, with Mercury finally stationing directly in Leo on August 28.

The retrograde haze around communication, travel, and technology will start to dissipate, only for Uranus and Pluto to go retrograde themselves a few days later. Both planets will begin their retrograde motion on September 1.

Uranus, as the planet of change and upheaval, will be retrograde in Taurus, highlighting themes around finances, material security, value systems, and pleasure.

On August 29, the planet of love, beauty, and pleasure moves into Libra—one of the two signs Venus happens to rule. So with Venus right at home here, we can all get a much-needed dose of softness and sweetness.

On September 2, the new moon in Virgo is the perfect opportunity to set your intentions for not only the rest of Virgo season but for the rest of the astrological year.

Virgo is an earth sign that values tangible results; it wants the best for itself—but also everyone else—because it is a sign of selfless service. In its idealism lies a quest for betterment, and what better time of year to focus on betterment than when we're coming up on the halfway point?

Just days before the autumn equinox, we have a full moon lunar eclipse in Pisces on September 17. Lunar eclipses are thought to be a time that bring our shadows to light, so we can no longer ignore them.