This Is The Season Your Soul’s Been Waiting For; Why NOW is The Perfect Time for Transformation
After the New Moon in Virgo and the start of Virgo season in the last weeks of August we are stepping into September renewed and ready to hone in. The air shifts almost imperceptibly at first—the light softens, the evenings grow cooler, and there’s a new rhythm in the way the Earth breathes.
This transition into Autumn is one of the most beautiful times of the year, carrying with it both a sense of preparation and a quiet anticipation of the deep transformations to come.
This September, it is not only the seasonal turn that we are moving through, but a profoundly charged astrological moment: eclipse season, four planets retrograding, and Virgo’s discerning guidance leading us into the darker half of the year. The invitation could not be clearer. This is not a season for simply floating along. This is the season your soul has been waiting for.
Virgo Season: The Energy of Refinement
Virgo season brings us a ‘back-to-school’ energy, but that does not mean ‘nose-to-the-grindstone’, this energy is here to show us where things can be improved, highlighting wisdoms we’ve learned through this year, and how to start implementing what we’ve learnt.
Virgo is all about refinement. This earth sign doesn’t thrive in mindless busyness or in forcing productivity for productivity’s sake. Instead, Virgo energy whispers: Where can I align more deeply with what feels true? What small adjustments would bring me closer to my authentic rhythm?
Virgo is ruled by Mercury, the planet of the mind, but unlike Gemini—its airy sibling—Virgo channels Mercury’s quicksilver wisdom through the earth. This is thoughtful, embodied discernment. Virgo’s decisions aren’t made on a whim; they are grounded in reality, in what works, in what honours the body and the seasons of life.
This is the archetype of the Earth goddess and harvest witch, barefoot in the fields, hands covered in soil, deeply attuned to her gut instincts. Virgo embodies embodied choice—the practice of making decisions from the body, the belly, the intuition, not the mental chatter of external expectations.
If intuition still feels like a distant language, Virgo season is the perfect time to practice listening. Discernment is a muscle that strengthens with use. Start small: pause before saying yes, notice the signals in your body when something feels aligned or off-track, give yourself space to reflect before committing.
Virgo season teaches us that growth is not always about grand gestures but about the steady rhythm of daily practices. The invitation now is to honour our bodies, refine our systems, and make conscious choices that align with our deeper sense of wellbeing.
This period is rich for practical introspection, refinement, and setting foundations for lasting growth.
The Descent Begins
We are not only moving into Virgo season; we are also beginning our descent into the darker half of the year. From now until the Winter Solstice, the nights will lengthen, and nature herself turns inward; a natural time of introspection, doing the inner work, and gathering wisdom.
The outer world contracts so the inner world can expand. This descent is not something to fear. It is the natural rhythm of the wheel of the year. It is the home of Virgo and Scorpio —signs that know how to hold us through introspection, healing, and transformation.
Autumn is the season of harvesting what has been sown, but it is also the season of clearing. Fields are cut back, leaves fall, branches grow bare.
This season reminds us that pruning is not loss—it is an act of devotion to growth. Just as a tree sheds leaves so it can conserve energy for winter, we are invited to strip away what drains us, what no longer feels aligned, what keeps us tethered to an old version of ourselves.
We too are called to release.
A Sky Full of Shifts
As if the natural rhythm of Autumn weren’t potent enough, the astrology from September onwards intensifies this energy. We find ourselves under the influence of not two, not three, but four planets retrograding — Retrogrades are invitations to pause, review, and recalibrate. They ask us to revisit old lessons, to integrate wisdom we may have overlooked, and to slow down enough to catch what we missed the first time around.
And then—looming on the horizon—we meet eclipse season. The first arrives swiftly: a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on 7 September. This is only the beginning of a series of eclipses that will ripple through the next weeks, each one an energetic threshold, a cosmic portal, a moment when the veils thin between what has been and what is becoming.
Eclipse season always comes with intensity, but it also comes with undeniable clarity. Eclipses accelerate growth. They strip away illusions. They bring hidden truths to the surface. They reroute us when we’ve strayed too far from our path. While the changes they bring can be startling, even disruptive, they are always purposeful.
Think of eclipses as the universe taking you gently—but firmly—by the shoulders and saying: This way, love. This is where you’re meant to go.
The Season Your Soul Has Been Waiting For
There are times when the wheel of the year turns and the air itself feels charged, restless, humming with possibility. This is one of those times.
You may feel it already—a tug beneath the surface, a whisper in your body that something is about to shift. You are not imagining this. The season ahead is alive with potential. It is not passive. It is not neutral. It is a threshold moment, and the choice before you is simple: will you step through?
The astrology of this season is a sacred invitation. It asks us not to shrink back, but to meet transformation with openness instead of fear. It asks us to stop waiting for a safer, easier, or more convenient moment to claim the life we came here to live.
The message is clear: the time is now.
Cracking Open
The astrology of this moment is designed to bring us face to face with ourselves. Old stories may resurface. Long-suppressed truths may rise to the surface. Uncomfortable revelations may emerge. All of this is part of the cracking open.
Eclipses in particular are cosmic mirrors. They illuminate the shadow and reveal what we’ve been unwilling—or unable—to see. They are plot twists written by the stars. You thought you were heading one way, but suddenly the road bends, revealing a new destination you hadn’t imagined.
It can feel like the rug is being pulled from beneath you, but what is really happening is that the ground is shifting to support your next chapter. The disruption is temporary. The transformation is permanent.
The Beauty in the Intensity
Yes, the coming weeks will be intense. Transformation always is. But there is beauty in the intensity.
The fire that asks you to burn away what no longer serves you is also the fire that will forge you into something stronger, truer, and more alive. Virgo season steadies the flames, reminding us that growth is not reckless but deliberate. This isn’t about burning your entire life down. It’s about choosing, with intention, what is ready to be released and what is worth keeping.
Hesitation keeps us tethered to a version of ourselves that is already dissolving. But choosing—however imperfectly—to leap into alignment with the current of the cosmos allows us to move forward with grace.
And the current right now? It is fast-moving, transformative, drenched in possibility.
Why Now Matters Most
Eclipse season does not linger. These portals open briefly, bringing heightened clarity, acceleration, and alignment. To receive their gifts, we must be present. We must be willing.
This is not the time to wait until next year, or until life feels calmer, or until you feel ready. The astrology of this moment is asking for your courage now. To speak the words you’ve been holding back. To release the habits, relationships, or patterns that are too small for you now. To step boldly into the life that is calling.
The universe is working with you, not against you. The synchronicities, the endings, the beginnings, the strange sense of inevitability—they are all pointing you back home to yourself.
A Sacred Invitation
This is not just another September. This is not just another Virgo season. This is a sacred invitation.
To awaken.
To reclaim.
To become.
This is the season your soul has been waiting for.
How to Work with This Season
You do not need to have all the answers to step through this threshold. You only need willingness. Virgo teaches us that transformation is born not from dramatic gestures but from consistent, daily devotion. Small acts of alignment ripple outward into profound change.
Some ways to honour this season might include:
Deepening your connection to your body through gentle movement, nourishing foods, and rest.
Creating daily rituals—journaling, morning pages, evening reflection—that help you listen to your intuition.
Practising discernment: asking yourself before every yes, does this truly align with me?
Allowing space for release: clearing your home, your schedule, or your energetic field of what feels heavy.
Working intentionally with the eclipses: set time aside to journal, meditate, or simply sit in reflection as the energy peaks.
Remember, you are not doing this work alone. The cosmos is conspiring with you.
Self-Care Rituals
Light a candle in the evening as a symbol of the inner flame you carry into the darker months.
Brew a herbal tea (chamomile, lemon balm, or peppermint work beautifully) and drink it slowly, grounding yourself into your body.
Place your bare feet on the earth daily, even if just for a few minutes, to attune to Virgo’s earthy grounding.
Keep a dream journal—Pisces’ eclipse energy may bring profound insights through the dream world.
Create a small altar with symbols of harvest (seeds, grains, apples) as a reminder of the season’s abundance and refinement.
Walking With Guidance
Your healing, your clarity, your purpose—isn’t found in pushing harder…
…but in listening deeper.
In a world that values speed, productivity, and constant motion, choosing to slow down can feel radical. It can feel counterintuitive. Sometimes even uncomfortable. But nestled within the quiet, within the gentle exhale of pause, is a profound power. A place where our inner world finally catches up with our outer one. A place where clarity rises, healing begins, and our deepest knowing gently surfaces.
There is an art to slowing down. A rhythm that feels more like nature’s pace than the hum of modern life. It’s the rhythm of the heart, the turning of seasons, the unfurling of a leaf. And when we align ourselves with that slower, deeper current, we open the door to self-discovery, emotional alchemy, spiritual awareness, and a profound reconnection to our intuition.
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If we ever need a reminder of the wisdom in slowing down, we only need to look to nature.
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September is not just the start of a new month—it is a sacred turning point. Virgo steadies our hands, the eclipses open the doors, and Autumn ushers us inward toward transformation. This is not a time to wait. This is the time to step boldly, tenderly, courageously into the season your soul has been waiting for.
xo Emily
