horoscope-2026-09-11

A day after Venus, the planet of love left your relationship sector, Mercury returns. With less than 24 hours between Venus’ departure and Mercury’s return there has been no time for anything to go off the boil while at the same time, until the Sun returns in 12 days, on his own Mercury is able to focus on what, as the planet of communication he does best.

It is just as Venus, the planet of love is settling into her first full day in your relationship sector and as you embark on the first planetary activity on the relationship front this year, today’s New Moon in your romantic sector is making this a day for new beginnings all round. While Mercury, the planet of communication will leave your romantic sector today, you not only have Mars and the dwarf planet Ceres in your communication sector, but he will be joining Venus in your relationship sector in a few weeks.

A day after Venus, the planet of love left your romantic sector Mercury, the planet of communication returns to both take the next step and along with the Sun, who will return in 12 days, will help to keep the seat warm until she retrogrades back in for a do over next month. Meanwhile, where Venus has spent the last five weeks breathing new life into the spirit of romance, Mercury is returning to focus more on giving your heart a voice and putting heart and mind on the same page.

At the same time that Venus, the planet of love is settling into her first full day in your romantic sector, a New Moon in your communication sector has links to the past, present and future. As the most romantically charged months of 2026 begin, it is knowing that turning retrograde early next month, Venus will be opening the doors to the past and second chances. At the same time, as Mercury, the planet of communication leaves your communication sector, a New Moon that is all about new beginnings, has links to Juno, who is still in retrograde motion in your relationship sector.

A day after Venus, the planet of love left your communication sector, Mercury returns to both take her place and help you take the next step. Knowing that she will retrograde back in again later next month, rather than end, Venus’ mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice has simply been on hold. In the meantime, as the planet of communication, Mercury is able to get serious about the words themselves.

In a case of perfect timing, while after just 17 days in Virgo Mercury, the planet of communication leaves today, just as Venus is settling into her first full day in your communication sector. Knowing that in less than three weeks Mercury will be joining her there, having spent the last 17 days focused on getting the communication lines open across the board, Venus is able to focus more specifically on giving your heart and your relationships a voice.

A day after Venus, the planet of love left Libra, Uranus turns retrograde in an adventurous part of your chart. Already closely aligned with Pluto, who is already in retrograde motion in your romantic sector, this will see a mix of romance, adventure and nostalgia deepen, giving you even greater access to the past. With all three planets in your relationship sector in retrograde motion and Venus retrograding back into Libra for a do over next month, as you look to the future, the past looms large.

For the first time in 16 years, as Venus settles into her first full day in Scorpio, there are no planets in your romantic sector and in seven days, Chiron will retrograde back out of your relationship sector, leaving it empty for the rest of the year as well. Yet rather than the love and relationship gods deserting you just as there is a chance for new beginnings, after seven years of near continuous planetary activity on the relationship front as well, if the past has been your university, then this is graduation day.

As Venus, the planet of love settles into her first full day in a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart and of what will be her longest nostalgic trip down love’s memory lane in eight years, it is to find all three planets in your romantic sector in retrograde motion. With Chiron, the planet of healing also retrograding back into your romantic sector next week, this will add to a sense of romantic nostalgia that is going to deepen over the coming weeks.

On the same day that Chiron, the planet of healing not only moves into his final week in your romantic sector before retrograding back out next week, but from ending all planetary activity on the romantic front for the year, the Moon is in an adventurous part of your chart. Before leaving tomorrow and on the backside of today’s New Moon, the Moon’s friendly aspect to Chiron is helping to capture a sense of romance, adventure and nostalgia.

A day after Venus, the planet of love left an adventurous part of your chart, Mercury returns to take over from where she left off. Mercury is only a placeholder until Venus retrogrades back in for a do over next week and while his focus isn’t on bringing the spirit of romance and adventure as hers was, he is helping to maintain a connection with planets in your romantic sector that can do that.

It is just before Mercury, the planet of communication leaves your relationship sector today that the Sun and Moon align to create today’s New Moon. With Mercury leaving your relationship sector today and Chiron, the planet of healing seven days away from not only retrograding back out of your communication sector but from ending all planetary activity on the communication front for the year, with a last minute push to get the communication lines open.