Mars square Jupiter was exact on September 8, 2025, with Mars at 18° Libra square Jupiter at 18° Cancer, but the square remains active while both planets stay within orb. That means the pressure continues through this week.

Mars at 18° Libra is conflict through alliances, confrontations that play out in the open, and fights tied to law, justice, and public image. Mars does not fight directly here. It negotiates, strategizes, and uses others as proxies. Mars in Libra pushes disputes into courts, contracts, and partnerships where fairness and balance are demanded but rarely delivered cleanly. This is the warrior in a courtroom, the protester in the street, the deal brokered with a sharp edge underneath.

Jupiter at 18° Cancer blows it up emotionally and ties it to protection of home, family, and country. Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, so its reach is magnified. It feeds on loyalty, belonging, and shared identity, expanding the stakes around who is safe and who is excluded. Jupiter here fuels both generosity and nationalism. It can open its arms to nurture, or slam the gates shut in defense of the family or tribe. When pressured by Mars, it tends to magnify fears of invasion and amplify calls to defend what is ours.

A square is tension. Two planets at ninety degrees to one another are forced into confrontation. They cannot ignore each other, and they cannot blend smoothly. Mars at 18° Libra wants action in relationships, Jupiter at 18° Cancer wants growth and security in home and family, and in a square they push each other into excess. Mars square Jupiter is notorious for escalation. It inflames conflicts, drives people to overreach, and turns small sparks into big fires. It can also bring courage and bold moves, but almost always with higher risks and bigger consequences. This square between Mars at 18° Libra and Jupiter at 18° Cancer remains in orb until mid-September, so expect more fights around who has authority, who gets to enforce the law, and what protection really means. Mars in Libra pushes alliances and coalitions into the fray, while Jupiter in Cancer demands loyalty to family, community, and nation.

In the days surrounding the exact square, the effects were clear. On September 4 ICE raided a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia, detaining workers. On September 6 thousands marched in Washington, D.C. against the federal takeover of the police. And on September 8 the Supreme Court handed DHS a win in Perdomo v. Noem, keeping immigration crackdowns alive in Los Angeles. In each case Mars at 18° Libra made the clash visible, Jupiter at 18° Cancer magnified the stakes, and the escalation came fast.

Mars-ruled, Aries Rising people rarely sit still for long, and like the people it rules Mars moves on quickly from its tense conflict with Jupiter at 18° Cancer. They are no longer within 8° of orb by September 15. Following the square with Jupiter, and right at the next eclipse, Mars enters Scorpio at 0° on September 22 and immediately locks horns in another square, this time with Pluto at 1° Aquarius on September 24.

Mars square Pluto at 1° Scorpio and 1° Aquarius can be ruthless, raging, and cold as ice. It exposes power struggles, corruption, and fights for control that reach to the bone. This is not just about arguments or public clashes anymore. It is about who holds the reins and what they are willing to do to keep them. Pluto does not ever have to be painful. You just have to be willing to stand publicly bare in who you are and let go of anything that you are not. That is all, nothing big. This aspect and the situations and emotions that come with it ease once they separate beyond 5° on October 2.

Mars at 0° Sagittarius then marches toward a direct opposition with Uranus at 0° Gemini on November 4, setting off shocks, rebellions, and sudden breaks from the status quo. The sequence shows Mars carrying the conflict forward, shifting it from overt public fights at 18° Libra into raw struggles for dominance and unexpected upheavals through Scorpio and Sagittarius.

The September 21, 2025 Solar Eclipse at 29° Virgo lands right in the middle of this sequence. It closes out Virgo season and begins a new six-month phase, but more than that, it is part of the Virgo–Pisces eclipse cycle that runs from September 17, 2024 to February 20, 2027. This eclipse is the fourth in that axis, carrying forward a process that pulls between Virgo and Pisces. Virgo is the sign of labor, health, and skill, where service is measured in the small things done right and the standards that hold daily life together. Pisces is the sign of institutions and collective tides, including government, religion, and hidden systems of power, but also hospitals, prisons, and places where people are out of sight. It speaks to faith, art, dreams, compassion, and imagination, yet also to deception, delusion, and mass movements that sweep past the individual.

There are four Virgo eclipses in this cycle:

• Mar 13, 2025 — Lunar Eclipse — 23° Virgo #2
• Sep 21, 2025 — Solar Eclipse — 29° Virgo #4 <— We are HERE.
• Mar 3, 2026 — Lunar Eclipse — 12° Virgo #5
• Feb 20, 2027 — Lunar Eclipse — 2° Virgo #7

There are three Pisces eclipses in this cycle:

• Sep 17, 2024 — Lunar Eclipse — 25° Pisces #1
• Sep 7, 2025 — Lunar Eclipse — 15° Pisces #3
• Aug 28, 2026 — Lunar Eclipse — 4° Pisces #6

With Mars entering Scorpio at 0° and squaring Pluto at 1° Aquarius on the very day of the Virgo Solar Eclipse, its force is braided directly into this axis. The Virgo–Pisces eclipses are testing how the practical and detailed work of Virgo intersects with the vast, often hidden systems of Pisces. Mars guarantees that what begins with this eclipse will not stay abstract. It will move into action, conflict, and consequence.

What’s Next?

Mercury Virgo 28° Opposite Saturn Pisces 28° – September 17 2025
Mercury in Virgo wants precision, clarity, and systems that hold up under scrutiny. Saturn retrograde in Pisces pushes back with limits, delays, and reminders that not everything can be measured or controlled. The clash brings pressure between facts and faith, data and belief, detail and the vast unknown. Expect sobering news, blocked communication, or the need to take responsibility for what is said. This is a reckoning for words and information, where mistakes are called out and flaws in systems are exposed.