Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in SAGITTARIUS.
Happy Birthday for Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026:
You’re decisive, progressive and forceful. You will let nothing stand in your way. This is a year of completion and endings. Take inventory of your life. Let go of the people, places and things that hold you back. Do some internal and external housecleaning. Focus on being compassionate and loving.
ARIES
(March 21-April 19)
★★★★
Today is full of playful opportunities! It’s a great day to travel. It’s also a wonderful day for learning and studying. Anything related to important papers, universities and higher education will flourish. This is a good time to sort through the details of a vacation itinerary. Tonight: Do something different.
TAURUS
(April 20-May 20)
★★★★
Financial discussions, especially related to home, family or real estate will go well today. This is a wonderful day to get a loan or mortgage or to explore new aspects of dealing with shared property or anything that is jointly owned, including inheritances. You’re in the zone! Tonight: Check your finances.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 20)
★★★★
This is an excellent time for important discussions with partners, spouses and close friends. You’ll be generous, fair-minded and upbeat. But at the same time, you’ll be realistic and grounded. Plans made today will have a good chance for success tomorrow. Tonight: Listen to someone.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22)
★★★★
Today promises success and productivity for you. Work hard. Not only will you impress bosses and people in authority, you can do something to boost your income now or in the future. Work-related travel might occur for some of you. Go after what you want! Tonight: Work.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22)
★★★★
It’s a lucky day for you! The Moon is in your “home” dancing beautifully with Jupiter in your sign, and also with stern Saturn. This favors all kinds of ventures, including business, publishing, higher education, medicine and the law, as well as doing what is important to you. Sweet! Tonight: Play!
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
★★★
Relax at home if you can today. You might find it rewarding to explore personal issues, as well as your spiritual life. You will feel content. A serious discussion with an older family member about debt and shared property might take place. (It’s all good.) Tonight: Relax.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
★★★★
Your communication skills are great today (which is nothing new). Short trips, visits with siblings, relatives and neighbors plus a chance to learn or teach will please you. Activities with groups and friends will delight. Serious discussion with a partner or spouse will be productive. Tonight: Listen and learn.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
★★★★
This is a good money day for you. For example, it’s a good day to ask for a raise or a promotion. You’ll impress co-workers and bosses. Not only are you hard-working and productive right now, today you’re also diplomatic and charming. Go for the gold! Tonight: Maintain your possessions.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
★★★★
You are blessed today because the Moon is in your sign dancing beautifully with both Jupiter and Saturn, which gives you a wonderful sense of balance when dealing with both work and play. Explore opportunities to travel. Likewise, explore opportunities in publishing, the media, medicine and the law. Tonight: You’re in charge.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
★★★
Remember to be patient with partners and close friends while fiery Mars is opposite your sign. Travel opportunities and a chance to explore avenues in publishing, medicine and the law are favorable. Likewise, relations with friends and groups are cozy. Negotiations will favor you today. Tonight: Enjoy solitude.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
★★★★
Your communication skills are great today, which is why you’ll enjoy schmoozing with friends and groups. Likewise, talking to members of the general public will also be successful. You have a nice balance between optimism and grounded commonsense today. Tonight: Be friendly.
PISCES
(Feb. 19-March 20)
★★★
Today you’re high-viz, which means people notice you more than usual. But this is good news, because you make a fabulous impression on co-workers as well as anyone who holds the purse strings. Travel and a chance to meet someone difference will appeal. Tonight: Be kind and modest.
BORN TODAY
Actor Kyle Chandler (1965), actress Anne Bancroft (1931), hockey player Alexander Ovechkin (1985)
