Underwater Amsterdam | Netherlands

You always try to be fair, and your goal is to achieve inner peace. Each connection you form, however, seems to stimulate cacophony and disruption. There's always a complication or a red herring that drags you off track and way out on a limb. This month asks you to make the time to figure out what matters more to you: a continuous circus or peace and serenity. Although you look at others and blame them for your angst or upset, you need to remember that you chose these people and brought them into your life. What have these high maintenance connections taught you? Just think about this when you're not busily putting out fires that others set repeatedly around you. Recognize that they're not doing this to you; they're doing this because it's their part to play. If you're tired of this kind of lifestyle and are ready for something less dramatic with hilarious highs and self-loathing lows, you need to take responsibility for selecting the people and circumstances you engage with. Most of this month is about coming to this realization. You can't blame a person for being his or her authentic self – especially when you chose this person. Get yourself fixed first by getting very real starting on the 1st and continuing through the 30th. There are important planetary activities occurring this month, but nothing is more important than your getting honest with yourself. If you need to talk to someone who's not so besotted or protective of you that he or she has lost all objectivity, then do it. But if you can easily manipulate a therapist or doctor, you're attracting one more complicated character that you really don't need in your life. You need straight talk. And you need to be very honest with yourself. You're accustomed to holding in things until you explode or implode. Once that occurs, you point at someone or something as the cause. Libra: You have no concept of how magnificent, powerful, and potent you are. You have scripted this entire thing. Everyone around you is a bit player that you auditioned and hired. What you need to do this month is to strip away all the cover-ups, excuses, delaying tactics, and pointless people pleasing that always end up in disappointment. That's scary as hell, and you might not know where to start. That's where a therapist who's direct and honest comes in handy. And again, there is no blame here – only responsibility: self-responsibility. Take credit for everything that has happened on your watch. You created it and tweaked things so that they'd turn out the way they did. During the last two weeks of the month, the barn door gets blown off its hinges and the truth rushes out like the biggest sandstorm ever seen. It's almost blinding. But once you stop clinging to the misconception that you only play a supporting role, and accept the truth that you're the writer, director, producer, editor, and star of the whole saga, your entire body will relax. Breathing will be easier. Tensions will melt, slide off of you, and disappear. So, September is a big, life-changing month. Most of you have seen this coming, and deliberately cluttered your schedule to avoid it. No, no, no…. It's time to own the honor, respect, and love you created and deserve. It is all about YOU this month. Happy Birthday to all brave, courageous Librans. Monthly touchstone: Black Tourmaline.