Weekly Energy Forecast: September 15–21, 2025 "Tender Waters, Emerging Seeds"

Nicole Henley
Sep 15
11 min read

The days following a lunar eclipse always feel like standing on a shoreline that has just been rearranged by the tide. The sand is different beneath your feet. Some shells remain, some have been carried away, and new treasures glisten that you did not expect to find. Last week’s Pisces lunar eclipse was exactly that — a cleansing tide that stripped away what was tangled, dissolving illusions and sweeping open new space. Many of us felt the release viscerally, with tears, with heightened dreams, with a sense of endings that could not be avoided.

This week holds the threshold between what has been stripped away and what is waiting to be born. We are in the middle of the eclipse corridor, walking between the lunar eclipse of release and the solar eclipse of renewal still to come on the 21st. The air is charged with both vulnerability and anticipation, as though the soil has been freshly turned and we can feel the seeds stirring beneath, though they have not yet broken the surface.

The Page of Cups arrives to guide us here. In the last two weeks we walked with The Hermit, who asked us to turn inward, and The Chariot, who demanded mastery of our focus and will. Now the Page softens the ground, opening new emotional pathways. This is the card of innocence meeting intuition, of curiosity in the heart, of approaching life not with polished expertise but with openness. In the space between eclipses, the Page invites us to wonder again, to be willing to feel, to explore new beginnings in love, creativity, and vulnerability.

Current Energetic Climate

The energy this week is fluid, emotional, and deeply transitional. We are not yet through the eclipse season, and that means we are still in the process of clearing, still integrating endings, still tender from what has been dissolved. Eclipses operate on soul-time, not clock-time, so the reverberations of last week’s lunar eclipse ripple through us now, stirring feelings we may not have words for yet.

The climate feels like standing in a threshold where one door has closed but the next has not fully opened. There is grief here, for what has ended or is ending, but there is also a shimmer of hope, a quiet sense that something new wants to take form. The Page of Cups embodies this threshold beautifully. This card does not arrive with certainty or finality. It comes with a cup in hand, curious, tender, and open to surprise. It reminds us that after the depth and discipline of The Hermit and the determined drive of The Chariot, there must be space for softness. Growth is not just about effort and willpower, it is also about allowing ourselves to be surprised by joy, touched by unexpected connection, moved by our own emotional honesty.

This week’s climate is one of openness. To be willing to cry, to feel, to notice the way your body softens when something resonates, to allow new possibilities to flicker at the edges of your awareness. It is also a climate of integration, where the work of the past two weeks... the deep reflection of The Hermit and the focused determination of The Chariot... can settle into your system, preparing you to move forward with both strength and sensitivity.

Key Astrological Influences

Mercury post-retrograde shadow (until September 20) - Mercury continues through the final stretch of its post-retrograde shadow. We are not fully free of the echoes yet, and this week those echoes matter. Conversations carry weight. Words land as foundations. Mars still lends fire here, ensuring our communication is not only reflective but decisive. This is the last chance to revisit, clarify, and ground what was stirred during the retrograde. It is a moment to commit to agreements, to speak with clarity, and to understand that what is said now shapes the structures of the months ahead.
Venus trine Chiron (September 19) - Venus in Leo forming a trine with Chiron in Aries offers healing through love, connection, and vulnerability. This aspect softens us, asking us to let tenderness be the medicine. Old wounds in the heart may surface, but not to reopen. They arise now to be soothed, to be acknowledged, to be met with the compassion of Venus. In relationships, this is an opportunity to repair, to allow honesty to bring healing, and to experience how love can make space for the parts of us we once thought unworthy. It echoes the Page of Cups, reminding us that new emotional beginnings often require us to approach with innocence and openness, to risk being seen as tender and imperfect.
Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Virgo (September 21) - The week ends with a solar eclipse, a new moon in Virgo aligned with the nodes of fate. While lunar eclipses strip away, solar eclipses plant anew. In Virgo, this eclipse asks us to begin again with discernment, clarity, and devotion to what is real. It is not about grand declarations but about building new patterns that can last. This eclipse will close the corridor that opened with the Pisces lunar eclipse and offer a new beginning grounded in service, clarity, and integrity. Solar eclipses often bring destined shifts, and though their unfolding can take months, we will feel the seed being planted now.

Themes for the Week

Emotional honesty as strength - The Page of Cups reminds us that vulnerability is not weakness but initiation into deeper truth. In the wake of eclipse season, we stand raw, stripped of defenses, more porous to what is stirring within us. Emotional honesty in this climate is not about dramatics or display, it is not performance for others. It is the quiet courage of sitting with your own heart and saying, “This is what moves me. This is what aches. This is what I long for.” To practice this honesty is to let the heart unclench, to let the waters move freely again after being dammed.

There is a sacred power in admitting to yourself what is real, even when it disrupts the story you thought you were living. Eclipse energy does not allow pretense to last. This week, honesty becomes the foundation for the new season. To name your truth is to align with your own soul, and that is strength beyond measure.

Endings as preparation - Though the Pisces lunar eclipse has crested, its work is not finished. Endings are still unfolding, sometimes gently, sometimes with sharp clarity. This week may bring realizations about what cannot walk with you into the new chapter, what has reached its natural conclusion, or what was never sustainable to begin with. These endings are not punishments, they are pruning.

The Seven of Pentacles whispered this truth last week, and the Page of Cups carries it forward with tenderness. Pruning creates space. To let go of a relationship that no longer nourishes, to step away from a project that drains rather than sustains, or to release a version of yourself that has already outgrown its usefulness is not failure, it is alignment. The Page of Cups appears when the soil has been freshly cleared, reminding us that new beginnings root best in open ground. Endings do not mark depletion, they prepare the way for life to flourish in its true season.

New beginnings require curiosity - The Page of Cups does not arrive polished, practiced, or certain. He is a student of wonder. His gift is openness, and this is what the week calls us into. In the threshold between eclipses, it is easy to grasp for control, to demand clarity before the new shoots have even pierced the soil. But the Page tells us to loosen our grip, to allow curiosity to lead.

New relationships, fresh creative impulses, or unexpected stirrings of the heart are not meant to be fully defined this week. They are meant to be felt, noticed, nurtured lightly, like holding a seashell to your ear to hear the ocean inside. Let yourself be surprised by resonance, pay attention to what softens your body and awakens your imagination. The wisdom of innocence is that it does not rush to label. It trusts the process of becoming.

Healing through connection - The trine of Venus and Chiron brings tenderness into sharp relief. Wounds long carried may surface now, but not to reopen for suffering’s sake. They rise so that love, care, and presence can reach them. In the space of relationship, this week offers an opening for repair, for allowing connection to hold what once felt too fragile to show.

Healing through connection requires us to risk being seen in our vulnerability. When we meet another with honesty, when we allow them to witness the tender parts of us without armor, love becomes medicine. This does not mean perfection. It does not mean harmony without rupture. It means presence. Meeting each other where we are, with what we can offer, is enough. Venus trine Chiron reminds us that when we allow love to move through our lives as balm, even the deepest scars can soften, and trust can root where once there was only defense.

Tarot Insight: Page of Cups

The Page of Cups is the messenger of tender beginnings, a reminder that even in the aftermath of endings, life stirs quietly beneath the surface. Where the Hermit guided us into solitude to seek our own inner lantern, and the Chariot asked us to harness grief and hope into direction, the Page of Cups shifts us into a different posture: openness. If the Hermit was about listening inward, and the Chariot about steering outward, the Page is about receiving... the willingness to notice and nurture the first fragile whispers of the heart.

The Page of Cups is the card of emotional curiosity. It is not yet mastery, not yet certainty, not even stability. It is the flutter in the chest when you realize you might be ready to really feel again. It is the strange dream that lingers all morning, nudging you to pay attention. It is the first vulnerable words spoken, the moment where eye contact carries more truth than polished sentences. In the context of eclipse season, this card feels like new growth pushing up through soil that has only just been cleared. The field is still raw, still messy with endings... and yet, shoots of green appear.

There is something awkward, almost clumsy, about the Page of Cups. And that awkwardness is holy. This is the card that tells us: you don’t need to have it all figured out to begin again. You don’t need eloquence, or certainty, or even confidence. What matters is the willingness to be present with what arises, however unpolished. In this way, the Page offers us a model for tenderness in the in-between... not demanding perfection, but honoring sincerity.

Venus trine Chiron amplifies this message. When vulnerability meets kindness, wounds soften. When small gestures of love touch old scars, healing happens. The Page of Cups asks us to stay open to these moments. To not dismiss them as insignificant. The tiniest spark... a kind message, a sudden idea, a playful impulse...may hold the seed of something transformative. But only if we are willing to receive it.

The shadow of the Page of Cups warns us of projection, of seeing what we want to see rather than what is. In this eclipse threshold, where endings and beginnings blur, it is tempting to romanticize, to grasp at newness out of fear of emptiness. But the medicine of this card lies in balance: curiosity without illusion, vulnerability without self-abandonment. It asks us to be open without being naïve, tender without losing discernment.

Together with the eclipses, the Page of Cups becomes a call to trust the fragility of beginnings. Endings have stripped us down. The Hermit gave us wisdom. The Chariot gave us direction. The Page now offers permission to feel, to imagine, to start again from the heart. To cry, to laugh unexpectedly, to let a creative idea take shape without needing to know where it leads.

This card is not about grand declarations. It is about small truths, offered with honesty. It is about listening to the subtle shifts of your own heart and daring to honor them. The Page of Cups reminds us that every great river begins as a trickle, every lifelong bond begins with a single word, every masterpiece begins with a sketch. It may not look like much at first...

but it matters.

Ritual for the Week: Cup of Possibility

What you need:

A cup or small bowl of water
A soft piece of cloth or ribbon (representing what you wish to begin)
A journal and pen

Steps:

Light a candle in a quiet space, creating an atmosphere that is serene and inviting. Choose a spot where you can be undisturbed, allowing the gentle flicker of the flame to draw you into a state of calm. Sit comfortably, ensuring your body is relaxed and at ease. Position the water in front of you, its surface reflecting the light of the candle, symbolizing clarity and potential. As you settle into this moment, breathe deeply, inhaling slowly through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. With each breath, allow yourself to feel the threshold... acknowledge what has ended in your life, the chapters that have closed, and the tender edge of what wants to begin, the new possibilities that are waiting to unfold.
Dip your fingers in the water, feeling its coolness and purity. As you touch the ribbon or cloth, let it absorb the energy of your intentions. Whisper your intention for what you wish to begin, whether it be emotional openness, creative courage, clearer boundaries, or any other aspiration that whispers to your soul. Speak softly, letting the words flow naturally, as if sharing a secret with the universe. This act of vocalizing your desires helps to solidify them, giving them form and substance, inviting them into your reality.
Take a moment to write in your journal what message your heart wants to be heard—allow your thoughts to spill onto the pages without any censorship or explanation. Let it pour freely, like a stream of consciousness, capturing your innermost feelings, hopes, and dreams. This is a sacred space where you can express your truth without fear of judgment. Write until you feel a sense of release, a weight lifted, as the words transform into a tangible record of your intentions and desires.
Once you have written your intentions, press the ribbon or cloth to your lips or chest, holding it close to your heart. Let it symbolize your vow, even in its fragility, to begin this journey with tenderness, to receive the gifts that come your way, and to trust in the process of growth and change. This physical connection serves as a reminder of your commitment to yourself and your aspirations, reinforcing the bond between your intentions and your actions.
As you conclude this ritual, close with a moment of gratitude. Reflect on the journey you are embarking upon and the courage it takes to embrace new beginnings. Blow out the candle, allowing the smoke to carry your intentions into the universe. Carry the cloth or ribbon with you throughout the week, letting it serve as a tangible reminder that beginnings are indeed possible, even beneath the shadow of eclipse, where light and darkness dance in a delicate balance, symbolizing the beauty of transformation and renewal.

Affirmation for the Week

"I open my heart with courage. I welcome new beginnings with curiosity. I trust the endings that clear space for what is real."

Final Thought

We are walking between eclipses, guided now by the Page of Cups. This is a week of openness, of allowing yourself to feel, of letting tenderness lead. The Hermit taught us to trust our inner lantern. The Chariot demanded we master our will. Now the Page reminds us that the journey of mastery is not complete without the innocence of beginning again.

The lunar eclipse in Pisces has already stripped away what could not last. The solar eclipse in Virgo is waiting to plant new seeds. Between them, this week asks us to be soft enough to notice the waters moving within us, brave enough to name our feelings, and curious enough to step toward what is new.

Trust that the emotions rising now are not obstacles but invitations. Trust that the endings still unfolding are clearing space for beginnings that will actually sustain you. And trust that the openness of your heart is the truest guide you have in this season of change.