A lively, sociable chapter opens today - helpful for networking, catching up with friends and family, and diving into your local scene. If you've been toying with launching a blog, website or boosting your social media presence, the coming weeks are perfect. Your words and ideas carry extra pizzazz, so use them to connect and inspire, Leo.

You could spend time thinking about the direction of your life and what you might do to improve it. You may be aware of emotional baggage holding you back - and this is a good time to let some of it go. Streamlining your finances could also relieve stress and enable you to set money goals you're genuinely motivated to work towards.

Your words are like honey, your ideas sharp and curiosity unstoppable. With electrifying energies in play, expect exciting developments in friendships, networks or group projects. Some relationships may undergo a deep shift sparked by a single discussion or clever idea. Stay open to new alliances, one encounter could change so much.

With Venus in your sign for the first three weeks of September and forging good connections along the way, your sense of desirability can be boosted. And you'll likely be no slouch creatively either. But where you connect to anyone closely, be it financially, emotionally or intimately, with the mighty Saturn back into your 8th House, if there are parts of this that are not working, use the energies of the chatty Mercury to gather the details and share your case. If the daily budget does require a trim, there may be old skills or experiences which can be repurposed in the here and now to aid your income. As September goes on, things will speed up, and so will your reflexes, Leo.