What’s Next For Your Zodiac Sign? How Fall 2024’s Eclipse Season & Retrograde Will Shake Things Up
Another summer has come and gone, and now we enter the season of letting go. Fall 2024 is amid Eclipse Season and Retrograde Season, and there is a lot to process, heal from, and renew over the next few months. Fall is also when the veil between this world and the next is the thinnest, and when a lot of spiritual insight, intuitive connection, and magic are born as well.
This fall, we are being asked to slow down and focus on what we are creating in our reality at every moment. This time is all about remaining present, grateful, and in tune with your soul’s desires.
Fall 2024 Cosmic Forecast: An Overview
Fall began on the first day of the Libra Season, Sep. 22, and this air sign energy is exactly what a lot of fall is about. We are processing, loving, and also learning how to go with the flow a little bit more after a more detail-oriented Virgo Season. One of the most significant transits happening this fall is the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Libra occurred on Oct. 2, facilitating changes, new beginnings, and breakthroughs in love.
This New Moon Eclipse is important because it is the last Libra Eclipse on the Libra/Aries axis, which began in early 2023 and will end in March 2025 with an Aries Eclipse. So think back to what you intended for and were trying to create in your life spring of 2023 to see what is culminating for you now. This is a beautiful eclipse of surprise opportunities in love and is all about finding your balance.
Saturn, Pluto, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Neptune, and Uranus are all Retrograde at one point this fall. Thankfully, Pluto goes direct in Capricorn at the beginning of fall on Oct. 11, and Mercury will only be Retrograde for a few weeks in Sagittarius from Nov. 25 until Dec. 15, however, with all of these retrogrades happening, there is a slowing down needed this fall.
Mars only goes retrograde only every two years so the fact that we are ending the year in a Mars retrograde is very telling. Mars will be in Leo from Nov. 3, 2024, until Jan. 17, 2024, and will be retrograde from in both Leo and Cancer from Dec. 6 until Feb 23. Mars is all about direction, passion, and energy, and you could be feeling a lack of all the above during this time. This retrograde overall is an opportunity to redirect your energy, refocus your goals, and take more time with the things that need to develop.
Before fall comes to a close, we have a Full Moon in Gemini and Mercury goes direct after being retrograde from Nov. 25 until Dec. 15. With this energy, there is more opportunity for nurture, understanding, and enjoyment as we end the season. Overall, fall is teaching us the importance of setting your intentions and being able to let go of them so that they can come true for you.
This is the time when your inspirations and passions are being highlighted, but also when the nuances of them are as well. You can find your abundance in the here and now, and it’s all about remembering your power in life and in love.
Read for your sun and rising sign below to see how Fall 2024 will be for you.
Your Fall 2024 Horoscopes For Every Zodiac Sign
ARIES
Blessings are coming to fruition for you this fall, and you are experiencing some extra good luck and fortune during this time, Aries. Intentions are culminating, and you get to enjoy your manifestations with the people who love and support you 100% right now. Over the next few months, this is a good time to be with family, grow in abundance, allow people to support you, and plant your roots.
We have a Supermoon in Aries at the start of fall on Oct. 17, and a lot of eyes are on you right now. Life is coming full circle in a way to where you are feeling appreciative of everything that has happened until now and where other people want to come in and further support you as well.
TAURUS
This fall is about your healing journey, Taurus. There is a lot to process right now, and you are learning to protect your energy more. With an Eclipse happening in your opposite sign as the season begins, you are being redirected almost immediately and are being given space to change course. Relationships are a highlight for you this fall, and you will be learning through what is reflected to you in love.
The Supermoon in your sign on Nov. 15 is a good time for you to let go of a lot of the emotional heaviness you have been feeling in your life and to give yourself a fresh start. Use this fall as an opportunity to grow closer to your heart and to understand the different patterns in love that have been playing out for you this year.
GEMINI
This fall is a time of partnership for you, Gemini. You are aligned with love and are experiencing the benefits of a good connection. You have focused a lot on self-love this year, with Jupiter entering your sign, and Jupiter will be going retrograde in Gemini from Oct. 9 until Feb. 4, 2025, helping you further strengthen this energy in your life.
This Jupiter retrograde for you is sure to bring changes in your personal life, and you are refocusing your goals and intentions towards a broader, more expansive perspective.
Before fall ends, we have a Full Moon in Gemini, and Gemini Full Moons are always the wildcards of the year, and you are feeling excited about what’s leaving your life and what’s coming in. You are embracing change this fall, and it’s serving you and your love life well.
CANCER
Fall 2024 is a time when you are owning your abundance, Cancer. The next few months will be more career-focused and goal-oriented for you due to Mars in your sign for the first few months. With Mars, the planet of passion and action, in Cancer, you are getting a lot done this fall, and this energy is helping you financially. You are feeling good in health and spirit, and your power of attraction is especially prominent now.
This is the time of the year to invest in yourself and your goals and when you should be focused on moving forward first and foremost. The first half of the fall for you is about taking action, and then once Mars goes retrograde in your financial zone from Nov. 3 until Jan. 6, you will want to slow down on spending, strengthen your talents, and focus on financial stability.
LEO
This fall is an opportunity for you, Leo. You are being approached with many new doors opening, but you may also feel tested to perform, have all the right answers, or trust your intuition more right now as well. The most significant transit for you this fall is Mars entering your sign from Nov. 3 until Jan. 6 and being retrograde here from Dec. 6 until Jan. 6.
When Mars is direct in your sign for those two months, this is a very positive, abundant, and successful time for you and space when you are experiencing some happy and fortunate outcomes in your life. You have renewed spice for life and are meeting things head-on. Once Mars goes retrograde as we end fall, you move into a season of understanding yourself, goals, and intentions better and making sure your actions reflect who you are or who you want to be.
VIRGO
Fall is a time of learning more about yourself and the people in your environment, Virgo. You are focused on overcoming miscommunications and aligning more with how you see yourself or how you want to show up in the world. You are being asked to trust yourself and your intentions more and focus on forgiving those who you feel are committed to misunderstanding you.
With Mars in your 12th house of closure for most of this fall, you are moving through a lot of culminations at this time and are putting some old energy and experiences to rest. The focus right now should be on healing, being creative, not letting anyone disrupt your peace, and choosing to be around more supportive and compassionate people and energy.
LIBRA
You are the star of the show this fall, Libra. With Libra Season being the beginning of fall, this is your time of the year to showcase who you are, shine, and go after your dreams. There are a lot of new opportunities falling into your lap during this time.
With a New Moon Solar Eclipse in Libra on Oct. 2, you are seeing some significant manifestations come to fruition for you at the beginning of fall and over the next few months.
Your focus right now should be on new beginnings, new energy, and the new doors opening for you. If you could envision everything you are currently hoping for come true for you, what would that feel and look like? This fall for you is all about believing in miracles, Libra.
SCORPIO
You have a good balance and inner harmony with you this fall, Scorpio. With Scorpio Season in the middle of beautiful fall, you flow well with the energy of this time, and there is synergy in what you are letting go of and moving into right now. This is a time of emotional freedom, comfort, and feeling heard, supported, and cherished in your relationships.
With a New Moon Eclipse happening in your 12th house as fall begins, you are entering this time experiencing the blessings that come from letting go of what is no longer serving you. With a New Moon also happening in your sign on Nov. 1, mid-fall is a great time for you to manifest, focus on your personal goals, and make space for your dreams to come true.
SAGITTARIUS
This fall is a new beginning in love for you, Sagittarius. There are opportunities coming in for you to make a fresh start of the heart, and you are feeling optimistic about where life is taking for you right now. However, at the end of the fall, there is a need to readdress some personal issues or challenges you may have been facing when it comes to expressing yourself and getting your message across, with Mercury going retrograde in your sign from Nov. 25 until Dec. 15.
You are going to be moving through a lot of changes in communication and who you are connecting with, but with a New Moon in your sign before fall ends on Dec. 1, you are feeling more than capable to address challenges head-on and create positive change in your life.
CAPRICORN
Fall is about giving yourself a break from trying to force outcomes and noticing how many good things fall into your lap when you just allow them to. Many dreams and opportunities are coming to fruition for you over the next few months, and this is an emotionally fulfilling season of the year for you.
With Pluto going direct in your sign on Oct. 11 after being in retrograde since early May, you get to enter the season with a huge weight off your shoulders and your heart. You are feeling empowered by the changes you have been through over the past six months and are feeling a liberation to create, be, and experience all this life has to offer you. Some pleasant surprises are in store for you this fall, Capricorn.
AQUARIUS
This fall is about opening your heart, Aquarius. Opportunities for new developments and strengthening bonds in love are possible for you now, and you are being admired for who you are and how you love. Pluto goes direct at the beginning of fall and enters your sign on Nov. 19 until 2043.
This is a very significant transition to have in your lifetime, and you are moving into a journey of redefining yourself, your goals, your image, and your personality.
You are shining in what is authentic for you, and you have a lot of opportunities to attract success to you with this energy. Before fall ends, Venus enters your sign from Dec. 7 until Jan. 2, and you are ending the year with love blessing you in a new way.
PISCES
Opportunities, success, and romance are flowing through your world this fall, Pisces. This fall is a full-circle experience for you, and many things you were hoping for in love are coming true for you during this time. With Saturn going direct in Pisces on Nov. 15 after being Retrograde here since late June, you finally get a chance to use what you have learned about yourself and your relationships these past few months.
You are giving and receiving love freely, and this is an emotionally successful time for you. Neptune will also go direct in Pisces on Dec. 7 after being Retrograde here since early July, and there is overall less pressure in your life and more love this fall.
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Tayler Barakat is a Mystic who has studied Astrology for over a decade. She does intuitive astrology and tarot readings for people all over the world, and her work focuses on healing and empowering individuals. Follow her on Instagram @taylerbarakat_ and check out her website www.listentothevirgo.com.
For Us, By Us: How HBCU Alumni Are Building Legacies Through Entrepreneurship
Homecoming season is here, and alumni are returning to the yard to celebrate with their friends and family at the historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that have changed their lives forever.
No matter where their life journeys have taken them, for HBCU students from near and far, returning to where it all started can invoke feelings of nostalgia, appreciation for the past, and inspiration for the future.
The seeds for these entrepreneurs were planted during their time as students at schools like Spelman, North Carolina A&T, and more, which is why xoNecole caught up with Look Good Live Well’s Ariane Turner, HBCU Buzz’s Luke Lawal and Morehouse Senior Director of Marketing and Comms and Press Secretary Jasmine Gurley to highlight the role their HBCU roots play in their work as entrepreneurs, the legacy they aim to leave behind through the work that they do, and more as a part of Hyundai’s Best In Class initiative.
On Honoring HBCU Roots To Create Something That Is For Us, By Us
Ariane Turner
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When Ariane Turner launched Look Good, Live Well, she created it with Black and brown people in mind, especially those with sensitive skin more prone to dryness and skin conditions like acne and eczema.
The Florida A&M University graduate launched her business to create something that addressed topical skin care needs and was intentional about its approach without negative terminology.
Turner shared that it is important to steer clear of language often adopted by more prominent brands, such as “banishing breakouts” or “correcting the skin,” because, in reality, Turner says there is nothing wrong with the way that our skin and bodies react to various life changes.
“I think what I have taken with me regarding my HBCU experience and translated to my entrepreneurial experience is the importance of not just networking,” Turner, the founder and CEO of Look Good, Live Well, tellls xoNecole.
“We hear that in business all the time, your network is your net worth, but family, there’s a thing at FAMU that we call FAMU-lee instead of family, and it’s very much a thing. What that taught me is the importance of not just making relationships and not just making that connection, but truly working on deepening them, and so being intentional about connecting with people initially, but staying connected and building and deepening those relationships, and that has served me tremendously in business, whether it’s being able to reach back to other classmates who I went to school with, or just networking in general.”
She adds, “I don’t come from a business background. As soon as I finished school, I continued with my entrepreneurial journey, and so there’s a lot of that traditional business act and the networking, those soft skills that I just don’t have, but I will say that just understanding how to leverage and network community and to build intentional relationships is something that has taken me far and I definitely got those roots while attending FAMU.”
On Solving A Very Specific Need For The Community
Luke Lawal Jr.
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When Luke Lawal Jr. launched HBCU Buzz, his main focus was to represent his community, using the platform to lift as they climbed by creating an outlet dedicated to celebrating the achievements and positive news affecting the 107 historically HBCUs nationwide.
By spotlighting the wonderful things that come from the HBCU community and coupling it with what he learned during his time at Bowie State University, Lawal used that knowledge to propel himself as an entrepreneur while also providing his people with accurate representation across the internet.
“The specific problem in 2011 when I started HBCU Buzz was more so around the fact that mainstream media always depict HBCUs as negative,” Lawal says. “You would only see HBCUs in the mainstream media when someone died, or the university president or someone was stepping down. It was always bad news, but they never shed light on all the wonderful things from our community."
So, I started HBCU Buzz to ensure the world saw the good things that come from our space. And they knew that HBCUs grew some of the brightest people in the world, and just trying to figure out ways to make sure our platform was a pedestal for all the students that come through our institutions.”
“The biggest goal is to continue to solve problems, continue to create brands that solve the problems of our communities, and make sure that our products, our brands, our companies, and institutions are of value and they’re helping our community,” he continues. “That they’re solving problems that propel our space forward.”
On How Being An HBCU Alum Impacts The Way One Shows Up In The World
Jasmine Gurley
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Jasmine Gurley is a proud North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alum. She is even more delighted with her current role, which enables her to give back to current HBCU students as the Senior Director of Brand Marketing and Communications and official press secretary at Morehouse College.
“It was a formative experience where I really was able to come into my own and say yes to all the opportunities that were presented to me, and because of that, it’s been able to open the doors later in life too,” says Gurley of her experience at North Carolina A&T. “One thing I love about many HBCUs is that we are required to learn way more about African American history than you do in your typical K through 12 or even at the higher ed level."
She adds, “It allowed us to have a better understanding of where we came from, and so for me, because I’m a storyteller, I’m a history person, I’m very sensitive to life in general, being able to listen to the stories and the trials that our ancestors overcame, put the battery pack in my back to say, ‘Oh nothing can stop me. Absolutely nothing can stop me. I know where I came from, so I can overcome something and try anything. And I have an obligation to be my ancestors’ wildest dreams. Simultaneously, I also have a responsibility to help others realize that greatness.
Gurley does not take her position at an HBCU, now as a leader, lightly.
“People think I’m joking when I say I’m living the dream, but I really am,” she notes. “So I wake up every day and know that the work that I do matters, no matter how hard it might be, how frustrating it may be, and challenging it. I know the ripple effect of my work, my team, and what this institution does also matter. The trajectory of Black male experiences, community, history, and then just American advancement just in general.”
On the other hand, through her business, Sankofa Public Relations, Gurley is also on a mission to uplift brands in their quest to help their respective communities. Since its inception in 2017, Sankofa PR has been on a mission to “reach back and reclaim local, national, and global communities by helping those actively working to move” various areas of the world, focusing on pushing things forward for the better.
“Through Sankofa, we’ve worked with all different types of organizational brands and individuals in several different industries, but I would think of them as mission-based,” says Gurley.
“So with that, it’s an opportunity to help people who are trying to do good in the world, and they are passionate about what they’re doing. They just need help with marketing issues, storytelling, and branding, and that’s when my expertise can come into play. Help them get to that moment where they can tell their story through me or another platform, and that’s been super fulfilling.”
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If you've been on TikTok lately, then you've probably engaged with a video or two about using castor oil to get great health benefits. As someone into holistic remedies and Ayurvedic medicine, I had to see what all the hype was about.
Now, I've already had a few experiences with castor oil. Years ago, I used to apply black Jamaican castor oil to my hair and my eyebrows to help them grow.
Also, my mom has often shared with me that growing up, my grandma would make them drink a spoonful of castor oil before starting the new school year.
According to her and other people 50+, drinking castor oil prevented them from getting sick, but it has an unpleasant taste. Fast forward to the present, we're seeing many people use castor oil in a variety of ways. Read below to see how to use castor oil and its benefits.
Castor Oil Benefits
Many TikTokers using castor oil claim that it brightens the skin, can shrink fibroids and cysts, supports liver and digestion, helps with menstrual cramps, can assist with weight loss, and more.
WebMD, however, lists castor oil benefits as constipation relief, may help to induce labor, may help heal wounds, and may help with inflammation due to its anti-inflammatory properties. Castor oil is made from seeds of the castor plant and it is very thick.
How To Use Castor Oil:
Castor Oil Packs
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Castor oil packs are an ancient practice that claims to help aid digestion, detox the liver, keep your stomach flat, and relieve menstrual cramps, especially when used with a hot water bottle. When wearing it to bed, beware that the oil can stain your sheets.
Drink It
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Some people are using castor oil as a full body detox. TikToker @maryamjhampton shows us how to do it.
Rub Castor Oil Into Your Navel
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One of the most talked about ways to apply castor oil is by rubbing some into your navel. Some claim that it gave them the best sleep ever, and Dr. Bala explains why. Check out what she says in the TikTok above.
Add It To Your Skincare Routine
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TikToker @itsjenniva claims using castor oil has gotten rid of dark circles and overall brighten her skin. However, she did say that her skin went through a purge after using it. Speak to your dermatologist before adding it to your skincare routine.
Side Effects
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Although castor oil is a natural product, it can have some risks. It can cause skin irritation, and if you apply too much oil on your stomach or ingest too much, it can send you running to the bathroom.
While there isn't any scientific evidence that proves most of the claims are true, that shouldn't stop you from trying these tips. But make sure to start with a small amount to ensure no irritation occurs.
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