Buckle up, star travelers this month is an exciting one, with major astrological events ahead. Check out some of our highlights coming up this month below:
• SEP 8: Total Lunar Eclipse
This will be our second total lunar eclipse of this year (Happening at around 6:30am). Our next one that will happen, will fall on March 3, 2026!
• SEP 21: Saturn at Opposition
This means that Saturn, will lie on the opposite side of Earth to the Sun, and which also would make it visible from sunset to sunrise. Keep an eye out!
• SEP 22: Partial Solar Eclipse
This is our second partial solar eclipse of 2025 (About 70% is covered). The eclipse will be visible at sunrise on Monday, September 22 at around 7:40am!
SATURN
Saturn is the flashy diva of our solar system, flaunting its iconic rings made of icy debris like cosmic jewellery. Despite its massive size, it’s mostly hydrogen and helium, making it light enough to float in a giant bathtub, basically the universe’s largest rubber duck. With short 10.7-hour days but marathon 29-year orbits, Saturn lives fast and orbits slow, turning frozen trash into celestial glamour!
Southern Cross
The Southern Cross, or Crux, is the Southern Hemisphere’s built-in GPS. Small but mighty, this constellation always points towards South. With its iconic kite shape, it’s guided travellers for centuries and even stars on flags like Australia’s and us here in New Zealand. It may not be the flashiest constellation, but when it comes fame and function, it definitely shines the brightest!
Scorpius
Scorpius is the zodiac’s bold and dramatic scorpion, complete with a curling tail and a fiery red heart star, Antares. It’s one of the rare constellations that actually looks like what it’s named after and it’s got the mythological street cred too, said to have taken down Orion, who now keeps his distance on the other side of the sky. Spot the space scorpion strutting after dark!
