Written December 12, 2024

Astrological Predictions for 2025!

 Happy Winter Solstice  Merry Christmas 
  Happy Hanukkah  Happy New Year of 2025!

 

WINTER SOLSTICE GREETINGS!
 

The Winter Solstice arrives on Saturday, December 21, 2024, and marks the moment when we celebrate the return of the light of the Sun. As the days become longer, you too will experience a re-birth of inner spiritual light that you may use to set your intentions and pray for yourself and our world. 

Create Your Personal Blueprint
It is especially important to set your directional blueprint for the new year, as the possibilities for growth and change will abound in 2025. An elaborate symphony of upcoming celestial energies portend a quickening of life as we know it. These energies will support you where your intentions are well-aligned with the upcoming planetary energies, which will be individualistic, innovative, entrepreneurial, inventive, and even rebellious at times. This is to replace old systems with new ones that are less structured, less homogenized, and more tailored to each individual's reality and needs. 
 

Influential Planets Moving Into Fast-paced Fire and Air Signs 
This speedy evolution of Planet Earth is due to the unusual patterns being formed in the sky by four of the awareness-raising, outer planets that determine the tone and tenor of human consciousness: Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto-all moving into fire and air signs in 2025. This is more than double the typical amount of planets moving into new  constellations in one year. Normally, one or maybe two slow-moving outer planets move into a new sign in an average year. More than double the typical amount in activating fire and air signs portends a symphony of radical change. These changes will produce a new rhythm in your daily life. 

 

Fire & Air Sign Energy Come Together

The reason these planets are so powerful is that Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto circumscribe the largest orbits around the Sun of any of the known planets in our solar system, which also encompasses the Earth. Due to the larger size of their orbits relative to the orbit of the Earth, these slower-moving "outer" planets will make a profound impact upon our human lives. Additionally, due to the large circumference of their orbits, the outer planets spend great lengths of time in each constellation through which they pass. Therefore, the neutrino stream emanating from each constellation has more time to exert  its strong electromagnetic pull upon the development of human consciousness-a reflection of the consciousness in our universe. As above, so below. 
 

Extremely Rare Planetary Alignment
Typically, planets orbit through a mix of earth, water, fire, and air signs. In recent years, the outer planets all have been in relatively slow-paced earth and water sign. However, in 2025, the four outer planets all will have moved into fast-paced fire and air signs. This highly unusual planetary phenomenon has not occurred for thousands of years. If you feel we are already experiencing rapid changes, this dramatic planetary shift will bring even more accelerated and radical change to our world.  

 

Planetary orbits around the Sun

This cosmic shift began on November 19, 2024, when consciousness-raising Pluto moved into the technologically-oriented air sign of Aquarius from the governmentally-oriented earth sign of Capricorn, where it had been since 2008. Pluto's movement is at the core of the changes about to come, while the other outer planets, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, in fire and air signs, will  support the bold transformation Pluto will render. 

Power to the People
Pluto in Aquarius represents "power to the people."  Increasingly, you will have opportunities to self-govern rather than rely on outer governmental bodies to create just laws or provide support. We already are seeing the rule of law and ethics breaking down in government, the judiciary, and corporations. The people will increasingly take matters into their own hands. Some strong leaders will try to impose controls, but ultimately, they will not succeed. As I write this forecast, the dictatorial ruler of Syria fled his country and the people of South Korea rebuffed their leader's effort to impose martial law and he has been impeached. More of this kind of resistance will continue around the world. Discord within political parties will prevail as well. And governments will fall. In recent days [as of late 2024], the Prime Minister of France was toppled by a no-confidence vote and the German Chancellor also lost a confidence vote. [Addendum: Subsequent to the writing of this forecast in late 2024, the Prime Minister of Canada resigned on January 6, 2025, one of the many governments around the world that will dissolve in 2025.]

Revolutionary Times

Timing of Outer Planets Movement into Fire and Air Signs

Here is the timing of the planetary realignments (scroll down for explanations):

· Transformational Pluto entered Aquarius (air sign) - November 19, 2024 - 2044 (20 years)

o   Pluto had been in earth sign Capricorn since 2008

· Spiritual Neptune enters Aries (fire sign) - March 30, 2025 - 2039 (14 years)

o   Neptune had been in water sign Pisces since 2011

· Karmic Saturn enters Aries (fire sign) - May 24, 2025 - 2028 (2 1/2 years)

o   Saturn had been in water sign Pisces since 2023

· Innovative Uranus enters Gemini (air sign) - July 7, 2025 - 2033 (8 years)

o   Uranus had been in earth sign Taurus since 2018

 The changes we will witness will be multi-leveled, provocative, unique, and creative as a result of the cosmic symphony in air and fire. Prepare for a new cadence to your life.

To summarize, karmic Saturn will be in the action-oriented fire sign of Aries from 2025 to 2028. Innovative Uranus will be in fleet-footed air sign of Gemini from 2025 to 2033. Spiritual Neptune will be in visionary fire sign of Aries from 2025 to 2039. And transformational Pluto will be in the humanitarian air sign of Aquarius until 2044. Also note that the water sign of Pisces (where Saturn has been since 2023, and where Neptune has been since 2011), is the last sign of the Zodiac. Transcendent Pisces brings the completion of a cycle. Aries, on the other hand, is the first sign of the Zodiac-providing the impetus for a new cycle. We are in a time of simultaneous endings and beginnings. We clearly are leaving behind the old to begin anew.
 

Numerologically, 2025 is a "9" year, which also signifies a point of completion to make way for new beginnings. Nine also is a spiritual number and supports an inner journey of discovery to bring greater advancement to the outer world. In combination with an unusually large number of influential planets changing signs in 2025, you will see much progress and transformation taking shape in 2025. 

2025 is a "9" year (2+0+2+5=9) & Chinese Year of the Snake
 

The Chinese Year of the Snake also begins on January 29, 2025. The Snake is known for wisdom, intuition, metamorphosis, and guile. The year of the snake, therefore, will be an auspicious time for introspection, self-knowledge, creativity, and growth. But do try to discern what is truth and what is not. A mix of both will be on the lips of many corporate and governmental leaders and in the media. 

Fateful Nodes of the Moon in Pisces and Virgo
In addition, at the same time as Saturn and Neptune, typically a spiritual planetary alignment, move from spiritual Pisces to enterprising Aries, the fateful Nodes of the Moon will move from Aries-Libra to Pisces-Virgo (the Nodes move backward) from January 11, 2025 to July 26, 2026. This celestial transition will bring a mix of accelerated spiritual growth in individualistic ways, generating creative, unique, spiritual self-expression. Much that has been buried will be revealed under this influence. An intensified focus on health, health care, and inequities in the health care system also will come to light. It will be a time of simplifying, downsizing, and letting go of what you no longer need.

Dissolving the Old
We will continue to see greater momentum in the dissolution of traditional structures, giving rise to revolutionary potentials for communication, travel, socializing, and the exchange of ideas, goods, and services.  This will be a result of the combination of fire and air planets, with a mix of watery energies in the sky-expansive Jupiter, currently in air sign Gemini, will move into water sign Cancer from June 10, 2025 to June 30, 2026. The transition of Jupiter from Gemini to Cancer will slightly shift the collective focus from communications to home, family, and housing. (scroll down for further details) 

Historical Parallels of Upcoming Planetary Shifts
Here are some examples of what has occurred when the four outer planets (Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto) last traveled through Aquarius, Aries, and Gemini:

· Saturn in Aries (2025 - 2028; 1996 - 1999): Rise of the Internet, Google, Amazon 

· Uranus in Gemini (2025 - 2033; 1941 - 1949): World War II, Indian & Israeli Independence 

· Neptune in Aries (2025 - 2039; 1861 -1875): U.S. Civil War & Reconstruction, Abolishment of Slavery  

· Pluto in Aquarius (2023 - 2044; 1777 - 1798): American & French Revolutions, Abolishment of the Monarch, U.S. Constitution, French Republic established on the foundation of Liberte, Egalite et Fraternite, Discovery of Uranus 

As you can see from the above, a series of world-transforming events occurred each time one of the influential outer planets traversed a fire or air sign. Many of the issues prominent under the previous passages have come to the fore again. As we look through the above list and go through each planetary change, we see the re-emergence of similar issues. 

Saturn in Aries
The last passage of Saturn through Aries (1996-1999) brought the rise of the internet. Now, we are grappling  with the boundaries of the internet in shaping public opinion, influencing children, and the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to not only replace humans but to infringe upon their thinking. Imagine the cascade of emerging technology in  coming years that will change the boundaries between humans and machines, potentially creating a predicted trans-human blend.

Uranus in Gemini
The last passage of Uranus through Gemini (1941-1949) coincided with World War II, and Israeli and Indian Independence. Similar levels of tensions-and need for independence- seem to be rising around the globe between Russia, Ukraine, and the West; Israel and Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran; Sudan; Syria; Myanmar; and between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, to name a few. Resolving conflicts over boundaries, control, and power will be at the forefront of global awareness in 2025. Interestingly, Uranus also was in Gemini from 1858 to 1866, during the U.S. Civil War, as well as during the American Revolution, (1774-1781). Uranus in Gemini accelerates the exchange of ideas and expression of values, which can lead to a jostling for power in the new "order."

Neptune in Aries
The last passage of Neptune through Aries (1861-1875) corresponded to the U.S. Civil War as well as the abolishment of slavery and Reconstruction. There is currently a similar level of tension in the United States between the two major political factions. Perhaps the flashpoint this time will be the status of immigrants and whether to give legal rights to those who have been working, for example, picking agricultural crops or caring for children, not as slaves as was the case in the 1800s, but perhaps as an underclass with substandard wages, given their crucial contributions. Neptune in Aries represents the energy to fight for ideals, which will be in evidence while Neptune travels through Aries from 2025 to 2039. Neptune in Aries also will bring awareness of "hidden enemies," deception, and a need to fight invisible forces, such as wireless and satellite technologies.

Pluto in Aquarius
It takes Pluto 248 years to orbit through the zodiacal wheel. Pluto was last in Aquarius from 1777 to 1798. These were  years when the idealistic goals represented in the U.S. Constitution, the first blueprint for modern democracy, were formulated. Interestingly, the validity of this document is being called into question at this time. There is talk of a new "constitutional convention." The viability of the U.S. democracy as it currently stands seems to be hanging in the balance. Concurrently, other ideological issues of bodily autonomy, taxes, family values, immigration, and the level of governmental control are up for discussion. An avalanche of adjustments regarding these issues and others will potentially be made in the next decade or two.

 

The U.S. Constitution was Drawn Up During Pluto in Aquarius
 

The planet Uranus, which governs electricity, was discovered in 1781, when Pluto was last in Aquarius. Wireless and satellite communications and other forms of energy-generation, such as hydrogen fuel cells, will likely supplant electricity in the next several decades, along with intensified exploration of outer space, and even the ability to live on other planets, as the well as revelations of extraterrestrial life on this planet. A breaking of previously-assumed boundaries will accompany Pluto in Aquarius during the next 20 years.

Technological Tsunami
In addition to political revolutions, there will be a flood of technological advances in the coming years.
Here are examples of technological phenomena we will experience among many others: 

· Communications coming in many new forms, such as projected light in the air from computer chips under the skin

· AI making complex computations or decisions in seconds, maybe even answering your emails and phone calls!

· Personal robots that perform tasks for you, such as washing your car, doing your laundry, or cooking your dinner

· Computers that provide 3-D images that you can touch & smell

· Instant shopping via 3D printer 

· Person-to-person financial transactions without the intermediary of a credit card, bank, or payment app

· Flying vehicles that quickly transport you from place to place

· Long-distance travel in a fraction of the time through high-speed underground and undersea tunnels

· Colonization of space

· Click here for more examples of what's to come, as depicted in the 1962 cartoon "The Jetsons" (showing the way the world will look in 100 years from then, in the 2060s) 

  
The Jetsons in their "Spacemobile" speeding around the cosmos

Last Gasp of the Old Era
At the last gasp of any era preceding the advent of a new age, conflict is inevitable between the old and the new, between freedom of expression versus control and contraction, and between governmental regulation versus anarchy. Imagine the societal evolution that is possible now, given the technological capabilities currently accessible that were not previously available. Hopefully the good uses of our collective technological advances will outweigh the not-so-good uses. Unfortunately, in this world of dualities, all periods of accelerated change also bring both light and dark manifestations. This could manifest as confrontations between people with differing ideas. Eventually, the light will prevail. 

Accelerated Personal Growth and Evolution
Your ability to make internal changes will expand as well under these new planetary influences, depending upon where the planetary patterns fall in your astrological chart. Even though it's human nature to resist change, you eventually will develop the ability to flow with the energy waves enveloping the planet. You too will become more flexible and adaptable. You will make modifications to your life so you can gracefully cope with the quick-paced level of changeability and unpredictability in our world.

U.S. Presidential Election
Many of you have asked how the aftermath of the presidential election in the United States will play out given the planetary alignments of 2025. As I said in last year's forecast, there would be someone we didn't expect in the race, which did come to pass. And I said that whomever was chosen by the electorate would have a hard time keeping their promises. This is because the planetary environment under which the candidate was elected (pre-Pluto in Aquarius-Saturn & Neptune in Aries-Uranus in Gemini) will be so markedly different from the environment during the years when they will actually govern. This would happen to any leader who would have been elected in the United States, or any other nation, in the course of Pluto's sojourn through Aquarius. (Pluto was in Capricorn, a sign of top-down leadership on November 5, 2024, at the time of the U.S. election; but Pluto moved into Aquarius just two weeks after the election, on November 19, 2024, where it will be until 2044.) So, the U.S. election occurred under the influence of an older consciousness, perhaps giving greater credence to the power of a single leader rather than that of individuals, who ultimately hold the greatest sovereignty over themselves.
 

This is not to say that progress won't be made. But the movement of the collective consciousness will be more toward "power to the people" from the bottom-up, rather than toward a strong leader who governs from the top-down. Therefore, whomever is at the helm of any country for the next 20 years will be in a position to distribute more power to the populace. Whether they explicitly do this or not, the power will gradually filter down to the level of the people, despite any harsh rules or efforts to the contrary. Notice how many popular movements already are springing up around the globe. The energy to fuel their development is only going to grow. Prior to resolution, there can be a blending of light and dark, so that neither alternative (top-down or bottom-up) is all good or all bad. Gradually a new homeostasis will be reached at a higher level.

 

Collaboration, Creativity, Morale, Engagement come from Grassroots Efforts

 

Self-expression in Relationships

Regarding relationships, buried feelings and issues of power and control also will come to the fore in the coming years. Issues around who sets the tone in the relationship, who dominates the direction, activities, values, and vision of the relationship, and who is moving toward greater spirituality and transcendence versus who is moving toward materiality and worldly activity will predominate. Each soul will feel at a critical turning point in their own soul's journey, where expressions of their own individuality is at a critical stage for their own growth-and survival. Staying in any situation that stifles personal growth could feel  life-threatening. So, many relationships that were thought to be forever could realign as the partners themselves follow new trajectories. Staying together for the sake of appearances may not be an option because the impetus for growth is so strong.

 

Much Spiritual Growth is Available

As the old way no longer works, people will increasingly turn to spirituality to make sense of and find meaning in their lives. Each individual will find greater significance in that which is transcendent and universal rather than that which has been traditionally accepted by society. Greatest benefits will come by turning to introspection, contemplation, self-analysis, prayer, and meditation. 

 

 

Fasten your seatbelt for what promises to be a very interesting and unique new year of 2025!

 

If you would like to consult your astrological chart for the new year of 2025 to find greater meaning in the changes you may be experiencing, or if you would like to purchase a gift card for a loved one, please feel free to contact me at: Laurie@LaurieBaum.com.

 

All the best wishes for a blessed holiday season and a peaceful, creative, fulfilling new year of 2025!

 

Love & Light,

Laurie
 

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ARIES (March 21 - April 19)
Your new year may get off to a slow start as your planetary ruler, Mars, is in retrograde motion, from December 6, 2024 to February 23, 2025. This will be a time to review the past and make appropriate course corrections. The direct motion of Mars, beginning on February 23, 2025, will quickly catapult you forward on your life path. Next, the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Aries on March 29, 2025, will enable you to resolve an issue you last experienced in 2006. You will gain new information to consider to view the past from a different perspective. The next day, spiritual Neptune enters Aries on March 30, 2025, for the first time since the Civil War. This will signal the beginning of an exciting spiritual journey in your life. Neptune will be in Aries until 2039. Used properly, the energy of Neptune can initiate a highly creative, flowing, transcendent period for you. Used less well, this energy can lead to a desire to evade the humdrum responsibilities of daily life and can lead to escapism or other addictive behaviors. Be prepared to let go of the old and welcome in the new under the Neptunian influence. Also, try to use the imaginative energy of Neptune to visualize great resolutions of the past and new beginnings for the future. Rather than cling to the past, let go of old expectations and set your sight on new opportunities. The spotlight will be on you as communicative Mercury travels through Aries from March 3 to 29, 2025, and again from April 16 to May 10, 2025. This includes Mercury Retrograde from March 15 to April 7, 2025. Disciplined Saturn in Aries from May 24 to September 1, 2025 will be an opportunity to reign in areas of your life that have gone to excess.

 

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20)

You will have an opportunity to put the finishing touches on any progress you are planning while innovative Uranus, which has been in Taurus since 2018, transitions from Taurus to Gemini on July 7, 2025. This will be a time to welcome lifestyle changes that will bring you closer to your soul's purpose. Uranus will temporarily return to Taurus so you can put the finishing touches on your innovative plans, from November 8, 2025 to April 25, 2026. Embrace alterations in your life direction that look to be for your highest good. You will experience greater peace, stability, and clarity in your life after the transit of Uranus through Taurus completes in April 2026! Until then, continue to modify areas of your life that are holding you back from expressing your true authenticity, your creativity, and the highest version of yourself. You will have a chance to rectify relationships from the past when loving Venus, your planetary ruler, retrogrades from March 1 to April 12, 2025. Use this time to reconnect with people with whom there may be a misunderstanding or unresolved issue. This is a time to listen to an alternative viewpoint and try to understand. You also may use this time to reconnect with a loved one you have fallen out of touch with. Lucky Jupiter in Gemini until June 9, 2025 will strengthen your good fortune, especially where finances and investments are concerned. It's safer than usual to take on a reasonable amount of risk at this time, once you have confirmed the details and facts. Your prospects are particularly good while Venus travels through Taurus from June 6 to July 4, 2025. 

 

GEMINI (May 21 - June 21)

Your new year will get off to a positive start with lucky Jupiter in Gemini until June 9, 2025. This will be a time to initiate new ideas and relationships. Your attention will turn to your finances after June, as you seek to find new resources to support your innovative creative ideas. Plan carefully and realistically for the best results. The Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 14, 2025, could derail a previous plan. Use this time to closely examine details you may have missed. As a result, you will discover a way to move forward successfully. A Solar Eclipse in Aries on March 29, 2025, will help you initiate a new direction in collaboration with others. The synthesis of diverse ideas will give you a powerfully helpful insight. A series of eclipses on September 7 and 21, 2025, will provide further new insights to keep you aligned with your higher self. Pay attention to impulses and intuitions  you gather along the way. They could be guidance from your soul! Critical periods occur for you throughout the year when Mercury is retrograde: March 15-April 7, 2025; July 18-August 11, 2025; and November 9-29, 2025. Innovative Uranus also enters Gemini for the first time since 1942 on July 7, 2025. This signifies a time of accelerated technological advances in communications, commerce, and travel. You too will experience a "quickening" in your own life. Take a step back to evaluate what is important and what is not so important, so you may retain an equilibrated sense of balance and poise to avoid becoming overwhelmed by all of the inevitable activity that you will be attracted to-and will be attracted to you. 

 

CANCER (June 22 - July 22)

Your most powerful moments in 2025 come under the influence of a series of eclipses in March and September 2025. There will be a Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 14, 2025; a Solar Eclipse in Aries on March 29, 2025; a Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on September 7, 2025; and a Solar Eclipse in Virgo on September 21, 2025. These will be dynamic moments when cosmic currents will support you to make necessary changes, including letting go of what no longer works from the past and welcoming in new attitudes and patterns that will support you in the future. The March 2025 eclipses will support your forthright communication. And the September eclipses will support a positive realignment of family interrelationships. Energetic Mars will be in Cancer from January 6 to April 17, 2025. This is an especially productive time for you. But be aware that part of that time, Mars will be retrograde, meaning that you will best served by resolving issues from the past-from January 6 until Mars turns direct on February 23, 2025. It will be best for you to initiate new projects after Mars resumes its direct motion in Cancer from February 23 to April17, 2025. The Cancer New Moon on June 25, 2025, also is another powerful point in your year. This also will be a moment to take action on any plans or projects that you have conceptualized under the lunar and solar eclipses of March 2025. 

 

LEO (July 23 - August 22)

With profound and transformative Pluto in your opposite sign of Aquarius until 2044, you are entering a period in your life when you will easily attract and embrace relationships with people who have the potential to transform your life. While it sounds enchanting to be "transformed," you may find your transformation to be a bit of an alchemical process where the hard or stuck places in yourself (we all have them!) feel as if they are under high heat and pressure to be liquified before re-forming into a higher state, such as happens in the alchemical process of transforming lead into gold. Ultimately, you are going to a better state. So try not to resist if you are lucky enough to encounter a challenging experience or profound, insightful, or perceptive companion who can bring you a transformative experience. A high degree of growth is potentially available to you in the coming decade or two. Meanwhile, as you examine your life and look for areas in need of transformation, use the energy provided by energetic Mars in Leo from April 17 to June 17, 2025, to support your forward progress. You also will be helped by the movement of disciplined Saturn into the compatible fire sign of Aries from May 24, 2025 to September 1, 2025, and again from February 13, 2026 to April 12, 2028. Finally, spiritual Neptune in the compatible fire sign of Aries from March 30, 2025 to October 22, 2025, and again from January 26, 2026 to March 23, 2039, will stimulate your imagination, enabling you to express your creativity in new and imaginative ways. The dissolving energy of Neptune also will dissolve unproductive bonds and attachments to free you to pursue what is most supportive of your current level of growth and evolution. Take advantage of any new-found freedom to delve into new experiences!

 

VIRGO (August 23 - September 22)

With disciplined Saturn and spiritual Neptune in your opposite sign of Pisces for much of 2025, you may feel as if the safest refuge for your sensitive nervous system is in spiritual practice. Take heart, this spiritually rigorous planetary combination is moving into Aries, giving you a break from the rigors of exacting and demanding Saturn in Pisces since 2023, and the soft-focus of Neptune in Pisces since 2011. You will see the reality of your own life more clearly and in a more positive light when Neptune moves into Aries on March 30, 2025 and Saturn moves into Aries on May 24, 2025. (Saturn will return to Pisces from September 1, 2025 to February 13, 2026, when it will move fully into Aries until April 12, 2028. Concurrently, Neptune will briefly travel back to Pisces from October 22, 2025, to January 26, 2026. Then, Neptune will be in Aries for nearly 14 years-until 2039.) As Saturn and Neptune transition out of Pisces and into Aries, you will feel finally ready to let go of what no longer works from your past and ready to embrace a new future. Do be aware that three Mercury Retrograde periods in 2025 will help you review the past and help you renew your commitment to what is most viable in your life. Mercury Retrogrades occur on March 15-April 7, 2025; July 18-August 11, 2025; and November 9-29, 2025. Finally, a series of eclipses under the Virgo Sun on September 7 and 21, 2025, will spell a turning point in an area of your life that you have been overly focused on in the past. As you let go of attachments, the wisdom of releasing will help you embark upon new,  positive actions. Think about and visualize the directions you would like to go!

 

LIBRA (September 23 - October 23)

Your altruistic urges will be strong at the beginning of 2025 as loving Venus, your planetary ruler, begins the year in the communally-oriented sign of Aquarius and moves into the spiritual sign of Pisces from January 2 to February 4, 2025. You will have an opportunity to resolve a relationship from the past when Venus turns retrograde from March 1 to April 12, 2025. You will have further impetus to address and resolve any relationship disharmony when Saturn and Neptune move into your opposite sign of Aries-Neptune moves into Aries on March 30, 2025, and disciplined Saturn moves into Aries on May 24, 2025. Saturn will strengthen your ability to  diplomatically address any disharmonies in relationships to bring greater resolution. Saturn will be in Aries until September 1, 2025, and then will return to Aries again from February 13, 2026 to April 12, 2028. Neptune will enter  Aries in 2025 for the first time since the Civil War. This celestial transit signals the advent of more spiritually-oriented relationships in your life. Neptune briefly travels back to Pisces from October 22, 2025, to January 26, 2026, following which Neptune will be in Aries for 13 more years--until 2039. The New Moon in Libra on October 21, 2025, will mark a pivotal moment where you will feel empowered to let go of what no longer works so you may welcome in new influences, especially new friends and new relationships.

 

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 21)

Profound Pluto, your planetary ruler, in Aquarius until 2044, will open the way for you to experiment with egalitarian, humanitarian, and communal concepts and activities. This is your time to experience brotherly love in action. Your greatest growth at this time will come from allowing previous boundaries and rules to fall away so you may embrace a more expansive view of life. While you tend to be a highly focused person, you will make space to experiment with new and untried experiences. People and situations you have not previously expected may end up coming into your life during this 20-year period. It's helpful to expect the unexpected when your planetary ruler transitions through the electrically-charged Sign of Aquarius. Additionally, the transition of disciplined Saturn and spiritual Neptune from watery Pisces to fiery Aries in 2025 also means that you too will feel a sharper edge to your thoughts and activities. You will feel a jolt of energy to tackle new projects when energetic Mars opposes Pluto on January 2 and April 26, 2025. You also will be ready to initiate new ideas and activities under the New Moon in Scorpio on November 25, 2025. This is the time to open your heart and mind to experiences you never thought you'd have!

 

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 21)

Expansive Jupiter, your planetary ruler, begins the year in your opposite sign of Gemini, the sign of communications. This means that your year will begin with a focus on learning and dialogue. If you have anything to write or say, this is the time to do it! Your communicative endeavors will be further supported by Mercury's transit through Sagittarius from November 2, 2024 to January 8, 2025, including a period of Mercury Retrograde from November 25 to December 15, 2024. This will be a period of rethinking and reframing the past. Prepare for more new ideas and learning opportunities in the first half of 2025, as other planets in our solar system move into fast-paced air signs. For example, innovative Uranus moves from the slower-moving earth sign of Taurus to the fast-paced air sign of Gemini on July 7, 2025. The pace of new ideas and innovations will accelerate under this influence. When lucky Jupiter transitions from air sign Gemini to watery Cancer from June 9, 2025 to July 29, 2026, your focus will shift to home and family, and nurturing the relationships that are important in your life. 

 

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 19)

Disciplined Saturn, your planetary ruler, transitions from one zodiacal sign to another approximately every 2.5 years. Each transition brings a new focus to your life. The year of 2025 will begin with Saturn in Pisces, where it has been since March 2023. This has brought issues of boundaries and spirituality, or possibly addictive behaviors, to your attention. But on May 24, 2025, Saturn will move into the more focused fire sign of Aries. This will enable you to take more straightforward and direct action on projects or relationships that may have become delayed or stuck in the past. While Saturn in Pisces prefers soft edges and boundariless situations that spill in many directions, Saturn in Aries prefers hard edges and clear definition. You will find yourself re-sculpting many situations in your life to fit the Aries model. Please be aware that Saturn moves back into Pisces from  September 1, 2025 to February 13, 2026, when a more impressionistic view of life may prevail again. But you will be ready to launch into a more clearly defined period of your life by February 2026, when Saturn re-enters Aries, until April 12, 2028. Until then, get your ducks in a row for the goals that are important to you. You will accomplish a lot under the influence of structured Saturn in Aries.

 

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18)

Profound Pluto in Aquarius until 2044 will usher in a new era of evolution in human consciousness. As an Aquarian, your values embody the direction toward which humanity is growing. You are a role model who can show others the way to greater freedom, brotherly love, community spirit, and egalitarianism. In your own life, you will find ways to bring your own Aquarian ideals into greater balance if they have gone too far in any one direction or another. The New Moon in Aquarius on January 29, 2025, represents a turning point in your year, where you will be able to initiate a new beginning based on an idealistic perspective. Contemplate where you might like to make a change in your life and assemble the necessary elements you need to engender forward movement. The combination of loving Venus in Aquarius from December 7, 2024 to January 2, 2025, the Sun in Aquarius from January 19 to February 18, 2025, and communicative Mercury in Aquarius from January 28 to February 14, 2025, will help you make progress in the area upon which you focus your attention. Innovative Uranus, your planetary ruler, moves from the slower-moving earth sign of Taurus to the fast-paced air sign of Gemini from July 7, 2025 to November 8, 2025, and again from April 25, 2026 to May 22, 2033. These will be years of accelerated learning and communications for you. 

 

PISCES (February 19 - March 20)

The karmic North Node of the Moon enters Pisces on January 11, 2025, and will shift the world's focus from futile warfare onto more spiritual solutions to the world's woes. You will be a role model whom others can follow during this period, especially in situations where there may at times be tension between the old ways and the new. On a personal level, you may also be prompted to let go of a more materialistic attitude or activity to focus on a more spiritual or transcendent approach. This is the time to rely on the power of your thoughts and prayers above any unproductive material actions. Saturn in Pisces until May 24, 2025 and again from September 1, 2025 to February 13, 2026, will give you the energy to bring greater structure to amorphous or nebulous situations. A powerful time in your upcoming year arrives under the Pisces New Moon on February 28, 2025. This will be an auspicious moment to initiate a new beginning, whether it be initiating a new habit, activity, or attitude. Prepare for a sudden change of plans under the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 14, 2025. A New Moon Solar Eclipse in Aries on March 29, 2025, will then help you restore balance to an imbalanced situation. Another series of eclipses on September 7 and 21, 2025, will help you see a quixotic situation from a new point of view that will give you a more well-rounded approach.

 

DATES TO REMEMBER in 2025:

 

JANUARY 3: Mars opposite Pluto - Resolve disharmony from the past

JANUARY 11: Nodes of the Moon enter Pisces & Virgo - Focus on spirituality & health
JANUARY 30: Uranus Direct in Taurus - Make important financial decisions

 

FEBRUARY 4: Jupiter Direct in Gemini - Move forward on delayed communication 

FEBRUARY 23: Mars Direct in Cancer - Take action to create harmonious home situation

 

MARCH 1: Venus Retrograde in Aries-Pisces - Peacefully resolve relationship issues from the past until Venus Retrograde completes on April 13, 2025

MARCH 14: Full Moon Total Eclipse - Manifest ideas you conceived of in September 2024 & March 2006; Visible in North & South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Arctic, Antarctica, Pacific, Atlantic

MARCH 15: Mercury Retrograde in Aries-Pisces - Complete the old and get ready to start the new when the retrograde completes on April 7, 2025

MARCH 20: Spring Equinox - Stand up for your vision of the future!

MARCH 29: New Moon Partial Eclipse - Complete projects you started in March 2006 and July 2023 - December 2024; Visible in North America, Northern South America, Europe, North Asia, Northwest Africa, Arctic, Atlantic 

MARCH 30: Neptune enters Aries - Fight for your ideals

 

APRIL 7: Mercury Direct - Untangle tangled communications and resolve misunderstandings

APRIL 13: Venus Direct - Get ready to meet new people

APRIL 21-23: North Node of the Moon conjunction Saturn - Face limitation and find ways to surmount them; Let go of what you no longer need

APRIL 26: Mars opposite Pluto - Anger rises to the surface

 

MAY 4: Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius - Reconsider past political positions
MAY 25: Saturn enters Aries - Take action where it has been delayed, but respect limits 

 

JUNE 9: Jupiter enters Cancer - Focus on home & familly

JUNE 15: Jupiter Square Saturn - An element of the old way no longer works; it's time to take a new approach

JUNE 19: Jupiter square Neptune - Your intuition is heightened

JUNE 20: Summer Solstice - Enjoy the light at its zenith

JUNE 23: Jupiter inconjunct Pluto - Make appropriate compromises to achieve forward movement

 

JULY 4: Neptune Retrograde in Aries-Pisces - Contemplate ideals from the past

JULY 7: Uranus enters Gemini - Technological communications abilities accelerate

JULY 13: Saturn retrograde in Aries-Pisces - When all else fails, engage in spiritual practice & take refuge in your connection with the Divine

JULY 18: Mercury retrograde in Leo - Pull back when ego issues become too prominent until the retrograde completes on August 11, 2025

 

AUGUST 11: Mercury Direct in Leo - Assert yourself when appropriate 

AUGUST 12: Saturn sextile Uranus - Balance between the old & new

AUGUST 24: Jupiter semisquare Uranus - Rein in excess

AUGUST 29: Uranus sextile Neptune - Initiate realistic changes only

 

SEPTEMBER 1: Saturn retrogrades into Pisces - Reconsider an old idea

SEPTEMBER 6: Uranus retrograde in Gemini & Taurus - Be patient with new ideas

SEPTEMBER 7: Full Moon Total Eclipse - Refine ideas you conceived of in September 2024 &/or March 2006; Australia, Asia, Africa & Europe

SEPTEMBER 21: New Moon Partial Eclipse - Let go of what is no longer working; Visible in South Australia, Antarctica, Pacific, Atlantic 

SEPTEMBER 22: Autumn Equinox - Find balance between your inner & outer life

 

OCTOBER 14: Pluto Direct in Aquarius - Take action on group projects

OCTOBER 22: Neptune retrogrades into Pisces - Take a break for spiritual activity

 

NOVEMBER 8: Uranus retrogrades into Taurus - Financial issues rise to the fore

NOVEMBER 9: Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius & Scorpio - Balance hopes & dreams with reality until retrograde completes on November 29, 2025

NOVEMBER 11: Jupiter Retrograde in Cancer - Tend to unresolved issues withhome & family
NOVEMBER 20: Uranus sextile Neptune - Adjust expectations when you have been unrealistic in the past

NOVEMBER 28: Saturn Direct in Pisces - Clarify nebulous situations
NOVEMBER 29: Mercury Direct in Scorpio - Take action after period of delays

 

DECEMBER 10: Neptune direct in Pisces - Implement your ideals

DECEMBER 21: Winter Solstice - Go within to find peace

 

- OM-