Dear Reader,
Happy New Year to you! I am updating this in January, 2025. There are many things to let you know about, astologically speaking. Big changes are afoot in the heavens that will have lasting implications for years to come. Pluto has moved into the sign of Aquarius as of November, 2024. It will remain here for 19 years. The last time we had this occur was 248 years ago, between 1778 and 1798. It encompassed the American and French Revolutions. It is not so much about war, but about rebellion against what is not good for the common whole. Aquarius is homogenous, as well as rebellious. It is about problem solving and coming together to do that. For the first time in decades, we have in the U.S. what will be a Republican President, a Republican Senate, and a Republican House. Maybe, whether you voted for this party or some other, you can take comfort in the idea that perhaps this unified government body, may finally not use partison politics as an excuse for not doing the job they were hired to do for the rest of us waiting for the laws needed to help the common whole. I am hopeful for this outcome. Aquarius is about math, science and technology. We have been in the Aquarian Age (different than Pluto in Aquarius) since the year 2000. An age in astological terms lasts 2600 hundred years. We are just at the very beginning of this, but look how the world has changed already. In 2007 with the advent of not just the cell phone, which happened earier, but the "smart" phone, the world is a different place. We have a mini-computer in our pocket that lets us do everything in a very compact and instantaneous way. Whether we are banking, taking a picture, navigating in the car, finding our favorite music, needing to check our calendar or the weather and so much more, it is all at our fingertips. This is an Aquarian situation. It has made us more connected in some ways and more detached in others. So Aquarian. If this has happened in such a short amount of time, what could the next 2575 years look like? But Pluto, which is a weighty, transformative, focused energy in this sign, will likely once again create new governments, societies and ways of being that once more shuffle the realities we have grown used to. This is likely over the next two decades, specifically. Aquarius is about the responsibility one has to the group, but also the responsibility that one has to oneself. It is that complicated. The fields of medicine, ecology, travel, farming, ecucation will all undergo a streamlined reinvention that allows things to work for the whole better.
Uranus has been in the sign of Taurus, which to put it mildly for the last 7 years, has made the world feel crazy and upside down. Although it will not complete its journey in that sign until April of 2026, we get a taste of it changing into the sign of Gemini on July 8, 2025. This will continue, generally, until May 22, 2033. It will feel like a change in the weather that is obvious. We will start to see changes in how we deal with our personal neighbors, as well as neighbors globally. Communications will develop that bring the world ever faster and easier ways of connection. Family dynamics and what "family" is will continue to morph. The last time we had this combination of planet and sign was 1942 to 1949. It was when the U.S. got involved in WWII, after being isolationsist up until the end of 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and we could no longer ignore what was happening elsewhere in the world. Allies fought with allies toward a common end that stopped oppression and lack of compassion in the world. I am hopeful that compassion comes back and cooperation is key for the next 7 years. I am hoping that is doesn't take a monumental effort like last time to bring countries together. Perhaps this time it will be a war on famine, or climate change or oppression of thought. Again, education and how it works globally will be part of the ideas put into action, as new solutions to problems will come fast and will need a learning curve to put them into place for them to have impact in the world for the common good.
Saturn will be in the sign of Aries, something it hasn't connected with this way for 30 years. This happens May 26 for a few months and then February 15, 2026 moves in for a 2 year stay until April 13, of 2028. This combination of planet and sign brings about a focus on taking care of the body and wholistic ways of healing. We likely will see barriers come down regarding aging and activity. The life span may once again grow in expectation after taking a hit during the pandemic. Self-awareness and self-actualization will once again be present in the lexicon, as people start to see the responsibility they have to their own health. Ideas of being a victim of situations and circumstances recede. Personal responsibility and taking personal action to bring about a desired result will be part of the two year process. Focused action will be the watchwords.
As far as my own journey, I have cut my work week to one day a week, Tuesdays. At 68, I am backing out of the room slowly. My schedule is filled already through 2026. In 2027, I will continue to work Tuesdays only for the foreseeable future, as I have built this business and my client relationships over all these decades and will keep my hand in going forward, but to a much smaller degree. In the meantime, I have raised my prices slightly. A 90-minute conversational consult is now $135.00. If you would like to speak with someone sooner than I may be able to talk with you, let me know by email and I will send a small list of colleagues I am recommending just now. I am so grateful for the opportunity to have served you all these years, and am hopeful that that process will continue even in a more limited schedule going forward. I hope your own 2026 is filled with joy, wisdom gained, and happy adventures along your path.
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