Gearing Up for a Transformative Year
2026 will bring incredible changes, reversals and opportunities. The last few years have hopefully prepared us to face the future with steadfast courage. Saturn, Neptune and Uranus will be moving out of the last degrees of their respective signs this month and next so heed the impetus to let go of your old patterns, relationships and beliefs.
Major highlights of the New year include Saturn and Neptune moving into Aries with a powerful global changing conjunction on Feb 20th. Uranus will also move permanently into Gemini where communication, education and technology will accelerate in new directions. Jupiter will move from Cancer into Leo in July, changing the focus from security and comfort to enhanced self-expression and heroism.
The Nodes will finish their tour of Virgo/Pisces in July, moving into the more edgy placement of Leo/Aquarius. This may usher in the era of Promethean efforts against a technocratic hegemony.
This coming year will be one for the history books where many outer changes will feel overwhelming to a majority of the population. We will be facing the "demon" of technological overreach as Pluto in Aquarius will move unrelentingly towards transhumanism, the merging of men with machines. Can we overcome such divine extinguishment? Yes, only if we dig deep and connect to our true human heart--centered power rather than surface ego and material attachments. (Once again, these were supposed to be dealt with these past few years of Saturn and Neptune in Pisces).
So the times ahead will not be for the feint of heart. Yet, those with flexibility and stoicism can ride the waves of change and be the heroes and leaders of the new era. So don't despair, just get busy moving into the best version of your true self. Then you will win regardless of the external outcome.
Quadruple conjunction in Capricorn 24 degrees
Jan 11 - 19th
let the manifestation begin
A relatively rare conjunction of four personal planets in Capricorn will occur during the week of Jan 11 - 19th. They will join up and hover over the degree of 24 Capricorn which was significant as the degree of Pluto at the beginning of covid. Additionally, this degree has been highlighted throughout our lifetimes with a series of eclipses in Cancer/Capricorn, the last being also in Jan 2020.
A conjunction can indicate a beginning cycle and hopefully we have had time to reassess the problems and structures that failed us during that difficult time. Institutions were proven to be inefficient or downright mendacious when it came to proper information and a surveillance state was test run on populations all around the world.
Trust in institutions has now sunk very low and most people automatically think their leaders and the news are lying to them. This does help us to become more sovereign once we realize the experts are not qualified to be called experts.
We can restructure our lives now more in an effort to handle and master the energy of the coming times, which will be quite intense. For now, notice what situations or people seem to enter your life in order to provide a new foundation and experience.
After the debacle of 5 years ago, what are rebuilding now?
ARIES - our career
TAURUS - our belief system
GEMINI - our investments
CANCER - our relationships
LEO - our health or day job
VIRGO - our creativity
LIBRA - our home life
SCORPIO - our minds
SAGITTARIUS - our finances
CAPRICORN - ourselves
AQUARIUS - our faith
PISCES - our social networks
And while I have focused on the more profound implications, this conjunction could be very lucky for those with planets or points at 24 Capricorn. So if you have a Sun, Venus, Node or angle at this degree, you may likely meet up with an important client or partner that could remain in your life for a very long time.
So while the year will host many surprises and paradigm shifts, at the very least we have a supportive foundation to build our new lives upon.
Saturn in Pisces sextile Uranus in Taurus Jan 20th
easy resolution of the final point
Saturn and Uranus have been travelling at the end of their respective signs for the last two years. The later degrees of a sign are more potent and demand greater accountability and understanding.
Saturn in Pisces required us to get real and let go of fantasies and addictions.
Uranus in Taurus prompted us to reevaluate the role of money and finance in our lives.
We've been forced to grow up these last few months in particular and can hopefully approach the future with greater responsibility and curiosity.
We now hopefully have some synergy and can make the necessary changes here:
ARIES - resolution of fears brings back self-esteem and ability to make money
TAURUS - rediscovering new groups allows one the freedom to be oneself
GEMINI - now that you've made some career changes, you can focus on inner growth
CANCER - questioning your former conditioning allows you to build a new and different future
LEO - healing your finances brings greater stability to your career
VIRGO - stabilizing your relationship allows you to think big about the future
LIBRA - healthy routines jumpstart your sex life
SCORPIO - completion or commitment to a new project enhances your romantic prospects
SAGITTARIUS - grounding in your environment also aids in your physical healing
CAPRICORN - releasing fantasies and fears opens up your heart to true love
AQUARIUS - focusing on building your income stream brings more stability at home
PISCES - recognizing the new self provides an opportunity for greater community ties
Venus, Sun, Mercury and Mars in Aquarius
Jan 18th, Jan 21st, Jan 21st and Jan 24th
edging into the future
Capricorn is about tradition and history while Aquarius is about revolution and future-making. We all have these sign placements in our charts and it is here where we can be at odds with ourselves. However, when planets transit a particular house, they light it up and place the focus there.
Hence, with many of the personal planets leaving Capricorn and moving into Aquarius, we can find ourselves willing to go out on a limb and try something new.
Where will we be filled with motivation to craft a new and different path?
ARIES - with our social media and connections
TAURUS - with our career
GEMINI - with our travel plans (literal or figurative)
CANCER - with our intimate lives
LEO - within our primary relationship
VIRGO - in our work life
LIBRA - with our creativity
SCORPIO - within our family system, or creating a new non-biological family
SAGITTARIUS - with our writing and speaking
CAPRICORN - with our salary making abilities
AQUARIUS - with our self presentation
PISCES - with our inner life exploration and esoteric traditions
Neptune back into Aries for 15 yr stay Jan 27th (on World Axis)
ushering in a new dream
The end of January and beginning of February become quite important in setting the tone for the next 15 years. Neptune, which dipped his toe into Aries last year, will now more solidly lodge into Aries on Jan 27th. (Uranus will turn direct on Feb 4th and will cause epiphanies and/or separations).
While it may take awhile to totally understand the imperatives of this new outerplanetary transit, as Neptune will be travelling over the world axis degree of 0 Aries, there may be world events that begin to give us a flavor or theme of the times ahead.
We are looking at a new dream emerging, one that will arise out of the death of the Neptune in Pisces 15 yr transit of 2011 - 2025.
Instead of navel gazing and trauma processing, we will more likely be action oriented and unwilling to be dragged down by unresolved emotional patterns. (These should have been dealt with in the last couple of years).
The will to be and the need for courage will dominate both the external news and our internal projections.
Where will you feel the thrust to start anew?
ARIES - in the expression of self
TAURUS - in addressing old karmic patterns
GEMINI - in discovering new social groups and organizations
CANCER - in your career aspirations
LEO - in your spiritual growth
VIRGO - in your intimate encounters
LIBRA - in your search for equal relationships
SCORPIO - in health and lifestyle matters
SAGITTARIUS - in romantic adventures
CAPRICORN - in your homelife
AQUARIUS - in your communication with the outer world
PISCES - in your financial dealings, time to make some money
This will be a year like covid where many seemingly impenetrable institutions and frameworks implode. It will require all of us to face the future with courage and strength. For those who have already experienced tumultuous reversals in their lives, this period may be energizing and you will be able to step into a different realm of power and influence.
How we start and where we finish at year's end will likely be miles apart. This will be a spiritual test as to your resilience and authentic expression of your true mission. All warriors apply and heed the call of your soul's mission!