Aries
Polish your goggles and get your gears whirring for the coming year. Think ahead and put your energy into solving puzzles before they become oil spills. Your 2025 wants to be approached with foresight and proactivity.
Spend January and February preparing for a profound shift in the mechanism as you trudge through the energy of Mars, your ruling planet, in retrograde. You may feel your usual drive and momentum faltering. Question whether your efforts are aligned with your desires and avoid ‘busy work’ or using activity as a strategy of avoidance. Things clunk into place when Mars goes direct on February 24. Gather your fuel and make the most of the currents working for you in the last week of February. It’s then time for Aries to buckle up!
With Venus retrograding from Aries into watery Pisces from March 2 to April 13, managing your emotions may feel like navigating a zeppelin through a sudden fog. Old flames may flicker back into view, and unresolved wounds resurface. Magnifying the need to cast ‘avoidance’ from your toolkit, Mercury joins Venus in its seemingly backward motion through Aries and Pisces from March 15 to April 7, complicating relationships and discombobulating emotional frequencies. Miscommunication and emotional triggers are like spring traps thrusting you out of languor with a repeated message: “Do the work!”
You can find dynamic support during this double retrograde in the Partial Solar Eclipse in Aries on March 29. The mood calls for recalibration. Examine the inner workings of your heart and tinker to make a clearer path to a passion you hold dear.
Turn to this spark to forge new beginnings and reinvention. Be conscious that you are the one at the helm, steering your thoughts and actions. Take responsibility for your journey through the lights and the shadows as you explore uncharted realms. Twists in communication and purpose are likely, so adjust your sights to take in opportunity and consequence.
Your awareness of the weight of the wheels you turn comes into stark clarity when Neptune transitions into Aries in the final days of March. This shift may stir the dust, but it also brings a glimmer to the air bringing something you’ve been chasing within reach.
The turbulence of March and April may discombobulate your navigation system and supports. Your decisions will shape the outcome, so step into your natural role as a leader and innovator. Forge alliances with fellow adventurers to ground yourself in the reality of your making. By year’s end, you’ll land with a refined sense of purpose in an atmosphere charged with potential.
Time is a construct. Navigate it without fear. Within the tick of every moment, there is the opportunity to reset your course and reclaim your momentum.
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Taurus
As 2025 grinds into gear, you stand at the precipice of change with patience and persistence in hand. While the road ahead may seem bumpy or uncertain, the wheels of 2025 will bring you out of the fog into an unexpected landscape. Pack your ingenuity, there’s adventure ahead.
Uranus retrograde has caused a glitch in your internal machinery, prompting you to ask bigger questions. It has provided little surety, meeting answers with tougher queries. You may greet the year in low gear, but when Uranus stations direct on February 1, the release will be palpable. When the weight shifts, allow yourself some ease. Pushing yourself too hard won’t get you any further any faster. Use your excess energy to refine the blueprints of your expanding desires.
With Venus, your ruling planet, retrograding from March 2 to April 13, emotions may feel like they’re caught in the cogs of nostalgia. Relationships, self-worth, creativity or finances may surface for re-evaluation. Should past wounds arise, lay them under the magnifier for a thorough examination. A little care and polish will smooth their facets so they stop snagging in the present and allow you to move forward with renewed clarity.
The March 30 Partial Solar Eclipse in Aries may reveal hidden patterns that influence your personal priorities or bring about unexpected opportunities. You want results, but first, there are springs to coil and load. Again comes the wisdom that you cannot rush the ticking clock. It may feel as though you’re moving backwards or in slow motion, but you are being offered a chance to choose your words and actions carefully. So, recalibrate your connections and align them with the new Taurus you’re becoming.
When Venus emerges from retrograde, you will be prepped when the Taurus New Moon asks you to take the helm with a renewed focus on April 27. Use this lunar energy as scaffolding to fortify what truly matters. No more fitting yourself into a tired reality — shape your reality to suit you
July 7 marks a key turning point as Uranus begins an eight-year journey through Gemini, leaving Taurus to settle into a steadier landscape. You’ve had to rethink and rewrite your destiny, knowing that you are innovative, you are adaptable, and you can manage the unpredictable. (Although you would prefer not to!) As Uranus turns its lens elsewhere, you can articulate the grand designs you’ve been crafting since 2018.
As the year winds down, the Full Moon in Taurus on November 6 illuminates your progress and reveals the fruits of your labour. The clocks you wound in April now chime as a testament to your resilience and ingenuity. Celebrate the elegant machinery of your life.
Trust the process of dismantling and rebuilding — it’s how you self-innovate. Your internal and external landscapes will be re-shaped. Ensure the greatest influence on how they are moulded is your own.
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Gemini
They may creak and groan along the way, but the gears of the cosmos are turning in your favour Gemini. Overall, your 2025 is set to alchemise experimentation, invention and curiosity into a life greater than the sum of its parts.
Resist launching into the year with full steam as Jupiter is retrograde in your sign throughout January. Gift yourself the month to ponder existing mechanisms and strategies. Consider how well they serve your parts and your whole. It’s a time for tinkering, maintenance and revisiting aspirations to ensure the cogs of your world are ready to fire at a swifter pace. When Jupiter stations direct on February 1, deliberation will be replaced by expansion and opportunity. When the springs of progress activate, you’ll be grateful you gave your systems a polish.
Mercury, your ruling planet, spins backward from Aries into Pisces from March 15 to April 17, accompanied by Venus’s own retrograde journey from March 2 to April 13. March may feel like it’s conspiring to undo February’s progress, particularly in love, networking, and communication. Rather than conceding a false start, see any setbacks as opportunities to recalibrate while holding steady to the assumption there are golden discoveries ahead. Old letters, forgotten plans or unexpected encounters may hold keys to the future you’re assembling.
The Gemini New Moon on May 25 brings a cosmic calibration point for your identity and desires. Use this moment to sketch bold outlines of who you wish to become in this next chapter. Like an inventor developing a new creation, let your intentions be fearless and innovative. You may feel like you are still in preparation mode, but this is about to change.
When Jupiter shifts from Gemini into Cancer on June 9, your sense of urgency around business or achievement is replaced with a softer desire to nurture growth. There is another shift when Uranus, the maverick of the skies, enters your sign on July 7. This begins a cycle of radical transformation and ingenuity. While Uranus urges you to reinvent the wheel, Jupiter encourages you to protect and cultivate what truly sustains you. Together these energies offer scaffolding where you can make sudden pivots that honour a magnetic pull toward authenticity.
As Mercury retrogrades in Leo from July 18 to August 11, you can rewire your personal narrative to accommodate all you’ve learned about yourself. You can now enjoy smoother travels, although Mercury’s retrograde in Sagittarius from November 9 to November 29 may add a touch of chaos to your journey’s end. When the Gemini Full Moon rises on December 4, you will be amazed at how far your 2025 odyssey has brought you.
Trust the process, even when the gears grind. Every adjustment, every recalibration, sees you building a life that integrates your boundless creativity and dynamic spirit.
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Cancer
Ah, Cancer, the cosmic workshop hums to a syncopated rhythm this year. Your tenacity and intuition are bound in curious ways, flowing and merging to support your personal evolution. You’ll be able to keep a foot (at least a few toes) in your comfort zone while you stretch your reach and adjust your senses to evolving landscapes and circumstances.
2025 begins with Mars, the celestial engineer, backpedalling into your sign on January 6. Its retrograde energy may feel demotivating, and you could struggle to train your attention on the details that matter. Welcome the illumination of the Full Moon in Cancer on January 13. Reflection and distance will bring emotional clarity and stoke your resilience. It’s okay to make a retreat to examine your foundations. Your two steps backward will become three steps forward when Mars stations direct on February 24. You will know when momentum has been restored, as your energy will naturally synchronise with the right time and place.
The Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 14 highlights the finer details of a plan. Be like a meticulous machinist and polish the cogs of your routines and relationships so they run smoothly and efficiently. Put nostalgia aside and answer to the present when refining what’s clunky or outdated. Continue in this vein as Mercury travels retrograde from March 15 to April 7 putting a focus on communication with loved ones and creative projects.
When Mars exits Cancer for Leo on April 18, you’ll feel a shift from introspection to action. This is your chance to showcase a recalibrated idea, ambition or plan. Your sense of inner overwhelm will subside as your external needs and desires take priority.
June 9 marks the arrival of Jupiter, the benevolent inventor, into your sign. Its expansive energy encourages you to dream big and set your sights on uncharted horizons. The New Moon in Cancer on June 25 is your moment to draft an emotional and practical to-do list. Let your aspirations be as bold as a steam-powered dirigible. For personal and professional pursuits, charge your intentions with authenticity to magnify your potential and possibilities.
The eccentric gears of Uranus shift from Taurus to Gemini on July 7, offering fresh perspectives and inventive solutions. Meanwhile, the Total Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on September 7 casts a spotlight on your spiritual journey. Reflect on the emotional currents guiding your decisions and reset your compass when needed. Don’t be goaded into discomfort. You can have your security and support as you tinker with the unknown.
As the clock waltzes toward year’s end, you’ll look back on 2025 with satisfaction. Strengthened bonds and career advances may only be appreciated in retrospect. You will be stepping into 2026 confident of your ability to balance emotion with action, creativity with precision and ambition with nurture. That’s a mighty feat as, for the most part, you won’t know how well you are doing until it's done.
Rather than stepping beyond the comfortable familiar, expand your territory with bold intentions and a steady heart. The cosmos nudges you toward adventure, reminding you that clarity, daring, security, and innovation can all coexist in the same toolkit.
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Leo
Ahoy, Leo! Heed this communication as you fearlessly captain your dirigible through 2025. Reinvention and recalibration can happen mid-air as you review and reset your course for grander horizons. As you evolve, so too will your goals, with introspective dawns giving way to bold and stormy skies. The key to commanding your journey lies in tempering fiery self-expression with patience and precision.
The year begins with a sputter as Mars, the celestial agitator, retrogrades from Leo into Cancer on January 6. Mechanisms that are usually self-propelling may lose momentum. Use this time to inspect your ambitions and plan the actions and skills required to navigate and succeed in new territory. When the Full Moon in Leo illuminates the night sky on February 12, the spotlight returns to you. This is your moment to reclaim your confidence, even if you’ve momentarily retreated to your workshop for repairs. Review and reinvention put you in good stead for when Mars ends this retrograde period on February 24.
From April 18 to June 16, Mars roars back into Leo, setting your engines ablaze with renewed energy. The drive missing in January now feels unstoppable. Your ideas and passions will take on an urgency that may see you burning more than one candle at both ends. Oh, as always, there is a risk of burnout when you ignore your very real need for rest and recuperation. Balance your creative and networking frenzies with quiet time and space alone. The dazzle on the horizon is further away than it seems. Pacing yourself will ensure your sights stay clearly focused on a grander future.
When Mercury begins its retrograde in Leo on July 18, the skies whisper of caution. The New Moon in Leo on July 24 invites you to craft a fresh manifesto but delay declarations and launches. Your words and plans may not land as intended, requiring patience and careful tinkering until Mercury goes direct on August 11. Rally your attention to refining a masterpiece or reviewing the rivets and other details of a project. Resist rushing ahead until you are confident your foundations are solid.
Venus graces Leo from August 25 to September 19, taking your magnetic charms to peak levels. Anything you’ve been holding back can now be released to the world with flourish and fanfare. Revel in delighting your audience with more than they ever expected: authenticity, genius, beauty and soul. The lion-hearted can be sensitive to the criticisms of others. However, shying away from giving your all will be an obstacle to Venus’ blessings in relationships, collaborations and outcomes. Lose yourself in creativity and let joy be the wings of your success.
Recovery and recalibration are marvellous allies. Embrace their power to experience a resurgence of self-propelling manifestation. Attention to detail and bold self-expression will let you soar toward horizons that reflect the rosy grandeur of your charm-lit heart.
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Virgo
Ready your callipers, Virgo! From lunar eclipses illuminating hidden mechanics to Mercury’s retrogrades slowing your gears for vital adjustments, 2025 is your year to transform careful planning into clockwork brilliance.
On March 14, the total lunar eclipse in your sign reveals the inner workings of your psyche, uncovering patterns and mechanisms that no longer serve your grand design. Rearranging yourself or your networks may feel more like a reassembly. Discard outdated components, introduce innovations, and fine-tune your inner workings.
On the heels of the eclipse, Mercury, your planetary ruler, begins a retrograde circuit, shifting from bold Aries into dreamy Pisces from March 15 to April 7. Plans may stall, and communications might feel as though they’re running in unfamiliar code. Intrigue could obscure your usual clarity, prompting you to revisit and refine the finer details of your plans and understandings. Look closely at your collaborations, especially those built on unwritten agreements or assumed mutuality. Are all your partnerships aligned with your vision, or are loose bolts threatening your progress?
Mars marches into your sign on June 17, igniting your engine room with a powerful surge of energy. It camps there until August 5, urging you to execute your plans with precision and vigour. Projects that have simmered on the back burner may now take on a sense of urgency. Organising your priorities, timelines, and strategies for achievement can protect you from being pulled into overdrive. Be sure to temper perfectionism with rest to avoid burnout, especially when Mercury retrogrades through Leo from July 18 to August 11. Balancing the drive for finality with the need for thoroughness and revision may be challenging. Extend your target dates and ensure that things aren’t just done but done well.
August 23’s New Moon invites you to set fresh intentions and draft a manifesto for the next cycle. This potent moment is ideal for launching projects that align with your purpose and values. Trust the stars to align the details. A second New Moon in your sign on September 21 is a chance to magnify your intentions under the light of a Partial Solar Eclipse. You may uncover a detail or opportunity that reshapes your understanding of your place in the grand machine. Welcome this insight as a prompt to balance self and service while rewiring your approach to relationships and responsibilities.
November brings Mercury's final retrograde for 2025, pulling you into the depths of your mental mechanisms. As your planetary ruler moves from expansive Sagittarius into enigmatic Scorpio, you are encouraged to revisit your philosophies and delve into the hidden currents of your thought processes. Consider whether your inner compass is pointing where you wish to go—or if the magnetism of someone else’s ideas or personality is steering you elsewhere.
Remain centred on your vision, balancing precision with passion, patience with progress, and self with service. Work with the eclipses and retrogrades of 2025 to meticulously transform details into masterpieces.
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Libra
Dear Voyager, you are set for 2025 odyssey of thought and discovery. Vast oceans of fresh ideas and uncharted concepts await your exploration. As the gears of the year spin, you’ll find yourself navigating familiar and uncharted territories with treasures glimmering just beyond the horizon.
Through favourable winds, you shall encounter kindred spirits whose perspectives are shaped by experiences far removed from your own. This year begins with a gentle and satisfying hum that carries your voice to the far reaches of this great globe. The atmosphere welcomes your presence and influence as you uncover profound truths that ignite personal growth and illuminate understanding.
When Venus, your ruling planet, retrogrades from March 2 to April 13, you will be asked to revisit your relationships, values and sense of beauty. Adding to the potential for disarray, Mercury retrogrades in Aries from March 15 to April 7. Old connections or unresolved emotions may resurface, urging you to polish the inner mechanisms of your heart. Quick fixes provide no real solutions here. Make the time to carefully attend to your desires, balancing your priorities before resetting your course toward more meaningful connections.
Communication may feel like a series of misfiring cogs, and you may struggle to articulate your intentions clearly. With the Partial Solar Eclipse in Aries on March 29, the fog lifts momentarily, giving you a chance to recalibrate your personal goals. The eclipse may be disruptive, but it reveals an underlying courage that may surprise you. Pay close attention to the sparks of insight it offers, especially in how your interactions with others shape your sense of self.
Mars enters Libra from August 6 to September 21, revving your determination and driving you to act with boldness and clarity. Your ingenuity will be on display as you lead with precision and flair. Use this period to push projects forward, confident of your experience and leadership ability.
Venus, your planetary ruler, returns to Libra from October 13 to November 6, delivering a burst of creativity and charm to your world. It’s time to manifest. Use this energy to magnetise material and emotional abundance. You may like to refine your personal style, inside and out, to set the foundation for the next phase of your journey. Relationships that underwent review during Venus retrograde may find renewed clarity and depth during this transit.
As the year winds down, the dance between Venus and Mars will guide you through a surge of personal growth. While the first part of 2025 is about introspection and recalibration, the latter half will see you fine-tuning your creations and setting your sights on the future.
Navigate the turns between introspection and action to mark 2025 as a year of creative self-discovery. By applying the lessons of the past to your evolving ventures, you’ll emerge as an inspiring voice who leads through harmony.
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Scorpio
Dear Scorpio, 2025 acknowledges you as an engineer of the unseen and calls you to purvey secrets and intricacies that operate beyond the everyday. Welcome this stellar invitation in the knowledge that subtle refinements can change everything.
Cosmic cogs are set to align in a constellation of empowerment, ingenuity, transformation and profound revelation this year. The year begins with Uranus activating your 7th house and bringing the challenge and thrill of the unexpected to partnerships and mutual interests. Tensions between the desire for freedom and stability can inspire unconventional arrangements in managing resources and emotions.
The Full Moon in Scorpio on May 12 illuminates your inner workings, bringing a hidden desire or project into the spotlight. Unveil an idea you’ve been entertaining in secret. Let this lunar brilliance bless a new wave of transformation as you upgrade your componentry and embrace the power of renewal.
When Pluto, your ruling planet, retrogrades in Aquarius from May 4 to October 14, the macrocosms of power and control begin a profound recalibration. This period invites you to dismantle systems that are not serving your present self and future visions. Challenge the structures within your friendships, communities and larger ambitions, knowing that truth has no fear of confrontation. Approach these encounters gently with patience and receptivity. Openness and nonjudgement will be rewarded with surprising honesty and innovative outcomes.
When Mars powers through Scorpio from September 22 to November 4, it’s time for full-steam intensity. This transit fuels your ambitions and sharpens your focus. Seize this window by taking calculated risks to propel your dreams forward.
November choreographs a delicate dance between Venus and Mercury, connection and communication. Venus graces Scorpio from November 6 to November 30, with an infusion of charm and allure. Love, creativity and personal expression wind your clockwork heart, inviting deeper ties and a refined sense of self.
However, Mercury retrogrades from Sagittarius to Scorpio from November 9 to November 29, making interactions and organisation feel like a jumble of misaligned gears. A misunderstanding may reveal something of another’s intention or perception of you. Do your best not to allow outside interference to disrupt your plans or ambitions.
The New Moon in Scorpio on November 20 sets the stage for profound beginnings. Like the inventor with a fresh design, you are poised to infuse your next chapter with purpose and clarity. This lunation urges you to balance your dreams with your real-world quests. Test the mettle of your self-worth with a daring bid for individuation.
Your capacity for complexity will shine in 2025. Through your intuitive grasp of the cycle of creation, destruction and reinvention, you continue to craft a life that transcends the functional and becomes exquisite.
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Sagittarius
Sagittarius, your philosophical adventures through 2025 are set to activate your naturally audacious spirit. As the celestial machinery whirs through motion, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to sate your curiosity. Bold decisions and inventive approaches shape your journey.
The year begins with Jupiter, your ruling planet, navigating Gemini, sparking rapid-fire ideas and connections. When Jupiter transitions into Cancer on June 9, areas of growth, such as education, travel and recognition are linked to your emotional core. Being open to success may rattle your sense of security. Trusting your instinct for self-protection will stoke rather than dim your adventurous flame. You may find safety as part of a collective.
The Sagittarius Full Moon on June 11 asks you to add dimension to your daydreams. Don your metaphorical goggles and draw from your lunar-charged imagination to address a mundane constraint of practicality. Strive to balance instinct with intellect, allowing your grander vision and its intricate details their moments under the looking glass. Exercise patience in conversation by resisting the urge to interject. Challenge a push to finalise your plans before you are ready. There is joy in dreaming boldly and determining where the currents of possibility might carry you.
On July 7, Uranus transitions into Gemini, stirring revolutionary ideas and electrifying your communication sector. You’re no stranger to thinking outside the box, but Uranus in your opposing sign will push you to challenge even broader boundaries — be prepared for bursts of unconventional brilliance that answer your need for personal freedom while strengthening collaborations. Ideas and solutions may be ahead of their time. Give others a moment to catch up.
Mars powers into Sagittarius from November 4 to December 15 with a call to action. Embrace the surge of confidence this transit brings and take decisive steps in pursuit of your goals. Take care to foresee the potential for potholes as Mercury retrogrades from Sagittarius into Scorpio from November 9 to November 29. Allow extra time and resources for resetting the wheels of communication and planning. Slowing down is not giving up but an opportunity to refine your strategies, so the foundations of your ambitions are as steady as your willpower.
Venus glides into Sagittarius from November 30 to December 24. Revel in the allure of new and deepening connections as you attract kindred spirits and opportunities for philosophical exploration. Whether you are in the zone for love, artistry or adventure, this is your time to shine. Mars’ drive and strategics may set up the field, but Venus adds a lucky charm to the elements that give your goals a momentum of their own.
The New Moon in Sagittarius on December 28 brings your year to a close with a boost of optimism, independence and enthusiasm for your expanding horizons. Dream large, but don’t let the details get carried away on this wave of gusto. Your end-of-year resolutions include committing less time, energy and money than you are able to give. Practice pausing to check your diary before agreeing to anything.
You are the archer of your destiny. Set loose your arrows of boldness, brilliance and heart to create a life of daring and security. Do not lose yourself in the chase for your goals. Your great success in 2025 will be finding yourself.
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Capricorn
As the grand clockworks of Capricorn’s cosmos tick into a new year, you find yourself in uncharted territory. Pluto’s 16-year overhaul of your sign concluded in late 2024, marking the end of an era of profound transformation. As 2025 unfolds, the air hums with a lighter, forward-focused energy that holds unfamiliar tones of possibility.
It’s your first full year without Pluto in your sign since 2008, and while its shadowy demands recede, the echoes of all you’ve rebuilt still carry. Keep the useful tools you’ve forged with you but redirect their use from restoration to invention. Thank Pluto for the clear sense of self and purpose with which you can navigate the shift from stabilising control to innovative release. It’s shaky ground, but you will find confidence in shifting your focus from what has worked to what will flourish.
Saturn, your planetary ruler, continues its serenade through imaginative Pisces until May 25. You are encouraged to blend structure with artistry, fortifying dreams with practicality. When Saturn enters Aries on May 25, it ignites a pioneering cycle of steam-powered courage and determination. You may be offered a seat as a passenger in affairs that are yours to command. You could settle for an easy outcome with a loss of agency or diminished outcome. Should you choose to take the helm, the winds are in your favour for uncharted success. Where you land comes down to how well you control your internal mechanisms.
When Uranus transitions from Taurus into Gemini on July 7, you’ll feel yet another shift where stability bows to agility and adaptability. You may surprise yourself with your intellectual pursuits, but others will be even more impressed by your capacity to collaborate and generate ideas. Your personal revolution has not changed your heart but reset your approach and perspective with palpable results.
The Full Moon in Capricorn on July 10 illuminates the intricacies of balancing family loyalty and self-fulfilment. Celebrate public and personal milestones and consider how to pave the road ahead. Resist the urge to overwork your gears by reinventing the wheels to fit your new world. Breathe and you will find you already have the means to navigate all that is before you.
As the year winds down, your engine fires up! Mars enters Capricorn on December 15, energising your ambitions with an oddly steadying determination. This is the fuel you’ve been looking for to bring a project to completion. There are no more dragging feet or surprises lingering in the shadows. This period supports an ending to promote a beginning – both require decisive action.
Venus joins Mars in Capricorn on December 24, casting a golden hue over relationships and personal comforts in time for the holiday season. You’re poised to finalise your year with a finesse that paves the way for productivity and camaraderie that will carry into 2026. When you make your resolutions, do so with inspired confidence, emboldened love and peaceful satisfaction.
Accustom yourself to tread lighter of step as you train your focus on becomings. Innovation, steady determination and harmonious connections are your scaffolding for transformation and possibility. 2025 ushers in powerful endings that lay the groundwork for empowered beginnings.
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Aquarius
Dear Aquarius, the celestial machinery has been recalibrated, and you, the tinkerer of the zodiac, now stand at the helm of transformation. With Pluto's monumental arrival in your sign in late 2024, you are not merely invited to take your place at the table of change – you are commanded to.
The Aquarius New Moon on January 29 primes the gears of your new era for reinvention. But with Mars retrograding in your opposite sign of Leo until February 23, your year is still grumbling to life. Stifled, you may feel a shift from innovation to rebellion, but going with the ‘slow’ has its purpose. The friction that arises during this retrograde will forge stronger alliances and sharpen your priorities. Your relational machinery will benefit from a retrofit that ensures all sides are equally fuelled by respect and purpose.
Pluto retrogrades in Aquarius from May 5 to October 14, setting half your year on your workbench. You can tinker with, dismantle and reestablish the framework of your ambitions. You’ve actively overlooked some nuts and bolts in the foundations of your healing and regeneration process. They have been knocking and tapping around in your engineering for so long that you forgot they weren’t meant to be there. Claim a more thorough transition to your upgraded reality by freeing yourself of lingering wounds and unhelpful ideations. When you finally move them, you’ll discover they’ve been hiding resources that improve your resilience.
Uranus, your planetary ruler, begins the year in Gemini in an aerial dance of the intellectual kind. Pivots of discovery and technological creativity will take on a slower pace when Uranus transitions into the earthiness of Taurus on July 7. Ground your futuristic pursuits with practical and immediate applications. Your dream machine has wings, with this shift, you’ll be fitting it with stabilising ballast. Ideas that once floated in the ether can find tangible forms for those willing to ground their talk in action.
Mercury's retrograde in Leo from July 18 to August 11 may cause misfires in the dialogue department. A minor misunderstanding has the potential to turn into a major point of disagreement. Avoiding malarkey is as simple as listening to and considering an idea before voicing your opposition. We can be blind to the flaws in our creations – if someone is happy to critique your work for you, try a new tactic and thank them.
The Full Moon in Aquarius on August 9 adds its notes to the Mercurial retrospection encouraging you to prioritise personal issues over global problems. You are reminded to look after yourself so you can be of better service to others. And also, not to lose yourself to a cause – no matter how good it is. The Pisces lunar eclipse on September 8 marks a turning point in self-care. By November, you will be fully immersed in the great alchemical process of personal transformation.
Prioritise yourself, Aquarius. In rebalancing, you shape a future guided by innovation and equality.
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Pisces
The grand clockwork of 2025 is set to turn at an unprecedented pace for you, Pisces. Let your intuition and ingenuity act as your compass and sextant. Explore themes of self-love and unconditional kindness in a quest for harmony that echoes throughout the year.
January opens with Venus, Saturn, and Neptune in Pisces, amplifying your natural sensitivity, creativity and compassion. Venus enhances your appreciation for beauty and love, Saturn anchors your dreams in real-world foundations, and Neptune deepens your connection to the subtler vibrations of life. Together, these planetary energies set a harmonious tone for the coming year and make your connections and aspirations feel vivid and meaningful.
Mars moves direct in Cancer on February 24, urging you into action. You may feel forced to engage or battle with the mundane. Standing your ground may feel jarring but empowering. The New Moon in your sign on February 27 adds steam to your aspirations, firing the cogs that will turn dreams into outcomes.
As Mercury retrogrades from Aries back to Pisces (March 15–April 7) and Venus does likewise from (March 2–April 13), your confidence in yourself and your dreams is shaken. Words unspoken, actions untaken and past dreams unpursued challenge your sense of progress. The optimism that buoyed your entry into the year may now seem elusive. Adjust your emotional pressure gauges, knowing that hope shines from tomorrow. Getting to that light depends on the action you take today.
Neptune, your planetary ruler, transitions from Pisces into Aries on March 30. For a time, it offers you the scaffolding of bold innovation. Untested designs may launch you into new territory but cannot be relied on when Neptune’s retrograde motion drags it back into Pisces on October 22. Revisiting your comfort zone allows you to reassess your sense of self with compassion, honesty and imagination for the possibilities ahead. This return to your sign, marked by Neptune stationing direct on December 10, offers a chance to bring perfection to a matter that was finalised but felt incomplete. Perhaps you could etch it with wisdom and clarity?
After a sojourn in Aries, Saturn re-enters your sign on September 1. In retrograde, it seeks to add gravity and structure to your lofty dreams, but the ballast is unpredictable. Regulation is a matter of trial and error. When Saturn turns direct on November 28, your discipline and motivation will lose their haphazardness. Efficiency and exactitude will bring the nebulous within reach.
The September 7 Lunar Eclipse urges you to balance logic and mysticism. You can intuit strategies and analyse feelings but keep your emotional intelligence poised on the horizon. Avoid nostalgia, regret, and other temptations that can lead to excess. This eclipse can help you imagine something into reality. Prepare by setting clear intentions from now until year’s end.
Pisces, follow Neptune’s tides with purpose and precision. You are not just a dreamer — you are a creator. Steer into the waves with loving determination.
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