Astrology: The year ahead, 2024

Jupiter square Saturn on August 19 marks the one quarter mark of the Jupiter-Saturn cycle begun in 2020. I see the first five years of this cycle as a period of transition and adjustment. It can be a good time to reflect on all that has happened, notably: the Covid pandemic, the US capitol building riots, the Russian-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine wars. 

 

With Pluto in Aquarius on January 21, we’ll see the beginning of a more favorable period, a precursor to 2025, which begins an optimistic 10-year phase in the 20-year Jupiter-Saturn cycle. Optimistic does not necessarily mean peaceful. It can signal a gung-ho conquest energy as well as cooperative, peace-building trends. Moving into April 20, a trio of jovial aspects highlight this period:  Jupiter conjunct Uranus, Jupiter sextile Neptune, Jupiter trine Pluto. But beginning in August, the rest of the year will be more difficult, culminating in an intense mutable Grand Cross at the Winter Solstice. I see this as a final adjustment phase before entering a distinctly new and positive phase in 2025.

 

We’ll have an eclipse phase in March and September. Mercury retrograde for 3 weeks in April, August, and November/December. The month-long volatile Mars aspects (*) will be more spread out this year (I suspect that three consecutive volatile Mars aspects over last Summer played an important factor in triggering the tensions that provoked the Israel-Palestine war) , with one in March, June, August, and November. February, April, May and July look to be the most favorable periods this year.

 

Jan 21 –  Pluto in Aquarius

Feb 27 –  Mars (Aquarius) square Jupiter (Taurus)

Mar  09 – Mars square Uranus (Taurus)*

Mar 25 – Lunar Eclipse in Libra

Apr 01 – Mercury Retrograde in Aries

Apr 08 – Solar Eclipse in Aries

Apr 20 – Jupiter conjunct Uranus

Apr 25 – Mercury direct

May 23 – Jupiter sextile Neptune

May 25 – Jupiter in Gemini until June 9, 2025

Jun 02 – Jupiter trine Pluto

Jun 10 – Neptune sextile Pluto in orb not exact until 2026

Jun 11 –  Mars square Pluto (Aquarius) *

Aug 05 –  Mercury Retrograde: in Virgo

Aug 16 –  Mars (Gemini) square Saturn (Pisces) *

Aug 19 – Jupiter square Saturn 1 of 3

Aug 24 –  Uranus sextile Neptune, in orb not exact until 2025

Aug 28 –  Mercury direct

Sept 02 –  Pluto in Capricorn

Sept 17 – Lunar Eclipse in Pisces

Oct 02 – Solar Eclipse at in Libra

Oct 26 –  Neptune sextile Pluto out of orb

Nov 03 –  Mars (Cancer) opposition Pluto (Capricorn) *

Nov 16 – Uranus sextile Neptune out of orb

Nov 19 –  Pluto in Aquarius

Nov 25 –  Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius

Dec 15 –  Mercury direct

Dec 24 – Jupiter square Saturn 2 of 3

From Astrology with Andy: From July of 2025 until February of 2027, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto will be getting along splendidly. By that I mean that Uranus and Pluto will be in a trine (120-degree) aspect to each other while simultaneously sextile (60 degrees away from) Neptune. The three of them will be speaking the same language and supporting one another.

While they will bring major global shifts, they will do so like a well-rehearsed orchestra (as opposed to, say, an out-of-tune electric guitar). In fact, I think that a lot of the ugliness that will emerge as Pluto wraps up its transit of Capricorn (and especially in the US, where this also coincides with the United States’ Pluto return) will begin to be cleaned up during this 2024 – 2026 period.

see: 

https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/astrology/astrology-2024/