Astrology: The Year Ahead 2025

Jupiter square Saturn (3rd) on June 15 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. 

 

By July, we'll be moving into the more definite 5-year part of the 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, as the Neptune, Pluto, Uranus minor grand trine (or Uranus, Neptune, Pluto 2025 to 2028 –  Magic Triangle ) moves into it's beneficial influence over the next few years. 

According to Bryanna Collier:

 

2025 is shaping up to be a year unlike anything we've experienced before — at least when it comes to the action in the sky. The four outer planets in our solar system, sometimes known in astrology as generational planets, will all change signs, shifting how we operate in the world. Since these celestial bodies cycle through the zodiac at a slower pace, the impact of their transitions is often more noticeable in our lives. Buckle up for some big transformations.

 The first of these transits will kick off on March 30, when dream-ruling Neptune enters energetic Aries. Over the next 14 years, big ideas have the potential to spring forth into the collective consciousness and shake things up in a major way. Saturn — the planet of wisdom, structure and discipline — will also make his way into driven Aries on May 24 or May 25 (depending on your time zone), igniting us with the courage to go after what we desire, even if it requires a lot of hard work. We may feel tempted to go overboard with things as abundant Jupiter moves into deep-feeling Cancer starting on June 9. When the planet of luck spends time in the cardinal water sign, our emotions tend to heighten, compelling us to pour our whole heart into our homes, relationships and anything else that pulls our focus. Finally, when revolutionary Uranus enters social Gemini on July 7, we'll be challenged to find fresh ways to communicate. From now through 2033, it'll be up to us to come together to create — and embrace — new inventions that amplify connection.

The Pluto ingress into Aquarius on November 20, 2024 is still in a high energy transition position that should last until Pluto reaches the 3rd degree of Aquarius early in the year, but will retrograde, and other outer planets will take time to fully enter new signs, meaning that 2026 will see a more stable positive sky configuration.

 

We’ll have an eclipse phase in March and September. Mercury retrograde for 3 weeks in March-April, July-August, and November. The month-long volatile Mars aspects (*) will be more frequent  this year because some occur during a Mars retrograde period.   January, April-May, June, July-August, September-October, October-November, November-December will all have volatile Mars aspects. In fact, February and March will be the only months with no difficult Mars aspects. But with five outer planets hovering between the high-energy cusps of two signs and 7 volatile Mars aspects (marked in red), one can expects a fair amount of convulsions in this transition year.

 

June looks to be a very intense month, with June 15 – Jupiter square Saturn (3 of 3), June 19 – Jupiter square Neptune (1 of 1) aspects, but we will have two visits each of Saturn sextile Uranus and part of the start of an era defining pattern with Uranus sextile Neptune for more positive influences.

2025 Astrology

• Jan 3  Mars opposite Pluto
  
• Feb 23 Mars direct
• Mar 14 – Lunar Eclipse at 23♍56
• Mar 15 Mercury Retrograde
  
• Mar 29 – Solar Eclipse at 09♈00
• Mar  30 Neptune in Aries 
• Apr 04 – Saturn sextile Uranus (1 of 3)
• Apr  7 Mercury Direct 
  
• Apr 26  Mars opposite Pluto
• May 25 Saturn in Aries 
• June  9  Jupiter in Cancer
  
• Jun 15  Mars square Uranus 
  
• June 15 – Jupiter square Saturn (3 of 3)
• June 19 – Jupiter square Neptune (1 of 1)
• Jul 7  Uranus in  Gemini
• July 31 Saturn conjunct Neptune
• Aug 11 – Saturn sextile Uranus (2 of 3)
• Jul 18 Mercury Retrograde
  
• Aug  8 Mars opposite Saturn  
• Aug 11 Mercury Direct
• Aug 28 – Uranus sextile Neptune (1 of 5)
• Sept 07 – Lunar Eclipse at 15♓22
• Sept 21– Solar Eclipse at 29♍05
• Sep 24 Mars square Pluto
• Nov 7  Mars opposition Uranus  
• Nov  9  Mercury Retrograde 
• Nov 20 – Uranus sextile Neptune (2 of 5)
• Nov 29 Mercury Direct
  
• Dec  8, 2025   Mars square Saturn 
  

The following aspects are not exact until 2026, but they come within 2° orb in 2025:

• Saturn conjunct Neptune from May 20 to September 14, 2025.
• Neptune sextile Pluto from May 24 to November 12, 2025.
• Saturn sextile Pluto from June 17 to September 5, 2025.
• Uranus trine Pluto from July 23 to November 16, 2025.

References

https://cafeastrology.com/2025-horoscopes-overview.html

https://www.cbc.ca/life/culture/2025-horoscope-year-ahead-forecast-generational-planets-1.7415499

PS - they say that 2025 is ruled by Mars, because the kabbalistic reduction, adding sum of individual digits, gives 9, related to Mars. Also 7 month-long volatile Mars aspects this year (average: 4); Saturn & Neptune in Aries this Spring; Mars on steroids...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/astrology/planets-transits/the-year-of-mars-2025-the-year-of-great-awakening/articleshow/116243282.cms