Saturday, 20 September 2025

Astrology: The Year Ahead 2026

Astrology: The Year Ahead 2026
 
When Uranus re-enters Gemini on April 25, 2026 we will have entered into an exceptional year of positive aspects in a more stable fashion as the planets establish themselves in the new signs of Aries, Aquarius, and Gemini, as we enter the most optimistic quarter of the 20-year Jupiter-Saturn cycle. The Uranus-Neptune-Pluto minor grand trine, which marks this period, will begin to manifest more significantly, with 5 exact aspects occurring, with Saturn and Jupiter added five more aspects to this most beneficial configuration. The outer planets are working in harmony in an exceptional synergy.
I often write about adaptation for change and building for new energies and transitions. However, in reality, astrological changes are generally very gradual over incremental steps, but for this year, I would venture to say that the planetary configuration offers a distinctively new scenario, that is a more definite departure from the configuration from ten years ago, marked by the Uranus square Pluto aspect from 2016, where,  between 2012 and 2015, Uranus squared Pluto seven times.
 
One could say that the last ten years have involved the final quarter of the previous 20-year Jupiter/Saturn cycle, a de-constructive phase, and the first quarter of the current Jupiter/Saturn cycle, a re-construction phase. Later this year, I consider to be the beginning of the a ten-year period that is the most constructive of the Jupiter/Saturn cycle. The next five-year period is generally marked by an exuberant active optimism, with the following five years generally marked by a more stern, stentorian realism.
  
When Neptune and Saturn re-enter Aries on January 26 and February 13, there could be some turbulence as a final period of revisiting past cycles closes.  The end of February looks to be quite intense with a Solar eclipse (Feb 17), Saturn conjunct Neptune (Feb 20), Mercury Retrograde (Feb 25), Mars square Uranus (Feb 27) and a Lunar eclipse (March 3). Should I rectify my previous statement about the Israel-Hamas war and predict an end before April 25? Presumably, it could, but with the difficult end of February period, it's possible that the peace process can get stalled this Winter. Moreover, the Russian-Ukraine war could see improvements in that peace process (Admittedly, I haven't looked at any specific charts for those situations. I'm just basing my views on the general astrological outlook). 
 
There are 5 volatile Mars aspects (in red) this year, fewer than last, and more spaced out, and without the retrograde that prolonged the difficult aspects last year. Three of them arrive at closer intervals, beginning around September, and they could bring some more intense events for the Fall and Winter periods.
 
Mercury retrogrades through all three water signs: February 25-March 20; June 29-July 23; October 24-November 13, 2026
 
We have 4 eclipses this year, both seasons coinciding with some intense Mars aspects: 
Feb 17 Annular SOLAR Eclipse, 7:01 AM at 28 Aquarius 
March 3 Total LUNAR Eclipse March 3, 6:38 AM at 12 Virgo 54  
Aug 12,Total SOLAR Eclipse  1:36 PM at 20 Leo 02
Aug 28 Partial LUNAR Eclipse , 12:18 AM at 4 Pisces 54 
 
Jan 20 Saturn sextile Uranus
Jan 26  Neptune conjunct Aries
Feb 13  Saturn conjunct Aries 
Feb 17 Annular SOLAR Eclipse, 7:01 AM at 28 Aquarius 
Feb 20 Saturn conjunct Neptune 
Feb 25 Mercury Retrograde in Pisces 
Feb 27 Mars square Uranus 
Mar 3 Total LUNAR Eclipse March 3, 6:38 AM at 12 Virgo 54 
Mar 28 Saturn sextile Pluto
Apr 25  Uranus conjunct Gemini 
May 26  Mars  square  Pluto

June 30 Jupiter conjunct Leo

July 15 Uranus sextile Neptune
July 17  Uranus trine Pluto
July 20 Jupiter trine Neptune
July 20 Jupiter opposition Pluto
July 21 Jupiter sextile Uranus
July 24 Neptune sextile Pluto
June 30 Jupiter conjunct Leo
Aug 12,Total SOLAR Eclipse  1:36 PM at 20 Leo 02
Aug 28 Partial LUNAR Eclipse , 12:18 AM at 4 Pisces 54 
31 Aug Jupiter trine Saturn 
Sep  1 Mars  square  Saturn  
Sept 16 Neptune sextile Pluto 
Oct 3 Mars opposition Pluto  
Nov 29 Uranus trine Pluto
Dec 4 Mars square Uranus
 
https://parade.com/astrology/astrology-of-2026
https://cafeastrology.com/astrology-of-2026.html 

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