The astrology of 2025 📅
Ch-ch-changes
Hi there!
How’s the holiday season treating you? Surprisingly, I’m having a great time. I hope you too!
Since 2025 is around the corner, today I want to share the most relevant astrological transits of the year.
Let’s go!
The Astrology of 2025
In my opinion, these are the most noteworthy astrological movements of the year 2025:
Pluto in Aquarius
Neptune in Aries
Uranus in Gemini
Saturn in Aries
Mars retrograde
Lunar Nodes in Virgo and Pisces
Venus retrograde
Jupiter in Cancer
Keep reading to find my explanations of each of them.
Pluto in Aquarius in 2025
Truth be told, Pluto arrived in Aquarius for a brief minute in 2023 and then in 2024.
However, we’ll learn more about this astrological transit in 2025 because this planet will stay here for many years. It will retrograde, but it won’t be back in Capricorn.
Check more information about Pluto in Aquarius here:
Pluto will leave Aquarius to arrive at Pisces in 2043.
The last time Pluto was in Aquarius was from 1777 until 1798. In true Aquarian fashion, this was a very revolutionary time.
The American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution occurred.
Besides, this was considered the Age of Enlightenment. Science has become more prevalent in society and is regarded as superior knowledge to intuitive or traditional practices. This distinction is still prevalent.
This time around, the main protagonists of this cycle would be the debate around Artificial Intelligence and the radicalization of people based on what they see on social media.
Have you seen the Netflix show The Madness? It's the perfect example of Pluto in Aquarius.
Neptune in Aries in 2025
Neptune will ingress Aries on the 30th of March. It will leave this sign in 2039.
The last time Neptune was in Aries was from 1861 to 1875. The American Civil War took place back then, as well as the Franco-Prussian wars.
In terms of developments, the typewriter, the machine gun, and dynamite were invented.
This time, I consider that we’ll experience more limitless manifestations of nature, such as extreme floods and wildfires.
I’m also really interested in the new music or works of art that will emerge. They will be brash and unapologetic.
Uranus in Gemini in 2025
Uranus will arrive at Gemini on July 7th. It will leave this sign in 2033.
Uranus was in Gemini from 1941 to 1948. World War II occurred then, and the Cold War was initiated.
Will we see the rise of controversial leaders concentrating lots of power? Probably.
I’m also paying attention to the widespread criticism of social media. The golden age of long-form content on the internet is coming.
Using Astrology as Your Guide for 2025
I use astrology as a forecast to organize my life.
If it will rain profusely, astrologically speaking, there’s no point in me trying to organize an outdoor party.
I have to use the energy for something else. I could stay cozy inside and read. If I need to go out, I know I must carry a raincoat and umbrella.
The outdoor party will have to wait. There’s no point in trying to force a specific outcome. Doing so will only cause more suffering.
Forcing specific outcomes is fruitless. It doesn’t indicate that I’m decisive. Instead, it shows me that I have deeply seated control issues.
I’m not always capable of going with the flow. However, when I do it, my life feels lighter and more effortless.
The astrological forecast tells me that sometimes what I want doesn't align with what the cosmos offers. But that doesn’t mean that everything sucks. It just means that there are different lessons that I need to integrate.
If you want to learn how to use astrology as a compass for your life, I have something for you.
You're invited to join me for a 2-hour workshop about The Astrology of 2025.
I will talk about the prevailing energies of 2025 and how you can connect with them. Bring your journal to write down some ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Can’t wait!
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Saturn in Aries in 2025
Saturn will arrive in Aries on May 24th. The Saturn return of people born with Saturn in Aries starts on this date!
Saturn was last in Aries from April 7th, 1996 until June 9th, 1998. That day, it entered Taurus and stayed in this zodiac sign until October 25th, when it retrograded back to Aries. It finally left Aries on February 28th, 1999.
When Saturn was in Aries in the late nineties, Dolly the Sheep was cloned, Bill Clinton was re-elected, Princess Diana passed away, the domain google.com was registered, Steve Jobs was named interim CEO of Apple, Titanic won 11 Oscars, the Asian currency and financial crisis spread to Latin America, the first euro coins were minted, and Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from basketball, just to name a few events.
I absolutely love the fact that The Spice Girls released their debut album, called Spice, on November 4th, 1996. Spice and Aries are compatible energies. Astrology is SO real!
This year, we’ll only get a sample of Saturn in Aries. The ringed planet will retrograde back to Pisces from September 1st, 2025, to February 13th, 2026.
These 5 months of retrogradation are like the closing thoughts for the Saturn in Pisces cohort. The natives will experience the final chapter of their Saturn return.
People who have Saturn in Aries in their birth chart will have a trial period of their Saturn return from May 24th until September 1st.
Then, they will rest while the Saturn in Pisces people finish their Saturn return.
Starting from February 13th of 2026, people with Saturn in Aries will feel their Saturn return in full force.
Here’s an extra text that will help you learn more about this transit and placement in the birth chart:
You can also hear out a podcast where I was invited to speak about this topic: Navigating Your First Saturn with Valentina Zapico
Mars Retrograde in 2025
At the beginning of the year, Mars is already retrograde. It started its retrograde phase on December 6th, 2024.
Mars retrogradation started in Leo. On January 6th, it goes back to Cancer. The middle of the retrograde phase occurs on January 15th, when this fiery planet opposes the Sun in Capricorn. Finally, Mars turns direct at 17° of Cancer on February 23rd.
The last time Mars was retrograde took place from October 30th, 2022, to January 12th, 2023. The retrogradation occured in Gemini.
Lula da Silva won the presidential election in Brazil on October 30th, 2022. He’s the first president elected three times in this country. He’s also the oldest one, at 77.
FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Ukrainian forces recaptured Kherson, the world population reached 8 billion, OpenAI released ChatGPT, Argentina won the FIFA World Cup 🇦🇷🏆, Croatia adopted the euro, and the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI was held in the Vatican City.
Here’s more info about this astrological transit:
The year will definitely start slowly. The pace would pick up at the end of February, but most likely in March.
Lunar Nodes in Virgo and Pisces in 2025
The Lunar Nodes will change signs from Aries and Libra to Virgo and Pisces on the 29th of January. Pisces will be the North Node and Virgo the South Node.
On March 29th, we will still have a partial solar eclipse at 08°53’ of Aries. This is normal. Some years, the Lunar Nodes change signs, but we could still experience an eclipse in one of the signs where they were before.
The last time Pisces was the North Node was in 2006-2007. However, we last had eclipses in Pisces with the North Node in Virgo in 2015-2017.
Since eclipses are a wildcard in my view of astrology, I won’t do any retrospective about them here.
Check the topics of your Virgo and Pisces houses in your birth chart. These topics will point to the issues that will be prominent for one year and a half.
You can read more about it here:
Venus Retrograde in 2025
Venus will start its retrograde phase at 10°50’ of Aries on March 1st. It will go back to Pisces on March 27th. Then, it will turn direct at 24°37’ of Pisces on April 12th.
The last time Venus retrograded was in the Leo sign from July 22nd to September 3rd, 2023. This was when the movie Barbie premiered, and people went extreme Barbiecore.
The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike was also in full effect during Venus retrograde. The strike started on May 2nd and ended on September 27th, 2023.
I would look at the Pinterest Predicts report to determine which fashion trends will be relevant in 2025.
Since the retrogradation starts in Aries and then goes back to Pisces, my money is in the following trends: Cherry Coded, Aura Beauty, Sea Witchery, and Fisherman Aesthetic.
Snow White, a film written by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson, will be released on March 21st. I don’t know if it will be the massive success that Barbie was. However, I find it lovely that one of the screenwriters of this film is Greta Gerwig, the director of Barbie.
Is Greta Gerwig the queen of Venus retrograde? I think so!
Jupiter in Cancer in 2025
Jupiter will nest in Cancer on June 9th. It will stay in this sign until June 30th, 2026, when it will visit Leo.
The last time Jupiter stayed in Cancer was from June 25th, 2013, until July 16th, 2014.
What happened back then, you may ask?
In Jupiter’s previous stay in Cancer, typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, killing more than 5,000 people. It was one of the strongest storms ever recorded in history. Remember that Jupiter amplifies, and Cancer is a water sign.
On a happier note, the US Supreme Court cleared the way for legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. Jupiter is associated with justice, and Cancer is related to domestic life.
On July 1st, Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union. I’m mentioning this because I noticed that Croatia adopted the euro when Mars was retrograde in 2022. Jupiter will be in Cancer again in 2025, and Mars will also be retrograde, so this could be a big year for this country.
Grand Theft Auto V was released on September 17th, 2013, and earned more than half a billion dollars on its first day for sale. Jupiter is associated with abundance.
On November 12th, the painting Three Studies of Lucian Freud was sold for US$142.4 million in a New York City auction, setting a world record for an auctioned work of art. Jupiter likes breaking records.
In 2014, the West African Ebola virus epidemic began to spread in February. In March, Russia formally annexed Crimea, causing an escalation of conflicts that can be traced to this day.
I read on the Pinterest Predict report that an event called Nesting Parties will replace the overconsumption-driven baby showers. I’m so here for it, and it looks pretty on-point for the Jupiter through Cancer transit.
This is a tiny sample of all the astrological changes we’ll experience in 2025.
During the year, I’ll share more in-depth information about each of them.
Thank you for reading!
Happy New Year,
Valentina
P.S.: Learn more about The Astrology of 2025 in the workshop I’m giving on January 23rd!
Very interesting to read! Thank you for sharing ❤️