Pluto's entrance into Aquarius and the Outer Planets in 2025

       2025 will be a life changing year for many on an individual level and rapid, unexpected developments on a global scale with Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter all switching signs within a 9 month period. This is a rare alignment of planetary energy, given how slowly the outer planets change signs. Pluto can stay in a sign for 12 to 30 years. Pluto made it's final entrance into Aquarius on November 19th 2024, having been in Capricorn since November 26th 2008, 16 years. It will not change into Pisces until 2044. Neptune stays in a sign on average about 14 years. Uranus stays in a sign for about 7 years. Saturn stays in a sign about 2 and a half years. Jupiter changes signs about every 12 months. As you can see, to have Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter all change within 9 months (November 2024 to July 2025) we can expect that 2025 will be a year for the history books. If you also have natal planets and angles being triggered by the 2025 eclipses, this is even more powerful for you.

      People who have 29-0 degrees of any sign in their natal chart will be very much impacted in that area of life, particularly if you have 29 degrees Pisces or 0 degrees Aries because both Saturn and Neptune will cross those degrees by conjunction. In addition, 0 degrees Aries is a critical degree of new beginnings as its the first degree of the zodiac, further evidence that 2025 is fundamentally different from any prior year. To illustrate, say you have Venus at 0 degrees of a sign, it is in your 9th house and rules your 3rd and 10th houses, then matters of the 3rd, 9th and 10th houses, as well as the general significations of Venus will be pronounced in your life next year. You will experience major changes to your career/ reputation (10th) as well as love life/ social life/ comfort level (Venus). You may take a trip to a foreign country that could heavily impact your philosophy and belief/ value system or you may go back to school or get involved with a legal case (all 9th house matters). Or, you may experience lots of changes to your immediate environment, short distance travels and/or with your extended family (3rd). I am referring to the degrees in western astrology in this article.

       I'd say that in 2025 laws, codes, ways of living, cultural norms and expectations will be forever shaken up, with things we have taken for granted no longer taken for granted. It is not inherently good or bad, it's just that the old ways of living no longer work and changes must be established. It won't be a good year for those who dislike change and surprises because 2025 will be full of both. Like all major changes in history, things must reach a tipping point before they change direction to make way for real progress. With artificial intelligence being used more and more in many fields, and humans being replaced with machines and robots in numerous settings including restaurants, grocery stores and dollar stores, people are wondering how their ability to make a living may be impacted. I was shocked to learn that in Canada, there were more than 2 million visits to food banks in March 2024, the highest number in recorded history. This year Canada sought to curb immigration levels for the next 3 years by reducing the number of permanent immigrants due to concerns about high cost of living, housing that has become unaffordable and inadequate social services. We have seen a huge rise in multigenerational households in cultures where that is not the norm, primarily due to people in their 20s and 30s unable to buy homes. I've personally seen sales at certain retailers that haven't been so low in the last 10+ years. Perhaps they can't create enough demand for services and products they had no problem selling at traditional prices in the past because of the changing economy. At this point in history there are actually more people who are not married than those who are statistically speaking due to a variety of socioeconomic changes in the last 5-10 years. It seems now that instead of being a rite of passage to adulthood, it is a choice to get married and/or have kids. Canada's fertility rate was at an all time low in 2023. I'm sure that in each area of the world, there have been reversals to long standing trends and expectations in the last year, which will only increase in the coming year. With the rise of social media shedding light on the inequities in business and in society, who has power and privilege, and who does not, it paves way for increased discussion on topics that were repressed before. Fear has been used by dominant media for a long time to control the masses. When people are stuck in feelings of fear and anxiety, it is harder to think critically about what is really going on behind the scenes and whose agenda is being pursued at the expense of others. It has come to light that the existing ways of doing things are creating riches for the very few at the highest levels of society, with the increasing majority not being able to share in the abundance and security. Unless people take action, this will be the way things will always be. Fortunately, Aquarius is the sign of brotherhood and sisterhood, groups and collectives working together to create change for humanity. Aquarius hates hierarchies, and seeks to break them down with people from all backgrounds and walks of life working together and understanding each other at a deeper level. Aquarius loves strikes, protests and demonstrations! With Pluto's entrance into this freedom loving sign, I hope to see rapid evolution in human rights around the world. Awareness has been created and hopefully will lead to action that results in more equity in society. 

       Days when planets turn retrograde and direct can be significant on an individual and collective level, so it's good to mark them on your calendars and observe what happens those days. Even if important developments don't occur immediately during those times, the ideas, reflections, meetings with people and conversations taking place often are connected to more important events later on. Neptune will go into Aries on March 31st 2025 and will retrograde back to Pisces on October 23rd 2025. Neptune does not permanently enter Aries until January 27th 2026. Uranus enters Gemini on July 8th 2025 but retrogrades into Taurus on November 9th 2025 and doesn't permanently enter Gemini until April 27th 2026. Saturn enters Aries on May 26th 2025 but will retrograde into Pisces on September 2nd 2025. Jupiter enters Cancer on June 10th 2025, it retrogrades on November 11th 2025 and doesn't permanently enter Leo until July 1st 2026. 

         What do you think 2025 may bring astrologically on an individual or collective level? Please let me know in the comments!