The energy of 2025 explained easily, welcome 2026.

The last year we have been through some major astrological shifts which I will try to break down as it will be super important in order to move into the next chapter.

The beginning of 2026 represents the beginning of a new Gregorian calendar but not the astrological calendar which starts on the 21st of March.

Just to clarify that this new energy comes from centuries of celebrations around an established structure and no Mother Nature cycle, nevertheless this is important for all of us as it sets a cycle.

We start a new year, we leave behind something.

2024 and 2025 have been shaky and for some of us particularly challenging as the energy was changing and multiple planets were shifting into different energetical dynamics.

The beginning of 2026 will represent the final shift, showing us everything we are leaving behind and the next chapter is now visible.

Summarizing where we are at:

PLUTO:

Pluto in Aquarius is now the new paradigm as I extensively explained in some of my previous writing. This planet in Aquarius is about the collective, technologies, and power dynamics, Pluto takes 284 years to move through the zodiac and it will be transiting Aquarius for the next 20 years.

Pluto is underbelly emotions, passion,

Pluto is the god of the underworld in the myth, so we deal with an energy that is extremely powerful, sometimes unseen, and that rules the depth of our souls. It pushes us to come to the other side, to look for a rebirth, to claim what belongs to us, our power as individuals, without being subject to external forces.

Example: exiting toxic relationships, looking for better jobs where our skills are appreciated and well paid, finding our powers and standing strong. Sometimes it can be painful as this shift happens through closing something so we can open a new door.

If you have planets or angles in the early degrees of Aquarius, Taurus, Scorpio, and Leo, you have felt this big time.

Collectively, this planet has represented the rise of mass protesting, technological advancement, but also a hidden dark side with media manipulating information and political chaos. Check in what house Aquarius lands in your chart.

URANUS:

Uranus entered Gemini during 2025, is currently retrograde in Taurus, and will make the final shift at the end of April 2026. Uranus has an 84 years cycle, so we live our Uranus opposition around 42 yo and the Uranus return and 84.

Uranus in Gemini is about freedom, it is quick, electric, and opens possibilities and again a huge technological advancement.

Gemini is curiosity, knowledge, intellect, experimenting, trying new options, gets bored easily, and wants to change. This combined with Uranian energy is truly a push forward to the future that we have seen in the fantasy movies during the 90s.

It's like nothing we thought could be true or even happen now is normal.

It's normal talking about UFO sightings, trips to Mars, robots, and we have created an AI which potentially could be sentient, and not opening the quantum computers topic as it is still so wild for my brain to comprehend.

Uranus at some point during its journey through Gemini will trine Pluto in Aquarius and those will be the moment of major developments for technology.

If you have planets or Angles in Gemini, Sagittarius, Pisces and Virgo the next 7 years of Uranus transiting Gemini you will be compelled to find freedom, freedom of expression, potential travels, new businesses, more independence, space for yourself and changes in general that will free you from your old self or a particular situation where you felt constricted.

Uranus is Liberation, check in what house Gemini lands in your chart,

Uranus in Gemini is the Uranus return for the USA.

Uranus was transiting through Gemini during three distinct periods in American history: the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War II.

NEPTUNE:

Neptune takes approximately 160 years to complete its orbit and move through all signs, it stays around 14 years in each sign.

Neptune is an energy of creativity, dreams, spirituality, the journey through the connection with the whole, psychic abilities, feeling the other layers of existence which are not material, leaving the structure of material needs and social conformity so we can understand the spiritual path.

This planet urges us to see behind the layers of the 3D and leap into the subconscious mind.

Neptune in Pisces for the past 12 years has brought huge spiritual shifts for many of us and the collective seems now more open to understand the unseen. I think the transit of this planet in Pisces has awakened many and brought back to popularity some esoteric practices and spiritual practices that were before forgotten.

The last two years Saturn in Pisces has met Neptune on multiple occasions and we have truly lived spirituality with integrity, strength and worked through our own limitations and what is possible.

I think these two planets together in Pisces have been at times challenging, creating as well a feeling of wanting to move forward fast but it feels like I am going nowhere. The concept of time itself has changed and spiritual wisdom has cracked us open.

At the end of January, Neptune will do its final move into Aries.

If you have planets or angles in the early degrees of Aries, Capricorn, Libra, or Cancer you will feel this very soon or you probably already have an idea as you already felt this during June, July, and August 2025.

If you have planets or angles in Aries, Libra, Capricorn, and Cancer you may be feeling this later in the years as Neptune will stay in Aries for 12 years.

Neptune in Aries is about taking initiative about our spiritual mission, believing in something, manifesting your dreams into reality, spiritual warriors, and the collective awakening into action.

The last time Neptune was in Aries the world saw the American Civil War in the USA.

I am mentioning these world events because I invite my readers to reflect.

Neptune can be foggy, hard to understand and it will be important to have discernment, read in between the lines, don't join blindly ideologies but be flexible and open to being yourself.

Neptune in Aries will shake our need for authenticity and we will be questioning many things probably even moving away from social media as we will feel we can't trust and we will be unsure about the authenticity of what we are reading and watching.

SATURN:

If you are in your 30s or 60s you probably have Saturn in Aries and are about to start your Saturn return. The Saturn cycle is vital in order to understand the path, I use this planet in readings to put things into perspective with my clients and also time their progress and understand where they are at. The Saturn cycle is incredibly powerful and revealing.

Saturn has a 30-year cycle and stays around 2.5 years in each sign.

Saturn right now is ending its transit in Pisces, has just moved out of the retrograde motion and is about to enter Aries on the 13th of February 2026.

Super important for the collective: Saturn and Neptune will be in a conjunction during February and March very tight at zero degrees of Aries, the degrees of the primordial reboot, a new start, the indigenous cultures, the power of the land and the first creation, the energy held in the first spark of a project and the first breath of life.

From the 13th of February until early March set your energy into the new beginning you wish for.

Saturn in Aries during 2026 will be energy to use for our long-term goals according to where Aries is in your chart.

THE LUNAR NODES:

During 2025 we had the nodal axis and Eclipses in Virgo Pisces, with the south node in Virgo and the North node in Pisces, Eclipses dates:

date	kind	place
March 14, 2025	lunar	North and South America, Europe, and Africa
March 29, 2025	solar	northwestern Africa, Europe, and northwestern Russia
September 7, 2025	lunar	Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia
September 21, 2025	solar	New Zeala

The nodes are karmic points, eclipses are powerful celestial events that throw everything in the air, telling us exactly what is next. There are answers during eclipses and revelations; it is magic, and this is received when you are open to hear and to shift.

For example, I had problems at work since a big eclipse in Aries that shook my seventh house of relationships. I didn't read between the lines, and I stayed in a toxic job environment, losing my time basically and losing self-confidence. I ended up resigning with the November big full moon in Gemini, which was squaring the nodes (plus I am a Gemini). The karmic feeling of a full moon squaring the nodes is undeniable, and this is to explain the energy of the nodes and eclipses.

I ended up resigning, and this was revealed to me a year and a half before.

During this time, I did IVF and lived through an intense work stress environment. I didn't get pregnant, and now I am fine. I know this was my path; however, I can see the pictures and revelations given to me during eclipses. It was all so clear and connected.

So incredibly perfect but my ego and fears were too big.

I am aware we are where we are supposed to be, but now I feel so humble in front of revelations, and I am learning to trust and respect myself in a different way without putting up with bullying and manipulation.

The Nodes will shift in 2026 into Leo and Aquarius, with the first solar eclipse in Aquarius in February 2026. The nodes are always retrograding, so we will have the North Node in Aquarius and the South Node in Leo.

I will not go into details as this is a huge topic; I will probably dedicate a special article.

I will also talk about this in my live workshop in the Northern rivers on the 17th of January, in case you are in the area, check my event page for the ticket.

JUPITER:

During 2025, we had Jupiter in Cancer, gorgeous energy exalted, and the water energy was so supportive throughout the year. I can confidently say that in front of challenges, Jupiter was having our back. Probably, people with strong Cancer energy had a wonderful year of development. In general, it was a year about going home. Jupiter will stay in Cancer until the 30th of June 2026, so we have a bit more to do with this planet.

Jupiter spends a year in each sign and takes 12 years to go around the zodiac, so we will have Jupiter in Cancer again in 2037/2038.

Jupiter in Cancer is about the home, the clan, our people, protecting and defending our place. However, Cancer can lock itself in the shell, so it is important to understand where Cancer is in your chart, what these 12 months represented, and how to use at its best the Jupiterian blessings.

For example, if Cancer is in your 9th house, it is time for learning, travels, and possibly bringing new knowledge into your circle. Probably, you are a person that loves traveling and makes herself at home in foreign lands.

You could fall in love with a stranger.

Move abroad.

Start a new big learning path.

In my upcoming event I will talk about Jupiter in Leo for 2026 and 2027 and some of the challenges and blessings we will find with this shift in energy.

I will dive deep with more blog posts during 2027. I will have an in-person event, plus reach out if you are interested in an online event. We could do something online at the beginning of 2026.

I will post and add more writing in the Astral Collective as well. You can purchase the monthly horoscope based on your rising sign, which will have a broad landscape overview with monthly dates and more.

Love

Vanessa