What sets 2025 apart from other years is not just the amount of change but that all the outer planets, those that are in the same place for years if not decades, to a point because they are ever constant blend into the background, are all on the move. All but one but only because as you move into the New Year Pluto, the planet of change and transformation has just finished his big transition and has been in your communication sector for just six weeks but is here now until 2044. Pluto had spent a few months here in early 2023 and another seven months in 2024, in between dipping back into your income sector to tie up the loose ends of a visit that had begun in 2008. It was when Pluto was in your communication sector last year that Jupiter not only returned to your relationship sector but moved straight into a friendly aspect. Jupiter is still in your relationship sector and will be until 10th June and having Pluto back in your communication sector will help you get the most out of what is set to be a big year for all your relationships. For while Jupiter will end his 13 month visit to your relationship sector on 10th June and his partnership with Pluto, this sets the scene for Uranus to do the same when less than a month later, on 7th July he will return for his first visit in eight decades. As was the case with Pluto, as an outer planet Uranus will still have unfinished business from his time in your work sector since 2019 and while he will leave there on 7th July, he will retrograde back in on 8th November to tie up loose ends. Uranus will leave your work sector for good in April 2026 and will not only then remain in your relationship sector until 2033, but with Pluto in your communication sector the whole of that time. The other major planets on the move this year are Saturn and Neptune, one the hard taskmaster of the cosmos and the planet of personal responsibility and the other the planet of hopes and dreams. Neptune has been in your home and family sector since 2012 and Saturn since March 2023. Where Neptune is all about the dream, Saturn has the resolve and discipline to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes. Neptune will leave and return to a playful and creative part of your chart on 31st March and Saturn on 25th May, along with the faster planets that will be following in their wake. This transition from home and family to the more playful and creative side of life’s fence will be playing out during Uranus’ final six months in your work sector, with life likely to be busy. This will make your work/life balance important.
With Jupiter halfway through a 12 month transit through your relationship sector, the year starts with a lot of focus on your relationships Jupiter is in your relationship sector until 10th June, with his year long quest for relationship growth in its review phase as the year begins with the planet of luck and expansion still in retrograde motion. Jupiter will turn direct on 4th February, shifting the focus from the past and onto the future, though it is not until the Sun returns on 21st May that there will be any urgency. This is the point in each year that the solar spotlight will always shift onto your relationships, but in time to get the most out of Jupiter’s final weeks. The Sun is here until 21st June and with Mercury, the planet of communication moving through from 26th May to 9th June. It is after the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter leave that things will get interesting, with Venus’ late return to your relationship sector on 5th July set to be a real advantage. Held back by the time spent in your romantic sector earlier in the year, Venus is late to return but this will put the planet of love here when Uranus, the planet of surprise, synchronicity and the unexpected returns for his first visit to your relationship sector in eight decades. Uranus is only here until 8th November but will return in April 2026 and won’t leave until 2033. This is the start of a major new relationship chapter, with Jupiter’s 12 month visit just the first step. Yet by then, something extraordinary will have already begun to develop on the romantic front. It begins on 4th February when Venus, the planet of love returns to begin what should be the most romantically charged weeks of 2025, but not leaving until 27th March and even then, by retrograding back out, only to return again from 1st May to 6th June, will instead be the most romantically charged months instead of weeks. However, the reason why Venus isn’t rushing through in 24 days like she normally would, will soon become apparent with Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams returning for his first visit to your romantic sector in our lifetime on 31st March and Saturn, for his first visit in three decades on 25th May. Neptune will retrograde back out on 22nd October, but when he returns in January 2026 he will be here until 2039, while Saturn will retrograde back out on 1st September, but will return in February 2026 and will be here until April 2028.
What sets 2025 apart is that the tables have turned and the until now dominant income side of the financial fence is pulling back, allowing the other side to have its turn. That won’t be immediately apparent, for apart from beginning the year with no planetary activity in your financial sector, the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of January in your income sector, making it appear business as usual. When after 16 years Pluto, the planet of change and transformation left your income sector in November 2024, Venus and the dwarf planet Ceres were still there and it wasn’t until they left in early December that this left it empty. However, not for long, with the Sun always returning to put the solar spotlight on your income situation, matters and options just before Christmas each year. It is not until the Sun leaves on 20th January and Mercury, who will move through from 8th January to 28th January that your income sector will be truly empty. Apart from the Moon’s return every four weeks, there will be no more planetary activity in your income sector until 15th December, the longest you have gone without planetary activity on the income side of the financial fence since 2007. However, after all that time you no longer need the trainer wheels on. Meanwhile, while as you would expect at this time of year, 2025 begins with no planetary activity in your financial sector, the side of the financial fence where it is more about your financial situation and money matters as a whole and especially when it comes to what you do with and how you manage the money you have, that won’t be the case for long. On 6th January, two months after leaving your financial sector in November Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos will retrograde back for a double dip visit. Not turning direct until 24th February, this will be a chance to return to what he began last year but this time, without having to compete with Pluto in your income sector. As well as giving money matters a boost, this is a chance to prepare for even bigger developments ahead. Mars will leave on 18th April, but not before doing what he can to fire up your financial passions and fighting spirit in order to see you take your financial power back. This is preparation for Jupiter’s return on 10th June to begin your biggest year for financial growth and expansion in over a decade. Mercury’s return on 9th June and the Sun’s from 21st June to 21st July will help get the ball rolling, but the real magic will come when Venus returns from 31st July to 26th August, bringing the planets of money and luck together.