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2025: The Year of A New Dawn And Grand Finale. The Astrological Significance and How to Prepare (Gift Inside!)

Updated: Nov 15

The year 2025 is going to be huge: literally, astrologers a hundred years ago looked at this year and marked it as "something big is coming." And we'll be talking about why that is, how to prepare, and what to expect. This article includes advice - and a gift.

Here are the shortcuts: Why is 2025 so huge astrologically, What to expect (Globally), 8 Things to be cautious about, 9 Pieces of amazing news, A Gift: advice for Sun and Rising Signs, and Further Reading.

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So, let's jump in.

Why Is 2025 So Huge Astrologically?

So, why is this year so huge? Every single planet, with two exceptions, is changing signs. The two exceptions, a.k.a. the only ones who offer us sameness and stability throughout the year are:

Chiron, asteroid/planetoid of wounds, healing, and healers, that’s in the warrior sign of Aries
And Pluto, planet of change, and the deepest types of transformation that include and go beyond death and rebirth, is in the sign of radical revolution, Aquarius.

Those planets ground us (and as you can see, those are not per se “grounding” influences). But in a sea of change where everything else is shifting, they are our only anchors of consistency.

This year brings us:

Neptune, planet of spirituality, shifting from Pisces to Aries (but also shifting back again before the year is over, closing out what it started in 2011 as Neptune spends 14 years in each sign),
Uranus, planet of change and the unexpected enters Gemini, which it will also leave for Taurus before the year is over so it can close out its journey (that started in 2018 – Uranus spends 8 years in each sign),
while Uranus does this, it enters a potent and extra-transformative astrological aspect with Pluto in Aquarius – change x20, folks
Saturn, planet of consequences and structures, enters Aries, re-enters Pisces again in Fall, and ends what it began in 2023,
(by the way, Saturn and Neptune are also in a pretty historical combination while they’re at this),
Jupiter of luck and expansion, currently in Gemini, enters the sign of Cancer – home, family, and love,
The Nodes, also known as the axis of destiny that anchors and grounds the eclipses, move from Aries & Libra to Pisces & Virgo (the Nodes move backward), joining the Neptune-Saturn pair-dance through those signs and affecting all eclipses of 2025,
The eclipses in 2025 are wild, as well – especially the last one!!
Mars, obviously fast enough to change signs several times throughout the year, also turns retrograde (which it does every 2 years), in Leo and Cancer – prepping us for Jupiter in Cancer,
Venus, also fast enough to change signs several times per year also turns retrograde (every 1 ½ years), in Aries – prepping us for Saturn and Neptune in Aries,
And Mercury turns retrograde 3 times, spanning Aries-Pisces, Leo, and Sagittarius-Scorpio each. This means it’s amplifying everything else that’s going on.
Oh, and the Moon reaches a place in its journey through space where we see the most Super- and Micro Moons.
(The Sun’s fine. Thank you, Sun).

If you’d like a breakdown of each of those astrological events, I have articles for them! This link leads you to an article collection that continues to get updated as I write and publish each article as we approach their respective events.

So… guys: if you expect a more stable and peaceful year than the one you’ve had – or the ones we’ve had since 2020, I’m very sorry to disappoint you. Astrologically, 2025 is a bigger year than the pandemic years, and those weren’t exactly subtle in their astrological potency. A lot of what we see starting here grounds into a more stable, workable, and consistency-bringing energetic state 2026-2027. However, the good news is that these astrological events take us in a very different direction.

2025 is going to be a new beginning requiring periods of going back and cleaning house (in a very, very final way), but the overall energy is that of birth. As with real birth, there are contractions and releases, but in the end, there’s no going back to what used to be… the new life is here. And the new life is going to change everything it touches.

Globally and personally, we’ll be seeing the beginning of a new era – and as such, there is a lot of hope to feel for this year, energy for brand new starts, and solutions created for problems that held us hostage for a while now. We’ll be reinventing what it’s like to be human in these modern times… and riding the waves of change as our society adjusts to those new paths.

But change requires the end of what used to be. There is no going back: even as the planets Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn move back into their respective signs (Pisces, Taurus, Pisces) by Fall 2025, they’ll only do so to tie up lose threads so they can return in early 2026 – allowing us to fully experience the brand new world.

Astrologers a hundred years ago have looked into the 2020’s, and 2025 and 2026 in particular, and said “Wow, these are going to be huge!” We’ll be living in these times. But we were also born for these times.

There are no mistakes or coincidences about our birth times: they are maps to our human experience for our lives on Earth. We didn’t get dumped into the wrong century or even the wrong month; we didn’t get “born too early,” or “too late” for our soul’s path. We were meant for these times, which means that we were meant to handle them well.

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I have written articles for almost all of these events already (by the time I’m publishing this, I’ll also add a handy 2025 Compilation Article where you have all links in one place), and I’m also going to keep writing/publishing pre-written articles on the events I haven’t covered yet. But let’s summarize real quick: what real-world changes can we expect?

What to Expect (Globally):

Not everyone who reads this section will be impacted by all the negative (or positive) points I’m mentioning here: which ones hit you or hit you the most highly depends on your personal astrological blueprint and how this year affects it. If you’d like to know about yours, please book a reading as no article, not even the most thorough one, can speak to the intricacies of your natal astrology map for your entire life. A personal analysis beats cookie-cutter interpretations every time.

However, everyone who reads this will be affected by some of the stuff I’m mentioning. So, it is my personal recommendation that you read about both the positive and the negative so you can prepare in a sane, safe, and thoughtful (but not fear-based!) way.

Here’s the list of 8 Things to Be Cautious About, and here are the 9 Pieces of Amazing News. Please read in any order.

8 Things to be Cautious About:

The upcoming list may be a bit depressing, but I encourage you to read and prepare. The list after will contain 9 good things about this year – so you can check it out here if you’d like to read it first.

1) Huge Storms

Storms are going to be a huge theme this year with Uranus flirting with Gemini right when Jupiter leaves this sign (and Pluto trine Uranus taking this potential and blowing it into the stratosphere). We’re talking about really big – especially so in unexpected places.

2) Fires

Accidents involving fire and spreading fires are going to be a big thing this year (and… for some time, unfortunately). This especially comes through Neptune in Aries as it’s amplified by Pluto and Uranus. Expect technological failures resulting in fire and natural, fire-based catastrophes. This is NOT the time to access or put into daily use new inventions that are known to have an elevated fire risk. Also, please shore up your home against fires once Jupiter enters Cancer in June.

3) Firestorms

Storms meet fire and guess what happens? This is, unfortunately, a huge risk this year. Please take care.

4) Rain – floods – and water damage

While Saturn and Neptune enter a fire sign (explaining the “FIRE” caution above), they start the year off in and return Fall following to, a water sign. Plus, the North Node moves into that same water sign, placing the eclipses (with one exception) on the same axis. In a nutshell and without the confusing but accurate language, “WATER WATER EVERYWHERE” is going to be a HUGE theme. We’ve already seen this since ca. September 2024 as the first eclipse in Pisces heralded this change, but it’ll be amplified especially from January through May, and then September through the end of the year. Water damages of all kinds, historic floods, floods causing a lot of damage including land loss in areas we didn’t expect this in, and structural damages due to downpours or other issues with river beds or tides are a thing this year.

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5) Chemical leakage

Saturn, Neptune, and the North Node in Pisces bring a heightened potential for chemical leakage and the leakage of toxins in general (since Aries rules the military and Saturn and Neptune enter this sign… let’s hope they aren’t involved in that).

6) Armed conflicts

I’m sorry to say this, but 2025 will see a rise of armed conflicts on the individual as well as a more political level. Let’s pray this doesn’t get too far.

7) Consequences of drugs and substance abuse (or mis-medication)

As Saturn and Neptune wrap up Pisces, we’ll be seeing the real, unmistakable proof of addiction, abuse of addictive-making substances, other substance abuse, and medical mismanagement. This has already been happening, but it’s going to come up this year.

8) A rise in authoritarianism

2025 will see a brief rise in authoritarianism on a global level. However, with Uranus in Gemini and Pluto firmly situated in Aquarius (finally!), this won’t last, nor will it become successful. Remember for this time that authoritarianism contains the word “author:” we as humans are the authors of our stories, we get to co-create and thereby protect ourselves by striving for the realities we wish to see in the world. That includes you and me, too, not only those put into power.

Now, to some really good news:

9 Pieces of Amazing News:

1) We won’t be having World War III yet

Some people will look at all of this and get (understandably) super-scared. However, I’m very sure that we won’t have that event just yet – at the earliest, that’ll come in 2028 (again, at the earliest – and I hope and pray that we’ll never have it).

2) We’ll win the fight for free speech

Uranus in Gemini will, among other things, show a struggle for the right of continued/first-time-ever free speech and free press. Fortunately, we, the people, will be winning this fight over the next 8 years. And that winning will start in 2025.

3) More powerful and efficient co-creation and cooperation

2025 will see the real beginning of something that has been teased a little since Pluto’s first stint in Aquarius in 2023: the power of humanity coming together. Groups cooperating, individuals lifting each other up, being of real service to one another – all of this will come through as we navigate all the harder things I’ve just talked about.

4) A rise of humanitarianism

In nowadays world, many use this word to describe themselves but few who say it live it: to be a humanitarian is something that 2025 redefines in a most beautiful and life-giving, compassion-fueled way. True humanitarianism – the real one, not the one for fame, fortune, and social media views – will take the world like wildfire.

5) Humanitarian inventions

Because of the rise of humanitarianism, we’ll see the structures supposed to aid people in improving and even see new inventions of structures to better aid people in various situations, thereby making the world a better place. This is a long-term development, but we’ll see it starting this year.

6) Technology that changes the world

2025 onward, we’ll see a rise in inventions that change the world – and in lots of cases, for the better.

7) A spiritual awakening

Water gives life. The breath of fire, in many myths, was what created the human spirit. Similarly, this year’s transits indicate a giant awakening and new, life-giving process to us humans on a mythic and spiritual level. Many people are finding faith in one form or another. This will continue and ramp up in 2025. This meaning that we find in all of life will fortify us but also make us create a life of beauty and joy where we land. It’ll guide us right into a purpose-driven, intuitively nourished life we’ve always been meant for.

8) The end of what keeps us stuck

On a personal and potentially more social level, we’ll be seeing the end of all the things that keep us stuck. This year contains a huge goodbye and clearing of all the things that we can’t take with us; including the painful and toxic situations we were trying to move away from but remained stuck in. So, if you need movement in your life; if you need a situation to change, or if you need to lose a certain relationship (for whatever reason), this year will unblock you.

9) A huge new beginning

On a personal and societal level, this year – as I said – marks a giant new beginning. How this impacts us at a personal level is something I’ll cover in brief in the next section, but you should really pop in for a reading.

A Gift for You: What to Look Expect Personally in 2025

I have written a short guide on how each Sun and Rising sign (ASC) will experience this year. Again, this is not even close to a comprehensive overview of next year (as so much is happening – and we all have complex and intricate natal charts that will modify the effects of this year), but it’s a starting point. Please book a reading if you’d like to learn more. But this guide is a starting point. It’s only available to my newsletter subscribers (and hey, you can subscribe FOR FREE!), but I’m sending it to all my subscribers in my first email.

If you haven’t signed up yet, you can do so here. If you have signed up but you’ve lost the email to which I attached the guide, please send me a message or sign up again! And if you’d like to have a bit of a preview for your Sun and Rising signs, you can continue reading down below. Shortcuts: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

Aries:

This year brings a totally new beginning that builds on a massive ending. Neptune and Saturn are finishing up in your house of endings, causing an energy of…

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Taurus:

This year brings massive energies towards endings. Pluto in your tenth house turns your public life, work, and life’s purpose upside-down; and it also…

Gemini:

This year is lighting up themes around your reputation. There may be a big wrapping up or ending in your life, especially so in the area of career, work, life’s mission…

Cancer:

This year brings major, major changes into your life as truth, trust, and intimacy are transformed by Pluto, the planet of depth and changes. Plus…

Leo:

This year is one where you’ll experience major endings that, like the contractions pushing a baby from the womb and into the world, lead to a whole new life…

Virgo:

This year’s biggest focus is on your work, career, public role, and daily chores – especially, in how you serve humanity at large. Uranus is ending its journey…

Libra:

This year is all about your relationships – with significant people, and the world at large. This is a time to focus on what purpose you have in life and commit…

Scorpio:

This year brings massive changes in your social life and love life as Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus wrap up their stays in your relationship houses, transform…

Sagittarius:

This year for you is all about revealing true priorities: firstly, by life- and perspective-changing mindset shifts and new information coming in. Secondly, your home…

Capricorn:

This year is impacting your home and foundations the most: It’s time to think of if you want a family, which people you’d like to build with, and where…

Aquarius:

This year will highlight your personal and private life: from the ways you grow and transform as you settle into your own skin and see your lifepath transform…

Pisces:

This year prioritizes clearing (and of course, revealing) what hasn’t been working in your life. Neptune and Saturn are starting to work together on transforming…