2025 is one of those big, milestone years that will make history, and we will talk about for decades.
What makes some years – like 2025 – more ‘special’ astrology-wise than others?
It basically comes down to outer planets forming significant alignments. Let’s take 1969, 1989, and 2020 as examples of other milestone years:
- In 1969, we had a Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Libra, part of a stellium with Pluto and the South Node, marking a time of cultural and technological revolution
- In 1989, the Saturn-Uranus-Neptune alignment in Capricorn heralded the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War
- In 2020, the Saturn-Pluto conjunction (part of a Capricorn stellium) followed by the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction at 0° Aquarius triggered a seismic shift in global structures
What these years have in common is rare outer planetary alignments. Since Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto move very slowly, their conjunctions, oppositions, and stelliums are pretty rare. When they DO occur, they coincide with profound societal shifts.
2025 is one of those years.
Saturn, the Lunar Nodes, Uranus, and Neptune all change signs, and the outer planets – Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto – connect through a Minor Triangle, a rare and powerful configuration.
The most striking feature of 2025 is Saturn and Neptune entering Aries together. 0° Aries is the beginning of the zodiac, a point of initiation and new cycles. This alignment signals a powerful new beginning – a true Genesis moment.
The first half of 2025 is marked by a series of significant planetary ingresses. Practically everything changes signs:
- The Lunar Nodes (January 2025)
- Neptune (March 2025)
- Saturn (May 2025)
- Jupiter (June 2025)
- Uranus (July 2025)
This creates an atmosphere of unprecedented novelty. The astrological landscape shifts dramatically. Our focus and priorities completely change. We are entering a brand-new chapter.
The 2nd half of the year is shaped by the Uranus-Neptune-Pluto Minor Triangle. This configuration weaves together the changes initiated earlier in the year. Out of the chaos of rapid change, something coherent and forward-looking will emerge.
The change will be fundamental as it will shift the structures of our society. Until 2025, the outer planets have been predominantly in Earth signs, with Neptune in Pisces (a Water sign). But starting in 2025, these planets move into Fire and Air signs.
2025 is not just another year – it’s the start of a completely new era.
2025 By Quarters
If we divide 2025 into quarters, we note distinct themes:
- Q1 – the 1st quarter – is the ‘retrograde’ quarter, with Mars and later Venus in retrograde motion
- Q2 is the ‘change’ quarter, characterized by multiple outer planets changing signs
- Q3 is the ‘Minor Triangle’ quarter, as the energy of Uranus trine Pluto and sextile Neptune reaches its peak
- Q4 is the ‘Water Trine’ quarter, highlighted by Jupiter in Cancer forming a trine with Saturn and Neptune.
Each quarter builds on the previous one, leading to an interconnected narrative. By the end of 2025, everything will make sense.
The most important transits of 2025:
January 2025 – North Node Enters Pisces, South Node Enter Virgo
On January 11th, 2025, the Lunar Nodes are moving from the Aries/Libra axis to the Pisces/Virgo axis.
This change moves the collective focus from themes of “me vs. we,” conflict, and individualism, to themes of service, compassion, and integration.
This shift might mark the end of military conflict, or at least a collective redirection of focus toward more unifying or humanitarian concerns.
Messianic leaders (North Node in Pisces), who promise to clean up the mess of the past (South Node in Virgo) might emerge – in politics, entertainment, media – people who inspire collective hope and offer visions of healing and practical solutions for fixing what is broken.
A detailed report about the Nodal shift will follow early January.
March 2025 – Venus Turns Retrograde
From March 1st to April 12th, 2025, Venus turns retrograde in Aries.
The retrograde starts at 10° Aries and ends at 24° Pisces, bringing focus to the 24° Pisces – 10° Aries area of the zodiac.
Venus retrograde periods are very important because they bring changes of heart and shifts in priorities. This is when we make up our mind (aka heart) on important matters.
This particular Venus retrograde is connected to the Venus retrograde cycles of March-April 2017 and March-April 2009, etc. – Venus retrograde revisits the same area of the zodiac every 8 years.
Some people, especially those with planets or angles in late Pisces and early Aries, may notice a repeating theme or pattern. If this is you, reflect on what was happening in your life during the previous Venus retrograde periods to note any similar themes.
A detailed report about Venus retrograde in Aries will follow closer to the date.
March 2025 – Neptune Enters Aries
This is finally happening: Neptune enters Aries! It feels like Neptune has been in Pisces forever… more precisely, since 2012. Neptune spends approximately 13 years in a sign, so when it changes signs, we are talking about BIG shifts that impact society as a whole.
On March 30th, 2025, Neptune moves into Aries, starting a new 165-year cycle around the zodiac.
Neptune will stay in Aries until 2038, marking 13 years of bold visioning and innovations in Neptunian fields like spirituality, medicine or the arts.
What is especially unique about this ingress is that Neptune joins Aries hand in hand with Saturn.
We couldn’t think of 2 planets more different. Neptune is foggy and imaginary, while Saturn is grounded and real. When the 2 join forces, Neptune will be brought down to earth, while Saturn will become a little bit more imaginative.
How would this work out? Think along the lines of the Taj Mahal or Burj Al Arab – grand, visionary dreams brought into tangible, awe-inspiring reality.
May 2025 – Saturn Enters Aries
On May 25th, 2025, Saturn joins Neptune in Aries.
In fact, the two will spend several months together in the early degrees of the zodiac, to prepare the field. Saturn and Neptune will dance together in Aries until September, when Saturn will retrograde back into Pisces to tie up loose ends.
While Saturn and Neptune technically conjunct in 2026, their co-presence in Aries will already begin to activate the themes of this very important astrological shift.
The Astro Butterfly School will create a special event dedicated to Saturn and Neptune in Aries called Genesis – more details closer to the date.
June 2025 – Jupiter Enters Cancer
Jupiter leaves Gemini to enter its sign of exaltation, Cancer, on June 9th, 2025. Jupiter feels very good in Cancer since both Cancer and Jupiter are associated with growth, tradition and a sense of comfort and prosperity.
What’s particularly noteworthy about this transit is that in the last 3 months of the year, Jupiter will trine both Saturn and Neptune (as the 2 retrograde back into Pisces), forming a harmonious Water Trine.
This transit will infuse the Cancer area of our chart with a sense of optimism and abundance. This is where we will feel more confident to go after our goals.
July 2025 – Uranus Enters Gemini
On July 7th, 2025 Uranus leaves Taurus and enters Gemini. Uranus ingresses usually come with a BANG.
While planets like Neptune may bring more subtle, gradual shifts, Uranus ingresses are anything but subtle. The energy shifts dramatically, bringing a sense of urgency and unpredictability. It’s now or never.
Historically, Uranus in Gemini transits have been highly eventful. There’s something about the quick-witted, dynamic energy of Gemini that stimulates Uranus’ revolutionary and disruptive tendencies, triggering innovation and rapid change.
The Gemini area of your chart has already been energized by Jupiter. While in Gemini (2024-2025), Jupiter has come up with some grand ideas, but it might have lacked the momentum to create lasting change.
Uranus, with its 7-year stay in the sign, will bring concrete developments that will revolutionize that area of your chart.
August-December 2025 – Uranus, Neptune, Pluto Minor Triangle
In the 2nd part of the year, the 3 outer planets – Uranus, Neptune and Pluto – form a beautiful configuration called Minor Triangle. Basically Neptune sextiles both Uranus and Pluto, while Uranus and Pluto are connected through a trine.
Minor Triangles are supportive configurations with dynamic potential. They are more active than grand trines, as the energy is channeled and focused through the apex planet, in this case, Neptune in Aries.
Pluto and Uranus in Air signs serve as the supporting pillars, facilitating breakthroughs through information, communication, technology, and AI.
These advancements will fuel the “birth” energy of Aries, represented by Neptune, potentially bringing about a new understanding of life, creation, or the very concept of existence itself.
October-December 2025 – Jupiter Trine Saturn And Neptune
2025 has the potential to be a magical year, with an exalted Jupiter forming trines with both Saturn and Neptune.
This is a “dreams come true” aspect where the abundance of Jupiter meets the magic of Neptune, anchored by the common sense and stability of Saturn. These are not castles in the sand – Saturn brings the necessary structure to turn dreams into reality.
Water Trines are favorable for emotional connection, deep bonds, and intuitive flow. This Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune Water Trine is a beautiful complement to the otherwise intellectual energy of the Air sign planets active throughout the year.
Mercury Retrograde in 2025
In 2025, Mercury goes retrograde in Fire and Water signs.
It’s one of the distinctive patterns of the Mercury cycle to retrograde in the same element for approximately a couple of years before transitioning to another element.
Last year, the retrogrades were predominantly in Fire, and in 2026, they will shift to Water. 2025 is a transition year, bridging the gap between the Fire focus and the emerging Water focus.
Fire is our vision and goals, while Water our sense of connection and emotional depth. The Mercury retrograde cycles in 2025 will guide us in moving from ambitious visions – which may feel inspiring yet somewhat detached – to a more heartfelt approach focused on meaningful connections.
Here are the 3 annual Mercury retrogrades in 2025:
- April 2nd – April 26th, 2025: Mercury retrograde from 9° Aries to 26° Pisces
- July 17th – August 11th, 2025: Mercury retrograde from 15° Leo to 4° Leo
- November 9th – November 29th, 2025: Mercury retrograde from 6° Sagittarius to 20° Scorpio
As with any other transit, you will be particularly influenced if you have a personal planet or an angle anywhere on Mercury’s retrograde path, and especially at the degrees of its station.
Eclipses in 2025 – Dates And Types
In 2025, we have 4 eclipses, 3 of which occur on the Virgo/Pisces axis and one on the Aries/Libra axis.
Eclipses are times when fated energy comes into play, bringing karmic recalibration. Eclipses act as catalysts for change, helping us close old chapters and begin new ones.
All the 2025 eclipses carry powerful energy, and the Solar Eclipse one in September is especially significant.
The Solar Eclipse on September 21st, 2025, happens at the very last degree of Virgo (29°), making it especially potent. The Eclipse (the Sun and the Moon) are the propellers of a kite configuration involving planets positioned across the final degrees and the first degrees of multiple signs.
This alignment symbolizes a massive push from the “old” (planets at 28-29 degrees) toward the “new” (planets at 0-1 degree), marking a significant turning point.
Here are the 2025 Eclipses:
- March 14th, 2025 – Total South Node Lunar Eclipse at 23° Virgo
- March 29th, 2025 – Partial North Node Solar Eclipse at 9° Aries
- September 7th, 2025 – Total North Node Lunar Eclipse at 15° Pisces
- September 21st, 2025 – Partial South Node Solar Eclipse at 29° Virgo
If you have personal planets or angles at the degree of the Eclipse (plus minus 2-3 degrees) that particular eclipse will be especially relevant.
The Astrology Of 2025 – A New World
If the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in 2020 was the seed of a “new order,” 2025, with its outer planet ingresses, marks the beginning of a new world.
While astrology is not a crystal ball and cannot pinpoint exact events with certainty, it can definitely ‘signal’ when important shifts are on the horizon.
We astrologers knew long before 2020 that something ‘big’ would happen in 2020-2021 because of the rare and significant alignment of important transits.
2025 is just as important in terms of shifts and transformative events, if not more so.
Something profound is bound to happen – and it will be so impactful, it will forever redefine the course of our collective journey.
The good news is that in 2025 we are blessed with highly supportive aspects.
This is definitely a year when the universe is abundant with possibilities. IMPORTANT: While opportunities will be present, we must be ready to recognize and seize them.
So many people remain stuck in their past visions, unable to embrace new paths. When we cling to outdated dreams or frameworks, we often overlook the opportunities right in front of us.
Change – no matter how beneficial – can feel destabilizing, especially when it doesn’t match our expectations.
But just because we’ve invested in a goal for so long doesn’t mean we should continue to pursue it.
New opportunities, even better and more aligned with the current realities, are waiting to be discovered.
In 2025, remember that the universe is indeed working in our favor. Keep an open mind, be adaptable, and trust the process.
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