Treasure Mapper - It's Capricorn & Time to Do That Thing

Hey you guys who made Treasure Maps last Aries New Moon.    It is time to do that thing we do every year now.  On January 18th Capricorn New Moon launched.   This means we are in the final quarter of our 2025 Map. 

 

Pull out your map and look at what has manifested.   If you had successes, great. If you still are a work in progress and manifestations still to come, please know that there will be a lot of action between now and the next Treasure Map on April 17th, 2026, at 4:51 am PT (27°29 Aries).  

 

When I say a lot of action, I mean a boatload of action.    The astrology of 2026 is unlike any year I have seen in my lifetime and frankly even before I was born.  2025 was the beginning of this extraordinary time and 2026 has even more action.   A lot of that action will no doubt support maps. 

 

Look at your Map.  Breathe.  Remember your map understood what you wanted last spring when you made it.  It is assessing the extraordinary landscape and figuring out a way.    There is so much about what we are doing now not just Treasure Mappers but all of us that speaks to initiation and new.    Look no further than Saturn conjunction Neptune at Zero Aries the first degree of the whole zodiac.   We had that aspect or close to that aspect once since the Ice Age and it was about 7,000 years ago.    So, yeah, we are all feeling it.  

 

Check in with your map.   Begin your great decluttering which we also do in the last quarter.     We have two more lunar months (Aquarius & Pisces) before we get to Aries, so we have time to declutter, clear space, have more map manifestations and tune into our inner landscape that is talking to us.  

Astrology Landscape: January 18-24

 

Image: MayoDarkSkyPark

We are in the first week of the first lunar month of the new year. 

 

The new moon in Capricorn launched on Sunday January 18 initiating the power of personal ambition.    Big moves start with understanding our place in the world and what we want from it.   The Cap new moon pushes on us to upgrade our position. 

  

How many seeds can you plant that address your life in the world? 

We continue to have a lot of planetary aspect in the new window. 

 

The new period continues until January 22 when crescent phase rolls out in the morning (PST).   The energy is slightly different during that three-day phase where the focus is not as much on doing as receiving information.   For example, let’s say during Capricorn new moon you call a couple people who are working at places that interest you.   Maybe you leave a message.   Then during crescent, you hear from someone unrelated to those two businesses and they tell you, “Oh another business is opening up and I hear So&SO is leaving X to go there”.    You connect some dots.  Your seed you planted on new is getting informed on crescent.   

 

This crescent is potent due to two aspects with Pluto within two days of each other.   Mercury conjunct Pluto followed by Sun conjunct Pluto.    Consider anything that came up for you on the 19^th during the new phase and when Venus made its conjunction to Pluto, it could have a reverb on the 22^nd and 23^rd.   

 

There are lots of opportunities this week to harness the Capricorn pragmatism.    Go for it. 

 

Capricorn New Moon

January 18, 2026

11:51 AM

(28 Capricorn 43)

 

New moon: Plant seeds, make calls, activate, start projects.   Activate something that will ideally lead you to more results.  This is the phase where INTENT is critical.  Even if the results are not immediate, the intent is there.  You may not have all the answers or road map, but you should put out your Intent.

 

This focus:    What is your place in the world?  What systems are you operating that keep your world manageable?  Where do you need to upgrade your position?  Not just in your life but in the world?  How are you navigating hurdles?  Do you need to climb higher to get a better view of your life and your aspirations?   

 

Planetary notes:

 

1/18 Mercury sextile Saturn (27 PISCES) 

Our sharp thoughts support creativity and humanitarian efforts.  Spirituality is pragmatic.  Words that help elevate causes is supported.  

1/18 Mercury trine Uranus (27 TAURUS)

Thinking that is dynamic can renovate that which is broken and stubborn.   Practicality from the ground up that is also novel is supported.  

1/19 Sun sextile Neptune (29 PISCES) 

Finding fun in spirituality and humanitarian is uplifting.  Faith, woo woo and joy can come together and bring new opportunities. 

2/19 Sun enter Aquarius 

1/19 Venus conjunction Pluto (3 AQUARIUS)

Love that is penetrating has our attention.  Anything less than that is less than.   Clearing out debris around joy is vital.  Group efforts are important.   Bring your creativity. 

1/19 Saturn sextile Uranus (27 TAURUS)

An opportunity to build structures and scaffolding for breakthroughs (which might look like breakdowns).  This is third time these two came together since round one last year (April 20) and the second one (August 11).   Saturn rules timing and Uranus is quick with out-of-the-blue moves.   Things can go from zero to 100 in a half a nanosecond.    

For a solid dive into Saturn & Uranus go check out Rick Levine & Steve Judd’s discussion on Amanda Pua’s Astrology Hub. 

 

1/19 Mars trine Uranus (27 TAURUS)

Let’s take the creative good when we can get it and this is the last time Mars will trine Uranus in Taurus unless you are super young and can hang in there for 80 more years.   Mars in Capricorn is all about meaningful productivity.  Uranus in Taurus is about practical innovation and pragmatic brilliance.    Let’s see what we can do to harness this energy.  

1/19 Mars sextile Saturn (27 PISCES)

There are opportunities when you bring a hammer and nail to your faith, spirituality, woo-woo and dreams.   That which has felt unworldly might be more in focus so a little work can be done.   

1/20 Mercury sextile Neptune (29 PI)

Practical thinking meets dreams, fuzzy, illusion, spirituality.  Great day to find a path through any systems that have felt elusive.  Thinking about humanity through a pragmatic lens. 

1/21: Mercury enter Aquarius 

1/21 Mercury conjunction Sun (1 AQUARIUS) 

Innovation with crowds, groups & friendships.   Conversations that elevate a whole sector versus one ego.   Inspired thinking could emerge. 

 

 

Crescent Moon Phase

January 22, 2025

7:05 AM PST   

 

 

Crescent:  We will receive information, we will research a bit more, perhaps get feedback on stuff that we planted on new.  Perhaps get some information that will help down the road on a seed we planted a while ago.  We can collect some data now.  Even if you think you are not getting information, stop, and re-look at everything.  Who called you?  Even the silliest things when they come up during Crescent are noteworthy.  A parking ticket.  An argument with a spouse?  A refund check from the phone company?  No matter how mundane it arrives, consider it as message.  How can this information help you?

 

Focus on: What are we learning from our inner mystic?  What info are receiving that is more vibe than concrete?   What are we learning from our unconscious state like dreams or flashes?  How does all of this connect to any seeds we planted on new moon that promote our executive skills?   

 

Planetary notes: 

 

1/22 Mercury conjunction Pluto (3 AQUARIUS)

Deep thinking and conversations that may have originally been triggered by something related to values on 1/19 (Venus/Pluto).  Now the talk and mental connections are as deep and figuring a way out.  

1/22 Mars sextile Neptune (29 PISCES)

It is the last aspect of the final degree of Pisces before Neptune moves into Aries.   Mars brings action.  Mars in Capricorn is pragmatic and productive.   Sextile brings opportunities.  Neptune is our spiritual. Our woo-woo.  Our arts and our humanitarian.  What comes up now could be the exact inspirational work that will be useful when Neptune moves into fiery Aries.    Inspiration before Independence.  

 

1/23 Sun conjunction Pluto (3 AQUARIUS)

Let’s go back to January 21, 2024--- On this date was the final conjunction of Sun/Pluto at 29Cap59.    On January 21, 2025 was the first conjunction of Sun/Pluto at 1 degree of Aquarius.  That was the first full day of a new administration in USA.   This second conjunction by Sun/Pluto at 3 AQ will no doubt have some call back to last year.   Aquarius is about people. The sun is about identity.  Pluto will find the weakest link.   Be prepared for weak links to be felt and possibly have light shined on them.  

 

 

Capricorn New Moon: Your Place In The World

 

Capricorn New Moon 

January 18, 2026

11:58am PST 

28 Cap 43 

This Capricorn New Moon is asking a simple question: What is your place in the world?

Not just what you do, but the systems you move within, the structures you rely on, and the authority around you and that which you carry. With Pluto fresh in Aquarius and several major planetary shifts unfolding, this 29-day lunar cycle arrives with unusual clarity and pressure at the same time. Of course it does.  Cuz you know that’s what we are doing in 2026.  

Capricorn knows how to see the whole system from the mountain top. This New Moon invites us to sharpen our inner executive, understand where power actually lives, and decide how we want to engage with the world around us as things begin to accelerate.

Read my whole article for this 29 day CAP cycle full of punch.  

Last Quarter & Balsamic Moon This Week Astrology - January 11 - 18

 

Last Quarter Moon Phase & Balsamic 

 

We start the week continuing Last Quarter Moon.   I know Sagittarius new moon feels like ten light years ago but Dec 19, when we launched this lunar month, was only 23 days ago. 

 

As we head to the end of the lunar month, now is a good time to pull out the themes we have been working on.   In my Sagittarius report, which was a complicated new moon chart in an even more complicated astro landscape I mentioned: 

 

So, the question becomes: How do we process difficult news?
During this 29-day lunar month, not only what news we consume, but how we consume it matters. How does it broaden our perspective or narrow it? How are we impacted by it. How does it shape what we believe our role is in humanity?

During these 29 days we may be looking to find our hearth.
Is it friends?  Is it houses of faith? Is it other stories unfolding at the same time.  The quieter stories that inspire you?

There is also a Sun/Moon inconjunct Uranus which is a destabilizing aspect. An inconjunct is 150 degrees which is two signs that can’t see each other, don’t speak the same language. They are ships in the dark. And yet, both create wakes, and those waves can collide.   We could feel seasick with too much news.  

With the Sun and Moon in Sagittarius inconjunct Uranus in Taurus, we may be asked throughout this lunar month:  Where is my belief system costing me stability?

Can we make micro-adjustments rather than sweeping changes? Clarity can’t be forced.  It emerges through lived experience. The deeper work of this lunation is updating our personal philosophy, so it matches our actual life.

This Sagittarius New Moon is not operating in isolation. It’s arriving inside a hot-house of late-degree outer-planet astrology.  We feel closure, reckoning, and the sense that an old era is unraveling even as a new one approaches.    We may need all the Sag in the world to make sense of whatever is going on around us given the Sag lunar cycle is when we put our arrows in the sky, aim and shoot.   But before we do that, we gotta be clear we have sure footing and we can be forgiven if we feel a little wobbly because the anaretic Neptune, Uranus & Saturn are a bitch and a half for sure.   Here’s some questions to ask: 

Neptune (29° Pisces):

Are we tired of being gaslit? Tired of being gullible? Tired of pinning our hopes on fill-in-the-blank and being wildly disappointed?
Neptune raises its hand.

Saturn (29° Pisces):

Are we noticing that we can’t cut through the fog? That our responsible, problem-solving side still can’t make sense of anything? That peeling the onion of chaos only reveals… more crazy onion?
Hi, Saturn.

Uranus (29° Taurus):

Are we tired of being shocked? Is our money getting weird? Are we realizing we can’t stay the same? Are we seeing the places where fear keeps us stuck? And are we sensing a powerful current inside us that could change everything if we shift our thinking?
That’s Uranus knocking.

 

 

And now we are here. At last quarter moon which unfolded on Jan 10, we make the final adjustments to any seeds we planted and helped grow since Dec 19.     This phase reminds us that actions in partnerships matter.  No one is alone, there is someone you engage in, in some manner.   What does it do for your beliefs to remember you have others with input worthy of processing?   How do you get balance?  

 

Then on the 14^th the moon moves into Balsamic phase where we release our judgy and hypocrisy.   Interestingly, during the three days of Balsamic we have a ton of planetary action.   How is all that stimulation impacting our release of big ol’ opinions?    Lots to unpack.   

 

Monday January 12 – morning of January 14 

 

Last Quarter moon:  Now we do the final adjustments to the seeds we planted on new. The final call, the final letters to send, we follow all the trails that came up that still make sense.  And we let the other parts lay fallow. It is a time of action but wise action.  It is a time for living “The serenity prayer” 

 

God, grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change Courage to change the
things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.

 

Focus on:

What actions are you taking that fold in balance? What actions are you taking that reach for your goals but include your partner?  What actions are you taking that lean into negotiations? 

 

 

Planetary Notes: 

1/14 – Mercury oppose Jupiter

This is an annular aspect where our thinking and communication is pumped up.  This is fine but be prepared to be called out for any hypocrisy if your life does not ‘walk the talk’.  Big emphasis on world versus family.  

 

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Balsamic Moon Phase

 

January 14, 2025 

11:00 am PST

 

Balsamic:   We let go.  By releasing we can prepare for the new. 

 

 

Focus on:  How are you releasing big ideas?  How are you releasing big opinions? How are you releasing judgy-ness?   How are you releasing hypocrisy?  

 

1/14 – Venus sextile Saturn (23° Pisces)
Love shows up through action. Practical devotion. Creativity becomes grounded. Support may come from leaders, elders, or steady, reliable people.

1/15 – Venus trine Uranus (24° Taurus)
Novelty matters. New structures around money, relationships, and creativity want room to emerge. How are you changing your approach?

1/17 — Is A Major Day

1/17 Venus sextile Neptune (26° Pisces)
A wash of gentleness. Hearts soften. Release arrives. The woo-woo is strong — and genuinely healing.

1/17 Sun sextile Saturn (26° Pisces)
Creativity meets responsibility. Leaders, businesses, or systems offer support. Practicality becomes the fuel for joy.

1/17 Sun trine Uranus (27° Taurus)
A practical breakthrough. Structural improvements. Movement that is innovative without being careless. Things that were stuck finally have flow.

1/18 Mercury conjunct Mars (28° Capricorn)
Sharp, penetrating thoughts that translate into real movement and action. Conversations carry weight — responsibility in speech is paramount.

 

Then the new moon lands.   This New Moon report will go up closer to the 18th.    

 

Capricorn New Moon January 18, 2026 11:52am PST  28 Cap 43

Tighten Up. Here We Go!

 

 

As I said a few weeks ago, January is slammed by many inner and outer planetary aspects.   I do not recall ever seeing this many in one month.   As of today, we are one third through the month and have cleared ten aspects since January 1.  Now we are about to slog through even more aspects and it spikes up a lot between January 17 – 20.   We may be in our own Hadron Collider.  To be clear this is a mix of lovely and not lovely aspects.  My concern is I am not sure humans are comfortable with our universe going 99.999 the speed of light.   

More to be revealed but go ahead and strap in.  

1/14 – Mercury oppose Jupiter

This is an annular aspect where our thinking and communication is pumped up.  This is fine but be prepared to be called out for any hypocrisy if your life does not ‘walk the talk’.  Big emphasis on world versus family.  

1/14 – Venus sextile Saturn (23° Pisces)
Love shows up through action. Practical devotion. Creativity becomes grounded. Support may come from leaders, elders, or steady, reliable people.

1/15 – Venus trine Uranus (24° Taurus)
Novelty matters. New structures around money, relationships, and creativity want room to emerge. How are you changing your approach?

1/17 — Is A Major Day

Venus sextile Neptune (26° Pisces)
A wash of gentleness. Hearts soften. Release arrives. The woo-woo is strong — and genuinely healing.

Sun sextile Saturn (26° Pisces)
Creativity meets responsibility. Leaders, businesses, or systems offer support. Practicality becomes the fuel for joy.

Sun trine Uranus (27° Taurus)
A practical breakthrough. Structural improvements. Movement that is innovative without being careless. Things that were stuck finally have flow.

1/18 Mercury conjunct Mars (28° Capricorn)
Sharp, penetrating thoughts that translate into real movement and action. Conversations carry weight — responsibility in speech is paramount.

1/18 Mercury sextile Saturn (27 PISCES) 

Our sharp thoughts support creativity and humanitarian efforts.  Spirituality is pragmatic.  Words that help elevate causes is supported.  

1/18 Mercury trine Uranus (27 TAURUS)

Thinking that is dynamic can renovate that which is broken and stubborn.   Practicality from the ground up that is also novel is supported.  

1/19 Sun sextile Neptune (29 PISCES) 

Finding fun in spirituality and humanitarian is uplifting.  Faith, woo woo and joy can come together and bring new opportunities. 

1/19 Venus conjunction Pluto (3 AQUARIUS)

Love that is penetrating has our attention.  Anything less than that is less than.   Clearing out debris around joy is vital.  Group efforts are important.   Bring your creativity. 

1/19 Saturn sextile Uranus (27 TAURUS)

An opportunity to build structures and scaffolding for breakthroughs (which might look like breakdowns).  This is third time these two came together since round one last year (April 20) and the second one (August 11).   Saturn rules timing and Uranus is quick with out-of-the-blue moves.   Things can go from zero to 100 in a half a nanosecond.    

For a solid dive into Saturn & Uranus go check out Rick Levine & Steve Judd’s discussion on Amanda Pua’s Astrology Hub. 

 

1/19 Mars trine Uranus (27 TAURUS)

Let’s take the creative good when we can get it and this is the last time Mars will trine Uranus in Taurus unless you are super young and can hang in there for 80 more years.   Mars in Capricorn is all about meaningful productivity.  Uranus in Taurus is about practical innovation and pragmatic brilliance.    Let’s see what we can do to harness this energy.  

1/19 Mars sextile Saturn (27 PISCES)

There are opportunities when you bring a hammer and nail to your faith, spirituality, woo-woo and dreams.   That which has felt unworldly might be more in focus so a little work can be done.   

1/20 Mercury sextile Neptune (29 PI)

Practical thinking meets dreams, fuzzy, illusion, spirituality.  Great day to find a path through any systems that have felt elusive.  Thinking about humanity through a pragmatic lens. 

1/26 – Neptune enter Aries where it will stay until 2038 

1/21 Mercury conjunction Sun (1 AQUARIUS) 

Innovation with crowds, groups & friendships.   Conversations that elevate a whole sector versus one ego.   Inspired thinking could emerge. 

1/22 Mercury conjunction Pluto (3 AQUARIUS)

Deep thinking and conversations that may have originally been triggered by something related to values on 1/19 (Venus/Pluto).  Now the talk and mental connections are as deep and figuring a way out. 

1/22 Mars sextile Neptune (29 PISCES)

It is the last aspect of the final degree of Pisces before Neptune moves into Aries.   Mars brings action.  Mars in Capricorn is pragmatic and productive.   Sextile brings opportunities.  Neptune is our spiritual. Our woo-woo.  Our arts and our humanitarian.  What comes up now could be the exact inspirational work that will be useful when Neptune moves into fiery Aries.    Inspiration before Independence.  

 

1/23 Sun conjunction Pluto (3 AQUARIUS)

Let’s go back to January 21, 2024--- On this date was the final conjunction of Sun/Pluto at 29Cap59.    On January 21, 2025 was the first conjunction of Sun/Pluto at 1 degree of Aquarius.  That was the first full day of a new administration in USA.   This second conjunction by Sun/Pluto at 3 AQ will no doubt have some call back to last year.   Aquarius is about people. The Sun is about identity.  Pluto will find the weakest link.   Be prepared for weak links to be felt and possibly have light shined on them.  

1/27: Mars conjunction Pluto (3 AQUARIUS)

This aspect is not by itself.  It is close to the Sun aspect four days ago.  They also ormed a conjunction in Aquarius Feb of 2024.  Now Pluto is deeper into Aquarius.  It is sizing up the joint.  Mars lives to be in battle.  It’s answer is to fight.   Pluto  is more the assassin than the brawler.   Any war front will be stimulated with actions that are or are not helpful.   Pluto in Aquarius speaks to masses of people perhaps hearing a call to action?   

1/29 Mercury conjunction Venus (14 AQUARIUS)

The mind and the mouth come together for love of humanity and breakthroughs.    

Full to Disseminating Jan 5 - Jan 9

 

 

 

January 5 – January 9^th

 

The week starts off with a continuation of Full Moon phase.

Our emotions and feelings are talking to us.  Are we hearing them?  

 

Planetary Notes: 

1/6 Sun conjunct Venus:  We feel a concrete purpose born out of love and values.   Love of responsibility and leadership.  

 

Disseminating

January 6, 2025

4:56 pm PST

   

Focus on:   How are you sharing the importance of details?  How are you sharing the importance of crossing t’s and dotting I’s?  How are you sharing the importance of calendar/schedule that you follow and supports your goals?  How is your daily life and details matching your goals? 

 

Planetary Notes:

 

1/7:  Venus conjunct Mars (18 CAP).  Our desires are hard driven and we have the actions to get ‘on it’.   Zero patience to sit around and wait for others to step up.  Self-motivation is high. 

1/9: Sun conjunct Mars.  Actions that uplift position.  Ambition drives actions.

1/9 Venus oppose Jupiter.   Beliefs that are close to the heart feel unappreciated.  Marginalizing family for career or position in the world feels disconnected from cozy home. 

Astrology for 2026

 

Astrology Landscape of 2026

The mid-2020s were always about shifts and change. Some astrologers studied and wrote about this extraordinary period twenty or thirty years ago. Hat tip to them for that kind of range.

My own window is narrower. I began talking of the 2020s decade about six years ago, around the Saturn–Pluto conjunction of 2020. I wasn’t predicting outcomes. I knew that aspect was big. A catalyst. But what?  I did not know.  

What was delivered was  COVID. That is quite a way to enter the new decade.  

I never imagined we were capable of that level of global disruption given 21st-century medicine. Pandemics were not on my radar. They were however on André Barbault’s. Writing in 2011, he noted that the planetary cycles and aspects of 2020 were historically tied to pandemics. Barbault died in 2019. Since 2020, astrologers and astrology journalists have returned to his work because his warning matched events.

In his writings, Barbault emphasized both shocks and opportunity for the 2020 decade. The land would be tilled. Seeds would be planted.

And that is where 2026 lands.

A Year That Breaks the Mold

2026 breaks patterns. All the outer planets settle into new signs within the same year — Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, with Saturn close behind. This configuration is rare.

Of course it is rare. ‘Cuz that's what we are doing in 2026.  

Also a quick shout out, there are many solid forecasts for 2026. I suggest:

·       The Astrology Podcast with Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock

·       Steve Judd’s Global Forecast: 2026 — The Greatest Paradox of My Astrological Career

·       Rick Levine on Astrology Hub with Amanda Walsh

What follows is some themes I see for 2026.   I have not put all the astrology of this year in this round up.  During my monthly reports everything will be there.    

January — Density

January opens with near-constant planetary activity. Aspects stack day after day. Gravity is hard to find.  It is extra noisy between January 17-20 including the final round of Saturn/Uranus. 

·       Saturn sextile Uranus — January 19
Shock and invention. Old systems meet new ones. Structures crack.

·       Neptune re-enters Aries — January 26
We had a preview last year. Now the era begins. Neptune remains in Aries until 2039. The last time this happened was April 1861 to 1875 — from the start of the Civil War through Reconstruction.

February — Thresholds

·       Chinese New Year: Fire Horse
Fire Horse appears once every sixty years and carries speed and momentum. Astrologer Cathryn Moe advises deliberate patience and inner stillness to keep hold of the reins.

·       Uranus stations direct — February 3 (27° Taurus)

·       Saturn enters Aries — February 13
We had a preview last year. This time it holds until April 2028. Saturn leaves water and enters fire. The last cycle ran from 1996 to 1999.

·       Solar Eclipse — February 17 (28° Aquarius)
Attention shifts toward Leo–Aquarius themes. Group identity and collective thinking intensify. Pluto shares the field.

·       Saturn–Neptune conjunction — February 20
A turning point. This conjunction has not occurred at this degree of Aries in roughly seven thousand years. Something dissolves. What replaces it is not yet clear. Previous conjunctions in 1953 (Libra) and 1989 (Capricorn) coincided with paranoia, espionage, and the collapse of shared frameworks.

·       Mercury retrograde — February 26 to March 20

Steve Judd describes this span:
“January 20 to February 20 is rocking the place. It will be hard to draw breath.”

March — Recalibration

·       Total Lunar Eclipse — March 3 (12° Virgo)

·       Jupiter stations direct — March 10

·       Mercury stations direct — March 20

·       Saturn sextile Pluto — March 28

April — Ignition

·       Mars enters Aries — April 9

·       Mars sextile Uranus — April 8

·       Mars conjunct Neptune / Saturn sextile Pluto — April 17

Seven planets gather in Aries, followed by a New Moon near Chiron. This configuration marks rupture or passage. Something has already shifted by this point and now it is juiced up. 

·       Uranus enters Gemini — April 26
Uranus remains in Gemini until 2033. The last cycle ran from 1941 to 1949.

May & June — Pause

·       Pluto retrograde — May 6 to October 13

May and June offer space for adjustment.

July — Spin

July is the second major activation month of the year.

·       Mars conjunct Uranus — July 4
This alignment echoes 1776 in U.S. charts. Nick Dagan Best has researched this pattern in depth. A similar alignment in 1945 marked the atomic age.

·       Neptune sextile Pluto — July 4

·       Neptune retrograde — July 7

·       Uranus sextile Neptune — July 15

·       Uranus trine Pluto — July 17

·       Jupiter trine Neptune — July 20

·       Jupiter sextile Uranus — July 21

·       Jupiter opposite Pluto — July 20

·       Pluto sextile Neptune — July 24

·       Jupiter enters Leo — July 29

If the world did not get our attention in January or February — or by April — July puts us into the spin cycle and hits GO!  

Late-Year Highlights

August

·       Mars in Cancer

·       Solar Eclipse — August 12 (20° Leo)

·       Lunar Eclipse — August 27 (4° Pisces)

·       Jupiter trine Saturn

September

·       Uranus retrograde — September 10

·       Neptune sextile Pluto — September 15

October

·       Pluto stations direct — October 15

·       Venus retrograde — October 3 to November 14

·       Mercury retrograde — October 24 to November 13

November

·       Mercury stations direct — November 13

·       Venus stations direct — November 14

·       Uranus trine Pluto — November 29

December

·       Saturn stations direct — December 10

·       Neptune stations direct — December 12

·       Jupiter retrograde — December 14

Mars slows after crossing its shadow on November 20. It retrogrades on January 10, 2027 and clears shadow in June. Mars retrogrades matter.

How Austin Coppock defined 2026:
“This year is punching above its weight.”

Sure looks like it. 

Back to Barbault

Barbault’s view of the 2020s distills to this:

·       Early 2020s: Systems break at once

·       Mid-2020s onward: Choice replaces collapse

·       The risk: Using new power in old ways

·       The opportunity: Building structures that do not rely on concealment

He was not predicting rescue.
He was pointing to agency.

What happens when systems fail?
What replaces them?

Barbault believed the mid-to-late 2020s would offer better tools, clearer information, and real choice. That brings consequence. Hypocrisy surfaces faster. Being performative gets called out.  

You get more power.
You get exposed faster.

Yeah, that fits the moment.  

Welcome to 2026!