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2024 in Astrology

31/01/2024 / adrian / 0 Comments

2024 could be divided into two Jupiter aspects. Jupiter conjunct Uranus, in the first half of the year, and Jupiter square Saturn, in the second half of the year. Of course, these two aspects are not everything, but they help summarize the year in two halves almost perfectly.

First Semester

The Jupiter-Uranus impulse, which I briefly discussed on my Jupiter in Aries predictions last year, promotes a moment of strong changes and beginnings. The aspect will be in effect around the first semester, mostly between March and June. This aspect will promote a time where people take strong stances, leaders make strong declarations and a fiercely defiant outlook tends to dominate.

With Rahu in Pisces, the first two eclipses of the year will happen around late March and early April. The Lunar Eclipse on March 25th will happen on Hasta nakshatra, a star that deals a lot with trickery, deceit, as well as technology and communication.

As I’ve said on my Rahu in Pisces predictions last year, this whole transit could deal with changes, and trouble, in the technological sector. The Lunar Eclipse follows along this trend, and I believe it could bring change in the sector. Maybe a downturn in sales, and hope, for the tech industry in regards to handheld devices. Similarly, we could see stronger pushes for regulation and governmental control over social media, AI and technology. A shocking event, related to technology and social media, could be used to push for stronger control and regulation.

The Solar Eclipse on April 8th is an interesting one, as it is also the Astrological New Year chart. The New Year chart sets the mood for the coming year, so the coincidence with an Eclipse means that this year has something important, or noticeable about it.

This usually means that themes and events that happen this year will tend to set the mood, or become prominent in the coming years. For instance, 2015 — last time this coincidence happened — had many events that became noticeable in the following years. 2015 had the Trump candidacy, and the following years were all about discussing him. 2015 had the early portion of the Brexit debacle, the following years had (from what I can recall by head) 3 different prime ministers dealing with the actual execution of it.

Of course, I do not mention this similarity to 2015 to say that things will be the same. The point here is to mention that the events in 2024 will likely stay with us for the coming years, becoming noticeable points of life in the coming years.

Going back to the Solar Eclipse itself, it happens in Revati nakshatra. This star is related to wealthy, powerful people or those that stand taller than others — like rulers or leaders. I believe this Eclipse tends to indicate some feelings of resentment towards people in power, as they appear to be detached from those below them. In some way, this Solar Eclipse will deal with conflict and toning down of those in power.

This will relate specially to the US, as both this coming Solar Eclipse in April and the previous one in October were visible in the country. This is a time of conflict, change and toning down of the country. Events internally and externally will reflect this.

Similarly, this Eclipse could show restrictions in regards to churches and religious institutions. Issues of corruption or scandal could arise now. Trouble in the Catholic Church could be a practical example of this.

Besides these main events above, there are some interesting background factors going on. For one thing, Saturn becomes a very strong influence from around early February until late April. This means a time of karmic events and a karmic backdrop going on.

On a personal level, this Saturn influence, combined with the prominent Pisces impulse of the Solar Eclipse signals a time for letting go of things. Taking responsibility, owning up and moving on in a way. Combined with a another transit I’ve discussed, the first months of 2024 are a strong time for dealing with old wounds and issues.

Post Eclipses

On May 1st, Jupiter will move into Taurus. Similarly, Uranus will enter Taurus on June 1st, remaining there until around December. Both planets in Taurus signal a time of material changes going forward. On a macro level, this deals with changes in the economy and how we deal with property, home ownership, etc. On a micro level, we might be rethinking our lives on practical terms. What we do, how we live, etc.

Second Semester

The second semester deals with Jupiter’s square to Saturn, this comes following the 2020 conjunction of the planets. As such, this year and 2025 deal with a review of all the things related to the beginning of this decade. Challenges, trouble and readjustment of prominent things around 2020 will tend to be noticeable now.

The first square will happen in August, a month that will be enveloped by Mercury Retrograde. So August could deal with going back over some matter of the past, and resettling old issues.

September and October will be the time for Eclipses. September 17th will have a Lunar Eclipse in Purva Bhadrapada. This is a fierce nakshatra with strong meanings, related to radical or extreme views, as well as some violent or shocking trends. The star also deals with duplicity, leading double lives, or hiding something. As this Eclipse will happen conjunct Neptune, this final meaning tends to come alive.

Around late September, shocking stories or events will come out to aggravate people. This could be a moment of strong emotions, and strong desire for action. The only problem, a lot of it will be exaggerated, or simply a lie.

Going along with this message, the following Solar Eclipse on October 2nd will happen in Hasta nakshatra, a star that has many meanings related to deception. It could be related to trickery, gambling or the used car-salesman archetype.

With both Eclipses dealing with deception and trickery, the late portion of 2024 deals a lot with illusions. It will be a time for strong emotions, aggravated people and excesses. Similarly, it will be a time for manipulation, as these strong emotions will be exploited.

On October 20th, Mars will enter Cancer, his sign of debilitation. This is where Mars is the weakest, and where it tends to behave more erratically. Mars will remain in Cancer from October 20th until January 21st. During that time, Mars will turn retrograde on December 6th, turning direct on February 23rd 2025.

As such, Mars will end 2024 and start 2025 in a unstable note. Being the planet of aggression, this could denote a time for conflict and turbulence. Violence, protests and war could come into play with this.

Summary

2024 has a strong trend towards launching things or setting the ground for the coming years, with events happening now becoming a key part for the rest of the decade. The whole year on itself has a knack for change, but the first part of the year will tend to be more electric and shocking.

There is a strong Saturn influence early in the year, so it becomes a karmic time, where we deal a lot with the past and grievances from it. The first eclipses of the year indicate shocking changes, obstacles for those in power, and a moment of readjustment.

The second part of the year has Uranus shifting into Taurus, signaling a time for material changes. So material issues become prominent, the economy, property ownership, land and agriculture, etc.

The final Eclipses of the year deal a lot with deception, shock and awe. So events around the final months of the year will tend to be shocking and aggravating. Things that rile up people or create anger. The year ends on an angry note too, as Mars will be transiting in a delicate spot, that deals a lot with conflict.

Overall, 2024 is a year of change, and the pleasures and pains that come with it.

On a Personal Level

2024 is a very karmic year, where both Saturn and the Pisces impulse are very strong. Pisces is the sign of detachment, letting go and moving on. Saturn is the planet of karma, taking responsibility and control.

So a big message for 2024 is facing the past, dealing with old wounds, but doing so in a constructive manner. The past can teach us a lot, if we allow it. The past can also destroy us, if we allow it.

The past destroys and becomes a crutch, if we get stuck on blaming others and making ourselves into an eternal victim. People hurt me, so I can never move on. Circumstances were against me, so I can never rise above — even after the circumstances changed.

The past can create by allowing us to see blockages, problems and what caused them. Fears that block us and become an obstacle to our happiness. Understanding these things allows us to move on, face these fears (even if in small steps) and build a new reality.

Relevant Links

My transits calendar for 2024 shows all the most important transits for each month of the year.
Retrogrades has all the dates for planets going retrograde this year, including the feared Mercury retrograde.

Also, don’t forget to check out the monthly predictions, as well as other transit predictions that I post further on.

Rahu/Ketu in Pisces/Virgo (2023-2025)

30/10/2023 / adrian / 0 Comments

The shift of the nodal axis is always an important one, as this is the main karmic indicator in astrology, also showing in which signs the eclipses will happen. The transiting position of the nodes always shows the collective karma that the world is dealing with, as well as our collective desires and obsessions. Rahu shows a point of obsession, as well as an area of focus. And Ketu shows a point of detachment, its position shows an area of life where we might be lacking at a specific moment. Ketu also represents an area where we might find closure or some kind of ending.

Sign	Dates
Rahu/Ketu in Aries/Libra	12/04/2022 until 30/10/2023
Rahu/Ketu in Pisces/Virgo	30/10/2023 until 18/05/2025

To exemplify, let’s understand the previous cycle. Aries is the sign action, fighting, creating, moving; and a big thing during this Aries transit were wars and revolutions. Libra rules diplomacy, agreements, contracts and unions in general. And during the last year or so we saw many diplomacy breaks, with countries changing their minds, breaking off relationships and finding new agreements.

On the new transit, Rahu will transit the sign of Pisces. This sign represents spirituality, creativity, martyrdom, other-worlds, foreign lands, sacrifice, the past, losses and expenses. Virgo represents service, work, attention to detail, hard sciences, intellectuals, nervous and finicky personalities, any kind of work requiring great care for details.

This transit deals with an interesting inversion. Ketu is a spiritual point, dealing with similarly escapist and idealistic meanings as Pisces. Rahu shares a nervous energy with Virgo, as well as constructive potential for detailed work and dealing with things like technology and engineering. Many astrologers consider Rahu in Virgo and Ketu in Pisces to be some of the best placements for these planets, as they deal with similar energies, favoring a proper direction.

The inverted polarity is not bad, but different. Rahu will favor the more escapist and delusional aspects of Pisces, favoring anything related to escapism, arts and deception. Ketu will materialize through Virgo, showing detachment through the material. Think of someone like Marie Kondo over some abstract spiritual thinker. This is a time of making change, letting go, through something physical.

Mundane

Ketu in Virgo

Let’s start with Ketu in Virgo. As I’ve said above, Ketu will show something ignored, reduced or with reduced importance. It could also show a sense of closure or an ending. Virgo is a sign that deals a lot with engineering and technology, being ruled by Mercury and showing the more technical side of the planet, rather than the social one seen in Gemini. Chitra and Hasta, two nakshatras in Virgo, are very favorable for technology and engineering.

With Ketu in Virgo, I believe we will see some reductions or troubles in regards to technology. Specially as this isn’t the only influence showing this. As I’ve wrote earlier on my Neptune in Pisces text, Neptune in Aquarius was very favorable for technology, as it stimulated people towards it. With Neptune out of Aquarius, the enchantment is broken in a lot of ways. Ketu in Virgo will only add more fuel to the fire.

A lot of these changes in our relationship with technology are visible. With vastly reduced innovation. When the iPhone first started in 2007, and at the height of the smartphone age in the early 2010s, every new launch was a big commotion with vast improvements. Nowadays, we have different patterns for stacking multiple random cameras (that nobody really needs) and legally mandated changes.

There isn’t that much innovation in technology nowadays, as a consequence, people are less likely to buy the newer models. Which causes trouble for the companies, as they spent the previous decade counting on yearly purchases that just aren’t happening anymore.

With that, a sense of desperation on the technology sector could arise. With companies making products easier to break, harder to fix or with arbitrary limits to force people into buying newer ones.

Overall, I believe that Ketu in Virgo will mark harder years for technology. Glitches, troubles, defects and reduced sales could become prominent issues. Some companies might go into trouble and be forced to make reductions or changes in their structures. That will be most prominent in the hardware sector, with software this will tend to happen, but some areas will be sparred. I elaborate more on this below, on Rahu in Pisces.

As Virgo is also a sign that deals intimately with health, we will see something in regards to it as well. I tend to believe that this will deal with closure in regards to health matters. Talk of a new pandemic has been prominent in the media recently, with not that much enthusiasm or concern by people. I believe any type of lockdown or similar effort will tend to wane and fail with this transit, bringing closure to the health craze that started the current decade.

Rahu in Pisces

Pisces is a sign that deals a lot with illusion and escapism, Rahu will highlight these trends. A big negative point of this is that it becomes a strong time for deception. Lies, propaganda and mass deception could become strengthened in the coming years. Cults and deceptive movements will similarly arise out of this. Overall, people will be more open towards anything that seems to give them hope, for good or bad.

Entertainment wise, we will could see some strong changes. Rahu is related to technology, being associated with computers and airplanes by astrologers. With that in mind, Rahu in Pisces tends to show technology coming into entertainment. YouTube started around 2005, a few weeks after Rahu had entered Pisces. As the main video platform, YouTube launched a new era of entertainment. With new sources, rather than just TV and movie theaters. As well as the plethora of careers derived from YouTube and other platforms.

Similarly, we will tend to see some innovation coming into the entertainment world with the current Rahu in Pisces. I believe this will tend to deal with AI. Things like de-aging actors digitally, allowing older actors to perform as if in their younger years. Maybe things like AI generated scripts, or even virtually generated casts and sets.

Even though the profit of making movies/TV has vastly lowered, the cost remains the same or even higher. As paying actors, spending money to build sets, rent locations and maintain studios is still a high cost. We might see some initial steps into AI generated movies/TV in the coming years, reducing these costs, as well as opening opportunities.

Before YouTube, to make the sort of variety content we have there, you would have to get a TV show. Which was obviously not for everyone. Similarly, making a movie is extremely prohibitive. You can have the idea, you can have the script. But without support to get into a studio and pay for the high costs, it will simply not happen. With AI generated casts and settings, this barrier will be broken, and smaller writers might have a chance/opportunity.

Similarly, AI art and photography could see a great rise with this Rahu transit.

As such, for those working or associated with the tech sector, worried about my predictions above for Ketu in Virgo, know that anything entertainment or art related will be favored. So maybe switching roles into these areas could be a good idea.

Politically, as this transit favors illusion, many issues could be exacerbated. Deception, propaganda and vicious political trends will be highlighted. In a lot of ways, people might be looking at things through rose colored glasses in the next few years, with a rude awakening around 2025, when the transit ends.

People will tend to gloss over facts, and focus on anything that sounds or feels good. Which is something that politicians have always exploited, and they will benefit a lot from it during this transit.

Also, as I mentioned above about AI art and video, the information environment will similarly become chaotic. For over 50 years, we’ve been taught to believe “if something has a video, it is true” on multiple avenues. Be it with news stories, crimes, trials; recordings were seen as definite proof. With the advent of realistic artificial videos, sounds and images; this certainty disappears.

Some profess this as the end of the world, saying that AI will end society. Which is a scandalous and reductive analysis. DNA only started becoming accessible to police departments around the late 90s, and yet crime was solved in all the decades prior to it. Similarly, people came to conclusions before the advent of photography and video recording.

We are entering a different reality, in regards to information. It is not the end of the world. We will adapt and learn to deal with it. A healthy sense of distrust, and a need for confirmation, should arise out of these trends.

Transit and Timeline

With any transit, it is interesting to look at past cycles to understand better the current one.

Rahu in Pisces, Ketu in Virgo previous transit: 24/03/2005-11/10/2006
Rahu in Virgo, Ketu in Pisces previous transit: 12/07/2014-29/01/2016

This cycle becomes a Nodal Inversion for the 2014-2016 period shown below, so a lot of issues from around that time will tend to come back. Not as in a repetition, but in a sense of closure. Some dormant issues or problems started around that time could reach a solution, or some kind of finalization.

On that note, some reversals of fortune are possible now. With moods vastly shifting or things flipping back to what was felt around 2015.

With Neptune transiting Pisces since early 2023, this transit becomes even more interesting, as we will have a combined influence of Rahu and Neptune in Pisces. Not only that, but Saturn will enter this sign around March 2025, marking a Saturn-Rahu-Neptune influence in Pisces on early 2025.

As Neptune is the planet of illusions, and Rahu expands everything, this will be a strong moment of deception. False ideas, exaggerations and lies will tend to dominate the conversation. Around late 2024 to early 2025, Neptune will transit very closely to Rahu in Pisces, so these trends will be intensified then. I believe some kind of chaotic or shocking event could happen around early 2025, specially around February that year.

Read page 2 for personal effects and predictions for each sign.