Hello, again!

I’m back with Part II of your astrology update. If you didn’t read Part I (the October 9 email), you can link to it here.

Earlier this year, I emphasized how powerful 2025 and 2026 would be. I promised that the changes seeded in these years would be more powerful than what happened in 2020. And while it can be hard to see the magnitude of a moment when you’re in it, a year or two from now, it will all be strikingly clear. You’ll look back and recognize this period as one of the defining pivot points of your entire life. 

But why wait for hindsight when we have astrology? Let’s embrace the significance of NOW in real time.

A Fresh Start Like None Before It

Astrology is the study of TIME. Time is not linear; it is cyclical. In our lunar cycle, the moon appears from darkness every month, grows to peak illumination, then dies back to nothingness again. The Sun and Earth create a similar, annual cycle of light/growth and darkness/death. The wisdom imparted by our sky is that every ending – every period of darkness – is simultaneously a new beginning.

The stories and seasons of our human lives work this way too. The DEATH of one trajectory in your life is the BIRTH of a new one. Every single time.

That said, a wild and once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon is happening now:

1. Uranus is completing a 7 year cycle in Taurus.
2. Neptune is completing a 14 year cycle in Pisces.
3. Pluto just completed a 15 year cycle in Aquarius.
4. Saturn-Neptune are completing their 36 year cycle with one another.

That means four major cycles in your life are wrapping up AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. Wowsers. Talk about A NEW BEGINNING! 

Because the four planets above have covered new territory this year, you’ve likely seen hints of what lies ahead for you. Maybe you’ve met someone new, moved, are considering a new lifestyle or vocation. Perhaps you’ve gotten married, changed tax brackets, had your first child, grandchild or gotten a pet. If nothing else, there’s at least the VAGUE, OVERRIDING SENSE that something big is happening. Yes. A new life is being born for you.

And yet…

We’re still in the transitional space where we must work with great intention to put pieces of the past behind us. The expansiveness of your future depends on your willingness to shed pieces of an old life that have served their full purpose. 

Life as We’ve Known It

The defining characteristics of the end of any cycle are disintegration and decay. With the 36-year Saturn-Neptune cycle resetting now, the prevailing feeling is that life as we’ve known it is melting away.

That can be scary. Especially when it comes to disintegration and decay at the societal level.

The structure of the world around us is melting away without much indication where we might go from here. But…sure as clockwork…similar crisis points have been spaced in 36-year intervals throughout all history.  Ultimately, the vacancies and needs created by what’s happening now will birth new paradigms, forms of government, leaders, alliances, political parties and policies.

On a more personal level, there are things, people, habits, emotional baggage and mindsets that cannot be part of your new journey. Each of us is experiencing this “end phase” differently and to a completely different degree. 

Have you faced any notable endings these last few years? Has there been a breakup, the death of a loved one, the loss of a job that strongly affected you? Have you retired, changed your business strategy, become an empty nester, dealt with a health crisis or needed to totally reinvent your life? These are telltale signs of a transition from an old storyline to a new one.

For some people, this metamorphosis period could have inwardly entailed: 

1. A temporary confusion of the facts or challenges to one’s beliefs about something
2. A temporary loss of clarity / direction in some area of life
3. A temporary increase in emotional hardship, depression, discouragement, fatigue, cynicism, and loss of hope / faith
4. A yearning for a life more meaningful life

Not all of this will ring true to you. But if it does, assure yourself that these are normal experiences with Saturn-Neptune alignments. They do not indicate you’re in the wrong place or will forever be stuck there. 

Trust that anything you’re facing now will be followed by a powerful sense of renewal and unlimited possibility. Where the slate is wiped clean, you are empowered to reimagine your life. That vision for the future may not be clear YET. The event or ideal that propels you forward may not have occurred YET. And that’s okay. 

You will not know what the new form is going to look like,
just as you do not know what you will dream before you go to sleep.
(~ Alana Fairchild)

The astrology indicates that our new journey doesn’t officially start until early next year. Let’s not expect ourselves to be anywhere other than where we are today. 🙂

The Power of Retrograde Season

Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are currently retrograde. Pluto is barely moving. And Mercury stations retrograde in just a few weeks.

This means that while life may be busy on the surface, you might feel the universe holding you still or pulling you backwards. Though that can feel frustrating, lean into the stillness or anything from the past that comes up for you. Why? Because…

No retrograde season has ever been this valuable.

Astrologers harp on how retrogrades can can pull us back to old ground in tangible ways. You may reconnect with an old lover, an old friend, or need to fix a past mistake. You might revise a work project, change your strategy, renegotiate commitments or adjust plans. But more commonly…

Retrogrades are less about the mundane stuff and more about an important INNER PROCESS  underway.

Moving through daily life and handling the situations that come up is one thing. Figuring out how recent situations have changed you, how you might EMBODY THE GROWTH THEY’VE INSPIRE, is an entirely separate task. The latter happens during retrograde season. This is when you do the bulk of your reflection, integration and assimilation.

Have you noticed yourself spending time in your memories lately? Reflecting on how past events have shaped you? Figuring out where you stand on things? Recognizing what you’d handle differently knowing what you know now? 

You are preparing to embody the maturation your soul is ready for!

It’s funny how we focus on external markers of growth and success…particularly when know that our OUTER REALITY is tied to our INNER REALITY. We never break patterns, toxic cycles, or improve our external circumstances until something shifts within. Retrograde season churns memories into the fertilizer that propels powerful inner shifts. What follows are CHANGED OUTER CIRCUMSTANCES.

So if you’ve noticed yourself mentally processing old feelings / thoughts / events / patterns, you are on the precipice of massive external improvements. 

Shedding Old Skin

Adding together the retrograde and cycle-ending themes discussed above, you might now understand why the skin-shedding process you’re doing feels so BIG. We are tying the bow on a Saturn-Neptune cycle that began all the way back in 1989. That was a long damn time ago! The changes that have happened these last few years for you are part of your transition to a different era of life. 

You are about to embark on a new personal epoch that will carry you through 2061. 2061!!!

Are you ready?

xo,
Jules