The Retrogrades of March-April 2025
What happens when you have Mercury Retrograde (backwards communication and travel) together with Mars Retrograde (backwards action) and Venus Retrograde (backwards relating) together?
This triple cycle is already showing up in your life and on the world stage in 2025.
It is typical of stop-start, delay and rewind. People can show up for a meeting which then has to be rescheduled. Second time lucky? Third time? Paperwork can be signed, which then has to go back to the drawing board. X-Twitter can stop working. The usual Retrograde rules apply.
Put the ‘re’ prefix in front of everything and prepare to renegotiate, reschedule, rethink, review, retract statements. In this feature I will show you which area of your personal birth chart (natal chart) is affected, what to do about it – and when it stops.
There may be shipping delays of several months or unreliable people who go back on their word. Flight cancellations by Qantas (not unusual).
You will be affected if you have factors in Leo, Cancer (Mars Retrograde), Pisces (Venus and Mercury Retrograde) or Aries (Venus and Mercury Retrograde) at the degrees below. If you don’t have your birth chart, you can pick it up on one-month membership for US $7 next.
Mercury, Venus and Mars Retrograde
Mars Retrograde 0-6 Leo began on November 5th 2024 and will not complete his loop, or stuck circuit, until May 1st 2025. There is also a disappearing act for several weeks. This is about courtship, the bedroom, babies, infants, schoolchildren, teenagers and young adults.
So, for example, a man you began dating in November last year may have disappeared from the scene when Mars went out of Leo on January 7th. This cycle is very common when there is an issue with/about your children (even grown-up children); godchildren; nieces; nephews; grandchildren. From 1st May it’s over.
Mars Retrograde at 17-29 Cancer began on October 6th 2024 (yes, that far back) and will not complete his loop, or stuck circuit, until April 18th 2025.
This is about your family, home, real-estate investment, household, home town, homeland, land, garden, renovation or redecoration.
It is very common to see apartments or houses go up for sale, then drop in price. It is also common to have builders who take weeks, even months, to finish a job. Family matters can be stuck on a loop when Mars Retrograde is in Cancer.
Retrogrades in Pisces and Aries
Mercury Retrograde at 26-29 Pisces began on March 1st 2025 and will not complete his loop, or stuck circuit, until April 16th 2025. This is about religion, hypnosis, mediumship, spirituality, therapy, psychiatry, psychology, solitude, dreams, auras, chakras, angels. Pisces is about Christianity and its alternatives.
Mercury Retrograde at 0-9 Aries began on March 4th 2025 and will not complete his loop, or stuck circuit, until April 26th 2025. This is about self-promotion, profile, reputation, name, appearance, image, photographs, portraits, social media. It’s about your uniform, title and/or wardrobe. Your title.
Venus Retrograde at 24-29 Pisces began on January 28th 2025 and will not complete her loop, or stuck circuit, until April 30th 2025. This is about religion, hypnosis, mediumship, spirituality, therapy, psychiatry, psychology, solitude, dreams, auras, chakras, angels. The inner life and inner world is ruled by Pisces.
Venus Retrograde at 0-10 Aries began on February 5th 2025 and will not complete her loop, or stuck circuit, until May 16th 2025. This is about self-promotion, profile, reputation, name, appearance, image, photographs, portraits, social media. It’s about your cap, jacket, medals, boots.
As you can see there is overlap retrograde (double backwards action) with Mercury Retrograde and Venus Retrograde both in Pisces, from March 1st to April 16th. There is also an overlap retrograde with Mercury Retrograde and Venus Retrograde in Aries, from March 4th to April 26th.
Using Your Chart
Using Your ChartRetrogrades are good for rehearsal during the reversal. They suit first and second attempts, in rough draft form, in a notebook.
They suit research. So, for example, if you are trying to buy an apartment or sort out your parents’ vacation plans, you would work with Mars Retrograde in Cancer – not against it – and use this time to pre-plan.
Knowing your chart and the zodiac sign and degrees of particular planets, asteroids, angles (and the rest) is the first step. I know a lot of Premium Members, perhaps including you, have been using this website for long enough to have picked up all the digital guide books in your library here and had good experience at DIY astrology. Well, now’s the time to put it to the test.
The World and the Retrogrades
Aries rules military uniform – suitable for the army, air force and navy. So with Venus and Mercury both going backwards in this sign, uniforms will be ordered then recalled. Put on then taken off.
This runs in two stages of rehearsal and reversal, until April 26th and then to May 16th. This is typical of situations where the navy, army and air force (ruled by Aries, and in turn, Mars the god of war) are in flux.
Pisces rules religion. So, the Pope and the Dalai Lama. The Church of England. What we will see is typical of retrogrades when statements are later recalled, or there is rescheduling.
The Pope has recently been ill, for example, as we go through the first quarter of 2025 and two retrogrades in Pisces. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said his replacement will not come from China.
Delay Tactics and Strategies
A very simple way to deal with retrogrades is to delay things until the very last one is over. Another way of approaching this is to have Plan B and C. Treat life as a second draft, then third draft.
The Aries zone of your chart (identity, name, uniform, wardrobe, profile) sees both Neptune and Saturn move into this sign in 2025 so it’s a big deal. Your Aries-ruled First House is now a major change zone for you. Find out more about that here.
The Pisces zone of your chart is also a bigger deal in 2025, because Saturn and Neptune move out of Pisces while the North Node has moved in. You can find out more about that here.
If you do have Aries and/or Pisces factors, you are actually buying yourself time with all these delays and changes. The new chapters which begin in your life in 2025 are historic and important. The flux with all these retrogrades will give you time to think.
Big and Small Impact
These cycles can have big and small impact. I recently flew with Virgin Australia and was amazed to find my identity refused at the Virgin Australia Lounge. My membership card was not recognised on the screen.
Then – the woman at the front desk refused to accept my boarding pass. In the end she told me to show my Medicare card. That’s a health insurance card. Both she and the malfunctioning computer made me late for a Zoom conference. Aries rules your ID.
Pisces cycles typically concern the Christian religion. So, for example, your great-grandmother may say she wants a Church of England funeral, then change her mind.
This is a really unusual start to 2025 but it may explain why life has been so stop-start, stuck, or rewound in one, two or even three areas of your life. And also why the trivial annoyances can actually trigger a bigger chain reaction.
Do You Have Leo Factors at 0-3 Degrees?
If you have planets in the early degrees of Leo, then Pluto’s opposition to this, has historically and powerfully affected your life within the bedroom, with courtship, with babies, infants, schoolchildren, teenagers or young adults. Pluto can only oppose your Leo factors at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 degrees every 248 years. (I am allowing a one-degree orb for this transit).
Along with Mars Retrograde in Leo, cycling backwards, seeing vanishing acts or disappearing people/situations/issues is having an extra impact.
I can’t reply to every comment and question, as there are typically over 17,000 of them on any given day, but I will do my best to have a look at your natal chart and see how you’re being affected.
You can also do this yourself. If you do want to learn astrology, you can subscribe to The Sun Sign School and learn how to read your natal or birth chart with the professionals.
Finally – if you need further clarity on what is in reversal and rehearsal mode and how to handle it, until the retrogrades stop – you can use the Divination section of my website, which has four card decks for Premium Members.
The Modern I Ching and the Smith Waite Tarot, of course, are always free to use for everyone. I hope you get through your retrogrades with a minimum of obstacles. And finally –
Cancer Factors? How June 2025 Is Your Reward
Finally, if you have Cancer factors in the Fourth House of real-estate, home, home town, homeland, family and household – you can expect new opportunities and solutions from June 2025 to June 2026.
Jupiter with all his expansion, improvement, growth and hope for the future arrives in this time-frame, so the delays, reversals and rehearsals months before, will add up and make sense. All those post-it notes you made out to yourself can be reshuffled – with a new story.
It may be that you cannot buy the apartment you want, because it’s under offer, on Mars Retrograde in Cancer (October 6th 2024 to April 18th 2025) but then find that on the wonderful Jupiter cycle (June 10th 2025 to June 30th 2026) it goes back on the market, at a lower price.
You went backwards for a few months, in other words, but from June you really do go forwards with real-estate. It’s the same with family. What seems likely to happen is that when huge solutions and big opportunities appear with relatives, the household, property, your home town and homeland after June 10th 2025, you realise there was method to the universe’s madness with the prior stop-start.
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101 Responses
Dear Jessica,
I have Saturn in 0 deg in Leo, so Pluto actually opose it. I have no children, but I don’nt know If it could be caused by position Pluto – Saturn and Mars retrograde, but it is from late autumn that i have felt stuck especially in my business area. In the same time I felt fysically weak and I was often ill. Now it is better.
And actually there is Eclipse in Virgo and I have SN and NN in 23deg Taurus and Scorpio. So lot of action on the šky i March for me.
What can I expect from all of this in the near future?
What will be your advice for me for the months that comes.
Thank you
Any Sun Virgo woman who feels ill can usually trace the issue back to business or work. Fortunately you are now better. The big change in your life comes from June 2025 when you make great new friends, join or rejoin a group which benefits you so much and start to see the gains of social media, like Substack, or Bluesky. By July 2025 one particular event will have shown you how much can come from one gathering. By June 2026 you will be so much better off socially and if you are wise will pursue a group, club, team or collective community project which could be so successful for you.
Hi Jessica – I love the promise of opportunities and solutions through my placements in Cancer! However I also have Uranus and Bacchus at 01 of Leo and while I can think of minor changes that have happened in the areas covered, I can’t recall anything historical or powerful. Is there something I am missing or is it yet to come? Also, I would just like to add that your blogs regarding the political situations around the world and the contributing comments are extremely interesting and valuable. Please keep them coming!
Thank you. Uranus and Bacchus both at 1 Leo in your Fifth House have been opposed by Pluto at 1 Aquarius. Later on, Uranus goes to 1 Gemini and is sextile both. These are change signals for your relationship with your godchildren; any children; nieces; nephews; a younger generation. For example, friends or dates who are considerably younger. It is also very much about work or unpaid work involvement with the young. Potential relationships and actual relationships (always sexual and romantic) are also at the heart of a major shift in your thinking this year.
Dear Jessica,
Thank you for keeping us all informed about all these retrogrades. I am so glad I survived the horrible Capricorn cycles, but now fully realising that the upcoming period will not be a walk in the park either. I have a big stellium in Aries, but also have factors in Pisces, Leo and my natal Saturn in Cancer. Could you perhaps shine your brilliant light on the coming period for me? Thank you so much!
Thank you. This is an image relaunch year for you, in terms of how you physically look in photographs or on film, or in the mirror. It is also about a relaunch of your title, role or persona. It’s not really started yet. You will see why, from the first week of April and the first week of June.
Hi Jessica,
I’m curious how my rising sign (Leo) will affect me this time around. I also have Pisces factors, and stelliums in Virgo, Aquarius, Leo, Aries, and Gemini. Feels like a sea change, indeed (either that, or I’m reacting to all the changes happening in my country…)
Thanks for all you do. Your articles keep me sane 🙂
D
Thank you. The Rising Sign or Ascendant is pretty unimportant in modern astrology and you’d be amazed how often people get it wrong. It’s based on a minute-specific birth time and so many people fudge it. (Or their parents do). So the whole chart needs attention. You’re in a big shift cycle with your friends, social media, social life and the groups affecting you most. The end of March is the end of years of confusion. The end of May, is the end of a very long test of your patience. This shows up in your solar and natal chart, alike. One friend or group in particular has had zero boundaries (so, for example, you have been working in a team situation alongside a dear friend and the roles have been confused). The network or circle itself may have been all over the place, all the time. You will be amazed at how much clearer and cleaner life feels (and easier) by June.
Hi Jessica,
Thank you for sharing this, in your previous blogs you have warned us on impacts of all the retro planets in first half 2025. I am going through very tough astro transits.
My Leo Stellium: Mercury 4°, Apollo 6°, Venus 7°, Sun 12°, Minerva 16°, Jupiter18°.
I have Cancer : Fortuna 19°
But I also have some 0-6° planets
MC 0° Aries
IC 0° Libra
Hygia 1° Aries
My question:
– Will my finances get better soon? Its been almost 1 year of job hunting.
– Divorce is still in discussion, I have yet to make a decision.
– You replied in Substack that I am in a zero relaunch year. I am trying to launch a business, with very little progress.
Any tips from you how to optimize the reschedule and rehersal during this long transit?
Thanks Jessica. Bless you, stay healthy and safe.
Regards, Ipey
Thank you Ipey. The job uncertainty stops in July. You could gain a job before then, of course, but not feel it’s completely settled until you end up in July, August 2025. The financial situation changes at the end of March, then the end of May, with the end of a waiting game by June, as your patience has been tested. The divorce will likely prompt a decision in July, August. So that’s the timing of your year. You can personalise this forecast by using the Tarot and Oracle cards on the website and making your questions more detailed and private. They work well with astrology.
Hi Jessica,
I commented on your eclipse post from a couple of days ago and having read this article I’m having a huge forehead slap moment.
I’ve bought a house with my partner for our blended family. It’s a very exciting next stage for our family unit and I’ve put my apartment that I’ve lived in my daughter for 5 years on the market, going to auction this weekend.
I am fairly confident I am being reasonable with my expectations for a sale price, but I’ve just been informed the agents think the auction will stall $100 – $150k less than my absolute bottom line.
I am so stressed because we really needed the apartment to sell well to offset the family home purchase. I didn’t realise the auction was mercury retrograde until I read your article now.
I can’t delay the auction, but I don’t have to sell for less than the place is worth. It’s not ideal but I could maybe stretch the finances to cover two mortgages and rent my apartment out.
I’m feeling very overwhelmed which is uncharacteristic for me. I know you get many comments and you can’t answer everyone. But I do hope you can offer some clarity because I simply can’t see a pathway forward if we can’t achieve what we need this Saturday.
Thank you again for all your patience and thoughtfulness in your responses.
You are going to auction on a bunch of retrogrades and you’ve been told the price won’t meet your expectations. I am sorry about this. I do publish the Mercury Retrograde dates a year before they happen so it’s best to save this to your computer. It is no surprise you feel overwhelmed by what is going on; you are allowed to feel flummoxed. However, I can reassure you that this ends well, from June 2025, when Jupiter goes into Cancer and your Fourth House of real estate, apartments and houses. This is the biggest and best cycle in 12 years and it’s being set up now, even by the current uncertainty. If you don’t have to sell for less than the place is worth, then you do have enough time and space to have a look at the Tarot and Oracle decks on this website to see what your own E.S.P. is telling you. And you do have it.
Dear Jessica, I see that I have Leo at 1 degree in Vulcano. Plus many factors in Pisces, Cancer, Leo and Aries. What will these retrogrades mean for me? I’ve been juggling with writing a book (I edit lots but I prefer doing things that don’t involve me getting any attention). I’ve been told by multiple people that I have book (s) in me I have always avoided the topic.
None of the retrogrades apply to writing a book, but what is on offer for you (now and for years into the future) is a liberating new pathway with the internet, the media, publishing, education, academia. You are actually experiencing Jupiter and then Uranus in Gemini in your Third House of words, ideas and images. This is the first and last time in your life it will happen and new technology will help. There are signs now, with even more from July 2025.
Thank you for the article, Jessica. I was unemployed for 18 months and just signed an employment offer for a great salary on March 8 for a director-level role. I’m very excited and knew about the retrograde activity, but I am not in a position to be picky. It does require me to relocate to near Washington, D.C. Not a lot of these degrees hit my chart, but what can I expect?
This is great news at the right time and from June 2025 you will begin to see just how fortunate you are to be the person you are, in the field you have chosen – with a big new beginning from July. I realise you are starting on 8th March, but the future is calling to the present. Your entire lifestyle/workload/way of life/wellbeing is due to shift as well with the final week of March and final week of May being the turning points.
Hi Jessica,
Transiting Pluto conjuncting my natal Jupiter delivered just as you said it would. I got a wonderful offer of full tuition to grad school and some money for living expenses…and I will be moving in August to a new town. I have not yet announced the news to my current full-time job, though I did to my adjunct teaching job (they had helped me with recommendations). Things are tense at the full-time job. I have a staff member who knows I’m leaving and wants to be promoted; a Pisces Board president who is facing family health issues and is dramatic and a combination of stubborn and relenting and emotionally over the top; financial problems; and a Board that has never delivered money but does deliver complaints. There are positives, too, allies in government and education that I am turning to for advice on announcing the news (five months is a long time to be a lame duck) and navigating the transition. I asked How do I navigate the transition and got the Three of Cups. I asked, How do the retrogrades fit in and got Ace of Pentacles. The retrogrades have affected an estimate for a repair at work. The estimator got extremely ill and won’t be returning to work to hand in the estimate–we’re doing a redo on the eclipse–Friday. Also on the eclipse, a meeting the Board President called that I wasn’t invited to but found out about. She has gotten in the way of my communication with both her and the Board, and things are a bit disjointed. The fact that she chose the eclipse day does seem relevant. Perhaps I need to be more positive and less anxious about all this. Think the best of everyone.
Thank you for confirming the psychic astrology prediction. Congratulations on the offer and the August relocation. The Three of Cups is great advice. You manage the transition by making your success, the group’s success. The group numbers other women, perhaps one man, who you consider real friends. The kind you can celebrate with. This may be the allies you mention. The retrogrades are financial. So the money is there, hovering like a helicopter, but not yet in your hands. You probably know this. When in doubt, gather your girlfriends and anyone else who stands to gain in some way from your new situation. This also shows in your chart. There is real power in a little group.
Jessica I have mercury in Pisces 23 so just on the edge, does this still apply?
Feeling the re runs of life happening over and over again! It’s a tough few months
Yes, you would be going through reversal and rehearsal. Very good for first, second, third attempts. You would also feel as if yo are seeing rewinds and replays. The second half of 2025 is so different to the first half. You have no idea how much will fall into place from the end of May. From June, we are halfway into a new world for you and from July, you can basically forget about the many ‘takes’ in the film of your life earlier and end up with a Director’s Cut.
Hi Jessica,
I really appreciate your insights — your blog and the comments have been a helpful source of guidance during these turbulent times.
Could you please share your thoughts on my situation? I’ve been a freelancer for a few years — it’s been really challenging financially but rewarding in other ways. Now I’ve been offered a part-time job in publishing, and I’m finding it really hard to decide. They expect my answer during all these retrogrades next week.
I asked the Tarot about whether I should take the job, and I drew the Three of Pentacles.
Thank you for your time and for all that you do.
The Tarot is telling you, this may pay, or it may not. How very typical of Uranus in Taurus in your Second House of salary. The planet of the unpredictable in the sector of income. Draw cards from the other three decks to ask what is the outcome (within 12 months) of taking the role. They are designed to work together and will fill out the picture.
Hello Jessica,
Thank you for sharing the post, this is so in line with what is happening in my job and career. Since November I am in a constant loop, stuck, not knowing if I will be able to move to another project, receiving poor information from bosses and no direction, hearing that some colleagues were laid off, applying for different internal job roles, attending interviews but with no positive feedback until now causing me distrust in me, waiting to see if I will receive a compensation package and try to apply to another company and hope to be hire asap, an endless waiting game causing me exhaustion, anxiety, financial insecurity, crucial crossroads in my career path. Factors that I have are South Node at 2 Leo, DSC at 9 Aries, and Chiron at 27 Cancer. Do you see any light at the end of the tunnel for me in this situation? Any insights are really appreciated. Wishing you all the best.
I am sorry you are going through this uncertainty in your career and the exhaustion and anxiety that you are going through. You are a Sun Scorpio woman and this cycle stops in July. From 2026 it is history and you will never again be chopping and changing like this, with your workload. This shows up in your solar chart and natal chart too, as you have Virgo factors (same thing – the Sixth House of workload and wellbeing) being opposed by Neptune and Saturn. There are three end points. One at the close of March. Another at the close of May. Then a third, in July. Little by little you will get out of this. You can start with your nervous system and start a conscious program of controlled daily meditation, mindful walking, hypnosis or similar. Half an hour is okay; an hour is better. This cycle is about your mind, body and spirit as much as your career. You have time. Use the time to discover life-turnaround methods and techniques that will stay with you, long after your professional life has settled down. I strongly recommend Michael Sealey on YouTube. Look at his testimonials. Set yourself the challenge of finding the healer, hypnotist and/or online counsellor who is exactly right for you. And it’s all free to try. The internal job chances, new jobs, hybrid solutions (a mixture of paid/unpaid roles), upskill study and so on – should offer you the freedom to be independent. If they do not they will not be part of your life. You are in an unstable cycle, until July (sure) but the whole point of it, is to shake things up so that you have more space to do your own thing, be your own person, gain autonomy and feel utterly liberated. It is an extremely unusual Scorpio who ever wants to change so drastically, but that is actually the solution. Have a look at the four Tarot and Oracle decks on this website too, to ask the right questions and personalise your reading. This does stop. But you need to get the reward of all this upheaval and the reward is total freedom.
Thank you very much for your response.
Dear Jessica, I have Jupiter at 2 Aquarius and Apollo at 2 Leo. Pluto will conjunct my Jupiter in Aquarius and be in the opposite position to Apollo in Leo, what will be the impact on my life? I’m very curious to see what this once in 248 years event will bring.
Aquarius-Leo is really about the tension between friendship and sex, so it can show up as someone you call a friend who is interested in you as a lover, or vice-versa. Aquarius rules friends and Leo rules the bedroom – and courtship. Sometimes the issue is that the friend is part of a group, circle or community of people and if you two were to pursue sex, it would affect all of you. Pluto tends to come along as people or situations which dominate and require you to push back. Transiting Pluto in conjunction with natal Jupiter is the temporary but game-changing arrival of those who want control, or circumstances where you have to use strong self-control, in order not to feel taken over. This is a good thing. Jupiter, natally, is always a good thing. You benefit socially, with the group, or via the friend. However, Pluto is also in opposition to natal Apollo in Leo, in the Fifth House. Beyond bed and courtship, the Fifth House also rules babies, infants, schoolchildren, teenagers and younger generations. There will be a situation here of polar opposites – you are poles apart – or dealing with a crossroads where there is no compromise. Something very simple you can do is to keep the stakes low. So you would not make 2025 the year you ask a friend to get you pregnant, for example, or you would not throw yourself into coaching a teenage football team, knowing that it would also involve the Parent-Teacher Association and it’s Harper Valley. The Tarot can tell you more.
Hello Jessica,
I was reading your article on Mars retrograde and was in awe that you predicted ‘land grabs’ way before Donald took office.
May I ask during all these retrogrades I have been doing my research etc with a property matters that require taking the builder to court to resolve.
I have held off filing the court papers during the Mars retrograde , which is still not over but it’s moving forward, can I advise my legal representative to start moving on this?
When would be a good time ?
Thank you in anticipation of your help.
Thank you. The original Mars Retrograde in Cancer prediction appeared on 9th September last year, for readers looking at your comment, who may not have read the forecast at the time. You want to take a builder to court, with Mars (conflict) in Cancer (property) going backwards. If you want to be in synch with the cycle, you’ll pursue action but be prepared to go back and forth with your legal representative. It’s really about advance/retreat or if you were playing football, you’d be putting a lot of substitutes on the field and constantly changing the game, in order to meet changing conditions. At 1-22 Cancer you have a big chart signature in the sign of renovations and real-estate so Mars going across this, backwards, is unhelpful. You really want the whole transit to be over, ideally, as you have no idea what the builder’s chart looks like and he may also have Cancer factors, given his profession. Once Mars is out of Cancer and in Leo, the coast is clear and you then have the big solutions, opportunities and sweeping answers of Jupiter in Cancer, with your house or apartment, from June.
Hello Jessica,
Taurus Sun, Leo Rising with Juno at 01° Leo, Proserpina at 05° aries, Diana 08° aries. I would love your comment on this.
Juno at 1 Leo is the focus here, as Pluto at 1 Aquarius is in opposition. He began moving from 0 Aquarius last November and in 2025 you see what happens with the bedroom, courtship, babies, infants, teenagers and a younger generation when this planet appears. I dare say you are already involved with a stop-start situation regarding this. It can be about sex (the potential for pregnancy, or to become a step-parent) as well as existing parenthood. In any Pluto opposition you have to use your willpower to become empowered and self-control will give you more control, until the transit is over. The stop-start nature of what has been going on since last year, with Mars Retrograde in Leo, will end when this planet finally moves on, mid-year.
Hi Jessica,
I can’t figure out if this retrograde period would be a good time for a hypnosis session about past lives or not. This is currently mostly out of curiosity, but you never know where innocent curiosity could lead.
I’d also be grateful if you could look at my chart and write about anything you might find interesting. I’m mostly interested in the job situation which hasn’t been great for quite some time.
I have a Pisces friend who had a past life regression during this transit and instead of going back to a past life, she had contact with a relative from the spirit world. So while this was fascinating, it was not what she asked for. Jobs in your chart are always Virgo (your service and duty to others) and Capricorn (your ambition and peak achievement). What you did 18-19 years ago will come back to you, professionally, or academically, in 2025-2026. You need closure with the past, because you are owed from that time, or you owe on some level. This is the South Node in Virgo cycle which is about workplace or academic karma. Unpaid work, too. The Tarot can personalise this forecast for you.
This is a very interesting article about all the retrogrades!! For me Jupiter is the big one in my chart as my Jupiter is at 4 degrees Leo. I also have Juno 13 Leo, Apollo 14 Leo & Panacea 28 Leo. Then I have Ceres 4 Cancer, Ops 14 Cancer & Moon 15 Cancer. I have Chiron 21 Pisces & Saturn 22 Pisces. Then I just have Vulcano at 19 Aries. So it really is just about my Jupiter at 4 Leo. Wondering what you see? Thank you!!
Thank you. Pluto can only oppose Jupiter in your chart every 248 years, so this is about the bedroom, courtship, babies, infants, schoolchildren, teenagers and a younger generation. The exact opposition at 4 Aquarius to 4 Leo is something you may want to track on my website which has the changing planetary positions listed for you. You have a lifelong pattern of good fortune with lovers or with a younger generation. Even when things are tough, you are protected. And when they are good, they are great. Jupiter in Leo does well with the four-poster bed, but also the rituals of roses and romance – and very well as a parent, godparent, step-parent, teacher, or other guiding light for the young. All this is challenged in an unusual way by Pluto. People or situations you find so powerful, intense and potentially so much in control – need a strategy. The Tarot can help you in a more personal way, with your private situation.
Hello Jessica,
I lost my job on the same day Pluto went into Aquarius towards the end of Nov. With my daughter starting school in Sept I need a solution fast but nothing after months of applying. Will I have to wait until June for this situation to change? I’m a Cancer moon and have placements in all the affected signs. Thanks for all the content you put out for members, really enjoy digging into the charts!
I am sorry you lost your job. You are not the only Sun Taurus woman to have shed work, with Pluto going into Aquarius and your Tenth House of career. Pluto always changes the balance of power. There is usually a game of musical chairs and you have to find your chair. So that is where you are now. You are affected by the retrogrades as well, but they are picking up other aspects of your existence (your daughter) but not actually your career. You will find that the more you push back, the more self-control you use, the more willpower you draw – the better. You will be in synch with Pluto. This is basically a mind gym. A soul workout. Try to move your thoughts away from ‘When will this end’ and ‘When will I get a job?’ and towards ‘How can I use this situation to become more empowered?’ This is actually the whole point of the cycle. If fact, over many years, you do stand to become quite powerful in your chosen field and would be working with really potent people and organisations. Big business or politics is typical. This is yet to come. The cycle only just started. You can find out more about Pluto in your digital guides, on this website. You can also use your Tarot and oracle cards for a more personal reading.
Thank you for the insights!
My goodness, Jessica, this is so spot on. Just this morning, we cancelled a trip to Canada that we have been planning since last June. My job is in Canada and I am working remotely and we were going to go so that my husband has a sense of the place and look for properties or rentals as we will make the permanent move late summer (or that’s the plan for now). Because of so many complications and a ton of back and forths, we decided not to go now. We even had paid for a rental space. Oh well. I hope after April 18th, things will improve and get clarity. As a Cancer sun, Scorpio rising, I thought this year will be full of opportunities. So far I only experienced rejections. I guess only after June I can expect some upward motion. Nonetheless, it is nice to know that there is something cosmic that explains all this unfortunate series of events. Do you think applications put in during this retrograde will be cursed as well?
It sounds as if you are being personally affected by the waves being made in America and Canada now. And certainly your astrology chart shows the re-re-re retrograde. You’ve cancelled your trip. Your Cancer Sun sign suggests a relaunch of your appearance and title from June 2025 and by July (around your birthday) you would be on your way with a renewed look or profile. Scorpio Rising has nothing to do with any of this – in fact your rising sign is pretty irrelevant in Sun Sign astrology. Applications which go out on retrogrades (if they do not eat up a lot of time and money) are rather like a message in a bottle. You’d send anyway but not count on where/when the bottle turns up, or when you will get a response. Sometimes a retrograde can work out even if takes a wonky path.
Hi Jessica,
I have a stellium in cancer and in Aries. Can you please take a look at my chart?. I am wondering what’s in store. We may have to move as my Leo husband is in line for a new job in a new place. Luckily it’s in the same state but we have moved about 7 times in 7 years with changes in jobs for him which have been just grueling. I like where we are now but his current position is not ideal and he has 2 potential possibilities that will hopefully be a better fit than anything has been the last few years. It’s been so challenging. I am hoping if we do move that it will be a place we both love and he will really find the position that he can feel is a good fit. I, on the other hand, have pretty much given up on finding a career but would love it if I found a valuable and meaningful position I loved. I don’t really have to work but I wanted to make some money and do something interesting. He also has a cancer stellium (2 Saturn, 23 Bacchus, 24 Apollo, 01 ops, 06 SN) and Aries (13 aesculpia, 20 Chiron) and Leo (29 Sun, 18 Mercury,15 vesta, 23 MC, 19 Prosperina,). One of his possible options is a job here in something easier, predictable and the other is moving about an two hours away to a more exciting position in a beautiful area that’s a cool experience. Both are quite interested in him and he is going thru the interview process. The first one wants to hire pretty quickly and the second one would hire in May for a July opening. He wants whatever he chooses to be a place where he can finally just settle in without all of the drama and broken promises he has experienced in the last few years.
Thank you for any insight you could provide.
Your Cancer stellium is all about your home life and your husband. Even though you are back and forth with plans during Mars Retrograde in Cancer, Jupiter in Cancer begins in June and will offer you the usual opportunities and solutions for real estate, home-making, renovations, redecoration and also a more secure sense of belonging to a particular town or region. So this is all about timing. Your husband also has a Cancer stellium so of course he is fully involved in the usual re-re-re- of the retrograde. Your Leo husband will find that the shared property and financial situation with you is far clearer and better defined from the final week of March – then a waiting game and heavily restricted situation there ends in the final week of May. From June, the domestic or real-estate options roll.
Hello Jessica,
As always your guidance is marvellously spot on and inspired….. I am Sun 3 Leo, Vesta 3 Leo, South Node 7 Cancer, Mercury at 23 Cancer …..and, as you know, Pisces rules my 8th House ……(still trying to divorce and get financial clarity from ex after 2 and a bit years ….First Court hearing 1st April ….April Fools Day!!) with so much going on ….and all these retrogrades …..heading in and out of my Eight House…. goodness me, it’s all rather full on ……will it possibly be over soon??? Many thanks and blessings Alexandra xxx
Thank you. Divorcing and dividing money shows up in your chart as two final chapters; one at the end of March, another at the end of May, so this is your 1st April hearing with results thereafter. The boundaries between you and/or others involved in the money, house, apartment, assets, debts, possessions have been non-existent and yet the blurred lines will stop, within a couple of weeks or so. After that your extreme patience with one situation is no longer required at the end of May. As you two have to keep some kind of relationship going after the divorce – and with his new partner – and he with yours – do your level best to get third party professional advice about how to stop this ever becoming a control or power struggle. Keep issues about who/what has the upper hand right out of it, in future.
Hi, Jessica. I am bit confused and stressed about all these retrogrades. I have to take a very serious decision regarding a public job, that involves a lot of risks especially now in the geopolitical context. Please if you can look on my chart too.
I’m afraid you’re not logged in, so I can’t see a chart. Just work with retrogrades. Have Plan B, C and D as your back-up. Assume flux. Perhaps, ultimately, more than flux. I also strongly recommend you personalise the astrology forecast by using the Tarot and oracles on this website.
Hi Jessica,
I’m looking at my chart and I believe I have some of the factors you mentioned. I am still learning to navigate it and figure it out. If you have time, could you take a look and tell me what kind of things you see for me during the retrogrades, or perhaps anything I should avoid?
Thank you so much!
You are a Virgo woman with Scorpio (property) and Taurus (finance) stelliums, or lifelong, central stories. The most important real-estate and banking cycle in years, begins at the end of March, with stage two at the end of May. Saturn and Neptune change signs, going into your life budget and joint financial zones, in your solar chart. Meanwhile in your birth chart, from July, the most unpredictable, changeable cycle of your life will end (it began in 2018). So this looks like a really big decision coming about your income, debt, savings, investments, insurance, pension/superannuation, any real-estate, the rent and so on – inheritance and legacies are high on the list. You may prefer to move this towards the second half of the year, though, when things are more resolved.
Hello Jessica, thought I’d take advantage of your offer to look at these factors in our charts since I’m a big fan— love your work!
I have a Saturn at 23 degrees in Pisces, Chiron in Pisces at 21 degrees, and am currently in second Saturn return with transit Saturn conjunct my natal Saturn (ouch!). I have a moon at 20 degrees in Cancer. Another aspect I’m super curious about since it’s so long-lasting is Pluto opposing my Jupiter which is at 2 degrees in Leo. (I read somewhere that Biden finally won the presidency when Pluto was opposing his Jupiter so I figure it can’t be all bad, tho from what I’ve read it involves intense struggle to win whatever it is and seemingly ‘losing everything’ first.) On top of that Mars is transiting over my moon while trining my Venus (I do have a very unfortunate legal situation going on with a female relative that’s been driving me bonkers but it is heading towards a finale in a few months).
I’m curious just about anything that comes to your mind re: all these factors in play, not any one particular subject but what seems to be looming (to your eyes) re: any and all areas of life. What leaps out at you?!
Thanks as always for your generosity and insightfulness in these stormy times, you are very talented with psychic astrology!
Thank you. Pluto in opposition to natal Jupiter is really like another footballer, or entire football team, tackling you in quite a sustained way. Jupiter in Leo in the Fifth House is the usual game you play with babies, infants, schoolchildren, teenagers and Generation Z. You play a good game (quite blessed actually) but in 2025 you will be challenged, repeatedly, to come up with better strategies. It’s the same with courtship and the bedroom. Along comes Pluto and the usual way of life, is met head-on by people or situations we’d call Plutonian. Rather controlling and dominating men are typical – manipulative, intense and somehow omnipresent until the transit ends. What President Biden went through was completely different as he has a different chart. Ignore what you have read about ‘losing everything’ which is a load of rubbish. So this is about your Fifth House, it’s short-term, but while it’s there, you may prefer to keep the stakes low. You would not adopt a child this year. You would not enter into a love triangle with a man who wants to play you off against his girlfriend. It’s on that level.
As a Premium Member, I am loving the use of Astrology Delivery calendar for 2025. With so many retrogrades, what is your expert opinion on starting podcast or content creation this year? If I start now, I must consider it as beta testing until April end, right? Even so, any days to avoid?
Thank you, as always.
The retrogrades are not in Gemini, which rules podcasts, but Jupiter certainly is. Jupiter transiting your natal Third House of broadcasting, radio and the internet will open doors for you to do this – and go on opening them – until June. From July, Uranus goes into Gemini and your Third House and you can expect exhilarating, liberating changes to unfold with your voice across all mediums and media, ongoing, for some years.
Good evening Jessica,
It’s been awhile that I have actually been here 100% just going thru many many changes but mainly grief. I talked about this to you like 3 years ago so long story short I miss my family and dad and grief is funny I am a strong Virgo, Libra and all the retrogrades hit important signs for me Aries is my moon, Leo being my Ascendant, Pieces descendant OH MY can you please shed some light. I hope all is well with you and your life.
Always
LV
I am sorry you are still adjusting to loss and adapting to this. Grief is natural and normal, but it is also a big hill to climb and anybody who has been through it, will understand why you miss your family. You are heavily Virgo and so your thoughts affect your feelings; your feelings affect your thoughts; it all has a whole-body effect on you. Virgo is the sign that rules the mind, body and spirit as a whole system and as it is also ruled by Mercury, the planet of the mind, it is helpful to be aware of how you think, what you think, and the way those wheels turn. If you alter your thinking patterns (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness, meditation) then other things shift too. The retrogrades are one issue, but it’s actually the long opposition of Saturn in Pisces, against your Virgo factors, that is the story here. He’s gone from the end of May.
Hi Jessica, I am Leo sun sign and have a stellium in Cancer. I am wanting to pay off a UK mortgage but using Australian funds. The exchange rate is dreadful, buying pounds with Aus dollars is the lowest it’s been in decades! I am hoping my luck coming in June 2025 is the exchange rate improves so I can afford to pay off my UK mortgage. Will the Australian dollar strengthen any time soon?
Finance and property are all about your Eighth House and you currently have Neptune there, which can be confusing and confused, but also Saturn, which is a symbol of heavy and unavoidable situations. This ends in two stages. Clarity comes after the final week of March. The test of your patience is gone from the final week of May. Neptune goes. Saturn goes. This may be because of the exchange rate; it may be for a completely different reason, personal to you.
Hello Jessica,
Trying to make sense of this as a Libra sun, in relation to Juno and Saturn in 0 Libra. Could the Aries oppositions to these placements mean the Scorpio I felt I had to step away from (due to his expressed lack of clarity to committing in any way) in late Feb could come back or the situation could repair and progress as the opposition clears? I also have a Leo stellium though not at the degrees mentioned in your article. Please can you offer any guidance as I try to get past all this turmoil. Thank you.
I can’t see a whole chart here, so rather than take aspects out of context, I suggest you use the Tarot and Modern I Ching on this website, which are free to consult. Scorpio will not be predictable, stable or ‘guaranteed’ in partnership until July with 2026 finally getting rid of the zig-zag approach to sex and love, altogether.
Hi Jessica, my Sun is in 02 Degrees Leo. Felt very stuck in love life, have had numerous partners try come back the last year, and especially last few months, in the meantime been trying to date new men, no chemistry or luck at all.
You have transiting Pluto in opposition to natal Sun, in Leo, in the Fifth House of courtship, the bedroom, pregnancy, babies, infants, schoolchildren, teenagers and Generation Z. It doesn’t last, but 2025 is an obstacle course. New men may have children from failed marriages, for example, or you may be dating Generation Z but find the age gap is insurmountable. The ‘boyfriend revisited’ part of the cycle enables you to analyse what went wrong last time and adjust accordingly. When Jupiter goes to 2 Leo from 2026 you will have a rare opportunity for hugely improved intimacy and a far better relationship with the world of children.
Hi Jessica,
Thanks for this article! I have a natal Saturn in Leo square Uranus in Scorpio at 1. I also have Venus in Virgo at 2 and other factors between 0 and 2 as you can see in my chart. Could you tell me what I need to know about this lifelong conflict between Saturn (lessons and stability) and Uranus (unpredictable change)? Since Pluto entered Aquarius I now also have Pluto opposite Saturn and Pluto square Uranus. Both are supposed to be heavy and difficult transits. I purchased my dream home in January so it’s not been all bad but work has been stressful and my health worries have been major since Saturn entered Pisces.
With so many planets changing signs this year and next I want to know what to expect. Especially wondering about Neptune and Saturn entering Aries at nearly the same time. My main concerns are stress around the job and needing the time and space, plus health, to potential to grow 2 internet websites, career improvements for my husband, and the education of my children. Thanks for all you do! I deeply appreciate your help!
Thank you. You have Fortuna at 2 Leo in a conjunction with Saturn at 1 Leo, both square Uranus at 1 Scorpio, a you know. A Fifth House/Eighth House square means it is difficult to square parenthood with the financial aspects of marriage. It is challenging to make the jigsaw pieces fit, with the marital bedroom, and the banking or property. So you can purchase a dream home (Scorpio, Eighth House) but still find issues about independence and freedom (Uranus) get in the way of being a mother (Leo) and a wife and lover (also Leo). Along comes Pluto to 1, 2 Aquarius by transit and the jigsaw pieces seem even harder to fit than usual. This too shall pass. Pluto moves on. The new transits at 1, 2 degrees from Jupiter (1, 2 Cancer) Uranus (1, 2 Gemini) Neptune (1, 2 Aries) and Saturn (1, 2 Aries) will give you new angles on how to make this function. You may be overloading. Venus at 2 Virgo is tied into the pattern and she can take on too much responsibility for serving other people; two websites, your husband’s career management and two children is too, too, too much – unless you change that. Virgo also cuts out (health, mental health) if there is no time out, or time off, from either physically serving others or mentally doing the time on taking other people on board. You can find out more about Virgo in your flipbooks. So it looks as if you are overdue for a review of your lifestyle in 2025. The transits to your Leo-Scorpio square suggest alternatives and you would begin with the money, the home, the possessions and the material side of it all, as this is where the lifelong pattern of ‘predictably unpredictable’ begins. You can use the Tarot on this website to personalise your questions.
Good morning, Jessica, and thank you for your constant encouragement while keeping us sane with your articles, which always makes it seem that the light is still there at the end of the tunnel. Talk of retrogrades always makes me nervous because I seem to get stuck in it all the time. I always try to take my vacation around the last week of March till the second/third week of April since our annual audit starts around the third week and goes on till September every year. Last year I took a vacation during the retrograde period and not only did we have issues with our return flight (flights mixed up by airlines) but also had a lot of work pressure after returning home on the 20th of April. This time, we booked between March 28th and April 7th (booked and paid in December 2024 to avail of cheaper fares) since I did not want the work hassles when I returned, but unfortunately, I lost my job on February 17th with all the upheavals happening in the USA. I took a week off to cry, moan, and feel the hurt but steeled myself to start my job search since my husband has zero income with multiple physical and mental health issues, and I could not afford to delay my search. I am also working on my degree (started in December 2023) while looking for a job. At first, I thought of canceling our vacation since money is tight now. Still, it would mean paying a lot of money for cancellation fees for airfare and hotels, which would add to my already sad and blue situation. I am hoping that I will get a job soon and will be able to put this behind me. Please let me know if you see a silver lining for my job situation soon. This time around, the retrograde feels especially heavy. Thank you so much for your time and responses; reading through all your responses is a lesson in itself! Have a restful day…
It’s a good idea to look ahead on this website and check retrogrades then avoid them. However, we can also be caught by an airline having a retrograde. I booked with Jetstar in Australia. They changed the flight times. I tried to cancel for an immediate refund. There are no staff available to do that quickly online (what a surprise). I am so sorry you lost your job and you also support your husband who has mental and physical health issues. Your vacation is booked and money is tight, but if you cancel, you will lose what you paid. You are a Sun Aries woman with a Taurus stellium going through Uranus in Taurus. The unpredictable and erratic – with finance. This stops in July. It is gone for good in 2026. Does this mean a job with reliable income? Actually, the reasons for the end of the ‘predictably unpredictable’ could be many. You are heavily Taurus, good at life budgets, ingenious about making or saving money and will find you can apply this to your degree, your work preferences, your accounting and so on. In fact it’s time for a brand new approach. This may actually filter into a job/jobs where others gain from your eye for money, shopping, sales, business, charity, recycling, houses, collectables, apartments. Or you may just apply this to your own life. Peak time for this is late April to late May. Use Astrology Delivery to get some or all of what you want from your finances.
Hi Jessica,
I am a Sun Scorpio and have Saturn in Leo, MC 29 :58 degrees Pisces, Moon in Aries, Chiron in Aries, Rising and Vesta in Cancer.
Actually I am having mainly a good time at work, but feel unfulfilled and since years it has been tough in the love sphere.
Can you please comment on this?
Thank you.
Sun Scorpio people have been in the unpredictable, erratic, quite revolutionary Uranus in Taurus cycle, in their Seventh House of marriage, de facto partnership, separation and divorce – since 2018. It ends in July. At the same time, you have also seen major transits to your natal Seventh House. So in both charts I use for you, figuring out the scales to balance with somebody else has been challenging. A related issue is parenthood (yes, no or maybe). A great deal ends this year in terms of obstacle courses. It goes in stages. The end of March, the end of May and then July. From 2026 you are well and truly out of these transits and will have completely different choices. You have also learned so much about freedom.
Hi Jessica, My chart has been created, 12/14/57, a Sagittarius. These past years have been extremely difficult ending with my husband dying in January. I seem to be stuck on so many things that need to be done and reading about these retrogrades is not reassuring as I try to make decisions that need to be done. At this time, I don’t even know who I am without him. Can that even be seen in my chart, that loss? I’m looking to have this all make sense and then what?
I am so very sorry your husband passed away. You have a huge stellium at 4 through 28 Scorpio and the historic opposition of Uranus at 4 through 28 Taurus, took place at this time – the cycle ends in July 2025. Scorpio is the sign which rules your Eighth House of sexual and financial commitments; classically ‘Until death do us part/for richer for poorer/forsaking all others/in sickness and in health.’ It is also about the legacy left to you by him, and your own will, naming others. Along comes an opposition from Uranus and everything that has been such a familiar part of your life with him has been challenged and it’s ongoing. Take a deep breath because you can take your time with the decisions pending. They are very likely to go back and forth, so you can reduce the load by treating things as first version, second version, third version – until the second half of the year when a terrific Jupiter cycle begins. So that’s June. Jupiter in Cancer will trine your Scorpio stellium. Opportunities, solutions and sweeping answers not possible in 12 years will arrive from that point until June 2026. You also have a Cancer stellium, suggesting that it will be your house, apartment, any real estate, the wider family circle, your household, your home town and homeland – that is a strong new focus for you. You will have transiting Jupiter in the Fourth House. Given all that you have been through it may seem premature to talk about new doors opening, but they really will, according to all the laws of astrology – and within months. A bigger sense of place, space and a sense of belonging are classic outcomes of this transit.
I’m meeting someone new (a love interest from a different city) next week on March 20th. We started talking back at the end of February. he bought plane tickets to come meet me on March 20th-24th. He’s a Libra and I’m an Aquarius. I know Venus and Mercury are retrograde… but is there any chance for this to have a future? I feel like he could be the one.
So far, so good. The central issue here is parenthood for both of you. You don’t say if either of you has children, or how you feel about fostering, step-parenting, adoption and so on. At some point this will be the central conversation. Most likely, after July 2025 when Uranus changes signs. Your Tarot and oracles here can help you personalise this forecast.
Great review, Jessica. Thank you!
The least we can say is that the word “re” is very prevalent these days, with Trump saying one thing and its opposite every day.
With my Cancer, Leo, Pisces, and Aries factors, it seems I’m definitely affected. I broke my ankle on February 6th, and I have plenty of time to do all the “re”s. I’m expected to be fully recovered by the end of May. Perfect timing!
Your Pisces factors operate at a subconscious level, rather like a submarine dipping beneath the radar and on some level your soul wanted a break. Your spirit needed solitude or a more spiritual take on life. Enter the ankle, though I am sorry you are going through it. This would be the astrological take on what is happening to you, as Saturn and Neptune go out of Pisces and the North Node goes in. Your Twelfth House is well and truly triggered this year.
Hi Jessica,
How will this retrograde affect me? I have Saturn in Cancer, stellium in Pisces, and Chiron in Aries. Thank you for your feedback? What will be my reward in June Thank you
You are a Sun Scorpio woman with a Sagittarius stellium in the Ninth House of foreigners and foreign countries, and in both your solar chart and natal chart, June 2025 to June 2026 offers you the chance to travel more widely or emigrate. You may also begin an important professional or personal relationship with a foreigner.
Thanks for your reply, Jessica! Both of us are in our 50s. I have a grown daughter and he has 2 sons and even grandchildren! I’m very close with my daughter and wouldn’t want to live in a different city but his job is in his city for at least 2 more years. So I can see how this could potentially be an issue.
It’s often the children and grandchildren which are the deciding factor when we have cycles like this, but Jupiter in Cancer, then Leo (your Fourth House of family and then Fifth House of younger generations) will help you both with big answers, from June 2025, ongoing.
Hi Jessica,
Thank you so much for putting out these retrograde explanations. What do you see for my husband and myself’ relationship? He’s burying me in rage and I’m just trying to keep afloat w health issues. His chart should be there. Thank you for the help. Hope you’re well.
I am sorry your marriage is so full of rage. You also have to look after your physical and mental health. You are a Capricorn woman with a Scorpio stellium. Starting with your Capricorn chart, you have Mars (the god of war) in Leo, going through your solar Eighth House of sexual and financial bonds. Mars is going backwards and forwards. This stops on 17th June. Meanwhile, in your natal chart, you have Uranus in opposition to your Eighth House (same thing, sexual and financial bonds) but that stops on July 7th and from 2026 has gone completely. You will be protected, via money, the house or apartment throughout, as you were born with a big safety net. So this can and does get better. Again in your Capricorn chart, the instability, uncertainty, lack of ‘knowing’ within the bedroom, stops on July 7th. You don’t say if you have children or not, but if you do, that’s part of the zig-zagging. You will be offered freedom from health issues from the second half of 2025, ongoing, for many years into the future as quite radical, revolutionary options will be on offer. New inventions and innovations are coming. You need to feel better right now, though, so try Paul McKenna or Michael Sealey on YouTube who have excellent meditation and hypnosis videos. You need half an hour a day, at least, to put yourself first and the testimonials should inspire you from other people. If you need to personalise the astrology do use the Smith Waite Tarot and oracle cards and flipbooks on the site. This can and does improve.
Hi Jessica,
I recently met a guy shortly after the Leo Full Moon on Feb 12. We had a very easy, natural flow of communication through the dating app (which is rare for me) and talked on the phone and agreed to meet soon after all within 2 days. We spent a romantic, passionate evening and then he just disappeared. It was a jarring experience for me and I was a little heartbroken because I felt we had a genuine connection. He was a Leo born on July 23, 1988. It’s strange that within a short span of time we had talked about a lot of things. And there’s a feeling of ease, warmth and familiarity with him. This has left me reeling to be honest so just want to make sense of it all – was it just a random event/person that I will never hear back / left hanging with no conclusion or was it something fated/karmic that was meant to happen for me to learn something?
Is this something related to the Leo full moon (opposite Aquarius), or due to any transits or the retrogrades? Does the fact that we met on Venus Rx pre-shadow mean it’s doomed from the start? (I have a natal Cap Venus Rx in 12H.) We have quite a bit of age gap which we didn’t realize until that night but he said he didn’t mind and I didn’t feel the gap at all. It was to me a man-woman connection. Just asking as you mentioned about Leo experiencing age gap somewhere in your comments above.
Just wanna make sense of why this happened to me. Also, he did give me a short call (I didn’t answer) 2 weeks after, which I didn’t know what to make of nor did he say anything after. (He never replied to my previous text messages so I didn’t want to message again and make the first move.)
I’m bracing for what you have to say because it still hurts. 🙁
Thank you.
I am very sorry this man disappeared after you found him on a dating app. How much do you know about his former partner, or even another woman on the scene now? That is your entire answer. It’s not you, it’s him (and her) and of course he may not have told you very much at all about an ex-wife or old girlfriend, or the fact that he was dating other people at the same time. I am sure you are reeling from it and probably doing head miles – should you call again, should you text, and so on. You are an Aquarian with a Libra stellium and yes, your timing was unhelpful. The Leo Full Moon fell in your Seventh House of partnership. A Full Moon is always a full stop, not a beginning. The good news is, you have some terrific cycles to look forward to in future. The core issue is babies, children, stepchildren. You are in a long-term astrology phase of many years when you must enter into a radically different relationship with a much younger generation – one that is unique, possibly the last thing you expected – and liberating. Anyone or anything which doesn’t assist that just won’t work. You don’t say if either of you have children, want them, don’t want them, can have them, can’t have them – but that is the other big key here. Jupiter in Leo from 2026, into 2027 will give you a fantastic solution and opportunity, romantically and from now, well past 2030, the stage is being set for you as a parent, substitute parent or substitute godparent, step-parent to discover what it feels like to invent a completely different way to have children or teenagers in your life. In the meantime you need to heal so do try Michael Sealey or Paul McKenna on YouTube. Read the testimonials – they can and do help when you’ve been hurt.
Hi Jessica
Not sure if I’m too late to get some clarity on this retrograde session, I hope not.
Having a hard time financially and am struggling with housing ( living between my daughters as a temporary measure ) Not feeling secure enough in my 70th year!
I’m about to apply to various housing assistance services ( charities as well as government) and am hoping that they will not be affected too much by this retrograde period, although I am mentally prepared for setbacks and the re/ re/ re phase I wonder if I should hold off applying for a bit?
(Leo sun, Scorpion moon, big Cancer stellium amongst others.)
Thanks, as always.
I’m just sitting down with a cup of tea to look at some comments, so you are not too late at all. I am glad you are applying for help with housing. Basically, in both astrology charts I use for you (solar/Sun Sign and natal/birth chart) it’s clear that you sign off from the situation with your daughters, finance, accommodation in two stages. The first stage is very soon, at the end of March – the second stage is the end of May. From July 2026 you are completely out of this phase of your life but it improves in two substantial phases, as timed above. You are lucky to have that Cancer stellium in your Fourth House of apartments, houses, gardens, the family circle, the household as from June this year, Jupiter with all his big solutions and opportunities will go into Cancer (transiting Jupiter in conjunction with natal Venus, natal Mercury) and then of course Jupiter goes into Leo, so by 71, 72 you may either have a new grandchild or find yourself in a strong new phase of growth, expansion and fulfilment with a far younger generation – for other reasons – and that includes your daughters.
Hi Jessica, I’m to sit for a few exams, again. do you see me passing? sometimes I feel my lecturers are holding me back? will I pass? I feel kind of desperate. sun leo i drew 2 of swords. Ty matt
Matt, the Two of Swords is a female lecturer (I assume) or another woman who is important (girlfriend, wife, mother) who must make up her mind about a fork-in-the-road decision. So this influences your exam results the most. Please don’t feel desperate. Ask The Modern I Ching oracle ‘How can I do the best with my exams this time? What is going to help me the most, academically?’ You could also ask about the next 12 months, 24 months, academically. To calm your mind, try the excellent hypnosis and meditation by Dr. Paul McKenna and Michael Sealey on YouTube.
Hi Jessica. I have satellites in both Aries and Pisces and would appreciate your insight as to upcoming changes. I am particularly interested in spiritual aspects as I am i tuitions and have had a couple of dream visitations from loved ones who have passed but am feeling disconnected right now. I would like to develop these gifts to the point that I can reliably use them to make a difference for others, and also to give myself a sense of purpose.
As always, thank you for your generosity.
Lauren
Thanks, Lauren. You have Saturn, Chiron and Mercury in a rare triple conjunction in Pisces so are mediumistic but need a system. Learning mediumship in person, or remotely, at the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain is a good option. You can also find books by Linda Williamson (John Edward’s recommendation), John Edward himself or Margaret Dent, who was a friend of mine.
Goodness, stelliums, not satellites.
Thank you, Jessica. After I sent my question I asked the tarot if I would be able to develop my spiritual gift, and pulled the Ace of Pentacles. Then asked the astrology oracle how, and pulled Neptune and the 9th house. Lovely to get confirmation that aligns with your answer.
Hello Jessica, apologies didn’t know where to write this. I finally tried the I Ching cards and got one about many people in a crowd arms raised. One person has six fingers , another one has a huge red lip which is coloured not accurately, so I think the pictures are AI generated. Your use of images is always accurate so when I saw this I got somewhat disheartened. Thought to just inform you please of these it’ll be very helpful to get your usual quality pics that you include. Thank you, best.
I do use some AI images on my website and it’s original art, created by Rawpixel users. You can always use the traditional I Ching at other sites online which uses calligraphy for the hexagrams.
Dear Jessica,
Sorry logged in now in relation to my earlier comment. I must admit I struggle with the tarot etc as I overwhelm myself with multiple
readings. I would therefore really appreciate any answer from this from you please, whilst understanding you receive a massive number of queries.
Trying to make sense of this as a Libra sun, in relation to Juno and Saturn in 1 Libra. A couple of years ago I pulled King of Swords when asking about how Pluto in Aquarius would affect me. I matched with a Scorpio man (divorcing, no children) abroad in May 2024, met on 4th August and felt I had been vindicated for waiting for “my person” rather than settling for marriage. In mid-Nov, I started to sense he was pulling away. I tried giving him grace and space and working on myself, but broke my heart having to step away from (due to his expressed lack of clarity to committing in any way) on 25 Feb.
Could the Aries oppositions to these placements mean he could come back or the situation could
repair and progress as the opposition clears? I also
have a Leo stellium though not at the degrees mentioned in your article. I acknowledge what you
wrote above about Scorpio til July and 2026.
I can feel my Pluto in Libra obsessing and spiralling due
to feeling this man was the one for me after being single for 12 years despite dating, and have lost any hope now of finding a partner compatible for my needs. You have mentioned looking at other models of partnership in the past based on my chart, but all I want is a monogomous loving companion to enjoy life with. Thank you for any guidance.
Pluto in Libra can be obsessive and when you catch yourself fixated on one man, on marriage and so on – pull back. You are the only person who can do that. I’ve told you to look for other models of relationship and one Tarot card will tell you ‘What would be best for me, and others, over the next 12 months?’
Hi Jessica, this is in reply to your previous comment to my posting. (Unsure if the reply button works.) But thank you for the gentle words, and sliver of hope sent my way. I was just wondering how were you able to tell that there was another woman involved. Was it because of Vesta in my 7H alongside the stellium in Libra? You mentioned that I should stay away from 7H in relationships but in this case it was just the onset of dating /getting to know (not thinking marriage) so how do I avoid getting into a situation involving another woman? I keep reflecting on what you had replied in the past but I am not sure how to create a relationship with some semblance of structure and stability (outside of marriage) that is aligned to my values and sense of security. Is a live-in setup outside of 7H or considered a de-facto partnership too? You mentioned children as the other big key – will having a baby/ IVF/ surrogacy / adoption/ or stepchildren with a partner (outside of marriage) be considered out of 7H into 4H? Do I think along this line… or consider men who have children instead? With this transit, does the younger generation also be a potential love interest as this guy has a considerable age gap to me, and strangely while I was walking on the street, a younger man approached me wanting to get to know me. Is Pluto in my sun Aquarius powering up my appearance or giving me a Scorpio vibe? My family and friends seem to think I look younger these days. Thank you.
When you change the way you think about a situation, events happen. As a psychic astrologer I’ve suggested you alter your take on your former boyfriend, marriage and children. You walk down the street and a younger man approaches you! As you have so many questions, I suggest you use the four digital card decks and guides on the website to start more wheels turning in the way you approach love and sex. A very interesting question to ask, irrespective of men, is ‘What makes me happiest over my lifetime?’ Start there.
hi Jessica. I have quite a few placements you have mentioned- sun in pisces & Aries stellium. It feels like June could be a big month for me in re to property – we are thinking of selling an investment property, renting out another property and currently renovating a house on coast to live in more permanently. I will also be looking at hopefully starting a new job around that time when my leave is exhausted. are you able to take a look at my chart? it sounds hopeful! thank you very much for all you do.
Thank you. You are in that handy 12-year cycle of improved opportunities and high potential with real-estate, which ends on 9th June, so you have March, April, May to sell, rent and renovate. Jupiter in Gemini in your solar Fourth House of real-estate is very helpful. What does your natal chart say? You have a solid Cancer-Virgo link in your chart, which is all about home, lifestyle, wellbeing and workload and Jupiter then goes on into Cancer, triggering that lifelong pattern, which is so useful. This does look like an improvement in the way you live and work by June 2026, when the Jupiter transit finishes.
Hi Jessica, so many retrogrades and lots of delays and reschedules! Something that is bothering me in the UK right now is how cruel our political class are being, including Starmer, in fact he and his awful government are leading the charge – it’s cruelty to disabled people, blaming them for the country’s economic woes and proposing to strip their benefits which is just an awful perversion of the welfare state and what his predecessors set it up for back in the 40s and 50s. I have never seen such hate whipped up against vulnerable people and in parallel his party is forcing through assisted dying legislation and resisting any and all safeguards to prevent the vulnerable being bumped off for being inconvenient. Now we have the health secretary going on national TV to claim mental illness is a fabrication, which I’m horrified by as a trainee mental illness professional. Surely these things are against the spirit of Pluto in Aquarius that looks to help the diverse group. Is there hope on the horizon for these awful ideas, being paraded on retrogrades, to be scrapped in the future or replaced with something better? Thank you
The astrological take on this is the South Node in Virgo. The karma of public health. The cycle repeats every 18-19 years and in Britain it is about disability benefits and the NHS. Also – as you say – assisted dying. Virgo and the Sixth House rule mental and physical health and wellbeing. You are training as a mental illness professional and see it very differently to the Starmer government. Pluto in Aquarius is definitely about equal space in the diverse group and no one minority should have more than another – that is also correct. And finally, it’s absolutely true that Virgo Starmer is rolling these out on Mars Retrograde and Mercury Retrograde. You’d have to expect a third take on the situation. The clincher with Pluto in Aquarius is the power of the minority. No tiny number can control a larger number. So let’s see.
Hi Jessica, as always , thanks for the great article !
In avoiding the retrogrades , would 24/25th May be a good weekend to launch a business as the sun trine Pluto ?
Thanks so much !
When choosing a good business launch date, look for a day that is generally, widely, publicly beneficial (it will always involve exact aspects with Jupiter, the ‘greater benefic’. You then need Jupiter’s degree to match one of your own, or be within a one-degree orb. So on May 24th and 25th, 2025 we find Jupiter at 26 Gemini. He is semi-sextile Mercury at 26 Taurus. One degree off a semi-sextile with Uranus at 27 Taurus. The North Node is at 25 Pisces and the South Node is at 25 Virgo, creating a T-Square with Jupiter. That’s not ideal, but don’t let perfect stop good. Chiron is at 25 Aries, just one degree off an exact sextile to Jupiter. So your general, public, national, global timing is very good. The mood is expansive, hopeful, optimistic and can-do and it very much involves shopping, buying, business and trade – thanks to Taurus. It doesn’t pick up your chart. However, you can use the four digital card decks on my website to personalise a reading for yourself, about this weekend.
Thank you so much Jessica , this is so helpful !