Greetings, and welcome back to Journeys! This month I present the second part of my look at the astrology of 2024 covering the transits of Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Eris. Along the way we will meet the modern re-invention of the ghost and learn about the mostly unknown astrology of the womens movement.
These slowest moving planets are always the major players in a yearly global forecast. This is because the slowest moving planets in the solar system describe the longest living influences, the ones we recognise as the shapers of history. If I had to choose single words to describe each of these four planets including the new one, they would probably be “revolutionary” for Uranus, “transcendent” for Neptune, “transformative” for Pluto and “discordant” for Eris. In my view they also have a connection or resonance with the invisible planes, with Uranus resonating more as a mental and social influence that inspires new technologies and paradigms of thinking, Neptune with the astral realm of psychic and spiritual awareness and Pluto and Eris representing aspects of both the underworld (the realms inhabited after death), the collective unconscious and the Akasha.
When any one of these planets changes signs it indicates that we are moving into a new zeitgeist, a new era of some kind. With Pluto and Eris this happens very infrequently, as each take over a decade or more to travel through signs but with Uranus and Neptune it only takes 7 and 14 years respectively. Therefore we measure longer term, more generational influences from Pluto and Eris and shorter more fad like bursts in fashion and memes or cultural weaves from the other two. To understand the astrology of 2024 we need to understand it in the context of what comes in 2025 as well, as these two years see Uranus, Neptune and Pluto all change signs (Pluto changes this year and Neptune almost makes it out of Pisces too). The full transition window spills over into 2026 as well since Uranus and Neptune retrograde back into their previous signs for periods in 2025 and 2026, and in 2026 we also see the end of Chiron in Aries and the start of Chiron in Taurus. This alone would be enough to write the theme of change loudly and clearly into the skies for the middle of this decade, but when we see the signs these planets are going into – Uranus into Gemini, Neptune into Aries and Pluto into Aquarius – the theme of change and new beginnings is doubled down upon. Gemini is well known for its two mindedness and capacity to be in a state of endless change, Aries is a sign of new beginnings and Aquarius is a sign of radical and irreversible revolution or reset with widespread upheaval.
2024 then is the last year before these great changes begin to emerge in our world in unstoppable ways. We can only shape them, not hold them off or cancel them. This can be both terrifying and exciting, often at the same time. What is helpful to remember amidst the probable panic in society everywhere is that we are all truly blessed to be alive in this time witnessing these moments in history. What is happening in the world today may be the most profound and powerful time in human existence on this world. We all get to witness this first hand. It’s quite possible that the diaries and blogs people are making today and will continue to throughout events that are to come just around the corner are of great historical importance. They may be the final records of the time before this Great Change arrived.
As I have done in previous years I will work from the graphic ephemeris showing the major transits of the year in motion:
Uranus is the magenta or pink line, Neptune is the lilac (mostly at the bottom) and Pluto the grey (mostly at the top of the graph). Eris is the almost straight black line between Uranus and Neptune. The red lines show Mars, a powerful activator of these slower moving planets. When the red lines cross any of the other lines on this graph there is the potential for an activation of that slower planets power. At other times the power of these influences tends to be just coasting along as a background form, a meme or an ongoing situation. What Mars does is put things into action. The faster moving planets of Sun, Mercury and Venus also perform these functions but the difference is they do so with less force, less potential time to trigger things (they usually expire after a week or two) and additionally they are seasonal, occurring on an annual basis, while Mars has a slower cycle of around 2.5 years, which means he does not have an annual rhythm. Annual rhythms are important seasonal activations but because there is nothing particularly special about them from the point of view of a single year they take second place to activations by Mars.
After the Sun, Mercury and Venus the next level of activation around these slow-moving planets is made by the Moon as it cycles around the Earth every month – this focuses and transmits the slow-moving planets influence over the course of a couple of days for each influence every month, and the Moon collects every possible influence from every planet in the solar system every month – meaning it is like a prism that reflects every facet that every planet is transmitting but on a monthly basis for short periods. When any two slower moving objects, for example Jupiter and Uranus, form an influence together by being in aspect then the days and hours when the Moon matches that pattern and expresses it will be powerfully charged with the slower moving planets influence, but often the Moon transmits influences that are not backed up by anything with any inherent sticking power (its just the Moon and Sun or Mercury or Venus/Mars), and those influences are more transient experiences and moods that we mostly forget after a week or two, maybe just a few hours.
This year we will see the Moon kind of doing this with Saturn and Neptune whenever it is in Pisces as it will be forming a bridge between them that is drawing them closer together as time passes, but it’s not until 2025/6 that that bridge will be crossed by the joining of the two in conjunction. However the conjunction between Saturn and Neptune in 2025/6 will happen in Aries not in Pisces. Moon in Pisces is going to be quite interesting this year as a result. It will show us what Saturn conjunct Neptune in Pisces would look like if it was going to perfect in 2025/6, but it’s not going to perfect that way. Something new is going to arise that changes the vision. If you’re interested in learning more about how the Moon transmits influences I recommend you read my article on Moon Maps and follow my monthly musings which are available to subscribers in Patreon at the 5 dollar or more a month tier.
So, all that said, let’s scout the wild paths ahead together!
URANUS in TAURUS
Uranus begins 2024 at 19° of Taurus and advances to 27° of Taurus before retrograding back to 23° Taurus at the end of the year. This places greatest emphasis on Taurus 19° to 23° where it will spend the most time. It begins the year in retrograde motion but turns direct on January 27th, stationing and reversing once more on September 1st. It’s only major interaction is a big one, the April 21st conjunction with Jupiter just as the Sun also enters Taurus (note how both the arrival of the Sun in Taurus – with Jupiter conjunct Uranus in Taurus – and Aquarius – with Sun conjunct Pluto as it enters Aquarius – has some big conjunction energy this year). There is a suggestion here of major financial change (Disney looks like it is in trouble right now, for example, having had a disastrous year and with nothing major lined up for 2024 as a result of the entertainment industry strikes). Uranus meets with Mars twice in the first quarter and once in the each of the others, with the biggest alignment between them happening on July 15th with the conjunction at Taurus 26°.
Major periods: So far the major effect of Uranus in Taurus that we have all been touched by was the disruption in trade and everyday household goods caused by the coronavirus. There was a while not so long ago when toilet roll was like gold and the everyday normality of life was just gone. While I do not foresee a return of the coronavirus any time soon, I do think that the conjunction of Jupiter will lead to some kind of massive global financial disruption or change, and this conjunction shows that we are definitely not done with Uranus in Taurus yet. This conjunction begins to build around the end of March, heightens to a peak as the Sun enters Taurus around April 21st and stays in effect until May 26th when Jupiter enters Gemini (which heralds even more omens of coming change, described last month). It’s going to be very difficult in this period to say that anything is normal and it’s going to be quite difficult to pinpoint what you can rely on or depend on for sure, at least in the physical, material world. Uranus is well known for reversals and it’s conjunction with Jupiter in Taurus suggests redistribution of wealth or resources, with big-money potentially losing a great deal and the poorest or most needy finding more opportunity for positive reversal. However, we could also see the very rich getting even more rich and vice versa. There is really no normality here, things are in flux and there is very little sure footing but what we can depend upon is that faith in ourselves, our belief in what we are doing for the greater good, and our ability to make any needed change, no matter how things have been before, no matter how grand, can reach much greater heights. The Taurus people among us, those born with the Sun or major chart factors in Taurus, and also the other Fixed signs (Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius) are at the epicenter of many of these changes. If you are born in any year a week either side of May 20th or 21st your Sun in Taurus is being strongly targeted by this conjunction. You must be ready for major changes in your life and who you perceive yourself to be. You have to expand beyond your current limitations. You have to embrace more freedom or independence. If you resist change you will struggle and likely suffer considerably as change happens anyway. If you cannot see it yet, trust that the change is good and that this will become clearer in the future.
Those of us who have been working to positively transform our financial situations can look forward to this period as one of great reward and opportunity, similarly collectives or groups who want to get really busy making things happen and actually getting things done will find this period an almost magical one in which the various elements fall into place in synchronous forms. It’s a profoundly good time for forming physical collectives of any kind, for gaining resources and making them work together towards some common goal, for blessing the Earth and the land, for feeling the soil between the toes and fingers and smelling the blooms that float forward to meet you. Being in nature, connecting with trees and plants especially, can open up portals to spiritual awakening and a broader awareness of the spiritual truths abundant in nature in a myriad of forms. We are ALL wealthy beyond imagining is the message here, but you have to look beyond paper toward the trees they come from. Nature itself is the abundant supplier. Aesop’s fable of the goose that laid the golden egg comes to mind.
Minor periods: The path of Mars clashes against Uranus in Taurus only once, in March when he is in Aquarius and creates major shockwaves and disruption to normal routines, but there is a great deal of volatility and shock value to the conjunction that happens in July. This is really the main spotlight of the year for Uranus in Taurus aside from the Jupiter conjunction. The other times Mars interacts with Uranus are easier to handle – an Earthy trine from Capricorn in late January and early February that is productive and dynamic on multiple fronts, a sextile from Mars in Pisces in April that oils and lubricates things so that they run more smoothly and another from Mars in Cancer in the second half of October that is less potent (since Mars is in its Fall) but still has the power to make things happen, especially in domestic and family matters.
The path of the Sun over the course of the year interacts with Uranus in Taurus whenever it is in a Fixed sign, an Earth sign, or the Water signs Pisces or Cancer. The Sun in Earth (Jan. 10th, May 13th, Sep. 19th) and two of the Water signs (Mar. 10th, July 18th) is supportive (except the 13th is still disruptive as mentioned shortly) and this makes it much easier for us to embrace life changes, we are thirsty for change and look forward to the newness of the future. The Sun in Scorpio or another Fixed/Stable sign is likely disruptive and chaotic because it squares, opposes or conjuncts Uranus in Taurus (Feb. 8th, May 13th, Aug. 19th Nov. 17th). Don’t expect things to go as planned around these days or in the week either side of them. Changes come which we are forced to adapt to. These are good weeks if you want to shake up your life .
NEPTUNE in PISCES
During the course of 2024 Neptune in Pisces moves from 25° to 29° before retrograding back to 27° at the end of the year. It therefore spends the most time between 27° and 29°. It stations on July 2nd and retrograde until stationing direct on December 8th. It has one major interaction with Jupiter in Taurus in May as Jupiter is leaving for Gemini. Flowing and easy interactions with Mars in February, July and October with more difficult encounters occurring at the end of April/start of May and the end of August/start of September.
Neptune is almost done sailing through Pisces and will come within a hair of entering Aries this year before the wind blows it back for a while. This means the themes and patterns of Neptune since 2012 are reaching conclusions in 2024 and 2025. Neptune does not bring sudden conclusions but gradual ones – like a tide retreating or advancing, the changes are too subtle to notice until they are upon you. One of the major happenings connected to Neptune in Pisces in this period was the global pandemic but others have included the rise of augmented reality and innovations in visual technology introduced by AI generated art, the major theme of escapism and fantasy in film and entertainment (people wanting stories and myths about high fantasy superheros for example), an emphasis on memory and nostalgia in general, dissolution (Brexit, the EU unraveling, US isolationist policies threatening NATO), paranoia or suspicion concerning the pharmaceutical industry, increasingly rising sea levels, deception and cover-up in the Catholic and Christian churches and an overall atmosphere of surrealism or madness. Some all of these themes and others are likely to be in redux, settling into the bottom of the glass or undergoing a revival or revisiting. On the positive side Neptune in Pisces has seen a lot of people turning onto the benefits of meditation and clarity, tranquility and peace. Sometimes this was imposed forcibly (during the lockdowns) but in the majority of cases people just felt called to it. There have also been some quite incredible developments in the visual arts with aged and even dead performers being returned to youth on the screen in what is a reinvention of the ghost archetype.
Major periods: The major interaction with Jupiter is the sextile which takes place on May 23rd but which basically covers the period from late April up to May 25th when Jupiter enters Gemini and the sextile diminishes suddenly, while at the height of its power. As I said last month under Jupiter “in May try to expand your spiritual horizons, open your consciousness to more abundance, put more into meditation, seek inspiration for greatness, let go of outgrown beliefs and be open to dreaming and daydreaming”. Sextiles between Jupiter and Neptune bring a major activation of spiritual growth and expansion, an opening of spiritual opportunities and the possibility of growing through faith in the goodness of life. They can bring visions and prophecies, signs and portals. If you are looking for a guru or a teacher you may find them now. This is a beautiful aspect for Jupiter in Taurus to finish with before it goes into Gemini, potentially bringing about the physical manifestation of a long cherished and yearned for dream.
Minor periods: Trouble with Mars in late April and early May and then again in late August/early September indicate that these times have some very slippery slopes and deceptive snares in them. A conjunction with Neptune in Pisces on April 29th could be put to good use if we are crusading forward on a spiritual pathway provided that pathway does not involve attacking the beliefs of others. Rushing or panicking around this time is especially problematic and could result in major accidents or spills. The urge to push forwards with a particular vision could make us both dogmatic and/or zealous. Strong or forceful feelings of empathy may be expressed at this time, either towards us or from us. The square from Mars in Gemini on September 3rd is likely to be even more risky and slippery with caustic words escaping the lips or fingers easily and traps laying in wait for any who rush ahead. The wisest course here is not to react impulsively to anything but to listen carefully for the inner voice and its guidance. Better conditions are provided by Mars on February 8th, July 20th and October 28th. The first two dates are sextiles, one from Mars in Capricorn and the other Mars in Taurus, so they both provide some substance and reality, some Earth to the bobbing fluidity of Neptune in Pisces. This helps us to activate its potential and put it into motion and form. We can see the pathway we need to take to reach the oasis, the vision or mirage on the horizon. We know what action we need to take and how to take it. Mars in Capricorn is exalted and so the February sextile is stronger overall. The activation in October close to Halloween is from Mars in Cancer, a trine that is stronger than the sextile but Mars is in an overall weaker position, being in its Fall. Nevertheless, a Mars/Neptune trine is still very good for making progress towards spiritual goals and developing the imagination and empathy within us. Most Mars activations extend for about two weeks either side of the core day (around a month total), sometimes much longer if he retrogrades.
The annual path of the Sun through the zodiac activates Neptune in Pisces in challenging ways when it is in a Mutable or Reactive sign (excepting perhaps Pisces itself) and in a harmonious way when it is in a Water sign or either Capricorn or Taurus. This means that the main challenges are the weeks either side of June 20th, Sep. 21st and Dec. 18th, with the additional possibility that the weeks either side of Mar. 17th, during the Suns conjunction with Neptune, could similarly unhinge us from being in touch with reality. Sun/Neptune challenges often involve us having to discern who we really are with greater clarity. On the other hand, harmonious interaction between the Sun and Neptune brings about visions and enlightenment, something we can look forward to around Jan. 16th, May 20th, July 22nd and Nov. 19th. For many of us the conjunction on Mar. 17th will also be good, uplifting our spirits and bringing highs in meditation or just a restful, energizing sleep. Some people might find the opposite though – trouble getting to sleep because of too wakeful an awareness. The seasonal activations by the Sun in January and May are sextiles from Earth signs, stabilising and materializing the intangible and invisible energy of Neptune while the July and November activations are trines from the Sun in a Water sign, meaning they activate the emotional and empathic power of this Neptune as well as its imaginative transcendence, they let love flow and allow devotion and inspiration to be felt. Allow about a week either side of the core day for the full lifespan of the Suns influences (totalling about 2 weeks from introduction to conclusion).
PLUTO in CAPRICORN/AQUARIUS
Pluto’s path begins at 29° of Capricorn, advances as far as 2° of Aquarius, then retreats back into Capricorn 29° before returning and finishing the year at 1° of Aquarius. It therefore places most emphasis on 0° to 1° of Aquarius. It first enters Aquarius on January 21st, then turns retrograde on May 2nd, re-enters Capricorn on Sep. 2nd, turns direct on Oct 12th, and then enters Aquarius again on Nov. 19th, at which point it has fully transitioned into Aquarius. It receives one major activation from Jupiter in Gemini in early June. Along the way it has troubling interactions with Mars in February, June and twice in November, with more easy to handle interactions emerging in May and July.
The broken path of Pluto throughout the year, with part of it in Capricorn and part of it in Aquarius, creates several ruptures or complications in the astrological weather. When we are in-between major periods, in other words when we are in transitional stages like we are now and for the next year or two, old patterns still exist in potential alongside all the new ones that are to come to replace them and so there is a general uneasiness or lack of stability to things in general. This year, from late January to early September and then from late November to the end of the year, Pluto in Aquarius is setting up the future while at all other times he is resolving the past. This means we get this reaching back to the past from September to late November, a kind of clinging on as if we can avoid or stall the future that has already been set in motion and will eventually sweep aside resistance. It also means that all the Cardinal sign people are not entirely off the hook with Pluto until later in the year, although they may feel that they are up until September. Another point to note is that all of the Sun sign people born at the beginning of Aquarius, around January 20 of any year, are now getting to experience major transformations in their lives. There is a rebirth occurring, but this may by necessity involve some death or letting go. Every other Aquarius entity will be given advance warning of Plutos arrival, a kind of shift in the vibe towards heavy intensity.
Pluto in Capricorn has had a lot to do with major disruptions and threats to the global financial system and the rise of powerful corporate monopolies and their influence on global policies and the environment. Globalization, corporations and even our own governments have been threats that people have obsessed about. So far we have dodged a lot of these bullets, or at least their most catastrophic potential, as we still have an intact economic system. However, that game is not concluded yet. This is the final year of Pluto in Capricorn and we still also have some Uranus in Taurus to deal with which has a very similar resonance. However, we are now definitely in the endgame stages of these themes and it seems likely we will see some conclusive summary of those events that could potentially be the granddaddy of them all, as Capricorn likes to wait and wait. However, the likelihood of this happening is not too high since the only aspect from a slow-moving planet that Pluto makes this year is a trine with Jupiter in Gemini while he is himself in Aquarius, a trine which has more to do with setting up the future as I’ve already explained. If such a thing is to occur it is most likely going to happen around the time Mars is in Cancer, so in September, October or early November, most likely towards the end of October.
Major periods: As noted above, Jupiter in Gemini will make a trine with Pluto in Aquarius that extends over roughly May 25th until the end of June, with its core being on June 3rd. This Air trine is an omen of an expanding or growing paradigm being embraced, a path of growth multiplying, a critical mass cascade, an opening up of possibilities and the genesis of new questions. It is overall an aspect that reveals the truth and brings it to a collective awareness, communicating things that have been hidden from view and opening up vaults and scientific or technological progress. For individuals who embrace change it has a magical transformational power that can sweep them away in ways that are easy and pleasing for them, leading to more abundance in their lives than ever before, but for those who seek to control or manipulate change it is somewhat of a curse because the scale of things is too vast to reliably influence. Mass communication probably plays a major role in this.
Minor periods: November is truly explosive with a double opposition from Mars in Cancer to Pluto in Capricorn as both change signs early in the month, setting us up for a second Mars/Pluto opposition later in the same month, this time across Leo and Aquarius. Mars then goes retrograde in Leo, coming back for two more oppositions with Pluto in Aquarius, one in early January 2025 and then in late April of the same year. Mark these dates well – a sequence of four oppositions between Mars and Pluto, the first of which (this years) has Pluto in Capricorn and is therefore a major summation of Plutos influence over the last 14 years, the others (next years) with Pluto in Aquarius which explosively and powerfully trigger the events of the next 14. They are likely to be difficult or just dynamic times for all Fixed sign people but especially the Leo/Aquarius crowd, and particularly those born in the early days of these four signs or with sensitive chart points in those degrees. The retrograde of Mars in Leo in December puts everyone but especially these people on course for a series of trials as change happens forcefully. The middle of June (Mars in Taurus) is also a forceful trigger for Pluto in Aquarius, one that pits an armed establishment against a zealous revolutionary force or a workforce against a radical transformation. We also have to acknowledge that the conjunction of Mars with Pluto in Aquarius is also very potent and potentially dangerous as far as out-of-control consequences and shocking or unexpected actions is concerned. All of these challenges involving Mars will all be especially dangerous times for the world to be at war, anywhere. There is increased danger of repercussions getting out of control.
On the other hand the path of Mars helps the emergence of Pluto in Aquarius to happen more easily and comfortably in early May (when Mars is in Aries and very strong) and in late July (Mars in Gemini). Both of these aspects encourage openness and communication and an amnesty when it comes to telling the truth but they are also very determined and pushy, probing into things that are new or revolutionary and finding new connections between concepts that can lead o advances in collective knowledge. The changes that come in these times are easier or more welcome and can be invigorating and refreshing instead of rude splashes of cold water into a sleepy face.
The seasonal path of the Sun interacts with Pluto in Capricorn on January 20th when it provides a conjunction just before both of them go into Aquarius together, on Sep. 22nd (when it is in Virgo and so in a supportive trine that allows order and precise focus), and on Oct. 22nd (when the Sun in Libra makes a square to Pluto in Capricorn and causes us to need to re-evaluate our relationships and responsibilities). With Pluto in Aquarius the Sun is in a conjunction with Pluto when it enters Aquarius on Jan. 21st (radical change, embracing freedom and the future), in a sextile with it when it is in Aries on Mar. 21st (ignition, launches, big collective events, excitement), a square while it is in Taurus on Apr. 21st (damage control, rupture, loss of containment, disruption to trade), a trine while it is in Gemini on May 22nd (inspiration, deep insight, profound learning experiences), an opposition while it is in Leo around July 23rd (power struggle, domination, tyranny, rebellion) and another sextile while it is in Sagittarius around Nov. 21st (adventure, new horizons opening, freedom, the joy of moving on swiftly). All of these activations by the Sun last about a week each on either side of the dates I have given.
ERIS in ARIES
Eris moves between 24° and 25° of Aries. It begins the year in retrograde but quickly slows to a station on January 11th and is then in direct motion until stationing again and turning retrograde on July 21st. There are no major activations but from April onward Chiron in Aries is within range of a conjunction (which it will perfect in May and November of 2025 and again in 2026, years in which it is basically active all of the time) and between the start of September and the end of December 2024 Jupiter in Gemini comes within range of a sextile to Eris before retrograding and turning back, again saving it for 2025. The strongest trigger or activation from Mars is when he is in Aries in early June and makes a conjunction in the period when Chiron is also in orb of conjunction. Trouble arises in February and October with Mars squaring Eris from Cancer and Capricorn while more easy to handle interactions in March and late August with Mars in Aquarius and Gemini respectively.
Eris has been in Aries since the early 1920s and even though it still has only 5° left of the sign to move through it is still going to remain there until 2044. This means that everyone alive, more or less, has Eris in Aries and that the entire modern era has been under its influence. The previous era of Eris in Aries was from 1393 to 1522, an equally long period of history that basically covers the 15th century. This period brings about the Renaissance, the Gutenberg printing press, the Fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, the Spanish Inquisition, the voyage of Columbus and the life of Joan of Arc. This last example is especially interesting given that Eris is a feminine archetype and seems very strongly connected with female empowerment. The others show that these are periods of major change and new beginnings, but those could be connected to Aries rather than Eris.
Major periods: Since Eris is so slow at moving through signs we have to use major aspects to identify her key traits, aspects like conjunctions with Pluto or Uranus, for example, as these are shorter lived and allow us to pinpoint her energy more precisely. Although we do not have any major aspects with her perfecting in 2024 the close sextile from Jupiter (September, October and November) and the conjunction from Chiron (from March onward) are probably influential regardless. Looking back at the records we have, When Jupiter in Libra was in opposition to Eris in Aries (2017) the #MeToo Movement saw massive marches of millions of people calling for women’s rights, social justice, and equality and during 2020 when Jupiter in Capricorn was square Eris, the pandemic highlighted and exacerbated existing gender disparities. Issues such as increased domestic violence, economic challenges for women, and the unequal burden of care-giving became prominent. This is very strong evidence for the agenda of Eris in Aries when you also consider that its beginning in the 1920s also dovetails with the Suffragette movement and the rise of the popular vote for women. The planet was first named Xena, after the television warrior princess, before being given its official name as the goddess of discord. So, the incoming near sextile between Jupiter and Eris probably helps the womens empowerment agenda and enlivens it. The previous sextile, with Jupiter in Gemini rather than Aquarius, took place in March 2013. This period saw the launch of the “Lean In” movement by Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. Sheryl released her book (Gemini) titled ‘Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead’ in March 2013, and the movement gained momentum in subsequent months. The book and the associated movement aimed to encourage women to pursue their ambitions and overcome gender-related challenges in the workplace. Perhaps now with Jupiter in Aquarius it will not be a book but some kind of Internet phenomenon.
The near conjunction with Chiron in Aries is strongly enforced by the passage of Mars through Aries during the period in which it is active, especially in late May and early June. This conjunction will perfect two times next year and once more in 2025, so it is an ongoing influence starting this year but it gathers up elements or themes that have already been in play for quite some time. It’s just bringing into manifestation all of the potential of having both Chiron and Eris in Aries, crystallizing things that have been floating around and waiting for ignition since 2018. This year isn’t that year but it is the year in which the trail of gunpowder is being laid down. The last conjunction between these two in Aries was over the course of 1971 and 1972. These were pivotal times for the women’s movement with the Equal Rights Amendment that prohibited sex-based discrimination, the First National Women’s Conference, the rise of International Women’s Day and the arrival of the Women’s Liberation Movement globally. So it seems likely to me that some kind of global assessment of how far women have come since the early 1970s (and the 1920s) will take place and will be a major theme of the next 2 to 3 years, with some especially powerful expressions, potentially including rage and anger, manifesting during the middle of this year (when a super masculine Mars in Aries really stirs the situation up and may be provoking a strong reaction). There’s also been some Eris like discord amongst the community of women on gender issues (look at the saga surrounding J.K. Rowling, for example), so the issues may widen to involve trans-gender discrimination and gender fluid equality.
Minor periods: The conjunction of Mars in Aries on June 2nd is the major trigger of the year for Eris. It begins building in the latter part of May and terminates when Mars enters Taurus on June 9th. This can be a dangerous time for any kind of conflict. Tempers are likely frayed and running high, patience thin and cool heads evaporated. Every influence has positive applications of course and this one can be used to push through things that are painful or difficult, to summon forth inner strength in the face of adversity, to overcome cowardice and meekness. Mars is causing a more pure form of trouble with Eris around February 5th and October 22nd with squares from Cancer and Capricorn. The first of these squares arises in late January and persists until Mars enters Aquarius on February 13. It is unsettling, uncomfortable, like a crab living in a cracked shell, it disrupts domestic and family life and makes it difficult to feel nurtured or to express one’s devotion. It tests our patience with worrying situations. The second square begins to take shape around October 10th and persists until Mars enters Leo on November 4. It is more destabilising for authorities, leaders, big businesses, global financial stability and for attaining ambitions in general. Mars is more supportive around March 16th (a sextile from Mars in Aquarius) and August 28th (a sextile from Mars in Gemini). These two sextiles help to cool things down surrounding Eris in Aries and can create dialog and more open forms of communication around her issues but there can also be some positive activism involved too.
The seasonal path of the Sun interacts with Eris in Aries on January 14th (a square from Capricorn which disrupts normal routines and systems and leads to trouble at the top), February 13th (a sextile from Aquarius which opens up surprising new options or outlooks on life), by conjunction on April 14th (a powerful illumination of the themes of Eris in Aries, but one which only lasts a week or two at most), a sextile on June 16th (from Gemini, which generally brings change, movement, news and discussion related to Eris in Aries), a second square on June 17th (this time from Cancer, bringing a less material and more emotional form of upset, disturbance and challenge, often surrounding family or domestic issues), a trine on August 17th (from Leo, encouraging and creatively enlivening the themes and possibly adding some celebrity or glamour to them), an opposition on October 17th (from Libra, a divisive and confrontational energy for all relationships) and finally a second trine on December 15th (from Sagittarius, which is less glamorous and warming than the first trine but has a more optimistic and less egotistical bent).
This concludes the report for 2024, thank you all for your time and attention this year, I hope the journeys we have taken together have inspired you and assisted you and I look forward to 12 more journeys together with all of you. You are valued, you are loved and you are beautiful!
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