2020

Welcome to the year 2020: Again New Hopes, New Dreams and a Fresh Start.  This time it’s a New Decade, and as many have pointed out, 20:20 Vision.  It seems to be a year of extremes, but also a year of achievement.  A most significant year both personally and globally.  My impression of the shape of the year is that it will begin in great difficulty (Saturn conjunct Pluto), there will be an attempt at higher balancing during the course of the year (three sextiles between Jupiter and Neptune), then a moment of hope at the end (Jupiter conjunct Saturn at 0 degrees Aquarius).

If you want to start working with the aspects from now, here is a guide to some of the major astrological events coming up.

2020 Dates for your Diary if planning ahead:

January

This January will be very important for everyone, very much about facing reality.

Friday 3rd: (last Friday) Mars entered Sagittarius – A bright, adventurous note.  Stays in Sagittarius until 16th February.

10th: Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon at 20 degrees Cancer) – turning point and high tide of emotion.

Saturday 11th: Uranus Stationary, prior to turning Direct – Change and progress, re-igniting the more positive facets of the element of the unexpected.

Sunday 12th:  Saturn conjunct Pluto at 22 degrees Capricorn – Huge challenges, both personal and worldwide, e.g. repercussions from Brexit and Climate Change.  Also the Nuclear issue (Kim Jong Un rejects his pact with Trump; Iran retaliates against the killing of its military leader).

February

Sunday 16th: Mars enters Capricorn – A sense of purpose, determination and ambition. Stays in Capricorn until 30th March.

Monday 17th: Mercury Stationary, prior to turning Retrograde – Communications more difficult.  Retrograde period ends 10th March.

Thursday 20th: Jupiter sextile Neptune – Religion and Spirituality in Harmony.

March

Tuesday 10th:  Mercury goes Direct [end of Retrograde period].  Communications smoother.

Friday 20th: Spring Equinox.  The Sun enters Aries – the beginning of the Astrological New Year.  Day and Night of equal length.

Sunday 22nd: Saturn enters Aquarius – a significant shift of effort to the mental plane.

Monday 30th: Mars enters Aquarius – more social co-operation for the good of all.  Stays in Aquarius until 13th May.

April

Sunday 5th: Jupiter conjunct Pluto at 24 degrees Capricorn – empowering for some.  Otherwise the surge of power needs to be controlled.

Saturday 25th: Pluto stationary, prior to turning Retrograde  – A level of setback, necessitating psychological understanding and awareness of reality.

May

Monday 11th: Saturn is Stationary, prior to turning Retrograde  – The need to secure foundations, and go over previous ground.  Retrograde period ends 29th September.

Wednesday 13th: **Mars enters Pisces – A more compassionate motivation.  Stays in Pisces  until 28th June.

Same day: Venus is Stationary, prior to turning Retrograde – Relationships need work.  Retrograde period ends 25th June.

Thursday 14th: Jupiter is Stationary, prior to turning Retrograde  – Revising your Philosophy.  Retrograde period ends 13th September.

June

Friday 5th: Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon at 15 degrees Sagittarius) – turning point, and mentally adventurous.

Thursday18th: Mercury Stationary, prior to turning Retrograde – Communications more difficult.  Retrograde period ends 12th July.

Saturday 20th: Summer Solstice.  The Sun enters Cancer.  The peak of the Light.

Sunday 21st: Solar Eclipse (New Moon at 0 degrees Cancer) – A new beginning, emotionally.

Tuesday 23rd: Neptune Stationary, prior to turning Retrograde – Some retrospection on the Spiritual path.  Retrograde period ends 29th November.

Thursday 25th: Venus Direct – Relationships more straightforward.

28th: Mars enters its own sign of Aries – Energy much more direct.  Stays in Aries the rest of the year, and until January 2021 (a very long stay!).

30th: Jupiter conjunct Pluto (2nd pass) – As 5th April, empowering for some.  Otherwise the surge of power needs to be controlled.

July

Wednesday 1st:  Saturn, in Retrograde motion, re-enters Capricorn – tying up old loose ends.  Stays in Capricorn until 17th December.

Sunday 5th:  Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon at 13 degrees Capricorn) – turning point, and practical emotion.

Sunday12th: Mercury goes Direct [end of Retrograde period].  Communications smoother.

Monday 27th: Jupiter sextile Neptune (2nd pass). As Thursday 20th February: Religion and Spirituality in Harmony.

August

Saturday 15th: Uranus Stationary, prior to turning Retrograde – Rebellion, and bids for freedom.  Retrograde period ends 14th January 2021.

September

Wednesday 9th: Mars Stationary, prior to turning Retrograde – energies out of sync.  Retrograde period ends 14th November.

Sunday 13th: Jupiter Direct – straightening out your Philosophy.

Tuesday 22nd: Autumn Equinox.  The Sun enters Libra – A time of balance.  Day and Night of equal length.

Tuesday 29th: Saturn Direct – Less struggle.

October

Sunday 4th: Pluto Direct – Psychological progress.

Monday 12th: Jupiter sextile Neptune (2rd pass). As Thursday 20th February and 27th July: Religion and Spirituality in Harmony, perfecting.

Wednesday 14th: Mercury Stationary, prior to turning Retrograde – Communications more difficult.  Retrograde period ends 3rd November.

November

Tuesday 3rd: Mercury goes Direct [end of Retrograde period].  Communications smoother.

Thursday 12th: Jupiter conjunct Pluto (3rd pass) – As 5th April and 30th June, empowering for some.  Otherwise the surge of power needs to be controlled.  Some facets of this combination being mastered.

Saturday 14th: Mars Direct.  Energies more straightforward.

29th: Neptune Direct. Spiritual path clearing.

30th: Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon at 8 degrees Gemini) – turning point, and intellectual challenge.

December

Monday 14th: Solar Eclipse (New Moon at 23 degrees Sagittarius) – turning point, a bold new beginning.

Thursday 17th: Saturn re-enters Aquarius – establishing the significant shift of effort to the mental plane.

Saturday 19th: Jupiter enters Aquarius – Brave New World!

Monday 21st: **Winter Solstice.  The Sun enters Capricorn.  The beginning of the Return of the Light.

Same day: Jupiter conjunct Saturn at 0 degrees Aquarius – one of the significators of an Aquarian New Age.  The need to achieve balance, but a real moving forward. 20:20 vision.

 ** Days when there are two significant shifts occurring

Aspects

As we reel at the worldwide implications of Donald Trump’s assassination of Qasem Soleimani, not least the impact on Nazanin Zhagari Ratfliffe in the Iranian jail, there is some spiritual balm arriving on Tuesday 7th (the calm before the storm, perhaps?).

Soleimani has the violent Mars-Pluto square in his natal chart, and his death could be predestined, with transiting Uranus squaring his natal Uranus (shock) and Pluto sextile his natal North Node (the sense of an ending, karmically).

But let’s enjoy the astrological fruits of the middle of the week.  Sun sextile Neptune brings inspiration and spiritual harmony.  It can be immensely creative.  If these are some of your goals and aspirations for the start of the year, you can safely cultivate them on Tuesday.

Wednesday (8th) continues the benefits of Tuesday, with Neptune this time sextile Mercury.  It will do for Geminis and Virgos what Tuesday did for Leos: heighten their spirituality.  For us generally, our minds will be able to receive higher guidance more easily.  We will be able to make more sense of the subtleties of our reality, or of facts put before us.

The first astrological feature of Friday (10th) is the Sun conjunct Mercury at 19 degrees Capricorn.  Mentally, things can be seen as crystal clear under this conjunction.  Exceptional mental focus can achieve a great deal in the morning and in the afternoon.  This conjunction in Capricorn is supremely organizational.

But as the mood builds throughout the day, by early evening we register the emotional tension of a Lunar Eclipse (a Full Moon at 20 degrees Cancer), a turning point and high tide of emotion.  There may be an escalation of passion in the war of words between heads of nations, for instance.  In your own life, you may be torn between personal and professional loyalties.

A helpful turn of events may come in the very early hours of Saturday (11th), as Uranus will be Stationary, prior to turning Direct.   Change and progress are possible, re-igniting the more positive facets of the element of the unexpected.  It is just possible that a head of state may have a U-turn, in the right direction, but with the Saturn-Pluto conjunction due the very next day, it may be too late to avert difficulties which have been a long time brewing.

In your own life, early on Saturday morning (or very late on Friday), it is a good time to do all  you can to alleviate any collective, tribal, or social difficulties which you can see.  Having done all you can, you have to relax, as we all need a break!  For example, a friend of mine has been tweeting heads of state to try to avert some of the global problems we are facing.  But closer to home, you may see what could be done in the family setting, or in the community.   Intuition will flow better, and future vision come into view.

Preview for Sunday 12th: Possibly the most important day of the year. Saturn conjunct Pluto at 22 degrees Capricorn – Huge challenges, both personal and worldwide, e.g. repercussions from Brexit and Climate Change.  Also the Nuclear issue (Kim Jong Un rejects his pact with Trump; Iran retaliates against the killing of its military leader). More next week.

The week in bullet points:

  • Tuesday – Spiritual harmony
  • Wednesday – Mental inspiration
  • Friday – Mental clarity; emotional high tide
  • Saturday – Unexpected progress; stay steady

 

Date: Jan 5th, 2020 · Comments RSS · Tags: Astrology · News