The planet that got the ball rolling on the major changes that define 2025 as a gateway year into the next phase—while offering a chance to start drawing a line on the past—is the one planet that is settled into position. By the time you move into the New Year, Pluto has been back in your busy work sector for six weeks, where he’ll remain until 2044. Last year, while Pluto was starting to transition in, Jupiter returned to your career sector, beginning your biggest year for professional growth and expansion in over a decade and spending his early weeks closely aligned with Pluto. With Jupiter not leaving until 10th June, that partnership has started up again, making 2025 a significant year on both the job and career fronts. Pluto is a slow-moving planet, and with Jupiter in retrograde motion until 4th February, things might be slow to get moving; make the most of this slower pace while it lasts.
Although Jupiter leaves on 10th June, with Uranus returning to your career sector for the first time in eight decades on 7th July, work and career matters continue to go hand in hand. Another area of massive change is on the relationship and financial fronts, with Saturn and Neptune both on the move—and in unison. Neptune—the planet of hopes and dreams—has been in your relationship sector since 2012, and Saturn—the planet of personal responsibility—has been here since March 2023, making them a well-established team and putting a lot of focus on your relationships over recent years. While Neptune fueled the dream, Saturn kept it real. Neptune leaves on 31st March and Saturn on 25th May, receiving an enormous amount of support from the faster planets as they move through. This starts with Venus’ return on 3rd January for what is normally a 24-day visit; instead, after leaving and returning, she will eventually leave again on 1st May.
Saturn will retrograde back into your relationship sector on 1st September and Neptune on 22nd October. This lasts for only a few months before they leave again in early 2026, Neptune not to return again in our lifetime, and Saturn not for another three decades. Instead, Neptune and Saturn are transitioning into your financial sector, where they will continue to work as a team. This time, Neptune fulfills your financial dreams while Saturn gives you the resolve and discipline to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to turn those dreams into reality. That transition begins when Neptune returns for the first time in our lifetime on 31st March and Saturn for the first time in three decades on 25th May—but never before with the planet of hopes and dreams.
This financial year will not see an equal amount of focus on both sides of the financial fence, but each side has more than enough to make this a good year for both income and money matters. There is far less planetary activity on the income side of the financial fence, both in terms of the amount of moving through and the scale of that activity. Rather than spreading yourself too thin, knowing the most lucrative months allows you to channel all your resources into those times. For the rest of the year, you can focus on having the professional momentum to support your efforts. Apart from a Full Moon in your income sector on 13th April, there will be no planetary activity in your income sector until Mars returns on 7th August. However, from that point on, everything opens up and the most lucrative months of 2025 will continue until Venus—the planet of money—moves through from 14th October to 7th November.
Venus will be the last planet to return and the last to leave, and as the planet of money, desire, and attraction, it will be her job to capitalize on the momentum and potential that has been building over the previous months. Meanwhile, moving through from 7th August to 22nd September, it will be Mars’ job to fire things up and get the ball rolling. While the second half of the year will be, potentially, the most lucrative, the other side of the financial fence will begin powering up in early February. Technically, things never lose momentum on the financial front, which focuses more on how you manage the money you have, thanks to the dwarf planet Eris—the warrior princess of the cosmos has been here for over nine decades and will be for another three.
Eris—the sister planet to Pluto—has a slow orbit and has been subtly stoking the fires of your financial passions and fighting spirit your whole life. However, things don’t really get active on the financial front until the faster planets come along. This year, that will begin with Venus’ return on 4th February. Venus will start what is set to become a pattern, for while she will leave on 27th March, Venus will be retrograding out and will return for a do-over from 1st May to 6th June. Mercury will do the same, moving through from 3rd March to 30th March, retrograding back out, and then returning from 16th April to 16th May. Neptune—the planet of hopes and dreams—will do the same when he returns for the first time in our lifetime on 31st March and Saturn, for the first time in three decades on 25th May. Neptune will retrograde back out on 22nd October and Saturn on 1st September, though both will return in early 2026.
Because the Sun always spends the last 10 days and the first three weeks of each year in your romantic sector, the solar spotlight is always going to be on matters of the heart and all things romantic as you move into the New Year. This year, there is going to be less focus on matters of the heart and more on your relationships. This is partly due to Pluto, who had been in your romantic sector since 2008, left in November 2024, and won’t be back again in our lifetime—though not before forever changing your romantic expectations. Once the Sun leaves your romantic sector on 20th January and Mercury—who will return on 8th January to give your heart a voice and to align your heart and mind—leaves on 28th January, planetary activity on the romantic front comes to a halt until Mars returns on 15th December. The only exception will be the Moon’s monthly visits.
However, with Mars then staying here until January 2026, the Sun making its usual return just before Christmas, and Venus—the planet of love—returning on Christmas Day, this is one year when the love gods will be saving the best till last. But although the planetary focus on matters of the heart and all things romantic is contained to the early and final weeks of the year, it is a different story on the relationship front. While Saturn, who returned to your relationship sector in 2023, and Neptune, who returned in 2012, won’t leave for good until early 2026, they will both begin to transition out this year. After nearly 12 years, Neptune—the planet of hopes and dreams—will leave your relationship sector on 31st March. He’ll retrograde back in to tie up loose ends on 22nd October before leaving for good on January 26th, not to return again during our lifetime.
Saturn—the hard taskmaster of the cosmos and the planet that is all about personal responsibility—will leave on 25th May. He will retrograde back in on 1st February before he leaves in February 2026, not to return for another three decades. Venus and Mercury—the planets of love and communication—will be helping with this transition. Venus will return on 3rd January but will retrograde back out on 4th February, returning for a do-over from 27th March to 1st May. Mercury—the planet of communication—will return on 15th February, and although he will leave on 3rd March, he will retrograde back in for a do-over from 30th March to 16th April. This is a year of transition and the year that could define all your relationships moving forward.
Jupiter—the planet of luck and expansion—has been in your career sector since May 2024. You are halfway into what he has been working to make your biggest year for professional growth and expansion in over a decade. Pluto, on the other hand, had spent over seven months in your work sector before retrograding back out, only to return towards the end of November. But moving into the New Year with both here is a whole new experience.
While it has been 12 years since you last moved into a new professional year with Jupiter in your career sector, this is the first time ever with Pluto—the planet of change and transformation—in your work sector. Get used to it for now; Pluto will be here for the next 20 years. This brings you to the start of a massive year on the job and career fronts, but don’t be surprised if things are slow to get started.
Pluto has only been back for six weeks, and until the dwarf planet Ceres leaves on 24th February, her first deep dive into your work needs and priorities in four years is giving you a chance to first get your career bearings. During that time, the Sun will make its monthly visit to your work sector from 20th January to 15th February, something that always puts the solar spotlight on your work situation, job matters, and options at this time each year. And Mercury will move through from 28th January to 15th February, bringing everything you need to work smarter, get your head in the game, put ideas on the table, and open communication lines. This is going to get the year and Pluto’s new 20-year transit through your work sector off to a good start.
This is also going to buy you time as you wait for Jupiter’s direct turn in your career sector on 4th February and for him to build up a bit of momentum before Ceres leaves your work sector, leaving Pluto on his own. With the planets of luck and change working side by side until Jupiter leaves on 10th June, there is a chance for this professional year to take you to some exciting places—especially in the second half of the year. As always, the Sun will move through your career sector from 21st May to 21st June, with the solar spotlight on your career and professional situation, matters, and options during Jupiter’s final weeks. Mercury will also be there from 26th May to 9th June, offering a chance to keep your head in the game and think on your feet. However, after they leave, the biggest development will happen. Venus returns on 5th July, and Uranus—the planet of surprise, synchronicity, and the unexpected—returns two days later for the start of his first transit through your career sector in eight decades.
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