On April 26th, 2026, Uranus enters Gemini. Uranus only changes signs every 7 years, so this is BIG.

The internet is already full of predictions: AI will take over everything, communication will be revolutionized, and the world will move faster than we can keep up with.

But understanding how Uranus in Gemini influences us goes beyond “Innovation” + Gemini = AI, online learning and drones. 

Let’s look at Uranus in Taurus 7-year chapter we’re just leaving behind to understand how Uranus really operates. 

Uranus in Taurus Recap

Uranus entered Taurus in 2018. Back then, everyone predicted Uranus would completely transform the financial system – that everything would digitize, that cryptocurrencies would replace global currencies and so on. 

Now it’s 2026, we’re at the very end of the transit, and your morning coffee is still not being paid for in Bitcoin.

In fact, the asset that saw the highest growth during Uranus in Taurus was gold – the ‘boring’ safe haven everyone had written off. 

The irony is that Uranus – the planet of innovation and disruption – in Taurus, the sign of material resources and tradition, ended up rewarding the oldest form of money, not the newest.

Has the financial system been disrupted? To an extent – but not necessarily in the ways we imagined.

If anything, we could argue that financial markets have become more immune to volatility, responding in less dramatic ways to economic shocks, world events, or geopolitical moves. 

Uranus in Taurus simply didn’t seem to ‘care’ that much about what happened in the world – the financial system kept moving to its own internal rhythm.

So what does this tell us about how Uranus actually operates?

Uranus’s role is not to impose the ‘new’ – but to stress-test existing systems, so that what’s genuinely solid survives, and what’s built on narrative or speculation gets exposed.

Uranus doesn’t necessarily bring the future people imagine – it dismantles the fantasies people project onto the future.

The crypto bet was a narrative about escaping old power structures. Uranus in Taurus may have simply shown us that we can’t Uranus our way out of Taurus realities – matter, time, and accumulated value still win. 

Uranus comes, shuffles things around, creates chaos, and in doing so makes us aware that change is the only constant in life.

And as a result of this awareness, we become more resilient, and better equipped to withstand volatility and crisis.

Many people who lost their jobs during Covid retrained, pivoted, or started their own businesses. In many ways, Uranus in Taurus pushed us to become more self-reliant – and with that came more freedom than before. 

Not without friction, not without stress – and for many of us things still don’t look good – but overall, society is now more resourceful.

Now that people have given up on the idea that  “I’ll retire and live on my state pension” – they have started building more options and more security on their own terms.

So the question we’re really trying to answer when we look at a Uranus transit is not what kind of ‘innovations’ or ‘progress’ Uranus will deliver.

Uranus doesn’t care for innovation for the sake of innovation. 

Uranus is not here to bring Tech to Earth. The fundamental role Uranus plays is to help us shed what’s outdated – so we can live more freely, more authentically, and more aligned with what’s real. 

And that sometimes what we call progress or innovation – while it might solve some of our problems – can pretty much create new ones. 

Uranus And Progress: Something Is Gained, Something Is Lost

Uranus is almost synonymous with the word progress. 

Progress is good because it solves problems and limitations – we only call something “progress” if it helps us move beyond something that is not working as it should. 

But progress doesn’t come without trade-offs.

Electricity gave us light at night, but it also disconnected us from nature’s rhythms. We no longer wake with the sunrise – we now need alarm clocks. 

The smartphone put the whole world at our fingertips, but it also brought more isolation, less connection, and shorter attention spans.

With progress, we win something, we lose something. Yes, AI agents will take over our repetitive, daunting tasks. Robots will do the cleaning instead of us. This is freeing, right?

But it also means we will no longer touch the earth, scrub the floors, and engage with the world in the way that keeps us grounded and present in our bodies.

That part of us that rejoices in the senses – in the physical experience of actually touching, maneuvering, interacting with the 3D world – will miss something under Uranus.

Because progress is not just machines doing work for us. It changes our everyday lives and shifts our priorities. Something is found. Something is lost. And things are never the same.

In ‘The Wizard of Oz’, the Tin Man longed for one thing: a heart. The antidote to Uranus’ detachment and alienation is to remember why we create in the first place – to feel, to connect, and to be alive.

The New Air Era – Uranus in Gemini, Pluto in Aquarius 

With Pluto in Aquarius and now Uranus in Gemini, we are officially in a new Air era.

The new Air era started back in 2020, when Jupiter and Saturn conjuncted at 0° Aquarius, starting a new 200-year air cycle. This Air era has accelerated rapidly since 2023-2024, when Pluto entered Aquarius.

And the developments the Air era has brought – technology, AI –  can feel less ‘real‘, and harder to grab onto.

But Air is one of the 4 elements of physical reality, alongside fire, earth and water. Air might feel less ‘real’ because it’s invisible. We can’t ‘see’ Air.

Yet Air is a conductor – it carries the waves that make electricity, broadcasting, and the internet possible. 

When we communicate and exchange with others, nothing tangible changes hands – we’re not planting a tree, we’re not building a wall – yet that exchange matters. The idea we share, the connections we make are pretty much real.

But this Air dimension or reality is different from the Earth/Water reality we’ve come from when Neptune was in Pisces and Pluto in Capricorn. In that era, the physical product was the real thing. We’d go on Amazon and buy something we could hold, unwrap, and put on a shelf. 

In the new Air era, which we’ll be living in for the next 200 years – the new ‘real’ is the immate-rial – the abstract, the invisible network, the idea, the connection. 

And this can be disorienting for most of us, at least in the first phase.

Which brings us to the big buzzword in the room: AI.

AI – Gemini’s Evil Twin

As we settle into the new Air Era, it’s becoming increasingly clear that AI is not going anywhere. 

Some love it, some hate it, most have mixed feelings. 

There are undeniable benefits to AI technologies – developments in research, medicine, education, and areas that were previously less accessible to many of us: translation, legal advice, or creative tools. The democratisation of expertise is real and meaningful.

But there’s one thing using AI for research or medical queries, and quite another using it as your voice. From YouTube videos to emails to social media, it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish what’s authentic and what’s not. 

And with Uranus’ ingress into Gemini – the sign of self-expression and communication – authentic communication will become the defining tension of the next 7 years.

Sure, Saturn conjunct Neptune early this year has something to do with the blurring of lines between physical reality (Saturn) and what’s … umm…. not operating under the same rules of physics (Neptune). Reality has been getting slippery!

But there’s one particular way of using AI that’s becoming increasingly uncomfortable, no matter what your relationship with AI is.

That is no longer knowing whether we’re communicating with a real person or a script, whether that’s someone’s genuine self or their AI alter ego.

Gemini is the sign of the twins. In myth, Castor and Pollux were twin brothers who took turns between 2 worlds: one in the realm of the living, the other in the underworld. They were never both in the same place.

When we are using AI as a substitute for our own voice and identity, we simply can’t be both “us” and “AI’ at the same time. The Gemini either/or, Castor/Pollux, Jekyll/Hyde dynamic gets activated. 

We’re either ourselves and we communicate as we’ve always done, OR we put the script ‘on’ which means we are no longer ourselves. The 2 versions can co-exist but can’t be ‘on’ at the same time. 

This duality – while confusing and uncomfortable to navigate at first – will eventually help us better understand who we are – which part of ‘us’ is really ‘us’.

Paradoxically, Gemini’s shadow twin may end up making us more authentic, more distinct, more genuinely ourselves than we were before – because we now have a mirror – the alter ego – that reflects back at us. 

But to get there, we have 7 years of experimentation ahead – and the slow learning that there are no shortcuts to freedom. Not even when it comes to Uranus.

Uranus and Saturn – Freedom Is Earned 

Whether we use progress and AI to free ourselves or enslave ourselves is entirely up to us – and to our own relationship with Saturn. Yes, Saturn: Uranus’ preceding planet, and its necessary foundation.

Saturn is the guardian of reality – the last planet visible to the naked eye.  Saturn represents the effort we put in so we can achieve long-lasting results in the real world. 

–> If we want to become a doctor, we go and study medicine, and that is hard. 

–> If we want to figure out how to use a tool properly, we have to sit with it, try things out, get frustrated, and keep going. 

— > If we want to make an important purchase, we have to save money, and that means saying no to more immediate gratifications. 

If we do Saturn first, then Uranus – the planet that liberates what Saturn has built – comes as the natural next step, bringing with it a freedom that is authentic and genuinely earned.

But if we skip Saturn and use Uranus or AI to cheat on our exams (ouch), write a proposal quickly without taking the time to understand what the client actually needs, or perform expertise we haven’t yet developed – then that’s not progress. That’s alienation from life and from our own path.

Plagiarism, shortcuts, cutting corners – have all been here before AI. But as the natural order of the planets reminds us, the only way to Uranus is through Saturn.

Of course, using AI to automate tasks that don’t require learning, don’t build skill, and don’t improve our lives in any meaningful way – that’s entirely on brand with Uranus’ gift of progress. Outsource the copy paste work – yes please!

But many times, what appears to be a time-saving shortcut is actually robbing us of the process of learning and becoming. 

Uranus – No Shortcuts To Freedom

The difference between arriving at Uranus through Saturn, or shortcutting our way there, is the difference between real, hard-won confidence and an imposter life.

Whether we use AI as a substitute for the real us – or shave a few years off our age on our dating profiles, or perform a version of ourselves we think the world wants to see – we are not showing the world who we really are.

We send inauthentic signals, and as a result, we end up with inauthentic lives.

There’s a study from a dating website that found that there are 2 categories of people on their site, and whether or not they succeeded in finding a lasting relationship depended on one thing: how honestly they presented themselves.

People who presented themselves authentically – quirks, flaws and all – got polarising reactions: some people loved their profile, others didn’t connect with it at all.

Their average rating was lower. But they were far more successful at actually finding the right person, because the people who responded to them were responding to the real person.

The second category optimized their profiles – softened the edges, presented the most universally appealing version of themselves. They got higher average ratings and more attention.

And yet they were far less successful at finding a real relationship, because the signal they sent out wasn’t specific enough to attract the right person. When you appeal to everyone, you connect deeply with no one.

With dating, social media, AI and everything else – the question is the same: do we go for the likes, or for the connection? 

Uranus at its highest expression is radical authenticity. It’s who we are behind the masks, behind the roles we play, behind the identities we’ve inherited or constructed to keep ourselves safe.

At its best, Uranus in Gemini’s goal is to free us from the outdated concepts and inherited scripts that define how we make sense of the world, how we express ourselves, and what we believe we’re allowed to say and be.

This won’t happen overnight.

Uranus will spend 7 years in Gemini, and at first, themes around authenticity and the lack of it, the AI’s role in our lives, the blurring of what’s ‘real’ and what’s not will all intensify, forcing us to learn from the discomfort of not yet having the answers.

But ultimately, these iterations, trials and errors, contradictions and paradoxes will help us find our own voice – more clearly and more freely than before.

Uranus In Gemini Trine Pluto In Aquarius

One of the most exciting things about the Uranus in Gemini transit is the incoming Uranus-Pluto trine. This is one of the best long-term transits we’ve had in a long time.

Neptune is also sextile Uranus and Pluto, which means that in the coming years we will have rare windows when all the outer planets are in agreement with each other. 

Of course, outer planetary transits speak of underlying trends and slow developments – it doesn’t mean that if Uranus trines Pluto our everyday life will automatically feel better – we still have to deal with the Moon, Mars, and the rest of the planets doing their thing.

Still, when the forces that shape the world are in alignment, things simply work better. The flow of the trine will create openings and momentum that will make it easier for us to do what we need to do. 

Let’s put it like this. Whether it’s sunny or raining outside, you still have to do the work. But when the sun is out, you’re more likely to leave the house. You’ll notice more opportunities, do your work better, and simply feel more alive while doing it.

This auspicious alignment activates as soon as Uranus enters Gemini and will remain active through 2029. A detailed report on the Uranus trine Pluto transit will follow soon.

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“I am what I am

And what I am needs no excuses

I deal my own deck

Sometimes the ace

Sometimes the deuces”

On April 17th, 2026, the New Moon in Aries meets Chiron – the wounded healer – at 27° Aries.

Since 2018, Chiron in Aries has been pressing on one of the most existential questions of them all: Who am I really, and why am I here?

In this period, we’ve seen the rise of influencer culture, the visibility of minority groups, the explosion of gender discussions – all different faces of the same wound:

Identity that doesn’t feel seen, that doesn’t feel allowed, that is refusing to stay quiet.

That’s how Chiron works. It tears apart the comfortable version of yourself until you can no longer ignore what’s underneath. Until you can no longer pretend that THIS – this particular quality, this particular way of being – is not part of you.

Because you can only be You once you embrace all of you.

And when the Sun and the Moon – the 2 identity planets – meet with this Chironic ache, looking away is no longer an option. The answer can no longer be researched, postponed, or outsourced to someone else’s opinion.

There’s an immediacy, almost pressure, to this New Moon in Aries. A sense that something is asking to be reclaimed – now.

“I am what I am”

Because when Chiron moves out of Aries, the next opportunity to go this deep, to meet this particular wound this directly, won’t come until the next time Chiron returns to Aries. And that’s in 2068.

With Chiron in Aries, we’ve been sensing – even if not always consciously – that the only way to be ourselves is to actually be ourselves.

And that without this, without this fundamental honesty about who we are, nothing truly fulfilling can take root, because it’s not being built on the right foundation.

“Life’s not worth a damn

‘Til you can shout out

I am what I am”

That Aries shout out doesn’t have to be to the world. Aries is not about getting a reaction, requesting feedback, or waiting for permission. It’s simply about being witnessed into existence.

“I am not invisible, I am here”.

I am here – and the world has no choice but to accept that.

If the world has been treating you as invisible or optional – tough luck, because you’re not.

If the environment you’re in glosses over who you are, or tries to fit you into a shape that was never yours – that’s not your environment.

If your friends can only accept the version of you that aligns with them and their views – they are not your friends.

At the same time, if we want the world to accept us for who we are, we have to actually BE who we are.

Because Aries energy doesn’t flame in mixed signals. It needs clarity and commitment to itself.

So – who are you, underneath all of it? Behind the filters, the curated pictures, the diploma on the wall, the job title on the business card?

For the past few decades, these things made sense to lead with. All the outer planets were moving through collective signs – Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

Whether we realized it or not, we’ve been living in a climate that rewarded conformity, credentials, and fitting in. The diploma and the job title were the language of that era.

But that era is over. Now Neptune is in Aries. Saturn is in Aries. Chiron is in Aries. Eris is in Aries. Uranus is still in Taurus.

And Pluto, while in collective Aquarius, is this time supporting the individuation process unfolding in Aries – rather than imposing another system to belong to.

What once pulled us away from ourselves – toward the collective, toward conformity, toward whatever version of ourselves was most acceptable – is losing its grip. With this much energy in Aries, we need to start from the source.

“I am what I am”

Because you – behind the mask, behind the AI, behind all the things designed to make life smoother and more palatable – are faaaar more interesting than any of it.

Your unique style, your quirkiness, your particular way of seeing the world, your unique bird song is what makes you, you. There is only one person born with your natal chart. THIS is what this Aries world needs right now.

The New Moon in Aries conjunct Chiron is an invitation to strip back the layers of identification and distill your essence.

Nothing needs to be added, nothing needs to be removed. Only recognized: I am what I am.

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What’s my life Purpose? 

It’s the question almost every human being carries – whether asked directly or buried underneath all the other important questions: Am I in the right career? Is this the right relationship? Is this the life I’m supposed to be living?

We all know when we’re out of alignment. 

For some it shows up as dissatisfaction with work. For others, a restlessness that no external change seems to resolve. A life that looks right on paper but doesn’t quite feel right.

When Purpose is not lived, there’s a subtle sense of being slightly out of sync.

Sometimes something does click, and it can feel as if the question has finally been resolved. But after a while, it returns in a slightly different form.

The assumption, in most cases, is that the answer has not yet been found.

That there is still something missing, something that needs to be identified, clarified, or discovered…

… and that with enough effort, exploration, or the right choice, it will eventually reveal itself.

And so the search continues, becoming more refined, more intentional, more sophisticated.

However, the problem is rarely a lack of trying. It’s a misunderstanding of where to look – and why.

While each story is different, the struggle with purpose follows general underlying patterns.

After working with thousands of students at the Astro Butterfly School over the past decade, we have identified 3 core reasons why people struggle with purpose:

Reason #1: Looking for Purpose in the wrong places

When most people ask “what is my purpose?” – they associate it with something they do – with what they need to achieve, with career, vocation, or accomplishments. 

Purpose gets translated into something external, as a path that can be chosen.

So the question becomes: Which path is right?

And from there, we start to look around: Who is successful? Who seems fulfilled? What paths appear to work? What pays best? Who has the best holidays on Instagram – and what do they do?

“They look like they know what they’re doing – I’ll try that.” 

The vicious circle is that if someone is unsuccessful by worldly standards, that becomes another sign that they haven’t found their Purpose yet – and that they need to keep searching.

If they feel unfulfilled in their careers, or have a vague sense that there’s more ‘out there’ – then again, this becomes ‘proof’ that their true purpose is waiting for them… somewhere else.

And paradoxically, the same people who serve as role models – people who appear extremely successful by outer standards – often feel they’re not living their Purpose either. But that’s Reason #3.

In astrology, if someone wants to understand their purpose or direction, the instinct is usually to look at their Midheaven.

The Midheaven is the highest point in the chart, it’s associated with vocation, visibility, and the direction we are moving toward – so that’s where we have to look for purpose… right?

Wrong. 

Purpose And Individuation – Becoming Who You Truly Are

Carl Jung understood this. He believed the deeper task of a human life is not achievement, not adaptation, not finding the right role – but becoming who you truly are. 

He called it individuation – and he was clear that this process begins inside, not outside. 

The natal chart doesn’t start with the Midheaven, which is precisely why we shouldn’t look for purpose in a place that is meant to reflect the culmination of a process, not its origin.

Looking for purpose there is like trying to read the last chapter of a story you haven’t yet lived.

Astrology can be very useful here – but only when it is used in the right way.

Jung himself worked with astrological charts in his practice – finding that astrology revealed dimensions of the psyche he couldn’t access through other means.

Astrology does something no other system quite manages: it connects different parts of our psyche in a coherent way, helping us understand where to look, and giving structure to what would otherwise remain fragments of meaning.

Confusing Purpose With Career And External Direction

The issue with purpose is not a lack of options or a lack of effort, but the externalization of a process that can only unfold inside.

When we look outside for the ‘right’ career, or the next opportunity, we hand over the steering wheel to the wrong driver.

At best, it leads to lives and careers that look right… but don’t feel right.

At worst, it becomes paralyzing, because one part of us tries to convince ourselves that this is the path to follow, while another part – more honest and more connected – knows that it isn’t. 

And when these parts are in conflict, both the inside (how it feels) and the outside (how it looks) begin to suffer.

Confusing Purpose with career and external direction is one of 3 core patterns we’ve identified in people who struggle with purpose.

The other 2 go deeper: into the psychology of why we stay attached to the search itself, and why even people who have built successful lives can feel fundamentally misaligned with what they’ve created.

[WEBINAR] 3 Reasons Why People Struggle with Purpose

If this topic speaks to you, join Caro on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026, for a free live webinar where she’s exploring all three patterns in depth, with concrete examples:

“3 Reasons Why People Struggle with Purpose” – Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 at noon ET / 5pm GMT

In this 60-minute call, we’ll look at:

• why Purpose is searched for in the wrong places
• why some people stay in the search without ever landing
• why others build a life that works – but doesn’t feel like theirs
• .. and how astrology and archetypes can help us recognize these patterns and begin to work with them differently 

This webinar is also the introduction to our upcoming live program, Purpose + Service –  an 8-week journey through the complete framework. The details will be shared at the end of the call.

To join us on April 8th, please RSVP by 11:00 am ET:

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The astrology of April 2026 is jaw-dropping. Let’s put it this way: if you thought March was intense, wait for April.

April 2026 carries a massive concentration of Aries energy. 

First Mars, then Mercury enter the sign and activate – almost back-to-back – the Aries planets already there: Neptune, Saturn, and Chiron.

And when the Moon joins the party on April 16th, we end up with a record of 7 planets in Aries, culminating on April 17th with a New Moon stellium in Aries conjunct Chiron! 

Even if the Aries energy is loud and dominant, the most important event of the month is Uranus’ ingress into Gemini.

A new 7-year chapter is about to begin, and as with any Uranus ingress, this shift will not go unnoticed – expect sudden shifts in focus and direction.

However intense this energy is – and it will be intense – there is also a sense of flow and coordination, thanks to the supportive aspects between Pluto, Uranus, and the planets in Aries.

But let’s look at the most important transits of the month: 

April 2nd, 2026 – Full Moon In Libra

On April 2nd, 2026, we have a Full Moon at 12° Libra. The Full Moon is T-squaring Jupiter at 15° Cancer. 

At best, the square to Jupiter in Cancer arrives as a much-needed nurturing counterbalance to a conflict that has reached a point of “it’s me vs you, we can’t see eye to eye.” 

At worst, the same Jupiter in Cancer can inflate and moralize a ‘truth’ that is as subjective as the emotions behind it. Suddenly, everyone is very sure they’re right!

The Moon in Libra has a natural orientation to listen to the other point of view. The question is whether we use that awareness to bring emotional intelligence into the conflict – or to justify our own position and escalate into ideological polarization.

April 9th, 2026 – Mars Enters Aries

On April 9th, 2026, Mars enters its sign of domicile, Aries, and immediately begins applying to Neptune (exact on April 13th) and Saturn (exact on April 19th).

In Aries, Mars brings an urgency to act – I only have one life to live – and the first encounter is Neptune, which tends to idealize what’s possible. 

The reality check comes shortly after, with Saturn.

Mars conjunct Saturn is not about abandoning the dream or giving up the pursuit – it’s about getting clear on how realistic and feasible that direction actually is.

Wherever this leads, Mars in Aries will intensify the drive for all of us, sharpening the impulse to go after what we want.

April 15th, 2026 – Mercury Enters Aries

Mercury follows Mars into Aries on April 15th, 2026.

After such a long time in Pisces – due to the retrograde – most of us are probably ready for some clarity.

Once in Aries, Mercury moves quickly, and by April 19th, it reaches Saturn and Mars, forming a triple Mercury-Mars-Saturn conjunction at 7° Aries.

Triple conjunctions are rare by nature – we have not only one but 3 planetary cycles converging at the same degree simultaneously, a level of celestial coordination that simply doesn’t happen often.

When it does, something becomes clear enough to act on – and significant developments almost always follow. Pay close attention to whatever is emerging now in the Aries sector of your chart.

April 16th, 2026 – Sun Conjunct Chiron

On April 16th, 2026, the Sun conjuncts Chiron at 26° Aries.

Aries is about “I am” – and Sun conjunct Chiron here touches the places where simply being ourselves has not always come easily.

Chiron, the half-horse, half-human, is a symbol for the lifelong process of integration – learning how to hold different parts of ourselves at once, without rejecting any of them. 

In astrology, Chiron is associated with the “wound,” but the wound isn’t really the point. What matters is our relationship with the parts of ourselves we haven’t yet fully welcomed in.

As long as those parts remain unaccepted, Chiron keeps pointing at them – and that process can feel like reopening old wounds. 

But what’s important to remember is that it’s our own self-rejection that creates the pain. There is nothing about us that doesn’t belong to us. And as long as we doubt this, Chiron will keep nudging us until we get it.

April 17, 2026 – New Moon In Aries

On April 17, 2026, we have a New Moon at 27° Aries – conjunct Chiron. The New Moon is infused with that same Chironic invitation: to meet ourselves as we are.

The entire lunar cycle, through to next month’s New Moon in Taurus, will carry that undertone. It’s healing – now or never.

This is also the last New Moon in Aries with Chiron present. The last beat of a 7-year process of redefining our relationship with ourselves – before we move forward into the Taurus chapter of the Chiron journey. 

April 20th, 2026 – Sun Enters Taurus

On April 20th, 2026, Sun enters Taurus, and the Taurus season begins. Happy birthday to all Taurus people out there!

The Sun’s ingress into Taurus brings a much-needed change of pace. There has been so much fire, so much cardinal energy and forward thrust, that things are now in desperate need to settle, stabilize, and find more grounded footing.

Taurus season is when we move from initiation to consolidation – taking what Aries set in motion and giving it form, weight, and staying power.

April 24th, 2026 – Venus Conjunct Uranus

Surpriiiise! You thought you’d seen it all by now? Wait for the Venus-Uranus conjunction at 29°54’ Taurus – right at the very end of the sign.

This transit is the final twist no one saw coming. Something reaches a point of no return – and what emerges may be VERY different from where we thought things were heading.

A conjunction at the very last minutes of a sign has that “I waited until the very end to make my move, and the moment I make it, I’m done here” quality. There’s something both decisive and irreversible about it.

From here, Venus ingresses into Gemini, with Uranus following a couple of days later – and with both planets in Gemini, the landscape shifts completely. The Taurus chapter closes, and we step into a different world altogether. Gemini, here we come!

April 26th, 2026 – Uranus Enters Gemini

On April 26th, 2026, Uranus enters Gemini. We had a first taste of this transit last year, when Uranus briefly entered Gemini (in July 2025) before retrograding back into Taurus, in November 2025. 

This time, however, Uranus enters Gemini for the long haul – for 7 years – to revolutionize the sign and the Gemini area of our charts.

A detailed report about this important transit will follow closer to the date.

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On March 28th, 2026, Saturn in Aries is sextile Pluto in Aquarius. Saturn is at 5° Aries, and Pluto at 5° Aquarius. 

Aspects between slow-moving planets like Saturn and Pluto are always important because they shape the larger direction things are moving in.

It’s these big, underlying influences that affect every single one of us, whether we’re aware of them or not. 

When we think of Saturn and Pluto, we usually reduce them to generic keywords like discipline and systems (Saturn), or long-term transformation (Pluto).

Which is all correct – but if we want to understand what’s really being set into motion, we need to go one layer deeper and look at the larger story that is unfolding.

The Larger Saturn-Pluto Cycle: 2020-2033

This sextile is the first aspect in the current Saturn-Pluto cycle that started in January 2020.

Yes, that conjunction astrologers had been warning about for years, and which we now associate with Covid and all the mayhem that followed.

That conjunction was in Capricorn, a sign associated with institutions, structures, and authority.

When Saturn conjuncted Pluto, institutions tightened. Systems became more rigid. Structures were reinforced. These were all very literal expressions of Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn. 

But if we focus only on these surface-level manifestations, we miss what Saturn and Pluto actually set into motion.

The same forces that triggered the institutional response – the control, the restrictions – ALSO activated something else: the individual taking responsibility for their own life.

The events around the beginning of this Saturn-Pluto cycle in 2020 made us reassess what really matters. Priorities shifted. Many of us started working from home. Many of us changed careers.

And what initially felt like a crisis response gradually became something else – an opportunity to reorganize our lives in ways more aligned with who we are.

This is also perhaps the first time when people at large began to question “the system” – and seriously consider what it would mean to step outside of it.

And of course, a big part in this shift was played by another important transit that followed Saturn-Pluto: the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction at 0° Aquarius in late 2020.

However, Saturn-Pluto in itself set a new cycle of authority into motion – initiating a 33-year cycle that fundamentally reshapes how power, control, and responsibility are structured.

What’s important to keep in mind with conjunctions is that they are the “point zero”, the seeding of the cycle. This is when something new is planted, but we don’t yet see what it will grow into. That takes time.

What actually unfolds – what grows from that seed – is only revealed in the subsequent phases of the cycle, as the 2 planets begin to interact through aspects: first the sextile, then the square, then the opposition, and so on.

Saturn And Pluto – Reconfiguration Of Systems

The Saturn-Pluto sextile this month is the first real aspect following the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in 2020. 

Saturn represents the systems our world operates under – anything from books and online directories (systems that store information), to roads, infrastructure, the way we structure our time, and how we run our work. 

Saturn is how the 3D world we live in is organized and operates.

Pluto, as the outermost planet in our solar system, represents the principle of transformation. 

Whenever a 3D Saturn system reaches a point where it is no longer productive, becomes outdated, or starts to break down, Pluto – this ‘invisible hand’ – steps in to make the necessary adjustments.

So when this Saturn-Pluto cycle started in 2020, it initiated a new way of organizing reality, rooted in the societal changes that unfolded at that time.

Many focused on the restrictive side of Saturn – the control, the institutionalization, the top-down decision making. But this overlooks the role Pluto was playing in the background.

Saturn conjunct Pluto does not mean more control. It means a reconfiguration of systems.

In a conjunction, energies fuse.

So the more Saturn tries to tighten the rules …

… the more Pluto intensifies its response and stress-tests the system.

Counterintuitively, what is used to control and tighten things even further has the opposite effect.

It’s a law of nature: when a system feels threatened, it tightens its grip. The impulse is to become even more controlling, even more rigid.

Saturn And Pluto – When Control Becomes The Breaking Point

But then something shifts.

The very attempt to enforce control starts to raise questions.

“Wait a minute… something doesn’t add up.” “Why go to such lengths?” “What is really going on here?”

A sense of distrust naturally emerges when something is pushed too forcefully, when the need to control becomes too visible.

The more we try to convince, the harder the message is to believe.

People simply stop buying into it. 

Sometimes there is a clear turning point, but in most cases – and as we’ve seen across cycles – these shifts happen gradually. Cycles don’t collapse overnight; they naturally grow out of what no longer resonates.

Saturn Sextile Pluto – The Quiet Exit

People stop participating. They disengage. They step away from a narrative that is no longer convincing, from something that has lost its appeal.

This has already been happening in the past years in many areas.

Take media and communication. Before the rise of the internet and alternative media, most people relied on a limited number of ‘sources of truth’ – institutionalized, centralized, easy to control.

Slowly but surely, these traditional channels started to lose their legitimacy.

In parallel, alternative media began to offer more options. Forums. Comment sections that, even when moderated, still allow different perspectives to slip through. Podcasts. Private channels. 

It was the growing dissatisfaction with the old that created the space – and the demand – for these new forms to emerge.

These developments unfolded in parallel.

First, a small number of people disengaged, while the first alternative media platforms became available and started to gain traction. 

Then more and more people disengaged. Fewer and fewer people watched TV and traditional media, and more and more people turned to podcasts or private channels.  

It didn’t happen in one big moment where people said “I quit.” They simply shifted their attention.

When we stop participating in a system that is no longer convincing, alternatives naturally emerge and grow.

And this is what the sextile is about – the first opening where something new can begin to take shape alongside what is no longer working. 

Saturn Sextile Pluto – When Options Start To Appear

In the Hero’s Journey, the sextile is the first major aspect after the conjunction – the moment when the Hero, once embarked on the journey, begins to receive help.

A mentor appears. An animal companion. A clue. Something that might be easily overlooked, but proves instrumental.

With the sextile, nothing dramatic happens. But this is when options start to appear.

And while we might not always recognize their relevance, paying attention – engaging with the archetypal ‘3rd house’ energy of the sextile – allows us to notice them.

The principle is simple, and it’s something people across time and cultures have recognized: when we commit to a new path, support begins to show up.

Not all at once, not in obvious ways – but through small openings, signals, and opportunities that invite us to move forward.

Saturn In Aries Sextile Pluto In Aquarius

So how might this play out with Saturn in Aries sextile Pluto in Aquarius? 

First and foremost, Saturn in Aries brings responsibility back to the individual. With Saturn in Aries, authority is no longer something we can look up to. WE are the authority. 

And while the idea that there’s no one out there who can save us can feel daunting at first, it’s also very liberating. If there’s no one out there, it means it’s up to us. And this is something we CAN control.

Pluto in Aquarius, on the other hand, speaks of transformation at the level of systems – decentralizing concentrated power structures and redistributing power across networks. 

In 2024, Pluto moved out of Capricorn, entering Aquarius. Think of Capricorn as the main artery – centralized, structured, controlled. And Aquarius as the network of smaller vessels, distributing resources, information, and energy in all directions.

The Waterbearer (Aquarius) takes what the Sea Goat (Capricorn) has concentrated at the top of the mountain and pours it back into the system.

And this is exactly what begins to happen now when the Aries-Aquarius energies are being activated. 

With Saturn sextile Pluto in Aries-Aquarius, people come together in new ways, finding alternative ways to connect, collaborate, and build.

Parallel systems begin to form – systems that allow for a more distributed and more sustainable way of organizing reality.

However intense reality may appear right now – there are clear signs that the systems and structures we’ve relied on are on the verge of breaking down. 

The new is already emerging, and we are in that in-between phase where there is the most chaos, the most uncertainty, but also the greatest opportunity.

With every choice we make – the food we buy, the type of content we consume, where we spend our money – we either reinforce the old structures OR help bring something new into being.

The Saturn-Pluto sextile is about recognizing that in every crisis, opportunities – by design – inevitably emerge.

What changes things is what we choose to engage with.

The old only disappears when we stop feeding it. And the new takes shape every time we choose it.

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Slowly and almost undetected, Chiron and Eris have been moving toward a conjunction in Aries.

On March 26th, 2026, Venus joins in, forming a triple Venus–Chiron–Eris conjunction at 25° Aries.

This is a highly underrated astrological event between slow-moving bodies that explains A LOT of what’s going on right now.

Let’s unpack this:

In the past 7 years, Chiron in Aries has been stirring parts of ourselves that needed a voice – even when they were never allowed one.

Chiron In Aries – The Wound of “I am”

Through this – sometimes painful, sometimes relieving, always vulnerable – process, we’ve gained a little more self-understanding, and a little more courage to stand for who we are.

Chiron points to the fundamental wound of existence – to that part of us that feels existentially unwelcome.

In Aries, this fundamental wound of existence becomes raw and direct: why am I here? 

The Chiron in Aries transit has been bringing to light the ways we’ve been acting as if our existence doesn’t really matter – and, in response, the ways we’ve worked to prove that it does.

In the past years, Chiron has been like the bullied kid at school who has quietly worked on what they were bullied for: 

• “You’re stupid” has turned into persistent effort and education.
• “You’re ugly” into care for the body – not necessarily for appearance, but for health and well-being.
• “You’re poor” into the ability to build something with minimal resources, becoming efficient and productive in the process.

What about the uglier forms of bullying – like “I invite you to the birthday party, and when you come I slam the door and laugh because you’ll never be one of us”

… or “your mother is trash”, “your brother is a loser” – things the bullied kid has no control over, and that hurt the most?

For that type of bullying – the “just because we can” kind – we have Eris.

Unlike Chiron, whose wounds – however painful – can be worked with and gradually integrated, Eris speaks of systemic injustice. Of the kind of exclusion and constraint we cannot fix, negotiate, or grow out of.

In Greek mythology, Eris was the sister of Ares, the god of war. But unlike Ares, her weapons were not brute force.

Cast out from the company of the gods, Eris learned a different kind of strategy. Her weapons became her mind, words, and timing.

Eris In Aries – The Elephant In The Room

Uninvited from the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Eris shows up anyway and throws the Golden Apple – the same apple the snake used to lure Eve, the same Apple that lures us into endless scrolling, and sucks our prime mental real estate – our attention – away from what matters. 

Eris’ Golden Apple is inscribed “to the fairest”.

That’s all it took. The 3 most powerful and vain goddesses wanted it, and what followed was a chain of events that led to the Trojan War​.

One way to look at Eris’s action is as vengeful – did she really have to provoke a war because she was not invited to the wedding? 

OR we can see it as what happens when a system reaches a point where it begins to collapse under its own outdated structure.

Was Eris vengeful – or did she simply expose the hypocrisy of a system that kept her out because she was uncomfortable – a system built to preserve its power, not to be challenged by what doesn’t fit?

Astrologically, Eris represents the big elephant in the room – that undeniable, structural truth that no one wants to see.

And the moment the elephant is acknowledged, the script flips. What was hidden can no longer be ignored – and the narrative inevitably follows suit.

Venus In Aries – When Choice Becomes Inevitable

What about Venus? 

When Venus meets Eris and Chiron, the wound and the injustice become charged with personal value, pointing to what we are no longer willing to betray in ourselves.

Once that threshold is crossed, choice becomes inevitable.

In the myth, of course, it was Aphrodite (Venus) who won Eris’ challenge – by promising Paris the most beautiful woman on Earth, Helen. It’s always Venus who decides what is worth choosing, isn’t it – and everything else follows from that.

The rest is history, the Trojan War begins, and the world will never be the same again. 

The key insight here is that Eris is not the cause of the conflict, as it might appear to be the case,

–>  but the necessary ‘last straw’ – the precise activation point that released the tension of a system that could no longer sustain its own contradictions.

With the fall of Troy, the system resets – and a new order begins.

Venus, Chiron, and Eris in Aries – The Bullied Kid at School

Coming back to our upcoming Chiron-Eris-Venus conjunction.

Venus’s approach accelerates what has already been building – bringing to the surface, in a more immediate and personal way, what has long outgrown its current form.

Together, Venus, Chiron, and Eris reveal what happens when the beaten horse is now a stallion. 

When the kid everyone laughed at is now the one no one can ignore. When that version of us that was pushed around now stands its ground.

What we are witnessing right now – in the world and in our own lives – is the reset of structures that have lost their authenticity and can no longer sustain themselves, not in the current form. 

And while the temptation is to focus on what’s happening outside, the real gift of this transit is the recognition of what in our own lives has reached its limit – and where something in us is ready to respond differently.

What in your life can no longer be sustained in its current form? Where have you been adapting, negotiating, or staying quiet – when something deeper is ready to be acknowledged?

Where has the bullied kid at school now outgrown their environment – and can no longer tolerate what is born from the wound? 

What needs to change, what script needs to be flipped, so we can restore what was never allowed to be?

The Chiron–Eris conjunction builds on another important aspect between 2 outer planets. 

At the same time the Chiron-Eris saga unfolds, we have a supportive Saturn-Pluto sextile which represents Stage II of this process. A dedicated report will follow in the next few days.

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On March 20th, 2026, the Sun enters Aries – the beginning of the solar year. 0° Aries is the zero point of the zodiac, where a new yearly cycle begins.

Since ancient times, astrologers have used the Aries ingress – the moment the Sun enters Aries – to read the tone of the year ahead, as a snapshot of how this new cycle is likely to unfold – like a solar return for the world itself.

Sun’s ingress into Aries is the yearly reset – the start of a new astrological year. The moment life presses restart.

But this time it feels a little bit different.

While the previous 365-day journey now comes to an end, we’re still under the echoes of the New Moon at 28° Pisces – still carrying the memories and unfinished threads of where we’ve been.

A new year, without remembering what has shaped us, is just another unconscious spin around the Sun.

The same impulse to begin again. The same urge for a “fresh start.” The same belief that by turning the page we somehow reset the story – as if a new beginning could erase what came before.

But a new solar year does not erase the past.

A new beginning means nothing if it’s not rooted in what truly matters.

Mercury Goes Direct In Pisces

Soon after the new astrological year starts, and the world presses the reset button once again, in the same rhythm as it has always done – something unexpected happens:

Mercury turns direct.

And this is not the usual Mercury station → Mercury changes direction in an exact conjunction with the North Node in Pisces.

Mercury and North Node linger here together for days, digging deeper than their usual motion allows, giving weight and meaning to the direction ahead.

A new year, a new beginning – ok. But why am I doing this? What is this really for? What actually matters?

Sun Conjunct Neptune In Aries

The Aries ingress – conjunct Neptune in Aries – carries a different kind of beginning.

For the first time in our lifetime, the Sun meets Neptune at the very start of the zodiac. A new cycle doesn’t just ‘begin’ – it begins with meaning.

Neptune brings something the Aries ingress doesn’t usually carry: a sense that this beginning is not random, not isolated, not just another turn of the wheel.

That there is something behind it. Something that connects it to a deeper layer of existence.

The highest potential of this alignment is a remembering of something fundamental – that the very fact that we are here, in flesh and bones, means something.

This is the first time in our lifetime when we step into a new cycle not only with momentum, but with a sense of direction that comes from something beyond us.

Chiron Conjunct Eris In Aries

With Chiron conjunct Eris at 24° Aries, the point where it hurts meets the part of us that refuses to stay quiet about it. What we’ve tolerated, minimized, or explained away is no longer something we can ignore. We can no longer pretend it doesn’t matter.

Just like Eris exposed the hypocrisy of the gods, restoring cosmic order with the Golden Apple, we can too flip the script – and stand up for what is true.

Because nothing – no conditioning, no story we’ve been living by – can withstand the power of truth once we stop turning away from it.

Sun At Zero Aries – Crossing The Rubicon

When the Sun crosses the Rubicon, we are invited to ask not what’s new, what do I want to manifest, what’s the next shiny thing to chase – but what it is beyond all this that truly calls me.

Sun at Zero Aries is an invitation to fuse with the origin – and let that fusion spark something inside us that feels both personal and connected to something greater – a direction that already knows where it’s going.

For the first time, stepping into Zero no longer feels like we’re thrown into the wild, fighting for survival – but like something we belong to.

This is perhaps the first time when we begin to feel drawn, not just driven. When the new journey feels a little bit different – not the same loop repeating itself under the same old exhausted expectations.

And when something larger begins to hold us, the question is no longer where we’re going, but what has always felt true, even before we had the words for it.

What is it about who I am that, if everything else fell away, would still remain?

If you knew the universe was on your side, would you take different risks? What would you do differently?

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“All roads lead to Rome” originates from the extensive Roman road network that once connected the capital to the far reaches of the empire.

The phrase suggests that no matter what path you take, you’ll eventually end up in the same place, because whatever is central and foundational will ultimately be reached.

This metaphor suggests that every network of roads – read meanings, projects, empires – has a center: an originating point from which everything begins and to which everything eventually returns.

And this reminds us of Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac.

The Piscean ocean is both an ending of a cycle – everything in nature eventually flows into the sea – and the beginning of a new one, since life itself emerges from the ocean.

In this sense, Pisces brings us back to a deeper, forgotten origin. Once remembered, the scattered threads reveal the story they were always part of.

New Moon In Pisces Conjunct Neptune 

The New Moon on March 19th, 2026 is at 28° Pisces and it’s conjunct its ruler, Neptune. The New Moon-Neptune is at the apex of a triangle with Pluto in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus.

With the New Moon activated by all outer planets, there is a sense that multiple processes funnel into one moment of realization or culmination. 

All roads lead to this New Moon!

28° Pisces is at the very end of the zodiac wheel. We’re still in the water.

But we’re also very, very close to the shore. 

We can see the land ahead, we can hear sounds, and we sense that we are about to arrive somewhere.

From Pisces to Aries

Neptune, Pisces’ ruler, is already in Aries. Astrologically, we are already in the new Aries era. 

Yet the New Moon at the end of Pisces comes to reveal something fundamental about where we’re coming from.

When we enter this world at 0° Aries, the slate is wiped clean – and we forget our prebirth memories, previous lives, and the larger story of the soul.

Yet at the threshold of Aries, we are still very close to Pisces – and sometimes, echoes of that deeper memory come to us through dreams and other symbolic messages.

Like a whisper from the intelligence of the universe, these subtle messages remind us who we really are, where we’ve come from, and guide us in the new life we’ve chosen for ourselves.

New Moon In Pisces – The Light Passing Through A Prism

The Sabian symbol of the New Moon is “The light passing through a prism”.

A prism is a device used to separate light into all colors of the rainbow.

As a metaphor, the prism speaks to our ability to take something that appears undifferentiated or vague and recognize its underlying structure.

The prism does not create the colors – it simply reveals what was already contained within the light.

This Piscean New Moon may bring a similar revelation. Something that has been projected onto us or perceived as a single story may now separate into its different components, allowing us to see the message for what it truly is.

If we’ve been ‘sensing’ something but haven’t clearly understood it, if we’ve felt that we are part of a story that is not yet fully clear, 

… the New Moon in Pisces may bring us back to Rome, bringing the missing insight that helps us make sense of it all. 

Once the prism is used, once the spectrum is revealed, everything falls into place. Of course, all roads lead to Rome!

Or… fill in the blanks – whatever the central origin or truth happens to be.

New Moon In Pisces – All Roads Lead To This Moment 

The New Moon in Pisces helps us understand the deeper story behind recent events.

This might show up like:

• Becoming aware of the deeper motivations and underlying dynamics shaping the narrative
• Understanding the root cause of the recent developments emerging from behind the scenes
• A new “Rome” or “Atlantis” rising up – read trade routes, geopolitical hubs, commercial epicenters

At a personal level, the New Moon in Pisces will help us make sense of something that has been puzzling us for a very, very long time.

This is a New Moon in the last degrees of the zodiac – yet conjunct Neptune at 1° Aries – helping us tap into an existing resource or overlooked insight to create a new story for ourselves.

The Aries era is already here – but the “what” and “how” will only become clear at, and after this New Moon. 

→ On March 19th, we have the New Moon in Pisces. On March 20th, the Sun enters Aries, activating the zodiac origin degree. Soon after, Mercury turns direct.

The astrology of the coming weeks screams revelation, new developments, and turning points.

And when the deeper pattern eventually reveals itself, we will understand why all roads had to lead to this moment.

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We are wired to make sense of the world through story and myth.

In millions of years of evolution, we didn’t have writing, books, or the internet. Our ancestors would gather around the fire and tell stories and speak in symbols and archetypes. 

This is how knowledge has been passed on for tens of thousands of years. 

This is how we really learn. 

So then why do we approach a symbolic topic like astrology through abstract, myth-stripped concepts?

What if we looked at the natal chart not as an abstract structure, but as a story, with a beginning, a middle, and an end?

Instead of theory and isolated keywords, we can look at the Ascendant – and everything that unfolds from it – as a journey: the journey planets make as they circle around the Sun.

Astrology is based on planetary movements. In their journey around the Sun, planets separate, apply, culminate, and return. 

The natal chart – which is a snapshot of the planets’ position at the time of one’s birth – shows the planets caught at particular phases of relationship, like a freeze-frame taken from a longer film.

But then if we bring life to this picture, if we animate it, we begin to see the larger story behind it.

All stories – including our natal chart story – follow the same kind of journey, moving through the same stages and the same sequence, just like the phases in a cycle.

Joseph Campbell And The Hero’s Journey

Joseph Campbell – inspired by Carl Jung’s concept of individuation – noticed that the stories humans tell tend to follow a similar structure. 

He called it the Hero’s Journey, a template for making sense of the world.

There’s a reason why fairytales, books, or blockbusters follow this pattern – not because Campbell ‘invented’ the Hero’s Journey, but because it captures a universal process of transformation.

Every story – and every natal chart, every planetary cycle – starts with the end of something: a completion of a previous chapter.

In the Tarot, this is the Hanged Man energy. In the natal chart, this corresponds to the 12th house of endings. 

What happens in the story next? Something from the outside world calls the hero forward, marking the shift from the Hanged Man to the Fool, from the 12th house to the Ascendant and a new beginning.

Initially, the hero always refuses the call – feeling uncertain or afraid.

However, once the hero commits to the new journey, they almost immediately get help. They meet a mentor, encounter supernatural forces, or notice signs along the way. 

Eventually, the hero crosses the threshold and faces the impossible challenge – and after overcoming it, eventually returns, transformed by the experience.

You can recognize these patterns everywhere. From books, stories, to your own life.

All stories begin when the Hero is presented with a new challenge – whether it’s breaking a spell, saving a princess.

In a modern context, finding a job, building relationships, or recovering from addiction – and then follows the Hero’s steps to overcome this challenge.

The Hero’s Journey framework is so universal, so timeless, that it resonates with each of us, no matter where or how it’s applied.

The Hero’s Journey – 12 Stages Of Individuation

In Campbell’s framework, the Hero’s Journey consists of 12 stages. These stages – from the “Call to Adventure” to “Resolution” – correspond to the 12 universal archetypes of the journey. 

In the natal chart, we find a similar structure: 12 signs, 12 houses, and 12 sign-based aspects planets form in their cycles.

The initial stage is the conjunction – an ending of a chapter in life which, by design, opens the door to a new one. In the conjunction state of potentiality, anything is possible. 

In astrology, the conjunction marks the beginning of a new cycle between the 2 planets involved. In the lunar cycle, that’s the New Moon stage. In the Hero’s Journey framework, it corresponds to the call to adventure.

Then the faster moving planet moves far enough to create the semi-sextile, introducing a new energy in the cycle – the moment of hesitation, which Campbell calls the refusal of the call.

Soon after, the hero accepts the journey and receives help – the stage Campbell calls ‘supernatural aid’, which corresponds to the sextile aspect.

In myth, this is a mentor, an ally, a tool, a sign. In real life, it can be a conversation, a book, a chance meeting, an opportunity that appears at the exact moment you’re on the edge of moving.

After the sextile, we have the square. This is when, in the Hero’s Journey, the real test begins – the square is the threshold the hero crosses to move from the Ordinary World to the Special World.

After the first square, the planets continue to move in their cycle, and the story continues to unfold in a predictable sequence. 

The hero faces trials, confronts the ordeal, and ultimately returns transformed – a universal process of growth we all go through in life.

The Hero’s Journey And Planetary Aspects

If we take Campbell’s 12 stages of the Hero’s Journey, we can naturally map them against the 12 sign-based aspects in a planetary cycle, from the conjunction, semi-sextile, up to the opposition, and then back to the closing semi-sextile.

Through the lens of the Hero’s Journey, planets and aspects stop being just keywords and definitions. They become steps in a developmental arc – concrete moments in the hero’s journey.

When we look at planets and the aspects they make through Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey template for making sense of the world, everything clicks into place:

A sextile is no longer a “soft aspect” but a sign that is asking to be read, a signal that wants to be followed, a breadcrumb that points the way forward.

The square is no longer just a “hard aspect” – it’s an initiation, a crossing-the-threshold action where we are asked to leave behind the comfort of the “Ordinary World” to step into the “Special World.”

Opening Aspects Vs Closing Aspects 

Furthermore, not all sextiles, and not all squares are equal. 

We have 2 sextiles in a cycle, or a Hero’s Journey, and the sextile we introduced – the supernatural help – has a very different purpose than what we call a “closing sextile” which occurs towards the end of the cycle, after the Hero has accomplished the goal. 

And the 1st square, called the opening square (similar to the 1st quadrant in the Lunar cycle) has a very different goal than the closing square, which is archetypally similar to the 3rd quadrant in the Lunar cycle. 

This logic can be applied to any aspect in your chart. 

If you have a trine, that can be either an opening trine – happening early in the cycle – or a closing trine. Different purpose, different energy. 

When we look at aspects this way, they suddenly make much more sense. Instead of isolated meanings, each aspect becomes part of a natural sequence of development.

Aspects And The Hero’s Journey Webinar

On March 22nd, 2026, Caro from the Astro Butterfly School will host a live webinar, “Aspects and The Hero’s Journey”, where she outlines the exact logic of reading aspects through the lens of the Hero’s Journey.

In the webinar, we will also outline the fascinating and little explored topic of opening and closing aspects and how they nuance chart interpretation.

You can learn more about the webinar and RSVP at this link:

[WEBINAR] Aspects And The Hero’s Journey – March 22nd, 2026

 

This Mercury retrograde in Pisces has been a ride, and now we’re approaching the climax of the journey as Mercury retrograde is conjunct not only Mars, but the North Node of purpose.

The triple Mercury–Mars–North Node conjunction perfects between March 14th and March 17th, 2026, and takes place at 8°-10° Pisces.

In this messy cobweb of Mercury retrograde, something is starting to emerge.

Something we might not be able to articulate very clearly – yet something we can already feel taking shape beneath the surface.

The Bigger Picture

Saturn and Neptune have met, shaken hands, and are already in Aries. 

The world has changed – irremediably so. By now, none of us can really argue with the new reality, with completely new rules of the game.

But – and there’s always a but – like fairytales have taught us time and time again – even inside a reality we’re not fully on board with, or we might simply like to tweak a little, – there’s always some room for maneuver.

Remember when Cinderella wanted to go to the ball but had no way to get there? And the fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a golden carriage?

That kind of magic.

Fairytales, dreams, and all things Pisces and Neptune are that liminal space where we can argue with reality.

We might not be able to literally turn pumpkins into carriages but we can still reimagine the possibilities. 

Mercury retrograde in Pisces is the magic “undo” button of the zodiac. In the next week or so, we can still go back, change conditions, and look for nonobvious connections that can help us turn the story around. 

Mercury retrograde is not alone. Mars and the North Node add something else to the mix: momentum. The spark that may have started as a dream now comes with the urge to act on it.

What we’re feeling is more than ‘just a dream’. There is an impatience now – the desire to actually bring that vision to life, even if the conditions are not fully there yet.

Something inside starts asking:

If not me, then who? If not now, then when?

Mars Conjunct The North Node – The Hero And The Call To Adventure 

Mars is the ultimate call to adventure, and the North Node, the deeper soul calling to the future that is asking to be lived.

According to Joseph Campbell, who articulated the concept of the Hero’s Journey, the call to adventure comes when the old concepts, ideals, and patterns no longer fit the person we’ve become.

The Hero’s journey starts with the call to adventure – to go on a mission, to go to the ball – but the Hero almost always refuses this initial call – because they are afraid of what it might demand of them, or because they believe they don’t have the means to succeed. 

But then something interesting happens. Once the hero commits to the new journey, they almost immediately get help. They meet a mentor, encounter supernatural forces or signs along the way.

Gandalf. The Fairy Grandmother. The White Rabbit.

Things seem to magically align so that the hero can move forward.

In real life, these show up as serendipities, or meaningful ‘coincidences’. 

Once we unfreeze ourselves from our resistance, we start noticing details or opportunities we’ve been blind to before.

Just like when we buy a red coat and then we start ‘seeing’ red coats everywhere – because we are now tuned into that frequency, we are aware of the red coat – when we commit to the journey, we start noticing details that are connected to the journey, details that can help us take the next step.

We meet someone who casually mentions something that suddenly clicks.

We open a book or an article and the exact sentence we need seems to jump off the page.

Someone casually mentions a place, a course, or a person that ends up becoming important. 

Or we stumble across a tool or solution to a problem we’ve been wrestling with for months.

Mercury Conjunct Mars Conjunct North Node

With Mercury conjunct Mars, we start paying attention (Mercury) to those concrete steps (Mars) that move us forward and lead to meaningful changes – not just ideas, not just intentions – but actions that can actually make a difference.

If I no longer do this (fill in the blank: your energy-draining activity) then I have time for this (fill in the blank: something that energizes you).

If I actually use my (fill in the blanks: neglected talent or resources) then I can actually (fill in the blanks: result you want to achieve).

Even if not all the conditions are in place yet (Mercury is still retrograde for a few more days) we want to pay attention to what’s happening → and take action when the moment calls for it.

This is one of those times when it’s ok to act now and think later – as long as what we act on is aligned with our higher path. When something feels like a clear yes, it’s a clear yes. 

This is also an invitation to venture into the unknown when we don’t have all the details yet.

It’s a test of trust – do we trust the universe (Pisces) enough to believe that there is always something there to guide us?

Do we trust our own intuition that knows things our cortex might not have fully caught up with yet?

Do we trust that the spark in our soul is the very guidance that we’re on the right path, even if it’s still dark or misty ahead?

Mercury, Mars, North Node – If Not Now, Then When?

When Mercury conjuncts Mars, we’re not looking for ideas or inspiration – we actually go for it. 

And with the North Node activation, we are talking about our soul’s purpose.

Something that moves us forward in a way that feels aligned with who we really are and what we’re here for. 

Every single one of us is unique – a unique genetic combination, a unique natal chart, a unique path. And we are here for something that no one else can do in quite the same way.

In a world built for standardization and conformity, transits like this are a reminder to return to ourselves – to that spark that makes us, us. 

And when we follow that spark, life has a way of meeting us halfway.

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