The Astrology of 2024:
Pluto – starts the year at 29°21′ Capricorn, retrograde at 2°06 Aquarius May 2nd, ends year at 1°02 Aquarius
Neptune – starts 25°05 Pisces, retrograde at 29°56 Pisces on July 2nd, ends 27°17 Pisces
Uranus – 19 Taurus start, 27 Taurus retrograde September 1st, ends 23 Taurus (still retrograde until late January 2025)
Saturn – 3 Pisces start, 19 Pisces retrograde June 29th, ends 14 Pisces
Jupiter – starts at 5 Taurus, ends at 13 Gemini, retrograde 21 Gemini on October 9th to February 4th 2025 at 11 Gemini
Mars – late Sagittarius to early Leo, retrograde in Leo 12/6/24 to 2/23/25
Venus – no retrogrades until Spring 2025
Mercury retrogrades
12/13/23-1/1/2024 (8 Cap-22 Sag)
4/1-4/25 (27 Ari-16 Ari)
8/4-8/28 (4 Vir-21 Leo)
11/25-12/15 (22 Sag-6 Sag)
Eclipses (node in Aries all year)
3/25 – 5 Aries/Libra (sextile/trine Pluto)
4/8 – 19 Aries
9/17 – 25 Virgo/Pisces (conjunct/opposite Neptune, sextile/trine Uranus)
10/2 – 10 Libra (square Mars)
Notable transits
Jupiter conjunct Uranus – April 20 2024, 21 Taurus
Jupiter trine Pluto – June 2, 1 Gemini/Aquarius
Jupiter square Saturn – August 19, 17 Gemini/Pisces, but close much of the second half of the year
Uranus sextile Neptune closest near September ~27-28 Taurus/Pisces
Mars conjunct Pluto – 2/13, 0 Aquarius
Mars conjunct Saturn – early April, 14 Pisces
Mars conjunct Neptune – late April, 28 Pisces
Mars conjunct Uranus – July, 26 Taurus
Mars conjunct Jupiter – August, 16 Gemini
Mars square Saturn – August, 17 Gemini/Pisces
I don’t think anyone is coming here for general interpretation, especially since that’s not my focus, but… 2024 doesn’t have some of the big deal transits that previous years had. The last time Saturn was in Pisces was around 1994 to earlier 1996, specifically near the same spot it is this next year in 1994, and I’m guessing for anyone who isn’t 100 years old, that would be the best place for similarity comparison, even though other planets are in different places. Jupiter cycles through the zodiac every 12 years, so 2012-2013 (second half 2012-first half 2013) and mostly 2001 (first half of the year) were the last times it was in Gemini. I think the square Jupiter and Saturn make is notable, but more so if you have a planet near 17 degrees. With the election coming next year and that being the time the political ads start getting persistent, the square combo seems to be a red flag for lies lies lies. Saturn likes to fact-check and will be doing so to any blowhard types, but don’t trust anything potentially too good to be true going on in general social environments near that time. Mars joins the party as well, so maybe some over-the-top ideological fighting going on near August. It’s an election year, so yeah.
The other big one is Jupiter conjunct Uranus in Taurus, which I would assume has to do with artificial intelligence. Taurus is a tactile sign but Uranus is pushing a technological leaning there right now, and Jupiter nearby is asking for growth/expansion. More weird. Alternatively, Jupiter could be law, and there could be law discussions about tech topics just then, especially in regards to resources, money, and ownership. If you have a planet near 21 degrees Taurus/Scorpio/Aquarius/Leo, expect potential breakdowns or surprises or, with Jupiter, sudden muses near April.
And me.
Pluto is still square my Moon all year, from my Placidus 4th house, but the final exact transit is in August. It’s also square my Jupiter and approaching sextile of my Uranus.
My mom just died, so there’s that. But I feel myself generally struggling with family concepts and a sense of place/belonging/”home”. Back when Pluto was sextile my Moon from early Capricorn years ago, it was the first time since my arrival here that I felt connected to the place I lived and its general environment, but I was still going through family issues, and later Pluto squared my 4th house ruler and I lost my sense of place again. Moon rules my 10th and the idea then was to try to get more socially recognized education to create a better foundation for the future in case the shit hit the fan. Well, the shit hit the fan, and here we are, and I’m not sure anything I did back then actually helped long term. I think things have shifted to where people see me as a reflection of my Moon, currently evidently in a repair state, and it can be really aggravating as I’d rather not be seen as someone in a fucked, needy life state or treated as broken/whatever even though a lot of situations call for that in order to survive and get to the next thing.
Neptune is still square my Neptune. I have Neptune in the 3rd house and Neptune is transiting my 6th. This might be contributing to feeling like anything I attempt hits a wall thanks to my health. Also more family stuff. Not exact to the transit hits but close enough I started some paperwork (3rd house) to address health stuff (6th) but it won’t have resolution anytime soon. Perhaps things will start to clarify there when Neptune next exact squares my Neptune. Another thing is an idea I have about potential work in the future (6th) having to do with 3rd house topics, but I have no idea what’ll happen right now.
Uranus is in my 8th house, not making any major aspects. Death and debt have been feature recently, but, no major aspects.
Saturn’s finally really going to transit through Pisces and enter my 6th house. It starts the year sextile my Venus, quincunx Ascendant. Saturn entering new signs has historically been big deal shifts for me, but it’s been early Pisces for most of 2023, so guessing that’s already happening… So maybe sights should be on March 2024 when it squares my Mercury/Sun. When I was 12 that came out as a summer of video games and wandering around outside with the frogs and going to the river. I also moved both times Saturn was square that point (video games continued, nothing else did). So, am I moving in March? Seems about as likely as anything else right now. Saturn will continue to be square my Sun all year but it doesn’t make another exact hit. My Sun in 9th might be travel or higher education, and I don’t think the second one makes sense, but the travel? Maybe… I can’t technically travel but it could come out in small scale things, such as addressing not having a car and/or “wandering” or something like publishing/internet stuff. Saturn will be in my 6th house so maybe something related to those things in the realm of work and health. Maybe some issues with work tours or helping with an unusually important tour. Maybe some technical issue comes up where I need 9th house help (law/education/foreign) to address some health/work issues. Back in 1994 part of this came out in that my cat (another 6th house topic) suddenly had a huge natural backyard to wander around in and explore (9th house) so maybe something with pets, even though I don’t have any right now.
Jupiter starts the year in my 8th house and doesn’t make any exact major aspects until June after it’s entered Gemini and my 9th house. Right away, Jupiter opposite Uranus, trine Mars/Ascendant. That would be a shift in energy towards nervous energy and needing to get shit done. Jupiter conjuncts my Mercury/Sun in July. Ditto but more cerebral. Way back when Jupiter was in Gemini in 2001 I was CONSTANTLY writing. I don’t remember 2012/2013 in the same sense (I was writing, not on the same level) but I was definitely helping work on tours then, and there’s the 9th house part. Jupiter spends a lot of the year trine my Saturn, so potentially good news in the second half of the year in feeling valuable as an employee or physically okay. Saturn rules my 4th, so maybe a home thing.
The eclipses… The one in March is on my Ascendant/Descendant. There was a similar eclipse in 2005 and I don’t remember anything major then. (Although, between those Spring eclipses, my cat was born…) It’s notable that the September eclipse in 2024 is square my Neptune while Neptune is square my Neptune. I’ve had some prior eclipses from Virgo/Pisces come out as work things (such as quitting in 2006/2007 – those were eclipses) so might be similar.
I’m spacing out from doing too much astro but I think that about covers it as far as 2024 and how much detail I’m willing to pick through.
It’s the next day and I realized an astrological retrospective for 2023 was missing.
I’ve pretty much already talked about the slowest planets. Pluto square my Moon’s very 1st hit was when my mom was sick, when I was dealing with law stuff, and when I was extremely fucking anxious. Mom recovered, law stuff had an extremely frustrating took-too-long but I guess positive resolution, and the anxiety tempered over the next month or two. Pluto’s retrograde hit was close to my birthday when some help I asked for showed up. It may have been the exact day.
Neptune squared my Neptune the 1st time in April and the retrograde hit was in September. I’m not sure about the timing but, like I said, 6th (health) to 3rd house topics have been coming up.
Nothing Uranus, but the law stuff had to do with debt. 8th.
Saturn has still been in my Placidus 5th house all year. Sextile Neptune, trine Pluto, trine Moon, trine Jupiter, square Uranus, sextile Venus, quincunx Ascendant, trine Midheaven. Saturn went retrograde in June just before entering my Placidus 6th. Saturn’s trine to my Moon was my mom sick. Saturn didn’t exact trine my Moon again but was about 30(?) astrological minutes from orb of my Moon when my mom died. With 5th house literally representing children, the transit of Saturn in this house has coincided with me thinking I’m going through perimenopause, and this past year I had my longest cycle ever. Saturn sextile Venus might have helped with my law/debt thing (Venus in 8th). If I get help again later this month, it’ll be close to Saturn sextile Venus.
Jupiter started in my 7th and shifted to my 8th. Early in the year when Jupiter was opposite my Mars I learned of a bunch of information that took my idea of getting a car ASAP and threw it into the trash. Jupiter sextile 9th-house-Sun was when I learned of the law thing. Jupiter opposite Moon was when I was asking for help. Jupiter conjunct Venus is when I got it. No further exact aspects.
Mars had come out of retrograde in Gemini conjunct my Mercury/Sun early in the year when I was exploring car topics and learned I was fucked. The next conjunction with my Sun was a day journey to visit my mom. Mars was square my Saturn when I was dealing with law stuff. Mars conjunct my Pluto/Moon/Jupiter when my mom was just about to die and she died at Mars opposite my 8th house Venus. Mars is opposite my Mercury/Sun right now and have a super long post, plus supposedly someone is looking into a car for me (may not turn out or happen anytime soon) and I just requested a new driving lesson. Some days back when Mars was conjunct my Uranus in 3rd house, my neighbors were making a shitton of noise, slamming doors and dropping shit and walking harder than ever, despite having been pretty quiet for a while (and mostly since).
Venus was conjunct my Mercury when I did my first driving lesson. Inexact but close. Saturn was exactly quincunx my Ascendant. Neptune was a few minutes away from square my Neptune-in-3rd.
Venus retrograde in Leo was tough. It was in my 11th house and echoed a lot of loneliness I felt back in 2007 and 2015 at the same retrograde. Same 1999 but that was a more acute loneliness. I felt like Venus retrograde in 2015 partially contributed to the dramatics surrounding trying to move then, and I was wondering if that would echo forward, but nothing solid happened during the retrograde itself in regards to moving. But yeah, at this point, it felt like the last semi-stable time financially. After the retrograde, in 2007 I decided to quit, in 2015 I moved, and in 2023 I was getting help that appears to be drying up now. After each time before (also 1999 and likely also 1991) it was a period of question marks about money.
Should I do solar returns, too?
I have no idea where I’m going to be on my birthday in 2024. However, if I’m anywhere near here, I’m due to have a Scorpio Ascendant year, with Sun likely in the 8th house conjunct the 7th house ruler. I’m familiar with this basic SR chart situation from years past. The last one was 2020 (Sun in 7th), 1999 (Sun in 8th), 1995 (Sun in 8th), 1991 (Sun in 7th). All hard years. Post-birthday 1991 to pre-birthday 1992 was learning my parents were splitting and having a real fucking hard time. The 1995-1996 school year was easily my worst and home sucked. 1999 also sucked from birthday to birthday, with me fully splitting with boyfriend 1 and dealing with irritating boy topics onward, nevermind the toxic home environment. 2020’s birthday was when YellFest2020 started and later in the “year” was me clearing out the emotional decay in my life and having anxiety galore. It’s alarming to see the 2024 chart and not knowing what I could even do.
It’s only been half a year of it, but 2023 has Virgo Ascendant, Mercury in 9th conjunct Uranus, Sun in 10th, Moon in Scorpio in 3rd. I’m not really sure how the specifics of my understanding of these factors are playing out, but it’s still only been six months.
I haven’t looked at progressions in a while, so let’s do that.
Progressed Moon in Aries in progressed 5th approaching opposite Saturn/Mars at the start of 2023. It shifted into the 6th before exact aspects, which happened near mid-year. Moon opposite Pluto just recently passed. Moon enters Taurus around April 2024, where it opposes my natal Moon/Jupiter. Summer 2024 prog Moon conjuncts my natal Venus. It enters my progressed 7th house just before the end of the year.
There’s some repetition here that’s making me think the debt thing is going to come back and/or I’m going to fall for someone/something that’s going to die or break my heart and/or art takes the fuck off in a weird, subversive way. And we have thoughts like this and something else happens entirely, if still on topic.
I checked to see where prog Moon was last conjunct my natal Venus, and it was exact to the day I started writing in 1997. The initial topics I wrote were under the realm of Venus. On the flip side, prog Moon opposite my Venus in late 2009 was when I was thinking I needed to try a new form of music support because I didn’t feel like writing was working and I didn’t want to transition to “professional” review writing. The progressed Moon square Venus from Leo square was boyfriend stuff. Prog Moon square Venus from Aquarius was my mom in the hospital from known stroke #1 and me trying to find out what I could do about that on her return so we could both survive. In this chart progressed Moon is conjunct the IC. In short: not always the most obvious interpretation.
Alright, that’s enough astrology for today. Yes, this post took multiple days to write. If you read this and it just looks like words, imagine the concentration it takes to write. Burn away those brain cells.