The Major Astrological Influences Of 2024

2024 promises to be a very interesting year. There will be more of the unexpected, more lessons to learn, more growth and opportunities, more dreams and ideals, and more transformational experiences. I’ll attempt to explain some of the major astrological influences of the year in the following paragraphs.

There are usually three Mercury retrograde periods every year. As a matter of fact, this year begins with Mercury in apparent retrograde and turning stationary  direct the very first day of 2024.. The following dates/times are local time in San Francisco, CA. The second Mercury retrograde period begins on April 1, 2024. The next Mercury retrograde period begins August 4, 2024, and the one after that begins November 25, 2024. These periods are generally marked by miscommunications, misunderstandings, problems with communications equipment, travel delays, and plans that will later need to be revised or completely changed. It’s usually better not to make important decisions or to sign contracts (or anything else) - if that is possible - during these periods. Complications and problems are too easy to encounter, and often we don’t have all the information that we need. The best thing to do is to continue to collect this information throughout the period. How these periods will affect you personally depends on where it happens in your astrological chart(s).

In 2024, Mars turns retrograde on December 6, 2024 and remains in apparent retrograde motion for the remainder of the year. Be careful regarding the actions that you take during this period. Things might very well not work out as planned, and some actions could result in a backfire.    

There will be eclipses in March, April, September, and October of 2023. They occur in Libra, Aries, and Pisces. If you’d like to know if an eclipse will affect you personally, ask me. Most people will experience these eclipses as either a Full Moon or a New Moon.

Saturn continues its transit through Pisces in 2024. Saturn affects. If you’re a Pisces, it’s time to buck up and get it together. Saturn’s transit here will affect the oil and gas industry, the motion picture industry, matters at sea or the oceans, and spiritual issues. This transit will affect you personally depending on where Saturn is transiting in your astrological chart(s) (its house placement and if it aspects any of your natal planets or points).

Uranus, the planet of change and the unexpected, will continue to transit financially conscious Taurus in 2025. Transiting Uranus will transit Taurus till July of 2025. Transiting Uranus could affect the high technology industry, astrology/astrologers, civil rights issues, and other humanitarian interests. Transiting Taurus, it could affect the banking industry, investments,  and finances. It is likely to affect the stock market as well. We might come up with new ways to make money and/or we may change the way we think about money and other possessions. Some astrologers have indicated that this transit could cause more earthquakes to occur. My own view is that this transit alone will not be the cause of more earthquakes (should we actually experience more). 

Jupiter will transit the sign of Taurus through May 25, 2024, Financial matters, the banking industry, investments, and certain types of real estate concerns are favored, The stock market is likely to continue to do well during this period. If you’re a Taurus, make the most of this final transit of Jupiter in your sign. Jupiter does not return to your sign till 2035.

Jupiter enters Gemini in late May, 2024. Primary education issues, short distance travel, the automobile industry, and the communications industries are favored during this transit. If you’re a Gemini, this could be one of the best times of your life. You have more power than you know in early June as Jupiter trines transiting Pluto. But, you could run into some challenges in mid August and late December as Jupiter squares transiting Saturn.

Neptune will continue its transit through its home sign of Pisces in 2024. The oil and gas industries will be impacted by this transit. Neptune also rules the motion picture industry (and photography) and the shipping industry.  

Pluto will continue to transit the sign of Capricorn till January 20, 2024. Pluto also retrogrades back into Capricorn in mid October and stays there till mid November. The areas related to Capricorn are due for transformation. It could influence the large multinational corporations, the leather and hide industries, and the iron and steel industries. Pluto’s effects are subtle sometimes, tend to happen over a lengthy period of time, and are very powerful. 

Pluto enters Aquarius on January 20, 2024 and stays there for much of the rest of the year. The exception is listed above. High-tech, astrology, civil rights concerns, and humanitarian issues will be affected by this transit and will be due for some transformations. 

April 19/20, 2023 Total Solar Eclipse In Aries

 

Our first eclipse of 2023 will be a total solar eclipse on April 19/20, 2023 and it will occur at 29 degrees and 50 minutes Aries. This total eclipse is visible over North West Cape in Western Australia. At least a partial eclipse can be seen from South/East Asia, Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Antarctica. This eclipse is on an anaretic degree, making it even more significant This eclipse could affect global hostilities, fires, war, accidents, and sickness. With Jupiter conjunct the eclipse point, air travel, higher education, health care, and foreign cultures are affected. The effects could be positive, although overdoing it could be a problem. The eclipse point is also conjunct fix star Mirach. And, Pluto in square aspect to the eclipse point adds intensity and power to this eclipse - perhaps not in a beneficial way.  

For the USA, the home front, family issues, women’s issues, and certain real estate (the home) issues are affected. Abortion and women’s health issues will continue to be a prominent concern. Inflation will likely be tamed (and then some) with this eclipse as Saturn squares Venus in the sixth in the eclipse chart over Washington DC. Employment numbers should be reduced considerably. However, Saturn (in the second house) is actually sextile the eclipse point The overall effects should be fairly positive. Mars in the seventh house looks troublesome. Partners and enemies are likely to be quite aggressive. And, since Mars is conjunct the Sun in the chart for the USA, the President should also be in an aggressive and feisty mood.     

As always, this eclipse will affect you personally if you have planets and/or points conjunct or opposite the eclipse point (only a two degree orb). Those planets or points between 28 degrees Aries and 2 degrees Taurus and/or Libra/Scorpio are included. Eclipses are Uranian in nature in that what happens is unexpected, and you might not even be certain as to what is happening for six months. For a solar eclipse, it takes about a year for the event to completely mature. Whether the eclipse is experienced as positive or negative depends on the planet that is conjoined or opposed, its place in your chart, the condition that the planet is in, and whether and how you might have prepared for what is happening (i.e. free will). If you’d like to know if you have planets or points that fall into this range, let me know. For most people, it will be experienced simply as a New Moon type event. Those are generally felt as the start of something new or a new beginning.