Gaza is an unbearable horror show; stalwart Ukraine is no nearer expelling the invaders; the USA is being dismantled under a military dictatorship; UK is in despairing chaos under a rudderless (and control-freaky) government; the EU are up against the wall, southern locations under threat of overheating/wildfires and on and on and on. It was not supposed to be like this.
Pluto and Uranus into Air signs should have brought intellectual insight, awareness and enlightenment – Saturn Neptune in Aries the urge to improve society and support the underdog.
Netanyahu, Trump and Putin are on a might-makes-right high, all selfish ambition and just-because-I-can. Elsewhere there is an unnerving lack of effective leadership.
Grasping at straws, might it be Neptune’s swansong in Pisces conjunct the shipwrecking Fixed Star Scheat, in place till late January 2026, which is in part the chaos creator?
Scheat can bring – stubbornness, is headstrong of a combative nature, wins and loses friends, may be unfortunate, a changeable, unpredictable nature, has high enterprise, and may be subject to violence. Fantasizes. [Astrology King]
The March 2025 Solar Eclipse had the North Node, Venus and Neptune all conjunct Scheat in a violent Saros series.
The approaching September 2025 Solar Eclipse has the New Moon in final degree Virgo in a downbeat opposition to Saturn, Scheat and Neptune in Aries in a worrisome, health-related, low energy Saros Series. Plus a can-be-ruthless/violent Pluto square Mars as well as three yods onto focal points Neptune, Mars and Venus respectively – which sounds stressful, indecisive, and much of the same as went before.
Which reflects the paralysis in the Israel/Gaza, Ukraine charts and indeed the USA chart which is battling headwinds from the Solar Arc Sun square SA Saturn colliding with the natal Mars square Neptune from last year until early 2027.
Where the eclipse effect brightens is by February 2026 with the Aquarius Solar Eclipse in a high-energy, constructive Saros series, bringing unification within relationships and idealism. It still won’t be wonderful with Algol conjunct Uranus square the Sun; and Scheat lingering close to Saturn Neptune in Aries – but slowly slowly it will get better.
By late August 2026 the North Node reverses out of Pisces (and away from Scheat) into Aquarius staying till early 2028 which will also help, since it is likely to promote causes and humanitarian activism.
It will take till 2027 for the USA to sail into calmer waters. By early 2027 the UK will be clear of the disruptive tr Uranus square Pluto and even better tr Uranus will be moving out of the UK 8th house into less erratic financial circumstances. The EU will have cleared the punishing Solar Arc Pluto opposition its Moon and square Uranus of the moment; and the upheavals of tr Uranus square Pluto in 2026 (though their challenges will not disappear as the decade wears on.)
It all sounds like jam tomorrow but there are astro-hints that once over the hurdle of Neptune loosening its grip on Pisces, and Scheat receding into the distance there should be gradual improvements through next year – with hopes that the benefits of Pluto Uranus in Air and Neptune Saturn in Fire may start to bear fruit into 2027 and beyond.
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