Astro Forecast for Chinese New Year and Pisces Season with Rick
Chinese New Year, Aquarius Season Closeout
- Happy Wood Snake year! In Chinese astrology, the snake represents a time of transformation, shedding old skin to begin anew, similar to the butterfly. Snakes move with strategy through silence, it’s a good year to make moves that places you in a better advantage. The wood element represents growth, the energy of strategic action meets long-term planning. What a great year to build and make decisions that our future selves would thank us for!
- As we close out of Aquarius season, we’re being reminded about the future and how our much our uniqueness and individual contributions matters to humanity as a whole. Pluto moved into Aquarius on 11/19 where it will stay until March. 8, 2043! Pluto, the planet of power and transformation, stays in a sign long where it destroys the old in order to create the new. We’ll all feel it, but especially those who are Aquarius Suns, Moon, and Risings, along with other Aquarius placements (Mercury, Venus, Mars etc.) Know that the new being that awaits is much greater and enlightened than this current version. In late July 2026, the North Node will move into Aquarius and remain there for 1.5 years. Society will see major advancements toward future-oriented endeavors. Aquarius, the Enlightened Man of the zodiac, will usher in mass upgrades in consciousnesses, especially having Pluto also in its sign. More to come on that later.
Not Your Everyday Pisces Season
- We’re moving into Pisces season on 2/18, but this isn’t just the regular “let’s get in our feels and lost in nostalgia” energy. A lot is happening with Pisces, with Saturn, Neptune, AND the North Node all in this sign. What does the synergy of all of these planets mean? We’re being called to trust the flow and have faith in our deepest dreams. Our imagination and sources of inspiration are being empowered to materialize into the beautiful creations that all start with us, the source. Surrendering and letting go are the primary themes, making peace with things that no longer serve us in order for our visions to come to fruition. The energy of manifesting our dream lives is heavy in 2025.
Venus in Aries
- Venus (the planet of love, values, and money) will be in Aries before it takes another visit back to Pisces (how ironic as Pisces energy involves nostalgia) on 3/28. Venus will go back in Aries on 4/30. The vibes are all about acting and moving forward, in matters of Venus’s domain. Maybe there’s a new start in love for you, possibly even a newfound love for yourself.
Venus Loves
- Venus values moving quickly and the fiery passion that comes with Aries. While visiting this energy, Venus can be pretty aggressive and direct in what she loves. She likes when whatever we desire, we act own it, with courage and direction with no sense of hesitation. Be sure to balance this energy with some softness as Aries is known to be the fighter of the zodiac. Sometimes we need that fighter spirit, but it’s best to channel that in productive ways that align us with the healed, elevated, dream-fulfilling versions of ourselves that the Pisces north node wants for us.
- Financially speaking, Aries likes to move quickly with what it desires. Venus rules money, in the sense of what we value tends to receive money. This calls for some impulsive spending, which can be good or bad depending on the situation. The negative is pretty clear, so let’s speak on the positive. Aries energy can encourage us to spend on things that motivate us, help us start that thing we’ve put off, lacked the courage to do. Aries is a “just do it” energy, so anything worth starting in our best interest is receiving a good push from the universe.
Aries- Me, Myself, & I
- Aries rules “The Self’ in the zodiac. For all those practicing some self-love and/or healing, this is the perfect time to keep moving forward in that direction. Since Aries represents beginnings, maybe start something new in your self-love/healing journey. Every journey starts with the first step. Aries reminds us to put OURSELVES first. Being selfish isn’t always a bad thing. As the saying goes, “you can’t pour from an empty cup.”
Venus Retrograde- A Revisit of the Past
- Venus will move backwards in Aries starting 3/1. Whatever you started 2/4 will be revisited come that time, sort of like a reassessment of things we started in the realm of our values, finances, and love/self-worth. “I started xyz, how is that going, why was this started?” By 3/27, she’ll be back in Pisces where she will get lost in the sea of dreams and longings. Be on the lookout for past feelings of nostalgia, a mixture of sadness and imagination, and even random inspiration to come forth. Pisces is about letting go of things that doesn’t serve us, bringing forth endings. On a positive angle, it connects us to our dreams that inspires us with feelings that can’t always be put into coherent words but felt on a higher realm. It’s okay if things begin to seem unclear and possibly chaotic, Pisces energy brings in reflection periods before we start anew in Aries. By 4/30, Venus will be back in Aries to have its final show until 6/5.
- Whatever we started back in February when Venus first landed in Aries will receive another boost of energy, an energy that may be more conducive to acting with no hesitation thanks to Mars’s transit.
Mars in Cancer- Protecting & Nurturing
- Venus in Aries meets Mars in Cancer. Venus likes action and progress while in Aries, while Mars, the planet of action, likes security and nurturing emotions in Cancer. These two energies together can create an impulse to act in ways that assure we are protected and feel a sense of safety. Since Aries and Cancer are squares in astrology, this means there can be conflict with what we want to act on (Venus) and how we actually act (Mars). Be mindful to examine feelings that may make you act out in ways where you feel threatened and unsafe. Take care of that root chakra for the next couple of weeks if you’re feeling insecure, or any chakra that may be out of balance. Mars will move into Leo on 4/18.
- With Venus moving back into Aries on 4/30, Venus and Mars will trine one another. Trines simply mean two energies work well with each other, and since the planet of love and values meshes well with the planet of action and desire, we’ll be blessed with the fire to make things happen in our lives through Aries/Leo. It’s like double the dose of energy of taking ownership of our lives and not allowing obstacles, both external and internal, to get in our way! The energy we need to create our dream lives will be strong in the middle-ending of Spring. With the Pisces North Node ruling this year, our dream selves and lives are waiting to be manifested, and we’re being blessed with the fire to do so around this season.
Conclusion
- Be encouraged! Every start is a new opportunity toward progress. Whether it be in love, yourself, an opportunity, whatever, Venus likes when we act in Aries. The energy is calling us forth to take that leap of faith and begin a new adventure towards what our hearts truly desire.
- This year the North Node is in Pisces. We’re being called as a collective to move towards our visions and dreams, the things that inspire us. It’s a time of letting go and surrendering to things that no longer serve us. An opportunity to feel and heal is being presented to us all.
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