Neptune enters Aries on January 26, 2026, marking a major generational shift. After more than a decade in Pisces, where feeling, empathy, and escapism dominated, Neptune in Aries asks for courage, movement, and embodiment. This is a chapter about living our values, taking creative risks, and learning how to move forward without certainty, while staying grounded in discernment and intention.

As Capricorn Season winds down, we meet a late-degree Capricorn New Moon that feels less like a fresh start and more like a moment of reckoning. Ruled by Saturn, this is a threshold Moon asking for honesty, discernment, and a clear-eyed look at what we are carrying forward. With Venus entering Aquarius ahead of the Sun and Mars still anchoring us in Capricorn, this lunation invites a pause to assess our commitments, relationships, and goals, not through ambition, but through sustainability. What remains now is not what was rushed or performed, but what has proven itself over time.

Guanyin, the beloved Goddess of Mercy, embodies the essence of compassion, healing, and serenity. With her roots in Chinese Buddhism, she is revered for her boundless empathy and her commitment to alleviating suffering. Often associated with the element of water, Guanyin’s nurturing presence mirrors the emotional depth of Cancer season, offering comfort and solace to those who seek her aid. Whether depicted as a serene guardian or a powerful deity, her influence extends across cultures, reminding us of the transformative power of compassion and the importance of kindness in our lives.

The Cancer Full Moon invites us to slow down at the threshold of a new year and tend to what has been quietly carrying us through survival. This is a Moon of emotional truth, home, and belonging, asking us to root into safety rather than rush toward resolution. With the Moon in Cancer and the Sun in Capricorn, we’re asked to hold care and responsibility together, nurturing what’s been neglected while maintaining steady boundaries. Set against the depth of Winter, the Wolf Moon reminds us that connection, rest, and emotional honesty are not indulgences, but necessities. This moment offers a pause to release old armor, redefine what home truly means, and prepare for what comes next from a place of steadiness, self-trust, and quiet hope.

The Sagittarius New Moon on December 19th closes out 2025 with a focus on clarity rather than initiation. After a year of shedding and internal shifts, this New Moon highlights what has run its course and what’s still viable. With the Winter Solstice and Yule following so closely as well as the major outer astrological shifts and changes, this New Moon offers a moment to pause, recalibrate, and ground the insights gained before the momentum of the next cycle begins.

The final Full Moon of 2025 arrives on December 4th as a Cold Supermoon in Gemini, bringing clarity after a year of shedding and deep personal change. With Mercury newly direct and the Sun aligned with Antares, this lunation highlights truth, perspective, and the stories we’re finally ready to release. Some may feel it as gentle, others more activating, depending on what’s been avoided or processed this year. Gemini translates our inner world into language while Sagittarius widens the view, helping us understand what this year has been shaping within us.

Changing Woman, or Asdzáán Nádleehi, is one of the most beloved figures in Navajo tradition, a Holy Person whose very being embodies the rhythm of transformation. She is the renewal of the land, the shifting of the seasons, and the quiet strength of the Motherline that has carried families and culture through time. Her stories move between worlds, origin, ceremony, creation, and each one shows another way that life can age, return to youth, and begin again.

The Dark Moon in Scorpio arrives like a invitation to slow down, breathe, and descend into the deeper waters of ourselves. With Mercury Retrograde stirring up old conversations and buried feelings, this New Moon is not a clean slate. It is a reckoning. The astrology of this moment asks us to be brave enough to open the vault we locked long ago, to acknowledge the stories we tried to outrun, and to release the emotions we pressed down in order to survive.

The Taurus Beaver Supermoon on November 5 asks us to find stability in the midst of transformation. In the heart of Scorpio Season, it grounds us in what is real and steady while urging us to release what no longer fits. This is a moment to prepare for Winter. To gather our strength, simplify our lives, and honor what truly supports us. Taurus teaches that steadiness is sacred; Scorpio reminds us that letting go is too. What we keep will sustain us, and what we release will set us free.

Halloween, a beloved holiday marked by costumes, candy, and eerie decorations, has a rich and multi-cultural history. It traces back to the Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrating the end of harvest and the thinning of the veil between the living and the dead. As Roman and Christian traditions merged with Samhain, the holiday evolved into All Hallows' Eve, eventually becoming Halloween. In America, it transformed further with the blend of various immigrant traditions, giving rise to the modern celebration we cherish today.

Deep within the heart of Eastern European forests lies Baba Yaga, a figure whose eerie mystique has captivated generations. As a prominent example of the Crone archetype in Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga embodies the untamed beauty and inherent danger of the wilderness. Described as an elderly woman with iron teeth and wild, iron-gray hair, she commands fear and respect with her penetrating gaze and metal-clinking voice. Her attire, consisting of tattered rags, and her gnarled staff reflect her deep connection to the forest, while her hut on giant chicken legs adds a surreal, terrifying aspect to her domain, showcasing her role as guardian of the liminal space between life and death.

The New Moon on October 21st arrives at the final degrees of Libra, closing the eclipse portal and opening a new cycle. At its heart, this lunation is about conscious relating — finding balance between self and other, and choosing connection rooted in truth instead of illusion. With an exact opposition to Chiron in Aries, squares to Jupiter and Pluto, and the pressure of a rare Yod, the cosmos is asking us to examine the patterns that keep us off balance. Two days later the Sun enters Scorpio, adding depth to Libra’s call for harmony. This New Moon invites us to reset, rebalance, and begin again with clarity.

On October 6 the Full Hunter’s Supermoon rises in Aries, carrying the combined energy of both the Harvest Moon and the Hunter’s Moon. As a Supermoon, its influence is amplified, bringing emotions and insights more sharply into focus. Falling just after eclipse season, this lunation offers a chance to pause, reflect, and begin sorting through what is worth keeping and what is ready to be released. The Aries–Libra polarity reminds us that courage and balance must work together to guide our next steps.

We are living in a time of deep disconnection, where screens replace community and separation is mistaken for truth. Yet beneath our differences we are still one body, each drop returning to the ocean. Forgetting this fuels fear, loneliness, and violence; remembering it calls us back to compassion, wisdom, and the responsibility we share for one another.

The final eclipse of the year coincides with Mabon, the Fall Equinox, bringing a potent moment of balance, reflection, and release. This Partial Solar Eclipse in Virgo, on the South Node, invites us to declutter our lives, let go of unproductive habits, and reset our routines. As the Moon moves into Libra shortly after, we are called to bring harmony, fairness, and intention into our relationships and communities. Combining Equinox, Mabon, New Moon, and eclipse energies, this threshold moment encourages both personal and collective recalibration. It’s a time to honor what we’ve harvested, release what no longer serves, and step consciously into the next chapter of the year.

This essay has been in my drafts for months, but after everything that happened this week, it felt like now was the time to share it. For centuries, humans have divided themselves over arbitrary differences, and today cruelty and dogma are celebrated while dissent or disagreement is treated as a threat. Extremists and zealots reflect the shadows we refuse to see in ourselves, projecting fear and internal contradictions outward. True freedom comes not from fleeing conflict, but by facing it with curiosity, clarity, and compassion, strengthening our resilience and wisdom in the process.