March 3 Lunar Eclipse at 12 Degrees Virgo sextile Jupiter

Sabian Degree Description: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice lets lose a spell that causes all hell to break loose. When the master magician returns, he uses his wand to put everything back in its rightful place.”

Patient: The United States of America

Diagnosis: Manic/Depressive (Bi-polar) Disorder

Cure: Changes in Leadership

The challenge to the democracy, direction, and cohesiveness of the United States did not begin under the present administration. Monsters do not arise in history without an environment that encourages and enriches them. The massive shift of US wealth into the accounts of the ultra-rich, diminishing services, supports, and opportunities for all the rest of the populace, led our discontent down the “rabbit hole” of dark conspiracies, racial and ethnic hatreds, and polarization. These movements have frequently been supported by an unregulated mass media, whose primary goal has been mostly to generate billions of dollars in profits.

The separation of powers so carefully instituted by our Founders has failed to protect us from a dictatorship that freely violates the law in multiple directions. In 2010, in the Citizens United Decision, the Supreme Court ruled that unlimited corporate financing could be used in elections. In recent years, the Roberts Court has ruled that the president has nearly unlimited powers. The Congress has largely abdicated its authority to impeach him for multiple violations of law since the Republicans hold a majority in both houses and are afraid of losing their local elections. Thus, Pres. Trump has thoroughly instituted his own mobster form of governance, invading cities, using ICE throughout the nation ostensibly to deport illegal immigrants, and putting thousands into prisons filled with starvation and abuse, without trials to determine who is really there.

I PREDICTED in last month’s newsletter that Trump is entering a very difficult time in his presidency. The Supreme Court ruling in February that Trump does not have the constitutional right to impose tariffs is finally showing a “change in direction” that I believe, as an astrologer, is the beginning of the restoration of democracy and survival of the US that I believe the planets are presenting to us.

Trump’s policies are startlingly reminiscent of the Communist military government that took over Russia early in the 20^th Century and the Nazi Gestapo police that took over Germany in the 1930s. Trump’s erecting tasteless monuments to himself in Washington reminds us of those statues and building facades of dictators Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam Hussein that were torn down and demolished when their regimes fell. Most importantly, he is threatening to stop the important mid-term elections by declaring them “illegal” in advance. He violates international laws and norms by threatening to take over Greenland and Venezuela, even though these attempts have been limited by his proclaiming he is only “making deals,” and he recently backed down from invading Greenland. Now, he is surrounding Iran with military vessels, threatening to go to war unless they demonstrate they are not producing a nuclear weapon. When polled, the majority of Americans do not want to go to war.

Backlash:

The overwhelmingly large protests in Minneapolis, accompanied by Bruce Springsteen’s anthem, have flooded the media. A nationwide protest has been scheduled in March, just as Mercury goes direct conjunct the North Node. Special elections (before the midterms) are being decisively won by Democrats, pointing to a new backlash political wave. Inflation, non-affordable health care, job layoffs, and terrible cuts to government services to public education, the poor and disabled, who were all previously funded by Congress, are all taking a terrible toll on American families across the nation. Recent polls indicate a larger share of the American public now disapproves of the Trump administration.

The Epstein Files:

The Epstein files are not going away. The information from these files is unseating highly placed VIPs here in the US and all over the world. The planets in Pisces, upending secrets and scandals, do not go away until the end of April. Trump’s nefarious association with Epstein will continue to be revealed, plunging his polls further downward.

Military Threats:

The current planetary transits in Pisces and later into Aries signal a “changing of the guard,” as many economic and political systems are revealed to be both deceptive and defective. The term “wagging the dog” may be revived as the President may engage in threatening more military actions, underlying the new Aries transits, which often resort to war to divert failures of policy at home. Trump’s threats of war in Iran illustrate this effort. Mars transits Pisces from March 3^rd until April 9^th, when it goes into Aries until May 19th. This will keep everyone “guessing” as to which personality on the bipolar spectrum Trump will exhibit.

THE PROFOUND and SIGNIFICANT Saturn/Neptune conjunction on Feb. 14th has coincided with the expiration of the nuclear arms treaty between Russia and the US that had sustained itself in some form for the past 50 years. The last Saturn/Neptune conjunction in 1989 coincided with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. This does not bode well for Putin and his attempt to take over Ukraine. We now know he has been so desperate for soldiers that he has been recruiting men from Kenya to fight and lose their lives in Ukraine. Recently, he sold huge amounts of gold to continue financing his war, since the Russian economy is so bad, its citizens are running out of food, electricity, and basic income.

Meanwhile, China has been developing and expanding its nuclear arsenal to approximately 600 sites and is openly projecting to increase the arsenal to 1000. A three-way nuclear arms race between Russia, the US, and China will jack up the possibility of nuclear war that could lead to the extinction of most life on earth!

Pisces transits move from confusion and super sensitivity into fiery Aries which seeks immediate action. There may be confrontations between ships “at sea” that may be resolved when Mars is sextile Uranus in Taurus on April 23. As mentioned above, Trump has recently strategically installed military vessels surrounding Iran, whose astrological chart is being hit by the planetary configurations. He is threatening to attack this nation ostensibly for killing their government protesters and holding on to their enriched nuclear capabilities. Trump uses all these confrontations as part of his “extortion racket” with the intent of making financial “deals”. This would comprise his so-called “talks” with Ukraine that would make US help contingent on favorable oil and land deals in the nation. Because he likes Putin, Trump has essentially abandoned Ukraine.

Recently, China’s premier Xi has “purged” his eight top generals, fueling speculation about where he will go with his promise to “take over” Taiwan in 2027. I have already predicted significant changes in leadership in China as Pluto transits its Moon and Ascendant, leading to shakeups in government. Trump made a trade agreement with China for their rare earths. How far, if at all, will the Trump administration go to continue to support Taiwan with the US military? Uncertain and dangerous times lie ahead.

Mercury retrograde:

Mercury is retrograde in Pisces until it goes direct at 8 degrees Pisces, exactly conjunct the North Node of the Moon on March 8^th. The Sabian degree of 8 degrees Pisces is described as “An Emperor and empress are seated upon adjacent thrones. The empress leans over to her husband and gives him some frank advice on an important matter of state.” Perhaps this administration will heed advice from a woman. It would point to cooperation between men and women in an attempt to hold the world together in turbulent times. Many women are now impressively operating within positions of global leadership.

The Economy:

Uranus passes through Taurus for the last time until it goes into its major transit into Gemini (April 26^th), remaining in Gemini through 2033. This recent transit in Taurus last passed through these signs from the 1930s into the early 1940s marking the Great Depression and WWII. The previous transit in Gemini occurred when we entered WWII, vaulting our economy out of the Great Depression.

Current relations between the US and other nations are fragile. The War in Ukraine is still raging with no end in sight, with the Trump administration having withdrawn its support for Ukraine. Trump’s love affair with Putin will not be popular, even with his base. There is evidence that Trump has been a Russian “operative” since the 1980’s when he may have been laundering Russian money in the US through real estate transactions. One of these transactions is known to have involved Jeffry Epstein, who is now known to have been hooked up with Russians, both in real estate ventures and human trafficking..

Trump has threatened and insulted our allies and trading partners to the point that we are losing our power and status in the world. On the bright side, NATO should pay its fair share into the alliance and supply more of its military support, moving away from sole dependence on the US. On the dark side, Trump’s view of the US sticking to its own hemisphere, breaking up global alliances, and insulting national leaders supports a global economy now moving toward economic alliances with China and away from the US.

Current economic systems are fragile for a multiple of reasons, not the least is the solvency of the US dollar. US debt is at an all time high, and tariffs are being threatened or imposed. In January, Japan sold off its US Treasuries. European nations are moving their assets out of the US, selling both treasuries and stocks. Jupiter in Cancer goes direct on March 10^th and Mars will trine it on the 21^st. This is somewhat protective of the US over the short term.

Gold and Silver:

All this has led me to suggest investments in gold and silver. An article on Kitco News Feb. 24 by Neile Christensen reports: “Gold is not held as a fiscal financing tool but as a strategic reserve asset underpinning credibility, confidence, and monetary resilience.” He continues to report: “Global gold reserves have now surpassed US Treasury holdings for the first time since 1996.” The US dollar has been the global reserve currency for decades. Our massive national debt is threatening this status. However, other nations are also burdened with massive debts so it is unclear who would take over this status. All this points to a global instability that personal ownership of gold would, in a small way, alleviate.

AI and the Economy:

There is no longer any question that AI “unleashed” will eliminate many jobs, not only in the US, but around the globe. Economies will have to reinvent themselves. I think we will accomplish this in time. A much bigger concern is AI regulation – ethical decision making, data privacy, and cybersecurity. We all know the consequences of ignoring regulations over the past 30 years, as the internet developed, including lies, fraud, and data theft. Consumer protection was only an afterthought.

As a result of a profits-only mandate in all online businesses, our nation’s children have been “dumbed down” and are losing the ability to think critically and creatively. Many are succumbing to severe depression and suicide. We need a rule of law to step in and stop the madness. Once these assurances are in place, AI actually offers instant calculations and bodies of information never before available to all of us, lending the time and energy for us to discover, create, and mold whole worlds of possibilities – even solving the problems it, itself, creates.

META’s Mark Zuckerberg is currently on trial for addicting kids to online sites, resulting in an an array of bad results for young people, including intellectual decline, depression, and suicide. Research has shown that constantly being online is generally destroying the human capacity to pay attention. This is only the beginning of a new direction pointing toward holding all the corporations on the internet and AI accountable.

Devaluation:

There are rumors that US central banks are buying up gold involving a scheme to “re-evaluate” the price of gold and eventually back the US dollar with it, all in an attempt to prevent the dollar from devaluation and losing its global currency status. In January, there was a sell-off in stocks, along with gold and silver, upon Trump’s announcement of a new Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh. This will not indicate a trend. The financial “cartel” will likely initiate a sell-off in silver to bring the price down, and then buy it back. As I have reported above, gold and silver have initiated a substantial “comeback”.

A possible way to personally protect yourself from these economic uncertainties is to hold gold and silver. The hidden “shorts” by the big banks in the precious metals are being unwound, and the money is being renegotiated through these targeted sell-offs. At this time, there is a significant capital gains penalty on the sale of silver (gold too), which has been declared a necessary metal. The solution is to invest in silver mining stocks. New capital investments in the metals will reveal themselves. As stated above, gold may be positioned to back the dollar again in the future. Jupiter (expansion) goes into Leo on June 31^st for over a year; Leo is a sign traditionally associated with gold.

UFOs:

Trump has announced he is releasing all the government’s previously hidden UFO Files. I am in favor of this decision, but I have my doubts that all this information will be released without significant “redacting”. President Jimmy Carter witnessed a UFO. President Reagan, back in the 1980s, was convinced we were being visited by aliens, since he witnessed a UFO. President Obama, when interviewed, said he suspects alien UFOs may be real. In recent years, Congress has heard multiple testimonies from credible people and has admitted that there is no current scientific explanation for many pictures of UFOs. If, indeed, aliens have been present here on Earth, the question arises: “Can we handle this?”

New Frameworks:

The Feb. 14^th conjunction of Saturn and Neptune at 00 degrees Aries marked a NEW AGE in humankind’s history. The transit of Uranus into Gemini, beginning April 26 and walking into a trine with Pluto in Aquarius and a sextile with Neptune in Aries in July, ushers in new ideas, technologies, breakthrough inventions, new economies, and even the emergence of new global leadership. Whatever world we have lived in up to this time will be dissolving as new frameworks of consciousness present themselves on the world stage.

Science & Technology:

Recently, in the “Tokamak Times,” it was announced that “Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CCFS) delivers its first fusion magnet, a stronger, smaller design.” It goes on to state: “Key innovations unlocked our new pathway to a smaller, more economical fusion power plant. It will become part of SPARC, the machine we are building to demonstrate the core technology of a fusion power plant.”

Since the world is running out of fuel to power the astronomical amounts of fossil fuel it will need to run both AI and cryptocurrency systems, there is a rush to reopen old nuclear fission plants and dig further for more oil, coal, and gas, continuing to pollute the environment. Whatever is going on here is short and temporary at best. Within about 10 years, we will run out of fossil fuels to run these giant energy grids. The Holy Grail of energy is nuclear fusion, and by this coming July, when Jupiter enters Leo, the world will start to wake up to its importance.

Science News recently reported: “Scientists at Stanford Medicine have discovered a treatment that can reverse cartilage loss in aging joints and even prevent arthritis after knee injuries. By blocking a protein linked to aging, the therapy restored healthy shock-absorbing cartilage in old mice and injured joints, dramatically improving movement and joint function. Human cartilage samples from knee replacement surgeries also began regenerating when exposed to the treatment.”

It has been announced that the Nobel Prize was awarded to three scientists who discovered how to prevent the immune system from attacking the body. Autoimmune diseases like Lupus, Hashimoto’s Disease, MS, Psoriatic Arthritis, etc., are a scourge on human health. This breakthrough in medicine accompanies recent research into how to prevent healthy, normal cells from becoming cancerous.

Final Thoughts:

“The life of man is never quite completed;
The daring and the chatter will go on;
But, as an artist feels his power gone,
These walk the earth and know themselves defeated.
Some could not bear nor break the young and
mourn for
The wounded myths that once made nations
good,
Some lost a world they never understood,
Some saw too clearly all that man was born for.”

From “In Time of War”, by W. H. Auden

There are new requirements for human life on earth; loudly proclaimed from the stars and felt deeply here on the earth. The upheavals in nature and those massive changes initiated by human power and innovation are shocking us out of our collective coma into a light that could initially blind us. What do we do with this? What do we do about this? Are the richest and most powerful of us simply too consumed by greed and self-absorption? Are the rest of us simply too tired, too broken, too unprepared to come face to face with this terrifying dilemma – extinction or evolution?

The greatest hope for the future lies within the frameworks of the questions themselves. The yearning for decency, love for our neighbors, equality of opportunity, respect for life on earth – are emerging out of the soils of our distant past into the light of Spring. The Vernal Equinox faithfully arrives, as it does every year, to remind us that we have a chance, once again, to reinvent ourselves. As the poet says, above, “Some lost a world they never understood, Some saw too clearly all that man was born for.”

Blessings and grand wishes for all,

Linda

Important Points of Reference for Astrologers:

Lunar Eclipse at 12 degrees Virgo March 3 sextile Jupiter; New Moon at 28 degrees Pisces March 19 sextile Uranus; Full Moon at 12 degrees Libra April 2; New Moon April l7 at 27 degrees Aries; Venus in Pisces is sextile Uranus March 4, goes into Aries March 5 and is conjunct Neptune March 7 and is conjunct Saturn March 8 and is sextile Pluto March 9, goes into Taurus March 30, is square Pluto April 3, is sextile Jupiter April 12, and is conjunct Uranus at a critical 29 degrees April 23, going into Gemini April 24 , is sextile Neptune April 26 and trine Pluto April 28; Mars goes into Pisces March 3, transits the North Node March 13, is trine Jupiter March 21, is sextile Uranus April 8, goes into Aries April 10is conjunct Neptune April 12, is conjunct Saturn April 19. Uranus goes into Gemini April 26 (and will sextile Jupiter and Neptune and will trine Pluto in July 2026).

Sabian Degree description: “A butterfly emerges from the husk of a chrysalis into a beautiful new world. It begins to flit from one flower to the next.” from “The Zodiac by Degrees” by Martin Goldsmith

The Cold and Challenging Journey from Capricorn to Aquarius

The bundling of planets from Capricorn into Aquarius (Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars) transiting together through these signs in January and February is a demonstration of humankind’s often harsh struggle; first to simply survive the storms and conflicts, and secondly to work together to invent technologies and forge alliances and friendships that solve the problems that are impossible to detect and correct by an individual alone.

We experienced Pluto’s transit in Capricorn from 2008 – 2024, taking Pluto’s deadly dance of death through society’s established political leadership; the “disestablishment of the establishment” that I have frequently referred to in my books and newsletters. Capricorn often seeks a “father archetype”; presents itself as “the government”, “the corporate and banking system that controls an economy, “respected” leaders in politics and industry within the highly valued system of “trust and verify”.

Pluto, the King of Conspiracy, spoke to people in the US and around the world, asserting that all authorities were flawed. He warned the public-at-large to “trust nobody”. His presence in our skies coincided with an extreme polarization of bad will between races, sexes, political parties, and religions. This has led to a loss of faith in Democracy, which cannot exist without well-informed critical thinking, a willingness to compromise, proven historical institutions, and a collective respect for all views. Unfortunately, this month’s planetary concentrations in Capricorn point to a possible flu epidemic.

The great irony in all this tension and anger has been the willingness to return to authoritarian leaders whom many believe will care for them like a “benevolent parent,” relieving them of the responsibility to ferret out the truth. These collective decisions have led to a reemergence of dictatorships here in the US and around the world — who spew lies and propaganda over the media, demonize immigrants, suck up a nation’s wealth, and freely use the military to stop protests and further their own personal interests.

The internet and its presence on cell phones, and then the advent of AI on all devices everywhere, is framing itself as a parent-like “authority. This would remind us of numerous science fiction novels involving people who “consult” it not only for information but for “therapy”, or simply companionship as an antidote to the loneliness often created by solitary individuals, living and working from home alone. I can’t help but remember the computer, “Hal”, who controlled the space capsule on “2001: A Space Odyssey”, the famous novel by Arthur C. Clark, made into an iconic movie in the 1970s.

The frenzy over open AI will likely hit a wall of harsh realities in 2026. The investment (on borrowed money) of over $1 Trillion is only estimated to bring in an estimated $1 Billion a year. This is not a perfect tool as it is filled with errors and misstatements. We must remember that AI has been created by humans. Thus, a “bubble” breaks, along with the stocks invested in this area. In addition, our chief competitor in the world, China, is ahead of the US in the development and evolution of AI.

A Flawed Economic System:

The long established American “worship” of unregulated capitalism has resulted in what some call a “Plutocracy” in which giant corporate monopolies who fight with each other for control, escape taxation, dodge responsibility for product flaws, create national monopolies, and, since the Citizens United Decision from the Supreme Court in 2010, can pour limitless amounts of money into political campaigns. This does not resemble any model of healthy entrepreneurial capitalism, which would encourage innovation and healthy competition. It is also seriously damaging public systems, including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and public education.

Over the past several years, Sinclair Media has become a media monopoly by acquiring local newspapers, radio stations, and television stations across the country. The recent battle between Netflix and Paramount to buy Warner Bros. – Discovery is an example of this trend that could potentially control and interpret all the “news media”, eliminate access to free speech, and even possibly “dumb down” the nation’s collective mind even further as young people’s eyeballs continue to be plastered to their cell phones. We are facing the fact that, at this moment in time, 80 – 90 percent of this nation’s wealth is concentrated in the accounts of 1100 American families! Meanwhile, the public at large can no longer afford health insurance, housing, adequate education, or infrastructure repairs nationwide.

A Reality Check:

Since the end of World War II, the USA has been the world’s greatest economic and military power. Our GDP is, by far, the largest in the world. It has also become an intellectual center of scientific research, development of innovation, and has attracted the finest academic minds from other nations to gather here and work in our universities to expand knowledge that will benefit humanity-at-large. It has come at a cost.

Too many Americans feel “left out” of all this to the point they feel “invaded” by foreigners, whom they blame for their reduced financial situations. This same segment of the population is reeling from “culture shock” as different races, ethnic groups, religions, and sexual orientations emerge as major forces in their lives. Thus, there is an emergence of extreme “right-wing” political forces that will go to great lengths to reverse all of this.

Instead of correcting these imbalances, President Trump has obliterated and defunded all the institutions that made us a great nation, and is blaming immigrants, playing to blame “the other” than white “Christians” he thinks are the “real” Americans. In addition, he has imposed tariffs that, historically, have never worked and only served to make our economy worse. However, corporations that donated to Trump’s campaigns and events were systematically “exempted” from the tariffs. The nations on which the US imposes tariffs impose tariffs on the US, ultimately ballooning prices for the consumer, and everyone loses.

Returning to Fascist tactics, Trump has recently announced a beefing up of our military and nuclear complex, encouraging other nations like South Korea and Saudi Arabia to do the same. For decades, all administrations have been working toward global disarmament of nuclear weapons, realizing the human potential for the dreaded “mutual self-destruction.” All this is playing out as Trump refuses to support Ukraine and caters to Russia in a terrible war that Russia started. Instead of supporting the NATO Alliance in this war, he launches military strikes at Venezuela and Nigeria, violating international norms, and threatens to take over Greenland.

Meanwhile, China is forging ahead as an economic powerhouse.

Possible Solutions:

Fair taxation of the rich could help create social support systems for relevant and targeted training and education, housing, and health care, to give Americans more access to benefit from an economy that is currently often out of their reach. In December of 2025, former Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney, wrote an editorial published by the New York Times entitled “Tax the Rich, Like Me.” Trump’s economic policies are all about firing personnel and defunding the greatest centers for medical and scientific study in the world, claiming “waste and fraud. His “reverse Robin Hood” techniques would rob the poor to finance the rich. His anti-intellectual policies could collapse US scientific and medical research organizations that have led the world for decades. Fair trade with other nations throughout the world needs to be brought back. These destructive policies need to be reversed and our greatest institutions restored.

Around the World:

Multiple climate catastrophes, civil wars resulting in starvation like the one in Sudan, border wars in developing nations, and ongoing crises in the Middle East that produce terror groups like ISIS and Hamas have increased migrations throughout the world. Amplifying all this are the horrific wars in Palestine and Ukraine. The US had developed what is called “soft power” through charitable organizations such as USAID, which the Trump administration recently “defunded. Trump’s focus on Venezuela, threatening a war over “drug trafficking,” has now attracted our old enemy, Iran, to support them and may lead to a larger war. Trump’s attempt to “settle” the Ukraine/Russia War by “capitulating” to Putin will not work as NATO nations and the EU are stepping up their economic and military support for Ukraine. Putin will never forge any compromise.

What Now?

Pluto is transiting Aquarius over a considerable arc of time that will extend to March 2043. Uranus is transiting Gemini, and Neptune and Saturn are transiting Aries. Historically, Pluto has transited the end degrees of Capricorn and into Aquarius at the time of the American Revolution — which was a war fought for Democracy — self-governance rather than a people controlled by a monarchy; a president, legislature, and judicial system with a “balance of powers” so that no one entity could control a nation. It ushered in an age of inventors, statesmen, and grand experimental ideas such as “We the People.” Unfortunately, these transits also coincided with great wars before these victories were won. In this era of nuclear weapons, we cannot tolerate a “great war” that would possibly result in the extinction of mankind.

A Wake-up Call:

Guess what! Here we are, finally waking up one morning to see that a dictator took office in the US with an astrological chart that bears a startling resemblance to “Mad King George”, who was the king during the American Revolution. It is de-ja-vu all over again. The Eclipse in February at 28 degrees Aquarius, conjunct the US Natal Moon signals a crisis in the continuity of the presidency, suggesting Pres. Trump will suffer a series of losses, making it difficult for him to remain in power.

The Tide is Turning:

These two winter months in 2026 will enhance and frame our crises, conflicts, and awakenings that swirled around us in 2025. With skyrocketing inflation, huge price increases in healthcare that benefit predatory billionaires, jobs lost to Artificial Intelligence, and the three parts of government, that were meant to “check and balance one another” rolled into one, — people are starting to feel the pain and “come out of their coma”.

The US is now having to face the harsh realities that became fact when we turned ourselves over to somebody who not only did not “save” us, but who is a fraud, convicted of fraud, and who has used his power in the government to line his own pockets (his deal with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and his cooperation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin)). He rewards those loyal only to him (the others he indicts in the courts). This president has seen Congress and the Supreme Court do nothing essentially as he violates the law, usurps their power (tariffs), and uses ICE to arrest, detain, and deport immigrants indiscriminately all over the nation. The Epstein scandal revelations continue to unfold in Congress. More and more Republicans are either leaving office or disassociating themselves from the President. The Supreme Court has recently signaled they may no longer support the president’s agenda at all costs.

The February transits in Aquarius present a wake-up call. The Eclipse Degree of 28 degrees Aquarius is conjunct the Natal Moon of the US and is on the Descendant of Donald Trump, suggesting his partnerships and coalitions may be breaking up or coming to an end. It suggests “We the People” are ready to emerge out of a chrysalis and implement the famous “butterfly effect” where all of us, rich or poor, young or old, man or woman, can change the course of history!

The Economy:

Treasury data from last year shows the US government spent $970 Billion on NET INTEREST in fiscal 2025, more than the $917 Billion spent on national defense! Healthcare costs are skyrocketing beyond anything we have ever seen before, as many of us discovered in Dec. 2025 when we had to negotiate which plans to adopt – especially those attached to both the Affordable Care Act and Medicare. January will see increased unemployment, corporate restructuring with layoffs connected to AI, fights in Congress concerning taxes (the unfair distribution of taxation of the middle class and little or nothing connected to the very rich). Financial markets may come down. People will believe that the data points to recession and to possibly what is now being called the “AI Crash”. At this time, however, I do not see a serious recession.

The housing market continues to be uncertain, since Uranus is still in Taurus (real estate) until the end of April. This is not just about interest rates. Young people with decent jobs do not make enough money to afford to buy property. They are often shouldering college loan debt, credit card debt, and health insurance costs, etc., that all eat away at their finances. There has also been a movement of millions of people through their retirement funds into the stock market, similar to the trends in the1920s. Financial journalist, Andrew Ross Sorkin, points this out in his recent blockbuster book “1929” — that historically, in the 1920s, thousands of middle-class people put all their money and savings into the stock market without knowing what they were doing, done within a background of missing safety nets.

The new “Gold Rush” has already begun as a hedge against the out-of-control inflation spiral, as the nation will no longer be able to service its debt. Both gold and silver may see all-time highs this year. These January Capricorn transits will go over the US Pluto in Capricorn, raising even more conflicts over who and what controls the US economy, and would be revealing what would be most accurately described as resembling the “Gilded Age” of the early 20^th Century.

From the end of January to the end of February, planets will go through Aquarius, joining the present transit of Pluto in this sign and recalling the adage spoken by Patrick Henry – “Give me liberty or give me death.” Aquarius is a sign of innovation, technology, and wide communication networks. Artificial Intelligence will be at the top of the agenda. There will be major moves in Bitcoin and other Coin-based currencies. We are witnessing an age of “Online Everything.” On Feb. 14th (Valentine’s Day), Saturn and Neptune will be conjunct at 00 degrees Aries, which astrologers refer to as the “World Point”, elevating the presence of these trends.

By April 26, 2026, Uranus will go back into Gemini, harmonizing with Pluto in Aquarius and Neptune in Aries. This is truly the “Dawn of the New Age” we have all been waiting for!

Mercury Retrograde:

The Mercury transit into Pisces this month, which will retrograde at the end of February and go direct in the middle of March, will have us all “swimming” in doubt and confusion. Part of this uncertainty will be caused by crazy storms and accompanying weather conditions across our nation until the end of April. All this does not inspire confidence in stable financial markets, any more than it does in stable weather conditions.

Weather and Natural Events:

Last year, Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii erupted 37 times, Alaska endured a major earthquake, and Japan endured another major earthquake and tsunami. Feb. 3, Uranus goes direct and is square Mercury Feb. 5 and is square Venus Feb. 7, both “earth-shaking” events. Since Aquarius rules over aviation, I would not be traveling by air in this period. Mars hits this square on Feb. 27, just as Mercury goes retrograde on Feb. 25., another time to stay safe and remain home. Saturn and Neptune reach critical degrees in Pisces (storms and earth instabilities) before they conjunct on Feb. 14^th in the new sign of Aries.

Science & Technology:

A major breakthrough in nuclear fusion has occurred in France’s ITER nuclear reactor that has been constructed over decades and had run into a multiple of problems.. It has maintained 90 million degrees of plasma for a record-breaking 22 minutes and 17 seconds. This information was posted in Advanced Science News, 2025. This surpasses what was recently accomplished in China. Fusion is on its way to eventually solve our energy crisis and end human-induced global warming.

Recently, an article in “Interesting Engineering” reported – “Researchers at MIT have discovered “the most direct evidence to date of unconventional superconductivity, in “magic-angel” twisted trilayer graphene (IMATTG).” “This finding is a crucial step in the global search for room-temperature superconductors, often referred to as ‘The Holy Grail of Physics.”

Recently, in December, the CBS show”60 Minutes” did a piece on a mother faced with her sick infant’s genetic disease that would destroy her spinal cord. Recent genetic engineering has formed a “cure” for this disease with a caveat: it costs $1.4 million. Some programs donated the money, and the child‘s life was saved, but the point of the story is that there is no way most people can afford to make use of these medical interventions. CRISPR technology, which has ushered in genetic “cures” for diseases, is a breakthrough in medicine, but it is too costly for most people to access.

Looking to the future:

I believe the year 2026 will mark a turning point in human civilization, marked by technological breakthroughs across AI, spaceflight, and medical cures for cancer, autoimmune diseases, infections, and even mental diseases and abnormalities. The “theory of entanglement” has already transformed our notions of time, space, and a quantum reality that resembles nothing we have encountered in history. Recent observations among quantum theorists would suggest that time, as we know it, does not exist.

On April 26, 2026, all the powerful slow-moving planets: Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and even Saturn will be in new signs, making supportive angular relationships (aspects) with each other. With both Neptune and Saturn going into Aries (the God of War), the looming question will be whether or not we engage in another world war. June 30^th, Jupiter goes into Leo (which I will discuss in future newsletters), making aspects to all these planets. This could be the “Time we have been Awaiting” for centuries:

However, it is not enough for us to march into the Space Age without the components of human compassion, emotional maturity, intellectual curiosity, and spiritual development. This would be analogous to giving a fire bomb to a toddler. As legend has informed us, when Prometheus brought fire to the human race, the Gods were horrified, saying humans “could not handle this” and punished Prometheus for the act. Were the gods right?

Final Thoughts:

I foresee enough people speaking out with intelligence and compassion; younger persons running for positions in the political sphere, and demonstrating in our great cities, who would create a wave of consciousness change that will speak to us once again, reclaiming our democracy – a nation by and for the people. We will have to recognize and end our reliance on the “Reptilian” part of our brains, because such humans will simply go extinct.

Because I can’t see any other alternative, I prefer to think humanity will likely discover and begin our ascension to a higher level of intelligence that would recognize and access multiple levels of the conscious universe we currently inhabit. The bridge to this new way of living will be formed by the gathering of all the different individual pulses into one beating heart, encompassing the whole earth and inspired by the constellations above. Stay tuned!

Happy New Year!

Linda

Important Points of Reference for Astrologers:

Full Moon at 13 degrees Cancer, opposition Venus and Mars on Jan. 3, Mercury in Sagittarius square Neptune Jan. 1, opposition Jupiter Jan. 14, conjunct Mars Jan. 17, is conjunct the Moon, is trine Uranus and is sextile Saturn on Jan. 18, is sextile Neptune on Jan. 19, goes into Aquarius Jan. 20 and is conjunct Pluto Jan. 21; Mars in Capricorn is conjunct Mercury Jan. 18, is trine Uranus and sextile Saturn Jan. 19 and is sextile Neptune Jan. 20, goes into Aquarius Jan. 23. and is conjunct Pluto Jan. 27, and will square Uranus (conjunct the Solar Eclipse) Feb. 27; Full Moon at 12 degrees Leo Feb., 1, New Moon Solar eclipse Feb. 17 at 28 degrees Aquarius (conjunct the US Moon); Mercury at 28 degrees Aquarius is square Uranus Feb. 5, Mercury goes into Pisces Feb. 7 and goes retrograde Feb. 25^th (going direct March 20); Venus in Aquarius will square Uranus Feb. 7, will go into Pisces Feb. 9, and will trine Jupiter Feb. 22; Saturn goes into 00 Aries conjunct Neptune Feb. 14.