Planet Watch 2025: Part I - Outer Planets Changing Signs in 2025 and Beyond
It's a Lot of Change!
Don't miss the handy reference guide for 2025 below.
It explains the meaning of outer-planet sign changes along with their corresponding dates in 2025.
Be sure to also review Part II, now available with major outer-planet alignments. 👀
All dates listed are based on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, +0) and may vary up to 1 day for your specific time zone.
PLUTO - Truth, Power, and Transformation
Pluto is in Aquarius all of 2025. It entered Aquarius in 2023-24, and will leave Aquarius in 2043-44.
Pluto in Aquarius is a time of confronting profound truths by inviting in higher levels of consciousness. Ideas, ideals, and visions that no longer serve the greatest good will surface to be released, while higher possibilities, inventions, and innovations are in the process of being born.
Themes of humanity and what is best for all people will be at the forefront of thinking. Building, fortifying, and addressing the deeper needs of communities will be a topic of thought and discussion that can serve to regenerate old ideas, such as freedom, democracy, equality, and other ideals, making way for modern interpretations.
Themes of technology (Aquarius) and its potential will also be central. Pluto reveals the dark side of technology and invites transformation in society. Individual and collective approaches that utilize technology and acknowledge its impact on human societies are necessary. Conscious choices to avoid the pitfalls of detachment and dissociation are also important. AI is a powerful tool, and communities must decide how to use it ethically, as a tool to help human beings rather than as a means to gain power or diminish humanity's creative potential.
Aquarius has to do with freedom, equality, and authenticity. Power (Pluto) to the people (Aquarius) is a central theme, bringing forth and strengthening communities, grassroots movements, and political organizing. Ordinary people must grapple with themes of power: who holds power, how to reclaim it, and how to utilize it for the benefit of society at large.
Learn More
Pluto in Aquarius - The Significance of the Next 20 Years: https://youtu.be/R4RrbFFonAE
Three Easy Ways to Make Pluto in Aquarius Work for You: https://youtu.be/43MRIoDlLaU
What to do When Both Pluto & Neptune Return to Era of Revolutionary and Civil Wars https://youtu.be/sRFavtqbiVk
NEPTUNE - Spirituality, Dreams, and Imagination
--begins 2025 in Pisces, where it has been since 2011-12
--enters Aries for the first time since 1875 on March 30, 2025
--stations retrograde on July 5, 2025 at 2 degrees Aries
--re-enters on Pisces October 22, 2025
--stations direct on December 11, 2025 at 29 degrees Pisces
--re-enters Aries in January, 2026
During Neptune's time in Pisces, clarity of direction, truth, and belief have all been eroded. The replacement of facts with alternative facts, the centering of gaslighting, lies, and propaganda, and the confusion over where to find reliable information are all hallmarks of a Neptunian lighthouse lost in a Piscean fog.
The truth may be obscured; however, humanity has had to look to a bigger picture for answers. Remembering and reimagining truths, principles, and guiding lights from the past while seeking a broader perspective on wisdom and guidance helps us to let go of what is no longer necessary while dreaming new possibilities for the future.
Neptune's entry into Aries from March 30 through October 22, 2025 brings a solid step into the new beginnings and new directions that are possible with Neptune in Aries. Neptune will spend a few more months completing the Piscean work of letting go before entering Aries in January 2026, where it will remain until 2038.
Neptune in the warrior and action-oriented sign of Aries brings an invitation to take a stand, and fight if necessary, for a bigger picture of meaning. Neptune in Aries has more clarity and decisiveness than we have been accustomed to with the boundlessness of Neptune in Pisces.
Learn More
Neptune Enters Aries - Navigating a Changing World: https://youtu.be/24qD9LkIV9I
Neptune Begins a New 164-Year Cycle: https://youtu.be/NNPzMZ9ypm0
What to do When Both Pluto & Neptune Return to Era of Revolutionary and Civil Wars https://youtu.be/sRFavtqbiVk
URANUS - Authenticity, Freedom, and Higher Consciousness
--begins 2025 in Taurus where it has been since 2018-19
--stations direct on January 31, 2025 at 23 degrees Taurus
--enters Gemini July 7, 2025
--stations retrograde on September 7, 2025 at 1 degree Gemini
--re-enters Taurus on November 8, 2025
--stations direct in February, 2026
--re-enters Gemini in April, 2026
The sign placement of Uranus helps us understand the nature of change, especially when it comes to unexpected developments. The sign Uranus is in reveals something about where and how we will experience rapid change. With Uranus (the planet of shakeup) in Taurus (the sign of predictability and routine), we've experienced disruption of our comforts and sense of normalcy.
Uranus in Taurus brings the energy of sudden change related to our senses and what we depend on. One of the distinguishing features of the COVID-19 pandemic, which occurred during Uranus' time in Taurus, was a loss of taste and smell. This disruption to how we receive information through our senses can be disturbing and outside our normal experience.
Additionally, during the pandemic, we encountered the need for social distancing, which led to increased growth in video conferencing, remote working, and other technological solutions to facilitate our routines. Adapting to a "new normal" followed in the wake of unexpected shakeups to the very nature of daily reality.
Uranus entering Gemini brings the energy of shakeup and change into the realms of thinking and communication. The electrical, lightning-speed energy of Uranus in the thinking and problem-solving realm of Gemini could interrupt communications and technology. It could also bring the potential for rapid change in thinking and ideas. It will be essential to stay grounded in the face of sudden changes and unexpected developments in information and communication.
Learn More
Desires Manifest Faster with Rare Outer-Planet Shift: https://youtu.be/iHDefBjdVdY
SATURN - Boundaries, Rules, and Structures
--begins 2025 in Pisces
--enters Aries on May 25, 2025
--stations retrograde July 14, 2025 at 1 degree Aries
--re-enters Pisces September 1, 2025
--stations direct on November 29, 2025 at 25 degrees Pisces
--re-enters Aries in February, 2026
Saturn is the planet of rules, structures, and institutions. It speaks to how we organize and the systems that form the backbone of daily life. It spends about 2 1/2 years in a sign, and includes themes like government, laws, and traditions.
Saturn in Pisces can bring a sense of loss as we confront our limitations and reach a point of completion or breakdown in established systems and structures. Pisces helps us release and let go, allowing what has governed our lives to dissolve as we connect with what is truly important and imagine new stories for our future.
In addition to providing boundaries and limits, Saturn also gives structure to things. It can help ideas take shape or transform feelings into tangible outcomes. It can be a container for the intangible or the form in which something more transcendent becomes real.
Aries is the energy of beginnings. In Aries, something new can start to take shape. The action-oriented, risk-taking, warrior sign of Aries provides the clarity of conviction, decisiveness, and purpose to find one's backbone and take a stand. Aries brings a need to emerge, to bring the Piscean dream into being.
Learn More
Saturn Enters Aries Bringing New Beginnings: https://youtu.be/ob-cT6QAS1A
JUPITER - Expansion, Faith, and Beliefs
--begins 2025 in Gemini
--stations direct on February 5, 2025 at 11 degrees Gemini
--enters Cancer on June 9, 2025
--stations retrograde on Nov 12, 2025 at 25 degrees Cancer
Jupiter spends about a year in each zodiac sign, and went into Gemini during 2024. Jupiter brings the energy of expansion, abundance, faith, and optimism. It is also about beliefs and understanding.
Jupiter in Gemini brings expansion to themes of thinking, ideas, problem-solving, and communication. Gemini is the sign of curiosity. Jupiter in this air sign tends to expand ideas and communication in multiple directions, inviting one to question current beliefs or paradigms.
Jupiter enters Cancer on June 9, shifting our broader perspective toward themes of nurturing, caring, and meeting needs. Jupiter in Cancer offers a deeper examination of beliefs, theories, and the foundations of scientific understanding related to feelings, healthcare, and the needs of individuals within a community or society.
Jupiter can serve as a reminder of where we underestimate our true capabilities, and in the sign of Cancer, that includes our capacity for caring in more expansive ways. Our beliefs may need to expand or shift regarding the best ways to care for one another and our individual and collective needs.
Learn More
Mercury + Jupiter Enter Cancer Before the Sagittarius Full Moon: https://youtu.be/tUwOp_j6jtM
