Easter wind down. Now if only I had a van " to go"/ Avoiding crumbs and champers.

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Mars returns to Leo, the sign where it began its retrograde way back on December 6. It's a revisit of themes from January as well as November 2024. After a long reevaluation of our wants and needs, power and desires, we're stepping into new inspirations.

As I've been saying in my weekly video, 2025 can roughly be divided into three parts. The first runs from the beginning of the year to the end of May. The second follows June through August. The final chapter starts at the end of August and takes us into 2026.

Mars is the dominant energy in this first part of the year. Between Mars Retrograde and Direct and the Aries solar eclipse, Mars sets the rhythm and focuses the energy over a six month period. But it's really Mars's opposition to Pluto that is the defining aspect of this first half.

Mars opposite Pluto is one of the more intense aspects to navigate in astrology. And while I don't believe that there are "good" or "bad" aspects in astrology, we still have to see Pluto for what it is — a non-negotiable demand for change.

Pluto holds a mirror to us and our Mars. It makes us look at our relationship with power and control. It reveals what has been hidden, rejected. It shows our true motivations, even if the realization is uncomfortable. It helps us to refind our courage. It clears the emotional and psychic landscape with a volcanic intensity. Herein lies the alchemy of change.

In its highest expression, Pluto helps us to find the consciousness, turning shadows into light, lead into gold.

Next week's final opposition between Mars and Pluto on April 26 shouldn't be underestimated. And yet we have already been navigating its energy since last November. Something has shifted within. Now we will need to live it externally.

Pluto in Aquarius: Sign by Sign

Regardless, it’s the start of a new era, one that will pick up on notes as well as lessons from Saturn’s time in Aquarius from 2020-2023. Pluto will make its final entry into Aquarius on November 19, 2024, remaining until 2044.

Read Pluto in Aquarius: Transforming Humanity for a deeper dive into this new era.

Aquarius or Aquarius Rising — Major new beginnings, restructure, rebirth, power, individuation. It’s hard to underestimate Pluto’s power in your sign over the coming years. Its arrival in Aquarius marks a major change of seasons, one that may have been foreshadowed by Saturn’s time in Aquarius from 2020-2023. This is the start of a transformative new chapter, one that will unfold differently for every Aquarius. It all depends on your relationship with power and control. For some, Pluto’s revealing where you can no longer resist necessary changes and reformations. For others, it’s a time to step into Pluto’s energy, which can transform your life and how you take the lead and connect with others. Either way, the person you will become over the coming years will be unlike anything you are now.

Mars in Leo: Sign by Sign

Mars will be in Leo from November 3, 2024 to January 6, 2025 and April 18 to June 17, 2025.

Aquarius or Aquarius Rising — Relationships, other people. Mars moving into your relationship sign of Leo will put the heat on your one-on-one connections in life. You may feel motivated to connect with a partner or meet someone new or you may find yourself having to go on the defensive with someone you know. Mars will inspired action and change.