The Astrology of 2026 | True North Calling

We made it through 2025…!

If you felt like you crawled over the finish line, if you’re still brushing ash off your shoulders, if your body is only now realizing it can exhale again, I want to start there. Not because we’re going to stay in the rubble, but because honoring what happened is part of how we don’t drag it into what’s next.

And now we’re here. Early 2026. Clearing the slate for a brand new year.

This is a year for the books.

2025 was the meltdown. 2026 is the beginning of the build.

Last year was the ending of a cycle. The meltdown. We felt the grief, the struggle, the confusion. That fog that rolled in. The distortions. The “what is even happening?” feeling that sometimes felt more like a bad dream than reality.

A big part of that was the acceleration of information as Pluto moved into Aquarius for its first year. It was like the volume knob got turned up on everything at once: headlines, data, opinions, noise, revelation, overwhelm. Even when nothing “new” was happening, your system still had to process the constant stream of more.

So if you felt disoriented in 2025, I want you to know: that makes sense.

Because 2026 isn’t just “another year.” It’s the next step of the story.

The 2020s are a reorientation

Astrologers have talked about the 2020s for a long time as a full reorientation, a decade of change that unfolds in chapters. There’s an image my teachers shared back in the 2010s, and I'm starting to really get it. 

They said that this decade is akin to when humans shifted from believing everything revolved around Earth… to realizing we revolve around the Sun.

That’s not a small adjustment. That’s a paradigm shift.

And that’s the kind of shift we’re living through now. We feel it in our bones even when we can’t quite articulate why. We feel it in our personal lives and we see it playing out in the world. This shift isn’t missing anyone. There's a gap in the storyline.

2020 was the big ignition. And 2026, astrologically, is the next step in the story. It’s a turning point where the new paradigm doesn’t just get discussed, it starts to take shape. The dissolving of last year cleared space.

Now we build the infrastructure.

Why 2026 is a doorway

In astrology, some planets change all the time. That’s normal.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, the Sun, the Moon… those personal planets move quickly. Jupiter changes about once a year. We expect those shifts the way we expect weather to change.

But when we start talking about Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Chiron, and the Lunar Nodes, we’re in longer cycles. These are the ones that re-pattern the collective story and reshape our inner architecture.

And here’s the thing about 2026:

Pluto stays in Aquarius (a 20-year cycle), but everything else in that slow-moving category of collective transformation shifts this year, and it’s rare to see that many collective markers changing signs in such a concentrated window. Uranus. Neptune. Saturn. Chiron. The Nodes. and Jupiter all move within months of each other into Fire and Air signs.

So yes… even though I’m not a predictive astrologer, I know there’s a ton of change on the horizon that is going to ask you to speed up.

And for our nervous systems, for our bodies, for our minds, for our emotions, that means whatever your usual relationship to change is… it’s going to rise to the surface.

Even desirable change takes capacity. Receiving our dreams is hard, too. We don’t talk enough about that...

The story arc of the year (with dates you can hold onto)

One of the simplest ways to work with astrology is to treat it like a seasonal storyline. Not a script, not fate, but a rhythm you can prepare your body for.

January holds an inward, supple quality. Wintering well. Slowing down. Letting your system catch up to itself and release the final dross and debris of your old storyline.

Then, as we move into the last week of January and into February, the pace starts to pick up. Over the months that follow, we move from the heavier, slower feeling of water and earth into more air and fire. The speed increases. The intensity increases. The outer world asks more of us.

Here are a few of the major moments to build out your year:

February 20, 2026: Saturn and Neptune conjoin at 0° Aries (the Aries Point).
This is a new cycle beginning at the very first degree of the zodiac. The Fool card in the tarot embodies the energy of beginner's mind that we will need to dream again. 

April 25, 2026: Uranus enters Gemini.
This is where the narrative accelerates shocking your logical mind to rethink what you thought you knew. A flexible nervous system becomes key. 

June 30, 2026: Jupiter enters Leo.
As we lead with the heart, new landscapes reveal themselves. And in those places, we remember that creativity, play, and joy are not optional, they are essential to discovering the next step of the path.

June 19, 2026: Chiron enters Taurus (briefly, through mid-September).
The healing story illuminates the wounds of survival. Where we do not yet feel like we are enough, why we can't buy enough to feel secure, and our addictions to comfort.

July 26, 2026: The North Node moves into Aquarius and the South Node into Leo.
A collective reorientation away from old ego-patterns and toward community, collaboration, and future-minded contribution that cares for the whole.  

If you take nothing else from these dates, take this: the year doesn’t ask you to sprint out of the gate. It asks you to root first. And then, once the speed arrives, to have something inside you that can hold it.

So the question becomes: how do we meet this year without burning out, collapsing, or losing ourselves in the noise?

What astrology is actually for (the way I use it)

For me, astrology is a mirror and a map.

It’s a contemplative mirror because it lets us check ourselves and see our experience through multiple lenses. The wounded parts of us. The ego and it's limitations. The soul-level self that holds the bigger picture. When we give ourselves room to look through each layer, the story gets more fractal, more honest, more beautiful.

And astrology is a map of cycles, observation and correlation. It shows us the developmental flows of progression and change so we can prepare properly for them.

That way, when a wave arrives, we have the skills to use it for the gift it is, instead of getting blindsided and dragged down by the undertow. We can mitigate unnecessary suffering that comes from shock, disorientation, or being caught off guard.

That’s the point: to move with a little more wisdom. Where we choose our next move instead of our trauma hijacking the scene.

Capricorn season, Saturn, and the winter reframe

Right now we’re in Capricorn season, ruled by Saturn. Saturn is a big player this year, and winter is Saturn’s home terrain: the turning inward, the quiet inventory, the long-view reflection.

This is the season that naturally asks:

What did I create this past year?
How did I act inside my experiences?
When did I show up in my integrity?
Where was I responsible?
Where did I not meet my own standards?

These themes can feel heavy, especially in a culture that frames time as currency, something scarce and slipping through our fingers. Within that worldview, our choices are quietly evaluated by a single metric: did this make us more money, more productive, more efficient? That lens hardens time into a tool of pressure and control. The inward season then starts to feel like a performance review, where we sit across from ourselves, tallying our worth, judging every move through the unforgiving language of productivity, policy, and punishment.

And of course we want to avoid that.

So here’s the reframe I want to offer:

Time and structure aren’t meant to condemn you, limit you, or oppress you. They’re meant to support you. To facilitate your desire into form through a process. 

What if time is not a judge?
What if time is the container that helps your dream become real?
Saturn is the riverbed that facilitates the dream of the river reaching the ocean. 
It's the cup that brings water to our mouths when we're thirsty.
It's the steadiness within our partner's emotional capacity that makes it safe enough for us to fall apart knowing they are capable of holding us. 

Build the supports that let your dream land

If you have a desire that wants to come to fruition this year, the question isn’t “How do I force myself to finally do it?”

The question is:

What are the pillars of support required so that it naturally arises?

Accountability isn’t punishment and blame. Responsibility isn’t shame and guilt. Boundaries aren’t cages or walls.

They can be the exact supports you’ve been craving, the structure that provides safety. They create rhythm. They create integrity. The infrastructure realizes the dream longterm, moving it from fantasy into manifested reality.

This energy is more like a conservationist building little safeguards around the nests of sea turtles on the beach so that the babies can make it to the ocean. Not because the turtles are failing, but because the dream is innocent. It needs protection to mature.

Your dreams are like that, too.

How do you need to protect the innocence of your dream so it can grow into a legacy beyond your time?

Or think of an athlete training for a marathon. They don’t wait until race day to run their first mile. They prepare for months: training, sleep, nourishment, repetition, conditioning. They build capacity slowly over time so that when it counts, they don’t collapse.

That’s Saturn in its highest octave leading you to success.

Saturn + Neptune at the Aries point: the hero’s journey begins

Saturn and Neptune meeting at 0° Aries is one of the most potent signatures of this decade. It’s the point of infinity. Infinite creation. The beginning of a new cycle where possibility feels both thrilling and terrifying, because it asks you to become someone who can hold what you want.

Neptune is the dream. The ideal. The vision that lives in your heart and calls you forward into birth.

Saturn is the infrastructure. The structural integrity that brings the dream down from fantasyland and into your actual life.

It makes me think of that Audre Lorde line: look closely at the present you’re constructing. It should look a lot like the future you’re dreaming.

Saturn asks: are you taking your desire seriously enough to build it?

Not in a harsh way. In a devoted way. This is the devotional warrior training for his next wild ride, wiser than he was the last time he went out to seize the day.

Where do you still need to learn? What capacities do you need to cultivate through repetition and long-term devotion? Where have you been in error, not to blame yourself, but to refine the path into greater coherence? What support systems do you need to hold you over time?

Figuring this out is an act of self-love. Intimacy. Re-parenting.

And Aries adds: start fresh. Dare to want what you want and to do it for no other reason than wanting to. It doesn't need to make you money to be worthy of your time. Trust your instincts. Follow what brings life and passion into your existence. Practice living the dream now, in small daily ways, until the right stage finds you.

Pluto in Aquarius, Uranus in Gemini, and the nervous system requirement

We’re in Pluto in Aquarius now, a 20-year chapter of future-oriented transformation: technology, collective systems, new landscapes, and the kind of evolution that changes how we live. This is like when electricity entered the scene, life was completely restructured in an unprecedented way that people at the time couldn't even imagine prior to it happening. 

And once Uranus moves into Gemini, the acceleration increases again and stays there for years. Air on air. Fast mind. Fast information. Fast change. We will be meeting the limits of our rational minds and entering a breakthrough in how we communicate. It's giving, telepathy. Remote viewing. Bilocation.

This is a year where many of us become more social, more networked, more outward. Relationships and community become a major resource. Connection matters.

But there’s one requirement under all of it:

Nervous system health.

Your nervous system is your perception. It’s the container.

If we’re going to dream a new dream and live it, we need a nervous system that can actually hold that water.

That means expanding your window of tolerance. Strengthening your capacity. Metabolizing the trauma of the past so you can actually have a fresh slate.

Because the way we stop recreating the old story in the new era is by healing ourselves before we begin again.

Winter practices: micro, gentle, and consistent

In winter, the work is gentler.

This isn’t the season for whipping yourself into shape. It’s the season for building rhythm. For tending. For coming back to center over and over again.

This is what inspired me to create Frequency Shifters (our winter cohort begins 1/11): a structure that supports you through a year of rapid change without asking you to overhaul your life overnight. (You can check out my Capricorn practices in this video.)

The core is simple: micro-practices you can scatter throughout your day (or combine into a 20-minute daily practice). Practices that bring you back into your body, your senses, and other perceptions outside the mind.

Because regulation changes everything.

When we’re regulated, we respond from our wise self.
When we’re dysregulated, we react from our traumatized self.

And, we know how that goes! lol

The regulation toolkit: up, steady, down

Inside the practices, we work with breath in a very practical way:

There’s a practice to gently bring you up when you’re collapsed, foggy, dissociated, in that dorsal vagal “I’m not really here” state.

There’s a practice to help you stay steady in that grounded midpoint, where you can feel your feet and hear yourself think.

And there’s a practice to bring you down when you’re anxious, activated, hyperaroused, when your system needs to slow, soften, and come back toward rest.

So much of self-mastery is learning the return. The midpoint. The pause. Once you’re there, you can assess, orient, and choose. You can move with intention.

We also work with mantra, chanting, vocal toning, and practices that nourish the vagus nerve. Because with the amount of stimulation we’re moving toward, we don’t just need insight.

We need enhanced capacity.

The overlooked magic: warmth, rhythm, and simple care

And then there’s the quiet winter medicine. The simple things that are so basic we forget they’re powerful:

A cup of tea. A weighted blanket. A long bath. Candlelight. Warming foods. Eating at steady intervals. Creating a day with rhythm that honors where your body is now.

These become pillars. Integrity structures. Not rigid rules, but supportive architecture that helps your life feel easier.

Because the more you build your rhythm from the inside out, the more your system learns: I am safe. I am here. I can do this. I'm worth the effort and care and attention to be known and loved so well.

A closing intention for the year ahead

2026 is a building year. A threshold year opening a new portal.

It will ask you to take your desire seriously, to prepare for your dreams, to practice your future in the present.

Not through force.

Through devotion. Through structure as love. Through nervous system care as spiritual practice. Through tending the nest so the dream can grow strong enough to leave it.

Slow is good right now.

And you don’t have to do it perfectly. Or on your own. Co-regulation is medicine this year. Find your people that help you ground and expand at the same time.

We will look back at this time and say, yeah, that's when it all started.

If you’d like a spacious and intentional way to open the year, held in community and guided by the astrology, join me on January 18 at The Bridge in Kingston, NY for 2026 True North Calling: A Cosmic Mini-Retreat.