Firestorm of Change Through The Unknown: Aries Season 2025
The Flame of Evolution and The Power of Revolution.
To put in perspective how big of a moment we’re currently in, Neptune just left Pisces to enter Aries for the first time in 149 years. It’s been 1875. If history can be our guide, a lot is about to change. Neptune is the most mystical & spiritual planet of the Zodiac.
During the upcoming 14 years, we will be asked to develop the ability to act and move with clarity and alignment with truth, and we will be reminded that the most powerful significant battles are often fought on the outside but within.
You’re prepared for the positive changes, breakthroughs, shifts, and personal growth you’re about to experience. The next 14 years will feel totally different from your experience since 2011. A lot has changed.
Solar Eclipse in Aries: A Celestial Leap Into The Touch of Awakening
On March 29 at 6:48 AM EST, a New Moon Solar Eclipse will occur at 8º53’ of Aries, acting as a powerful catalyst for transformation. This event inspires us to break free from our routines and embrace significant life changes.
The bold energy of Aries encourages us to release what no longer serves us and confidently step into new beginnings. The Eclipse will be partially visible in various regions, including much of Europe, Eastern Canada, the Northeastern United States, Northwestern Africa, the Balkans, and Northern Russia.
For those whose natal placements are in the early degrees of the Cardinal signs -Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn - this New Moon Solar Eclipse is especially meaningful. It heralds a fresh start, urging these individuals to embody courage, take decisive action, and liberate themselves from outdated patterns.
This moment invites empowerment and self-determination. Throughout history, Eclipses have symbolized sudden change, feared yet revered for their transformative potential. They often mark pivotal shifts that influence not just ourselves but entire communities. Many cultures have historically viewed the temporary obscuring of the Sun as an Omen.
Solar Eclipses signify new beginnings, amplifying the energies of New Moons and ushering in renewal periods. This specific Partial Eclipse signifies a shift, making it less intense than a Total Solar Eclipse, like the one on April 8, 2024.
Sacred New Beginnings: Now Is The Time To Act
A New Moon Solar Eclipse in the first sign of the Zodiac offers a remarkable opportunity to release the past and embrace new beginnings. Aries embodies initiation, commitment, rebirth, and action. Ruled by Mars, Aries encourages us to pursue our desires actively.
With the Solar Eclipse igniting Aries energy, now is the moment to take action. This time creates momentum, urging us to make bold decisions and chase our dreams with courage. Aries's assertive nature reminds us that transformation is an active process; we must take control of our lives to manifest our desired reality.
Significantly, this is the last Eclipse in Aries until 2032, marking a critical moment as we conclude a cycle that began with the North Node entering Aries on July 17, 2023. This Solar Eclipse signifies a transition between the past and the future, inviting exploration of new territories amidst the winds of change.
As the Solar Eclipse unfolds in Aries, we experience simultaneous endings and beginnings, heralding a new chapter in personal and collective growth. This event motivates us to confront unresolved issues, allowing fresh opportunities to arise.
Mercury and Venus are retrograde; Mercury is at 0º Aries and will revert to Pisces shortly after the Eclipse. This retrograde phase offers a chance to revisit unresolved matters, especially in communication, relationships, values, and finances, encouraging a fresh perspective.
Mercury’s position calls for reflection on past discussions and decisions, guiding us to question our habitual thinking and to choose a more intuitive, heart-centered approach. Venus retrograde, conjunct with Neptune in Pisces, emphasizes aligning with deeper values, fostering devotion in our endeavors, and letting go of superficial attachments in favor of what is genuinely meaningful.
As Neptune resides at 29º Pisces, it highlights the need for closure and completion. On March 30, Neptune enters Aries, leading to significant changes and opportunities. These themes reflect the transitional nature of our times, inviting us to finalize what is ending to create space for new beginnings. With numerous shifts in motion, we may feel overwhelmed, confused, or chaotic as multiple transitions unfold, calling for our attention and engagement.
This Solar Eclipse in Aries helps us access the strength to start anew, take risks, and step into unfamiliar territories with courage. These days, trust the transformation process, even if it feels unsettling or doesn’t make sense.
Venus Retrograde From Aries To Pisces: Path To Clarity
Venus has transitioned from Aries back to Pisces, where it will station direct on April 12 at 24º37′ of Pisces and remain in the sign until April 30. This celestial shift highlights how finding clarity often involves navigating through confusion and disillusionment, encouraging us to embrace transformation, even when it doesn't seem rational.
The retrograde of Venus in Pisces holds particular significance for those with planets or angles in Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) and for anyone with personal placements in Libra and Taurus, the signs ruled by Venus. This period invites them to face illusions, break free from repetitive relationship patterns, and connect with deeper values and truths.
During the Venus retrograde phase, we are presented with a valuable opportunity to revisit and reshape our relationships, alter ingrained habits, evaluate our values, and explore new ways to engage with our physical bodies and sensuality. This period also encourages us to reexamine our attitudes toward income and wealth, allowing us to redefine our relationship with money and abundance.
Meanwhile, in Aries, Venus's retrograde emphasized the necessity of self-love, autonomy, and self-actualization. It inspired us to focus on our needs and desires before seeking external validation or approval. This phase reminded us to prioritize our passions and align our actions with our genuine needs and wants.
As Venus re-enters Pisces, the energy shifts toward reassessing our relationships with spirituality, surrender, and sensitivity. This transit invites deep introspection regarding how we engage with our pain and that of others, highlighting the importance of boundaries and fostering a conscious relationship with our empathetic nature.
The challenging aspects of Pisces may come to the forefront during Venus’ retrograde, as unresolved issues are often revealed in these periods. We are prompted to break free from cycles of unconscious behavior. During this time, we may recognize patterns of savior-victim dynamics, self-sacrifice, and subtle manipulations through guilt or martyrdom in our interactions with others.
Facing Illusions
Venus’s return to Pisces encourages us to address lingering illusions, reevaluate romanticized views, and acknowledge where we may have projected unrealistic desires and expectations onto others. This transit challenges us to identify instances where we idealized relationships, individuals, or circumstances beyond their true essence, offering a chance to see through any unconscious fantasies we may have harbored.
This period allows us to discern where we have confused potential for reality or placed trust in unstable situations. Venus retrograde in Pisces provides a pathway to move past unrealistic expectations and connect with a love anchored in truth rather than fantasy. Ideally, this energy urges us to seek relationships that nurture us on a soul level rather than those that sustain illusions or unfulfilled desires.
Ultimately, Venus retrograde in Pisces calls for heightened bravery and authenticity in love. It invites us to redefine our value systems and develop healthier relationship patterns. The impending Venus-Neptune conjunction in Aries will signal the start of a new cycle of growth and learning, motivating us to align with values and relationships that resonate with our highest truth.
Neptune in Aries: A Bold New Vision
Neptune’s transition into Aries marks a powerful opportunity for us to embrace a bold new vision and dream. It’s time to leave behind the fantasies, illusions, and deceptions that have clouded our understanding of reality during Neptune's sojourn in Pisces. As we enter this new era, dreaming must be proactive: we are called to take decisive action on our dreams and visions, aligning our will with the Universe’s grand plan and Divine Will.
This shift is essential for everyone, especially those with natal placements in the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) and in Pisces, where Neptune feels at home. Those directly affected will likely experience a tension between their impulse to act and the confusion often felt at the moment of decision. Now is the time to understand your true motivations and desires better, choose your battles wisely, and master your impulses.
Neptune, named after the mythological God of the Sea, represents our drive to transcend human limitations and connect with something more significant. For the past 14 years, Neptune has been in Pisces, erasing personal and collective boundaries and amplifying our sensitivity to the emotional atmosphere and the global landscape.
This period has brought a haze of uncertainty, blurring the line between what is true and what is shaped by our imagination, fears, or wishful thinking. It has challenged us to confront the dual nature of Neptunian energy and encouraged a more conscious relationship with it.
In Pisces - mutable, watery, and introspective - Neptune has enriched our capacity for feeling and experiencing the depths of our spiritual and emotional lives. This era has reminded us that we are both everything and nothing. It has intensified mystical experiences and spiritual awakenings, urging many to pursue deeper truths beyond the surface.
In contrast, Aries embodies raw instinct and unrelenting drive. This sign propels us forward with personal will, centered on immediate desires and often disconnected from the broader context. Neptune’s goal, however, is to merge individual will with the expansive collective, creating a challenge in reconciling these powerful energies.
A defining theme of Neptune’s journey through Aries will be aligning our personal will with the Divine Will - ushering in a sense of higher purpose. This transit will push us to find harmony between surrender and assertion, receptivity and active engagement, as we learn when to flow with the current and when to make bold choices.
Neptune in Aries demands that we approach dreaming with active engagement. Our eyes must be wide open, ready to act when the moment calls for it while also discerning when to wait or let things unfold. This powerful combination of energies will guide us in developing thoughtful strategies for action - ones that are grounded in a higher vision and connected to something greater.
As several transpersonal planets shift signs in rapid succession, a profound transformation occurs in the collective psyche, and we are right in the thick of it. For the rest of the year, Neptune oscillates between Aries and Pisces, navigating a significant transition.
The ideals and dreams that defined Neptune in the Pisces era are fracturing and dissolving, making way for what comes next. In these early phases of Neptune's Aries transit, we may grapple with understanding our impulses and desires and their ultimate purpose.
New impulses and dreams will undoubtedly emerge, but clarity may remain elusive. As we move forward confidently, we must ensure our desires are firmly rooted in reality rather than illusion.
This transit promises new spiritual revelations and lessons that can only be acquired through action, experimentation, and a mind willing to embrace trial and error.
Neptune in Aries reminds us that spiritual evolution requires both vision and action, challenging us to learn how to advance forcefully yet thoughtfully. This is our moment to forge new paths, redefine possibilities, and embody the courage to bring our dreams to life.
Mercury will hang out in Pisces until April 16 and station direct on April 7. This transit is an excellent opportunity for us to let go of any misleading narratives and negative thought patterns, making room for fresh insights, information, and guidance from the Universe.
This Mercury retrograde in Pisces is particularly meaningful for those born with planets or angles in Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces). It encourages you to release rigid ideas and look at past choices and recent events with compassion and an open heart.
Mercury's Journey From Aries To Pisces: Exploring Communication
Since March 15, Mercury has been retrograde, which means this planet of communication and problem-solving appears to be moving backward in the sky. This allows us to evaluate our usual ways of thinking, challenge some of our perceptions, and try out different communication styles.
While in Aries, Mercury retrograde prompted us to look closer at how we express our truths and make decisions. It helped us recognize impulsive speaking habits and encouraged us to be more mindful about asserting ourselves and sharing our opinions.
As Mercury returns to Pisces, the vibe shifts toward introspection, intuition, and nonverbal communication. This is a great time to reassess our relationship with the unseen and enhance our awareness of the subtleties in language. Mercury retrograde in Pisces is all about listening to our inner voice and exploring more creative ways of communicating, learning, and processing information.
This next chapter of Mercury’s retrograde journey is a fantastic opportunity to tie up loose ends and revisit themes or situations that popped up during its earlier stay in Pisces from February 14 to March 3. You might find that old issues reappear for a fresh look.
During this transit, we’ll have the chance to rethink distorted perceptions and recognize where we may have been misled by narratives that aren’t entirely true. You might notice more confusion, misunderstandings, or mental fog during this time. Mercury can feel a little out of its element in Pisces - where it traditionally feels weaker compared to its home in Virgo.
While these energies can be challenging to navigate, Mercury retrograde in Pisces helps us see where we may escape reality through denial or fantasy. It encourages us to separate our intuitive feelings from illusions and to discern truth from wishful thinking.
This is an excellent moment to refine our ability to see things as they really are rather than how we hope or fear them to be. Mercury’s retrograde journey through Pisces aims to help us break free from deceptive narratives and make room for healing.
Recently, you might have noticed where you misinterpreted signals, filled in gaps with your imagination, or held onto ideals without a firm foundation. Mercury’s retrograde in Pisces is a unique opportunity to move past confusion and embrace a more heart-centered, intuitive way of thinking while staying grounded in reality.
Mercury Conjunct Neptune, Venus, The North Node, & Saturn
As the planet Mercury returns to Pisces, it aligns with Neptune, Venus, and the North Node in the final degrees of the sign. The Mercury-Neptune conjunction at 29º Pisces can inundate our minds with intuitive messages, symbols, insights, and images, so it’s important to pay attention to the synchronicities around us.
With Neptune entering Aries on March 30, we are about to experience the last Mercury-Neptune conjunction in Pisces in our lifetime. This powerful and magical alignment, occurring near Venus, the North Node, and Saturn, has the potential to awaken our latent psychic abilities, inspire new artistic visions, and catalyze spiritual breakthroughs and eye-opening experiences.
Mercury and Neptune will align for the third time on April 17 in the sign of Aries, with Mercury now moving in direct motion. This event concludes a cycle that began on March 2, with the first Mercury-Neptune conjunction in Pisces before Mercury went retrograde.
The alignment of Mercury and Neptune in Aries will challenge us to speak our truth with courage and take action on our dreams, visions, and ideas. By this point, the purpose of the transformational process we have been undergoing since February is likely to become clearer. A radical shift in perception will occur, allowing the inner changes we've experienced to manifest externally.
Now would be a great time to check out your Natal Chart on https://www.costarastrology.com/natal-chart.
Aries' ruling planet is the Planet of Possibility, Mars. Personally, my Mars is in Libra, meaning I assert myself in a way that is fair-minded and relativistic, and it is in my eighth house, meaning I put a lot of energy into sex, rebirth, and transformation. Libra’s ruling planet is Venus. That’s a taste of how your birth chart can significantly impact these current shifts!
Archangel Ariel: The Lion-Hearted Guardian
Want to dig a little deeper? What are the most powerful forces connected to our planets & zodiac signs? Let’s do it! As it’s Aries Season, which Archangel is connected to the Zodiac Aries? What do they represent?
Meet Archangel Ariel. Ariel's name, meaning "Lion of Guardian," and the association with lions suggest a connection to Aries with strength, courage, and the wild nature of surviving. Ariel is seen as the patron Angel of Wild Animals and is often called upon to protect and heal them.
Archangel Ariel is also considered the Angel of Nature, responsible for the well-being of the planet's resources, ecosystem, and all living creatures. Overseeing the protection and healing of all animals and plants.
Do you want to know what Archangel is connected to your Zodiac Sign? Watch the YouTube Video below!
Embrace this time and enjoy the fresh perspectives that may come your way!
-Angelo Michael