Wow what a year we have had and what a year we can expect moving forward. It all depends on how we managed to deal with the challenges of 2024.

This past year has been a year where many feel as if they have been negotiating through a dark forest of issues and emotional challenges, for other there has been loss and monumental changes.

This year we will be seeing a lot of electromagnetic energy from our Sun, this energy will be challenging, especially when it come to our tools of communication, Air travel, navigation, we have recently seen a few very sad plane crashes. During solar flares as people we may feel unbalanced, exhausted emotionally sensitive as well as volatile and quick to react impulsively. Rather use this energy when you are feeling the flares to connect with your inner self through meditation and breathing exercises, calming the energy field you are in. (Image credit: cokada via Getty Images)

This year there is a light that is beginning to shine through this year, if we have faced these challenges head on then we will have a better year.

We start this year on a good note Mercury is direct and past his shadow, his unsettling, irritating partnership with Jupiter ends on the 9^th of January. Mercury moves into Capricorn where our thinking and routines become more focused.

Mercury as the thinker and communicator will be more focused and direct when communicating. Just be cautious of not communicating in a black and white rather bossy and authoritive manner.

What I love about Mercury in Capricorn is that our thoughts and reason is focused, this is a brilliant way to start the year. But a bit of caution, Mercury in Capricorn is ruled by Saturn who in Pisces is somewhat flexible and at times uncertain. On the positive side this flexibility can give us some wriggle room when setting out our plans and projects for the upcoming year.

Mars is Retrograde and will go back into Cancer where we may need to work on our passive aggressive way of expressing our wants and needs in a bit of a passive aggressive manner. Think back to October and reflect on why issues brought about a somewhat more passive aggressive and sometimes emotionally driven response. We need to focus on this behavior and the same behavior form others to see how we can overcome out anger issues.

Mars will go direct in February so there is time to repair the damaged done to self and others by being aggressively overemotional.

On this note with regards to February, we will notice some issues arising as Mercury moves into Pisces where once again Mercury and Jupiter will work together. This can bring about big dreams and focus that can cross all boundaries, or we can feel drowned in ideas as we try focusing on future growth. At times we may feel our visions are not heard, don’t lose the vision, the time will come when this ideal will become useful and the focus of being heard will be there.

The biggest problem with Mercury in Pisces is that our thinking can become jumbled and the ability to get a point across will be misunderstood or unclear. Be clear on any type of presentation; make sure you fully understand what it is you want from others, more on Mercury Pisces energy next month.

In the mundane sense this is a time of floods and any weak barriers could be destroyed. As with our own lives the lack of boundaries and inability to think clearly will be a monumental challenge when it comes to study and intellectual growth. Mercury in Pisces is inclined to lack focus and escape into a dream world instead of facing reality. We will have to watch out for liars and tricksters and the market will be a bit stuck, not a good time to make any type of financial decisions.

Early January Venus the planet of desire and love will enter Pisces where beauty and generally a love of the gifts of nature, the arts, music and all creative abilities will flourish. This is a wonderful time to explore the hidden creative side of yourself, Painters and writers will flourish during this period.

The Nodes will change from the Aries/Libra axis into the Pisces/Virgo axis, taking the focus off relationships and challenging us to focus on the lessons of the Pisces/Virgo axis where the focus is on the downtrodden, but to help others we need to make sure we are helping ourselves first so we are strong enough to be charitable. It is time to be kind to ourselves so we have enough energy to be kind to others.

This period will last for 18 Months. The Moons Nodes are two points opposite each other where the Moons path around the Earth crosses the Sun’s path. As the Moons path is traced on a plane set at an angle to the ecliptic, it varies in latitude, one part in the north and the other part in the south of the Sun’s path.

Many of us have heard the 2025 will be much better, and yes it will from June/July when Jupiter moves into Cancer where he is exalted and a lot happier than in Gemini where he has been since June. But for now he still, in a positive way, grow us intellectually, or in a negative way can confuse us with trying to take on too many intellectual pursuits.

He is ruled by Mercury as Gemini is the sign Mercury rules, so whatever Mercury is doing will be the way Jupiter works. What will be great, especially from the beginning of this year, is Mercury in Capricorn and then in Aquarius will bring about a better focus and discipline in the way we think and grow.