At a certain point, what's the value in me telling you it's going to be turbulent when you're already holding on to the railing? And I realllly try to avoid being one of those people who talk just to hear themselves talk.
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But I keep coming back to this: the point of the forecast is knowing how to dress for the weather.

So let's talk about it.

Everybody and their mama are in Aries right now

The Sun. Mars. Neptune. Saturn. Chiron. It's a whole family reunion in the most aggressive sign in the zodiac. Aries is the sign that says "don't start no sh*t, won't be no sh*t," except their definition of "starting sh*t" has a threshold so low you could trip over it by accident.

Now here's what makes this moment extra spicy: Mars, the planet that rules Aries, is back in its own sign. That's like a player on their home court. Mars is stronger here. More confident and more reactive. Every impulse hits harder, every provocation lands faster, and in a world that's already running hot, that's a lot of fuel on an already active fire.

And Mars is about to sit right next to Neptune. If you're not familiar with Neptune, think of it as the planet that blurs everything. It distorts, confuses, and makes you think you're seeing clearly when you're actually looking through fog that's thicker than a snicker.

So what happens when the planet of action meets the planet of delusion? Actions misfire, plans don't land the way you thought they would. You swing and miss, you commit and get rejected. You move forward, and the ground crumbles underneath you. It's not that nothing works, but that things don't work the way you expected, and the gap between expectation and reality gets really disorienting.

This isn't a "stay in bed and do nothing" forecast. But it is a "double check before you send that email" forecast. A "maybe don't make the big declaration this week" forecast. A "your impulse is not always your intuition" forecast.

And just when Mars is done fumbling through the Neptunian fog, it runs straight into Saturn. If Mars-Neptune is swinging and missing, Mars-Saturn is running out of energy to swing at all. Saturn slows everything down. It's a hard stop, a wall, a "no, not right now." That can look like burnout, delays, projects grinding to a halt, or doors closing that you thought were open. On the lighter end, it can look like your body finally forcing you to take a break - maybe a relaxing vacay in the Seychelles. On the heavier end... well, the Grim Reaper comes a'knockin'. ⚰️

Meanwhile, Uranus is leaving Taurus for good

While all of this Aries energy is popping off, Uranus is officially moving into Gemini for the last time in our lifetimes. It won't be back in Taurus for another 84 years. Gone.

Gemini is the sign of information, communication, duality, and let's be honest, duplicity. Uranus in Gemini is going to make the information landscape even more chaotic than it already is. If you already feel like you can't tell what's real, what's satire, and what's AI-generated, buckle up because that feeling isn't going away. It's the new normal for the next several years.

I don't know if late-onset collective ADHD is a thing, but it's going to feel like it. Our attention is about to get pulled in more directions than ever, and the challenge won't be finding information. It'll be knowing which information actually matters.

Which brings me back to discernment.

That's the real skill of this season. It's not courage, even though Aries has plenty of that. Not action, even though everything in you might be screaming to move. The skill is knowing the difference between an impulse that serves you and an impulse that just feels urgent. It's knowing when to speak and when to shut the fawk up, and when to duke it out or just kiss and make up.

Something for the people

I've been a little quieter on the newsletter front for the past few months. So quiet that Kit didn't even recognize me when I logged in. 😅 But I haven't been idle. I've been branching out into areas of astrology I hadn't explored as deeply before, including medical astrology and how the planets and signs show up in the physical body.

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That work turned into something I'm genuinely proud of: a video called "Every Zodiac Sign & Planet Has a Physical Signature — Here's How to Spot Them." It breaks down how each sign and planet leaves a physical imprint, and I made it so it works whether you're brand new to astrology or you've been studying charts for years. I'd love for you to check it out. ​

🔮 Big Deck Energy: Tarot Card Pull for the Week

Welcome to Big Deck Energy—where I pull a tarot card each week on behalf of our collective to offer insight, reflection, or a much-needed reality check. Think of it as a weekly reset, a moment to pause and take in what’s unfolding. This week, I asked: Where do I need to sit down and shut the fawk up?

Here's what the Tarot had to say: The Moon.

Ooh, this tarot response is spicier than Mars in Aries! (I love a good callback btw.)
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The Moon shows us that the way we're living is unsustainable. It's the "what am I even doing with my life?" card. And it's not peaceful. It directs us to the storm within. The Moon reveals our shadows, our subconscious patterns, and how our emotions have been the puppet master of our physical lives. It shows us how we've learned to squeeze ourselves into tiny spaces to cope with an otherwise confusing or chaotic life.
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​But you're too big for that pond, babe. ​
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This card demands broader experience. It refuses to let you stay limited. So the message is: stop trudging forward in a direction that no longer makes sense for you (or maybe never did), and think about what actually matters.
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We're being called beyond the barricade of whatever limitation is keeping us from a greater sense of freedom. The framework we've built for our lives isn't working. But the option of changing that framework? Rife with fear.

My tarot teacher (Mychal A. Bryan) says that with this card, the universe is saying, "grow some legs and get over yourself." Or, with more tough love:

This is not the time to be a victim. And I want to be really mindful of how I use that word. "Victim" entered English in the mid-15th century, from the Latin victima, meaning a sacrificial animal, a person or animal killed as a sacrifice. If you were a victim, that means you have already died. It's time to pick yourself up and start a new life.

And personally, I would love for us to think about that as individuals and as a collective.

The takeaway

This is a season that rewards patience over speed, precision over impulse, and discernment over reaction. The astrology is LOUD right now, and so is the world. You don't have to match that volume. Sometimes the most powerful move is a lateral one, or even the one you don't make.

Pay attention to where you're being pulled to react. Ask yourself if that reaction is actually yours, or if you're just caught in the current. And if the answer isn't clear, that's your answer. Wait.