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The sky flips the script in 2026, and you can feel the torque. We move from years of dense earth-and-water drag into the fast lanes of air and fire, where ideas travel farther, tech and transit evolve, and courage becomes a daily practice. With Pluto settling into Aquarius, Neptune and Saturn igniting Aries, and Uranus blasting into Gemini, the first half of the year accelerates timelines and demands clear choices.
We walk through the big arcs and the exact dates that matter. January offers a final Capricorn cleanout before an Aquarian influx invites upgrades, collaboration, and bold thinking. February is the crucible: a Leo full moon, an Aquarius new moon solar eclipse, Uranus stationing direct, and Saturn entering Aries—all while Mercury readies a retrograde. The message is not panic, but preparation. Build buffers, double-check logistics, and use grounded rituals to steady your nervous system.
March reframes the narrative. A total lunar eclipse across Virgo-Pisces highlights health, healing, and policy, then Jupiter turns direct in Cancer to buoy homes, families, and real estate. The vernal equinox lands as Mercury goes direct, opening a rare all-planets-forward launch window for decisive moves. April restores balance with a Libra full moon and an Aries new moon, then changes gear as Uranus enters Gemini, kicking off seven years of disruption in communication, travel, education, and media. May amplifies the money axis with a powerful Scorpio full moon and Pluto stationing retrograde, revealing what’s been concealed in markets and shared resources. Late May’s blue moon across Gemini-Sagittarius broadcasts global signals worth heeding.
June keeps powder dry until the finale: a Gemini new moon sets ideas in motion, then a Capricorn full moon arrives the same day Mercury turns retrograde and Mars enters Gemini. Travel and tech are spicy—plan with care. The payoff comes quickly as Jupiter strides into Leo, lighting creativity, performance, and generous leadership. Across it all, we emphasize practical strategy: when to launch, when to review, and how to translate cosmic acceleration into sustainable progress. Subscribe, share with a friend who loves astrology and planning, and leave a review with the one date you’re most watching in 2026—what will you build with this momentum?
Welcome to Mystical Messages. I am Hillary Harley, your podcast host. I am a soul guide and astrologer. Mystical Messages is your podcast gateway to discover and learn about the realm beyond the veil, including all things intuitive, metaphysical, and the healing arts. To learn more about my work or to book a session with me, please visit hilaryharley.com. If you would like to read my monthly forecast, you may find the full written transcript for all astrology episodes on my website. That way, if you hear something and want to relisten to a forecast or check a date of a cosmic event, you may find it on the written monthly forecast on hilaryharley.com. Please remember to like and subscribe to my channel on YouTube. And I am so pleased to bring you my very esteemed colleague, fellow astrologer, Jill Jardine, to break down the astrology for But I'm Bump 2026. Welcome, Jill.
SPEAKER_03:Thank you, Hilary. I'm so happy to be here with you, my fellow esteemed colleague, astrologer, to talk about the wild and wacky 2026.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, I know. It's it's we're really shifting gears. Before we dive in, I just want to introduce you to listeners. Uh, Jill Jardine is a lifelong astrologer and psychic who began studying metaphysics and astrology at age 15. She has a master's in counseling psychology, and since 1991, she has worked as a professional consulting astrologer and therapist. She is also a yogi and she has studied with esteemed gurus from India, cultivating deep insight into the mind, body, and spirit. Jill is so honored to share her spiritual gifts. She hosts the internationally acclaimed podcast, Cosmic Scene, with Jill Jardine. And she has maintained a thriving astrological and healing practice for many years on Boston's South Shore. And if you want to book a session, an astrology session, or find out about classes she's teaching, or tune in to Cosmic Scene Jill Jar with Jill Jardine, her podcast, you can go to Jill Jardine. It's J-I-L-L J-A-R D-I-N-E, Jill Jardine Astrology, all one word, Jill JardinAstrology.com. So let's get cooking. Lay it on me. What's what is your take?
SPEAKER_03:Okay, so I'm actually quite excited about 2026 because we're going to be shifting out of this heavily laden Earth outer planet energy and water, outer planet energy, into fire and air. So we're having an elemental shift. We did have a little taste of it in 2025, but I think not enough to get our groove on. So I'm very excited. I mean, I'm an aquarian, so I'm kind of excited that we're going to have this push into the Aquarian age. And so I think the year is really about a lot of changes, air and fire. Now, air is mental body. So people are going to be brimming with ideas. There's going to be a lot of uh intellectual or creative energy coming through. And then fire is creativity and new beginnings. So the the keynotes are the fact we're going to have Pluto going through Aquarius in early degrees that will be joined by Saturn and Neptune and Aries, which we did have last summer going on for two months. And then Uranus in early Gemini will get into the show in late April. So there's going to be all these um uh harmonies, harmonies, harmonic, harmonics between the planets, the outer planets in fire and air. And then we're gonna have Jupiter jump into Leo at the end of June. So it's gonna be if you have anything in the early degree of air or fire, I've been telling all my clients, you're certainly gonna be in the cosmic blender, which I think is a good thing. The problem with the last years of um, you know, Taurian energy coming from Uranus and then the Pisces energy coming from Saturn and Neptune and Pisces, and then we had had Pluto and Capricorn, was it was kind of heavy. It was really heavy. It was a lot of working through old energies, the you know, ended the Piscean age with all these planets leaving Pisces. I mean, it's been a transition since the 60s into the Aquarian age, but I think Pluto as the last outer planet to get into Aquarius now and fully esconced till 2044. We're in it. But that the heaviness of the last few years and the the uh density, I think, of the collective consciousness due to the water and the uh earth has been sort of um a hindrance to those of us who are trying to bring in a higher consciousness of the planet.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, for sure. I mean, it I you can just feel the the little preview of coming attractions that we got a taste of mid 2025, where it was, you know, uh Saturn and Neptune stuck their toes into Aries and Uranus stuck its toe into Gemini and it was like, oh, I can't wait for this.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, it was really fun. That the two months when they were all there was June and July, July and August. June they started to get into it. And man, I had a blast. Um, so I was like, but the thing is that people need to understand when we're giving these astrological updates, we've got our personal astrology, so it's always good to know your sun sign. Uh, every every sign is going to be affected, though, by this new energy next year. Everybody doesn't matter what your zodiac sign is. So we have the personal impact to our astrology, but then it's the collective. And that's what we have been concerned about for the last years, right? Because we're a little bit behind schedule as far as what my um projection was back in uh, you know, we didn't make it in 2012 at the end of the Mayan calendar there on December 21st, 2012, which is now 13 years ago. And so, as I had predicted that 2020 with the cluster of Capricorn planets, there would be a collective conundrum, which we experienced as COVID when it hit. So, you know, all these things have forced the consciousness to shift. And now I do believe that 2026 is going to get people on track. It's like what we used to say evolve or dissolve. And those this is the opportunity. So um, I'll jump into the first six months and what I see and sort of the big picture items. I won't be getting in the weeds with the smaller transits, but okay. Uh I'll talk about some of these outer planet shifts, you know, because I think those are the big um things that we will all feel when, for instance, when Neptune finally gets into Aries for the next 12 years, Saturn gets into Aries for about three years straightforward. Then Uranus will be about seven years going into the sign Gemini. Again, we had that toe in the water type of energy, not enough to really, it was not even an appetizer. Never mind the full course, which we're we're getting ready for the appetizer, and then the full course is going to be shoved in our face in 2026.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:So let's I'll talk a little bit about the moons, the Mercury retrogrades, and some of these other big picture items. So we have three Mercury retrogrades in 2026. The first one kicks in February 26th to March 20th. And again, I'll mention these as I go through the months, but where we're gonna wait to do a second, there's so much happening in the first six months that, like as I suggested to you, Hillary, it would be better to do second installment sometime before July for July through December. And I actually think the end of the year is gonna be a little less manic than the beginning.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, yeah. I was looking at this too, and you know, just the energy is so different the first six months compared to the second six months that it's it's why and it is a lot of information too. So it's it's best just to focus on these first few months.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, and that being said, we're recording this, it will come out around mid-December, and we have until about the 17th, 18th of January to kind of uh get ready because the the sparks started flying. So we really have until we have an aquarium influx coming in in January, third week in January. So we have until then to kind of get ready, release old things, take care of business, because then we're gonna be accelerated. It really is about acceleration. People talk about that and they they I don't think they know really what it means, but it just means that time is gonna feel like it's moving really fast. We talked about in a podcast that you came on on um Clasmic Scene about how there's going to be this sense of multiple timelines occurring at once. I mean, we've heard some of that over the years, but I don't think it's gonna be like anything we've ever experienced before. And I also do predict a lot of things are gonna come into the collective awareness that we've never experienced any like before. And I mean, if I was to venture what we we are seeing a little bit about this, but I think, and it's a whole nother podcast, but I think it's um the awareness that we are not alone on this planet a hundred percent. Yeah, higher consciousness beings. Um, and I think that if we want to view them as friendly, they are. I mean, I really think our consciousness needs to be in a positive place, but I think that because we are behind schedule with the evolution of this planet, and some people even say our whole solar system, that the Calvary is coming and might be on the way from some higher galactic frequencies. And what that looks like, I don't think it's gonna be the little gray guy. I think it's gonna be a shift in consciousness. So, what would kick that off would be this aquarium influx that's coming in January. So let's talk about January.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I mean, that new moon on the 18th is holy moly, that ushers in a different wavelength.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah. So we again we're gonna have the full moon. The first full moon of the year is January 3rd, which is you know gonna be that annual Capricorn, Sun, Cancerian, full moon. So again, it's all quite cozy and homey, and we're reeling after the hot holidays, and maybe just having some little integration time and a couple weeks to just breathe and relax into the new year. As far as setting intentions, here we go. We're coming into the new moon cycle. But before we get to the new moon on January 18, 2026, we're gonna have Venus go into Aquarius. So Venus and Aquarius is a lot of fun. It's a non-traditional way of looking at relationship, and it's really about trying new things out, and maybe your tastes are changing and becoming more eclectic. I actually think the fashion industry will start coming through with some really mod and you know, kind of interesting Star Treky.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, yes, for sure.
SPEAKER_03:It's great for design, great for design, Venus and Aquarius on January 17th, followed by that new moon in Aquarius, which is um the the actually it's a new moon in Capricorn on the 18th.
SPEAKER_00:Oh, yeah, because Aquarius. I was mistaken. Yes, you're right. It is new moon cap.
SPEAKER_03:So then we're gonna have the new moon, but it's not an Aquarius in Capricorn. So again, it's like get rid of the old, bring in the new. It's a new moon, but it's in a late degree of Capricorn. So we're finishing up a cycle, we're ending an era, even though it is a new moon. So it's like take what you want from the old energy and bring it into the new energy, because on January 19th, the next day, after that new moon in Capricorn, we're gonna have the sun shift into Aquarius. So it is the latest degree of Capricorn is the next day, Sun in Aquarius, the 20th, Mercury into Aquarius, which by the way is exaltation, says this Mercury and Aquarius astrologer.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:Mercury loves Aquarius. I think that you know it goes without saying that public interest in things like astrology and forward-thinking creative endeavors will be definitely the theme of 2026. Um and different from like the Saturn and Pisces, which was what I call the time of uh fake shamanism. So the proof is in the pudding in 2026, it really has to uh uh make the distance. And then on 1, 2, 3, the birthday of this astrologer, Mars goes into Aquarius. So that third week, we're gonna have a lot of Aquarian action as we end out the Capricorn era. So that for people, if they want to know what to do with that, like think out of the box, try new things. It is the middle of the winter on the northern hemisphere, but try to be social. Aquarius is a very social sign. We don't have a Mercury retrograde in January. It is a good time to get new electronics, new computers that waited to get through the holiday season. Um, really working with all your um uh your devices and devices, electronics, upgrading, upgrading, upgrading. Um, in all ways, that's Aquarius is about upgrade. And then in that same time period, we're gonna have the planet Neptune go into Aries, which is the beginning of a new cycle, which should last about 12 years, which will last about 12 years. So Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. So this again, we had that foot in the Aries fire the end of March through September, and now we're back. And so this is so good for creativity. I think we're gonna have a lot of new inventions coming out and breakthroughs, yeah, for sure. You know, not have to rely on gas as much, but no, I'm not talking about electric. I think we're gonna have some new technologies coming up. There's gonna be a lot of focus on the environment in 2026, and I can't wait until they make plane travel easier. And I think this is the beginning of that with all that Aquarius. It is an air sign. So we're gonna hear a lot about developments that are happening societally, and then these are gonna ride for the the coming years, so a lot of initiative going on. Um, so there's no retrogrades, and again, the full moon in Cancer, January 3rd, new moon in Capricorn, January 18th. Then we move into the cracker month.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, we were looking at this the other day, and uh, we are going to need that fierce Aries energy that Neptune brings um on the 27th as we go into the next second month of 2026 for sure. So roll it out for us.
SPEAKER_03:Well, put your seatbelts on. So this will probably be one of the most um intense months. Like we were right on because it's an eclipse month, and this year the two eclipse months, and then we had an extra crazy month thrown in were March of 2025, and then the eclipse month of September 2025, and then we had a special cherry on top in November of 2025. Well, my prediction in 2026, there's going to be a lot going on in the collective, a lot of revelations, a lot of crazy energy, um, whatever that means to you by crazy, but really you'll have to be very grounded because there's a lot there, and the month starts off with a full moon. So we'll be howling at that full moon on February 1st, 2026, and it's a full moon with the sun in Aquarius and moon in Leo, and Leo rules those in power. So we're gonna see some changing of regimes. It's not the eclipse, but the eclipse is coming in the middle of the month on February 17th, 2026, with the annual solar eclipse. So between the 1st and 17th of February, there's gonna be a lot going on, a lot of regime changes around the world, a lot of revelations about those in power. And the cherry on top at the end of February is that we start the Mercury retrograde cycle, right? Sandwiched in between the eclipse cycle, and that Mercury retrograde goes from February 26th to March 20th. But a little bit about that, that new moon, uh solar eclipse is always when there's a new moon, and the sun and moon are in the same signs, and this happens to be an Aquarius, and it's toward the end of the Aquarian equinox on the 17th, depending on where you are. I'm I'm kind of using Eastern time zone for some of these. Um that's also what the Llewellyn astrological calendar uses. So there's gonna be a lot of things coming up that we need to be aware of, and then Mercury retrogrades on the 26th. By then the sun will be in the sign Pisces. Um now Mercury will be retrograding in the sign.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I think it's Pisces, it's retrograding.
SPEAKER_03:Pisces. So we're out of the Aquarius energy. Venus would have left on the 10th of February. Um the other big news of February, which happens right two days after that full moon, is that the planet Uranus is gonna go direct.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I was just gonna say that is a loaded stretch. So February 1st, even the end of January, like the 30th, 31st, and leading into that full moon on the first in Leo, and then Uranus goes direct motion in Taurus. So that that could be a real bumpy stretch.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, and I think with Uranus going direct in the third, there's definitely going to be a lot of news going on with the collective. I I kind of think uh at the end of 2025, we have Mars and Venus transiting into Capricorn, and they'll be riding out the early part of January. So there'll definitely be some economic Debbie Downer news probably in January. And then we'll get more clarity about that. In February. But I guess my advice is just be careful not to buy into everything you're hearing out there. There will be, I think, a lot of fear. But again, everything's up for grabs. This is the interesting thing. The thing about 2025, people are like freaking out. I said, hey, none of this is really going to stick because the end of the cycle, it were this is the playing out of the old energy. This we're not seeding the new. The thing about 2026 that people need to know is that we are seeding new energy. But before we seed the new energy, I think we have a little bit of a chaotic um energetic happening in February. So not to freak out about that or fear about that. I think it's just like things are just being stirred up, and then they will the dust will settle as we get into even as early as March of 2026, and we'll see how to move forward. So February may be a little bit disruptive for people. It may feel like, you know, and I think there might be some other things going on with air travel too, because a lot of this in early February is air. And there was also that, I think the um government shutdown was going until the end of January. So we might be facing some things that are disrupting with our day-to-day life. There could be some power outages, there could be some storms. Again, I'm not saying this uh in a fear mode. I'm just saying just be ready and be flexible. Right. Whatever does happen in February, uh, there'll be the, you know, they'll be pick pick me up. There will be the cleanup crew coming as early as March of 2026 because then the the energy shifts a little bit.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. So speaking of which, uh we have the full moon uh lunar eclipse on March 2nd, 3rd, the second uh eclipse of 2026. Do you want to talk a little bit about that?
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, the other big transit though that we forgot to mention with February, another thing to throw into the February uh Manic mix here is that Saturn will go into Aries on the 13th. So just a little bit, let me just backtrack. So February, February, full moon on the first. On the third, we've got the Uranus going direct. Then we have the the new moon, which is also, by the way, Chinese lunar new year on the uh 17th. So it's a really good time to set intentions, and I do urge you to do that. But then a week later, and then on the 13th, right before the new moon, is the Saturn goes into Aries, and then we have the eclipse cycle start on the 26th. So that's a lot of major transits for one month.
SPEAKER_00:It is, it is. So the eclipse is on the 17th, and Mercury retrograde happens on the 26th. So it is a very active month. Um, and the corollary to that first eclipse occurring on February 17th on the new moon in Aquarius is uh March 2nd, 3rd. It depends on where you are in the world. That full moon lunar eclipse in Virgo and Pisces. Um you want to talk about your thoughts, what your senses are tingling with about that one.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, so this one on March 3rd, it's the moon is full in Virgo, this the sun is in Pisces. It is a total lunar eclipse, which we get a lot of partial ones, so they tend to pack more of a punch. And people need to be aware that it's not just the event of the eclipse, it's the fallout that happens. And usually those after total lunar eclipse are pretty powerful. So that would be the three months after, and a bigger broad stroke stroke would be until six months, which is the next eclipse cycle that would be happening in August. So this is this is a big deal. I think because Pisces and Virgo have a connection with health and healing. Well, Virgo certainly does in medicine, and then Pisces is more what we would call energy healing, but Pisces also has a rulership over uh contagion, things that are uh they viruses, right? As they go through, they they don't regard boundaries, so they can be spread from one place to another. I think we might have some kind of weird thing going on with uh some kind of disease or illness erupting then around that time, or trying to deal with a situation, a health situation. There could even be um in our country some more, you know, situations around ruling medicine and pharmaceuticals and all of that, that that will be a big deal. And it's about the middle degree too of the sign uh Pisces. So this isn't this is not necessarily an ending or a beginning, it's a continuation of something that may have started, right? And and and an eclipse comes when it's affecting the nodes of the moon. And so the we've had the eclipses all in Pisces and Virgo since late 2024, and they're gonna end in June of 2026 when they change nodes, and that's a whole nother astrological thing, but it's really about the direction that the collective is taking. So again, I think there's gonna be some big health concerns showing up first week in March at that lunar eclipse.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, that's so true. Uh, it's sort of like the swan song, this lunar eclipse in Virgo and Pisces. And what about um right after that? We have Jupiter going direct motion on the 11th. Um, there's sort of a cluster of activity that second and third week of March.
SPEAKER_03:Right. So we've got Jupiter going direct. So that's gonna feel good because it's gonna bring back optimism, expansion, and Jupiter is considered exalted in the sign Cancer, which where it will stay now and go forward in cancer until around the end of June. So this is good. I think we might get some good news because it's post-eclips by then. It's like exactly a week after the eclipse. We might get some good news about uh mortgages and things to do with buying property and real estate. There may be some some good news around that. There may be like if if we felt the economy was really, really bad back in January and February, March will bring the optimism. And also the other thing people need to be aware of, like things that are gonna happen are gonna be fast. Like one day it's gonna be like, oh no, we're going into a recession. The next week, oh no, we're not. We're we're we're you know, we're gonna there's gonna be this done. And there's gonna be a lot of changing too in the political arena, I feel, uh, in in countries all over the world, including the US. Like from day to day or week to week, it's gonna be a different scenario or a different issue that we're dealing with, kind of like what we've had, but a little different, because I think we're gonna see an unwinding of things that were set into motion in 2025, but then we're going to have new ways of dealing with situations or circumstances.
SPEAKER_00:100%.
SPEAKER_03:It may not be done the traditional way. I'm talking politically and otherwise. So, yeah, it's really busy that third week in March. We've got the Jupiter going direct, then you've got that new moon on the 18th, the day after St. Patrick's Day. And then we're going to have um the sun going into Aries, which marks the vernal equinox, which is always a good time to see new energies. And I like that it's coming two days after the new moon window. So the 18, 19, 20th of March, if you haven't had time to kind of set an intention because things have been a little bit unwieldy, that would be a really good time. And it starts the astrological new year too.
SPEAKER_00:Right. And to boot, messenger Mercury turns direct motion on the 20th. So, right on that vernal equinox and the new moon. So it is a very potent time to set intentions. Um, and with that Mercury going direct on March 20th, all planets will be forward motion for a couple months, which is really a breath of fresh air.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, that will be really good. Usually that happens earlier in the year, like in February, that they go a moving direct, but it's a little later this year, but we'll take it, right? Right. We'll take it on the equinox, we'll take Mercury going direct. And um, that's going to be very interesting. Things will move fast because it is the Aries equinox. So we'll have the inner planets all conjuncting um Saturn and Neptune at the end of March into April, which will be interesting to see how that that plays out. Uh, but they're a little bit more spaced out than it is in um Aquaria when they all meet up with Pluto and Aquarius, the third week of June. It's going to be a little bit of a different flavor, but it's also letting us get some kind of viewing or vision of what's to come. And that leads us into the month of April, when again, April fools, it's a Libra full moon. So that was that will be trying to balance things, all the um things that have felt a little chaotic or uh not knowing if we're coming or going by that April 1st Libra full moon, we might get things back in balance. And I think also that it's going to sort of um get ready for the uh financial uh situation to get cleaned up in May. So April is the full moon, sun in Aries, moon in Libra. So that's also very diplomatic. If there's anything going on internationally, which there certainly could get initiated in February of 2026, we'll probably see some kind of cleaning up of that. And then there's the new moon in Aries on April 17th, 2026, which is you know bringing in new hope. Again, we don't have any planets retrograde, so that's really, really good. We've got Pluto going through Aquarius by now, we've got Neptune going through Aries, Saturn in Aries, and there on the 26th.
SPEAKER_00:Do you want to talk about that big one?
SPEAKER_03:At the end of April on 42626, we've got Uranus, the great awakener and change maker going into Gemini.
SPEAKER_00:For the next seven years, yeah. Talk about fasten your seat belts, aligning to Pluto and Aquarius.
SPEAKER_03:Yes, and and it is going to speed things up. I think that we're gonna see a lot of um things happening with between the Aquarius and then the Gemini and Aries, a lot of stuff around space travel. And like again, I've been crossing my fingers for years that since Pluto went into Aquarius originally a couple of years ago, like let's get air travel modernized and easier, and let's clean up all those systems and you know make it so it could be more seamless because it's been anything but that.
SPEAKER_00:Right. Oh, a hundred percent. Yes. So a relatively calm month uh in April, and we'll take it after the rock and roll of February and even early March. And so with that, we're into May 2026 and another full moon right on the first. So we have two full moons um in May.
SPEAKER_03:So it's a once in a blue moon month. It will be a once in a blue moon month. Yes, but do something you've never done before.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, ride that horse. It's the year of the fire horse in Chinese astrology, and so we're going from the snake in 2025, a very earthbound uh creature, to giddy up. Um, you know, it's like that barn door.
SPEAKER_03:And it speaks in on the 17th of February at that new moon, at the new moon eclipse, the horse is gonna come through the fire ring and jump into our lives. And those people who are, you know, every 12 years, so people who are 24, 36, 48, uh 60, turning 60 or 72, it's gonna be your year, it's gonna be astrological um Chinese year. So, yeah, May is gonna be an interesting month. It starts with the full moon in Scorpio on May 1st, on May Day. And that moon is traditionally considered very special by the Tibetans, it's called the Wisak moon, and so it's the uh time that the Buddha was born, received enlightenment, and died always on that full moon in his lifetime in Scorpio. So Buddha was a Taurus, and so it has in our time period affected financial markets because it's financial axis in astrology. Taurus is the money we earn and work hard for, and then Scorpio is money that is invested or comes from other sources outside of what we earn, such as spouse's money, partners' money, investments, inheritance, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:And very strong.
SPEAKER_03:So there's something financial big that's gonna be happening um during the first two weeks of May, I predict. Something very big. And then what's gonna be interesting by the new moon, which is May 16th, 2026, um, we're going to see uh something clarified. And around that time, the next day, a couple days later, we're gonna have some stabilization with Venus going into Cancer, which is also gonna join Jupiter at some point in the coming months, and Mars is gonna go to Taurus. So those are kind of secure planets, yeah, those inner planets being a little bit more insecure signs to counter all that air and fire there in Earth.
SPEAKER_00:Very grounding. And Pluto right on the heels of that first full moon on May 1st turns retrograde on May 6th. So that brings a halt to all planets being forward, but we don't really feel it. But the fact that it comes on the heels of that full moon, um, and Pluto rules Scorpio should be really interesting.
SPEAKER_03:I'm wondering if there'll be some kind of interesting earth change around that time because we've got Taurus, Scorpio, and then we have um Pluto retrograding, and Pluto tends to bring about like things from under the earth up. So we could have geo um magnetic energies arising there in that early May. And yeah, so you're right. So we only have a very short uh no retro planet period from the uh vernal equinox on March 21st to May 6th. Usually we get a couple months, we get barely um uh about six weeks. Yeah, so that means initiate, initiate, initiate from like the 21st of March through May 6. This is a good time for launching things. People always ask me, when should I launch my new business? When I mean all year I think of 2026 is good for that, trying new things and ending the old, but that's a pretty auspicious cycle for really starting new things between the vernal equinox and May 6th. And like you said, Pluto is more about a collective situation, and uh, you know, a lot of people won't really feel it unless they have planets at those degrees. So it's retrograde for almost half the year, anyway.
SPEAKER_00:So that's the Yeah, the outer planets, you know, but it's just very interesting coming on the heels of that full moon. And then the second full moon is the very end of the month, that blue moon.
SPEAKER_03:Yes, on May 31st. So that's the week after Memorial Day in the United States. So that is in Gemini, and and that's going to be with the sun in Gemini, and then the full moon will be in Sagittarius. So that's kind of a big picture. We might get there, might be something internationally going on at that full moon at the end of May, because Sagittarius rules international affairs. And then we're also going to have, I think that uh Uranus is going to be a few degrees away from it because if it's the 34 first, it's going to be it's about 10 degrees, and then Uranus will be in like three or four degrees. Uh, not even it will be in the very early degrees of Gemini, but still to have both Uranus and a full moon uh in Gemini. We haven't had that for 84 years.
SPEAKER_00:Wow. Wow. Thank you for pointing that out. Yeah, that is really strong stuff. Um, a lot of communication. Um, and now that we we don't have any planets in Pisces, that's you know, challenging the the Gemini, it's very clear. Uh clear communication, a lot of sales and marketing going on. Um and then June, it's pretty quiet in June until the end of the month.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, so June, this because they don't there, we didn't, we don't we had that May 31st full moon. There's no full moon till the end of June, but right smack in the middle on flag day, June 14th, is the Gemini new moon, and then June 29th is the full moon in Capricorn. But the cherry on top in between all that is the second Mercury retrograde cycle, and that goes from June 29th through July 23rd. So that's I think that one's gonna be a bit of a whammy for some reason, and it's right in the middle of like summer travel season when that Mercury retrograde. It actually goes retrograde on the day of the full moon, and Mars goes into Gemini.
SPEAKER_00:There's a lot of activity um on the 29th and the 30th. There, it's just loaded. So as people are heading out for July 4th um weekend, whether you're flying or driving, that could be you know a little tricky. Yeah, um, you may want to just plan plenty of time, um, give yourself plenty of space with that full moon on uh June 29th in Capricorn, just as Mercury, Messenger Mercury, the communication planet goes retrograde, same day, and Mars goes into Gemini, uh, the sign that rules uh that Mercury rules. So it is loaded. And then let's finish up with some happy news because Jupiter goes into Leo, where it you know, it loves being in Cancer, it's exalted as you pointed out, but it it shines pretty nicely in Leo.
SPEAKER_03:Right. So that's a trifecta. Of days, the 28th, Mars and Gemini, then the full moon on the 29th with Mercury retrograde, and then we have the 30th with Jupiter and Leo. So, and that's the end of the first half of 2026. So it's gonna um end with kind of a bang. And Jupiter and Leo just is all about like how whatever the intensity has been leading up to that point. It's like, okay, let's have some fun now. Um, but then the Jupiter is gonna be in the mix with the uh fire and air in early degrees, uh it will be trying Neptune and Saturn in August. It will also be in July and August, it will also be harmonizing with well, opposing Pluto in Aquarius, and then it will be in the mix with Uranus in Gemini. So that's you know, again, it's all about acceleration. So I think I mean the key takeaway for those six first months is that be very grounded, be very in your body. I mean, if you've never had a massage or any kind of body focused, this is the year to do it.
SPEAKER_00:Seriously, seriously, you really want to be prepared because we have liftoff and we are on the launch pad in 2026. So as much as you can take the end of December, beginning of January to really uh take care of yourself, especially with Jupiter, the planet of um abundance and prosperity and expansion, loving, thriving, being in the sign of cancer, the crab, which is nurturing and nourishing and self-care. You really want to um sink into that. My guest has been the exceptional astrologer Jill Jardine. You can find all her information on her website, Jill Jardine, J I L L, Jardine, J A R D I N E, Astrology.com. Thank you so much for joining me today, Jill. Um, it's so wonderful to have you here to go over the abundance of activity that we're about to walk into.
SPEAKER_03:Yes. Thank you so much for having me, Hillary. It's always so much fun when we do a podcast together because I think we have a compendium of astrological knowledge we get to share with everybody.
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