Endings & Beginnings

OVERVIEW, Week of December 22, 2025:

3 things according to Chani -

• ’We’re going to get incredibly flirtatious with life.’

• ’We’re going to remember how practically important it is to center our values & what brings us joy.’

• Astrologically speaking - it’s recess time!

This week is kinda quiet. We’ll have one big movement, and one tiny one.

2025 was a dumpster fire, collectively, and for a lot of us personally. It’s time to let your hair down and enjoy yourself (Tuesday especially)!

2025 was a number 9 year in numerology, a number of endings and closures, and this was supported astrologically as we began the closing of some big cosmic cycles. Between 2025 & 2026, there are 5 big cosmic cycles turning (endings & new beginnings). We’re heading into new paradigm energy.

Saturn & Neptune have moved out of Pisces into Aries. Uranus has moved out of Taurus into Gemini. Jupiter will be moving into Leo & then be in Cancer for 2026. Also in 2026, Chiron finishes up its journey in Aries and moves into Taurus. That’s four major planets shifting through bigger, longer term cycles.

Collectively, this means we are working with new influences, things being wrapped up, closure for certain lessons, and a new era where we feel more inspired. Uranus, the planet of change and awakening, creates instability so that we can feel more secure, wake up to a greater sense of authenticity within ourselves. Check your chart to see what part Taurus rules over for you, what house that instability may have been in, and where it’s progressing to.

We’re moving into 2026 with Venus & Mars conjunct Gemini - the two cosmic lovers - in the sign of Capricorn - representative of a cosmic balance that is being created between the feminine and masculine. Picture the yin yang symbol. It’s time to embody that balanced feminine / masculine energy. We’re planting the seeds now for how we want to create harmony in our lives. How we do that, how we listen to and follow our heart, the quality of our heart energy, will evolve over the coming year.

So right now, we’re preparing the grounds while most growth appears dormant. It is time to embrace nature’s ability to bring you to harmony in yourself. Get your feet on the ground, get out in nature (which is everywhere, even in the city!), gaze on greenery & open sky, hug a tree, maybe even welcome new plants into your home at this time. (How about a potted Xmas tree instead of a plastic or live-but-dying one that’s grown for anywhere from 4 to 15 years, only to sit in your living room for a few weeks, slowly dying, then be kicked to the curb?! I know, it’s probably too late for most of you for that talk….)

As the light of day slowly returns, a bit more each day, how can you honor the light within you? Imagine a flame burning inside you. Is it strong and bright? Or does it feel a bit weak and depleted? What can you feed it so it will burn in a more robust, nourishing way? (Remember, fire can warm, or it can burn shit down.)

Keep in mind - we are shedding our skin in this final couple months of the Year of the Wood Snake. I love working with the analogy of imagining the skin we are shedding as wood shavings which feed the fire that will then support the journey and gallop of the Fire Horse in the coming year. (Let the earthly energies of Capricorn season hold and ground you through this, so it doesn’t turn into a forest fire.)

Right now, it’s a powerful time for clearing & recalibrating the auric field, purging and cleansing all we’ve been through in the past year.

TUESDAY the 23rd - Venus (planet of pleasure, joy, love, sweetness, goodness) - squares Neptune. This brings us the height of romantic delusions. Work with it. Let your guard down & enjoy a moment of escape.

WEDNESDAY the 24th - Venus moves into Capricorn, the sign of practicality, so this is about practical displays of love, centering all we value, and remembering how much we value joy, connection, and our time. Venus, the planet of values, relationships, togetherness, in Capricorn - has to be realistic, practical, pragmatic. This is like, don’t just tell me you love me, show me!

Center what you love, and show it in your actions of what you prioritize, how you choose to spend your precious time. Schedule in time for not only loved ones, but also a little date for yourself! What’s that thing you always say you wanna do, but never seem to make time for? Do it! Commit! With Venus in Capricorn (which is ruled by Saturn), we gotta create the cauldron that allows the alchemy to occur.

Capricorn, concerned with aging and wisdom, understands that you don’t have all the time in the world, the clock is ticking.

In January, Venus, Mars, and the Sun all meet up in Capricorn, all in opposition to Jupiter (wild combo), giving supercharged, cheerleading moments, ‘plant the seed and take action’ kinda initiation energy. Check out your chart to see where this is landing for you and how to work with it in the New Year.

Rest, delight, and frolic through January, because in 2026 there will be some battles ahead. February is looking messy. There may be things happening in 2026 that haven’t happened in decades.

So - this week, the final full week of this calendar year - focus on practical actions connected to your commitment to yourself, to your joy, creativity, the relationships you really want to show up for, and let yourself percolate on the seeds you’re going to nurture & grow in 2026.

Recalibration is the name of the game!

If you struggle with the holiday season, if there’s something or someone you’re mourning, join us Saturday, December 27, for one of my signature workshops, Honor Your Grief. Join us, 11-1 EST in Zoom. Together, we'll transmute some of the pain.

These are my 'cliff notes' for the astrological energies this week, based on the astro-forecasts of Chani Nicholas & Tanaaz from Forever Conscious. Please visit their sites / the Chani app for more details.