New Active Cycles: Guidance for the Months Ahead

New momentum is upon us. I can only ask, how do you want to participate?

Change is scary, yet it arrives whether we feel ready or not. If I told you that you have the opportunity to take part in imagining and reshaping a new world, would you believe me? Or would you lock your doors and try to hide until the messier parts are over, maybe watching it all unfold on TikTok?

Think about a home renovation. Before anything new can be built, something has to come apart. During the teardown, you might be washing dishes in the bathtub or displaced entirely, but the work is already underway. To reconstruct, we often have to deconstruct and have periods of discomfort and disorientation. If you are the one who will be living there, having a role in shaping the outcome may make the period of demolition easier to inhabit.

2026 will be a year of visible change. Astrology offers an added lens, a way to understand the quality of the time we are stepping into. My intention is not to predict outcomes, but to describe the energy at play and help you orient yourself within what may feel like an activating and uncertain period.

Several slower moving planets are changing signs this year. Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all shifting, and Pluto entered Aquarius firmly in November 2024, a sign it has not occupied since the eighteenth century during the American and French Revolutions. Pluto takes about 248 years to move through the zodiac, so this marks the beginning of a long and significant chapter.

By the end of April 2026, the slow moving planets will have moved from water and earth signs into air and fire signs. Water and earth tend to slow, soothe, and cool, while air and fire activate, spark ideas, and push things outward. The energy of the sky is becoming more visible, expressive, and action oriented, and so are we.

There are a couple imminent moments worth paying attention to. I do not want to be preachy or incite fear. But, change is happening quickly, and it may feel confusing, especially in a world saturated with various narratives, and sharpening AI generated content.

February 17, 2026: An annular solar eclipse at 28 degrees Aquarius. Collectively, eclipses often coincide with disruption or new revelations, so it is wise to stay attentive to what is unfolding around this time. If you have planets or angles in Aquarius, particularly in the later degrees, this may feel personally activating.

Aquarius eclipses tend to stir new collective and humanitarian visions. With Saturn newly in Aries, the question becomes practical and immediate. Are we willing to do the work to bring those visions into form?

This eclipse initiates a new cycle not only because it is a new Moon and an eclipse, but because it is ruled by Saturn in Aries. Aries is initiating energy. It acts, moves, and responds quickly, sometimes without a plan. Saturn values structure, discipline, and long term effort. In Aries, it must learn as it goes.

One way to imagine this is to picture working in a company where the entire leadership team has been replaced overnight. The familiar decision makers are gone. The new ones are still finding their footing, making quick calls in unfamiliar territory. Employees may feel uncertain, skeptical, or resistant. Rumors and anxiety circulate. The truth feels hard to pin down.

Moments like this reveal how we respond to instability. Do we freeze in fear? Do we push back? Do we take initiative? Do we wait for clarity to arrive from somewhere else?

February 20, 2026: Three days after the eclipse, Saturn and Neptune conjoin at zero degrees Aries. Zero degrees represents a beginning, and Aries is a sign affiliated with spring in the Northern Hemisphere, a time of thaw, growth, and initiative new action.

Saturn and Neptune meet roughly every thirty six years. The last time was in November 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, symbolizing the collapse of long standing divisions. That conjunction took place in Capricorn, a sign more comfortable with hierarchy and established order than Aries is. This energy prioritizes immediate action, even if the rules have to be adjusted, sound familiar?

This upcoming alignment may feel confusing and unstable. Neptune can disorient and make images unreliable. Rules may be introduced without full clarity or follow through. Yet this is also a moment of imagination and vision. Something new is trying to take shape, even if its form is not yet clear. Rather than asking how to avoid the discomfort, the better question may be: what now? How can I participate? What future am I willing to help shape and build?

A few simple anchors may help:

• Volunteer if you are able. Support something tangible, whether that means helping a neighbor or contributing to a cause or group you care about. Action grounds uncertainty, and acts of kindness help reinforce our sense of human interconnectedness.

  
  

• Create. Write, paint, dance, make music, or simply imagine. Creative acts matter, especially during periods of collective confusion.

  
  

• Stay connected. Read carefully. Consider different perspectives. Seek clarity before reacting out of fear. Discernment will be a quiet form of strength in the years ahead.

We are not passive observers of this moment, even when it feels overwhelming. Periods of deconstruction ask us to decide whether we retreat, wait, or engage. The world being reshaped is not abstract. It is built through daily choices, small actions, and the courage to stay present while things are confusing and unfinished.

You do not need all the answers. You only need a willingness to participate in reshaping a more humane future.