A FAST CAR AND A NEW MAP.
We begin the year with Mars, our initiating force and the desires that propel us forwards, retrograding in neighbouring Leo. On January 7th, Mars retrogrades back into your sign, where it will stay until February 25th. It will then begin to move forwards again, staying in your sign until April 18th. That means for almost the first four months of this year, Mars is churning through your sign. This is very significant. It’s like this big cosmic spotlight asking you to really sit with your own motivations; your own wants, needs and desires. What are they and when was the last time you re-visited them? Are they current? And most importantly, can you viscerally feel them? Are they alive and true for you? It’s like a reboot. Is your inner world on board? Or do your passing moods and feelings throw you off course of your desires? Are you able to take necessary, daily actions in life or is your forward momentum at the behest of your feelings and moods.
Anything that no longer resonates, in terms of the above, will show itself during that retrograde phase. Then, from February 25th until April 18th, there will be bountiful fuel to make the moves, to take the action and to propel yourself in the directions you are wanting to navigate this year.
On June 10th, Jupiter will enter your sign for the next year, which happens every 12 years. It’s an interesting sequence. The start of the year is about aligning you with more of what drives you and rebooting how you make moves, and then the second half is amplifying your Sun and your sign, bringing with it a range of luck and possibilities and optimism. More importantly, it’s a chance to feel into where you are applying your life force (your Sun) and to check in with yourself about whether these avenues still feel meaningful for you. If you get a case of the existential blues, then you know that this transit is doing its job. It’s a sure sign that there is some juice here for you – what brings your life meaning and why?
Jupiter’s medicine is standing in front of large vistas. It’s being awe-inspired and simultaneously humbled by the scale and the scope of existence. Part of your new curriculum is being the student and the teacher of your own vitality. What makes you shine? What dulls you? To where, and towards what, is life pulling you?
This is a transit that you can either play with and amplify, or simply spend feeling optimistic and buoyant. To get the most juice out of it, place yourself at the frontline of your own life, inhabiting that main character energy, remaining curious and open to what draws your attention and igniting your newly rebooted drive to set your co-ordinates for either the literal or metaphorical open road, so to speak. This is not a year to play it small, Cancer.
Want to understand why the zodiac signs are the way they are? Look no further than our comprehensive guide to the personality traits of each zodiac sign. Plus, you can find all the answers to the year ahead in our 2025 astrology forecast.
PHOTOGRAPHY Anna Pogossova @ Bernstein & Andriulli AU
FASHION Hannah Cooper
SET DESIGN Roze Hooij
PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Simon Hardy
STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Mia Kidis
