The old order gives way to the new. Within a few turning months the slow planets nearly all cross their thresholds at once — Saturn and Neptune settling into Aries to build a self and dissolve one, Uranus striking into Gemini to wake the mind for seven years, Pluto grinding deeper through Aquarius. No longer the long Taurus patience of holding what is, but the Gemini quickening of what could be. At midsummer Jupiter steps out of Cancer's shelter into Leo's light, and August's eclipse there throws a year-defining door wide. The year asks for courage, not comfort — to begin before you feel ready.

Saturn in Aries, Neptune beside it — the self rebuilt and the self dissolved. Uranus into Gemini — the mind awakening, from 26 April. Pluto in Aquarius — power remade, retrograde May to October. Jupiter from Cancer into Leo — fortune to the heart, 30 June. Total solar eclipse in Leo — 12 August. Saturn, Neptune and Pluto all turning back — the year's second half pulls inward.