Going all the way back to ancient astrology, trines have been considered to be of the nature of the planet Jupiter; fortunate, harmonious and positive. At 120° apart, the involved planets of a trine share the same element (fire, earth, air or water), creating understanding and flow. Presently Jupiter is in the cardinal water sign of Cancer. On October 22nd, Neptune, the modern ruler of Pisces, will return to the mutable water sign, and the Sun will enter the fixed water sign of Scorpio, under a Scorpio Moon. Having planets in close degree in all three signs of an element makes the occurrence a grand trine. As the Sun journeys through purifying Scorpio in 2025, the auspicious water trines will abound, and the cycle will culminate in a grand water trine on November 19th. Between now and then, the Sun, Mercury and Mars will each trine Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. Other notable water happenings include Venus’s Scorpio entrance on November 6th and Mercury’s Scorpio re-entrance on the 18th. The following day’s grand water trine will feature Jupiter and Saturn at 25°, the Sun, Moon and Mercury at 28° and Neptune at 29°. That 29° point will also place Neptune into a sextile with unruly Uranus.
Among the many planetary comings and goings under this Scorpio Sun, Uranus’s step back into Taurus on November 7th, for its final passage through the fixed earth sign, is noteworthy. The revolutionary planet began its retrograde on September 6th, and that retrograde will conclude on February 3, 2026, at 27° Taurus 28′. Uranus will exit Taurus on April 25, 2026, finishing a trip that began in May 2018. With Saturn, Uranus and Neptune presently traversing ground they previously covered, opportunities for final resolutions are at hand. Inventive, unconventional Uranus is all about upending the status quo in favor of innovation. Forthcoming points of illumination, with a Uranian eye toward completion, include November 5th’s full Moon in Taurus, Mercury’s opposition to Uranus on the 19th and the Sun Uranus opposition on the 21st. Uranus isn’t the only planet intent on fostering breakthroughs and encouraging new adventures. Pluto, newly direct in progressive Aquarius, will also be agitating and acting as a catalyst for change.
Scorpio’s modern ruler, transforming Pluto, is now firmly in early Aquarius, so astrology’s contentious squares will form each time planets enter Scorpio and Taurus. Squares are another tool for forcing issues to the fore. The Scorpio series has encompassed the Mars Pluto square on September 24th and the Mercury Pluto square on October 7th, and it will go on to include the Sun Pluto one on October 24th and finally a Venus Pluto square on November 7th, the day Uranus ventures back into Taurus. After posing challenges to the planets passing through brutally honest Scorpio, Pluto’s evolutionary talents will be applied in the optimistic arena of Sagittarius. The inspirational fires of Jupiter-ruled Sagittarius bestow enthusiasm and hope. On October 29th Mercury will enter the mutable fire sign, followed by Mars on November 4th, and the two will conjoin on the 12th. Initially, Mercury will undergo an opposition to Uranus, while it’s still in airy Gemini, before forming a supportive sextile with Pluto on the 30th. Similarly, Mars will face the same opposition from Uranus, on the 4th, before receiving its boost from Pluto on the 6th, with the enlightening full Moon in between on the 5th. While Mars, Uranus and Pluto get to code cracking and trailblazing, Mercury will be mediating between outworn paradigms and new possibilities and potentials.
The Messenger will be trekking through both Sagittarius and Scorpio as it retrogrades from 6° Sagittarius 52’ to 20° Scorpio 42’ from November 9th through 29th. Simultaneously, Jupiter’s retrograde will begin November 11th at 25° Cancer 09′ and conclude on March 10, 2026, at 15° Cancer 05’. Ultimately, though emanating from quieter Cancer, Jupiter is the power behind this Sun cycle. Its indelible influence is governing all of the trines and reigniting aspirations as planets enter its enterprising home sign. Disruptions and dustups are inevitable, but Jupiter likes to look at the bigger picture. In caregiving Cancer, the benefic is offering perspective and an enormous, omnipresent oasis of nurturance, guidance and healing.