02 Astrology and Christmas

We are approaching Christmas, and I have always been intrigued by the fact that behind all the consumerism nowadays—the bright plastic colors, the bad food, and the stress—there is actually the celebration of an astrological event taking place. It’s not exactly on the day, but Christmas comes right after the 21st of December, the darkest day of the year: the shortest day and the longest night. After this, the symbolic rebirth of the Sun takes place as she enters Capricorn.

I never thought that Jesus Christ—who became a figure so important that he changed how almost the entire world counts time and is celebrated in nearly every country on Earth—was just coincidentally born precisely during this time of year. I believe that this is a continuation of an old tradition found in many ancient cultures: celebrating the winter solstice, the rebirth of the Sun in her yearly cycle.

This shows that, as disconnected as our society seems to be from nature and the cosmic rhythms, we are still somehow moving within them and even celebrating them (though quite unconsciously). There is no escape from the absolute fact that we are embedded in cosmic cycles and rhythms that affect us every day—the weather, our whole economy, and even our emotions.

I guess it would be wise to acknowledge this again and begin living more in accordance with these rhythms: eating seasonally, sleeping and resting more in winter, and expanding more outward in summer…

The Sun symbolizes many things. It is essentially the only true source of energy for our planet. Everything that moves—the movement of your hands, all weather phenomena, cars driving around, and even our thoughts—is indirectly fueled by the power radiating from the Sun. It is captured through photosynthesis or simple heating effects and then converted into countless forms. Even the oil in the ground exists because plants and plankton accumulated solar energy over millions of years, transformed it into organic matter, and under compression it turned into oil. The ancient Egyptians had a beautiful symbol for their sun god Aton: a Sun with its rays pointing downward and ending in hands, showing the deep and inevitable connection between the Sun and life on Earth.

But the Sun has also always been a metaphor for the light of consciousness. Just as during the day, when we can see clearly and make better decisions, the Sun in our birth chart shows the part of ourselves that we can consciously connect with, identify with, and which allows us to shine. It symbolizes the most central point of our personality and can offer clues about our health, energy, and willpower. The big question “Who am I?” can often be approached through the position and aspects of the Sun in our birth chart.

Becoming conscious of our own “Sun”—our inner strength and potential—helps tremendously in fighting the demons of fear, doubt, and confusion. It reconnects us to our capacity to shine and to be a light for ourselves and for others.

This, for me, is also the core essence of Christmas. It is the celebration of light during the darkest time of the year, reminding us that we have the capacity to transform darkness into light and to shine from within—helping others through a kind word, a caring action, or simply by being present without fear and with a sense of inner security.

In this sense: Merry Christmas!

03 The Astrology of 2026

This year seems to be a year of big change. All outer planets, except Pluto—which has already been in Aquarius for some time—will change signs. This is very unusual and highly significant.

This will mean fast and drastic changes in the astrological weather. To me, it seems that the new era of AI and its deep impact on society, war, and communication—something we could already clearly observe with Pluto entering Aquarius over the last years—will now accelerate. It will feel as if there is no way back, and a clear cut between the past and the future will become visible.

Especially during the next seven years, when Uranus enters Gemini in April and stays there until 2033, the rise of new technology will accelerate even more. Drone warfare and deliveries, cyber-attacks, instant speech translation that allows us to understand people all over the world, and much more come to mind. The so-called “Age of Aquarius,” which will still take around 100–200 years to fully begin, is already being foreshadowed and is gradually sinking into our daily lives, transforming nearly every aspect of them. Like all archetypes, it has both positive and negative sides, and much depends on how we deal with it. It can bring us closer together internationally while at the same time isolating us from the people around us, as we all connect to different cultures and realities through the internet and could start living in our own, isolated world, not connected to the people around us culturally.

One of the most significant constellations of the coming years will be the Saturn–Neptune conjunction at 0° Aries in February. This is extremely important, as they conjunct exactly at the beginning point of the zodiac and therefore clearly marking the start of a new cycle. We cannot underestimate how unusual and powerful this is. In my interpretation, this will make all themes that arise from the merging of these two archetypes highly influential in the years ahead and is kind of the conjunction of this decade showing bis themes during the last years and the years to come.

Old, seemingly untouchable structures will begin to dissolve (last time, for example, it was the Berlin Wall). What appears indestructible may suddenly—due to the Mars and Aries themes—fall apart. The struggle between reality and illusion, which has already been visible especially over the last year, will intensify even further. What is real? Who is good, who is bad? Can I trust the state and the structures of society? What are the morals of international law, and are they appropriate? Can a dreamy idea suddenly turn into reality?...

The trend of black-and-white thinking, oversimplification, and dividing everything into small, easily understandable boxes will be challenged by this constellation. This way of thinking will no longer be sufficient, and we will be confronted with the complexity and multilayered nature of reality, which slips through our hands as soon as we try to fix and define it. This can cause a massive shift in our ability to understand reality and open our consciousness to think beyond these simplifications. It can—and probably will—also intensify the cultural war, especially fought on the internet and, unfortunately, also in real life. This conflict is fueled by division caused by outdated ways of perceiving reality and a lack of empathy for the perspective of others.

Both Saturn and Neptune will enter Aries, the archetype of the soldier, war, competition, leadership, masculine energy, and fire. This is another reason—besides Uranus entering Gemini—why this year will be a year of acceleration. I believe each of us will feel this personally. Things will start moving faster and faster, and it may be stressful to keep up the pace and adapt to this new situation.

This could also mean that presidents and other leaders will show their true faces, and that illusions surrounding them will fall away. In general, I expect this to be a year full of leadership scandals and a kind of collective reality check.

One of the culmination points this year could be the Mars–Uranus conjunction on June 4. It is an explosive mixture in a year that is already quite accelerated and fiery. I hope that rather than manifesting its more destructive potential—such as explosions or sudden drastic and violent events—we experience its positive expression: revolution, liberation from oppressive leadership, or a sudden event that frees a group of people or an important idea.

There is, of course, much more to unpack, but these are likely among the most significant influences of the year. It is also worth keeping a close eye on the eclipse seasons in Aquarius and Virgo in February and March, and in Leo and Pisces in August.

In my consultations, I take a closer look at how these transits affect your personal chart and which areas of life are most strongly activated.