embrace the plot twist: turning setbacks into power moves 🌹

unpacking the upcoming transits that will force us to pivot

mars retrograde is now in cancer until february 23, 2025, forcing us to address our relationship with emotional safety, conflict resolution, and ultimately time. although many mystics are waiting for the spring equinox to set things in motion, this year’s astrology is proving to be rather…groundbreaking; but before we’re able to begin a new chapter, we’ll have to face the rubble of the falling tower.

bust out the ice cream pls 🍨

march 2025 will be one of the most chaotic months of the year as we’ll be heading toward the following major transits:

mercury rx pre-shadow: feb 28-march 13

venus rx in aries: march 1-26

total lunar eclipse in virgo: march 13-14

mercury rx in aries: march 14-28

venus rx in pisces: march 27-april 12

mercury rx in pisces: march 29- april 7

partial solar eclipse in aries: march 29

neptune → aries: march 30

working with the transits

so while you may be waiting for the astrological new year on march 20th to charge ahead, I want you to prepare for the possibility that you won’t be in the best headspace to do so. this isn’t to say that it’s completely impossible to celebrate, plan, and set things in motion, but you’ll need to be honest with yourself and think back to how you normally operate during eclipse season and multiple retrogrades. if you know how to navigate these transits, by all means, continue your magick; however, if you’re prone to shutting down, slowing down, and feeling down, you’ll need to rethink your plans.

I’m personally waiting for April 27, 2025 for any major new year manifestation because we’ll be out of retrograde’s shadow and it will be a New Moon in Taurus 7°46.

as always, take things with a grain of salt and do what you feel called to do <3

so what does one do for 3 months of just…waiting around until the skies clear? well, I don’t recommend you just lay down at the crossroads and let the incoming transits rock you to your core. I want you to allow your body and productive mind to rest, while you utilize these transits as an opportunity for reflection and redirection.

you can transform these “setbacks” into power moves by seeing them as divine redirections. prepare yourself for the astral speed bumps so you don’t rattle the floorboard. take some time to understand how the upcoming transits will affect your natal placements so when things arise, you know why it’s happening. put things in place to emotionally prepare for the presidential inauguration, because it’s happening. think of how you’ll utilize your support network, and if you don’t have anyone, how you can use your Spirits to be that system. you may be feeling drained, but see if you can begin imagining what tenderness looks like for you. how can you tend to your winter solstice nest to provide an extra bed of comfort for the storms ahead?

to be empowered is to not let the fear of change and conflict make you feel out of control, while also knowing that you will be okay when things are not in your control. it’s a sacred balance of trusting in the divine and trusting yourself.

transmuting pain to power

one of the easiest ways to reclaim your power during this time is to track your triggers and see how they relate to your values and personal cosmology. for example, when I got into an extremely triggering screaming match with a man in support of sex workers and sacred $luts, my body got stuck in a vicious rage for two weeks. I had to wear a nightly mouth guard for constant teeth grinding (which I’ve never had to use) and I was on edge even hearing a cishet man talk. let’s be real, this wasn’t serving me one bit and I knew that on a soul level.

I started to realize that this “setback” revealed to me, not only the keys 🔑 to my personal power, but my sacred values. I felt powerful for using my voice, but disempowered in how to transmute the leftover pain. with the help of Spirit, I was guided to dive deeper into feminist liberation, the sacred knowledge of Goddess, reaching out to my friends in sex work, and filling my library with books about untamed, wild femmes.

I was primal and now I had the support system to see that I wasn’t alone.

we’re on the brink of major astrological shifts and it’ll be up to us to create safer foundations and healthier communities for ourselves and those who need to know they aren’t alone. things in our control (and out) will crumble and slip beneath our feet, and maybe, just maybe, it’ll be the path to liberation. we can allow setbacks to become earth-shattering failures or embrace the plot twist and transform them into keys to personal power.