3 Zodiacs Having A Difficult 2025 (But Are Set For A Transformative Second Half Of The Year)
Aries
Aries, the last couple years of your life has been full of dramatic changes and major ups and downs, and it has been feeling like it’s all culminating as we’ve been moving through 2025 so far. We entered the year with your planetary ruler, Mars, retrograde in Cancer, a sign that Mars struggles to express itself in. So far 2025 has been moving at a very slow, stalled pace, if at all, which is a hard struggle for you, Aries. However, through it all you’ve learned a lot about who you are, what you want, and what you’re capable of. As we move further into the year, it’s time to start using everything you’ve learned to start turning your dreams into reality. Soon you’ll have Saturn, planet of maturation and discipline, and Neptune, planet of fantasy, illusion, dreams, and mysticism, in your sign, pulling you forward into a new era of connecting to your own greatest dreams and setting your sights on them with a sense of determination that will help make them reality in an enduring way. And the best part is you can expect just enough delusion and faith sprinkled in to take your belief in yourself to completely new heights!
Cancer
Mars has spent all of this year so far slugging through your sign, Cancer! Mars’s retrograde has had it moving back and forth, and it’s felt exactly like the whiplash it sounds like. Mars, the planet of aggression and conflict, can feel at odds with your own sensitive, nurturing nature. Retrogrades of all kinds are challenging, but Mars’s retrograde, which happens the least frequently out of all of the planets, tends to dredge up any anger or frustration we’ve been pushing beneath the surface. As a result, you’ve been moving through layers of stored up emotional stagnancy and pent-up irritation, as well as finally confronting the ways your energetic exertion just hasn’t been sustainable. This summer, Jupiter, the planet of growth, abundance, optimism, and luck, moves into your sign and will serve as a soothing balm against the irritation, friction, and heat of Mars that has been persistent so far this year. While Mars struggles in Cancer, which has made its time here all the more challenging, Jupiter LOVES being in Cancer, a sign that resources this benefic planet to do its thing to max. During the second half of the year you’ll not only find those burns healing, Cancer, but you’ll also be getting blessed for your patience.
Libra
Libra, you’ve had a challenging past couple of years that have demanded you release old ways of being, patterns, and behaviors that have been keeping you from centering yourself in your own story. This has been manifesting through big, unexpected changes in your life. Coming into 2025, you’ve been confronting the culmination of this storyline that’s demanding you close the door on things that aren’t working so that you can step into a completely new chapter. The beginning of this year has also featured a retrograde journey by your ruling planet, Venus, requiring you to bring your own values, tastes, and desires up for revision. This retrograde has also extended Venus’s time in Aries, lighting a fire of urgency in a process that doesn’t do well to be rushed. While all of this has been intense, dramatic, and challenging, it has forced you into getting really clear with yourself on what you do and don’t want, helping to catalyze a deep personal transformation for you. By the time we make our way into June, Venus will be making its way into its other sign of rulership, Taurus, and the astro-skies will start to clear the way for you to step into your own authenticity with renewed courage. Saturn will be moving into your opposing sign, Aries, as well. While Saturn is a challenging planet, you understand its demand for discipline and longevity better than most, and its presence here will help you exert the boundaries you’ve been working so hard to cultivate, as well as help build the enduring foundations you need to grow and transform. Neptune, planet of fantasy and dreams, will also be in Aries opposite you, helping grant a bit of magic and spiritual motivation to the process.