From the Desk of Leslie Marlar, Jan ’25
Happy New Year.
STAR Guild will meet on Jan 28th and look at the astrology of the coming year.
Something good is coming in early ’26 and lasts for years. We’ll get hints of it in summer of ’25. It is nice connections between outer planets in air and fire signs. It is very futuristic, and I am looking forward to all types of new discoveries, surprises, new power sources, and this having a sense of mythology.
Various events happened in Dec. ’24
In the northeast, especially New Jersey, unidentified drones have been sited since Nov. 18th. Pluto went into Aquarius on Nov. 19th. And will be there for 20 years. Pluto is about force and Aquarius is an air sign. A unknown presence in the air is appropriate. The literal translation of Pluto in Aquarius is air force.
President Biden pardoned Hunter on Dec. 1 with the Moon in Sagittarius, Biden ‘s personal rising sign.
On the 3rd, with the Moon in business sign, Capricorn, Luigi Mangione shot and killed Brian Thompson.
Mangione has the Sun next to Mars and square Uranus. The is a signature for unexpected trouble or violence.
At the time of the shooting, Sagittarius, the shooting sign was rising with the Sun. The Sun was oppose Jupiter and square Saturn; this is a major conflict pattern.
In Thompson’s chart, his Mars at 19 Leo is square Mangione’s Sun and Mars in Taurus at 15 and 17. This represents trouble between them.
On the 7th with the Moon in mystical Pisces, containing old Saturn and idealistic Neptune, Notre Dame reopened.
Also on the 7th, Syrian rebels came to power in Syria as Assad fled to Russia. Conflicts in Dec. are corresponding to Saturn square Jupiter and Mars oppose Pluto, which are planets in conflicted aspects. And many people died in Haiti and Sudan due to conflict on the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th.
Speaker Pelosi fell on Friday, the 13th and hurt her hip enough for it to be replaced. The Moon was in Taurus where she has Saturn, the Midheaven, Uranus, Venus, and Mars.
A School shooting happened on the 16th. Pluto and Venus were rising with Mars opposing them.
An earthquake happened at Port Vila, Vanuata. The Sun was square Neptune, “shaker of earth”.
On the 16th, with the Moon in Trump’s unfortunate 12th house, Mershan refused to drop his NY case. On the 19th with the Moon in Trump’s fortunate 1st house, the Fani Williams crew was thrown off the Ga. case.
The Kazakhstan plane crash on Dec 25th and the Soko plane crash on Dec 29th both happened under Mars in fire sign Leo oppose Pluto in air sign Aquarius.
President Jimmy Carter died on the 29th. The Mars Pluto opposition was squaring his Saturn. RIP.
January ’25
Awareness of upcoming conflict and discord tells us when we should be especially circumspect.
Mars and Pluto oppose in early January and this represents conflict. Mars moves back into Cancer, so the opposition of Pluto and Mars is weakening and probably past by mid-month.
The Sun is with Pluto in week 4 and shows the existence of powerful force. Mercury is with Pluto late in the month and shows awareness of force. The New Moon connects with this.
Venus is with Saturn at mid-month and shows restrictions on the good life. Venus is with Neptune late in the month and shows us making up for it.
By mid month, the Jupiter/Saturn square is passing, so there should be less conflict around.
The Sun opposes Mars in week 3 and shows us succeeding at challenges.
Mercury opposes Mars in week 3 and shows us aware of problems. This shows up in the inauguration chart. And the Libra Moon connects to the opposition. This looks like Trump addressing problems in the country. There is also harmony in the chart and Mercury connects with the discord and with the harmony. There will be so much talk.
Full Moon in Cancer on the 12th and 13th focuses us on home and family.
New Moon on Aquarius later on the 28th, the 29th, and much of the 30th is a new start for us in original thought.
Fairly good days this month are: 8, 9, 12, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, & 30.
I’ll be at the Yoga Shakti Mission on Jan 12 at 9 am talking about the astrology of 2025.
Remember STAR Guild and my site. And email me if you need services. My recorded personal video Skype calls are like an in person session.
Astrologer Leslie Marlar PAI ’77
Hermetician Church of Light ’93
Honors Graduate, BGS, Rollins ’90