Welcome Aries Season: The Astrological New Year Begins

When the Sun arrives at 0° Aries, we mark the start of the astrological new year—a powerful reset moment full of fiery momentum. This point, known as the Aries Ingress, offers a glimpse into the year ahead when cast for a nation’s capital.

For the U.S. in 2025, the Moon sits at the very top of the chart—symbolizing that the people hold the power, whether we fully recognize it yet or not. It's a year of awakening, though the path may challenge us to explore unfamiliar depths. Will the largest march on Washington happen this summer?

I had the pleasure of joining my friend and collaborator, Tiffany Harelik, to explore the 2025 Aries Ingress chart. Together, we dove into what this moment means for collective themes in the year ahead. You can watch our conversation here.

As always, the Celestial Insights podcast is your guide to navigating these shifting energies like a boss. Be sure to like, subscribe, and tune in on your favorite ...

Navigating Eclipse Season: Insights for Spring 2025

Eclipse season is here, ushering in a powerful period of transformation, upheaval, and revelation. Understanding its influence can help us navigate these shifts with clarity and confidence as we move through this cosmic gateway.

I've recorded an eclipse season video breaking down the astrology of these karmic turning points. Please don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to my YouTube channel for more insights!

For weekly astrological guidance, tune into The Celestial Insights Podcast, where I provide key takeaways to help you align with the energy of the week.

Excited to deepen your forecasting skills? The Transits Class at Kepler College begins on April 1! This course is perfect for those who already understand the basics of natal chart reading and want to learn how to predict future trends. Sign up by March 18 to lock in early bird pricing!

Understanding the Energy of Eclipses

Eclipses are cosmic turning points—marking end...

Last Quarter Moon at 2° Sagittarius, Feb 20, 2025, at 12:32 pm, Washington DC

This lunar phase represents a crisis of consciousness, urging an internal review of the past and an opportunity to integrate lessons learned or reap rewards. Look back over the cycle—do you notice connections to long-distance travel, higher learning, publishing, or religion?

Meanwhile, Mercury in Pisces (our planet of mental processes) and Jupiter in Gemini (the planet of expansive ideas) form a tense square from signs of their detriment. This combination breeds unease, distraction, dependency, and a lack of competency, making people more prone to errors. Despite their mutual reception offering some support, overconfidence may lead to sloppy execution.

At the same time, Mars in Cancer—a sign of its fall—is in a weakened state, nearly immobile as it stations direct. This suggests misfired aggression and reactive impulses. Whether metaphorical or literal, attack plans have a higher likelihood of going sidewa...

Navigating the Lunar Nodes on the Well-Being Axis 🌕✨

I hope you’re doing well as we move through the shifts of the North Node in Pisces and South Node in Virgo—a cosmic balancing act between spiritual insight and practical reality.

If you missed my Cosmic Flow event, you can watch the recording here. We are witnessing the promised disruptions in daily life that the South Node in Virgo has signaled. This node acts as a drain on themes like health, daily routines, the workforce, and essential goods:

• 🥚 Eggs are becoming harder to find in grocery stores.
• 🏢 Layoffs are sweeping through major institutions—Meta, the U.S. government, and beyond.
• 💼 Employers are requiring workers back in offices five days a week.
• 🍽️ Tariff wars and labor shortages may soon impact food availability.

Now more than ever, prioritizing physical and mental well-being is key. Consider stocking up on nonperishable essentials and preparing for economic shifts.

Turning Dreams into Reality: The Power of Oute...

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Personally, I experienced a significant energy crash during Mars retrograde. While 2024 brought many highs, the overworking left me drained. Just today, I’m starting to feel my energy return, and I’m committing to maintaining more balance in 2025. 

Here’s what’s coming up:

• Free Webinar: The Nodal Shift into Pisces and Virgo
  Join me for an insightful session. Participants can request a hot take reading.
• OPA Mentorship: Business Expansion for Astrologers
  A program for aspiring and current astrologers begins on February 16..
• Lunar Planning Workshop
  Happening in Sacramento, CA, on February 23.
• Astrology Foundation 101
  Starting February 27, this course is perfect for anyone looking to learn astrology from the ground up. Stay tuned for more details.

I was honored to be interviewed by writer Chrissy Rutherford for her newsletter about the Astrology of 2025—a year unlike any other. My word for the year is FAITH. In alignment...

Unlock the Secrets of Your Cosmic Blueprint: Chart Rectification

Astrology holds a unique power to illuminate life’s mysteries—even when the precise time of your birth remains unknown. Through the art of chart rectification, astrologers piece together life’s pivotal moments to reverse-engineer your birth chart, unlocking its full potential. This fascinating process blends intuition, analysis, and celestial guidance. With expertise and passion, Celeste Brooks of Astrology by Celeste invites you to explore this transformative journey.

What Is Chart Rectification?

Chart rectification is the delicate art of pinpointing unknown birth times by aligning significant life events with astrological markers such as transits, progressions, solar arcs, and eclipses. Imagine it as solving a cosmic puzzle: milestones like marriage, relocations, career shifts, or unexpected life changes become the pieces that, when combined with celestial insights, reveal the precise moment you entered the world.

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The universe invites us to slow down and review how we expend our energy with a double retrograde in fire signs. Mindful Mercury in Sagittarius is reversing until December 15, but it is not in a demure mood. Energetic Mars in Leo is doing the backward boogaloo until February 23. Retrogrades bring delays, reversals, conflicts, and collapse of things contemplated. We are witnessing these transits play out worldwide. Rebels are on the verge of overthrowing the Syrian government; the South Korean President declared martial law for six hours, the French government collapsed, and Romania's election results were annulled after systems saw over 85,000 cyberattacks. It was announced this week that eight US telecom firms were compromised by a Chinese hack campaign this summer. The Salt Typhoon campaign accessed millions of Americans' calls, texts, and voicemails. The hackers are still in the system. The US government suggests that everyone uses encrypted messaging apps as protection. This is a n...

It’s hard to believe 2024 is almost over. It is time for the third annual astrology predictions webinar. Join my astro sisters Tiffany Harelik, Sarah L’Hrar, and me on November 11 to prepare for 2025. Register here.

Scorpio’s watery energy is introspective, passionate, determined, strategic, and probing. Low-road responses are cruel, oppressive, violent, and vengeful. The sign rules sexuality, death, rebirth, debts, hate, conspiracies, and taboo subjects. This Scorpio New Moon is intensity on steroids.

The finale of the HBO drama Succession encompasses the vibe. The children of the scion are fighting each other to be CEO. Ultimately, Kendall Roy’s closing argument is, “I am the oldest boy!” Mars in Cancer is opposite Pluto in Capricorn, and both are at the 29^th degree of crisis and decay. A fight amongst family members over who gets the power to influence the government and big business. They go to extremes that are unethical and destructive to win. The energy is a perfect fit for ...

I am in Park City, Utah, at the OPA Retreat to teach Moon Mastery™ this week under the light of this Full Moon. This town is lovely; if you ever visit, New Park Resorts is a gorgeous property with excellent staff. My townhouse has a hot tub on the deck! Feels magical. My 5-week Transits Class for Kepler College begins on Oct 27; the class is limited to 35 participants; if you want to join, please don’t hesitate. Respond to this email with any questions.

I discussed the Full Moon on this week’s Celestial Insights podcast episode, The Lady in Red. Listen, subscribe, review, and share with other astrology lovers. Find your favorite podcatcher link here. The critical aspect is its exact conjunction with the dwarf planet Eris, the goddess of strife and discord. She rolled an apple into a party for three goddesses to debase themselves in a fight over who the fairest of them all was. Kamala Harris entered the lion’s den and held her own in a civilized battle with Bret Baier on Fox News. S...