Your Poetry Horoscope for 2024
Poets, here we are in 2024!
It’s been an entire year of Astrology for Poets and I'm honored to be guiding the poetry besties through another slew of astro seasons. The planets have some pretty significant changes in store for the next year!
A few things we were putting attention on last year:
Saturn moving into Pisces after being superpowered in Saturn-ruled territory since 2017
Pluto dipping its toe into Aquarius
Jupiter moving into Taurus (yum!)
The Lunar Nodes shifting into Aries and Libra
Venus retrograde that lasted six weeks (but felt like forever)
Here’s what we’re looking at walking into for 2024:
🔰 Pluto moves into Aquarius FOR GOOD
When: Jan 20, 2024 - September 1, 2024
November 19, 2024 - January 18, 2044
What this means: Pluto is the destroyer and transformer. January revs up with Pluto moving into Aquarius. Pluto ties up loose ends in Capricorn as it dips back for unfinished business in September, but as of November 19th, it's in Aquarius… for good. This is significant. If we are lucky, humans live to see Pluto change signs a handful of times because it takes so long to complete its trip through any one sign. Pluto moved into Capricorn in 2008. It has been doing its slow transformative bulldoze through whatever area Capricorn rules in your chart. If you have Capricorn placements or have heavy cardinal energy, just know that Pluto will lift its heavy seriousness in time. The rest of you, maybe hug your Capricorn friends?
While this shift could feel somber or inevitable, I have a hopeful take for poets. Aquarius is an air sign, air signs want to communicate. Aquarius does it with the flavor of innovation and technology. Pluto is a generational planet, a subconscious energy. How we communicate will be center stage, and poets are really, really good at communicating. Because poets are overly concerned with words and how we craft them, we are especially prepared for new ways to share them.
🔰 Jupiter moves into Gemini
When: May 25, 2024 – June 9th, 2025
What this means: If you’ve been here for a minute, you know how we feel about Mercury around here at The Poetry Lab. If you’re new here let me just tell you hi, hello, happy to have you and we LOVE Mercury. (Mercury hack: Here’s a podcast episode about The Importance of Mercury for Poets) Mercury is our communicative mind, the back and forth of words. It is also our dedication to learning, curiosity, and craft. Why am I talking to you about Mercury when I’m supposed to be talking to you about Jupiter? Because Jupiter is moving into Gemini - the air sign that Mercury knows, loves, and rules.
Jupiter is the planet of growth, expansion, luck, and enthusiasm. It likes an incredible journey. While Jupiter may not feel like it's able to go big the way it wants to as Gemini is about quick exchanges, it will be blessing our babble all the same. Gemini is chatty and curious. It’s an air sign that is also mutable, adding flexibility to an already flexible element. Gemini runs laps around everybody else in its need to absorb and perceive. Jupiter’s shift into Gemini will bring us abundance in our mercurial endeavors. Ideas galore. As writers, we can embrace this shift by putting some stock in our own work. Jupiter’s optimistic sparkles will be unavoidable in your storytelling.
🔰 First Eclipse in Pisces
When: Sept 17, 2024
What this means: The Lunar Nodes are points in the sky, not planets. They are where eclipses happen. They shift every 18 months. Cool. So the nodes aren’t changing this year. They will remain in Aries and Libra as we continue our lessons on balancing the self and the other, but 2024 gives us a preview of what’s to come. The Pisces eclipse in September will be a precursor to the lessons and glow-ups we will get when the nodes move into Pisces and Virgo in 2025. Eclipses aren’t “good” or “bad” but they feel fated. Pisces is poetic and artsy. Expect the unexpected from the Piscean muses.
🔰 Mars Retrograde in Leo And Cancer
When: December 6, 2024– February 23rd, 2025
What this means: Retrogrades serve as a kind of recalibration. Mars has to do with our drive, action, and aggression. In December we are called to reflect on our relationship with anger and advocating for ourselves. This is happening in Leo, the sign of the performer, so stage poets take heart. Retrogrades bring lessons and introspection, if Mars’ slow dance stops you up, just know when it stations direct in February of 2025, vitality, energy, and stamina will be back in action. Before that, though, Mars retrogrades through Cancer, the most moon-loving sensitive sign. Mars’ retrograde here may have us passive-aggressive or overly protective over our hearts, but honestly, that could make for some pretty good poetry in my opinion.
⭐ Note on Rising Signs
These horoscopes were written specifically for your rising sign. If you don’t know your rising sign you just need your place, time, and date of birth and then a Google search for “birth chart calculator” (my faves are Astro-Seek and Astro-Charts).
The rising sign is what gives us the locations of the houses. Think of it as the difference between knowing if a retrograde is going to cause shenanigans in your 7th House of relationships or 10th House of career, the distinction is important and good to know since our aim here is self-awareness. The rising sign is the most personal point on a chart there is. If a birth chart is an impossibility you can use your sun sign, but the sun and rising signs are not the same, though the vibes will be similar.
Aries
March 21 - April 19
What’s better for a poet than Jupiter being in the 2nd House of money and self-worth? Jupiter being in the 3rd House of writing and communication, and Aries - this year you’ve got it all! Jupiter moving into your 3rd House feels like a breath of fresh air for your writing. Maybe it will feel more like a burst. As an Aries, you already understand how to handle a flurry of inspirational ideas, but with Jupiter in Gemini it could feel like a whirlwind at times. This is not a bad thing, it's the kind of energy that unsticks stuck things and brings new life to stale stories. All this plus the transformative power of eclipses in your 1st House of self and 7th House of partners and one-on-one relationships could spark new themes in your writing, be notes app ready.
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Pluto will step itself into your 10th House by the end of the year, Taurus. It will transform the area of your life that is concerned with public roles, career, and recognition for the next twenty years. Slow transits take time, but that’s your bread and butter. While Pluto simmers there, Jupiter brings its abundance to your 2nd House of money, self-worth, and resources in May. Swoon. Do be mindful of emo tendencies at the end of the year when Mars retrogrades into your 3rd House of communication, however rage poems are encouraged. Expand your self-worth by drafting up some affirmations that make you feel empowered as a writer.
Gemini
May 21-June 20
Jupiter takes 12 years to move around the zodiac. It just so happens that this May it moves into your 1st House of self and the body. Jupiterian optimism and its rewards are yours to claim. Take your writing on the go whether by notebook or by Notion app. Or take an internal reading journey. Mixing your writing and your body is a great way to use Jupiter in Gemini for you. This plus Pluto the transformer moving into your 9th House of education, publishing and philosophy, also makes this time feel like a quest for knowledge. If you’re not a book-in-the-bag poet, perhaps consider trying it this year?
CANCER
June 22 - July 22
This feels like a transformative year for you for a few reasons. Eclipses in your 4th House of home, family, and foundation, and 10th House of career and public roles are no doubt feeling crunchy and liberating. However, if there's anyone who can understand a vast spectrum of emotion - it’s you. The 4th and 10th houses are some of the most imperative houses. Things that happen there display themselves more prominently in our lives. While that is happening above the surface, Pluto dives down into your 8th House of mental health and deep stuff and Jupiter enters the subconscious realm of your 12th House in May. Jupiter cruising through this area might bring hidden rewards and realizations that are just for you. Remember intentional writing is good writing, whether it gets submitted or stays in the drafts.
LEO
July 23 - August 22
A long-haul transformation trip is about to start in your 7th House of relationships and committed partnerships, are you ready? Pluto will apply its slow steady pressure there in opposition to your 1st House of self. See: lessons on balancing the self and the other. While you’re working on that aspect, the eclipses this year fall in your 3rd House of writing and communication and 9th House of learning and education. Scoping out some workshops or courses you have put a mental pin in could prove to be generative for you. Eclipses are like unpredictable pops of energy, so this could have you wanting to compost outdated ways of communicating your voice and lean into fresh areas of writing. Let your zest for the quest guide you, Leo. Just don’t lose your head when Mars retrogrades in your 1st House of self at the end of the year, write rage monologues instead!
VIRGO
August 23 – September 22
This year rewards your practical, busy bee lifestyle, Virgo, and I feel like you deserve it. Pluto enters your 6th house of work and health. We both know you streamline that area nicely already, just keep an open mind when it comes to composting and reforming your habits and routines regarding health, wellness, and work. This transit is powerful and slow and will last for years, so rushing this inner work won’t serve but self-awareness will. While eclipses are eclipsing in your 2nd House of money and resources and 8th House of mental health and transformation and could bring abundance and confusion alike, Jupiter enters your Gemini 10th House of career and public roles. Blessings and luck follow your public-facing persona in May, if you’re into submitting your writing, amp it up in the summer and whatever happens, let Jupiter’s optimism take the wheel.
LIBRA
September 23 - October 22
Pluto will be putting its transformative pressure on your 5th House of creativity and self-expression. While it could feel heavy, not every creative gets the chance for such a profoundly deep and powerful planet crossing through where the muses frolic. How you experience pleasure and creative energy will be an area of lessons and renewal for the next couple of decades. When it comes to this next year, the eclipses in Aries and Libra have you pondering about balancing you and the relationships you prioritize, while Jupiter gets a little more wiggle room for you than everyone else. Your expansive Gemini 9th House of philosophy, education, and publishing welcomes Jupiter’s innate desire to learn and grow. Learn about the things that spark you, and create art in every way that feels boundless.
SCORPIO
October 23 - November 21
Pluto will finish its slow roll through your Capricorn 3rd House of communication this year, does your writing feel more refined? Does the process feel renewed? The ground there has been razed, it's fertile and ready for new patterns and projects to take hold. Where Capricorn is in our charts is where hard work is rewarded - keep creating. The tradeoff is that now Pluto is moving into your 4th House of foundation and home. While you are Plutonian by nature, this could feel sticky even for you, Scorpio. Good thing Jupiter is there in the depths of your 8th House come May to offer buoyant subterranean support to mental health and other deep stuff. The Pisces eclipse in September is a preview of how your creative endeavors could change. As always with eclipses lay low (again, very easy for you), expect the unexpected and roll with the twists and turns.
SAGITTARIUS
November 22 – December 21
Your writing endeavors are about to undergo some serious transformation, which I’ll bet doesn’t scare you one bit, Sag. Pluto moves into Aquarius and asks you to compost and reform communications and daily rituals for the next twenty years. This year, however, is about you and the other. Jupiter, your chart ruler, in Gemini, will be livening up your 7th House of relationships with blessings and gusto. Watch for some roadblocks or false starts in education and learning pursuits at the end of the year when Mars retrogrades your 9th House, and though you’re not the mopey type it’s important to let yourself give attention to whatever Mars activates when it backs all the way up into your Cancer 8th House. Writing angsty poetry could make you feel better, if that’s not your style a silly rom-com marathon might bring your inner buoyancy back while you wait out the retrograde.
CAPRICORN
December 22 – January 19
Like your sister sign, Cancer, you’re going through some serious career/home overhaul with Aries and Libra eclipses in your 4th and 10th Houses, however, the Pisces eclipse in September gives you a glimpse of the next phase of your communicative evolution. Your Pisces 3rd House offers a pop of movement and change within your writing and speaking projects. You’re a cardinal sign, Cap, and not inflexible by any means. Keep the pen moving and keyboard clacking so you’re ready for whatever shifts happen and you will move through it with ease. Pluto will finally leave your 1st House and into your 2nd House, transforming your finances and self-worth. More than most, you understand the sacrifices necessary and rewards that Pluto gives when we can release the old and embrace the new. These changes are all supported by benefic Jupiter cruising through your 6th House of work and wellness in May. Brainstorm sustainable writing routines to lean into until then.
AQUARIUS
January 20 – February 18
Pluto changing signs means everyone is in for a new chapter of transformations, but only you will be experiencing its power in the 1st House of self. Slow and steady surrender is what’s being asked of you. Unstructured free writes may be your new best friend to help integrate these changes throughout the year. Your communications sector is likely in the middle of a systems update with the current eclipses in your 3rd and 9th Houses, and this story won’t end for another year, but the Pisces eclipse is a sneak peek into what the next phase of eclipses will bring you in your 2nd House of money. Pisces is about compassion and the 2nd House is also about self-worth. In your Aquarian way be compassionate with yourself when you roll with the Pisces eclipse. When Jupiter moves into Gemini your creativity, pleasure, and self-expression get a major boost from the most generous planet so all the fun is yours! Just watch for tensions with your beloveds at the end of the year when Mars retrogrades.
PISCES
February 19 – March 20
Benevolent Jupiter starts the year in your 3rd House of writing and communication! Its retrograde is over and it’s ready to get extroverted, whatever communications projects you have lined up could get a boost if you keep the door to blessings open. Then, in May, it moves to your 4th House of home and family, sprinkling its fairy dust and optimism on all things foundational to you. Later in the year, the Pisces eclipse in your 1st House will show you what’s coming in 2025 when the North Node of destiny and fated growth moves into Pisces for an 18-month lesson on the self. Take note of how September feels to you and what parts of yourself you want to put center stage or magnify down the line. The Underworld’s resident ruler, Pluto, enters the deepest depths of your 12th House, encouraging renewal of your psyche and hidden world. As a Pisces ruled by Jupiter, expansion is your birthright. Allow your writing to get as deep as your mind wants to go. The next twenty years will be a slow transformation of the quiet pieces of your mind, writing as an outlet could help you pinpoint what patterns to keep and what to compost.
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