The calendar year 2024 was a very turbulent year on several levels. And the few positives were largely overshadowed by the numerous negatives.
As per Vedic astrology, the current year is Shri Krodhi Naam samvatsar which is living upto its as name ‘Krodhi’ means the ‘Angry man’. (Post here and here) The new Vedic year Shri Vishwavasu naam samvatsar will begin on 30th March 2025. So this calendar year 2025 is not a ‘new year’ from the Jyotish point of view.
This post is an overview of the planetary movements of the calendar year 2025. In short 2025, promises to be even more turbulent than 2024. The first half of 2025 will be more turbulent and in the second half we may get some breathing space. (Youtube Video link here)
There are the 4 slow moving graha of Jyotish, Saturn, Rahu Ketu and Jupiter who define the background energy of any current time. They stay in a sign for extended periods and their this slowness grants stability to our lives. Saturn – 2.5yrs per sign. Jupiter – 1yr per sign Rahu and Ketu both at 1.5 yrs per sign. And whenever they change their signs they cause significant changes in our lives, related to the aspects of life that they control. Unfortunately in 2025 all four of them will be changing signs in a very short space of 2 months! For all of us, these transits will trigger a very large quantum of change in a very short time span. Most of us will not be able to adjust to this rate of change.
First Saturn.
He enters Pisces on 29th March 2025. And here he can cause karmic losses and karmic endings of various types, depending on your personal birth chart.
But the main issue here is that Pisces is the most sensitive sign of the zodiac and it is already hosting Rahu. So an intense Shapit Dosh, cursed combination of Saturn Rahu will begin in Pisces. This intense energy was last seen in 1968 and 1968 was considered to be the most turbulent single year in recent human history. This energy repeats after a gap of 57yrs now, in 2025.
In fact, Saturn and Rahu will start influencing each other as soon as they get within 15deg of each other, ie from 15th January 2025. So this Makar Sankranti onwards we will see and increase in turbulent events around the world, in every nation and in everyone’s personal life also. The exact results will depend on the power of the national and individual horoscopes, and the position of the Pisces sign in it.
And even after Rahu exits Pisces on 29th May 2025, these two will continue to influence each other till the end of 2025. They will remain within 15deg of each other for the entire calendar year 2025. This one fact alone promises that 2025 will be a turbulent year.
Then Venus – Pisces is also going to host Venus for an extended stay. He will be here from 28th Jan to 31st May. This is an extraordinarily long time as he generally stays in one sign for about 28days. In this very long time he will be going retrograde from – 2nd March to 13th April in Pisces. In this time, Venus will be obviously conjunct Rahu and also Saturn. Venus – Rahu has a potential for mischief. And Venus – Saturn is inherently uncomfortable. And Venus + Shapit yog is not good. Actually Venus is exalted in Pisces so he could have been useful, but he has been spoilt.
Next Mars – Mars is currently retrograde and is debilitated in Cancer. He will enter Gemini on 21st Jan. Then go forwards in Gemini on 24th Feb. He will again enter Cancer on 2nd Apr and be here till 8th June. He is debilitated in Cancer, staying here for so many days, going forwards and backwards here, all of which will add to the instability. He will encourage aggression, fights for lands, border issues, scandals, diplomatic failures, uncontrollable passions, sabotage, covert ops, terrorism etc. He can create twisted mindsets with a strong desire for revenge and destruction.
Then Jupiter – Then in these two months of the intense Shapit yog energy, Saturn will aspect Jupiter with his 3rd aspect. Saturn in Pisces who is already afflicted by Rahu will not allow Jupiter to function properly from 29th March to 14th May 2025. This is a short time frame but can trigger extreme events. The primary effect will be on the global economy, which will suffer. National economies will also feel the negatives. So do save your resources and keep some money saved for emergencies. Then this time will also cause some public health concerns. Especially as food and medicine may be an issue in this time.
These two months of the full Shapit dosh will see both the Celestial Gurus under the influence of Saturn + Rahu. Thus they will not be able to give proper guidance in this time.
Then Jupiter changes 3 signs and moves across signs 4 times in 2025. Currently he is in Taurus then he enters Gemini – 14th May 2025. Then rushes extremely fast through Gemini in the Atichar movement, and enters Cancer – 18th Oct, then he turns retrograde and reenters Gemini on 5th Dec 2025. As per the standard reference books, specifically Atichari and retrograde/Vakri Jupiter does not give auspicious results. He is the Jivkarak, support life and the experience of living on this earth. But these rapid transits and changes in speed and direction is going to give continuous series of rapid changes in everyone’s lives, which will be difficult to manage for some of us.
Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, but he is going forwards and backwards like this, so is not going to generate long term benefits. Short term opportunities may open up but they may not give you the desired long term results. In short, Jupiter will not give expected or favourable or long term results in 2025.
Then Rahu and Ketu, The Chhaya grahas are forces of shadows and illusions and they also change their signs in this time. They are currently in Pisces – Virgo. And Rahu enters Aquarius and Ketu enters Leo on 29th May 2025 (always use true values not mean values).
Rahu in Aquarius can give some benefits only if you take extraordinary risks. But this is not generally advisable unless you have an extraordinary birth horoscope to begin with. He is influenced by Saturn as he remains within 15deg of Saturn throughout this year. So people will be encouraged to commit frauds. Most of these frauds will be exposed, but only after they have caused damage. Public mass movements, mindless behaviour, restlessness, greed, over-inflated expectations and desire to cheat will dominate all human interactions in this time. Smuggling, speculation, financial frauds, cheap politics, and fanatics motivated by religion will cause trouble.
Ketu in Leo is generally ok. He may give some breakthroughs for those who are inclined towards spirituality and philosophy. But, on the general level, given the rest of the planetary energies, I think he will force the governance to become more extreme. We might see the emergence of nations/ political systems where the freedoms of the citizens are reduced. This will have its own implication on the nations and the global systems.
Then Sun and Moon – the two luminaries will go through their routine interactions with Rahu and Ketu. There are 4 eclipses in 2025. One lunar and one solar in March and one lunar and one solar in September. The March eclipses will be intense. Especially the 29th March Solar eclipse will be in Pisces and involve 6 planets. This is going to be an incredible surge of energy which will have far reaching impact on all of us. The second solar eclipse will be visible only around Antarctica, this one will have more weather related effects. Both the 2025 Lunar eclipses are Total eclipse events so as expected they will have their intense effects on the human minds.
Finally the Pisces sign – Pisces is under tremendous stress in the first half of the 2025. This is the most sensitive sign of the zodiac. Whatever happens here affects the entire zodiac. And it will have 6 planets in it at one point of time – Rahu, Saturn, Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury. Eclipses, Stellium ie planetary war/ graha yuddha and shapit yog all in Pisces. The release of energy will be very high and we must be prepared to navigate through this.
Overall the first half of 2025 is be full of dramatic changes, one after the other. Things will move so fast, that we will not get time to process these changes. Time will seem to literally fly. And the second half of 2025, as Saturn and then Jupiter go retrograde, we might get some space to process and make some sense of these changes.
In short, the energies of this calendar year 2025 are not very favourable. There is lesser support from the transiting planets. Your overall experience of this year, positive or negative will depend more on the power of your birth horoscopes and the remedies which you will perform in this time. So do take up a daily routine and be sincere about it. And give Daana to the Navgraha temple on the days the planets transit into the next signs. This will help balance their energies in your life.
The world has already entered a very turbulent stage of destabilisation which will continue till the mid 30s at least . And we all need to make use of the timeless wisdom of Vedic Astrology, Jyotish to navigate these changing times ahead.
Dr. Tejaswini Arvind Patil
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