The Astrology Podcast – Aries 2026 Year Ahead Horoscope

Host: Chris Brennan
Guest: Leisa Schaim
Release Date: December 23, 2025

Overview

This episode offers an in-depth astrological forecast for Aries Rising (and Aries Sun) for the entire year of 2026. Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim break down the key planetary transits and their implications for Aries individuals, highlighting major themes, important dates, and areas of life set for transformation. The conversation provides guidance on personal growth, relationships, health, career, and more, all framed within the context of current and upcoming astrological cycles.

Main Themes and Key Discussion Points

1. Saturn & Neptune Enter Aries: New Beginnings in Identity (Jan–Feb)

• Timestamps: [00:00] – [05:39]
• Both Saturn and Neptune move into Aries, forming a rare conjunction in Aries’ first house (self, body, identity) at 0° on February 20.
• Marks a significant shift from the 'behind-the-scenes' energy of the past few years (12th house) to themes of self-reinvention.
• Saturn remains in Aries through 2028; Neptune until 2039 – long-term transformation.
• Key Insights:
  • “Now the energy is coming to your first house of self, identity, appearance, body, sometimes health…It can be a time to make a new dream come into form, into reality.” – Leisa [01:51]
  • Transition from dealing with losses or seclusion to actively restructuring body and self.
  • Potential tension between idealism (Neptune) and realism/discipline (Saturn) regarding self-image and health.
  • Advice to check for health matters, get second opinions due to “reality versus distortion.”

2. Eclipse Seasons and Endings/Beginnings

• Timestamps: [05:39] – [09:10] and [18:22] – [21:53]

a) Spring Eclipse Season (Feb–Mar)

• Solar eclipse in Aquarius (11th house: friends, groups) – [February]

• Lunar eclipse in Virgo (6th house: work, health) – [March 3]

• Key Themes:

  • Endings & beginnings in friendships, group involvement, and workplace dynamics.
  • 11th house: Some old friendships might end, with new ones slowly gaining importance.
  • 6th house: Changes at work, possible new job or end of old one, health focus, pets.

• “With eclipses, we always expect them to be major endings and major begin happening in those two areas of your life.” – Chris [06:14]

b) Fall Eclipse Season (Aug–Sep)

• Leo (5th house: creativity, children, pleasure) and Pisces (12th house: seclusion, mental health) – first Leo eclipse, final Pisces eclipse.

• 5th house: Fresh beginnings in creativity, romance, or with children (“can be a great time to start new hobbies, to start new creative projects...having a brighter light shining on it” – Leisa [18:22])

• 12th house: Culmination of years of behind-the-scenes or mental health challenges. Last major 'seclusion' theme.

• “If you have felt more secluded…this really will be the last spotlight on that area, and then you really will be moving more out into the world.” – Leisa [21:11]

3. Uranus Shifts from Finances to Communication (April)

• Timestamps: [09:10] – [12:34]
• Uranus enters Gemini, moving from Aries’ 2nd house (finances) to 3rd house (communication, siblings, local environment).
• 2nd house shakeups (unstable income, innovations like freelancing, tech in work) tapering off.
• 3rd house activation: Increased online activity, changes in sibling relationships, unexpected local developments.
• “Usually when Uranus goes into the third house, people are a lot more suddenly communicative…people being more online, on social media” – Leisa [10:37]
• “It can also be major changes in your neighborhood or your local city environment sometimes.” – Chris [11:57]
• Got a preview of this shift in late 2025.

4. Jupiter’s Shift: Home & Family → Joy, Creativity, Children (June)

• Timestamps: [12:34] – [15:23]
• Jupiter finishes up in Cancer (home, family) and enters Leo (5th house) in June for a year-long stay.
• Greater ease and abundance at home in the first half of the year; increase in pleasure, creativity, hobbies, and children in the second half.
• “This is much more forthright, positive, warm, expansive energy.” – Leisa [13:26]
• “Sometimes this can be a good time to take up a new hobby or to experiment with just bringing joy and pleasure and enjoyment into your life more.” – Chris [14:34]
• Day charts (“born during the day”) feel this Jupiter transit most positively.

Notable Venus–Jupiter Conjunction (June)

• Timestamps: [15:23] – [16:30]
• Venus–Jupiter conjunction in Cancer marks “one of the more auspicious alignments that happens this year” [15:23].
• Cited as excellent for important life events (e.g., marriages), with Taylor Swift given as a pop culture example.

5. Venus Retrograde in Scorpio & Libra: Relationship and Resource Review (Oct–Nov)

• Timestamps: [21:53] – [27:12]
• Venus retrogrades through Aries’ 8th (shared finances, intimacy, legacy) and 7th houses (partnerships).
• Revisit, renegotiate, or reflect on shared resources and relationship agreements.
• “Venus retrogrades in general have you revisiting connections…reworking a business partnership and going, what's mine, what's yours.” – Leisa [22:54]
• Old relationships or financial agreements may resurface for review.
• If born at night, this can be a very positive period for partnership and resource matters.
• “You can look back into the past in order to predict the future,” by recalling what happened eight years ago during past Venus retrogrades. – Chris [26:27]

6. Mars Retrograde Build-up: Work, Health & Children (Fall into 2027)

• Timestamps: [27:14] – [30:25]
• Late 2026: Mars enters Leo and Virgo, slowing ahead of its retrograde in early 2027.
• Focuses on pleasure/children (5th house) and work/health (6th house).
• Mars retrograde = reworking, possible conflicts, or intense focus in those areas.
• Look for crossovers (e.g., children and work/health intersecting).
• “If you know about it ahead of time, you can pay attention to what is coming up in those two areas…those are the areas in which you will then start reworking…in the beginning of 2027.” – Leisa [28:04]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On New Beginnings and Shedding Old Selves:

  • “There can be kind of like a slow dissolving of who you thought you were in the past and, and then sort of concretizing new senses of who you are, which can sound kind of broad, but it's super important to everything else that you do in your life.”
    — Leisa [03:14]

• On Eclipse Effects:

  • “Sometimes these new beginnings will happen subtly, and you won't realize at first how significant of a new beginning that is.”
    — Chris [06:20]

• On the Venus Retrograde's Cyclical Nature:

  • “If there was any seventh or eighth house things that came up at that time that could give you a clue about how this transit could activate your chart in some ways…”
    — Chris [26:27]

• On Moving Beyond a Long Period of Seclusion:

  • “If you have felt more secluded…this really will be the last spotlight on that area, and then you really will be moving more out into the world for a good long while.”
    — Leisa [21:11]

Timestamps: Important Segments

• 00:00 – 05:39: Saturn and Neptune into Aries; focus on identity and health.
• 05:39 – 09:10: February–March eclipse season; changes in friendships, work, and health.
• 09:10 – 12:34: Uranus moves from finances to communication (April).
• 12:34 – 18:22: Jupiter’s transition: home & family to creativity & children.
• 18:22 – 21:53: August/September: Eclipses in Leo (creativity) and Pisces (seclusion/mental health).
• 21:53 – 27:12: Venus retrograde in Scorpio/Libra—review of shared resources and relationships (Oct–Nov).
• 27:14 – 30:25: Mars retrograde prelude (from September), crossovers between pleasure/children and work/health.

Takeaways for Aries (Rising/Sun)

• 2026 is a year of emergence, moving out of a period of inward focus into visible, creative, and self-expressive domains.
• Major planetary shifts in your sign and angular houses indicate foundational changes in identity, body, relationships, and how you experience joy.
• Eclipse seasons bring endings and new beginnings—expect transformations in friendships, work/health routines, home, and creativity.
• Venus and Mars retrogrades will prompt necessary reflection and reevaluation on shared resources, partnerships, work, and relationships with children.
• The second half of the year is especially promising for joy, creativity, hobbies, and possibly new romantic or parental developments.
• For further specifics on timing key actions, the hosts recommend their 2026 Electional Astrology Report.

For more detailed month-by-month breakdowns, dates to capitalize on or avoid, and context for these transits in your personal life, check out Chris and Leisa’s full 2026 Electional Astrology Report at theastrologypodcast.com/2026report.

“Good luck in 2026 and we’ll see you again next year!” – Chris Brennan [30:25]