End of 2025 – Beginning of 2026: Energy Transforms
As we approach the end of 2025, a significant door in the sky is closing. Saturn completes its retrograde in Pisces on November 27, 2025, and this planetary process, which has been inwardly focused for a long time, is now transitioning into a forward-moving period. This phase may have brought about powerful inner awakenings, particularly regarding spiritual reckoning, confronting old wounds, overdue responsibilities, and unfinished matters. Saturn moving retrograde through the waters of Pisces has explored the dark chambers of the mind one by one; some fears have grown, some boundaries have been tested, and some burdens have become too heavy to carry.
Now, the planet is becoming stationary, and we are on the verge of a transformation. This stationary phase is also like a “preparatory stage”—a space of inner silence where the past is reconsidered one last time, burdens are examined, and decisions are made about what to hold on to and what to release.
With the end of retrograde motion, Saturn begins to slowly move forward, delivering its final lessons in Pisces. The period from December 2025 to February 2026 acts as a “bridge from closure to new beginnings.” Pisces still brings reckoning, but now the flow is forward, not backward. We enter a phase of integration between fantasy and reality, intuition and structure, surrender and responsibility. As Saturn, the teacher of time, leaves its journey in Pisces, it challenges us with the question: “What are you truly ready to leave behind?”
Answering this question brings lightness. This is a closing rhythm—a space in which the soul’s layers are stripped away and it sees itself in its most vulnerable form. Ended relationships reach completion; unfinished business is either concluded or released; internally decayed structures collapse. This is a period of resolution. The shadows of the past, the burdens, and postponed decisions are brought into the light one by one.
As we step into 2026, another door opens in the sky, because Saturn will move into Aries around February 2026. Pisces’ teachings of dissolution, acceptance, and surrender are completed here, and with the transition into Aries, the planet awakens to the fire element. After conducting deep internal cleansing in water, Saturn now demands action.
The lesson in Aries is “Rise. Move forward. Show who you are.”
While Saturn retrograde in Pisces forced us into inner confrontation, Saturn in Aries compels us toward outer action. This reflects a shift not only spiritually but also in the concrete structure of life. Saturn entering Aries tests our willpower, initiative, courage, leadership, sense of direction, the ability to take independent steps, and the capacity to carry responsibility. Action—not avoidance—is required.
Therefore, the first months of 2026 will mark the beginning of major openings, especially for those who have completed their past processes.
Energetically interpreting these transitional weeks: November 27, 2025, marks the sealing of closure, the final recognition of inner heaviness, and the moment of final evaluation. Between December 2025 and February 2026, Saturn moves direct, and as Pisces’ final lessons conclude, the vibration of the Aries Gate begins to emerge. This period is an energetic field in which destiny shifts, the voice of the future becomes louder, and the inner world prepares to transform into external action.
For those who have released the burdens of the past, 2026 signifies a brand-new beginning. The old self dissolves, and a new will is born. Saturn in Aries empowers us, but it also demands true accountability. Fears gradually give way to action; waiting gives way to movement; uncertainty gives way to determination.
The best thing to do during this period is to view the past honestly, learn the lessons that must be learned, choose not to carry unnecessary burdens, and mentally prepare for a new life. Journaling, clarifying decisions, reorganizing responsibilities, listing tasks, and especially setting the intention to take steps toward avoided issues all help activate this energy quickly. Saturn in Pisces cleanses our inner world; Saturn in Aries opens the way forward.
It is normal to feel stuck between these two gateways; but remember: pressure is the threshold of a new birth.
Ultimately, this transition is a shift from “inner reckoning to outer action.” A spiritual cycle is closing, and a new life structure is beginning to take form. Saturn says, “Rise with what you have learned. Now take action for yourself.” Emerging from the waters of Pisces, Saturn now seeks to ignite the fire. An era is ending, and a new era is opening.
With love,
Oguzhan Aslankurt
