2026 Forecast

We all feel that 2025 was filled with so much stress in the collective consciousness of America and around the world. 

We had everything from economic uncertainty to the push on new trade deals, an aggressive posture on immigration. Wars and continued instability in weather patterns.

THE GOOD NEWS is 2026 will be calmer and more grounded in its expression slowly from beginning to end. 

The signs of Aries, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, Aquarius, and Pisces would have experienced the most tensions in 2025 as they adjusted in several areas of their lives. 

Pluto, the planet of transformation, entered Aquarius in March of 2023 but went back into Capricorn a couple of times until November 19, 2024, when it would not go back into Capricorn anymore. 

Pluto can take 15 to 20 years to move through a sign. It will remain in Aquarius till 2044.

Pluto is known to be the renovator of the Zodiac. It transforms life by breaking down the physical structures of the world through force and we have seen so much real estate in America and around the world being challenged by unstable weather patterns and bombs blowing up buildings in two major wars. 

Pluto in Aquarius also creates a wake-up call for self-empowerment. Government leaders around the world who want to overpower their people, we have seen this in America, will be met with resistance. 

Politically speaking, the midterms in 2026 will be the last expression of voting in a way that we have voted in the past. As more advanced E.T. races make themselves known by the end of 2026 to July of 2027, everything will change in our social structures as we learn how to organize life in all areas to benefit humans from being overpowered by organizations that feel justified in controlling our lives. 

The question most people are asking, “Will the wars continue” in 2026? The answer is yes but they will slow down more in June 2026 and by the end of 2026 when Pluto will finally get to three degrees Aquarius and settle down. 

It takes any planet that enters a new sign time to settle into that new sign especially the outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto as they move much slower than the inner planets Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars as they move quickly. 

The North Node remains in Pisces and the South Node in Virgo till end of July 2026 then the North Node moves into the sign of Aquarius. 

The Pisces/Virgo signs would have experienced a lot since North Node moved into Pisces in January 2025. 

If you have Sun, Moon, rising or planets in Pisces, you may have moved forward with an increase in creative energies in the fine arts and also Pisces can be good at sales as it rules all forms of advertisement including the social media platforms. 

If you have Sun, Moon, rising or planets in Virgo, you may have experienced some setbacks in your life to balance past karma. This could have been in the form of healthcare issues. 

I said that healthcare would be a major topic in 2025 till July 2026 and I was correct as the longest government shutdown in American history surrounded the topic of healthcare subsidies being raised. This will be a front and center issue till the North Node moves into Aquarius at the end of July 2026. 

More people will turn to spirituality in the first six months of 2026.

When the North Node moves into Aquarius in July, this is when the outer planets are forming a second “Minor Grand Trine,” the younger generation will play a pivotal role in new innovative directions for the world especially in technological and spiritual advancements. 

Holistic healthcare will be more closely looked at as people are tired of the same out drug industries ruling their health. People want innovative approaches to health, new health insurance that covers other herbal, vitamin, mineral supplements as well as other ways to release stress such as yoga and massage therapies. 

The South Node in Leo will haunt leaders of the world as this sign affects political leaders and the entertainment industry. From July 2026 to the end of 2027, the sign of Leo is processing past karma. What is true leadership? What can the fine arts create for the world that can elevate their audience’s consciousness? 

The entertainment industry is going to change its motivations from fortune and fame, or any form of art will not last long. Several famous celebrities will fall from grace from July 2026 to end of 2027. 

This is also the time when U.F.O. sightings are more fertile, and the governments of the world are having a tough time hiding the reality that we are not alone anymore. 

The first expression of a “Minor Grand Trine” between the transpersonal planets, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluot was from July to end of November 2025 with the most fertile time being August and September. 

This unique combination was at the initiation degree, one degree, between these planets in the sign of Aries, Gemini, and Aquarius. These signs would have experienced more than others. 

However, since Uranus, Neptune and Pluto influence the collective consciousness of the whole planet, ALL SIGSN WERE EFEECTED. 

Clients reported a complete standstill of living during August and September. Health issues as the body needed more rest than normal and a feeling like they were being worked on by higher intelligence.

This was due to the download of new genetic light codes and other upgraded frequencies to shift the body from a more physical expression to more etheric. Lord Ashtar calls this “The Molecular Cellular Shift.” 

This second of three expressions of the “Minor Grand Trine” will be in 2026 and a third one in 2027. 

The next download will be from June 2026 till the end of middle of January 2027. The month of July will be the most fertile. This combination will create an increase in U.F.O. sightings and a disclosure from the governments of the world that will be more open than what we have seen in the last 90 years on this subject. 

Remember, July 2026 is the 250th birthday of America. It will be a grand celebration just when the second expression of the “Minor Grand Trine” is most active in 2026. 

Look to the houses in your birth chart that are activated by this “Minor Grand Trine” especially in the solar return chart. I can give you a reading to help understand how to integrate this rare outer planet alignment. 

This second expression of the “Minor Grand Trine” in 2026 will be at four degrees. In 2025 it started at the initiation of one degree. In 2027, the third expression will be at six degrees. 

ASTROLOGICAL SIGNATURES FOR 2026:

The Zodiac signs of Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, Aquarius, and Pisces will go through the most growth in 2026. 

We have three Supermoon’s in 2026. First is on January 3rd in the sign of Cancer, second in November for the sign of Gemini and the third in December in the sign of Cancer. 

These signs are feeling a sense of fulfillment in life. A feeling of completion in financial, health and love. 

Aries want to move forward with grace as Neptune will permanently move into Aries by the end of January 2026. 

Saturn will conjunct Neptune in Aries on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, and allow Neptune to dissolve any obstacles (Saturn) may have placed in their way since July 2025. 

Taurus is trying to put their financial lives in order as Uranus in Taurus, which started again in November of 2025, creates unexpected changes in the financial markets especially for the sign of Taurus. 

Uranus will move back into Gemini by the end of April 2026. A month before we start a second wave of downloads from higher dimensions in June 2026. This could be the time that the tariffs will finally show more promise, but Americans are still feeling financial uncertainty till the end of April 2026.

I don’t need to even look at President Trump’s chart to know that if he can’t show Americans that he is doing more good than damage from all of these adjustments in the trade world, it will set up a less than positive energy for Republican Party when it comes to the mid-terms. 

Believe it or not, President Trump is a Tarus in Vedic astrology which only fits him in the financial area. He obviously loves dynamic change which is more Gemini. 

I see troubles for him more in the first six months of 2026 from transiting Uranus forming a square to his rising sign of Leo at 29 degrees, a particularly important degree in astrology. 

Uranus can create instability when in square to one’s rising sign and this was intense around November 8, 2025, when the shutdown would become most uncomfortable. The next and last time this square happens is around end of April 2026.

He also has Uranus square to his natal Mars in January and February, especially in the first week of February 2026 and Mars can create impatience and an angry personality. He is already showing some frustrations as of Nov 2025.

Saturn will square Mercury in late April in his chart so there is an intense communication breakdown coming for President Trump from the middle of April to the end o June 2026. 

Uranus will eventually bring some better energies for the President when the second expression of the “Minor Grand Trine” is most active in the month of July. 

The end of January 2026 has his progressed Moon opposing his natal MC and the Moon represents woman and his past associations with them. This is for the months of January and February with a peak date of January 30, 2026. 

All the Mercury retrograde periods are in water signs in 2026 for the months of Feb, March, end of June and most of July and lastly Oct and Nov. The water signs will be more reflective about their inner development than all the other signs this year 2026. 

The four lunar eclipses in 2026will be the signs of Aquarius, Virgo, Leo, and Pisces. Two of them are total eclipses.

The first one on Feb 17th at 28 degrees Aquarius and it’s an Annular new Moon solar eclipse.

The second one is on March 3rd, my birthday, at 12 degrees Virgo and this is a total full Moon lunar eclipse.

The third is August 12th in the sign of Leo at 20 degrees and it’s a total new Moon solar eclipse.

The fourth is on August 28th in the sign of Pisces at 4 degrees. It’s a partial full Moon lunar eclipse. 

As always, I will be going into more specifics about all this information in my monthly columns. 

Venus will station retrograde, it does this once every two years, on October 3, 2026 in the sign of Scorpio at eight degrees and then moves into Libra on October 25th. 

If you have Sun, Moon, rising, or planets in the signs of beginning degrees Scorpio or middle to late degrees of Libra, you are evaluating what brings most joy into your life and making adjustments that allow new energies to manifest after letting go of old things. 

This could be a job or relationship that you are no longer enjoying and need to move on from to create balance and stability that may be lacking.

Venus will station direct on November 14th and will leave its retrograde shadow on December 15, 2026. These two signs, Scorpio and Libra, will start 2027 with a new job or relationship or may commit to a job or relationship that hey have been questioning ever since Venus stationed retrograde. 

I wish everyone a wonderful 2026 filled with abundance, perfect health, and love. 

Lou Valentino.