Healing Political Chaos Through Political Astrology (Part I)
because logical analysis alone isn’t enough, especially from 2025 🪐
The Breakout Rooms covered in this post:
Politics
Spirituality
Culture
Wellness
“The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection.” – Carl Jung
Politics is very chaotic right now, and the world feels chaotic in response. Similar to March 2020, yet different. Back then the world seemed to suddenly stand still in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; we were locked down, physically as well as mentally. Now, in 2025, it’s as if we’re all trying to break free.
When chaos reigns, we tend to be suspended and restricted in-between two worlds – the destruction of the old, and the emergence of the new. It can often feel like mental fog and physical inertia, a tug of war between reacting and responding.
Yet this is precisely why political astrology – more so than anything else – is a powerful healing tool and resource for guiding us into the new political era which, according to astrology, is emerging in 2025. And as a former democracy academic at Cambridge University and political advisor in British politics, I can’t advocate and champion it enough, especially as it aligns very strongly with the new Aquarius age we’re living through which represents truth, innovative thinking, introspection and humanitarianism.
As a zodiac sign Aquarius depicts a water bearer. This symbolises a mystical healer who bestows water, life and nurture to the land. And nurture – and the craft of nurture – is what politics desperately needs right now.
When chaos comes – whether that be experiencing personal chaos or collective chaos – we need three things – clarity, healing and guidance. This is what astrology offers.
Astrology’s role in enlightening and guiding us about issues which have a political dimension is incredibly helpful, not just in terms of our collective response, but what we do as individuals on a daily basis.
We know that the old ways of working and doing things can’t be expected to revitalise political institutions and resonate with the collective when a culture of political coarseness, corruption and thoughtlessness has taken hold. In response, we need to be willing to look at politics through a different lens and feel it through a more holistic perspective which embraces the bigger and deeper picture that is politics and the metaphysical as well as physical impact that it has on our lives in both the small and big moments.
Political astrology is a subject that fascinates me.
Since positing my first piece on political astrology back in January 2024 – my most popular post and which, to my surprise, has been sitting at the top of Google search results – I’ve gone further and deeper into my research and understanding of the subject. So much so, I will be writing many more posts about it with this one being the first of several parts focusing on 2025.
I wanted to write this now as March 2025 is the busiest and biggest month in astrology in 2025 – and I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve also been experiencing changes in your personal life in response to this – but it’s certainly showing up in politics and world affairs.
I will go into detail about this in my next post, but I suspect interesting developments will occur on 14 March and 29 March where eclipses will be taking place on these dates. Eclipses are the equivalent to a cosmic catalyst which will urge us to step into new chapters and trust the journey, despite how uncomfortable it may seem in the moment.
Uncomfortable chaos may be the description for current political developments. But chaos – and how we work with it and through it – will be paramount for us all as Uranus moves into Gemini in July and stays there until May 2033. This movement of planets represents innovation, global connection and rapid change. Being aware of these developments doesn’t doom us to chaos and current events. In fact it does the exact opposite by empowering us with knowledge, heightening our sense of self and how we respond.
In an era where personal agency feels at risk – whether that be from being at the receiving end of an algorithm which isn’t working in your favour to the unpredictability of the current employment landscape to fears around climate change and how it’s impacting you – astrology is about how you interact with others and accepting and embodying your personal power. The personal power which has always been within you.
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The real reckoning taking place in politics right now is what is happening and being initiated through Trump in the U.S. The “Polity IV” index — which measures levels of democracy and authoritarianism in every country — has just re-classified the U.S. as a non-democracy and that it “lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced Presidential Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event.”
When reckonings like this come our way, we can choose calm or fear.
Fear is an ego-based illusion which attempts to disempower us into disengaging. In contrast, calm is an action of strength and a showcasing of hope.
Through calm the focus isn’t the problems we’re up against – it’s the energy of solutions which is more attractive and compelling. The essence of solutions are peace and empowerment because they are created from a place of enriched thinking, flow and even joy. This is where applying astrology to politics is a game-changer as it can help us view and value politics in an uplifting way by grounding us into reality and forcing us to reflect on the beliefs we hold and the decisions we take based on those beliefs.
Fear is ultimately what got me interested in and inspired by astrology. When I used to write about democracy issues as an academic at Cambridge University, I was often struck paralysed by fear by the vast amount of information I had to analyse in detail which showed, in many cases, the erosion of constitutional norms and conventions in the UK and in other countries.
This may seem like an extreme response. But it’s like realising that the house you entrusted others to build to protect and nourish you from the harsh forces hasn’t been checked in a long time. You want the same builders who built your house to check it because you value their standards and care, but they died a few years ago, and the new builders don’t have prior knowledge of your house, don’t feel responsibility towards you or their predecessors for maintaining it to a high standard, and even if they did, they can’t be bothered to because they’re more focused on marketing themselves as builders to make money in the short-term than actually be builders who take pride and joy in the craft of building for the long-term. The house you’ve been living in no longer feels like a home.
In other words, I felt unsafe by the lack of craft and care in the political process and quality of legislation being proposed (which is a very real thing, especially when the law is going to detrimentally impact and shape your life).
Reading through democracy developments I could pick up the energy of this lack of care – the energy of indifference. And where there is indifference, less attachment is given to meaning and importance. This in turn puts democracy, the whole point and purpose of it, at risk of dissolving before our very eyes.
A political house, underpinned by the place, process and care of democracy, empowered by politicians with integrity and knowledge and made alive by the trust and respect of the people, is no longer a political home for people to live, reside and take comfort in when there is indifference to what it offers.
In response I wanted to know, on a deeper level, what the meaning of this moment was, what had led to it, how this impacted us on an individual and collective level, and what practical action I could take to empower myself and others. Astrology, with its deliberate focus on engaging with the deeper issues of life, was the method which naturally called to me.
Astrology gives language to events and provides meaning to different points in time through studying celestial activity and connecting it to events on earth. Some claim astrology is where math meets myth. Others claim that it is cosmic code to our energies and soul’s chart. I think it’s both.
Sceptics of astrology argue that relying on astrology outsources your power to an astrologer. It’s actually the opposite. Any good astrologer knows that their role is to guide, just as a teacher does – it’s not to warn, restrict or incite terror of the paths taken or untaken. Astrology isn’t God or Source – after all, the Universe will always meet you where you’re at.
Astrology opens up our understanding and awareness of the power that we each we hold within ourselves and in every moment, enlightening how we choose to act. It makes us aware of the shadows we must work through to overcome powerlessness in different areas of our lives to become the most vibrant version of ourselves. And as I mentioned in my previous post about attention “Your humanness is not given to you. Instead, it demands your active participation in its construction and realization.”
To be continued…
This is a thought-provoking and timely perspective on political astrology, and I think there’s a strong case to be made for its relevance — particularly in moments of upheaval like the one we’re living through. Politics has never been purely rational, it has always been shaped by collective moods, unconscious forces, and historical cycles that are difficult to quantify but impossible to ignore. Astrology, at its best, offers a language for understanding these larger patterns and how they manifest in human affairs.
Skeptics often dismiss astrology as superstition, but history suggests otherwise. The ancient world — from Mesopotamian kings to Renaissance philosophers — used astrology not just as personal guidance but as a tool for governance. Even Carl Jung, whose quote anchors this discussion, saw astrology as a way to understand the deep structures of the psyche and the archetypal patterns that shape history. When viewed this way, astrology isn’t about passively predicting events, it’s about recognising the larger forces at play and using that knowledge to navigate uncertainty.
That being said, astrology should be a complement to political analysis, not a substitute for it. While planetary transits may symbolise shifts in consciousness, it is human action — political movements, economic decisions, technological advancements — that ultimately determines outcomes. Recognising that we are in an era of Aquarian upheaval doesn’t absolve us from engaging with the material realities of power, governance, and resistance. In other words, astrology can illuminate the road ahead, but we still have to do the driving.
Where this argument is most compelling is in its call to see politics holistically, not just as a series of crises but as part of a larger evolutionary process. The shift away from old structures is undeniable, and if astrology helps us understand this transition — and more importantly, find agency within it — then it is a valuable tool. After all, democracy itself wasn’t born from strict rationalism, it was born from a vision of possibility, a willingness to imagine a different future. Perhaps astrology, in its own way, invites us to do the same. Thank you, Joanna, for a different perspective!
Thank you for writing this.
We came to this via different routes but I was very interested to hear the background to your interest in this subject—that you have a foot in the world of academia and UK politics.
I write about these matters myself, also from a UK perspective. I'm trying to approach this subject with a level of discernment that I feel is currently lacking in mainstream astrological discussions. Perhaps you might be interested:
https://open.substack.com/pub/archetypalobserver/p/the-jupiter-saturn-square-a-moment?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=24tmp9