The planets in 2026

You can view the planets as occult forces influencing events and developments here on Earth. As the ‘Mills of God’ they grind away and human actors unwittingly bring their astral signals to life.  

Each planet represents a dynamic component of the astrological environment and directs and influences a specific sector of the mundane agenda.

The Sun issues orders, the Moon struggles, Mercury talks, Venus socializes, Mars competes, Jupiter sells, Saturn fears, Uranus disrupts, Neptune deceives and Pluto coerces.

Their influence is constant but not inevitable: The active agent human behavior can be changed or modified.

Astrology for Aquarius is your go-to guide for all matters related to the planets; and reliable news services are your go-to guide for real-time reporting on the events they script.  

The planets in 2026

The Sun has people wrapped up in their own self-importance.

Nationalism, racial superiority and flag-waving are all the rage.

World leaders strut their stuff and some are crazy for power, prestige and praise.

They govern, manage their nation’s domestic affairs, meet other leaders at conferences, summits and official visits, fight and squabble, and being mere mortals inflate their value and significance.

Some with zero spirituality are experts at inflicting punishment and suffering.

Politics is popular – it’s the main game in town.  

There are 43 sovereign states  that officially recognize a monarch as the head of state so there are 43 kings.

In the Sun section of the Aquarian Age there’s a race for global dominance with the winner determining the type of politics – democracy or authoritarianism – that will define the Aquarian Age.

Noteworthy events involving world leaders, politicians, those in positions of authority, prominent people and high-profile actors make the news.

The Moon has people acting on their feelings, hunches and intuitions.

The home and family are the foundation of society.

The common people struggle to survive life’s vicissitudes.

They’re dumbed down by social media, and its disinformation, gossip and meaningless drivel. They’re exploited by the cunning, shrewd and crafty.  

They seek solace in novelty, sport and escapist entertainment.

Newsflash: Planet Earth is gossip paradise, the more salacious the better.

Every suburb, town and village has a gossip hotline where too many people are far more interested in the private lives of their neighbors and favorite celebrities than they are in the state of the world and the direction it is taking.

Warning: Gossip is soul poison.

Popularism is popular. It appeals to nationalism and allows uninformed mass opinion to influence the political direction a country takes.

Noteworthy events involving the everyday people, civilians, novelty seekers, housing and bread and butter issues make the news.

Mercury has people talking and when some folk talk you know what stupid nonsense sounds like.

Politicians, opinion-makers, talk-show hosts, podcasters, mothers and next-door neighbors can’t stop talking. It's how they communicate.

Their words can hurt as well as heal and it’s very unspiritual to say things that harm another person.

Mercury memo 1: Speech is silver and silence is golden.

Mercury memo 2: Nobel thoughts are your soul’s best sustenance.

You can’t understand or believe what you don’t know so world leaders, economists and tech bros have to communicate simply. And you can’t listen for very long so the windbags have to know when to shut up.

The competition for knowledge is fierce. It’s a very competitive scientific-academic environment. People strive to out-do each other on the intellectual battlefield but very often their knowledge is next to useless.

In a rapidly changing society you have to maintain a good working vocabulary. You have to keep up with all the new words.

Real intelligence is being questioned by the artificial kind.

Controversy easily erupts and the number of people who think their brains are doing their thinking is escalating.

Mercury memo 3: In 2026 keep your wits about you.

Noteworthy events involving controversy, education, science, the press, journalists, educators, scientists and writers make the news.

Venus has people socializing and craving peace.

Dancing, singing, chocolate and falling in love are popular.

Millions maybe billions are desperate for peacefulness: a peaceful life and peace of mind.

Global conflict prevention efforts aim to bring an outbreak of peace and harmony.

The beautiful blue planet showcases beauty.

Nature provides beautiful flowers, musicians provide beautiful music, composers provide beautiful songs, and the fashion industry provides beautiful clothes.

Beautiful feelings are moments of indescribable joy.

The artists and creatives create art. Their art, artistry and artistic expression have wide appreciation.

The visual arts include painting, drawing, sculpture and photography; the performing arts include theatre, dance, music and opera; the literary arts encompass written words (Mercury), poetry, essays and plays; and the applied arts include graphic design and fashion design.

Every now and then there’s a moment of pure delight.  

Noteworthy events involving women, women’s issues, social events, the arts and peace moves make the news.

Mars has people angry, hostile, hating, killing and fighting but that’s nothing new. Right from the get-go humanity’s story has been one long bloodbath of cruelty and destruction.

Warlords and their wonder-weapons have killed millions. The slaughter continues every day. Conflict is booming. Every day is a killing season. Armies, soldiers and mercenaries commit atrocities.

Age old national animosities, internal divisions, border disputes and ferocious competition inevitably lead to conflict and war. 

That’s why Russia invaded Ukraine and there are civil wars in Sudan and Myanmar. The US brokered cease-fire in Gaza is fragile and the war in Ukraine is at a critical tipping point.

Russia has built up a network of agents to carry out hybrid war aka sabotage in European countries. Men with criminal records are recruited.

Military exercises are popular.

Destruction is booming. Bomb’s guns, hate and revenge are causing immeasurable harm and damage.

The procreative instinct and sex impulse ensure race preservation but when the animal soul isn’t civilized the sex drive is abusive, harsh, cruel and very destructive.

Sex tourism is popular.

Fast-action competitive sports get people excited. Sports betting is booming.

The FIFA world cup – hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico – starts June 11, 2026 with the final taking place on July 19; and the ferocious competition for soccer glory will see non-stop talk by commentators, fans delirious with excitement, one winner, and lots of losers.

Noteworthy events involving conflict, the military, army, navy, national guard, police, explosions, accidents, fires and sporting contests make the news.

Jupiter has people selling and consuming. It paves the way for more jobs and rising living standards.  

Money makes the world go round. Everyone is money mad.

Rich world billionaires, who only understand the language of money, seize the moment and buy political power to get what they want. More money.  

With high levels of moral bankruptcy dishonesty is popular.

Countries trade. They buy and sell goods. Some favor free trade where things are left to follow a natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions. Others impose tariffs.

The courts resolve conflicts. Judges impose penalties.

When human intelligence gets it wrong prayer is its default option.

Business prays for expansion, abundance, prosperity, higher prices and higher profits. Religious leaders pray for peace.

Diplomats argue behind closed doors. They wheel and deal trying to resolve conflicts diplomatically, without bombs and guns.

Diabetes and obesity are major global health problems.

Noteworthy events involving trade, financial-money matters, rising prices, the high cost of living, the courts, religion and diplomacy make the news.

Saturn has people anxious and worried about global problems that human intelligence can’t seem to solve.

Fear makes people irrational and stupid.

Business fears recession. When economic activity slows demand slumps, prices fall and business economizes. It down sizes and cuts costs. Profits plunge. Jobs go. Bankruptcies occur.

People fear poverty and millions of people live on skid row.

Greedy rich kids, haunted by a fear of poverty, make more and more money hoping to make the feeling go away.

Self-interest, and doing what only benefits me, is popular.

It’s an unsafe world so safety and security are key issues.

Minerals are needed for data centers, electric vehicles and all things technological

Conservatism and orthodoxy are popular. Billions of people are devoted to established custom.

Climate change is a grim reality. It creates the conditions for more natural disasters, bigger storms, thunderstorms, lightning strikes, floods, cyclones, damaging winds, droughts and wildfires.

Extreme weather events hurt farmers. They ruin people’s lives. They’re wrecking economic havoc. Storms and floods are the costliest weather events.

Loss is common and sometimes it’s unbearable.

Noteworthy events involving safety, security, economy, basic commodities, minerals, farmers, miners, laborers, storms, floods and loss make the news.

Uranus has people ethnocentric and shunning difference.

Xenophobia is popular. Some say it runs the world.

Rampant individualism and disrespecting difference are popular.

Discontentment is popular. It ignites unrest. Disgruntled people take to the streets. They express their displeasure by protesting. Workers down tools and take strike action. Uprisings and rebellions can occur.

Freedom is the way of the world and billions of people yearn to be liberated from their fears.

New technologies – artificial intelligence, self-driving cars and virtual reality devices – are popular.

Unelected tech bros are influencing the direction the world takes.

You’re learning to live in a rapidly changing world that requires regulation and reform.

Electricity keeps the lights on and your electricity bill is soaring.

Crazy ideas are popular. Billions of people believe in weird notions and bizarre explanations.

Extremists advocate radical change.

Exposés by whistleblowers shock and startle.

Noteworthy events involving radical change, technology, exposure, disruption, unrest, discontentment, protests, xenophobia, human rights and freedom make the news. 

Neptune has people living in la la land dreaming of an easy life.

They escape hard reality by indulging in wishful thinking, daydreams, fantasy entertainment, movie magic and drugs.

Hollywood, Bollywood, Netflix and YouTube entertain and distract people from what’s going on in the real world.

Movie stars and celebrity icons walk the star-studded red carpet with an inflated sense of self-importance, often relying on razzle-dazzle and glamour to hide a lack of true talent.

There’s drama in the dramatic arts.

Promoting exaggerated hype is popular.

Popular social drugs include alcohol (Mars), nitazenes (the ‘Frankenstein’ opioid), Xylazine (a veterinary tranquilizers that’s being mixed with opioids to create ‘trans dope’), and in Southeast Asia methamphetamine.

Miracle weight loss cures are all the rage.

Ozempic (semaglutide) is a prescription medication that’s primarily used for managing type 2 diabetes. It has been shown to aid weight loss when combined with diet and exercise and now everyone with a weight problem is taking it.

Investors who dream of joining the $1 trillion club flock to the big corporations eager to buy stocks, hoping for heavenly dividends.

Trickery and deception are popular.

Millions of people are naïve, gullible and credulous. They’re ready to believe anything. They believe they can buy a personal utopia with money that isn’t theirs.

White-collar crime – corruption, fraud, swindles, scams and money laundering – is booming.

Airline travel and awesome overseas holidays are popular.

The road to utopia is paved with broken promises and unfulfilled expectations.

Noteworthy events involving visionary schemes, corporations, investors, share prices, drugs, oil, aviation, corruption, fraudsters, con artists and movie stars make the news.

And Pluto has people polarized, divided, split, separated and unable to get along.

Division and disunity are booming.

Rampant individualism makes cooperation next to impossible.

Like-minded people join groups. They engage in self-serving cooperation that contributes to the group’s success.

Despots, dictators and crime networks harass, coerce and intimidate.

Making threats is popular.

The war on truth is escalating.

Misinformation and disinformation are very popular.  

They spread easily on social media. Facebook and X are hotbeds of fake news and propaganda. Buzzer groups and state sponsored trolls are actively spreading hoax news.

Linguistic inversion involves the grammatical construction of a message so that its intended meaning is switched and inverted to mean what it doesn’t.

It’s humanity’s great menace.

Atheism, and its live for the passing moment and then you die propaganda, is popular.

There’s a wave of exploitation.

Extreme misconduct is popular.

Spiritualty that’s devoted to working for the higher good isn’t popular.

Horrible atrocities and inhumane acts are popular with the media.

You’re kept informed of the number of people killed in the latest missile attack, explosion, earthquake and landslide.

Noteworthy events involving groups, cooperation, division, polarization, gangster methods, coercion, threats, crime, horrible behavior, disinformation and the drastic state of the world make the news.


Author: DW Sutton

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