Your personal new year will gradually unfold over the next few weeks. As your season kicks in, expect your mind to be saturated with possibilities and creativity. Shortly after, enhanced powers of communication will come into play, accompanied by heightened energy and strong aesthetic impulses. February and March are poised to be months of artistic empowerment, where you’ll be primed to create powerful art.

However, the real transformation for you in 2024 is set to unfold over a much more extended period—a whopping 19 years! In astrological terms, Pluto is like Mercury, but with a soundtrack of doom metal instead of hyperpop—way slower and several octaves lower. Pluto governs significant change, not just day-to-day shifts. Think geological, continental drift-level metamorphosis—the kind of change that reshapes you irrevocably. While Pluto usually moves at the unhurried pace of its 246-year orbit, there are times when it obliterates structures in your life to pave the way for incremental rebuilding. These periods can feel sudden, even if they unfold over months or years. In the coming autumn, you’ll catch a breather from your intense new dwarf planet friend as it drifts retrograde to revisit Capricorn one last time. Then, get ready to acquaint yourself with Pluto intimately over the next two decades.

Come December, Venus will make a return to close out 2024 in your sign. A year from now, envision yourself belting out a holiday bop with romantic themes, expressing your emotions wholeheartedly. Get ready for a journey of gradual unfoldment, artistic empowerment, and a significant, long-term transformation in the year ahead!