2024 Astrology Forecast: The Year of Transcendent Leadership

Get ready for a power year in every sense! In 2024, themes of authority and leadership dominate the cosmic forecast. Erase all prior notions of what it means to be in charge. The rising stars of 2024 won't arrive wearing crowns or flexing their generational wealth.

Well, why not? Nepo baby privilege is not required to get ahead this year. Taurus jazz queen and civil rights activist Ella Fitzgerald said it best: "It isn't where you came from, it's where you're going that counts."

So…where are we going?

Existentially, humans are facing a crisis. As UAPs (formerly known as "UFOs") buzz our skies, can our species survive accelerated climate change, disease, radicalized ideologies, global wars, gun violence, and widespread abuse?

Here are some of the other transits shaping your 2024 astrology forecast:

Until Jupiter leaves Taurus and moves into Gemini on May 25, there's nothing technically "new" going on with the trend-shaping outer planets. That means we already have a baseline of familiarity with the energies of this year.

And after a decade fraught with so much change and instability, what a relief it will be to not have to recalibrate our bearings all over again.

Where we will feel a palpable shift is with 2024's numerology and Eastern zodiac.

After an introspective 7 Universal Year in the sensitive, spiritual Water Rabbit's care, we move into an ambition- and action-oriented 8 Universal Year, powered by the dynamic, growth-obsessed Wood Dragon. Last year's internal focus becomes this year's external thrust toward progress.

Fittingly, we chose the ouroboros for our 2024 horoscope book cover, an icon that has traveled through ancient Egypt and India, Gnostic alchemy and Jungian psychology. Depicted as a dragon eating its own tail, it represents the eternal cycle of renewal from life to death to rebirth.

Amsterdam-based illustrator Bodil Jane spun our 2024 ouroboros into an infinity symbol, a nod to the year's 8 numerological energy—and an important reminder that even in this time of rapid change, the truth of our souls remains the same.

No more chasing your tail! It's a time for wholeness and to tap into the omnipresent power of your light and love.