Global Update 2026 Part 1

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Hello Friends and welcome to 2026! Part One, this post, we will continue with a few planetary themes covered at the end of 2025. I am working on 2026 overview for the year and will be up in Part II. With limited time I have, I’m posting this update today – but more is coming. Many of this year’s 2026 posts, will be as a continuous discussion and updating of events in various charts, as rapid changes are occurring not only in a global sense, but our own personal walk (run). We are are definitely accelerating.

Thank you for allowing me to get my thoughts out on this platform, even though they may not be perfectly thorough as I would like, *and including every single major country and event going on, I feel it’s more important to post them as they come to me, rather than have them as an essay or thesis of some kind! Which is what I would love! If that’s okay with you, this is most likely how it’s going to be for this year, as life is accelerating for me too! So here we go with what’s on my mind today – know, I’m also aware of more transpiring in Iran, Ukraine, Chile, Edmundo and Maria Machado, UK chaos and uprising, Putin and Russia/U.S. and Trump – there is so much to cover.

I do not want to neglect our own personal journey shown in the stars, and become swallowed up with so much global political activity, yet, aren’t we in some way, meant to influence the upliftment of society by our attention placed upon these issues? If only I had the freedom to concentrate upon everything, yet how much information can a person digest at one time? So, enough of this, anyway, let’s get going with today’s Stardrops, and I’ll be busy writing for you, Part II!

Stardrops Jan 4 2026

• Weekly Planetary cycles
• Update on Venezuela,
• Maduro,
• CIA
• Colombia.
• 2026 Overview

*All charts are derived from Astrotheme

Firstly – Venezuela:

Uranus, our planet of eruption of change, sitting upon Venezuela’s 7^th house of close relationships marks a moment in time, from May 2024 – March 2026 approximately. Once in 84 years. It also has to do with interference or an injection of game changer agencies and/or individuals influencing Venezuela’s future. But what is quite relevant, is how precisely the Full Moon in Cancer, locked exactly on to Venezuela’s Sun January 2/3 2026, and the Full Moon’s Sun, on Jan 3, conjoin transiting Mars, the planet of aggression, and Mercury (intelligence) all lined up displaying a strong force of strategy and power, (calculated Power) conjoin Venezuela.’s Moon in Capricorn.

All Full Moons act like the cresting of a wave which has been gaining momentum for a time. The energy building with calculating and executing a Venezuela change, became full to the brim. The behavior for a full moon action, was described several times in the last Stardrops in regards to Venezuela’s chart, as coming to a head several times, by December 4, 2025. December Stardrops.

It conjoined Venezuela’s Venus in the 7^th house, of collaborations, meetings, negotiations. Even though it may have appeared that negotiations failed, yet a plan came to a head or was finalized agreed upon at some level by those in key positions, (Venus signifies cooperation) peaking December 4. I thought there might have been action of change moving upon Venezuela December 4 on…..the event took place on the stronger Full Moon landing on Venezuela’s Sun, January 3, a much stronger finality of coming to a head action. I can see that now, absolutely startling…it is as if someone planned this utilizing the full power of a Full Moon conjoin Venezuela’s Sun moment. It’s so obvious to me. It can’t be a coincidence.

Maduro:

Again, because of Maduro’s once in a lifetime Pluto conjoin the south node, (retirement) and Uranus oppose his Sun, (once in 84 years regarding a splitting away from an old role, never to return to that role again) – July 2025 through April 2026, these two cycles alone, are enough momentum to cause the arrest and removal of Maduro.

In addition, just as we said November 30 Stardrops I didn’t see a severe aggressive retaliation from him or his military to fight against this transition, but one of compliance. Even if he appeared defiant. Most likely the December 4 Full Moon, was partly responsible for the pre-plan for transitioning him out.

Even if by chance, there was news of his death at any time, my intuition tells me it would be all orchestrated for a reason. I don’t see it in his chart. Mars is not playing an aggressive role personally from 1^st of December on up to now. However, just as Mars was strong action planet playing in Venezuela’s Full Moon conjunction Jan 3 initiating his removal and move on Caracas, Maduro also has a Full Moon conjunction on his 7^th house of an agreement, partnering, and negotiations on January 3. Unbelievable!

Corrected Birth chart of Maduro and Full Moon January 3, 2026

The CIA and Full Moon December 4, 2025 and January 3, 2026

CIA and Full Moon Dec 4 ,2025

The Full Moon activated CIA’s Mars on the December 4, 2025 time frame, which seemed to be much more inclined as a military aggressive movement, than the below, Full Moon Jan 3, on CIA’s Mercury. However, its Mars does rule Aries, and we find the zodiac sign Aries, on CIA’s 7^th house of arrangements, negotiations and other strategically arranging partnering during all November peaking December 4, then up through the next Full Moon action January 3, 2026. Also, all November into December, we had the action of the Mercury Retro in Sagittarius, which was on CIA’s South node, spot on, in Sagittarius/Gemini.

This involves the past….information exchanged, mentally expansive and overreaching decisions laid out throughout end of October up through December 17 especially – at the same time of the activation of the Full Moon. This is all in hindsight, and I don’t want to go deep into this as it is a never ending rabbit hole, but you can see from the charts, there was a powerful action here with the December 4, 2025 culmination of potentially an aggressive intimidating yet somewhat negotiable collaboration which could have finally been reached during this time frame of December 2025, simply waiting then to be executed.

The Full Moon, activated CIA’s Mars, December 4, and Mercury January 3, 2026

CIA and Full Moon January 3, 2026

There was activation from the Full Moons on both December 4 and January 3, 2026 on the CIA’s natal charts, but what is most prominent, is the Jupiter transiting the agency’s Midheaven from September 2025 up through April 2026, once in twelve years, on the chart. This is typically a strong executing of programs, securing and bringing about a multi-complex operation, not in just Venezuela alone, but other regions all 2025- 2026. The Moon rules CIA’s Cancer Midheaven.

The Moon is sitting in CIA’s 2^nd house in Scorpio, conjoined its Jupiter in Scorpio. It’s complicated, I don’t have time to deep dive into this, but definitely involving multi-level outcomes involving Cancer (securing a region, which is also potentially securing the public’s welfare, securing resources of several regions, securing and penetrating potential dangerous activities including trafficking, subterfuge, etc..), but this is the chart of the CIA, not a philanthropic person. The Jupiter has been motivating strongly, the CIA’s 10^th house of mult-complex operations, to secure several operations, not just Venezuela for multiple purposes around the world. It works quickly and with the ruler of the Midheaven, the Moon, conjoin Jupiter in Scorpio, you know it’s not going to be for just one purpose, it’s layered deeply.

Uranus is also on the North Node in Gemini from July 2025 – 2026, once in 84 years, so, if there were any redeeming motive possibly which could override any other motives, this astrology cycle could be it – in other words, there’s a teaching from old times, that even the fallen ones can be used by a higher source which influence their minds and actions for the benefit of the Great Divine Ones. These Divine attempt to steer humanity towards a greater spiritual evolution and revolution in the light.

With Uranus conjoining CIA’s Node, this igniting of a segment of their agencies’ movements could very well be this conscious/unconscious decisions and continual behavior on the global scene to (in spite of itself) act, negotiate, strategize, and engage in high level negotiations to advance an agenda…what they might think would be materialistic and strategic positioning, but indirectly leads towards greater freedom in particular regions, in some big way.

So, behind these events taking place, there is an advanced intelligence moving through Humanity on earth during the Uranus transit in Gemini anyway, regardless of these Agencies, but amazingly, it is activating this agency’s Node. This cycle from Uranus is always a spiritual moment (one year long particularly, 2025-2026) in a person or agency’s lifetime. It motivates advanced progressive thinking, education, growing out of one’s old ways – embracing a higher path more aligned with a Brotherhood for humanity in collaboration with the Brotherhood of Light. It is real, and quite serious. So in some manner, they, (a particular influential individual(s) in this Agency,) could be used by the Divine Brotherhood of light during these times in some positive epic fashion, steering situations towards an ultimate Aquarian Age outcome. Again, this would be 2025 – 2026, Uranus conjoining the once in 84 year CIA’s North Node in Gemini.

Before I leave CIA’s chart, I can’t ignore a major once in approximately 248 year transit from Pluto oppose the CIA’s Sun in LEO, its source of identity and influence in the world. It’s a powerful opposition to its formal role and autonomous authority for two years strong. It typically begins a few years prior to the exact peak – such as 2023-2024. It means a harsh beginning of troubles for them, and the usual position and authority, entitlement (LEO), which they would be accustomed to, a diminishing of power that has had been in the past an unchallenged role. This cycle, during the exact peak of 2024 February through January 2026 marginalizes or diminishes its past position. After this epic once in 248 year dissolving and breaking down of some part of its old familiar ways and belief, ways of operating and confidence of purpose, the agency has to re-integrate into a better form or dissolve. In other words, it is an epic forced transformation.

Interesting…

Columbia

The Full Moon on Colombia’s natal chart.

The Full Moon and other planetary positions, are all indicating Colombia is next for securing the region since the Full Moon on January 3, 2026 also landed on a key area like the other charts we explored. Colombia’s Mercury / Mars particularly. Mercury (intelligent observations of the playing out of global events in that region), and Mars in Cancer, (the drive to acquire security, abundance and prosperity for the people).

The Next Full Moon, February 1, 2026 has greater symbolic change beginning.

The Full Moon on February 1, will be moving towards an interesting point in the chart, February 1 2026, the culmination of an event for Colombia, so let’s take a look at it’s chart below.

Here we see the activation of the Full Moon in Leo, in Colombia’s 4^th house of land, territory, securing home, safety and the people’s domestic life. *Columbia’s 4th house is a Cancer house, governing all things security, domestic, abundance, food, agriculture and the land). The Full Moon is inconjunct Colombia’s natal Moon/Pluto in Pisces.

That inconjunct means, there must be an adjustment, a major shift taking place, with those who may have a sense of Leo (Full Moon in Leo) entitlement to run the region. The natal Moon is in a strange place, Pisces conjoined Pluto, which typically means it is a passed down generational acceptance, of entitlement, privileged life, for those governing the region for all time. It is an attitude of authority among a type of people, playing this role of pseudo importance, on the global scene. It is about to change. The Moon in February is in a shifting disjointed position to Colombia’s Moon/Pluto.

But a Full Moon is just the culmination moment, (February 1) of the playing out of a greater planetary influence.

That would be the Uranus conjoin Colombia’s Jupiter all 2024/2025, once in 84 years, which intensely pushed the country’s economic situation towards a new cycle of transformation for the future, for the better. Even if we don’t know exactly what this looked like publicly, something was set in motion in those years to plant the seeds for future transition with regards to economy, business, and an upgrade in the country’s value. Uranus can purify, motivate and intensely cause change.

Uranus’s role does have a higher almost untouchable presence triggering positive change and forward movement 2024-2025. It was already in motion. When Uranus leaves that position, which it did highlight strongly at 27* Taurus December/January 2026 in its last closest conjunction to Jupiter, it will change its activities within the country, like an upgrade and increased transparency, permanently. It can greatly change and transform how life is, for the betterment of the people, and how life goes for the corruption generational people, those who believe they own (a Taurus theme) Colombia. This change would be for decades into the future. So that took place already, yet has its last final push, January 2026 – and it is strong.

I’m looking at the Solar Eclipse at 28* Aquarius on February 17, 2026, also, opposing Colombia’s Venus in Leo, and inconjunct her Sun at 26* Cancer. Also, the Major Reset Planets, Saturn and Neptune conjunction at 0* Aries all February 2026, both Inconjunct Colombia’s Venus in Leo, exact February 10 – 28, 2026, denoting a huge adjustment, shift in its ruling class of the country, and generational (the children and so on, of those who originally positioned themselves as dominating over this region) – it’s going to deeply permanently altered, and dismember its accustomed authority and entitlement position. That includes all those who take for granted a lush privileged lifestyle, of Venus in Leo pleasures, luxurious, wealth, their families and children lifestyle, and all the business of drugs and trafficking, ultra abuse of wealth, etc…etc..you get the picture. This could be extremely highlighted all January/February, as if the spotlight is now upon this section of Colombia’s chart.

Saturn/Neptune at the tail end of Pisces moving into 0* Aries, inconjunct Venus at 29* Leo, and 2024 Pluto at 29* Capricorn to 0* Aquarius both planets targeted (inconjunct means a severe lesson and shift occurring) this Venus’ position, forcing a dismantling of a particular group or segment of Colombia’s society’s role. It is considered a negative energy for these particular people.

Now, it’s possible, that the Solar Eclipse at 28* Aquarius oppose the Venus, could be the February 17 event executing the necessary change of power in Colombia. Yet again, this change wouldn’t be so obvious in regards to leaders/government, but more of a dynamic change in the way a ruling class not running everything any longer, and even exiting the region. It by no means appears pleasant and cooperative, more like being shoved out and making it so uncomfortable, (seizing assets and the like), that they can no longer operate the way they have been.

If anyone wants to educate me on Columbia historical social/control activities, I would welcome it. I have many Colombian friends and clients, but am not privy to South American history over the past few hundred years. I am hoping these astro updates are making some sort of sense to those who really know what is going on!

It’s interesting the Moon/Pluto in Pisces in Colombia’s chart, ruling the Sun in Cancer, which again would be a particular people being forced to adjust to a new future on the next Full Moon in February, to me, it wouldn’t be a dramatic adjustment, but a quiet sort of moving out of the way of the corrupt, and for the new control over the region. I have to think about this – as Colombia is not getting the same dramatic astrology as all the above we have looked into so far.

Of course, we are hoping for an economic upliftment, transformation and regional betterment of life in general. This can happen indirectly, as a result of other global escalations occurring. And that is exactly what several inconjuncts can do to a person or place which is what Colombia has been receiving. It’s a change and moving into new direction by those who have been in a way of life for centuries, generations, but now see the handwriting on the wall, they can’t sustain this way of business, in this region, and are forced to go elsewhere?

This one isn’t so easy to read. I would enjoy a recorded discussion on Central/South America trends, including Mexico, break down any one or all countries’ 2026 astrology, and we could find patterns where it is all connected. The main idea is to trust the larger Planetary movements impacting humanity from January 2025 ongoing, and the new planet’s positions added to the mix of revolutionary cycles, 2026. So that will be Part II, and I can’t wait! I think I might be able to finish it, tonight.

Planetary cycles for January 2026 (Overview of entire 2026′ most major influences for the year is coming)

Jan 3 – 7 Sun, Mars and Venus conjoin at 14-19* Capricorn

We are all experiencing a greater force of power helping us execute tasks, projects and what not into our future plans. Conjunctions lead to action taken, and in Capricorn, it is all about achieving necessary and desired outcomes for ourselves. This is a power line up right now. It began January 1 late into January 2 with Venus/Sun conjunction. it is exact on January 6 and leaves January 10th. This infuses us with a greater vision and value placed on investing ourselves into what we are desiring to accomplish. It’s a strong motivator to really care about what we want happening for 2026, and starts now.

Chart of January 5, 2026

Sun and Mars also conjoin, adds impetus, assertiveness, organization and strategy to our situation. It is functional and brings exactness with our drive to execute for a more practical system put into place.

Organizing your personal, financial or business calendar would be an example, but really getting down into the detailed steps of execution. For sure, all of these energies from January 1 – 10, are putting important new routines, order, systems and planning into place and this is an amazing way to start the New Year.

This Mars is a bit pushy, impatient as any Mars on Sun would feel, yet in Capricorn, it is playing the long game. It doesn’t want quick flashy achievements for a day or a week, but long term non-negotiable upgrades for good.

Mars conjoin Sun of course is also tied to Venus, blending the artistic, social/society and relationship warmth with the power of Mars’ movement to push and execute the change in any way it can. We’re seeing this globally in some areas of the world, powerfully, and we can feel the desire to upgrade and improve on either a project, a platform, or personal life situation.

Venus adds a humanness, an element of our heart’s values and feeling good about ourselves to all activities. Just observe what you value in life, and this energy now, is reminding you, it’s important to have it, and how can I anchor it in my everyday environment, work, future, etc.. Love, friendship, thinking about others. All of this energy continues to help us up to the 10th-13th of January 2026.

January 14 -19th Mercury conjoins Mars, peaking on the 18th. Here our mentally supercharged combo of Mercury/Mars invigorates an assertive cut through the interference in life, theme. It is full on mental precision, executing strategy as the mind is engaged in productivity, efficiency, sticking with the new blueprint which has been possibly designed late December, first few weeks of January 2026.

The entire first half of January is great for initiating meetings, new plans, bigger picture, and utilizing other’s help to make it happen.

As we continue with this theme of conjunctions in Capricorn (and Aquarius at the end), Venus begins to conjoin Pluto.

January 19 – 26. Venus conjoin Pluto, at 2-3* Aquarius. Here are social, relationship, friendship gatherings and plans, which involve people in our lives, and mutual value sharing purposes serving a bigger picture. We’ll be able to see that playing out somehow in our personal lives, rejuvenating and remaking ideas from the past years, into a much more impactful 2026. We re-align our life, relationship priorities, our personal items, clothes, furnishings and things, our money/assets, our concerns for quality care and investing in our favorite people we value the most.

This is already beginning now, as of January 3, but will become extra motivating as you approach mid-January. Desire to spend time with special people, re-design your home or office. Reviewing employees or the teams’ individual projects, tasks and abilities. it’s about repurposing and upgrading, with a warm practical touch. Work towards a more aesthetically pleasing look, yourself or environment. Working with art, music, color, design. A desire to feel better, rejuvenate your body.

The theme surrounding metals *gold, silver, the economies in the world for each region, could reveal a commitment to a new set of financial value. Each region could cement and invest in the economic blueprint which would now be put into place for society, so right now we are in the pre-set moment for that. In other words, we’ve been hearing about this talk now for a while, pondering our own financial security as the world economic is deciding on in their own control and value of the money – this is about to make epic changes.

There are many astrology cycles which have been moving economies towards this moment for the past few years so this one Venus cycle is not huge, just another marker date mid-January, for a social announcement of some sort, yet significant for our personal money and its value.

Possibly, it could be an important deadline for us to make sure we have taken one more step towards ensuring we have everything where we need it to be. January 19th – 26th. My guess, is the next Solar Eclipse on February 17 in Aquarius at 28 degrees, and the next Mercury Retrograde at 22* Pisces, (I believe at 22 degrees)…will be a more public reveal of economic events implemented regionally, ..so our January could be seen as just an important preparedness for a new life cycle in all ways.

January 21 – 23 Mercury conjoins Pluto. Now we are fully engaged in contracts, documents, mentally demanding decisions. Paperwork, organizing our future ideal outcomes on paper, or bookkeeping, or business plans could be strong.

Organizing our files, thinking about taking bold action and committing to larger than usual projects.

Involving ourselves with a new work cycle, or committing to a community activity and future plan, as this Mercury is aligned with Pluto in the community group and friendships influence sign, Aquarius.

January 25 -31, Mars in Aquarius conjoins Pluto along with Mercury moving onto Venus in a conjunction at the same time. Exact dates are January 27 and the 29th, both.

Now we have the hard work of transforming our life, our schedule, relationships, employees, or a construction of some sort. It could represent hands on seriousness of working with a team, or friends…if not a social setting, our budget, expenses or income. It could feel large scale.

It will be some form of future idea in mind involving the impact this or that idea could have in a positive sense, on a larger group of people. So again, community or humanity, or a friend, or an investing of a plan for the future is involved. Committing to a large project.

Pluto brings it into a complex string of events, or timeline considered and required in order to implement it, now up through January, especially the last week of January.

Pluto makes us face the complications of a relationship, an arrangement, or a project possibly. It is where we feel the heat or the intensity of diving in and engaging in the hard work. Could this entire January also be socially preparing people with new Visa, ID etc travel compliance for Europe and other regions? Pluto represents government, control, power, and Venus-social status, Mercury – documentation and ID, more paperwork and restrictions governed by Pluto.

Pluto/Mars combined in Aquarius, is the driving motivator towards launching something which ultimately causes YOU to become free, liberated from some past routine, or job, or history of restriction. It is the power to engage and implement your desire to bring necessary authenticity and liberation to yourself or others. It is also the power to stand out, be different, break away from the predictable or the routine.

Learning, upgrading, incorporating new ways, software, body transformation, healing, economy, lifestyle, systems and business projects, real estate or investments.. all of these conjunctions are stages of executing the new YOU for 2026! This is only going to happen, ONCE this year.

January 2 through 12th, Mars (Jan 2, 3); Sun (Jan 4-6); Venus (Jan 4-6); Mercury (Jan 10, 11) from 12-15* Capricorn, all oppose Hades at 14* Cancer. (See below table). Hades symbol is a crescent Moon with a cross inside on the right column.

With all the constructive implementation, designing, launching new cycles etc…we are experiencing in January, the opposition to Hades could mean we are moving forward with our new year, partially under a stressful energy surrounding us. It might be your own personal life situation which is hard, or the world, your country, family etc… It might go like this…” I need to implement my new start, however, I need to face inevitable challenges which have been in my way for a while, set in motion these new plans regardless, and work out the hard parts, the budget, the social situation or relationship situation.”

It’s like handling both alternately, going back and forth between the new plans, new goals and arrangements, yet cleaning up the mess of the previous cycle.

January 8 -15th. The very last opposition/conjunction for the Month of January, is Venus, Mercury, Mars, Sun oppose Jupiter at 17-22* Cancer. ( Jupiter at 19-20 exact, and Hades at 14* are not connected in case you were wondering, which is good.)

So, I would caution all of us from over-extending ourselves, over-committing, placing too much emotional need or trust onto others and your expectations you may have with their role in your life right now. It’s not a terribly negative cycle, just a bit of an exaggeration of needs, arrangements, possibly future security needs getting met. It’s not just about people, but possibly the talent they bring to you, the projects they might infer they could assist you with, etc… So, just move with practicality and caution in these areas.

Have an incredible January, and get as much in your life in order, preparing for the February Saturn/Neptune at zero Aries, reset!

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