Afflicted: Exploring the Mars - Saturn Synodic Cycle in 2026

Early 2026 Saturn will return to Aries defining and re-defining much of the year as our collective reality shifts into a new era. However, Saturn has a boss in Aries: Mars. Mars, Saturn’s co-malefic, is the ruler of Aries, and the arc of Mars’ movement during 2026 will fundamentally affect Saturn’s expression of limits and restrictions on both a personal and collective level. Moreover, the Mars-Saturn synodic cycle is a critical World Astrology rhythm in itself.

Employing a unique blend of the dual arts of astrology and tarot, Afflicted will explore the Mars-Saturn relationship in 2026 with particular attention to the period after the mid-April Mars-Saturn conjunction that lays the foundation for the early 2027 Mars Retrograde.

Join us in peeling back the layers of interpretation, highlighting how the visual landscape of tarot can support astrological insight, and learning about the Mars-Saturn dance in 2026.

Speaker Bio

Cristina Rivera is…