551. Steve Judd: Why 2026 Changes Everything & The Next 4 Years Are Make or Break for Humanity

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British astrologer Steve Judd has been studying astrology for more than four decades.I was so excited for Steve to join me for a wide ranging and grounded conversation about why 2026 represents a once in a species level turning point for humanity. In episode 551, he shares that long before most people were talking about 2026, he was already tracking it. 

Rather than framing astrology as prediction or fate, Steve approaches it as pattern recognition, a language that reveals cycles and potentials. From this perspective, the years surrounding 2026 are not about fear or doom, but about responsibility, awareness, and choice. According to Steve, the planetary patterns forming in 2026 have not occurred in this concentration for over ten thousand years, and will not repeat for many thousands more. These alignments mark the end of what he describes as humanity’s apprenticeship phase and the beginning of collective adulthood. More on this here:

The energy building toward 2026 has been accelerating since around 2020, increasing exponentially, and not in a linear way. This acceleration mirrors the way evolution itself works, gradually building momentum until it reaches a critical threshold. Steve always emphasizes that astrology impels, it doesn't compel outcomes. The patterns create pressure, opportunity, and intensity, but how humanity responds remains a matter of free will.

One of the central themes of this conversation is Steve’s belief that astrology has historically been suppressed because of how empowering it is. At its core, astrology teaches self knowledge. When people understand themselves, they are less easily controlled by external authority, fear, or dogma. Rather than seeing astrology as something mystical or inaccessible, Steve explains it as a skill, similar to learning a language. Anyone can learn it, and as more people do, it becomes a shared symbolic system that transcends culture, geography, and belief systems. This perspective actually spurred me to begin to study astrology recently. I had always thought of it as something only astrologers need to understand. I didn't see myself going into astrology, so had never considered learning it for myself!

Understanding Sun Moon Rising and Midheaven

I really appreciate Steve’s clear explanation of the foundational elements of a birth chart:

Your Sun sign represents your core identity and life force.
Your Moon sign reflects how you experience emotions and process the world internally.
Your Rising sign, or Ascendant, is how you meet the world and how others first perceive you.
Your Midheaven describes how you consciously project yourself, particularly in vocation and life direction.

When these elements are understood together, they create a far more accurate and compassionate picture of who someone is than Sun sign astrology alone. This layered understanding helps reduce judgment and increases empathy by revealing why people are motivated, expressive, and reactive in different ways.

We also explore how astrology helps people recognize archetypal patterns rather than labeling behaviors as right or wrong. Fire signs, earth signs, air signs, and water signs each move through the world differently, and none are superior to the others. As more people develop this kind of symbolic literacy, it naturally reduces conflict, polarization, and misunderstanding. Rather than reacting against difference, people learn to see it as complementary.

Evolution, Consciousness, and the Bigger Picture

Steve also shares his perspective on evolution, consciousness expansion, and why he believes humanity is approaching a breakthrough rather than an ending. He speaks about the universe as an intelligent system, the precision of planetary geometry, and the idea that human consciousness itself may be the next major evolutionary development. As perception expands, intuitive awareness becomes more refined, and humanity begins to reconnect with capacities that have long been dormant.

Despite the intensity of the times, Steve returns again and again to a surprisingly simple stabilizer: Love. He also shares a guiding principle he has lived by for decades, that being that negativity cannot exist where there is humor. In a period of rapid change, maintaining joy is a path resilience!

This episode is not about fear based predictions or external saviors. It's time for self responsibility, awareness, and the recognition that humanity is being asked to mature. In fact, that we must mature. The patterns of 2026 and beyond demand increased awareness and higher levels of consciousness.

For anyone curious about astrology, awakening, or the deeper meaning of the times we are living in, don't miss this powerful episode!

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Connect with Steve's work here: https://www.stevejudd.co/ and his fantastic YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@stevejuddastrology

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