From the documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

It's that time of the year again...to reflect on time itself. What were the peaks and valleys of 2025? And how might 2026 vision board itself into manifestation?

The calendar is an interesting thing. Each culture has it's own setting but the dominant setting is that of the Gregorian calendar, which finds its structure in Christianity. This is why we frame the years according to AD (after the birth of Christ) and BC (before the birth of Christ).

Prior to this, years were not dated from a single origin point in a linear fashion. Instead, they were marked according to the reign of an emperor (e.g. 3rd year of Emperor Diocletian), a system still used in Japan today. How does that shift one's relationship to time? The reign of a new emperor can begin on June 4th, and that moment marks the beginning of a new year, a new era. Time rises and falls.

There is something refreshing about the Gregorian calendar and its linearity. It's predictable and comfortable. Yet, it's missing something quite profound: a sense of cyclicality. After all, what is "2026" when viewed from outside our solar system? The planets are rotating along the ecliptic, cycle after cycle, with no true starting point and end point.

And so it seems that time is not a point in space, but rather a relationship to something in space. Perhaps most accurately, a relationship to yourself. As Albert Einstein so famously showed through his calculations: time is relative. So whether January 1, 2026 marks a spectacular moment, or whether it's just another Thursday, another moment rotating around the Sun, know that cycles are moving through you: cycles of deep time, beyond Christ, and beyond the birth of humanity. "You are the universe reflecting on itself," as our evolutionary cosmologist professor Brian Swimme would say.

So forget about “New Year, New You," and how about New Year, Deeper You?

Thank you for being with us on this cosmic mystery ride—we look forward to continuing to serve you with resonant content, personalized offerings, and a creative community.

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New (Deep) Year!

In Mystery, Somya & Abeer Desai

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Cosmos of Culture

2025: Archetypally Anticipated

So much happened this year (as is always the case), so we want to take a moment to look back at some of the biggest archetypal themes that unfolded in 2025, especially those we anticipated as early as 2023.

Anora wins Best Picture
- Based on the alignments of Saturn-Neptune and Jupiter-Uranus, we suggested (February 2025) that Anora would be the most likely winner (March 2025).
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- Alcohol consumption in the U.S. has fallen to it's lowest rate in 90 years according to Gallop (August 2025), a trend we anticipated (August 2024) would deepen in correlation with the Saturn-Neptune alignment.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- November 2025 was one of the highest-value months for U.S. M&A on record, compared with other months across recent years. A trend we anticipated (February 2025) in correlation with the Saturn-Neptune alignment. (The current bid for Warner Bros. between Netflix and Paramount is an example).
The Return to God and Religion
- Other than the fact that there is a religious revival among the young (September 2025), in a recent interview, technologist and former atheist, Elon Musk publicly shared that he believes in God as the Creator (December 2025). We anticipated that this trend (May 2024) would deepen in correlation with the Saturn-Neptune alignment.
Hybrid Design
- Hypebeast named Chitose Abe the Designer of the Year (December 2025) for her hybridized approach in fashion. We anticipated (May 2024) that a hybrid trend would deepen in correlation with the Saturn-Neptune alignment. (Synchronistically, Abe worked under Junya Watanabe—the designer mentioned in the 2024 article—before she launched her own brand).
The Rise in Conspiracy Theories
- PoliFact has named 2025 the Year of Lies (December 2025), which according to them includes: inaccuracies of omission, willful manipulation and conspiracy theories. We anticipated this trend would deepen (August 2024) in correlation with the Saturn-Neptune alignment.
Fluid/Transparent Aesthetic
- Apple's new software design called Liquid Glass (June 2025) has unleashed a watery/transparent/fluid aesthetic into the world of design. We noted this trend in fashion: from Rick Owens (July 2024) to Maison Margiela (Septemeber 2024), and more subtly in politics (December 2023) in correlation with the Saturn-Neptune alignment.
The 90s Are Back
- From media to fashion, the spirit of the 90s is imbuing culture. This is a trend we have continued to anticipate in tech (August 2024), crypto (August 2024), culture (September 2024) (August 2024), beauty (January 2025), and film (May 2024) in correlation with the Uranus-Neptune alignment.

Cosmos of Culture

Rilke on Living the Questions

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given to you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.

– Rainer Maria Rilke in Letters to a Young Poet