For the last 18 months, the South Node has been in your romantic sector, where apart from creating several eclipses, for much of that time it has been the sole defender of the spirit of romance. While the South Node will leave on 12th January and there will be no planetary activity in your romantic sector until the second half of the year, it will leave behind the support network that has sprung up around this. It was in the final 48 hours of 2024 that the South Node's friendly aspect to Pluto in an adventurous part of your chart peaked and with Venus, the planet of love there until 3rd January, with the spirit of romance and adventure strongly entwined. With Pluto here for the next 20 years, as he holds onto the spirit of adventure it is with the spirit of romance already captured. However, while the South Node is moving on, the Moon will continue to return to your romantic sector every four weeks and when it does, it will continue to form a friendly aspect to Pluto as it moves through. When the Moon returns for its first visit to your romantic sector for the year from 19th January to 21st January, this is going to once again bring the spirit of romance and adventure together in a way that will take you back to the early days of the month. In the meantime, at the same time that the South Node is ending its continuous presence on the romantic front, the year begins with Mercury, the planet of communication in his final days in your relationship sector. When Mercury leaves on 8th January this will end all planetary activity on the relationship front until later in the year, but with a lot of water having already passed under the bridge. Mercury had returned in early November for what is normally a 14 to 15 day chance to get the communication lines open. Instead, a retrograde turn has kept Mercury here, while allowing him to work more closely with Mars, who will retrograde back out of your communication sector on 6th January.