Today’s Moon:
- The Moon is in Cancer.
- There is no void Moon today.
- The Moon is waning and in its Full phase until 5:22 AM, after which the Moon is in its Waning Gibbous.
- The Full Moon (Lunar Eclipse) occurred on the 8th in the sign of Taurus.
Retrogrades:
- Mars is retrograde (Mars is retrograde from October 30th, 2022, to January 12th, 2023).
- Mars Rx, Jupiter Rx, Uranus Rx, Neptune Rx, and Chiron Rx.
**Times are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Daily Horoscopes/Astro Highlights for each Sign:
Aries
Today’s energies are strong for sticking with familiar activities, dear Aries, but also for letting your mind go, imagining, and dreaming. It’s a good day for processing and understanding recent events. Forgiving someone can do wonders for your emotional health. With a Mercury-Neptune influence today, you’re looking at ideas and interactions differently, perhaps with a little more compassion or imagination. Your thinking is creative, mainly concerning matters of the past, intimate relationships, and your inner workings. This can be a time when you’re fascinated with a mystery or given to wondering and musing.Taurus
Today’s Mercury transits help you repair relationship problems, dear Taurus, and gain a new perspective. It’s a time for new ideas and visions, particularly related to partnerships, friends, and future happiness goals. You can experience a nice boost of compassion, intuition, and imagination for your thoughts, perceptions, and conversations. Be accepting and tolerant now to let all of the good things in! A new agreement or understanding, whether explicit or left unspoken, with a partner or friend can boost your spirits tremendously now. Conversations about relationships, past or present, and personal beliefs can be inspiring and satisfying.Gemini
Influences today promote cooperation and harmony, dear Gemini, particularly with people you work with. You’re in a good place for communicating intentions, and it’s not just about words! A Mercury-Neptune connection favors imaginative, compassionate, and gentle approaches to the world. In business, it’s called “soft sell,” but it can be the most rewarding method on many levels today. In fact, you’ll do best to let conversations flow and to listen generously. Research, work, and health matters are especially favored now, as these benefit from an imaginative touch. It’s a time for taking a break from heavy thinking or for fleshing out our work with creative extras. It’s also a potentially powerful time for ideas, which are practical and imaginative all at once. If you face perplexing problems, be sure to take a step back from them, as intuition is more likely to kick in if you do so. This can be a uniquely contemplative and even inspiring day.Cancer
Communications are in high focus today, dear Cancer, with Mercury’s strong connections to Venus and Neptune. These transits make this an inspired time for reaching out to others, publishing or sharing your work and ideas more informally, and expressing your ideas, beliefs, and dreams. Intuition can serve you well right now–your vision is broad, compassionate, and appealing. There is more sensitivity as well as a gentle atmosphere that you vibe well with, and this can be a nice mental interlude of sorts! Romantic sensibilities are strong, and you can enjoy interesting conversations or musings now.Leo
Multiple signals point to the need for extra time to yourself today, dear Leo, and special attention to rest, reflection, and imagination. The Moon spends the day in your privacy sector, making replenishing activities appealing and natural–you need your space! Intuition can serve you exceptionally well with an intimate relationship, family matter, finances, or investments. Mercury connects well with Venus and Neptune today, and expressing compassion and understanding with people close to you can be helpful. It’s a good time for solving problems, bonding through supportive conversations, and coming to a better understanding of a work or home project. You could arrive at solutions unconventionally. Aim to reduce stress — the day is good for letting things go. It’s a time for appealing to your sense of wonder and drawing these things out in others. You might be intrigued by a mystery or especially enjoy entertainment that engages your emotions and imagination.Virgo
You’re in a good position for natural appeal and smooth energy flow today, dear Virgo. The Moon harmonizes with your sign, and Mercury, your planetary ruler, connects well with Venus and Neptune. You gravitate to people who are friendly and helpful. These transits make it easier for you to find inspiration. You’re also expressing yourself more imaginatively and charmingly. Agreements and negotiations are favorable, and letting go of stress and negative emotion comes naturally. You’re ready to help others today, and you might especially enjoy guiding, teaching, or soothing people with your words and possible solutions to problems. You more readily communicate affection, compassion, and understanding. Making an agreement with a partner or benefiting from partnering up can be themes. You see the beauty in imperfections right now. There is great tolerance and acceptance to the energy of the day, helping you detox after recent tensions and center yourself.Libra
Your mood is generous today, dear Libra, and energies are good for letting go of possessive feelings. Imaginative and creative impulses are strong on a mental level, and you may end up dreaming up all sorts of ways to enjoy yourself! Listen to hunches and ideas that seem to come up out of the blue. If you can, avoid work or chores that require a lot of focus or attention to detail, instead focusing on ideas and overviews for best results. Allow yourself some breathing room for freeform thinking. Today is powerful for resolving problems and getting to nice places through conversations and musings. You might also gain knowledge that helps your financial picture today.Scorpio
Creative expression is in the spotlight today, dear Scorpio, and imaginatively connecting with others is in favor. Conversations can be uplifting, and fantasies or musings are positive, lighting up your higher mind and opening up new possibilities. This is a time for recognition and appreciation of your unique viewpoint. You attract others with your wise, understanding personality. Today’s transits soften your rougher edges, and you can find it empowering to let go of frustrations and instead focus on those things, situations, and people that inspire you. Mercury, in your sign, makes supportive connections today, and you might come across information that benefits you greatly. It’s also a fabulous time for self-discovery, examination of your dreams, desires, and plans.Sagittarius
You recognize new levels or dimensions of your needs today, dear Sagittarius, which benefits decision-making. Mercury and Neptune in harmony today stimulate your desire to color outside the lines, while a Mercury-Venus parallel facilitates expression and cooperation. You may want to talk something through, and collaboration can be successful if you focus on the bigger picture rather than the details. You seek slightly out-of-the-ordinary or exotic connections, ideas, and experiences. It’s also a good time for letting bygones be bygones, especially with family. You see others in a more positive (or human) light, finding beauty in weakness or imperfections. You might help someone with your advice or listen to them and truly hear and acknowledge what they’re saying. Poetry, music, and fantasy can be pleasant escapes and channels for self-expression. You can be determined to create and maintain more peace and compassion in your family or home life. Today’s energies help you find ways to loosen up and relax.Capricorn
A friend or networking activity can be instrumental in getting to a peaceful place, dear Capricorn. A Mercury-Venus parallel helps improve cooperation and promotes harmony. As well, a nice angle between Mercury and Neptune softens your disposition and lightens your load. You are communicating with increased sensitivity and compassion and balancing the rational and the irrational. It makes sense to take this opportunity to detox, talk with someone you trust, and find your center. You may be looking at relationships, ideas, and problems from a more understanding or accepting perspective. There is some tendency to avoid unpleasant work or tasks, but it’s a strong day for entertaining new ideas, dreams, and possibilities. There is a gentleness to your communications that endears you to others.Aquarius
While you’re in a generally good position these days on a competitive level, dear Aquarius, cooperation brings the most rewards today. You may be privy to classified information or benefit from a conversation that inspires fabulous ideas. It can be a good time to express your concern and care for others, and excellent for dreaming up some interesting promotional or marketing material if this would benefit you. Your reputation or professional status might with your insight or kindness. Today is more about hunches and inspiration than the details, facts, and figures. When it comes to financial or business pursuits, go the way of intuition if you can, as you can come up with highly creative plans now. You’re delivering your message in an attractive package, and your interactions with others are gentler or more considerate. Your insight can add another dimension to a relationship. Today is also strong for intuitive insight into money and business matters. You are more able to see different levels, alternatives, variations, and possibilities in life situations, which can expand your perspective but also slow down decision-making!Pisces
With today’s Mercury connections, you have a direct line to your intuition, which can serve you exceptionally well, dear Pisces. Your ability to understand and soothe others can take you far. Your vision is broad, and your approach to promotion, marketing, or simply getting along with others is magical. Your conversations sparkle, and you’re received better than usual. A happy agreement or resolution might happen with a partner. You might realize that it’s not quite the time to push forward, but it’s a strong time to reach out to others, share a unique perspective, and entertain new creative ideas. The Moon spends the day in your self-expressive solar fifth house, and romance, entertainment, hobbies, recreation, and social involvements assume increased importance in your life. Feelings are dramatic and pleasant.* Remember to read horoscopes for your Ascendant sign and Sun sign. If you don’t know your Ascendant sign (and you know your birth time), you can look it up here.
Astrology of Today – The Details:
If you’re astrologically inclined and interested in the details of the Astrology of today, here are some of the factors considered in the forecasts:
Planet Color Key: The longer the bar, the slower the aspecting planet, and the longer the duration of the planet’s transit.
The purple marker above shows where we are in the current moon phase cycle.
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