*January 2025 Monthly Horoscopes – Summaries*
Aries
You begin the month at a yearly career peak, dear Aries, with a New Moon just behind you, clearing the path for a fresh start. Your ruling planet, Mars, is still retrograde and will continue this way all month, which does point to the need for a slower approach to your personal world. Still, there is stronger focus on your life direction, career, and/or reputation, and where you’re heading in a broader sense is rarely far from your mind for much of January. It’s an excellent time to take the lead or set the trend.
You have good advice on offer, and others appreciate you. You want to take concrete steps toward meeting your goals or strengthening your position. It’s also a time to apply your inner wisdom and experience to your work and feel particularly proud of yourself and your accomplishments. But while you have the opportunity to truly shine professionally, temporary blockages can come from both outside and within. You are not as sure of yourself and uncharacteristically second-guessing your decisions these days, but this rarely shows on the surface. Work is demanding this month, but also very rewarding. Higher-ups are putting more faith in you and your talents, and possibly managerial skills.
Love becomes a little more private or quiet when Venus tucks away into your privacy zone on the 2nd. Feelings require time for processing and sorting through. As well, the Moon’s North Node moves out of your sign and into your privacy sector for a cycle lasting eighteen months. Learning about your inner world will bring some of the greatest joys and challenges as this transit advances. Your attention more frequently turns to spirituality, downtime, and rest or rejuvenation. Your path is to let go of unnecessary worry and guilt and build trust in a larger plan.
At times this month, your private life delights you. It can be a psychic, intuitive, and visionary time for you. You can get good support and backing from others in ways that improve your career prospects or reputation. Ideas are particularly rich for sensing what people want, which in turn benefits your relationships. Transits often promote peaceful cooperation and conversation.
Past projects or goals may deserve or require a second look. There are treasures to be found in the past, but you’ll likely need to approach them in new ways in order to really get them off the ground this time around. This can be a strong time for recognition of work you’ve done in the past.
From the 6th forward, Mars returns to your home and family sector, and the Full Moon occurs on the 13th, connecting with retrograde Mars. Complicated family or home life issues could emerge now. If problems have been brewing in your domestic or personal life, they’re likely to reach a head. You’ll be reorganizing your priorities now.
Pay close attention to any emotional “slush,” anger, or resentment that surfaces from the 13th to the 15th, as you might better understand some of the tension that has recently been with you. The good news is that whatever emerges now is in full view, which begins the process of working things through. With retrograde Mars in your solar fourth house, you may be reviewing your living situation or conditions. Old family issues or household projects may need revisiting.
The Sun moving into your solar eleventh house on the 19th brings new energy into your life that pulls your attention to happiness goals, friendships, and networking. Mercury moves into this same sector on the 27th, stirring more joy and pleasure in reaching out and making connections. A New Moon here just two days later paves the way for new beginnings with friends, future projects, and special pursuits. It’s a time to find more joy in experimenting with new methods and ideas. You’re willing to put in the effort for a friendship to work, and the same applies to your studies and communication projects.
Uranus turns direct on the 30th, further opening up your social life and moving a financial matter ahead. Generosity and taking the high road can bring rewards in business or practical affairs.
Taurus
There can be a pleasant focus on learning, sharing ideas, publishing, and venturing out beyond your usual bounds in January, dear Taurus. There can be much focus on expansion and career or your general life direction. Challenges this month mostly revolve around personal energy levels and misunderstandings. However, opportunities to break the routine can be refreshing. While complications, repairs, or misunderstandings due to the Mars retrograde cycle can be part of your life, a positive, inspired, and uplifted outlook can be rewarding.
In January, you may be working on recent resolutions to explore, grow, and expand beyond the regular experiences of your life. This is a good time for exploring new adventures or perspectives. Love and friendship are tied together in wonderful ways this month. Cementing a bond with a friend or love interest might require a pledge to live in the moment, but it’s rewarding.
Nevertheless, communication mix-ups are probable this month as retrograde Mars returns to your solar third house from the 6th forward. Aim to be especially clear or to sidestep making decisions until you are ready. Don’t commit unless you are certain you can follow through.
You’re in good shape for editing and revising, returning to old interests and studies, work on projects you aim to publish, creative works, and partnerships. You may regain confidence in old plans, ideas, and projects now – there are treasures to be found in works-in-progress that you may have left behind. However, to make them work in the future, you need to approach them in new ways.
The 13th to the 15th can be complicated but eye-opening with the Sun and retrograde Mars in opposition around the time of a Full Moon in your communication sector. Disorder in your daily affairs or with communications and transportation can be disruptive now. It’s important to maintain a sense of calm and control, especially when impatience threatens to disrupt your peace. Minor issues can be the trigger, but major issues may be at the root. Consciously try to slow down and tame your desires, which can seem very immediate and urgent now, but may not seem as important later on.
Some of the pressure you’ve been feeling on the domestic scene releases with retrograde Mars returning to your solar third house on the 6th. However, this shift signals a turn of your attention to courses, studies, and interests that may need special attention. Challenges with self-expression, pushing/selling your ideas, or with neighbors and siblings may occur. For instance, you might find it difficult to articulate your thoughts or convince others of your ideas. However, this is a strong period for fixing problem areas and revising work you did in the past.
You’re challenged to prioritize, as it can be an especially busy time when it can sometimes be difficult to focus on the things that inspire and drive you. There can be a studying opportunity or other turning point related to transportation or communication.
You have Venus warming your social life from the 2nd forward, bringing more joy and pleasure through your friendships. You might rally the troops to handle an important responsibility. Influences bring compromises and negotiations as well as more purpose to your social ties. The Moon’s North Node enters your social sector this month and will stick around there for eighteen months. This shift can bring about changes in your social life, potentially leading to new friendships or strengthening existing ones. During this cycle, the areas of both challenge and great reward are friendship, networks, associates, teams, and happiness goals. Your relationships with others – as well as your relationship with yourself – will benefit from your stronger focus on being present and connected. The period ahead is powerful for making or enhancing friendships.
You are more visible than usual with the Sun in your solar tenth house from the 19th forward, Mercury moving to the same sector on the 27th, and a New Moon occurring there on the 29th. This increased visibility is not only about being seen, but an opportunity to showcase your skills and talents, and to feel confident and empowered in your career.
The last week of January brings a burst of new and excitable energy to your career, and you are anxious to create a buzz. Uranus turns direct in your sign, and as the ruler of your career and reputation sector, you’re sure to feel clearer and more confident about reaching your goals. Your independence is a more potent motivating force now. This shift might renew your motivation for work or point to a moving-forward moment related to your life path or career goals.
Gemini
You continue to gravitate to your inner world this month, dear Gemini, making changes that strongly impact your life. You are tuning in to the deeper issues and looking beyond the surface of matters for answers. Due to the continuing retrograde Mars cycle, this slowing-down energy comes at a good time. Indeed, you could be backing up in some areas of life. Fortunately, you’re naturally inclined to adjust, build, and observe for much of January. Later in the month, your adventurous spirit calls you!
With retrograde Mars returning to your finances sector from the 6th forward, money matters could be touchy. While an increase in income may not be realized for a while longer, you are laying important groundwork for future pay raises. The discovery of untapped resources or areas of drain can help you create a new and improved budget. Go over all the details carefully. A money-making idea may need refinement before it can be set in motion. Money and security matters require some revising and reorganizing. This period involves coming to a greater understanding of how the way you manage your resources impacts your confidence.
Opportunities to increase exposure and gain recognition for your unique style of expression and creativity are strong from the 2nd forward. You could have a meeting of minds with a higher-up. Chances to enjoy more satisfying and meaningful work are also in the offing. It’s a generally good time for your reputation. You might discover exceptionally creative ways to use your resources, including money and talents, and the key to success on these fronts may be taking a new look at an old approach, method, or project.
Recognition of your efforts and talents is possible now, although you can do well working on your own, too, and enjoy a boost of ambition and drive. Another significant event this month is the North Node of the Moon’s move into your solar tenth house for an eighteen-month stay. You’ll be more confident putting yourself out there and meeting your responsibilities in the period ahead.
Still, your inward focus is rewarding in January. There is plenty of planetary support for your ruminations and discoveries. Things, ideas, and people tend to surface from your past and draw your attention back to projects and endeavors that might benefit from a new perspective. There can be a healing process going on now – you are building your inner faith. Charity, giving/donating anonymously, volunteering, and helping others without expectation of reward can be especially fulfilling as well. Self-improvement endeavors are highly favored, and you may be striking up conversations about private or personal matters, purging, and unburdening. Readiness to approach typically tricky or deeper emotional issues, if only to move past them, can help you forge a new path. A bonus, either material or emotional, can come up out of the blue. Even if it’s only symbolic, you want to move on regarding an emotional state.
The trick now is to avoid pushing things that need some more time. Brand-new endeavors may not get off the ground, but work in progress can benefit greatly from your attention now. The 13th to the 15th is a trickier period that can bring revelations and possible conflicts to the foreground. Money matters can be a big theme now. There can be a tug-of-war going on with someone or within yourself over money, possessions, and matters of control. Whatever emerges now can force a needed change, but it may only be about awareness of this need for now. Big moves may not be appropriate yet while Mars remains retrograde.
The chance for some adventurous fun is exciting as the month advances. There can be opportunities for higher learning or mind-expanding experiences in your future. There can be better avenues for expressing yourself or reaching a wider or more appreciative audience with your work after the Sun moves into your solar ninth house on the 19th, Mercury from the 27th, and a New Moon on the 29th. You want to break free from the routine, and these astrological events, along with the direct turn of Uranus on the 30th, help push you forward. You’re coming out of your shell, excited for new experiences that take you out of your routine. You crave more interactivity, and your aspirations and ideals are driving forces in your life.
Cancer
January can be a month of rediscovering the joys of partnership, dear Cancer, and a growing urge to explore and expand your horizons. Meeting new people and learning about the world around you can be healthy escapes. Your popularity runs high this month, even though you can keep some emotional distance as retrograde Mars moves into your sign. Those close to you are likely to sense that you are not as enthusiastic or present as usual, but it’s a necessary period for taking a step back and analyzing what works for you and what doesn’t.
You’re highly invested in your success with others, especially a one-to-one relationship until the 19th, and you can be more compromising and focused on harmonizing.
With Mars returning to your sign in retrograde motion from the 6th, you can deal with delays with your personal plans, giving you the opportunity to slow down to make important refinements. For the best results, aim to tame impulsiveness and chip away at the things you do best rather than take on new endeavors just for the time being. You will be attending to others’ needs much of the month with January’s astrology, and your ability to adapt will strongly affect your success. However, it’s important to take the time to assess your needs and wants.
A major focus this month is your relationships, and it’s an important one. Sorting out problems and enjoying special moments with people in your life are satisfying activities in their own right, but they can affect many different life departments as well.
You could reconnect with an old friend or partner or reach a new understanding of a past relationship. Increased clarity comes not only from a willingness to learn from others but also from helping them to express themselves. Pairing up to accomplish something productive can figure strongly. You can feel accomplished regarding a commitment to someone or a project. Happily, positive gestures and actions you take now have a tangible impact on your future. Transits highlight your need for companionship, balance, and harmony in January.
On the 13th, the Full Moon aligns with retrograde Mars in your sign, and emotions are big. There can be difficulties keeping your cool, and you may be feeling blocked. Still, you can discover strong feelings and desires that urge you to make changes. Avoid pushing matters, certainly, but pay attention to the buried matter that’s surfacing now. It can be a time of release, epiphany, or culmination, and you’ll likely see a relationship from a different perspective. You have so much energy now that it needs somewhere healthy to go – look for the appropriate channels.
Temporarily, the usual channels for asserting yourself, pursuing your desires, and expressing anger are not available or seem blocked or inappropriate now. Until you find new ones, you could feel a little frustrated. Watch that you don’t allow unacknowledged or buried desires to drive your behavior. Focusing on reviewing, editing, and digesting rather than new initiatives is your best bet now and may very well lead to better results down the road. Slow down, rethink, and regroup.
With Venus in your spirit sector from the 2nd forward, you are often in your element when it comes to love, social life, and family matters. It’s a fine time to collaborate or exchange ideas. There’s increased warmth in a relationship or good conversations and bonding as you share your broader goals and beliefs. It’s also a good time for counseling and gathering beneficial information from others. You have the foresight to put your efforts into a long-term endeavor rather than waste all your energies on short-term satisfaction.
With the North Node’s move into your spirit sector for an eighteen-month stay, you’re receiving a cosmic nudge toward adopting beliefs that genuinely reflect the current “you.” You’re also learning about your need for self-expression through non-routine activities, studies, and experiences.
The Sun moves into your intimacy sector on the 19th, and your energies intensify. It can be a good time for figuring out something about yourself – a buried desire or motivation – as this transit coincides with retrograde Mars in your sign. You might uncover something missing, lost, or hidden. Mercury heads into your intimacy sector on the 27th, and a New Moon occurs there on the 29th. New beginnings with passion projects or deep relationships can be in store. A financial or intimate matter can move forward.
Leo
Work and health are big areas of focus, topics, and interests this month, dear Leo, but your social life is coming more and more into focus. Further rethinking your strategies when it comes to personal plans is in order this month, with Mars still retrograde, but you’re also looking inward as it leaves your sign. There can be delays or frustrations that require going over your plans and refining them. You are also learning to be more patient! However, the month is powerful for spiffing up your daily affairs and improving your enjoyment of getting your life in order. Passion projects are a strong draw.
Work, duties, or chores can be demanding but also invigorating in January. Focus on doing your best instead of allowing a temporary lack of direction to interfere with productivity. In time, direction and purpose will be revealed. The month ahead is a strong one for making important adjustments, getting your daily routines and self-care problems into order, and editing and revising. Attempting to push ahead with new initiatives is likely a lesson in frustration–aim to center yourself and perfect things first.
This is a time for handling details that may have been missed in the past, reorganizing, clearing up clutter, and attempting to bring more or better structure to your daily life. You begin January in excellent shape for taking charge of your health, self-care initiatives, and work. The Sun’s transit encourages a focus on the nuts and bolts of your life. You’re paying special attention to self-development. For best results now, aim to focus on laying the groundwork for future success. It’s a perfect time to further health and work goals, but a slow-but-sure approach is preferable. Getting on top of the little things in your life can significantly improve your confidence and general outlook.
There can be social benefits related to following your daily routines this month. You may be attracted to mysteries and hidden motives or investigations of some kind with Venus moving into your solar eighth house on the 2nd, and you may very well solve a problem or a mystery! It’s a powerful and pleasant time for intimacy. It’s a powerful time for getting in touch with your more profound needs and desires, as well as for understanding yourself better. Ultimately, your deeper relationships with others are likely to strengthen as you understand yourself better. You could also enjoy movement with money matters or become aware of an untapped resource.
Furthering this theme is the Moon’s North Node moving into your solar eighth house for a stay of a year and a half. With this transit, you’re learning to embrace your intimate world and need for a deeper connection to someone or a unique project.
On the 13th, a Full Moon occurs in alignment with retrograde Mars, pushing troubled areas to the foreground for handling. Desires and feelings are intense at this time. Restlessness with your current routines can be stirring. If you’ve been burying your feelings, desires, needs, and frustrations, they may very well come to a confusing head around now! You may need to streamline or restructure a plan or project to make it work. Aim to tame impatience.
Until Mars reenters your sign in April, you’ll be reassessing your approach to downtime, detox, healing, and rest. While some obsession with private matters or concerns about the past may need attention, this is a time for better understanding your more complicated, buried drives and desires. In truth, mental and physical resilience may not be entirely up to par temporarily, and if you’ve overextended and exhausted yourself, you’ll be faced with the need to slow down. You might also need to bring closure to a neglected or unresolved issue in your life. However, it’s a powerful time to connect with the things that have been dragging you down.
The Sun heads into your partnership sector on the 19th, turning some of your attention to partnering, balance, perspective, and feedback. Look for fresh ways to relate to others. The direct turn of Uranus, your partnership sector ruler, on the 30th, can help with this task, and so can the New Moon on the 29th. At this time, you can also look forward to the unblocking of stalled matters with your career and reputation.
Virgo
In January, you are learning what motivates you and how to express yourself more freely, dear Virgo. A new beginning or a surge in your romantic life is possible, although you’ll still need to iron out your differences when it comes to shared values. A romance or creative project can move forward. In some cases, a child gets a lucky break or is in better humor. Doors open up for love and partnerships.
January is a month filled with exciting opportunities for recreation and enjoyment. It’s a strong period for partnering, and you may find opportunities to spice up existing connections or attract significant relationships. While it’s not a time for making sweeping decisions, you can certainly lay the groundwork. The return of retrograde Mars to your social sector may even see the revival of old friendships. This influence brings the past to the forefront of your mind, adding a nostalgic touch to your experiences.
Venus enters your partnership sector on the 2nd, boosting your chances of warmer, more supportive interactions and people in your life. A relationship might play a significant role in your motivation to reach a goal or ambition, or a common purpose with a significant other can form. You could have a bonding moment with someone special. You’re in a good position for clarifying feelings and coming to agreements. Conversations about love, children, creative arts, hobbies, or entertainment can be in focus and beneficial.
With the North Node of the Moon moving into your opposite sign for an eighteen-month cycle, you’re moving toward a stronger identity and a sense of purposefulness through your connections to others. Challenges such as communication issues or differing perspectives may arise, but these can lead to a deeper understanding and appreciation of your partner. Rewards in the form of shared successes and mutual support are also likely. Through partnership and cooperation, you are more likely to achieve the inner balance necessary to achieve your goals.
It’s a strong month for exploring creative urges and sharing your affection, joy, and experiences with others. Still, Mars is retrograde all month and returns to your sector of hopes, dreams, and friends on the 6th. Ambiguity in these areas of life may lead you to reassess these matters. There may be frustration with goals or dreams not manifesting soon enough. Certain projects may need further attention before pushing them forward. Past friendships, groups, dreams, and plans can take on new life.
The 13th to the 15th brings strong feelings and buried desires to the surface. For you, there can be drama in your social life. Unrest with friends and lovers can push to the surface, but you’ll be in a better position to understand what and who you want once the impatience of the moment passes. You might need to come to a friend’s aid, or a buried problem in a relationship can come to light, bringing light to an old issue, and you can feel purged and empowered. When buried anger or resentment arises, it can be initially disruptive, but it can also help you to find ways to put it behind you once and for all.
The 19th brings the Sun into your work and health sector, encouraging attention to the functional side of your life. Mercury follow suit on the 27th, and a New Moon happens in this area of your solar chart on the 29th. You want to get to work, attend to practical matters and errands, and possibly improve your health and diet. Pursuits that get your life and your mind tidy and organized can be the most satisfying. Your willingness to put in the detailed work involved with moving towards a long-term or ambitious goal is admirable. It’s a good time to organize an area of your life or focus on ways to make a relationship, project, or situation work for you.
Uranus turns direct on the 30th after nearly five months of retrograde motion, and you’ll be renewing your motivation to put your beliefs into action. Your faith in life and the universe increases. It’s easier to make meaningful changes with this shift–you’re more courageous about learning and sharing. This shift also gives further punch to your work, health, and routines.
Libra
January brings a powerful focus on home, family, and personal matters, dear Libra. This is about your own support system and the support you give to others, your living conditions, and your domestic world, and you’re ready to take charge.
You may be facing up to a neglected area of your life that now seems quite important to revisit, and you have much to gain in the process. You will need to be careful, however, that you don’t take on too much.
More pleasure from your daily routines and wellness pursuits is a theme in January. You want to take charge on the home front and create more pleasing conditions surrounding your home and family. From the 19th, you’ll be enjoying a more sociable time and a lighter spirit.
Mars is retrograde all month, and it returns to your career and reputation sector on the 6th. While you could experience frustrating circumstances on the job, it could instead be about a loss of enthusiasm within, and it’s temporary, motivating you to reassess and adjust your approach. You might be going through the motions for the time being. You are sure to regain energy and zeal, as well as a sense of direction, in the months ahead. For now, both career and home life can be demanding, and finding a balance is the challenge. Offers may come from a previous employer or industry. It’s probably wise to be a little more cautious about mixing personal and professional arenas, as misunderstandings can be plenty, and you’ll want to avoid “bad press.”
The 13th to the 15th brings a Full Moon aligned with retrograde Mars at the top of your solar chart. There can be some intense emotions and revelations at this time, but they can lead to growth and satisfaction. There are treasures to be found in the past – you could be finding lost items, uncovering untapped resources, and remembering things that have long been forgotten. You become more aware of matters, which can be initially disruptive or dramatic, but eye-opening. Impatience won’t move things forward if they’re not ready to go in that direction, so take some time before making needed changes.
There can be some second-guessing or reassessing of your goals now, and part of the process can involve taking a second look at old goals, projects, and plans.
January is a strong period for strengthening bonds and taking charge of the household. You can work harder to find peace with those closest to you or make physical improvements to your domestic world or your work. You take more pride in the functionality of these areas of life, and it shows! There is tremendous value in a careful approach to life now. Organizing, editing, and rearranging are in favor. It’s a fine time to apply yourself to the practical details that hold your life together. Not only is your attention span longer, but long-term satisfaction can be a goal. Family and home-related goals can prosper, and ideas for making or saving money can emerge.
The North Node moves into your work and health sector this month and will visit there for eighteen months. During this cycle, you’ll recognize that orderliness is empowering, and paying closer attention to deadlines, details, and rules will be challenging but also very rewarding. Getting on top of your routines is a strong focus. This month, you might make a pleasant commitment to a work or self-care goal. It’s a fine time to tidy up your daily routines and habits, and you might even enjoy putting things into order.
The Sun moves into a creative, romantic, and playful sector of your chart on the 19th, awakening your feelings and desire to share. Mercury moves into the same sector on the 27th, and a New Moon occurs on the 29th there. This is fresh, happy energy for exploring hobbies, pastimes, creative expression, love, and joy.
Uranus turns direct on the 30th, further boosting your desire to enjoy yourself. Also, debts, loans, or financial support are more straightforward, and any problems with them are more comfortable to resolve. Forward movement on creative, money, intimacy, or romantic matters is likely after a retrograde period when delays may have been more frequent. You’re ready to share yourself, your feelings, and your ideas with others.
Scorpio
January brings a healthy focus on sharing, learning, connecting, and your personal interests, dear Scorpio, as well as creative pursuits and leisure. It’s a strong month for expressing and enjoying yourself. Entertainment and leisure opportunities open up for you this month from the 2nd forward, and in a general sense, in the year ahead. Your romantic life picks up speed, you’re feeling more creative, and your interests expand.
Mars remains retrograde all month, and some decisions or plans may be on hold, and projects may need redoing. While you have excellent ideas for projects now, mull them over until a better time to launch them.
You are paying far more attention to personal matters than you are to professional and social endeavors in January. The focus is on your feelings, intuition, and comfort rather than what the rest of the world expects of you. The first few weeks of January can be busy with paperwork, errands, learning, and connecting.
People gravitate to your unique qualities, and admirers are many. It’s a great time for editing, revising, and reviving. You can have much success with designing, writing, and teaching as well. You’re picking up a real variety of information tidbits. You see the value of making small improvements to your life on emotional, mental, and physical levels.
You might also find different ways to connect, whether this is about communicating or commuting. Personal influence and powers of persuasion are especially strong. While there can be some problems with misunderstandings as Mars continues its retrograde motion all month, your concern and care can help strengthen close relationships.
It is only during its retrograde periods that Mars forms its opposition to the Sun, and this happens on the 15th, just after the Full Moon that aligns with retrograde Mars on the 13th. The temptation may be to push for something when it’s probably better to take the time to feel, learn about, and understand your desires and drives. Frustration can center on intellectual planes, so watch for speaking prematurely or making too much of something said. Consider that impatience can lead to errors in judgment. Watch that you don’t focus too much on the frustrations of differing belief systems and opinions. Look for old studies, interests, and passions that may spark a new interest, but be sure to approach them in fresh ways so that they aren’t left unfinished this time around.
Venus transiting your sector of romance and play from the 2nd forward brings an easy and natural charm to your manner. While you’re taking more time for pleasure, you may be getting serious about a relationship or project, and you can feel particularly powerful as you develop a hobby or creative venture. Gaining an advantage in your current pursuits can also be in the spotlight. You are also more creative or able to express your ideas in ways that others more fully appreciate. You are magnetizing good things to you quite naturally and expressing both your feelings and ideas with the same ease. Interactions tend to be easy, smooth, kind, and helpful.
The Moon’s North Node moves into this sector for a stay of a year and a half, and things are pointing in the direction of creativity, uniqueness, standing out from the crowd, love affairs, and sharing your heart. You’re challenged to share your talents, spark, ideas, and creativity in the period ahead, and it’s rewarding.
The Sun moves into your home and family sector on the 19th, and then Mercury begins its transit of the same house on the 27th. You are moving towards a strong period of enjoying and improving your family and home life. Your domestic world comes alive.
Uranus turns direct on the 30th after almost five months of retrograde motion, bringing clarity or forward movement in a partnership and with family matters. While relationships can sometimes be up and down or difficult to predict, you might come to a better feeling that you can ride with the waves rather than fight them. Delays lift. There are solutions, outlets, or even breakthroughs occurring now that suggest forward motion.
Sagittarius
The month ahead is a strong one for focusing on your money and things, home and family, and enjoying learning and sharing, dear Sagittarius. There is certainly some need to backtrack and a spotlight on matters of the past with Mars retrograde all month, but it’s also a powerful period for getting settled in and boosting your sense of security and comfort.
As adventurous as you can be, January pulls you closer to home and family. This is a trend that continues beyond this month — family and domestic activities bring joy and increase now and in the year ahead.
It’s a strong month for money matters, with a windfall, gift, or bonus possible. You can feel you’re on the right road, especially if you slow down to get things right. Activities that remind you of the simple pleasures in life are in particular favor. Seek ways to strengthen or stabilize your finances, valuables, or home through maintenance or upkeep for happy results.
A strong focus on practical matters often finds you focusing on matters of security and comfort in January. At the same time, you have so many ideas for the future that it’s hard to settle on just one. This is not the best month for presenting or implementing your ideas, however, because they require more work, refinement, and thought. The month is a better period for adjustments than for new beginnings.
You might spend more attention or money on enhancing comfort, beauty, and entertainment at home. Creative reorganization and spending extra time on family activities can be in focus. You’re getting your bearings, working things out, building, and developing things slowly but surely. Overall, this should be a calmer, less visible month for you, and it does you some good. There can be a stronger focus on personal finances, belongings, resources, and business. You are also exploring different ways of building your sense of value and worthiness.
With retrograde Mars moving back into your solar eighth house on the 6th, money issues or sources of income may change, and there can be some reshuffling to do. Ultimately, you could be finding ways to increase your income or earning potential. It makes sense to focus your energies on works already in progress. Save big launches for later, but work at editing and revising – it can lead to great things. You might enjoy recognition for past work, and you can quite effectively work on or revive old projects likely to have long-term appeal and profitability.
There may be the need to revisit financial matters, issues of support, and debts this month and the next. Ambiguity with finances, particularly debts and shared money or resources, could dominate now, or financial affairs require a second look. A past relationship that ended poorly may occupy your thoughts, or an old lover may return. There can be the magnification of unexplored desires. This is a time for exploring anger and assertion over deeply buried matters and finding better tools for managing your life on an emotional level.
The Full Moon on the 13th aligns with retrograde Mars and can awaken a need to reorganize your finances or stir up feelings about a past relationship. It can spotlight opposing forces related to money, possessions, debts, and ownership. Avoid guilt over past oversights or mistakes. Recognize what is worthwhile and what you can put on a shelf. Empower yourself by aiming to manage or settle debts, whether from the material, spiritual, or emotional planes. If you feel guilty or indebted, you’re not working at full capacity. However, we all depend on others in some way, and these can be very healthy ties, so consider ways to get yourself more comfortable with healthy dependencies as well.
The Sun enters your communications sector on the 19th, and Mercury follows suit on the 27th. This brings a busier, more connected theme to your life in later January. It’s a wonderful time to learn, connect, discover, and let your curiosity take the lead. The New Moon on the 29th presents you with a strong desire to begin anew with a special project, interest, or learning pursuit.
Uranus turns direct on the 30th after almost five months of retrograde motion, and this turnaround increases your confidence in bringing innovative ideas to your work or your health and wellness pursuits. It’s also strong for communication, learning, and connecting. Expecting the unexpected when it comes to daily routines and schedules comes more easily now, while in recent months, you may have often felt the victim of chaotic schedules. It’s time to roll with the punches and make things work for you!
Capricorn
January is a personally important month for you, dear Capricorn—a time for reinventing yourself. Your powers of attraction are strong, and you’re bound to wear your increased confidence and independence well. It’s a very strong month for your social life, in general, although close partnerships require considerate attention and care.
This is a powerful month for you, with a focus on your personality and your personal plans, and strong support for these is forthcoming. You begin January with a New Moon in your sign just behind you. Granted, Mars is retrograde, which can slow things down. Navigating the waters can be a little tricky, but you have plenty of planetary support. While relationship problems are sometimes prominent, those of you involved in casual relationships are finding many opportunities. Your patience with others will go a long way toward enhancing your connections. This is also a strong period for creative projects and endeavors.
Mars returns to your partnership sector on the 6th, where it will visit for the remainder its retrograde period. This stirs a need to reorganize your energy concerning people and partnerships. You could re-assess how you approach relationships and what you want from your connections. Looking to the past to improve the present and your future is what this is about.
More often than not, you’re enjoying the pleasures of everyday life, and it feels good to connect, share, and have fun as you do in January. Presenting your ideas, studying, and guiding are likely to go well. You can have different interests or projects on the table that excite and motivate you. There could be promising news or communications.
You’re also taking pleasure in meeting your responsibilities or organizing your life. Gaining a fuller sense of what you can and can’t accomplish empowers you. Developing special skills can be satisfying. You’re giving your interests or studies more attention and importance, which benefits you.
This is also an important time for personal goals, revisions, new beginnings, and makeovers (physical and otherwise). You begin to communicate more from the 8th onward, and people are listening. You’re making executive decisions, feeling mentally engaged and energized.
The North Node moves into your communications sector this month, where it will visit until July 2026. During this cycle, some of the greatest joys and challenges emerge through learning, communication, and connecting. It’s a time to develop your communication skills and enjoy more lighthearted chats, connections, studies, and personal interests. Reaching out can be most rewarding.
Imbalances in your life become glaring this month. Relationships are in strong focus, and you can reach important epiphanies. Recognition of relationship needs and feelings can come in a rush. The Full Moon on the 13th is a quick reminder of others’ needs, and perhaps a rather abrupt one, as it aligns with retrograde Mars, and the Sun-Mars opposition occurs two days later, pitting will and against desire. You may need to take a look at the hard issues in a partnership so that you can later take action to make some crucial changes.
Recognition can come through financial reward or other form of boost as the month advances. The last week of January brings further attention to money matters, personal possessions, and comfort and security issues. You’re likely to feel in a stronger position regarding outlook and knowledge as you close out the month.
Business and money-making ideas in the last week of the month may very well be golden, but take time to sort out the details before launching entirely new initiatives. While unique and creative ideas are important, patience and planning are the authors of most success stories. With a New Moon in your resources sector and Uranus turning direct on the 29th and 30th, you are filling with energy and vision. This is a good time to start planning and preparing for your future ventures.
Aquarius
January starts slowly but later picks up speed, dear Aquarius. Until the 19th, life is a little quieter as it should be. It’s time to catch up on your rest, pay more attention to your dreams and intuition, and tie up loose ends that need your attention. While the New Year may not start with a bang for you, from the 18-20 and forward, others pay closer attention. You are more magnetic and personally popular. Some surprises are in store with work and routines. Money matters are in stronger focus and mostly pleasant. Gifts, refunds, or rebates may be forthcoming now.
If your work or daily regimens have become too monotonous and have taken a toll on your spirits, circumstances occurring now push you to make needed changes. With retrograde Mars heading into your solar sixth house from the 6th forward, there can be some snags to deal with regarding work schedules or daily affairs and duties. You might also be losing some enthusiasm or going through the motions, which should change later in February. For now, you can put a lot of energy into fixing problems and revising old work. There may be hidden treasures to be found in old programs, methods, and work projects. However, if you decide to revive something now, it’s best to come at it in new ways rather than repeat past mistakes. This portion of the Mars retrograde cycle emphasizes practical and work matters.
January brings a wealth of opportunities for you to boost your income. While there may be a tendency to indulge, go overboard with comfort foods or pleasures, and possibly overspend, this is also a time for potential financial windfalls. You might discover a lost resource or reconnect with someone from your past, adding an exciting twist to your financial and social prospects.
There continues to be a strong focus on the past, healing, processing, and digesting this month, with very little pressure to venture out. While the month picks up the pace as it advances, in the meantime, you have a lot of inner work to do and plenty of help in this regard! In fact, this can be a month of big emotional breakthroughs. You bring fresh energy and an open mind and heart to past problems and your personal relationships. Family is more cooperative or home life is shaping up in pleasing ways. This is a time for learning more about yourself, your heart, and the people closest to you. If you have resisted taking time for reflection or dealing with the past, a recent New Moon in your privacy sector prompts you to take charge.
The 13-15 brings sudden awareness of something that’s not working in the world of your work, daily routines, or health, or the need to make adjustments and meet deadlines. These matters can turn a corner, although there may be some hurdles to clear. It can be a time of stronger emotional reactions than usual, which can be very revealing. While it’s not the best time to make serious decisions, it’s a strong time for observing and getting in touch with buried desires or frustrations that need managing. The need for better time management may be obvious now. You might enjoy focusing on the little things that need your attention, but in the process, don’t avoid the bigger issues that won’t go away just because you’re doing something else.
The Moon’s North Node moves into your resources sector this month for a stay of a year and a half. During this cycle, some of your greatest joys and challenges come from learning about your values and self-worth. Personal income and valuables or possessions are in strong focus. You’re learning to depend on yourself and establish your self-worth through your own efforts. Fortunately, the rewards for doing so are enormous and transits around January 18th can jumpstart this process. You might even enjoy making a budget, facing a financial situation confidently, or saving money. Certainly, paring down is easier if you have a solid goal in mind. You could be getting serious about a plan or responsibility, and it’s satisfying!
The Sun enters your sign on the 19th, kicking off a month-long cycle in which personal influence is strong and personal plans are on the front burner. You naturally come into the spotlight and feel in the driver’s seat.
It may not be until the New Moon in your sign on the 29th that you feel confident about moving personal plans forward, but you’re redirecting your energies this month and building your self-confidence. The New Moon coincides with Uranus, your ruling planet, ending its retrograde cycle–a further hint that you’re reawakening and starting fresh. Stalled or blocked endeavors, particularly around the home, can resume. Plus, you have Mercury heading into your sign, and you’re finding your voice. It’s a busy, in-demand time.
Pisces
The month can bring nice personal opportunities, dear Pisces. Your popularity runs high, especially with friends and groups. Your thinking is about the long term, and you crave a sense of permanency. Nevertheless, you have some adjustments to make in your love relationships or leisure and creative worlds. Revelations regarding these matters occur around the Full Moon on the 13th. You’ll be longing for more down time and solitude in the last week of the month. Listen to inner signals and get extra rest.
January is excellent for bonding and strengthening beneficial friendships and connections. Even with some complications due to the retrograde Mars cycle all month, your social life is in a generally good place. The New Moon that occurred near the end of December has paved the way for new beginnings related to friends, group associations, and important ideas, plans, goals, and dreams. Your appetite for pleasure is also very strong–keeping this in check while still enjoying yourself is ideal.
Rethinking some details of recent plans can work to your benefit in the long run during this Mars retrograde. From the 6th forward, Mars returns to your sector of joy. The Full Moon on the 13th occurs in the same sector, and it aligns with retrograde Mars. The Sun and Mars oppose one another just two days later, and these events can bring a social or romantic issue to emotional heights. A matter from your past can emerge and frustrate you but can be very revealing, and you begin to figure out the root of recent aggravations. Tensions now can come from pushing something you shouldn’t. Matters can be inflamed now, but this strongly attracts your attention, helping you address and resolve these problems.
This can be a time for rediscovering old passions. There may be some delays in a creative project or even a romance, possibly due to setbacks, indecision, or stalling. However, you’ll have plenty of time to sort out your desires, needs, and goals in the coming months.
Venus enters your sign on the 2nd, and your generosity and openness attract positive attention. There can be an increase in your personal influence in groups, with friends, and with a partner. You might especially enjoy coming to someone’s aid. An overdue conversation might occur, possibly about unresolved issues or unspoken feelings, and relationships can subtly improve as a result. You may return to old or abandoned dreams and plans with new excitement.
January holds good energy for attracting others to you through your unique self-expression and vision. A friend/network can be beneficial or a source of interesting information. You have a stronger sense than usual about ideas with real potential for success. You can get an excellent idea of what you need as you reevaluate past connections, pleasures, and needs.
The North Node of the Moon heads into your sign this month, emphasizing self-discovery. Now and in the coming year and a half, some of the greatest joys and challenges can come through discovering your independence, personal courage, and effectiveness. You are learning to overcome any fears of trusting your instincts or going it alone in some areas of your life, and it’s a beautiful, empowering process that promises a real chance for personal growth.
Certainly, the month features a mix of outgoing and introspective energy. On some levels, you are wrapping up a busy year and contemplating your next steps. However, you’re also in high demand socially. Your personal magnetism, charm, and attractive power get a boost, even if some relationships are complicated. Motivation to pursue personal interests or studies increases.
The 19th brings the Sun into your privacy sector, and the need for extra rest, downtime, or time for reflection will make itself known in some regions of your life. While it’s important and satisfying to stay connected, it’s equally important to understand your need for rest and reflection. Remember, it’s okay to gently set some boundaries for your well-being.
More reasons to enjoy some quiet and healing: Mercury heads into your privacy sector on the 27th, and a New Moon occurs there on the 29th. Feelings about something from your past can be a driving force to make changes and improvements. You’re taking steps to put problems behind you, and it feels great! At the same time, the end of the retrograde Uranus cycle occurs now, and you’re regaining some energy and motivation to pursue your special interests.
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