Your Monthly Horoscope
Astrology Basics:
At the moment you were born, the planets, the moon, the sun, and the star constellations that are the 12 signs of the Zodiac, were all in a specific place (whether it was daylight or night!). The same force (type of gravity) that holds the planets in their orbit around the sun, and which holds all the stars in their specific locations in our galaxy, effects you here on earth. The combined forces from all those bodies in the universe effect each of us on the earth in a very real and significant way. All of those forces also effect each other, depending on the angle at which they meet and depending upon the way that the qualities of each universal body interact with the other, which then effects you in a particular way.
The way these forces are aligned with each other, and their nearness to you at the moment of your birth, determine what your basic personality is like – the framework of who you are, by which everything else you experience after that moment will be measured. These forces determine how you will be inclined to perceive your world and react to your world, in other words they determine the framework of your personality.
You still have absolute free will, given to you by the Creator, so you can be whoever you want to be. Astrology helps you see and understand your basic personality makeup, so that you can use that information to see and experience your hidden talents, see what motivates you in order to use that knowledge to lead you to fulfillment, and see how to overcome whatever weakness or self-doubt you may have.
Horoscope for January 2025
You’ll get a more accurate horoscope if you read your Rising sign, and your Moon sign, as well as your Sun sign. Here’s how
Your Sun sign represents your Self, your way of being in the world. It can represent both the ego (mental) self and the higher Self (soul purpose). It symbolizes your will and sense of vitality. Your Sun sign horoscope will tell you what these areas of your self will encounter this month.
Your Rising sign represents your outer mask, the self you show to others. It symbolizes how you appear to others, how others perceive you, in your true interaction with the world. Your Rising sign horoscope will tell you what to expect in these areas of your self this month.
Your Moon sign symbolizes your personal self, your feelings, your subconscious. It represents how you relate to others, how you have nurturing relationships with others, your intuition, your spiritual self, your sense of security, and your habits. The Moon symbolizes your feminine, nurturing side (we all have one). The Moon also indicates the type of partner you will attract, since it represents your emotional self. Your Moon sign horoscope will show you what these areas of your self will encounter this month.
This January month, Aries, is a rather magical one, when the surface layers of your psyche may represent the least significant part of the story. Most significantly, Mars, your ruler, in retrograde motion throughout, is scheduled to back away from fellow Fire sign Leo into Cancer by the 6th, so that up to then you will be looking to the inside and exploring questions of identity and self-expression as you do. Cancer corresponds to your sector of home and family and, as well, your psychological roots. These last three weeks of January might therefore be an even more introspective time for you than the first six days. From the 1st to the 6th is very intense as well because Mars is closely opposed to transformational Pluto. Then the Moon’s First Quarter in your sign, also on the 6th, conjuncts Chiron, the Wounded Healer, and this potentially brings any residue of inner wounding, based on the traumas of early childhood, more firmly into the picture. A week later, the Cancer Full Moon of the 13th represents another very impactful timing for you, with mystical surprises and with also a determination on your part to make the most of your time on planet Earth and to allow significant movement toward what you can conceive as your soul intention for this lifetime.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
As we enter a new month and a new year, we linger in the thirty-day window of the Capricorn New Moon from December 30th. This could see the beginning of your 2025 oriented around your goals. You might marvel at how far you’ve come on a path to success, taking what works into your future.
However, with your ruler Mars retrograde, you could be more comfortable with a slow start. Poised at 2º of fiery Leo in the New Moon, the red planet opposes Pluto, newly in Air sign Aquarius. Integrating into society, a network, or your social scene may be a pressing issue, yet frustrations could arise around this as well. Transformation of your very identity is possible. Friends or community could be unresponsive to your creativity or resist your sense of fun and what you want to do. Challenges may be particularly apparent when your energy is devoted to passion projects, children, your own inspiration, or alternatively, when there’s something you’re determined to enjoy.
Monday the 6th sees a change of pace, as Mars in backward motion enters watery Cancer, or your sector of home and family, so you might revisit property issues or sensitive topics from October and early November 2024. Also on the 6th, you encounter the Moon’s First Quarter, with the Moon conjunct Chiron, the Wounded Healer, in your sign, while Mercury in Sagittarius clashes in a square aspect with numinous and compassionate Neptune. You may benefit from taking a pause; remnants of inner wounding could come up, as a warning indicator and as a prelude to begin healing these issues. Partners are connected your own dream imagination and unconscious process. With Mercury-Neptune, logic and articulating ideas with clarity doesn’t come naturally, and your imagination could be quite strong.
On the 8th, Mercury enters Capricorn and your mental focus turns to matters of career and profession.
On the 11th (at 9 pm PST) the North Node enters Pisces, signaling the eclipses shifting toward this sign and Virgo. There’s considerable emphasis on the water and earth elements. It’s wise to rely on your emotional sensibilities and empathic tendencies both at work and at home. Venus, your planet of money and relationships, spends January in your twelfth house of unconscious process, suggesting your practical purpose and interpersonal endeavors with partners may be shrouded in mystery. Perhaps you’ll find yourself devoted to acts of service, being useful, and supporting others. With the additional factor of Mars in retrograde, instead of entering 2025 full throttle, it could benefit you to try taking the pressure off.
On January 13th, the Cancer Full Moon culminates, forming a conjunction to Mars, with Mars himself closely trine Neptune. This Full Moon lands in your home and family sector, and so is lighting up private interests, personal security, and who you are behind closed doors. You benefit from finding your place among family, in domestic spaces, and by identifying where you hail from, literally or figuratively. This lunation speaks to you, in particular, of harmony with Neptune and Uranus, suggesting that matters of your identity are shifting in an ethereal direction, and that you are well-suited to lean into practices or ways of being that are healing, while also making a personal contribution that’s valuable to those around you. In this Full Moon, Venus in Pisces squares Jupiter in Gemini, suggesting a sensitivity toward interpersonal dynamics, which could apply for the rest of the month. Values and financial resources are perhaps a bit up in the air and could yet land beneficially.
On the 15th, the Capricorn Sun opposes Mars and trines Neptune. On the one hand you could be advancing, visible, involved, gaining attention in public. On the other, you might require time out, to rest and recoup away from the spotlight. Try to be present around your career or for commendation, yet know when attention is best directed inwardly, toward household matters.
The Sun enters Aquarius on the 19th signaling a period to honor teamwork and your friendship circle. Look for opportunities to participate and socialize yet note there could be figures that are potentially dominating or calling the shots, as the Sun is immediately conjunct Pluto.
On the 21st, the Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio could prompt you to pull back, retreating to a safe space, with a preference for isolation and intimate relationships. Meanwhile, you could find it’s vital to acknowledge the world and its people, so that you will need to find a balance.
The New Moon on January 29th conditions the following four weeks, into the February month. This New Moon facilitates a more direct connection with local environments, perhaps groups you favor, social networks, and your future plans. There may be inroads to connect with striking figures in your orbit, or to talk with potentially insightful, probing folk because Mercury teams up with Pluto in the New Moon. In February you may look forward to deeper affiliations with those you find yourself around.
This month is something of a difficult passage for you, Taurus, with strong outer planet energy serving to take you beyond your present evolutionary stage to a whole nother level there, provided that you are willing to go. There are quite a few pulls to your own inner world, to hidden layers of your normal everyday psyche, and to instinct and. Intuition over conscious process. and to a process of discovery and the potential healing of ancient wounds, likely stemming from early childhood, as you make that interior journey. You might find yourself revisiting old issues with partners, reviewing and revising your previous conclusions there and for your relationship dynamic in general, because the retrograde of Mars, your opposite sign’s traditional ruler, continues throughout the January month. Intuitional trickster Uranus is highlighted, and so surprise events and unexpected enlightenment color your entire monthly cycle. The First Quarter Moon in Aries on the 6th, corresponding to your sector of dream imagination and unconscious process, makes for a powerful juncture, while the Cancer Full Moon of the 13th is another, when transformation affecting your public persona and private realizations calls for better integration within you from top to bottom.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
The 2025 year opens in the wake of a Capricorn New Moon that characterizes the first four weeks of the year, which could bring the spotlight to your adventurous side, including ways you’ve explored your beliefs and gone the distance. It may be a time for resolution around visionary projects, relationships or discoveries that have broadened your world view. Legal dealings, broadcasting opportunities, an educational feat or international terrain have perhaps bestowed you with incredible perspective. Take what you now know and understand, bringing those useful insights into your future.
On the 2nd, Venus, your solar chart ruler, moves into Pisces in a harmonious, complimentary position for your zodiac sign. Here this planet shares space with Saturn, Neptune, and on the 3rd and 4th the Moon. This sector represents benefactors, helpful allies, collaborative dreams, and team spirit. Therefore, January may present affiliations and a crew to identify with, inviting you closer to your peers. Consider ways you’re available to those in your network, your audience or followers, and be ready to devote increasing attention to this area of life.
On the 6th, the First Quarter Moon lands in mid-Aries, or your sector of unconscious process, conjuncting Chiron there, and you might feel a bit of a conflict between your conscious beliefs and worldview versus what you feel in the depths of your psyche. On the same day, Mars in retrograde dips back into Cancer, and your sector of communication and learning. You might revisit things that happened earlier in the fall of 2024, There is an additional emphasis on particularly complex or even secret dealings, under the table as it were, with those around you. Because the red planet governs intimate relationships and your twelfth house of catharsis, closure and retreat, where the First Quarter Moon resides, you may be connecting with people in deeper ways that include the topic of recovery, mental health, or unconscious wounding.
The Cancer Full Moon peaks on January 13th, arm-in-arm with Mars, harmonized with both Neptune and Uranus. This lunation could be socially active and personally exciting, highlighting community and perhaps an important tender message that’s ready to be touched on. However, during the Full Moon, Venus is square Jupiter in Gemini. Financial interests, your contribution or principles around your own value may emphasize your ability to get on with friends in society. It may be necessary to balance personal security, your role, and who you are socially, within a crew, organization or entourage.
From the 17th to the 18th, a reality check may transpire about the company you keep and what you bring to a crowd, as Venus conjuncts Saturn in Pisces. Your presence in a group setting may be necessary, with other perspectives apparent.
On the 21st the Moon’s Last Quarter represents a powerful juncture, with the Moon in your opposite sign of relationships in square with Sun and Pluto at the top of your chart, highlighting your vocational sector. You could encounter conflict between these two areas and the need to find a bridge between them. Perhaps partners will wind up helping you with career choices, after initially opposing them.
Meanwhile, on the weekend of the 25th, Venus is aligned with both Mars and Uranus, suggesting another positive window to commune with your associates in a way that’s personal and meaningful. You may be profoundly aware of your place in a vast social sphere, intimately connected to everything and everyone. If you find you’re overwhelmed, gravitate toward those in your orbit you can speak to honestly and openly.
Aquarius Season begins on the 19th and brings focus to your house of career, prestige, validation, and notoriety. You could be gaining visibility in your vocation, or find there’s eyes on you as a parent, partner or VIP.
On the 29th, the New Moon in Aquarius come along, conditioning the next thirty days and the February month. This lunation configuration features Mercury in conjunction with Pluto, which is powerful for you in terms of what you truly want to get out of your career and profession. Transformation is in the air. The month that follows could deliver insights about your position, direction, and how you want to show up in public. The Sun also makes a harmonious trine to Jupiter at this time, so ideas about security, earned income and the contribution you make could seem all-important. What’s more, Uranus in your first house stations direct during the New Moon. You could be attuned to a personal breakthrough, with changes and even greater authenticity around your identity, and, simultaneously, you may find impact thanks to your professional life, or as an elder, mother or father figure.
This is another interesting and significant month for you, Gemini, kicked off by the Capricorn New Moon from the end of December when Jupiter in retrograde in your sign was closely squared by contracting Saturn, indicating a thoughtful and goal-oriented approach that is basically optimistic, and yet with lessons to be learned. Mars in early Leo, also in an unusual retrograde spell, is pretty much exactly opposed to transformational Pluto at 1° Aquarius, your sector of higher mind, indicating deep, powerful, and long-lasting changes in worldview, while Mercury, your ruler, in mid-Sagittarius and recovering from its own recent retrograde, is trine to Chiron, the Wounded Healer, indicating that deep thoughts might also be on the menu for January concerning friendships, group interactions that you favor, and your goals for the future. Partnerships in your life also come into this picture, as they have for many weeks now, since last November, having been the subject of introspective review and revision all last month. This month, too, the First Quarter Moon of the 6th might be a little trying, also mystical fulfillment, while the Cancer Full Moon of the 13th brings intuitional realization to the fore along with awareness of your deepest values and your sense of commitment to them, seeing them through into concerted action.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
Entering 2025, what might be highlighted are your commitments, what you choose to invest and the way you share your time, energy or resources with those around you. The Capricorn New Moon from December 30th landed in your sector of contractual obligations, vows, promises, and long-term goals that color the thirty days that follow. You might be spending time sensing how you’ve managed private affairs and public responsibilities, perhaps coming to terms with your own vulnerabilities. You might have made considerable progress, sensing where it’s appropriate to lean on others, working together for a mutually beneficial outcome.
On the 4th, there’s likely to be emphasis on who you are as a professional, parent, authority or influencer, as the Capricorn Sun finds harmony with Saturn at the top of your chart This is the sector of leadership, and you could find yourself complimented by a collaborator, validated as you step into a position of greater success.
On the 6th, the First Quarter Moon lands in Aries or your social sector while Mercury, your ruler, simultaneously squares Neptune in your house of aspirations, which could result in a spiritualized sense of what motivates you, with perhaps confusion or frustration when contextualizing or discussing life direction, or where your ambitions might be taking you. Additionally, this quarter Moon lunation could lead you to social settings, or considering what you might contribute to your team, peer group or network – and what you get in return from friends and supporters.
On the 6th as well, Mars in retrograde motion dips back into Cancer on this same day, in your zone of income and output, which could motivate you to revisit money-making methods, significant payments, or prompt you to re-evaluate how you’re compensated, valued or paid.
January 8th sees Mercury move into Capricorn, which could bring about serious conversations concerning financial agreements, your dependencies, debts and pacts made. This might be an appropriate time to consider loans, joint responsibilities and how you’re bonded or wedded to others, be they professional or romantic pledges you’ve made.
On Monday the 13th, the Cancer Full Moon further illuminates your assets and earnings, with a considerable emphasis on your role, rewards and routes you’ve taken to advance into prominence. It might benefit you to acknowledge what you do that’s well-regarded, what you have or are building that’s aligned with your status and who you strive to be publicly. There may be a component of selflessness or sacrifices made, as Uranus in your solitary twelfth house is also involved, well aspected by the Full Moon, suggesting changes made in private seamlessly play into your outward sense of accomplishment.
On the 17th and 18th, Mercury sextiles Saturn, and it might feel like things are slowing down and not very much is getting accomplished. The accumulating frustration can also be rewarding, however, in terms of lessons learned.
Aquarius Season starts on the 19th, spotlighting your ninth house of higher education, foreign influence, places and concepts, and a life beyond what’s known and familiar. Your beliefs and worldview are accentuated and in the midst of changes. You could also find you’re working with those that are both culturally different and powerful or intense. As you expand your horizons, be mindful that Mercury is aligned with both Venus and Saturn at this time. You might be conscious of an arrangement or personal understanding that sets you on a path to praise, externally.
On the 21st, the Last Quarter Moon at the beginning of Scorpio and in square to the Aquarius Sun, closely conjunct Pluto, brings the transformational intensity of this time period once more front and center. Your sense of beliefs and worldview continues to evolve through contrasting consciousness from separate life areas and a desire for being of service.
Mercury then opposes Mars and trines Uranus on the 23rd, which could reveal more about fiscal entanglements or what you’ve committed to. It might benefit you to ascertain what people around you expect you to give or do, and the altered or changed approach you have devoting yourself in service to others. You might do well to stay present and aware, cognizant of what’s touched on in conversations.
By Sunday the 26th, Mercury aligns with Neptune and the karmic North Node at the top of your chart, which brings your ideals to the fore and also potential confusion or misplaced projections. The road you’re moving along publicly or professionally could also make sense in a new way. You benefit when you stay centered and look onwards and upwards, aware of people and parties that have a stake in your developmental progress and your reputation.
Mercury moves into Aquarius on January 27th, and thus your own Air element, where it makes a conjunction with Pluto. As you move through the world, you might begin to notice where conversations quickly dive into deep space, encouraging probing exploratory questions and potent discoveries about the way you and others function.
On the 29th the Aquarius New Moon underscores what’s come onto your radar. As the Aquarius Sun harmonizes with Jupiter in your own sign (soon to station direct), you can view the last week of the month as an exciting preview of adventures to come in February. Embrace a fresh approach to your physical health and ideas or philosophies about the way life operates at a high level.
This is a mystical and a relationship-oriented month, Cancer, when your integration with important others in your life aids your own, and when you are making a breakthrough that affects your outer persona along with your internal sense of what you uniquely stand for. The Capricorn New Moon that begins the January cycle took place at last month’s end in your relationship sector, bringing established partners or new beginnings in this important area into the picture of your ongoing developmental path. This monthly cycle is very active for you, including the quarter moons of the 6th and the 21st and the Full Moon in your sign of the 13th. This latter lunation is quite significant, speaking to issues of self and other, and the other-dimensional realities that underlie and may supersede your more normative understanding. This powerful juncture also colors your career and professional life with unseen realities more real that the illusory 3D so-called solid world. There could be the ideal of a successful union of inner and outer, mystical and practical, that lures you onward into career choices that feel aligned to your inner moral compass. You might feel the urge to get going with “the true business” of your life purpose and respond to what you hold deep inside yourself that stems strictly from your own understanding.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
January is, for you, about relationships and vocational transformation. You’ve likely – over time – come a long way in dealing with both platonic and romantic partners. Moving into the New Year, you could sense you’re embracing a fresh start with a significant other, thanks to the recent Capricorn New Moon in your opposite sign, which colors the first four weeks of January. As the month begins, in its first few days the Capricorn Sun harmonizes with Saturn in Pisces, increasing this focus. Meanwhile, Mars, the ruler of your sector of career and professional life, is moving in retrograde motion and opposed to the intensity of Pluto. This might have you introspectively looking into what makes you tick as far as your public persona and your career choices, including potential power struggles.
On the 3rd and 4th, with Venus, Saturn, Neptune and the Moon assembled in Pisces, thus a watery sector of the skies, you might find human relations and your friendships generally tending to go well, or even flourishing beautifully. The placement of these stars may encourage you to seek out something (or someone) foreign to you, so consider ways you might feasibly broaden your outlook, learn, grow and find people to hum in harmony with. Educational paths and the potential for spiritual development could also gently tilt your perspective.
The karmic North Node enters Pisces and your ninth house of travel, faith, philosophy, and knowledge on the 11th. In the coming year or more you’re encouraged to gaze out into the world, staying more open to meaningful insights. You may spontaneously sense truths that resonate, perhaps a natural course of wisdom or a philosophy that has seeped into you, now adopted as your own. This is less about what you think you understand, and more about remaining teachable, receptive to what’s beyond your comprehension.
On the 6th, you might like to take stock of your reputation and progress made professionally in the timing of the Moon’s First Quarter at 4 PM PST. Your calling, vocation, reputation, or sense of authority could be prominent now, so that you could strongly identify with your public image or the side of you that shows up ready to be recognized. There could also be temporary conflicts regarding these efforts with key partners in your life. You might want to consider any necessary admin that allows you to advance, while remaining mindful, as Mercury in your zone of systems, work, health, duties and habits is simultaneously confused or fantasizing with a square to Neptune. This might make the practicalities of wellness, diet, exercise or everyday routines more challenging to connect to.
On the 6th, also, in the early morning, Mars in backward motion re-enters your sign at 29°which could bring matters of understanding your own identity further to the fore.
On the 12th and the 13th, this retrograde planet harmonizes with nebulous Neptune. While time with a significant other is important, this is also a period that could be useful in redefining personal goals, your sense of direction or solo ambitions. Consider adjustments that bring you into alignment with where you’re headed. This might include reassessing your look or identity, making alterations that propel you toward your dreams and north star faster.
The Full Moon lands your sign on Monday the 13th, peaking in your first house of self and identity, and because this lunation makes a conjunction to your career planet Mars, you might find you’re bringing prominence to these themes. You benefit by blending the version of you that’s visibly aiming for success with the authentic persona that is slowly developing from the inside out. As the Full Moon additionally aligns with compassionate, omniscient Neptune, plus Uranus in your sector of networking, there are spiritual implications in everything that you do now. You could be perfectly at ease with your peers, teammates, or community, and yet also a little confused by the cosmic channels striving for your attention. By turning to inner understanding, you make strides on a journey of epic proportions, gravitating toward social settings, goals, and allies.
On the 18th, Venus conjuncts Saturn in your sector of educational impulses and higher mind realizations, and your social setting becomes more committed, dense, and meaningful.
On the 21st, the Last Quarter Moon lands in Scorpio, and therefore nudges you to have fun, expressing your creative, playful side, relishing cherished interests. Aquarius Season is now in session, with Pluto’s presence in the early degrees strongly felt. This could put important commitments, contracts, or other intimate considerations to the fore, forcing you to count on others. You might need to balance your own instincts and desires with investments calling you into the future.
You might need to be mindful that on the 23rd, with Mercury opposed to Mars and trine Uranus, it gets a little harder for one-to-one exchanges. Conversations could require extra tact, and it’s worth remembering that people, in general, have their little quirks, their radical differences along with their similarities.
On the weekend of the 25th, Venus contacts Mars and Uranus, favoring interpersonal dynamics in society, at a group level and in intimate settings. You could be actively participating among friends, or on a vision quest.
The New Moon on January 29th takes place in your sector of intimacy and personal transformation and leads you into an exciting month ahead. This New Moon could underscore a pact, agreement or long-term interests, which covers in its thirty-day cycle almost all of February. The Sun in this New Moon configuration is tied to Jupiter in your twelfth house at this time, which could touch on internal plans that are ready for further deep diving. You could be close to turning a corner with your own inner work and processing, so you win when you persevere through explorations and excavations.
This is an important month for you, Leo, with its beginning featuring the retrograde of Mars through your sign, up until the 6th, when he backs up into Cancer, indicating that introspective questioning of questioning of identity might be coming up – “who am I really” – along with review and revision of your basic worldview and deep-seated beliefs. This is no small matter but it need not be dire either. You might want to reflect on Bob Dylan’s famous line that “everybody not busy being born is busy dying” and decide to just go with the flow and see where that might be able to take you. In this, also, you will want to be sure to conspire with strictly what comes to you from deep inside yourself, ignoring the ravings of the madding crowd and throwing off any residue of early conditioning that divides you from your true self. You will feel the energy shift on the 6th, and again a week later on the 13th when the Cancer Full Moon lands in your mystical twelfth house of unconscious process, accompanied there by retrograde Mars, providing an even more internal basis for striking out on your own, with all your mental guns blazing, into a new world of your own devising, perhaps surprising even yourself.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
As we enter a new month and a new year, wipe the slate clean with resolution, Leo. We find ourselves in the window of a Capricorn New Moon from December 30th, which could see your 2025 begin industriously. For the four weeks that follow, marvel at how far you’ve come in service of your own well-being, and take what works into your future. You might like to focus on healthy habits, routines and the structure of your lifestyle, affirming your understanding of rituals that see you at your best. There may be trusted parties, support systems or an agreement that keeps you running at your optimum, so be aware of situations that benefit you and a partner.
Yet, with Mars retrograde in your own sign you could be aware of the importance of a pause. The red planet opposes Pluto on the 2nd, newly in your house of intimate relationships. Affirming who you are may seem vital, however passionate demonstrations or urgency could lead to frustrations. One person could be unresponsive, even resistant to what you’re excited about and confident in sharing. A solution may be to reduce the heat, sensing any power struggles in partnerships.
On the 4th the Capricorn Sun aligns with Saturn in Pisces and your sector of contracts, commitments and loyalty. Here, you might like to highlight ways you work for mutual gain – and even your legacy, as there’s the potential to identify with your practical role and those that have a vested interest in the way you operate.
Monday the 6th sees the First Quarter Moon in Aries, while Mars in retrograde moves backwards into Cancer, a re-entry that may prompt a journey of reflection that feels familiar. You could need to escape after a busy spell over the holidays or find you’re exploring which duties are essential versus those that can lapse a little. Introspection is favored, even absorbing yourself with unconscious motivating factors. Mercury in Sagittarius or your fifth house of self-expression, heart-centered fun, and joy, combines tensely with Neptune in Pisces, as there is a square aspect between these planets in the lunation configuration. Chiron the Wounded Healer is also highlighted for consideration of inner wounding in hidden areas of your psyche. Showcasing creative ideas is a possibility; and likely there will be a part for others play as well, depending on their buy-in on what’s been agreed upon. Clashes might exist although you are equally dedicated to finding solutions.
On the 11th the North Node enters Pisces, casting further emphasis on your house of investments, trust and financial entanglements. Venus, your planet of success, prominence and close relations also spends January in this water sign, suggesting the way to get ahead and succeed might be to collaborate, lean on others and sink deeper into unity. Perhaps you’ll find yourself sharing space, pooling what you have or combining resources and efforts, aware of your title, reputation and the status you hold publicly.
On Monday, January 13th, the Cancer Full Moon touches tender corners of your chart, illuminating your twelfth house of endings, acceptance and unconscious process, which may warrant taking a considerable retreat from your usual tasks. Ties to Neptune and Uranus encompass the themes of togetherness and of merging assets, with a changing set of career choices and your take on reputation, altered vocational path or renewed gumption to try on a radical self-image. You might be aware of sacrifices made, as you’ve fulfilled certain goals, perhaps in an alternative mode or by harnessing innovative techniques. Through it all, your habitual modus operandus could be evolving
The 15th sees the Capricorn Sun oppose Mars and trine Neptune. You might recognize consistency around a personal practice, professional regime or physical feat, yet grace yourself with room in your schedule for gentle recovery. You benefit by being more aware of potential glitches in your employment, routine and fitness, yet you can gain by knowing when it’s okay to unravel with people who genuinely understand what to expect from you.
From the 16th to the 17th, the Sun sextiles Neptune, bringing his otherworldly influence briefly to bear on your chart ruler. This implies greater spiritual insights with home and family or with creative projects, plus a modicum of confusion, illusion, or perhaps self-deception could be in the offing.
The Sun enters Aquarius and your house of key relationships on the 19th, forming a conjunction there to Pluto. Coupled with Jupiter in your social sector governing friendships and groups you favor, as well as future goals, and a Libra Moon, this could be a day to engage, circulate and open up to those both near and far. Look for opportunities to become better acquainted with business partners as well as personal, yet observe what arises within you that’s personally exciting – or even confronting.
The Last Quarter Scorpio Moon on the 21st could reveal sensitivities or transformative insights, particularly regarding interpersonal relations with a significant other. Remind yourself it’s okay if your own need is to back off, or conversely embrace the opportunity for both parties being equipped to hold space to process emotional matter. Your own personal values are your guideline.
The New Moon on January 29th facilitates a more direct connection with important figures, perhaps from your group or community. Connect, broaching potentially private family information in the month that follows. As the Sun harmonizes with Jupiter during this lunation, a friend could strengthen your affiliations with a circle of peers, relationships that continue blossoming in February.
This is quite a month for you again, Virgo, with plenty of surprises and unexpected revelations along with adventures in intimacy leading to mystical metamorphosis. Great things are in the works for you – and it must also be added that this needs handling as you go forward with joy and caution, and with as well the awareness to navigate perceptively. Your creative self-expression is getting a jump-start and there could be illusions to deal with along with the determination to make your mark. The First Quarter Moon of the 6th and also the Capricorn Full Moon of the 13th are very potent junctures in this regard. The latter is a timing when you will find yourself going to bat for your most sincere principles and values. Intuition triumphs over simple logic as your worldview shifts accordingly. It might be important not to be deterred by surface happenings or consensus thought forms, instead relying on big-picture viewpoints with lasting significance. The Last Quarter Moon of the 21st, as the Sun conjuncts the transformational impact of a potent Pluto position, needs a steady eye and hand on the tiller, invoking the broadest possible gaze to see you through.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
You begin the month and year in the wake of the recent Capricorn New Moon and its lunation cycle, which has four more weeks in January still to run out. This volatile lunation colors your sector of creative outlets, fertility, romance, children, games and joyful experiences. This suggests you might be ringing in 2025 embracing playdates and playmates, as well as your own creative self-expression. You might wind up finding inspiration in the arts, loved ones and all that moves you to smile, while also exploring your own inner world below the surface layers of your psyche and your everyday habitual patterns as well, in a new light.
On the 2nd, Venus moves into your relationship zone, implying a new focus there, and on the 4th the Sun finds harmony with Saturn in Pisces and this same sector. Partnerships during the early days of the month could thus be inspiring, enlightening and educational, perhaps embroidered with pearls of wisdom imparted through significant figures in your world. It might be worthwhile paying the closest possible attention to those that cross your path at this time, noticing encounters that bring you happiness. Understanding the differences between you and a mate could be a theme throughout the month, with opportunities to develop knowledge of others, their experiences and start in life. January could see you practicing alternative ways of perceiving situations, people and their beliefs.
On the 6th, the Moon’s First Quarter dawns in Aries, or your sector of intimacy, personal evolution, and partnership commitments, while Mars in retrograde dips back into 29° of Cancer and your sector of community, friendships, and future goals. As Mars is your planet of contractual ties, private pacts, learning and communication, you might find you’re revisiting a goal or group activity among your peers. It is possible that pertinent collaborative plans stemming from last fall could be refined or tackled. In the First Quarter Moon configuration, Mercury, your chart ruler, in your house of domesticity, nurture and family relations combines tensely with Neptune in a square aspect, so a familial, property or situation tied to your roots might be elevated and made more conscious, with also the possibility of illusion or confusion due to Neptune’s otherworldly nature. It may benefit you to maintain awareness of conclusions reached at home, whilst still being open to feedback from important others.
On the 8th, Mercury will enter Capricorn and your fifth house of personal passions and desires, providing a terrain that might have you thinking about important projects, your kids, heartfelt pleasures and your own talents. Connect to platforms that facilitate your own creativity, making music, entertaining or romancing yourself and others. There may be someone in particular you’re collaborating and celebrating with, yet at the same time there’s momentum in wider circles, too.
The Cancer Full Moon peaks on January 13th, arm-in-arm with a Mars presence that is harmonized with both Neptune and Uranus. This cosmically oriented lunation could illuminate groups, your entourage or following, with awareness of committed relationships, and a radically changed outlook on the world. In this Full Moon as well, Venus is square to Jupiter in your sector of professional advancement, career success, and validation, suggesting partners may be important to your aspirations for vocational progress. Look to developments in projects that are out in the open or connected to your profile or career. You might be called to balance the approval of others with the attention that you must pay to your trade or reputation.
As the Capricorn Sun opposes Mars in Cancer on the 15th, it may be apparent that your wishes, what you’re creating, and what motivates others collectively are involved in contrasting alignment that benefit from compromise. You might need to forge your own pathway forward.
From the 17th to the 19th, Venus conjuncts Saturn in your partnership sector, making for a time period when there could be a slow-down or a concentration of focus on relationships or financial arrangements with a strong possibility of lessons to be learned.
Aquarius Season starts on the 19th, spotlighting your sixth sector of health, daily life, routines, and employment, with the Sun conjoining Pluto, newly in Aquarius and representing transformation intensity and intent. This shift could find you more closely examining your health regimens or other habitual behavior and evaluating their overall impact upon you of feel into potential changes there. You might find it’s compelling working with people or concepts that compliment how you operate.
On the 21st, the Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio illuminates your communications sector with lingering transformational effects from the Pluto connection in your sector of daily habitual life and workplace concerns, while on the 23rd, Mercury in Capricorn opposes Mars and trines Uranus, for a volatile combination that could bring unexpected action and surprise enlightenment to add to this mix. It might be prudent to pause in pursuing what you want, or perhaps reevaluate its scope.
On the 27th, Mercury enters the Air sign of Aquarius, therefore conjuncting Pluto over the next few days. The on-going transformation of your everyday life continues.
The Aquarius New Moon on the 29th features Mercury, your ruler, sitting with Pluto, still in conjunction, which characterizes the February month that quickly ensues. You might be enabled to embrace a fresh start around your physical constitution, bodily regimes or general upkeep of your duties, exploring innovative techniques. Your sense of inner purpose is strong. With prominent Jupiter, you might consider lifestyle practices or a job that serves a much bigger goal along with alternative pathways to success.
This is a rather wild month for you, Libra. You have your usual focus on relationships doubled and even squared by outer planet combinations with your ruler, Venus, at the Capricorn New Moon that begins the month, plus retrograde Mars being also opposed to transformational Pluto in early Aquarius. This indicates that you have a strong attachment right now to the key relationships in your life and could be looking more closely into them with an eye for their psychological evolution. Because Chiron, the Wounded Healer, is also highlighted this month from its positioning in the New Moon, there could be various manifestations of inner wounding from early childhood trauma buried deep within you that could also be coming up for you in the context of partnership; and this is for hopeful progress with these in terms of healing these ancient issues. Venus is also in sextile to Eris, Feminine Warrior in support of soul intention, so that you could experience certain unfolding of what you can consider life purpose in the course of an illuminating monthly cycle. The lunations of January include the 6th, when your innermost principles and values could be brought forward, and the Cancer Full Moon of the 13th, affecting your career sector, bringing further surprising events and unexpected enlightenment.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
Entering the new year, you linger in the framing of the Capricorn New Moon from December 30th, which characterized the thirty-day lunation cycle and therefore the first four weeks of the January month. This took place in a key sector of your chart, representing domestic concerns and issues of dwelling space, familial interactions and, as well, your family of origin. This could see you over the course the January month oriented toward home and family, with the possibility of personal evolution in this area. There may be an emphasis on your property, domestic life, a parent, elder, or your parenting role. The fresh start in these areas that percolates through January invites you to continue caretaking patterns or household themes that suit you, perhaps that have transformed you at a subtle inner level. It might be useful to address the many aspects of where you live, including hurdles crossed or metaphorical mountains scaled in the not so distant past, either working from familiar environments or enjoying what you’ve built in their place. A highlighted presence of Chiron, the Wounded Healer, in your relationship sector might indicate some notable progress in this area on where inner wounding, the residue of early childhood trauma, might arise in January with matters of partnership connection, resulting in progress toward the eventual healing.
Venus enters Pisces on the 2nd, then the karmic North Node enters this sign on the 11th, resulting in a considerable assembly in the sixth house of your habitual day-to-day affairs, with Saturn and Neptune established there, too. With this celestial gathering you might emphasize rituals that see everyday life to go swimmingly, with attention on this theme of work and wellness in the weeks and months ahead. It may be useful to identify ways you keep on top of health, employment matters, appointments or essential duties. This might include a financial or contractual component, since Venus rules both your sign and Taurus, representing joint expenditures, long-term commitments and dependencies. Themes of service, collaboration and an energy investment in your habit patterns and health regimens may be possible.
A mortgage, loan, insurance policy, subscriptions or a promise to parties that support you may be extended, particularly the weekend of the 25th, when Venus aligns Uranus in this sector of mutual gains. Maintaining your own equilibrium and serving others could be key, and household conversations or family operations could also fare well, as Mercury in your home zone aligns with Neptune in Pisces, the planet inspiring you to fulfil a meaningful role.
On the 6th, Mars, your planet of unions, self-worth, earned income and values, in retrograde motions, dips backward into Cancer. Thus, there’s plenty of activity stirring in the water element, and the purposeful, professional corners of your chart this month. You could find you’re advancing and particularly visible to key people as you make progress in your role. Mars makes a harmonious trine to Neptune during the Cancer Full Moon on the 13th, which illuminates your unrelenting work efforts and your position in the public eye. This lunation has the potential to directly involve others, given the close conjunction here between the Moon and Mars. You might find you’re called into prominence, acknowledging your reputation, career and all you do for a romantic or platonic partner. This person may influence your vocational path, ways you’re an authority, parent or leader. Your relationship status might impact your goals and sense of success!
Venus will square Jupiter in your house of growth, philosophy, beliefs and expansion at this time too, which could result in either joyful excess of a degree of tension. Great learning experiences, a broadened understanding of the world and its people might not necessarily compliment general admin, your task load or style of managing routines. Therefore, you might want to balance the jobs you undertake with a journey of development and even social awareness.
On the 19th the Sun enters Air sign Aquarius, and immediately forms a conjunction to Pluto. This signals a month bringing intense attention to children, passion projects and all that creatively inspires in you.
The 21st sees the Last Quarter Moon land in your resources sector.
On the 27th, Mercury enters this space and teams up with Pluto, bringing greater conscious awareness of the transformational factors taking place in your creativity during this important monthly cycle.
The Aquarius New Moon lands January 29th initiating a new cycle that lasts throughout February. During the thirty days that follow, it’s possible to think deeply about what you love and desire, embracing your own pleasures, interests, spiritual fertility, and artistic plans. As the Aquarian Sun makes a harmonious trine to expansive Jupiter during this lunation, celebrations and a focus on your affections, kids, artistic expressions or hobbies can be an even greater source of joy and happiness and potentially opens us paths to wisdom. The weeks that follow are colored by this alignment, so expect to prioritize what you want out of life and the adventures it offers.
Scorpio Horoscope January 2025
SCORPIO (Oct 23 - Nov 21) Water. Ruling Planets Mars, Pluto
This is another rather amazing month for you, Scorpio, especially in the Capricorn New Moon that begins it. This signals transformation and the questioning of your very sense of identity, with movement throughout the month. Your career motivation is also strongly subject to review and reinvigoration with the tides of change present in the astrology of this new year, leading you to your next evolutionary stage. It is a truism, as Dylan had it in the 1960s, that “Everybody not busy being born is busy dying,” and you are dying to your former self so that your new incarnation can rise from the ashes. It might also be said that important partners in your life will say and do unexpected things that contribute to your new emerging perspective. The unfolding January lunations, of the 6th and as well the Cancer Full Moon of the 13th provide a contrast that can inform you of a powerfully idealized idea of your changing worldview, as well as finding a greater sense of purpose in the alteration of habitual patterns and of your characteristic relationship interactions. January 21st is another important juncture for you this month when the Moon’s last quarter will further ingrain an internal activism arising from deep within you for seizing and acting upon the principles and the values that are yours and yours alone.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
You might find you’re welcoming the New Year surrounded by close ties and loved ones, more aware than ever of what’s important to you. The Capricorn New Moon that begins your month astrologically takes place in your sector of communications, curiosity, and learning, and has the potential to illuminate kindred spirits and local connections, and lasts four weeks of the January month that follow touching as well on the theme of rapport in your environment. It may be a good time to appreciate how far you’ve come working with siblings and people in your immediate surroundings. This January month is a changeful time, with Mars, your traditional ruler, in retrograde motion in early Leo, directly opposing the transformational intensity of Pluto in early Aquarius, corresponding to your root sector of psychological foundations, as well as home and family concerns. This entire month therefore features your vocational sector, represented by Leo, along with your private interior spaces, where the Aquarius sign enters into the picture, so the tension or else the alignment of public versus private, work versus home and family.
On the 2nd, Venus moved into your fifth sector of creative projects, sexuality, fertility, children, talents, hobbies, and personal gratification. Venus newly in Pisces is then joined on the 3rd and 4th by the Moon. Saturn and Neptune were already in Pisces which makes for quite a party! Your desires, personal inspiration and channels of expression may be foremost, with emphasis on the people, projects, interests, and pleasures you’re dedicated to. The stars encourage you to lean into relationships that bring you happiness, which could see you dating, playing, or opening further to the arts, music or to any kids you might have in your life.
On the 6th, the Moon’s First Quarter lands in mid-Aries, or your sector of day-to-day habit patterns and health regimens, emphasizing communication and your own inner values versus those of the consensus. The same day sees Mars in retrograde re-enter the last degree of Cancer, or your ninth sector of higher mind wisdom, vision, foreign adventure, and mental growth. Mars represents motivations, assertion, and governs your health, duties, and everyday routines. You might be inclined to revisit a process of personal development and exploration, with your employment, lifestyle or wellness practice spurring you on. Mercury in your zone of income and self-worth is also square Neptune in this lunation, which could symbolize confusion around what you value and are prepared to invest in, and conversely what you might crave in an idealistic fashion. Romanticism could be strong with you at this time, and a financial or other resource component could additionally be on your mind. It might be useful to track expenses or be mindful of a propensity to get carried away with good times, or become confused about goals.
On January 13th, the Full Moon culminates in watery Cancer, which might be a poignant time to illuminate educational paths, your beliefs, or a quest to understand the bigger picture – and the world. Sense where you’ve developed your outlook on life, gaining perspective, knowledge and perhaps a specialism. As the Full Moon is closely aligned with Mars, your own wellbeing may be tied to the ways you’re gaining experience or expertise. Harmony with Neptune and Uranus during this lunation suggests heart-felt contentment – any children you may have, affections and a changed perception of partnership is likely sympatico with what’s revealed. However, Venus squares Jupiter, your planet of values, money and personal security in this Full Moon configuration. Now in your zone of commitments, shared resources, trust and unity, there may be something you’re keen to celebrate or enjoy that requires another person’s buy-in. Here, you might be wise to accommodate a growing bond with key people, as well as indulging in moments of sheer pleasure.
On the 15th, the Capricorn Sun opposes Mars and trines Neptune. On the one hand you could be involved with those who are like-minded, getting on with those around you. On the other, foreign beliefs, philosophies and experiences could demand attention. Try to be present in familiar surroundings, among neighbors, yet know when to direct your gaze toward global affairs, reactivating a drive to understand cultures or another way of seeing a situation. Either way, your imagination could be roused, with inspiration and fun resounding.
A key moment also, for members of your sign, is signaled by the shift when the Sun enters Aquarius on the 19th, conjuncting your modern ruler Pluto. This is followed by Mercury on the 27th, with both of these events highlighting transformational Pluto in your home and family sector.
On the 21st, you will encounter the Last Quarter Moon in your sign. This could provide an emotional moment of personal awareness during a window that’s directing your focus inward. It may be wise to balance your own needs, adventures and desires, against a pull towards where you live, domestic settings or your inner psychology.
The Aquarius New Moon on the 29th, where Mercury will be conjunct Pluto. This lunation could prompt you to consider your experiences of home, parenting or being parented, and how you identify with nurturing, self-care or your ancestry – themes which are carried into the following four weeks and February.
A fresh start could be apparent, with a transformation ahead for personal security, safety, stability, and how you approach family, your property and sense of place. During this lunation the Sun aligns with Jupiter (in Gemini) and your house of promises, pacts and investments. Be aware of what you’re thinking about, keeping in mind legacies, investments, your private life, and what you’ve learned thus far about mutually beneficial arrangements. You can expect more to unfold into February, with potential for even greater discoveries in partnerships.
Sagittarius Horoscope January 2025
SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21) Fire. Ruling Planet Jupiter
This is a month of recovering from indecision and entering into new psychological territory, Sagittarius. January is pretty wild for everyone, with Mars retrograde opposite the transformational intensity of Pluto, and for you this lands in your sector of communication, curiosity, and learning. All this month you are testing the waters of new ideas and conceptions of who you really are, along with the resources that you will need to accomplish your goals – including financial ones. Relationship is additionally up for you, along with partnership agreements and a deep sense of your own creative self-expression that extends to working out what can be characterized as your own unique internal moral compass. The First Quarter Moon of the 6th is a potent lunation, with further food for thought as you navigate potential conflicts. Then, mid-month, the Cancer Full Moon of the 13th shows you previously hidden factors of self and other, and their transcendent cosmic consequences. You may experience a new-found determination to press ahead with projects of your own design, based only on your unique principles and values that derive from nowhere else. Then, too, the Moon’s Last Quarter on the 21st represents another life changing juncture when conscious thoughts and unconscious attitudes and feelings both clash and amalgamate, as you can allow it.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
The New Year could offer a reset around your role, earnings, ways of making a living or contributing. The January month begins in the days immediately following the Capricorn New Moon from December 30th, which landed in your money and resources sector, encouraging renewal in this regard over the next thirty days of the Capricorn lunation cycle, so covering the first four weeks of the current month. You could make progress transforming the position you’re in financially – adding value in a myriad of ways. This could potentially prompt you to affirm what works for you, seeing you into the start of the new year building stability, greater self-worth, purpose and even a more resolute sense of place.
With Saturn, your planet of earned income and personal security transiting your fourth sector of home and family, there could be an emphasis on the value you place on your heritage, traditions and the past, domestic expenditures or a cost associated with parenting. Venus enters Pisces and this same sector of security on the 2nd, which could see you devoted to life within your familial fold, along with administrative tasks associated with the upkeep of day-to-day matters under your roof.
On the 11th, the karmic North Node follows Venus into Pisces, bringing considerable emphasis to the base of your horoscope and the emotional roots of your world, since Venus, Saturn and Neptune are there in situ. You might be inclined to spend on improvements to your household, or find yourself invested, with certain responsibilities as you nurture and settle. As Capricorn Season puts the focus on your income and assets, plus your other resources and your values in general, you can allow these themes to complement each other – ascertain for yourself deep inside what’s rewarding and valuable. This feeds you as well as feeding others, providing maturity, grounded among family members. Ideally, you’ll find an inner confidence that compliments the way things operate in your surroundings.
On the 6th, the Moon reaches its First Quarter phase in Aries or your fifth sector of creative output. Mars in retrograde simultaneously heads back into the last degree of Cancer, while Mercury in your own sign and first house of self, identity and autonomy squares Neptune, creating a certain amount of idealism or illusory thinking in your mental outlook. Broaching tender topics and expressing what you think – perhaps about children, pregnancy, celebrations, artistic projects, hobbies or your own sexuality and happiness – might not be straightforward. Inner wounding that has been long hidden away might come up for exploration and healing. There could be ideas that aren’t easily conveyed, received or taken on board. There may be a motivation stirring that could lead you to revisit intimacy issues, trust, or what’s shared with other people for mutual gain. It might be useful to remember what was touched on last fall of 2024, with a potential repeat of themes. There might also be intense passion stirring, heightening your own vulnerabilities and dependencies.
The Cancer Full Moon on the 13th sits closely aligned with Mars, and experiences harmony with both Neptune and Uranus. These outer planet connections bring other dimensions in. You might want to record your dreams. Venus at the base of your chart, signifying domestic matters squares Jupiter in your house of partnership in this Full Moon, connecting these two important areas of life. Relationship dynamics may impact the way you’re managing your inner world, parenting duties or your role as caretaker. It may benefit you to stay grounded, appreciating that there’s growth underway thanks to important unions. The Sun and Moon also make a T-square to Eris, feminine warrior energy in support of soul intention, in your fifth sector of self-expression and creative projects, so that you might be fired up to follow your own inner light in these areas to greater authenticity.
The Last Quarter Moon of the 21st, with the Moon in Scorpio, corresponding to your sector of unconscious process is a very strong lunation, bringing the transformational power of Pluto to bear in close aspect to the Sun and Moon. The hidden places deep within your psyche might remind you of your own deepest principles and values that belong to you and to no one else, and that can effectively steer your reactions in a procedure beyond mere logic, as long, that is, as you can simply trust intuition and give up on knowing the answers as a matter of reasoning them out.
By the 25th, pacts and enduring contracts could seem easier, with a Venus-Mars alignment creating space for vows and commitments to progress. There may be important surface plans underway that partake of your inner purpose and that can steer you home.
On Sunday the 19th, the Sun enters Aquarius, or your communications sector, so that curiosity and learning become a more overt part of what you are up to in the course of your evolutionary development. When Mercury follows, entering Aquarius on the 27th and conjuncting Pluto there, this completes a circuit for you of attempting to understand your deepest truth and articulating it to important others.
The Aquarius New Moon arrives on the 29th, which colors your February as it impacts the thirty days that follow. Pluto – still in close conjunction with Mercury – plays a prominent role in these transits, which also involve Sun and Moon in a grand trine with Jupiter, your ruler, in Gemini or your relationship sector, and the new KBO planet Makemake in the same degree of Libra, corresponding to your social sector. You could find that in addition to witnessing significant problems in the society that surrounds you, that you literally must do something about it. This could involve like-minded partners. You are likely to be extra aware of close partnerships along with relations to siblings and to bringing hidden material out into the open. A fresh start in your third house of communications could also pose potential interest in neighbors, depth around folk in your local area, sensitivity to language used, or perhaps a probing signature involving writing projects.
Capricorn Horoscope January 2025
CAPRICORN (Dec 22 - Jan 19) Earth. Ruling Planet Saturn
This is another consequential month for you, Capricorn, with transformation of your values and prospective changes in your friendships, social setting, and committed partnerships. In its early days, following the recent New Moon in your sign, you are focused on yourself and your developmental arc, although from a new angle. This from a strong presence of retrograde Mars in your intimacy sector, tightly opposed to Pluto located in your sector of resources and values, plus a highlighted presence of Chiron, the Wounded Healer, which implies that inner wounding could come up for you in your root sector of home and family concerns. This is therefore a somewhat dicey time, when rumblings from beneath the surface layers of your psyche could inform your experience. The upside is that there is a lot to learn in focusing inward during this rather intense monthly cycle. What might result is greater psychological integration, freeing you from false conceptions and allowing you to inhabit more of your true self. The lunation of the 6th and the Full Moon of the13th are powerful, with mid-month representing a fresh start in partnership as well as on the home front, either for your physical dwelling or else in terms of familial issues that might include your family of origin. The Last Quarter Moon of the 21st relates to a summing up of all of the above, and signals a shift in consciousness provided you have the courage to act on it.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
The year begins with a New Moon in your sign, from just two days before it began, which could feel like the ultimate fresh start for you and which colors the first four weeks of the January month. This brings focus to your authenticity, identity and persona, involving others also amongst your personal reflections. The configuration of this New Moon is rather dramatic, in that retrograde Mars opposes transformational Pluto in Aquarius, or your sector of values and resources, indicating an evolution there which could involve financial fluctuations and renewed enthusiasm for some aspect of the way that your finances get handled, or the possibility of a fundamental revision of your attitude to them and to the material world in general. In this New Moon configuration, Mercury also trines Chiron, the Wounded Healer, so that the topic of inner wounding could arise for better acceptance, understanding, and eventual healing.
On the 2nd, Venus enters Pisces, and the corner of your chart guiding you to communicate, teach and engage. Career choices could gain from your increased communication and outreach. Venus, planet of pleasure, fertility and enjoyment, joins with Neptune and Saturn, already in Pisces, and on the 3rd and 4th the Moon will gather there as well. Therefore, there’s great emphasis on interpersonal skills, writing projects or social commentary. This could be ideal for expressing ideas and sharing concepts that have taken hold, affecting your creativity and work-related ideas.
On the 4th, the Sun finds harmony with Saturn, your planetary ruler, potentially spotlighting your own special qualities that are part of this month’s focus. Located in Pisces and your relational third house, Saturn could encourage your involvement with close friends, and lead you to personally connected to your surroundings. This is a long-term influence lasting until February 2026, yet these themes could stand out on this day.
On Monday the 6th, we have the First Quarter Aries Moon, highlighting your home, family, and domestic sector while the ruling planet of this sector, Mars, in retrograde, dips back into Cancer on this same day. Significant individuals could be prominent around your property, with a nudge to revisit intimate dealings one-on-one. Household settings, how you nurture of feel safe could also be relevant. It might be important to find a balance between private spaces and ways that you welcome others to cross your threshold, particularly if you’re questioning a particular union or key persons. With Chiron as a background theme, it is possible that you will make progress with bringing internal dark spaces into the light of greater conscious awareness. As Mercury in Sagittarius – your twelfth house of unconscious process, inner work, and fantasy – is square Neptune in this lunation, your dreams, a longing for quiet retreat or an engaging process of inner discovery may seem overwhelming. There could be confusion as to how far to engage – and when rest is warranted. This might therefore be a really good time to check in with yourself, acknowledging inner concerns and realizations.
On Monday, January 13th, the Cancer Full Moon peaks arm-in-arm with Mars in your relationship sector, and harmonizes with both numinous Neptune and unruly Uranus in your fifth house of games, children, fun and creative inspiration! This is an exciting juncture for you and brings up issues of self and other for thoughtful reflection or gaining progress. Mars is closely trine Neptune, bringing up feelings of compassionate idealism and connections to your root psychological issues and attitudes. You might meet with key figures that are significant or find it easy to connect to your personal passions, expressing your heart’s desire. In this Full Moon as well, Venus is square Jupiter in your sector of health, work, organization and routines. It might be wise to avoiding overbooking your schedule, although there is enthusiasm for career, friendships, and collaborations.
From the 17th to the 19th, Venus meets Saturn, in a potentially positive timing for you to navigate local circles and have fun.
Sunday the 19th sees the Sun enter Aquarius and your zone of money, values and self-worth. With an immediate conjunction made to Pluto, it’s possible to focus deeply on earned income, investments, your personal contribution and assets. Here, you might sense the part you play, and where others depend or look to your input.
The 21st is the Last Quarter Scorpio Moon, which touches wider community networks, with potential for breakthroughs in groups or social settings.
Venus is aligned with both Mars and Uranus on the weekend of the 25th, suggesting a good time to celebrate or show affection to those as close to you as siblings, those pleasant to be around or with whom you find common ground.
Yet as Mercury opposes Mars on the 23rd, not everything that’s spoken about one-to-one is guaranteed to land well, or without a reaction. It’s possible there’s a surprise element or even jarring dynamics between you and others, which could benefit from a considered approach. You might like to tackle sensitive issues with extra care.
Mercury follows this trajectory on the 27th, tied to Pluto during the Aquarius New Moon on the 30th, a lunation featuring harmonious ties to Jupiter. It might be worth laying fresh eyes on what you have and what you might build – be it wealth or a more powerful sense of purpose, with learnings about your management style, health journey and multitasking abilities. Perhaps you’ll find yourself bolstered in confidence thanks to developments in your role, and can continue to prove yourself a useful asset, inspired in the weeks that follow.
The Aquarius New Moon of the 29th starts us off on a new and different cycle that features your sector of resources and values, wherein also the intense transformational energies of Pluto remain strongly configured, conjunct Mercury there as well, indicating further evolutionary changes ahead for you in this area and with regard to your beliefs and worldview during February.
Aquarius Horoscope January 2025
AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 18) Air. Ruling Planets Uranus, Saturn
This is another rather potent month for you, Aquarius, with Pluto newly in your sign and aspected – in the New Moon that begins the month astrologically – by retrograde Mars in your opposite sign of Leo. The current month therefore speaks to relationship issues and personal identity involving transformation in both of these areas. They say with Pluto, when he comes around in highlighted fashion in your transits, that you will either go willingly or go slowly and fighting, but in any case you will go. Your actions are of course your own, always, just it might be wise to know as you make your choice which way the wind is blowing. With the Capricorn New Moon to work with, all month long you have the additional mandate to get to know yourself in the dark and hidden spaces deep within you, the vast interior reaches of your unconscious psyche. This can be the way to better integrate all your parts, something that noted 20th-century psychologist Carl Jung frequently recommended. This cycle is dramatic, with the Cancer Full Moon of Monday the 13th quite powerfully featuring Mars, now having backed into Cancer, conjunct the Moon, in close aspect with Uranus in your sector of home and family, as well as Neptune in Pisces and with the new KBO planet Eris in Aries. This represents a shake-up and an opportunity to more fully inhabit your most authentic self as you evolve and grow.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
As the month and year begins we’re in the ongoing lunation cycle began by the Capricorn New Moon from the last days of the prior month of December. This thirty-day cycle lasts for almost the entire month of January, calling attention to your solitary twelfth sector of dream imagination, unconscious process, inner work, and catharsis. A letting go process could be in motion for you, inwardly, so that you may be taking time out in some ways, focused on recovery and life’s mysteries. Because transformational Pluto is featured greatly enhanced by his close opposition from Mars in Leo, you will want to consider the themes of transformation and internal work taking place behind the scenes, plus as these affect important partners in your life or your relationship dynamic in general. Your deep unconscious process may be brought closer to the light of your more logical awareness, especially since Mercury in your social sector – and ruling your sector of creative self-expression – is trine to Chiron, the Wounded Healer, which references inner wounding, long isolated and hidden away in the depths of your psyche.
Venus moves into Pisces and your money zone on the 2nd, giving you the potential to tend to your own security, personal stability and what you have – taking stock in your most prized assets. Your belongings, cash in the bank, or your winning attributes that serve as resources for you may be increasingly important throughout the month.
On the 4th, the Sun aligns with Saturn in this sector, perhaps allowing you to see financial responsibilities or your valuable contribution with realism. There could be emphasis on sacrifices made, healing modalities and ways you’ve come to terms with life that are ultimately rewarding. It’s possible you’ve given something up in order to invest in yourself and earn, which may now be apparent.
On the 6th, the First Quarter Moon lands in the middle of the Aries sign, or your sector of communications and learning. Your communication ruling planet Mars (retrograde until February 23rd) also moves backward into Cancer this same day. You might find yourself busy, reactivating a fitness plan, addressing employment matters or admin that serves to sustain you. Revisit habits that make sense, motivated in your role, organizing possessions, taking inventory of your needs. Consider necessary upkeep and maintenance (including the costs associated with daily life, health and wellbeing), managing what’s yours to take care of. People in your environment, communications, language or local ties may feature as you go about your business.
The 13th sees a Full Moon in this habit-oriented sector, closely aligned with Mars, suggesting these themes are again strongly illuminated. Acknowledge what comes up for examination and those involved, be they close relations, neighborhood ties or those around you every day. As the Sun finds harmony with changemaker Uranus in your fourth house, pick up on subtle cues related to your private life, and any disruption or marked differences at home. It may be a key time to move beyond unsettling circumstances concerning a parent, your property, family or the past. Neptune is also aspected during this Full Moon, circling back to your values, self-worth and what’s tangible. Venus squares Jupiter in Gemini in your house of creativity, inspiration, and joy, which could result in celebration or perhaps in some degree of tension regarding what’s earned, spent or saved. Developments around what you want, along with solo pleasures, and what you find fun may be challenging, requiring a practical component.
From the 17th to the 18th, Venus goes on to meet up with Saturn in Pisces, emphasizing this theme of income, and even the importance of your own inner sanctity and self-assurance. You may want to reflect on how far you’ve come, taking the issue of finances and your sense of place into serious account.
The Last Quarter Moon occurs on the 21st, in Scorpio, providing a catalyst for breakthroughs around personal goals, ambitions and aspirations, then, on the 23rd, the Scorpio Moon closely aligns with both Mars in Cancer and Mercury in Capricorn, in opposition. These planets find harmony with Uranus, which promises surprises, and unexpected revelations. Life could pull you in different directions, domestic and public, social and dutiful; be mindful as to what must be tackled and what can wait.
A few days back, on Sunday the 19th, the Sun entered your sign, suggesting a focus on you, ready or not, as the transformational developmental arc continues, an attitude that is further enhanced when mental Mercury follows, moving into your sign on January 27th, and conjuncting Pluto, bringing a more conscious awareness of the metamorphosis that you are currently engaged in.
The New Moon of the 29th in your sign sets the stage for the February month, and might see you through to a very personal new beginning. The influence of this Aquarius cycle lasts through the thirty days that follow. Mercury still conjuncts the Pluto position at the beginning of your fist solar sector, and as the Sun finds itself in a harmonious trine to Jupiter during this New Moon, you could be deeply and profoundly inspired. You might be able to harness this energy by recognizing future plans and tuning in to what’s interesting to you. It’s a good time to pay attention to what’s spotlighted for you, emphasizing your own way forward into better integration and joy.
Pisces Horoscope January 2025
PISCES (Feb 19 - Mar 20) Water. Ruling Planets Neptune, Jupiter
This is a month of changes for you, Pisces, as indicated the Capricorn New Moon that began the month astrologically featuring retrograde Mars in close opposition to the transformational intensity of Pluto at the 1° mark of Aquarius. Because Aquarius represents your sector of unconscious process within the deeper layers of your psyche, and because the New Moon also has Mercury in close aspect to Chiron, it is possible that you will throughout the January month encounter remnants of early childhood wounding that will arise to allow you the opportunity for progress toward healing such issues. In the course of this rather intense monthly cycle, you are also gaining a better understanding on your own internal moral compass that is uniquely your own, and which might be a great help to you moving forward. Capricorn references your social sector of friendships, group affiliations, and future plans, and this area becomes another important focus for you for January. Lunations along the way reflect stages of growth in awareness, with the First Quarter Moon of the 6th and the Cancer Full Moon of the 13th being significant junctures. In the Full Moon configuration, retrograde Mars precisely trines Neptune, your ruler, and brings up introspective questions you might have regarding societal contribution and your sense of authentic identity as you feel yourself evolving. On January 21st the Moon’s Last Quarter brings you to contrasts of outer understanding versus inner process along with staging consensus thinking versus deep-seated values that are uniquely your own.
The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at https://www.starsignstyle.com/
The new month and year began astrologically for you with the Capricorn New Moon from the final days of the previous month, corresponding to your social sector of friendships, group affiliations, and future plans. This is the configuration for the thirty-day cycle that commenced from that time and that percolates through the first four weeks of the January month. You could find yourself in good company, among friends or community members, as the year begins. In addition to having fun with your peers you could also see this as a fresh start in how you characterize yourself in this area. With trickster Uranus in this picture, there could be surprises along the way, or unexpected realizations. The transformational impact of Pluto is also highlighted in this New Moon, affecting your sector of values and resources including your financial ones. These could turn out to be in flux in some ways; although included with this also is the concept of rising above any difficulties to a more evolved understanding of your deepest values and of your entire material situation.
From the 2nd on, your zodiac sign hosts friendly, flirty Venus so you could be more connected to those around you that are like-minded, as an integral part of goings-on. Perhaps you’ll find yourself instrumental to meet-ups, classes or get-togethers this month. It’s not only relational Venus moving through Pisces that favors social interactions, Saturn governs networking and teamwork in your horoscope, and transits your sign for the long haul: March 2023 to February 2026. This might prompt associates and group members to look to you, with potential responsibilities on your shoulders thanks to an organization, society or your circle. Your modern ruler, planet Neptune is slowly touring your sign too, and
From the 10th to the 13th, Mars trines Neptune, your solar chart ruler, giving you extra energy leading up to the Cancer Full Moon.
On the 11th, the karmic North Node enters your sign, signaling future eclipses that will come in your first house of self and identity. Here you might sense the commencement of a considerable focus on you and your development, along with perhaps your appearance, personality, physicality or philosophy. You could see this as an opportunity to increase awareness of how you present yourself, as part of a clique or club, or find attention naturally flows in your direction.
Your position and finances, what you’ve accumulated or earned might also be poignant this month. Your money planet Mars is retrograde, potentially nudging you to evaluate day-to-day habits that impact your spending or income. The job you’re assigned to do, tasks, duties and your lifestyle may be intense early in the month.
Then, on the 6th, the First Quarter Moon lands in Aries, or your sector of resources and values, conjuncting there the slow-moving presence of Chiron, the Wounded Healer, which might remind you of places hidden deep within yourself where you might be feeling insufficient or less than full confident. Also on the 6th, Mars, planet of assertion and motivation, which also rules this Aries sector, re-enters Cancer, reactivating your fifth sector of fertility, conception, inspiration, talents and the arts. You might feel the impetus to reassess your role as it relates to your kids, creative outlets, hobbies or sources of joy. You might also feel the need to question your values, compensation, salary or rewards, and how this relates to your own happiness. Additionally, in this quarter Moon lunation, communicator Mercury in your career zone squares Neptune, so that clarity around your goals might be lacking, or at least fuzzy, or perhaps idealized. Ideas about successes, status or public perception might not be entirely aligned with your authentic truth, so that it might be necessary to reconcile these notions.
January 13th sees the Cancer Full Moon flourishing in your sector of self-expression and creativity, closely aligned with Mars. Here you might find illumination of your passions, and the ways that romance or imagination plays a role in your life, while also touching on awareness of the cost of things, and your financial investments. This might be a pertinent time to face what you want and what you feel you need (along with any children you may have). This lunation brings into consideration the way you make a living or deal with the practicalities of life. The Sun, Moon, and Mars are synchronized with both numinous Neptune and unruly Uranus during this lunation, suggesting plenty of synergy that could surprise, confuse, and ultimately benefit you. Look for the things you love and desire that are compatible with your evolving sense of self, and a changed or altered mindset toward local environments, neighbors and close contacts. You are more determined than ever to find your own way forward.
Venus squares Jupiter in your domestic zone in the Full Moon configuration, and there could be a celebratory feel to your local home and family environment and the relationships that make up its character. There may be important developments in your space that must be reconciled at this time. Being personally attuned to your surroundings could be important or aligning yourself with household plans, along with balance in these areas.
On the 19th, the Sun enters Aquarius, conjuncting Pluto there, followed by Mercury nearly a week later, on the 27th, with both of these events further emphasizing your dream work and internal process. Pluto’s presence is strong around these dates, and you could find you’re journeying into a space of transformation, with deep revelations in your private life.
On the 21st, the Last Quarter Moon with the Sun still in conjunction with transformational Pluto, and with the Moon in square. This is another significant lunation of the January month, with Mars in partile or same-degree sextile to trickster Uranus, and in a T-square with Eris, the new 21st century planet beyond Pluto in support of soul intention. You might feel empowered, from the inside out, to more authentically inhabit your true intention for yourself in this lifetime,
The New Moon in Aquarius on January 29th colors the following thirty days of the associated lunation cycle, into February. As this sign corresponds to your sector of unconscious process, the next cycle is subtle in its effects, but lasting in their eventual impact. You will want to pay attention to what’s called to mind, as fresh concepts might be introduced that serve your spiritual life. The Sun is harmonized with Jupiter during the New Moon, which could be favorable for parental relations, as well as for trusting the process that’s unfolding for you both consciously and beneath the surface.
A January Month of Conflict, Intuition, and Incipient Idealism
This month is wild and wooly, stemming from the Capricorn New Moon that took place at the end of December, just before the 1st, and that will run out the Capricorn thirty-day lunation cycle through most of the January month. This New Moon features retrograde Mars in close opposition to the transformational intensity of Pluto – residing at the 1° mark of Aquarius – which could bring out repressed emotions such as violent anger or else an exuberance for life in the faster lane with powerful emotions and a go-go-go attitude. Trickster Uranus is also aspected by the Sun and Moon in this New Moon configuration, a sesquiquadrate, while Mercury is trine to Chiron, the Wounded Healer, which whispers to us about inner wounding that lies in disregarded portions of our hidden interior layers. The astrological combination kicking off the month is therefore not straightforward, but rather is nuanced and complex. The Mars-Pluto opposition has been building since the middle of December, along with Jupiter square Saturn, and we have been seeing some of the volatility that I describe in recent headlines, especially in this country where there was almost a government shut-down in recent weeks. From the looks of things, the 2025 headlines are not likely to represent very much of an improvement.
The three additional lunations of this Capricorn cycle that follow upon the New Moon and mark the stages of its unfolding, namely the quarter moons of the 6th and 21st and the Cancer Full Moon of Monday, the 13th, are quite potent as well, with the Full Moon making an exact T-square to Eris in Aries, more on that below, while also closely aspecting Uranus and Neptune in the signs of Taurus and of Pisces, with the Full Moon Sun itself in wide conjunction with Pluto. On the 21st, the Moon’s Last Quarter, the Aquarius Sun at 2° is tightly conjunct Pluto with the Scorpio Moon in square, so that this month goes out with an even greater bang than how it started.
To go through these lunations in order, on Monday the 6th we have the First Quarter Moon in Aries, conjunct to Chiron, with the 16° Capricorn Sun in square, This is a phase that seminal humanistic astrologer Dane Rudhyar called a “crisis in action,” meaning that things that have to be done can run into unexpected snags as differing opinions from one side or another might clash or ways and means, not to mention the big-picture meaning of it all. The best advice is to keep on keeping on, while doing your best to understand where the other person is coming from, aided by greater consciousness of your own internal wounding. Mars, now in 29° of Cancer by the time of the 4 pm PST quarter Moon, is still closely opposed to Pluto, while Mercury is in partile of same-degree square to numinous Neptune, factor of idealism and compassion, yet also of illusion and the potential for self-deception making for a heady and potent stew.
The Full Moon that follows a week later, on Monday the 13th, is also a very special lunation configuration. The Moon conjuncts Mars, while Mars is in a tight trine to Pisces, while the Sun and Moon are in close aspect to Uranus and to Eris, feminine warrior energy in support for deep soul intention. This lunation brings otherworldly cosmic perspective and surprise events and intuitional enlightenment to bear on the fundamental transformations of this dynamic monthly cycle.
The Last Quarter Moon of Tuesday the 21st makes for anther quite intense juncture because now the Sun, newly entered into the Aquarius sign, is closely conjunct the transformational force represented by Pluto, with the Moon in square. The Scorpio Moon also is conjunct new KBO planet Haumea that I have been researching and writing about, so that love of Nature and a goal of nurturing an internal moral compass aligned with right and fair action and with truth-telling, as far as we can know it.
All and all, this is a rather confrontational month, leading us into an at times difficult year of change. What we need however is right there with us, on the inside, and it is faith in ourselves and in our connection to the meaningful universe that surrounds us to see us though. Although sometimes it can be hard to see the light on the cooperative evolution of the culture, our earthly environment, and each one of us individually, the evidence is there when we can dispassionately seek it out. And astrology provides us with a major clue, as we can tune in to it. Blessed be.
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