January 2026 Astrology Calendar
Every moon phase, retrograde, eclipse and planetary ingress in January 2026, with exact dates.
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January 2026 — Highlights
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Mercury enters Capricorn, carrying its themes of your thinking, communication, and the way you process information into a fresh chapter shaped by ambition, discipline, and long-term goals. With the Moon in Gemini sextile Chiron in Aries, a quiet opportunity opens around old wounds, healing, and where you feel most vulnerable; take it.
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Chiron turns direct today. Delays and second-guessing tied to old wounds, healing, and where you feel most vulnerable begin to ease, and you can act with renewed clarity. The Moon comes home to Cancer, deepening feelings and pulling focus toward family, nurture, and the places you feel safe. Tend to your emotional needs. With the Moon in Gemini at odds with Saturn in Pisces, matters of discipline, responsibility, structure, and long-term commitment bring a little pressure. Breathe before you react.
3
A Full Moon in Cancer at 13° Cancer 02′ floods the situation with light. Themes of emotional depth, home, and nurturing care reach a turning point, and what's been hidden tends to surface so it can be acknowledged and let go. The Moon joins Jupiter in Cancer, blending your feelings with growth, opportunity, optimism, and the bigger picture and giving the day an emotionally charged, focused quality.
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With the Moon in Leo, warmth and self-expression take center stage. Let yourself be seen and have some fun. The Moon in Cancer trines Saturn in Pisces, and discipline, responsibility, structure, and long-term commitment flows with unusual ease today. Lean into it.
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The Moon in Leo harmonizes with Chiron in Aries, so old wounds, healing, and where you feel most vulnerable comes more easily than usual.
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Sun in Capricorn and Venus in Capricorn unite, fusing their energies into a single, concentrated force. Themes of love, money, values, and what brings you pleasure are highlighted. Use the concentrated energy to start something or make a bold statement, but be aware that nuance can get lost when everything points the same way. With the Moon in Virgo, the urge to organize and improve grows strong. Small, practical efforts feel deeply satisfying. The Moon in Leo squares Uranus in Taurus, putting pressure on matters of change, freedom, innovation, and the urge to break routine as emotions snag. Work with the friction instead of against it.
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A powerful merging of Venus in Capricorn and Mars in Capricorn brings these themes together with real intensity. Themes of love, money, values, and what brings you pleasure are highlighted. Use the concentrated energy to start something or make a bold statement, but be aware that nuance can get lost when everything points the same way.
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The Moon glides into Libra, and harmony becomes the priority. Relationships, beauty, and fairness come into focus over the next couple of days. A supportive Moon-Jupiter sextile links Virgo and Cancer, smoothing your dealings with growth, opportunity, optimism, and the bigger picture.
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A powerful merging of Sun in Capricorn and Mars in Capricorn brings these themes together with real intensity. Themes of drive, desire, courage, and how you take action are highlighted. This is a potent seed-planting moment; whatever you initiate now carries extra weight. Venus in Capricorn sits opposite Jupiter in Cancer, and the contrast between them brings something into sharp focus. Themes of growth, opportunity, optimism, and the bigger picture are highlighted. Relationships and projects can mirror something back to you now, so pay attention to what shows up.
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Sun in Capricorn sits opposite Jupiter in Cancer, and the contrast between them brings something into sharp focus. Themes of your core vitality, identity, and sense of purpose are highlighted. Look for the middle path; the answer usually lies in honoring both sides rather than choosing one. Mars in Capricorn sits opposite Jupiter in Cancer, and the contrast between them brings something into sharp focus. Themes of growth, opportunity, optimism, and the bigger picture are highlighted. Look for the middle path; the answer usually lies in honoring both sides rather than choosing one. At 20° Libra 25′, the Last Quarter Moon invites reflection and pruning. Tie off what's done and prepare the ground for renewal. A tense Moon-Jupiter square between Libra and Cancer stirs up growth, opportunity, optimism, and the bigger picture; don't let a passing mood make a lasting decision.
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The Moon plunges into Scorpio, deepening everything it touches. Emotions intensify and you can see beneath the surface of things.
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The Moon in Scorpio trines Jupiter in Cancer, and growth, opportunity, optimism, and the bigger picture flows with unusual ease today. Lean into it.
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Moon in Sagittarius wants room to roam. Stay open, stay hopeful, and let yourself dream a little bigger. With the Moon in Scorpio facing Uranus in Taurus, change, freedom, innovation, and the urge to break routine comes into focus. Step back and hold both sides.
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Mercury in Capricorn sits opposite Jupiter in Cancer, and the contrast between them brings something into sharp focus. Themes of your thinking, communication, and the way you process information are highlighted. Step back far enough to see the whole picture before you react.
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The Moon continues through Sagittarius today, keeping the emotional tone steady. Stay optimistic and open to a wider view.
16
With the Moon in Capricorn, discipline comes more naturally. Tackle responsibilities and build toward something lasting.
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Venus enters Aquarius, carrying its themes of love, money, values, and what brings you pleasure into a fresh chapter shaped by innovation, independence, and community. The Moon in Capricorn sits opposite Jupiter in Cancer, pulling growth, opportunity, optimism, and the bigger picture into the light; awareness matters more than action here.
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Mercury in Capricorn meets Mars in Capricorn today, and the two blend together so completely it can be hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Themes of drive, desire, courage, and how you take action are highlighted. Lean into the intensity, just don't expect much objectivity while the two are this close. With the Capricorn New Moon at 28° Capricorn 44′, you get a clean slate. It's an ideal moment to begin something connected to ambition, discipline, and long-term goals and to commit to it with intention. The Moon enters Aquarius, cooling the emotional temperature and widening your perspective. Independence, originality, and community come to the fore. The Moon joins Sun in Capricorn, blending your feelings with your core vitality, identity, and sense of purpose and giving the day an emotionally charged, focused quality.
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With the Sun's shift into Aquarius, a new season dawns; expect innovation, independence, and community to color the weeks ahead. Venus in Aquarius meets Pluto in Aquarius today, and the two blend together so completely it can be hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Themes of power, transformation, and deep psychological truth are highlighted. This is a potent seed-planting moment; whatever you initiate now carries extra weight.
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As Mercury moves into Aquarius, the way you experience your thinking, communication, and the way you process information shifts toward innovation, independence, and community.
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Sun in Aquarius and Mercury in Aquarius unite, fusing their energies into a single, concentrated force. Themes of your thinking, communication, and the way you process information are highlighted. Lean into the intensity, just don't expect much objectivity while the two are this close. Moon in Pisces blurs the edges of the day. Trust your intuition and be gentle with yourself and others.
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Mercury in Aquarius meets Pluto in Aquarius today, and the two blend together so completely it can be hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Themes of power, transformation, and deep psychological truth are highlighted. Lean into the intensity, just don't expect much objectivity while the two are this close.
23
As Mars moves into Aquarius, the way you experience drive, desire, courage, and how you take action shifts toward innovation, independence, and community. Sun in Aquarius meets Pluto in Aquarius today, and the two blend together so completely it can be hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Themes of power, transformation, and deep psychological truth are highlighted. Lean into the intensity, just don't expect much objectivity while the two are this close. Moon in Aries lights a fire under the next two days. Be brave, be first, and channel the restlessness into something physical. The Moon in Aries cooperates with Sun in Aquarius, lending a helpful, low-key boost to your core vitality, identity, and sense of purpose.
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With the Moon still travelling through Aries, the day carries a familiar mood. It's a good day to be direct and take initiative.
25
A First Quarter Moon at 6° Taurus 14′ demands action and adjustment. Whatever you set in motion at the New Moon may need a course correction to keep moving. Moon in Taurus invites you to slow down and stabilize. Tend to your resources and enjoy something tactile and real. A tense Moon-Sun square between Taurus and Aquarius stirs up your core vitality, identity, and sense of purpose; don't let a passing mood make a lasting decision.
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Neptune enters Aries, carrying its themes of imagination, intuition, dreams, and spiritual sensitivity into a fresh chapter shaped by bold initiative, courage, and fresh starts. The Moon in Taurus pushes against Venus in Aquarius, and love, money, values, and what brings you pleasure can feel like an obstacle. Channel the restlessness somewhere useful.
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Mars in Aquarius meets Pluto in Aquarius today, and the two blend together so completely it can be hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Themes of power, transformation, and deep psychological truth are highlighted. This is a potent seed-planting moment; whatever you initiate now carries extra weight. The Moon enters Gemini and the mind speeds up. Conversation, errands, reading, and quick exchanges all flow more easily now. The Moon in Gemini trines Mars in Aquarius, and drive, desire, courage, and how you take action flows with unusual ease today. Lean into it.
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With the Moon in Gemini trine Sun in Aquarius, your core vitality, identity, and sense of purpose supports you quietly; a pleasant, harmonious current runs through the day. With the Moon in Gemini trine Venus in Aquarius, love, money, values, and what brings you pleasure supports you quietly; a pleasant, harmonious current runs through the day.
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Mercury in Aquarius meets Venus in Aquarius today, and the two blend together so completely it can be hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Themes of your thinking, communication, and the way you process information are highlighted. Use the concentrated energy to start something or make a bold statement, but be aware that nuance can get lost when everything points the same way. The Moon comes home to Cancer, deepening feelings and pulling focus toward family, nurture, and the places you feel safe. Tend to your emotional needs. With the Moon in Gemini at odds with Saturn in Pisces, matters of discipline, responsibility, structure, and long-term commitment bring a little pressure. Breathe before you react.
30
A Moon-Jupiter conjunction in Cancer fuses emotion with growth, opportunity, optimism, and the bigger picture, making this a good moment to act on what you sincerely feel.
31
With the Moon in Leo, warmth and self-expression take center stage. Let yourself be seen and have some fun. The Moon in Cancer trines Saturn in Pisces, and discipline, responsibility, structure, and long-term commitment flows with unusual ease today. Lean into it.
FAQ
When is the Full Moon in January 2026?
The Full Moon in January 2026 falls on January 3, at 13° Cancer 02′.
When is the New Moon in January 2026?
The New Moon in January 2026 is on January 18, in Capricorn.
Is Mercury retrograde in January 2026?
No — Mercury is not retrograde in January 2026.