Mercury square Saturn, Mercury square Neptune, Mercury enters Capricorn, Cancer Full Moon
This week carries us across a threshold. Less about fireworks or declarations, more about quiet recalibration. The kind that happens internally, where intention is refined, where emotion rises to meet thought, and where the body begins to sense what is true before the mind can fully articulate it.
We are standing at the edge of years. One cycle closing. Another slowly, gently opening. And the skies mirror this perfectly. Mercury moves through thresholds and portals before grounding itself in Capricorn. A Full Moon rises in Cancer, asking us to feel what we are building before we commit to building it. Instead of rushing forward, it is a week of listening. Of letting the mind soften, the heart speak, and the nervous system settle into what is real.
What is emerging now isn’t asking for urgency. It’s asking for presence.
December 30, 2025: Mercury square Saturn
As the week opens and year closes, Mercury in Sagittarius forms a square to Saturn in Pisces on December 30, 2025, bringing a moment of grounded truth and sober reflection.
Sagittarius Mercury seeks meaning, perspective, truth, and possibility. Saturn in Pisces asks for containment, responsibility, and sacred devotion. Together, they can feel like a pause where enthusiasm asks for grounding, where ideas are tested against emotional capacity, and where vision asks to be shaped into being, clarified, refined – rather than expanded endlessly.
Notice where thoughts feel heavy, where expectations are asking to be tempered, or where mental narratives no longer align with your emotional truth. Old beliefs around responsibility, duty, or “shoulds” surface for they are ready to be re-examined with compassion and renewal.
This square asks us to take our inner world seriously. To listen when the body says “slow down.” To recognise that wisdom is not always loud or optimistic, sometimes it is quiet, steady, and deeply felt. It asks for a deeper devotion, a clarifying, a refinement.
January 1, 2025: Mercury square Neptune
The week continues and a new year begins. On January 1, 2026, Mercury forms another square, this time to Neptune, shifting us from realism into permeability.
Where Saturn asked for grounding, Neptune asks for surrender.
This aspect can feel foggy, emotional, or elusive. Thoughts may wander. Certainty may dissolve. Intuition may speak more clearly than logic. The cosmos inspires tension between wanting clarity and needing softness, between seeking answers and being asked to trust.
This is a threshold moment. A dissolving of old mental frameworks that no longer serve so that we can see beyond them. A reminder that not everything is meant to be understood immediately. Some truths arrive through feeling, through symbolism, through quiet inner knowing.
Rather than pushing for resolution, this transit invites gentleness. Compassion for yourself. Space for uncertainty. And trust that what feels unclear now is reorganising itself beneath the surface.
Dissolving boundaries so that we may receive the inspiration, the wisdom, the guidance that lives beyond them.
January 1, 2025: Mercury enters Capricorn
Later that same day on January 1, 2026, Mercury enters Capricorn where it will remain until January 20, 2026, offering grounding after days of mental thresholds.
This shift is subtle but stabilising. The mind slows. Focus sharpens. Thoughts become more deliberate, intentional, and embodied. Mercury in Capricorn is not about dreaming endlessly, it is about choosing what to commit to.
We are already in deep Capricorn territory, with the Sun, Venus, and Mars gathered here. Mercury joining this planetary cluster brings coherence. It helps us translate emotion and intuition into plans, structures, and grounded intention.
This is a beautiful moment to ask yourself:
What am I actually willing to devote myself to this year?
Where does my energy want to go? Not in theory, but in practice?
Mercury in Capricorn supports practical planning rooted in emotional truth. It helps us name priorities, organise our inner world, and begin shaping what we want to build; step by step, without urgency, with integrity.
January 3, 2025: Full Moon in Cancer
The week culminates with our first Full Moon of the year, rising in the sign of Cancer on January 3, 2026.
This lunation brings balance to the strong Capricorn emphasis in the sky. Where Capricorn asks us to build, Cancer asks us to feel. Where Capricorn focuses on structure, Cancer reminds us of safety, belonging, and emotional nourishment.
This Full Moon draws attention to our inner foundations. It illuminates what we need in order to feel secure as we move forward. Old emotional patterns, unmet needs, or inherited stories around safety and care may surface to be acknowledged and released.
Cancer speaks through the body. Through sensation. Through emotion. This Moon asks us to check in with our nervous system and our inner child. Are we building from fear, or from trust? From obligation, or from love?
This lunation invites a soft but powerful release. Letting go of emotional heaviness that does not belong in the new year. Choosing to become your own safe place as you step into what is next.
Read more about the Cancer Full Moon here.
Weekly Astrology: December 28, 2025 – January 3, 2026
This week is less about grand declarations or immediate action, and more about integration.
Mercury’s squares ask us to soften our thinking, to release old mental pressure, and to listen to the body and heart. Mercury’s entrance into Capricorn offers clarity and steadiness, helping us choose what truly matters. The Cancer Full Moon reminds us that whatever we build must be rooted in emotional truth, not just ambition.
Your invitations this week:
- Let the mind slow down: Clarity will come through presence, not force.
- Feel before you commit: Check in with what feels safe, nourishing, and true.
- Ground vision into devotion: Choose what you are willing to show up for consistently.
- Release emotional weight that no longer serves: You do not need to carry it into the new year.
- Trust the quiet guidance within: It knows where you are going.
As we cross into a new calendar year, the skies are not asking for perfection or certainty. They are asking for honesty. For attunement. For a willingness to build a life that honours both your dreams and your emotional reality.
Move forward gently. Build slowly. And let what you create be rooted in truth.
Weekly Horoscopes for Your Zodiac Sign
As the planets shift in our cosmos, they simultaneously shift through our astrological chart, highlighting different areas of our human experience. By looking to your zodiac sign – in particular your rising sign for your horoscope forecast, we can begin to discern those shifts and invitations.
Read on for your weekly horoscope for December 28-January 3. For a greater in depth reading based on your astrology chart, explore our Transits Astrology Reading.
Aries Rising
This week invites you to slow your inner pace and listen more carefully to what your body and heart are saying beneath the noise of thought, Aries Rising. Mercury’s squares ask you to release pressure to “figure it all out.” As Mercury enters Capricorn, clarity returns through grounded focus, helping you name what you’re truly ready to commit to. The Cancer Full Moon draws attention to your emotional foundations, reminding you that how safe you feel internally matters just as much as what you build externally. This is a week to soften expectations, tend to your inner world, and let steadiness replace urgency. What you nurture now becomes the ground you stand on moving forward.
Taurus Rising
Taurus Rising, welcome to a reflective week around belief, meaning, and trust. Mercury’s squares ask you to sit with questions rather than rush toward answers. There is wisdom here in allowing perspective to shift slowly. As Mercury enters Capricorn, thoughts stabilise, and a more grounded sense of direction begins to speak. The Cancer Full Moon invites emotional release connected to how you process and express your inner truth – perhaps through conversation, journaling, or quiet reflection. Let this be a week of listening deeply to yourself. The clarity you seek is arriving through patience, not force.
Gemini Rising
It’s a week drawing you into deeper emotional honesty, Gemini Rising. Mercury’s squares may inwardly stir around trust, shared energy, or emotional boundaries, asking you to acknowledge what feels unclear rather than bypass it. As Mercury enters Capricorn, the mind steadies, offering the awareness of emotional patterns with greater realism and self-compassion. The Cancer Full Moon highlights themes of worth and security, inviting you to release old stories about what you need to feel supported. This is a week to tend to emotional foundations and redefine stability on your own terms. Let yourself move slowly, integration is happening even when it doesn’t look productive from the outside.
Cancer Rising
This week brings heightened awareness to relationships and emotional exchange, Cancer Rising. Mercury’s squares invite you to pause rather than react in your interactions with self and others. As Mercury enters Capricorn, communication becomes clearer, steadier, and more intentional. The Cancer Full Moon, your Full Moon, is deeply personal, illuminating emotional truths and inviting release. You may feel more sensitive than usual, but this sensitivity carries wisdom. Let yourself feel what arises – for what arises is a gift. This is a powerful moment to honour your needs, soften old emotional defences, and begin the year rooted in self-trust and emotional integrity.
Leo Rising
It’s a week inviting attention to your daily rhythms and emotional wellbeing, Leo Rising. Mercury’s squares may highlight existing fatigue or the need to reassess how much you’re carrying – this is information, allow it to guide your rebalancing. As Mercury enters Capricorn, the cosmos supports you in creating clearer routines and priorities that honour your capacity. The Cancer Full Moon invites emotional release connected to rest, reflection, and the quieter layers of your inner world. Rather than pushing, it’s a week for restoring balance. What you allow yourself to feel and release now strengthens you for what comes next.
Virgo Rising
Virgo Rising, this week invites reflection around joy, creativity, and emotional expression. Mercury’s squares may illuminate existing self-doubt or confusion about what you truly want, asking you to slow down and reconnect with feeling rather than logic – this is opportunity, mirroring, medicine. As Mercury enters Capricorn, clarity sparks, helping you ground inspiration into something real and sustainable. The Cancer Full Moon illuminates your relationship with belonging and connection, inviting release of old emotional patterns tied to approval or expectation. Let this be a week of gentle recalibration. Joy doesn’t need to be loud or dramatic, it can be steady, quiet, and deeply nourishing.
Libra Rising
This week invites awareness of home (inner and outer), safety, and emotional roots, Libra Rising. Mercury’s squares clarity around family dynamics or inner security for the purpose of recalibration, release of old patterns, and healing – asking for compassion and patience with yourself. As Mercury enters Capricorn your inner world steadies, helping you name what you need to feel supported. The Cancer Full Moon brings visibility to emotional foundations and invites release of outdated roles or responsibilities. This is a week to honour your need for rest and emotional truth. When your inner space feels grounded, your outer world naturally follows.
Scorpio Rising
Scorpio Rising, invite your attention attention toward your communication and emotional processing. Mercury’s squares stir within mind and emotion, asking you to slow down and listen beneath words. As Mercury enters Capricorn, clarity sharpens, supporting grounded communication and thoughtful expression. The Cancer Full Moon invites emotional release connected to belief, meaning, or long-held perspectives, asking what you’re ready to let go of as you move forward. This is a week to trust your intuition while staying anchored in reality. Speak gently, listen deeply, and allow truth to emerge organically.
Sagittarius Rising
This week invites reflection around worth, resources, and emotional security, Sagittarius. Mercury’s squares dance within direction, identity and value, asking you to pause and reassess rather than push ahead. As Mercury enters Capricorn, clarity strengthens, helping you ground your priorities and choose where to invest your energy. The Cancer Full Moon illuminates deeper emotional layers around trust and vulnerability, inviting release of what no longer feels supportive. This is a week to redefine stability on your own terms, with honesty, patience, and care.
Capricorn Rising
It’s a quietly pivotal week for you, Capricorn Rising. Mercury’s squares may bring moments of self-questioning, for the purpose of softening self-judgement. As Mercury enters your sign, clarity and focus return, helping you articulate what matters most. The Cancer Full Moon brings attention to relationships and emotional exchange, inviting release of old patterns that no longer support balance, love, and connection. This is a week of integration, letting feeling and responsibility coexist. You don’t need to have everything mapped out. Presence is enough for now.
Aquarius Rising
The cosmos invites inner listening and emotional honesty this week, Aquarius Rising. Mercury’s squares illuminate subconscious thoughts or lingering confusion, asking you to rest rather than analyse, offering you deep healing. As Mercury enters Capricorn, inner dialogue steadies, helping you gain perspective through reflection. The Cancer Full Moon illuminates wellbeing and daily rhythms, inviting emotional release around habits or responsibilities that feel heavy. This is a week to honour your limits and tend to your inner world with care. What you release now creates space for clarity and renewal.
Pisces Rising
Pisces Rising, this week invites awareness toward connection, community, and future direction. Mercury’s squares may stir uncertainty about belonging or long-term vision for the purpose of seeing beyond them, inviting patience rather than immediate answers. As Mercury enters Capricorn, thinking becomes more grounded, helping you reconnect with shared goals and supportive connections. The Cancer Full Moon invites emotional release around creativity, joy, or self-expression, asking you to honour what genuinely lights you up. It’s a week to soften expectations and trust that clarity will emerge through emotional honesty, not pressure.
