Mercury opposite Jupiter, Venus enters Aquarius, Minor Grand Trine: Sun–Saturn–Uranus
This week feels like a recalibration of direction. Not a dramatic pivot, but a steady reorientation. The kind where perspective shifts just enough that what felt overwhelming last week now feels workable, and what felt rigid begins to soften at the edges.
We are still in deep Capricorn territory, still learning how to build with intention rather than urgency. But the skies now begin to offer support. Insight stretches the mind, relationships loosen and reconfigure, and a quiet harmony forms between discipline, innovation, and trust in what is unfolding over time.
This is a week where something clicks. Not because everything is resolved, but because, perhaps, you can finally see how the pieces might fit together.
January 14, 2026: Mercury opposite Jupiter
Midweek brings a stretching of the mental and emotional field.
Mercury, moving through Capricorn, has been focused on practicality, responsibility, and clear-eyed thinking. Jupiter, retrograde in Cancer, is pulling awareness inward toward emotional truth, memory, and the need for safety. When these two oppose one another, the mind and the heart sit across the table.
This can feel like tension at first. Thoughts may feel heavy or overly serious, while emotions want space, reassurance, or expression. You might notice where logic has been overriding feeling, or where emotion has been steering decisions without enough grounding.
Yet this opposition is less about conflict and more about integration. It invites a wider perspective. One where practicality does not dismiss sensitivity, and care does not undermine structure.
There is wisdom in letting both speak.
This is a transit that asks you to check your assumptions. To question the story you’re telling yourself about what is possible, what is safe, and what is required of you. Sometimes expansion doesn’t come from doing more, but from understanding differently.
January 17, 2026: Venus enters Aquarius
Later in the week, Venus leaves Capricorn and enters Aquarius where she will remain until February 10, 2026, shifting the relational and emotional tone quite noticeably.
Where Capricorn asked Venus to define commitment, Aquarius invites her to experiment. To loosen expectations. To remember that love and connection are living things, not fixed agreements.
Venus in Aquarius is less concerned with tradition and more interested in authenticity. It asks whether relationships allow for growth, individuality, and honesty. Whether your values still reflect who you are becoming, not just who you have been.
This is not cold energy, though it is often misunderstood as such. It is spacious. Curious. Future-facing. It wants connection that feels alive, rather than obligatory.
You may notice a desire for more freedom in how you relate, or a pull toward people, ideas, and communities that reflect your evolving worldview. Emotional clarity can come through unexpected conversations or sudden realizations.
This transit gently reminds us that love does not have to look one way to be real. It can adapt, evolve, and still be deeply meaningful.
January 17, 2026: Minor Grand Trine: Sun, Saturn & Uranus
Welcome to the quiet anchor of the week.
On the same day Venus enters Aquarius, a supportive pattern forms between the Sun in Capricorn, Saturn in Pisces, and Uranus in Taurus. It’s not flashy. You may not feel it as a moment. But it works beneath the surface, offering stability and momentum where things have felt uncertain.
The Sun in Capricorn represents conscious direction and purposeful effort. Saturn in Pisces speaks to spiritual maturity, emotional boundaries, and the willingness to hold compassion alongside responsibility. Uranus in Taurus brings slow but profound change in how we build security and relate to the material world.
Together, they form a bridge between old and new.
This alignment suggests that change does not have to dismantle what you’ve built. It can integrate with it. Innovation can grow from tradition. Sensitivity can coexist with strength.
There is reassurance here. A sense that the work you’ve been doing internally is beginning to stabilise into something sustainable. That you don’t have to choose between structure and intuition, or between stability and evolution.
This is long-term energy. The kind that supports steady progress rather than sudden leaps.
Weekly Astrology: January 11-17 2026
This week does not demand answers. It offers perspective.
Mercury opposite Jupiter stretches your understanding, asking you to listen more widely – to thought and feeling alike. Venus entering Aquarius refreshes your relationship with connection, values, and freedom. The minor grand trine quietly reinforces your foundations, showing you that growth can happen without upheaval.
Your invitations this week:
Widen the lens: Let complexity exist. Truth rarely lives on only one side.
Allow relationships to breathe: Notice where space creates more honesty, not less connection.
Trust slow progress: What is stabilising now may not be obvious, but it is real.
Integrate rather than abandon: You don’t need to discard what you’ve built to evolve it.
Let clarity emerge naturally: Insight will come when you stop forcing it.
This week steadiness and openness meet. It is a week where the future feels less abstract and more possible. Where you begin to sense that the path forward does not require you to be someone else – only to continue becoming yourself.
Move gently. Stay curious. And let what supports you continue to reveal itself.
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 January 11 to January 17. For a greater in depth reading based on your astrology chart, explore our Transits Astrology Reading.
Aries Rising
This week stretches your perspective. You may notice tension between what you feel responsible for and what your inner world is asking you to acknowledge. Mercury opposite Jupiter can bring a moment of mental expansion, where an old assumption loosens or a bigger picture finally comes into view. Venus entering Aquarius shifts something relationally. You may crave more honesty, space, or authenticity in how you connect, even if that feels unfamiliar at first. The supportive undercurrent of the week helps you ground these shifts rather than act impulsively on them. Let insight arrive before action. You’re not being asked to decide everything now, only to see more clearly. What you understand differently this week will quietly shape your next steps.
Taurus Rising
There is a soft recalibration happening beneath the surface. Mercury opposite Jupiter may stir questions around trust, vulnerability, or how much you’re holding emotionally. You might realise where you’ve been carrying more than is necessary. Venus entering Aquarius redirects attention toward your public life or long-term direction, inviting you to relate to your goals with more openness and flexibility. The stabilising energy present helps you integrate change without destabilising what matters. You don’t need to abandon security to grow. This week shows you how evolution can be gradual and still meaningful. Let yourself adjust gently. The shifts you’re making now are meant to last.
Gemini Rising
This week highlights the space between your needs and the needs of others. Mercury opposite Jupiter may illuminate an imbalance for the purpose of inviting understanding. You may gain insight into how emotional safety influences your decisions more than you realised. Venus entering Aquarius refreshes your worldview, sparking curiosity, inspiration, or a desire for different kinds of connection. Meanwhile, the grounding influence of the week helps you stabilise new ideas rather than chase them. This is a moment of perspective rather than action. Let conversations, reflections, or quiet realisations reshape how you relate. Growth is happening through awareness, not urgency.
Cancer Rising
You may feel stretched between personal comfort and external responsibility this week. Mercury opposite Jupiter highlights how emotional needs and practical obligations intersect, asking you to honour both rather than prioritise one at the expense of the other. Venus entering Aquarius brings a shift toward deeper honesty in shared spaces – emotional, energetic, or material. You may find yourself wanting more authenticity, less assumption. The supportive alignment in the sky helps you ground these insights into something workable. You don’t have to resolve everything at once. This week offers clarity through reflection and integration. Trust that balance is possible, even if it takes time to establish.
Leo Rising
This week invites you to zoom out. Mercury opposite Jupiter can reveal where daily pressures have narrowed your focus, and where a broader understanding is needed. You may see your routines, responsibilities, or health patterns differently as a result. Venus entering Aquarius refreshes your relationships, encouraging connection that feels more equal and less constrained by expectation. The quieter supportive energy helps you make adjustments without upheaval. This is not about dramatic change, but about realignment. Let yourself consider new ways of relating – to others and to your own time. Insight now leads to steadier choices later.
Virgo Rising
There is a shift in how joy, creativity, or emotional expression feels this week. Mercury opposite Jupiter may bring awareness to where you’ve been minimising desire or postponing pleasure in favour of responsibility. Venus entering Aquarius offers a new way of relating to your daily life – one that invites more honesty and flexibility. The supportive trine energy helps you integrate enjoyment with structure, rather than seeing them as opposites. This is a week to notice what feels alive and what feels obligatory. You don’t need to choose extremes. Balance emerges when you allow both meaning and enjoyment to coexist.
Libra Rising
This week draws attention to your inner foundations. Mercury opposite Jupiter may stir memories, emotions, or beliefs tied to safety and belonging, offering a chance to see them more clearly. Venus entering Aquarius shifts your focus toward creativity, romance, or self-expression, inviting connection that feels freer and more reflective of who you are now. The grounding influence of the week supports emotional maturity without heaviness. You are learning how to let your inner world inform your outer choices. Let reflection guide you. Stability grows when honesty leads.
Scorpio Rising
Conversations and inner dialogue are highlighted this week. Mercury opposite Jupiter may bring a realisation through words, spoken or unspoken, about how you process emotion and information. You may notice where assumptions have shaped understanding. Venus entering Aquarius turns attention toward home, family, or emotional roots, asking for authenticity rather than obligation. The stabilising energy present helps you anchor insight into something constructive. This is a week to listen carefully — to others, and to yourself. Clarity arrives through patience, not force.
Sagittarius Rising
This week asks you to reconsider value – emotional, energetic, and material. Mercury opposite Jupiter may illuminate where security and growth feel at odds, inviting you to redefine what stability really means. Venus entering Aquarius refreshes communication and connection, encouraging openness and curiosity. The supportive alignment in the background helps you ground new perspectives rather than overextend yourself. This is a week of subtle recalibration. What you understand about your needs is shifting, and that understanding will guide smarter choices going forward.
Capricorn Rising
There is a noticeable shift in how you see yourself this week. Mercury opposite Jupiter may highlight tension between self-expectation and emotional reality, offering a chance to soften rigid narratives. Venus entering Aquarius turns attention toward self-worth and values, inviting you to relate to them with more flexibility and honesty. The supportive trine energy helps you integrate growth without losing stability. This is not about abandoning responsibility, but about reshaping it so it supports you. Let perspective broaden. You don’t need to carry everything alone.
Aquarius Rising
This week brings quiet clarity. Mercury opposite Jupiter may surface subconscious beliefs or emotional patterns that influence your decisions more than you realised. Venus entering your sign marks a personal shift – a soft reintroduction to yourself. You may feel more open to expressing who you are becoming, without apology. The stabilising energy in the sky helps you ground this renewed sense of self rather than rushing to define it. Let curiosity guide you. This is a week to notice how self-acceptance changes your relationships with the world.
Pisces Rising
This week reshapes how you think about belonging and future direction. Mercury opposite Jupiter may highlight emotional needs tied to community or long-term hopes, asking you to see them more honestly. Venus entering Aquarius brings attention inward, encouraging reflection around desire, boundaries, and values. The supportive alignment offers reassurance that growth doesn’t have to come through upheaval. You are allowed to evolve at your own pace. Let insight arrive gently. What clarifies now will inform the choices you make next.
