Neptune enters Aries, Mars conjunct Pluto in Aquarius, Mercury conjunct Venus in Aquarius.
Some weeks describe movement. Others describe initiation.
This is one of those weeks.
Not because everything changes at once, but because something ancient and foundational shifts beneath our feet. A new frequency begins to hum through the collective field, altering how we experience desire, action, truth, and identity itself. We may not yet have language for it. We may not yet know how to respond. But we will feel it.
This week carries the feeling of standing at a threshold with no clear map ahead. Of sensing that what has guided us before will no longer suffice, and that something new is beginning to ask for our participation.
It is a week that asks for sincerity, willingness, and presence over certainty.
January 26, 2026: Saturn enters Aries
On January 26, 2026 Neptune enters Aries, marking the beginning of an entirely new chapter in the collective story.
Neptune’s movements are not personal in the way faster planets are. They are generational, atmospheric, mythic. Neptune takes approximately fourteen years to move through a sign and over 160 years to complete the zodiac. When it changes signs, it doesn’t simply influence events; it alters the context through which we experience reality.
For the past fourteen years, Neptune has been moving through Pisces, its home sign. This has been an era of dissolution, empathy, spiritual seeking, boundary-blurring, and profound sensitivity. It has also been a time of overwhelm, escapism, confusion, and collective fatigue. Many of us have learned what it means to feel everything – sometimes too much.
As Neptune crosses into Aries, the tone shifts.
Aries is the sign of beginning. Of instinct. Of the spark that says I am. Neptune entering Aries does not bring immediate clarity. In fact, it may initially feel disorienting. Identity becomes fluid. Motivation becomes less predictable. The old ways of asserting the self begin to dissolve.
But over time, something extraordinary begins to form: a new relationship with self, desire, action, purpose.
Under Neptune in Aries, action is no longer driven by ego alone. Desire becomes sacred. Movement becomes intuitive. The self is no longer a fortress, but a channel. This transit asks us to learn how to act from alignment rather than force, from inspiration rather than survival.
There may be moments of confusion as we adjust. We are learning how to move in a new atmosphere. One where the question is not What do I want? but What wants to move through me?
Read more about Neptune in Aries here.
January 27, 2026: Mars conjunct Pluto
If Neptune’s ingress works slowly and subtly, Mars conjunct Pluto arrives with undeniable intensity.
This conjunction takes place on January 27, 2026, in Aquarius, a sign concerned with the future, the collective, and the systems that shape our shared reality. Since Pluto entered Aquarius, every planet passing through has been asked to confront deeper truths about power, agency, and participation.
Mars brings will, action, and embodied energy. Pluto brings depth, exposure, and transformation. Together, they form one of the most potent combinations in astrology.
Mars conjunct Pluto can surface buried anger, suppressed desire, or long-held frustration. It can illuminate where power has been misused, withheld, or externalised. Asking us to reckon with how we act when we feel threatened, unseen, or disempowered.
All for the purpose of choice. About deciding what is worth carrying forward into the future – and what cannot come with us.
In Aquarius, this reckoning is not only personal. It is collective. We are asked to examine our role within systems, communities, and shared visions. To notice where we are complicit in structures that no longer align with our values, and where we are ready to claim agency in shaping something new.
This conjunction is a gate. Only what is true passes through.
January 29, 2026: Mars conjunct Venus
After the intensity of Mars and Pluto, Mercury’s meeting with Venus offers integration.
This conjunction with Venus on January 29, 2026, invites the mind and the heart into conversation. Thought meets value. Communication meets attraction. Understanding meets desire.
In Aquarius, rather than sentimental energy, it is clarifying. It asks for honesty without drama, authenticity without performance. It encourages us to articulate what we value now – not what we were taught to value, not what once felt safe, but what feels alive and resonant in the present moment.
This is a powerful time for conversation, reflection, and creative insight. Words may arrive that articulate something you’ve been sensing but couldn’t yet name. Connections may shift subtly as truth is spoken or recognised.
Mercury and Venus together remind us that clarity does not always come through analysis. Sometimes it comes through resonance. Through noticing what feels expansive, light, and aligned after everything unnecessary has fallen away. This is where meaning begins to reassemble.
Weekly Astrology: January 25-31 2026
This week begins a new story.
Neptune’s entry into Aries asks us to learn a new language of desire and action – one that unfolds over years, not days. Mars and Pluto demand honesty about power, truth, and what must transform before we move forward. Mercury and Venus help us find words, values, and connections that feel authentic in this new terrain.
Your cosmic invitations:
- Move slowly with what is new: Initiation is not meant to be rushed.
- Let truth guide transformation: What cannot evolve must be released.
- Notice how desire is changing: Motivation now comes from alignment, not force.
- Speak what feels real: Clarity arrives through honesty, not performance.
- Trust the long arc: You are stepping into a story that will unfold over time.
This is a threshold week. One that asks us to stand with openness rather than certainty, with curiosity rather than control. Let the old dissolve. Let the new speak softly at first. And allow yourself to learn how to move in this emerging landscape – one honest step at a time.
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 25 to January 31. For a greater in depth reading based on your astrology chart, explore our Transits Astrology Reading.
Aries Rising
This week initiates something deep and unfamiliar within you. Neptune’s entry into your sign begins a long, subtle dissolving of who you thought you had to be. Motivation may feel less sharp-edged, less driven by proving or pushing, and more guided by instinct and intuition. You are learning how to act from alignment rather than force. The Mars–Pluto conjunction activates powerful shifts in how you relate to community, vision, and the future you’re participating in. You may feel compelled to step away from roles or dynamics that no longer feel true. Mercury and Venus offer clarity through conversation, reflection, or sudden insight, helping you articulate what matters now. This is not a week for defining yourself clearly. It’s a week for listening. Let your sense of self soften and re-form. Something new is learning how to move through you.
Taurus Rising
This week works quietly beneath the surface, reshaping how you understand purpose, direction, and inner motivation. Neptune’s movement invites you into a deeper relationship with intuition, dreams, and the unseen forces guiding your life. You may feel less certain about next steps, but more attuned to what feels meaningful. The Mars–Pluto conjunction can stir intensity around career, visibility, or authority, asking you to examine where power dynamics are shifting. You may feel called to reclaim agency or redefine success on your own terms. Mercury and Venus help you integrate these shifts by offering insight through reflection or subtle conversations. Let yourself pause rather than push. What is dissolving now is creating space for a more authentic sense of direction to emerge.
Gemini Rising
This week reshapes how you relate to the future and your place within it. Neptune’s shift opens a more idealistic, intuitive vision of community, collaboration, and shared purpose. You may feel drawn toward causes, people, or ideas that resonate with your evolving values. Mars and Pluto activate deep questions around belief systems, truth, and long-held perspectives. There may be a moment where something you once believed loses its hold, not through conflict, but through clarity. Mercury and Venus support integration, helping you articulate new values or future directions that feel more aligned. This is a week to stay curious rather than definitive. Insight arrives when you allow your thinking to evolve naturally, without forcing conclusions.
Cancer Rising
This week brings a profound shift in how you relate to ambition, visibility, and long-term purpose. Neptune’s movement invites you to soften rigid definitions of success, allowing intuition and meaning to guide your direction. You may feel uncertain about where you’re heading, but more honest about what no longer fits. Mars and Pluto stir powerful transformation around shared resources, vulnerability, or emotional entanglements, asking you to confront what you’re ready to release. Mercury and Venus help you name what feels true now, especially in relation to intimacy and trust. This is not a week for surface-level answers. Let yourself feel into the deeper currents. What’s changing now is preparing you for a more authentic expression of purpose.
Leo Rising
This week invites you into unfamiliar territory – one where certainty gives way to curiosity. Neptune’s shift expands your worldview, dissolving old belief structures and opening space for new philosophies to form. You may feel less attached to being right and more interested in what feels meaningful. Mars and Pluto activate deep emotional and relational transformation, asking you to examine power dynamics and mutuality within close connections. Mercury and Venus offer clarity through conversation or reflection, helping you articulate boundaries and desires with greater honesty. This is a week to let understanding evolve rather than crystallise. Growth arrives through openness. Let your sense of direction be shaped by insight rather than expectation.
Virgo Rising
This week draws you into a quieter but potent recalibration around trust, intimacy, and energetic exchange. With Neptune shifting signs, certainty dissolves where you once relied on clarity or control. You may feel less sure about where you stand, yet more aware of what feels subtly misaligned. Mars and Pluto stir deep transformation in your daily rhythms, work patterns, or relationship with your body, revealing where power, pressure, or over-responsibility have taken hold. This is not about fixing yourself. It is about noticing what has been quietly unsustainable. Conversations or inner insights arrive that help you name new boundaries and deeper needs. Let go of perfection as a guiding principle. Precision now comes from honesty, not effort. Small, conscious changes ripple outward, restoring vitality where you have been managing instead of listening. Slow presence becomes the medicine, teaching you that rest and discernment are productive, sacred, and deeply transformative now.
Libra Rising
This week invites a reorientation around belonging, creativity, and the spaces where you allow yourself to be fully seen. Neptune’s shift asks you to loosen old expectations around how joy, pleasure, or self-expression should look. Something softer and more honest wants room to emerge, even if it doesn’t fit the vision you once held. Mars and Pluto activate powerful currents in your creative and relational world, stirring desire, courage, and a deeper hunger for authenticity. You may feel compelled to claim your voice more boldly or to invest energy where passion is mutual rather than assumed. Meanwhile, gentle conversations or moments of recognition remind you that connection thrives when it is chosen, not performed. This is a week of creative recalibration, where alignment matters more than approval. Let inspiration lead without needing to justify itself. What lights you up now carries the imprint of who you are becoming, not who you were taught to be.
Scorpio Rising
This week moves through your inner foundations, touching places that rarely need outside validation to shift. Neptune’s change of signs subtly dissolves old narratives around productivity, usefulness, or the idea that worth must be earned through effort. You may notice fatigue where you’ve been pushing, or clarity around habits that quietly drain your life force. Mars and Pluto stir deep currents in your emotional and ancestral landscape, bringing buried truths to the surface. This is excavation. Something wants to be acknowledged so it no longer runs the show from underneath. Conversations, memories, or bodily signals may guide you toward a different way of holding yourself. Meanwhile, softer moments of connection remind you that safety is something you can build from within. This week is about reclaiming power through presence, not control. Let yourself move slowly, honestly, and without needing to resolve everything at once. What shifts now creates a steadier inner ground for what comes next.
Sagittarius Rising
This week asks you to slow your momentum just enough to listen for what is truly calling you forward. Neptune’s movement invites a reimagining of joy, creativity, and desire, softening old ideals about freedom or inspiration that no longer feel alive. You may sense a longing to create, play, or love in a way that feels more soul-led and less performative. Mars and Pluto activate powerful shifts in your mental and communicative landscape, sharpening your words and intensifying your thoughts. Be mindful of where intensity turns into urgency. Not every truth needs to be delivered immediately. Meanwhile, meaningful exchanges or realizations help you see how your voice has evolved. This is a week for conscious expression, choosing depth over volume. Let your curiosity be guided by sincerity rather than escape. When you speak from presence instead of restlessness, your words carry medicine, clarity, and lasting impact.
Capricorn Rising
This week turns your attention toward value, security, and the quiet agreements you hold with yourself about what is worth your energy. Neptune’s shift gently loosens long-standing assumptions around stability, money, or self-worth, inviting you to sense rather than calculate what truly feels supportive now. There may be moments of uncertainty, but they carry important information about where rigidity has replaced alignment. Mars and Pluto activate deep movement around resources, power, and desire, asking you to examine where control has stood in for trust. This isn’t about loss; it’s about redistribution. Conversations or realizations clarify what you’re ready to invest in and what you’re done sustaining out of obligation. Let discernment guide your choices rather than fear. When you honor your deeper values, practical decisions begin to rearrange themselves naturally. What you build next rests on a truer foundation, one shaped by integrity, presence, and self-respect rather than endurance alone.
Aquarius Rising
This week is undeniably potent for you, asking for a deep reckoning with identity, direction, and personal power. With Neptune shifting signs, long-held narratives about who you are meant to be or how you are meant to show up begin to soften. You may feel less attached to labels, roles, or future plans that once defined you. That openness makes space for something more authentic to emerge. Mars and Pluto meet in your sign, intensifying your presence and amplifying your inner fire. This can feel empowering, confrontational, or deeply clarifying, depending on how consciously you meet it. Old patterns of self-suppression or overcompensation are no longer sustainable. Meanwhile, heartfelt conversations or inner realizations help you articulate a new truth about yourself. This is not about proving strength, but embodying it. Let your actions arise from alignment rather than reaction. The more honestly you inhabit yourself, the more magnetic and grounded your path becomes.
Pisces Rising
This week moves through the quieter, more liminal spaces of your inner world, inviting rest, reflection, and subtle realignment. Neptune’s shift of signs is especially significant for you, loosening old emotional or energetic identities you may have unconsciously carried. You might feel more porous, more sensitive, or more aware of what you’ve been absorbing from others. This isn’t a weakness; it’s information. Mars and Pluto stir deep unconscious material, activating themes around release, closure, and reclaiming lost energy. Pay attention to dreams, intuition, and bodily signals, as they offer guidance that logic cannot. Conversations or realizations may help you name what you’re ready to let go of, even if you don’t yet know what will replace it. This week is less about action and more about preparation. By honoring stillness and emotional honesty now, you clear space for a renewed sense of purpose to rise gently, but powerfully, in the weeks ahead.
