Welcome to Capricorn season. As we enter a new month, the slate is wiped clean, and there are endless possibilities for growth. See what’s in store for your relationships, career, and emotions in the month ahead. Here’s your January horoscope for 2025.
Aries, Mar 21–Apr 21
Healing planet Chiron heading direct in your sign in the first few days of 2026 offers a promising start to the Aries new year, strongly backing up your celestial cheerleader Mars in its most responsible, grown-up mode. This potent combination fires your natural leadership skills to inspire others when morale is low. Because it takes an Aries’s confidence and courage to believe our individual actions can make a difference. My only caution? Your assertive determination could also be seen as bossy, so temper it with plenty of sensitivity.
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Taurus, Apr 22–May 21
Your planetary guide, Venus, in the zodiac’s most no-nonsense earth sign suits Taureans’ practical nature right down to your four hooves on the ground. And Uranus’s retrograde’s last lessons before it moves forward in early February encourage an in-depth review of your finances, standards and personal values. This offers you an opportunity to rethink limiting habits or mindsets. With business accomplished, the mood lightens significantly in January’s final week when Venus jets into her most unconventional and playful address, inviting you to experiment with something interesting and different…
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Gemini, May 22–Jun 22
The full moon on January 3 in her favourite home zone welcomes you to a new year decor refresh. Feng shui advises that the comforting clutter of familiar knick-knacks can also give our brains the suggestion of congestion. Consequently, clearing our surroundings frees up mental real estate. So do a walkthrough of your environment, considering every corner. Give one area an extreme makeover by removing everything, then selectively resetting it with a less-is-more mindset, creating space for your brain to expand. Continue through January and watch for results.
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Cancer, Jun 23–Jul 23
We all become accustomed to playing familial and social roles, such as caretaker, fixer, and Captain Reliable. These familiar patterns can be hard to break. The full moon in Cancer on January 3 asks how are you, perennial caregivers, nurturing yourself with nourishment, hydration, rest, and recreation? And suggests the beneficiaries of your kindness may not step up until you start making unapologetic requests for support, likely to attract the most positive responses around the new moon on January 19. Jupiter in Cancer offers astral backup to strengthen your inner security during the coming months.
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Leo, Jul 24–Aug 23
Around the year’s first, a quite emotive full moon on January 3, it’s definitely worth considering the concept of emotional contagion, where a person’s mood affects those around them. If the prospect of back to business as usual unleashes an unexpected outpouring of grievances, be generous with your understanding and firm with boundaries. Avoid career complainers and serial whingers, but also check the kind of vibes you’re spreading. And if this month’s material-world Saturnian seriousness gets a bit heavy, then humour, gratitude and appreciation are your finest allies.
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Virgo, Aug 24–Sep 23
This month, your planetary captain Mercury is at its best address for concentration, organisation and discipline: in a sensible, strategic, goal-oriented, practical and methodical mode. Excellent for attacking the new year to-do list with military precision, but possibly a bit driven, so focus on incremental progress instead of perfection and try adopting the mindset that all the way to heaven is heaven. Mercury moving to its most free-thinking, humanitarian and socially engaged sign in the last week of January is much more fun – also capable of seeing alternative perspectives and finding unorthodox solutions.
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Libra, Sep 24–Oct 23
Your guiding planet, Venus in her most ambitious and determined mode for the year’s first three weeks, invites you fashionistas to start this year as you mean to continue, by knuckling down, buckling up and making that look like the latest style statement. This month offers massive celestial support for drawing up a design template for the coming year, work which is guaranteed to pay off. When the love planet pivots into her most unconventional placement in January’s final week, take a well-earned pleasure break and do something delightfully different – surprise yourself!
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Scorpio, Oct 24–Nov 22
The down-to-earth planetary patterning of January 2026 has quite a serious face, but one which isn’t lacking in the saving grace of confident self-reliance. Energetic Mars, your biggest celestial influence, is in ambitious full forward mode, though be aware that an I-know-best attitude (even if you do) is likely to meet with resistance. In this month’s last week, when Mars joins a quartet of planets in the zodiac’s most collaborative and enterprising sign, you could be quite the impressive agent of positive change.
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Sagittarius Nov 23–Dec 21
Of course, you’re wanting to charge full pelt into the new year, but your ruling planet, Jupiter in Sagittarius’s home zone, is suggesting that a review and reassessment of family roles and support systems is in order. Or it could mean coming home to yourself. In a world that feels increasingly uncertain and strained, it’s easy to lose touch with the calm centre that steadies us, and Jupiter’s current retrograde encourages a shift of focus from outward expansion towards strengthening a more robust inner sense of security and stability.
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Capricorn, Dec 22–Jan 20
You couldn’t wish for a more auspicious planetary power package to launch your new year than the celestial quartet of sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars in Capricorn for the first three weeks of January. While the stars are lined up for an ambitious annual start, it’s still your birthday season, so factor in plenty of fine dining, upmarket company, posh shopping, high-end pleasures and deluxe downtime Capricorns adore. And be aware that combined Saturn/Neptune energy in your base of operations could bring decisions to a head about restructuring your living situation.
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Aquarius, Jan 21–Feb 19
The first three weeks of the year strongly suggest, and astrologically support, drawing up an overall plan and infrastructure for the year ahead. So far, so sensible and practical. And your reward arrives when the new moon/Venus meet-up in Aquarius on January 19 invites you to get together with your favourite friends, group or collective to share your latest inspirations. In January’s grand finale, the Sun, Mercury and Mars quantum-leap into your freedom-loving, future-oriented sign to join Venus for some wildly Aquarian socialising and celebrating.
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Pisces, Feb 20–Mar 20
Pisces’ new year energetics support the winding up of overdue life cycles. Neptune’s final weeks in your sign for several lifetimes highlight where your idealistic nature can attract scammers. Fortunately, you also have the support of smartmaster Saturn’s last month in your sign to learn about the latest security settings and updates. So question schemes or miracle products that sound too good to be true. Don’t fall for anyone using urgency tactics. Set yourself up for the coming year by doing due diligence before committing time, energy or hard-earned cash.
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This horoscope appeared in the January 2026 issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly magazine. Find out your monthly horoscopes earlier by subscribing, so you never miss an issue.
