Scorpio Horoscope for January 2026

This is quite a January month for you, Scorpio, one in which the transformational pressure upon you in the deeper layers of your psyche might be getting even more intense. There is reference to the potent and highlighted presence of Pluto in the fourth or root sector of your solar chart. You may have been experiencing this as power dynamics within your home and family setting; or it could also represent issues that keep coming up with your physical dwelling space. All in all, the best way to study this entire picture might be to see it as long-term personal evolution at the very core of your personality. This has been accelerating over recent weeks and months, and might come to a head, compelling changes that could be long overdue. The trine in this recent New Moon between Venus, your partnership sector ruler, and Chiron, the Wounded Healer, located in your house of workplace, habits, and health, could come into play this month as well, opening new vistas of possibility. This is especially true when you can stay open to greater acceptance of cut-off personality fragments that might be longing for better integration within your awareness. Right from the very beginning of the month you are more open to communications, curiosity, and learning since this is reflected in a third sector concentration of energies from the recent New Moon, the cycle still active in January, which took place on the border of this Capricorn sector with Mars, your traditional ruler, also there and semi-sextile to Pluto. The Full Moon of January 3rd is also quite significant, again emphasizing your key relationships as well as these more internal matters. There could be curve-balls on the horizon with your evolving sense of your partnership agreements and how your own internal transformation is coming along. The very potent late Capricorn New Moon of the 18th places even more emphasis on home and family concerns, inner healing, plus surprise intuitional information – perhaps involving partnership – that you do well to pay close attention to. It is difficult to overstate the significance of the powerful lunations of this month, for their impact on your ultimate journey toward greater authenticity in your life.

The following was written by our in-house astrologer, Leslie Benson. You can find her at https://www.astrologyforawakening.com/

Previous New Moon in Sagittarius – December 19th, 2025
January begins under the influence of the late-degree Sagittarius New Moon that arrived just before the solstice, setting the tone for the thirty-day cycle now unfolding. For you, this lunation activated your second sector of values, resources, and self-worth, plus affecting as well that of your communicative outreach and learning. The Sun and Moon conjunct Venus, your relationship sector ruler, and square the current Saturn–Neptune conjunction in Pisces, and the lunation cycle thus initiated carries an almost dissolving quality, suggesting that long-held beliefs around worth, security, or morality may be quietly loosening. With Neptune at the final degree of Pisces, a long chapter may be closing. A path connected to faith, idealism, or creativity could be turning as another phase begins. There is an invitation to soften rigid frameworks or allow lived experience to redefine what you truly value. Some ideals could perhaps fade, while others strengthen, perhaps through embodiment rather than abstraction.

Mercury Enters Capricorn – January 1st
Mercury enters Capricorn or your third sector of communications and daily thinking, and your mental focus can become more pragmatic, supporting clearer conversations, better planning, and more intentional use of time.

Chiron Stations Direct in Aries – January 2nd
Chiron, the Wounded Healer, stations direct in your sixth sector of workplace, health, and daily responsibility, potentially bringing attention to old wounds around daily function, productivity, or self-worth tied to effort. Patterns of overextension or self-criticism could surface, offering an opportunity to recalibrate your energy expenditure. Healing may now arrive your way, and potentially favor authenticity over proving or hustling, perhaps allowing you to rest into a rhythm that is sustainable

Full Moon in Cancer – January 3rd
The Cancer Full Moon of the month’s first weekend illuminates your ninth sector of belief, meaning, and travel, opposing the Capricorn Sun in your third sector of thought, learning, and communication. Emotional truth may swim into focus alongside practical considerations, clarifying which ideas, goals, or philosophies genuinely nourish you. This lunation highlights the balance between curiosity and responsibility, helping you orient toward what feels meaningful and worth committing to as the 2026 year begins.

Sun, Venus, and Mars Conjunction in Capricorn – January 2nd–12th
A conjunction of the Sun, Venus, and Mars, your traditional ruling planet, unfolds over an unusually extended period in Capricorn and your third sector, aligning will, values, and desire. This is a potent window for focused effort around writing, learning, conversations, or plans that require discipline and follow-through. With Mars, your ruler, thus aligned, this aspect pattern supports a strong sense of agency that can shape longer-term outcomes.

Personal Planets Opposite Jupiter and T-square to Chiron and Eris – January 7th–11th
As these personal planets, Sun, Venus, and Mars, gather in Capricorn, they oppose Jupiter in Cancer and form a T-square to Chiron and Eris in Aries, allowing tensions between growth and limitation to become more visible. Beliefs, plans, or ideas may feel stretched by emotional fluctuations or competing demands of daily life. This configuration calls for a more nuanced understanding of sovereignty, one that allows for flexibility, and an adaptable attitude to meet yourself in your wellness needs as they evolve over time.

Venus Enters Aquarius – January 17th
Venus Conjunct Pluto January 18th–21st
Venus enters Aquarius and conjoins your modern ruling planet, Pluto, shortly thereafter in your fourth sector of home, roots, and emotional foundations. This is an intensifying transit that can surface deep shifts around belonging, family dynamics, or emotional security. Power patterns may become visible, offering an opportunity to release outdated attachments and redefine what safety and connection mean to you now.

Mars Trine Uranus – January 17th–21st
Mars, your ruler in its exalted placement in Capricorn, forms a trine to Uranus in late Taurus, energizing movement, innovation, and course correction. Sudden insights or disruptions may help you break free from stagnation, particularly around long-standing emotional or domestic patterns. As Mars is one of your ruling planets, this transit can feel liberating and catalytic, though potentially disruptive if not consciously directed.

New Moon in Capricorn – January 18th
The first New Moon of 2026 arrives in late Capricorn, conjunct Mercury, Venus, and Mars, and concentrating intention in your third sector or communications sector, with your root sector of home and family, also affected. This lunation carries initiatory weight, inviting conscious choices around how you think, speak, and engage with your immediate environment, and with respect to potential action orientations and unfolding revelations involving family ties or dwelling space revisioning. With Sun and Moon additionally linked to Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune in flowing aspect, and these potent outer planets nearing their respective sign changes, this New Moon reflects both immediate powerful evolution and also symbolism of a broader threshold moment that encourages releasing outdated patterns in order to re-build with in-rushing integrity.

Sun Enters Aquarius – January 19th
Sun Conjunct Pluto January 21st–25th
As the Sun enters Aquarius and conjoins Pluto, themes of power, agency, and transformation intensify within your emotional foundations. Awareness sharpens around control, authenticity, and what needs to change at the root level in order for your optimal growth to unfold.

Mars Enters Aquarius – January 23rd
Mars Conjunct Pluto January 24th–30th
Mars also enters Aquarius and conjoins Pluto, uniting both of your ruling planets and further amplifying intensity around home, familial roots, and inner security. Suppressed anger or power struggles may surface, calling for conscious channeling rather than reaction. When handled with awareness, this transit of your ruling planet to Pluto can transform deeply rooted patterns into new and milder pathways, though the process could at times feel quite confronting.

Neptune Enters Aries – January 26th
Neptune enters Aries, beginning a new 165-year collective cycle that shifts spiritual focus toward identity, will, and initiation. For you, this subtly reshapes your relationship to workplace, health, and service. Inspiration and illusion coexist here, calling for discernment as new visions take shape and reminding you that inspiration in daily life asks for active engagement and cultivation of what truly lights you up.

Scorpio Horoscope for January 2026

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