ASTROLOGICAL WEATHER | JANUARY 18–24, 2026

by Birgitta Belleme January 18, 2026

ASTROLOGICAL WEATHER and TAROT | JANUARY 18–24, 2026

We open this week beneath a midnight-ink sky, held in the dark of the NEW MOON IN CAPRICORN. This is the moment between breaths, when the sky empties and asks us to do the same. What is seeded now is not hurried. It is deliberate. It is built to last. CAPRICORN reminds us that devotion is revealed through consistency, patience, and the willingness to show up for what matters over time.

If you are feeling called to understand how this moment is working through your own chart — where you are closing a chapter, where you are being asked to begin again — my books are open for ASTROLOGY READINGS. Together we explore where you have been, where you are now, and how to move forward with clarity, embodiment, and trust.

This NEW MOON is gently supported by SATURN AND NEPTUNE IN PISCES, forming a sextile to URANUS RETROGRADE IN TAURUS. SATURN brings structure and responsibility. NEPTUNE brings imagination and faith. URANUS, steady in TAURUS, asks that change be embodied rather than rushed. Together, these energies offer a rare invitation: to give form to what once lived only in the realm of longing. Dreams are not meant to stay ungrounded now. They ask for rhythms, foundations, and a lived relationship with the material world.

Adding to this week’s quiet momentum, MERCURY CONJUNCT MARS IN CAPRICORN aligns thought with action. This is clarity that moves through the body. Plans want to be made, boundaries named, intentions spoken with steadiness rather than force. It is a supportive time for honest conversations, for deciding what deserves your energy, and for committing to what you are willing to tend long-term.

As the week unfolds, we stand at the final threshold before AQUARIUS SEASON begins. The SUN activates PLUTO, and MERCURY soon follows into AQUARIUS, inviting a wider perspective and future-oriented thinking. This is not a moment of chance. It is a moment of alignment. Small, conscious adjustments made now have lasting reach. What you choose to honour, protect, and nourish under this NEW MOON becomes the framework through which the future can arrive.

There is a CAZIMI moment here — the heart of the SUN igniting clarity. The path splits the sky open. This is a week to unlatch the mind and receive. To make small, intentional adjustments that redirect the way we move ahead. To let affirmations find voice rather than remain silent wishes.

As you sit with this NEW MOON, ask what practices bring you to your truest self,
what consistent changes can be made now for the version of you becoming.
How can you honour yourself faithfully?

Choose intentions that feel sustainable. Practices that feel like remedy for your specific life. This is not about perfection — it is about progression. Choosing yourself again and again, until it becomes second nature.

Last week I write about DAILY ROUTINE as RITUAL. You can find it here -

DINACHARYA - FINDING RYTHMN and RITUAL in WINTER

SUN | MOON | RISING

Read through your SUN | MOON | RISING to know where this week’s energy unfolds in your chart. Take what resonates, leave the rest.

If this writing resonates, if it nourishes your thinking, your sensing, your way of meeting the season, you’re welcome to support its continuation. This work takes time, attention, and care to create, and your contribution helps keep it alive and freely shared. Adding something to my TIP JAR is a way of participating in the circulation that makes this work possible.

ARIES

This NEW MOON lands in the highest point of your chart, drawing your attention to vocation, visibility, and long-term direction. You are being asked to clarify what you are building toward and why. MERCURY CONJUNCT MARS sharpens your ambition and gives you the language to articulate your authority. With SATURN AND NEPTUNE working quietly behind the scenes, inner discipline and spiritual alignment become the unseen support for outer success. This is a week to commit to a path that feels both purposeful and sustainable.

TAURUS

For you, this lunation opens the horizon of meaning, belief, and future vision. CAPRICORN grounds what once felt abstract, asking you to live your philosophy rather than merely contemplate it. URANUS RETROGRADE in your sign is gently activated, making this an embodied shift rather than a sudden one. MERCURY AND MARS help you put words to where you are going and why. Trust that slow, deliberate expansion is still expansion.

GEMINI

The NEW MOON invites a recalibration around intimacy, trust, and shared resources. This is a quiet but powerful moment of restructuring what you give, receive, and merge with others. MERCURY, your ruling planet, joining MARS brings courage to conversations that require honesty and maturity. SATURN AND NEPTUNE support you in releasing old entanglements so that deeper alignment can take root.

CANCER

This week places a strong emphasis on partnership and relational commitment. The NEW MOON asks you to consider what kind of bonds you are building and whether they can grow with you over time. With JUPITER still moving through your sign, growth is present, but CAPRICORN demands discernment. MERCURY AND MARS encourage clear agreements and boundaries that protect emotional integrity.

LEO

Your focus turns toward daily life, work rhythms, and the structures that support your wellbeing. The NEW MOON asks you to refine habits, responsibilities, and commitments so that they truly serve you. MERCURY CONJUNCT MARS brings motivation and practical clarity, while SATURN AND NEPTUNE help you listen to the body’s deeper wisdom. Small, consistent changes now have lasting impact.

VIRGO

This is a creative and heart-opening week for you. The NEW MOON highlights joy, self-expression, romance, and the courage to be seen for who you are becoming. CAPRICORN steadies inspiration, helping you commit to what you love without pressure or perfectionism. MERCURY AND MARS offer momentum, while the supportive aspects invite you to trust that pleasure and purpose can coexist.

LIBRA

Home, family, and emotional foundations come into focus. The NEW MOON asks you to tend to your inner structure and redefine what safety and belonging mean to you now. MERCURY AND MARS bring directness to conversations that shape your domestic life. With SATURN AND NEPTUNE involved, this is a time to honour emotional truth while building stability that can hold it.

SCORPIO

This week sharpens your voice and your thinking. The NEW MOON supports intention-setting around communication, learning, and the stories you tell yourself and others. MERCURY CONJUNCT MARS gives you precision and confidence, while URANUS RETROGRADE in your relationship sector invites subtle but meaningful shifts in how you connect. Speak with intention and listen just as carefully.

SAGITTARIUS

Your attention turns toward values, resources, and self-worth. The NEW MOON asks you to define what you truly need in order to feel supported and secure. MERCURY AND MARS help you make practical plans around finances and priorities. SATURN AND NEPTUNE encourage you to align material goals with emotional and spiritual nourishment.

CAPRICORN

This is your NEW MOON, and it marks a personal reset. You are being invited to recommit to yourself, your path, and your evolving identity. MERCURY AND MARS in your sign give you agency and clarity, helping you take intentional steps forward. With supportive aspects from SATURN, NEPTUNE, and URANUS, this is a powerful moment to build a future that reflects your inner truth.

AQUARIUS

The NEW MOON falls in your twelfth house, inviting rest, reflection, and release. This is a liminal moment before your season begins. MERCURY AND MARS ask you to listen to what is stirring beneath the surface rather than push for immediate action. SATURN AND NEPTUNE support gentle restructuring of inner narratives, making space for renewal.

PISCES

Community, friendship, and future hopes are illuminated for you. The NEW MOON asks you to consider what and who you are committed to walking forward with. SATURN AND NEPTUNE in your sign bring maturity to your dreams, while URANUS RETROGRADE offers new ways of thinking and connecting. MERCURY AND MARS support collaborative planning and shared vision.