ASTROLOGICAL WEATHER and TAROT | DECEMBER 28 2025 – JANUARY 3 2026
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There has been light this past week. A brightness to the days, ice underfoot, clarity in the air. We closed Sagittarius season — that far-seeing, horizon-scanning place — and stepped into Capricorn season, where vision becomes process and inspiration asks for commitment. The tone changes now. Not abruptly, but with intention. We begin to feel into steps rather than leaps, into what is required rather than what is possible. This is the shift from imagining the path to placing our feet upon it.
The week of DECEMBER 28 – JANUARY 3 opens with a strong gathering of planets in CAPRICORN — the SUN, VENUS, and MARS moving together, setting a sober, purposeful rhythm for the days ahead. This is a cosmic invitation to take ourselves seriously, not harshly, but with respect. The MOON in TAURUS at the beginning of the week offers a soft counterpoint: a sense of nourishment, steadiness, and being held by something larger than us. Not a visible embrace, but an energetic one. A reminder that structure does not have to be cold — it can be deeply supportive.
As we cross into the new calendar year on JANUARY 1, MERCURY enters CAPRICORN, grounding our thoughts and sharpening our focus. Mercury is kinetic — it governs how we think, process, speak, and make meaning. In Capricorn, the mind becomes quieter, more intentional. There is less appetite for noise, more for clarity. This is an excellent moment to consider what ideas are worth carrying forward, and which can be gently set down. What we decide now does not need to be dramatic — it needs to be sustainable.
On JANUARY 2, the MOON enters CANCER, preparing us for the first lunation of the year: the FULL MOON in CANCER on JANUARY 3. This Full Moon brings a tender, intuitive balance to the Capricorn-heavy sky. It reminds us that while we are building, planning, and committing, we are also feeling beings. Cancer draws us inward, into our inner waters, illuminating our emotional needs and our relationship to safety, belonging, and care. It asks us to notice where our boundaries feel supportive and where they feel constricting.
This FULL MOON is not about excess emotion — it is about emotional truth. It helps us integrate intellect with intuition, ambition with nourishment, structure with softness. It asks a simple but profound question as the year opens: Does the direction I am moving in feel like home to my nervous system? If not, what needs adjusting? This lunation invites us to become both our own container and our own comfort, allowing the year ahead to be shaped by what is meaningful, aligned, and quietly true.
This is one of the most potent moments of the year to sit with your chart. Not to rush forward, but to understand how you arrived here, what has been quietly reshaped beneath the surface, and what is now asking for commitment and care. An ASTROLOGY READING at this threshold offers wintered ground wisdom — the kind of seeing that honours reflection, integration, and embodied preparation before momentum returns in spring. Together we trace the planetary movements that have been working through your life, clarifying where you stand now and gently opening the horizon ahead. This is not predictive in a hurried sense, but holistic, creative, and intuitive — using the stars as a living language to support grounded choices, self-trust, and aligned becoming. If you feel something shifting, ripening, or asking for your attention as the new year approaches, this is an invitation to listen more deeply and to step forward with clarity rather than force. You can book an ASTROLOGY READING with me HERE.
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.
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ARIES RISING
This week asks you to redefine ambition from the inside out. With the Sun, Venus, Mars, and Mercury activating your tenth house, visibility, responsibility, and long-term direction come sharply into focus. You may feel called to step forward, to take up space, or to name your authority — yet the Full Moon in Cancer lights up your fourth house, reminding you that no outer success can come at the cost of inner safety. The question is not what can I achieve? but what kind of life do I want to come home to at the end of the day? Let your foundations guide your aspirations.
TAURUS RISING
There is a widening of perspective this week, but it arrives gently rather than dramatically. The Capricorn gathering activates your ninth house, encouraging you to think long-term about meaning, study, travel, or spiritual direction. Mercury here helps you articulate what you believe and why. Meanwhile, the Full Moon in Cancer illuminates your third house, bringing emotional clarity around communication, siblings, or the stories you tell yourself daily. Notice how your inner dialogue shapes your sense of possibility. Small shifts in thinking now create lasting change.
GEMINI RISING
This week invites a deeper intimacy with your own emotional truth. Capricorn energy moves through your eighth house, drawing attention to shared resources, energetic exchanges, trust, and vulnerability. You may become more aware of where you are over-giving or under-receiving. The Full Moon in Cancer activates your second house, asking you to check in with your values — not just financial, but emotional and energetic. What truly nourishes you? This is a moment to anchor self-worth in what feels safe, reciprocal, and sustaining.
CANCER RISING
Relationships are the mirror through which you see yourself this week. The Capricorn stellium activates your seventh house, highlighting commitments, contracts, and the roles you play in partnership. Mercury brings clarity and honest conversations, while Venus softens the edges. Then, the Full Moon arrives in your own sign, illuminating your first house. This is a powerful moment of self-recognition — a chance to feel yourself more clearly, to honor your needs, and to adjust how you show up in connection with others. Let yourself be seen as you are now, not as you once were.
LEO RISING
This is a week of recalibration — of your rhythms, routines, and relationship to responsibility. Capricorn energy moves through your sixth house, encouraging practical care: how you work, how you rest, and how you tend to your body. Mercury here helps you streamline and simplify. The Full Moon in Cancer illuminates your twelfth house, offering a moment of emotional release, rest, and quiet integration. You don’t need to push this week. What you need is to listen to what your nervous system is asking for and respond with compassion.
VIRGO RISING
There is creativity here, but it wants structure. The Capricorn planets activate your fifth house, supporting devotion to a creative practice, a love affair, or a way of expressing joy that feels mature and intentional. This is about pleasure with purpose. The Full Moon in Cancer lights up your eleventh house, illuminating friendships, community, and future visions. Notice which connections support your growth and which feel misaligned. This week asks you to invest your energy where it can flourish over time.
LIBRA RISING
Home, belonging, and emotional security take center stage. Capricorn energy moves through your fourth house, bringing attention to foundations — both literal and internal. Mercury here supports practical conversations around home, family, or long-term living arrangements. The Full Moon in Cancer illuminates your tenth house, creating a visible moment in your public life or career. You may feel the tension between outer expectations and inner needs. This is an invitation to redefine success in a way that feels emotionally sustainable.
SCORPIO RISING
Your voice matters this week — and so does how you use it. The Capricorn stellium activates your third house, sharpening your thinking and helping you communicate with clarity and authority. This is a powerful time for writing, teaching, or important conversations. The Full Moon in Cancer lights up your ninth house, asking you to zoom out and reflect on meaning, belief, and purpose. Let your words be guided not just by logic, but by emotional truth and lived experience.
SAGITTARIUS RISING
This week grounds your vision into form. Capricorn energy moves through your second house, bringing focus to resources, self-worth, and material stability. Mercury here helps you plan and prioritize. The Full Moon in Cancer activates your eighth house, illuminating emotional bonds, shared finances, or deeper layers of trust. This is a moment to notice how supported you feel — and where you might need to ask for more. Security is not just something you build alone.
CAPRICORN RISING
This is a defining week for you. With the Sun, Venus, Mars, and Mercury in your first house, you are stepping into a new chapter of identity and self-expression. There is clarity, confidence, and a sense of readiness to move forward. The Full Moon in Cancer illuminates your seventh house, bringing emotional insight around relationships and the way others meet you. Balance self-definition with emotional openness. You don’t have to harden to lead.
AQUARIUS RISING
The focus this week is inward and subtle. Capricorn energy activates your twelfth house, inviting rest, reflection, and completion. Mercury here helps you process what has been happening beneath the surface, even if you’re not ready to speak it aloud yet. The Full Moon in Cancer lights up your sixth house, asking you to check in with your body, habits, and daily care. Healing happens in small, consistent gestures now.
PISCES RISING
This week highlights your role within the collective. Capricorn energy moves through your eleventh house, encouraging long-term visioning around community, collaboration, and future goals. Mercury supports clear communication with groups or networks. The Full Moon in Cancer activates your fifth house, bringing emotional expression, creativity, and joy into focus. Let yourself create without overthinking the outcome. What feels alive now is worth nurturing.
TAROT OF THE WEEK | PAGE OF PENTACLES
This is not the fire of sudden beginnings, nor the certainty of mastery. It is the quiet moment when something real is placed gently in the hands and we look at it with curiosity, care, and reverence.
The PAGE OF PENTACLES speaks to the beginning of a long devotion. A seed held before it is planted. A skill not yet perfected but willingly practiced. It mirrors the Capricorn gathering in the sky and the Cancer FULL MOON asking us to feel our way forward rather than rush.
In this card, attention is the magic. What you study grows. What you show up for — even imperfectly — becomes fertile. There is humility here, and also hope. A willingness to learn, to tend, to commit without needing guarantees.
As we step into the new astrological year, this card asks:
What are you willing to build slowly?
What deserves your steady care?
Where can you meet the future with both practicality and wonder?
The PAGE OF PENTACLES reminds us that the most meaningful beginnings often look quiet, ordinary, almost unremarkable — and yet they are the ones that last.
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