2026 opens with powerful, dynamic transits designed to illuminate truths that can no longer remain hidden—and to catalyze real, sometimes explosive, change as that information comes to light. Because of this, it wasn’t surprising that the tarot card pulled for January is The Sun.
The Sun represents clarity, freedom, vitality, and joy. It shines light on what must be seen and reminds us that living in alignment with what truly lights us up is not optional—it’s essential. Beginning the year by reconnecting with authenticity, joy, and life force sets the energetic tone for the entire year ahead.
This is illumination not just for comfort but for course correction.
The Year of the Snake (2025) asked us to go deep and to shed old skins, release outdated identities, and transform what no longer served our growth. Like the Snake itself, this shedding happens more than once. Energetically, January offers one final opportunity to complete this process before momentum accelerates.
January acts as a sacred pause for integration a moment to absorb what has already changed before pushing forward into what comes next.
The Yin Earth Ox energy of the month reinforces this message. This is not a time for rushing or forcing outcomes. Instead, it favors patience, grounding, and intentional strategy. Yin Earth can feel like moving across shifting ground. Imagine jogging on sand rather than pavement. Progress is possible, but only when your foundation is stable.
The Ox’s secret friend, the Rat, supports long-term thinking, strategic planning, and intelligent preparation. While February will bring forward momentum with the start of the Chinese New Year on February 4th, January reminds us that slow and steady truly wins.
The year began with a Full Moon in Cancer, illuminating themes of home, family, emotional safety, and self-nurturing. This lunation asks a simple but powerful question:
What am I ready to release so I can feel more secure and supported?
Where Cancer falls in your natal chart shows the area of life ready for emotional clearing and healing. For me, this Full Moon activated my 7th house of relationships, offering an opportunity to release old relational patterns and cultivate deeper safety and emotional nourishment within partnership.
Later in the month, the New Moon in Capricorn provides a grounding moment to set intentions around work, responsibility, and long-term goals. This is an excellent lunation for clarifying business direction and professional strategy for 2026. Writing your goals down and anchoring them visually, such as on a vision board—can be especially powerful now. Look to where late Capricorn falls in your chart to see which area of life supports your ability to manifest these intentions.
One of the most significant astrological shifts of our lifetime is also underway.
Neptune, the planet of dreams, illusion, fear, and faith, is preparing to leave Pisces, where it has resided for the past 14 years—and enter Aries, where it will remain until 2038. Neptune has been at home in Pisces, amplifying collective confusion, illusion, disillusionment, and fear, particularly around global events and shared narratives.
As Neptune moves into Aries, the energy becomes activating, bold, and combustible.
The last time Neptune traveled through Aries (1861–1875), the world experienced profound upheaval, including the American Civil War. This historical parallel does not suggest repetition, but it does point to a cycle where ideals demand action, where illusions are challenged by conflict, and where courage is required to live in alignment with truth.
This cycle asks us to take our dreams and visions seriously. Not as abstractions, but as calls to action. Over the next 14 years, dreaming without movement will no longer be enough. Faith and vision need to be acted upon!
The Year of the Fire Horse is fast approaching, bringing intensity, passion, and bold forward motion. Fire Horse energy is not subtle. It accelerates change, amplifies desire, and challenges us to move decisively and authentically.
This makes now a great time to gain clarity about what lies ahead and how best to navigate the journey. A New Year reading offers guidance, perspective, and grounding during times of rapid personal and collective change.
If you feel called to align consciously with the year ahead, I would love to support you as you step into this next chapter.