Pisces Horoscope for January 2026

This is yet another month of intensity for you, Pisces, with outer planet energy still to be reckoned with in these January skies. Neptune, your ruler, is closely squared by the recent late Sagittarius New Moon that sets the stage for the current month, with its thirty-day lunation cycle just half-way completed as the month begins. Uranus and Pluto are also highlighted in the recent New Moon, with Pluto in close parallel to the Sagittarius Sun, while the January New Moon of the 19th, in late Capricorn, is also quite powerful in this same way. This suggests that, for you, all this month, there is a powerful activation of your sector of unconscious process and inner work where Pluto resides. You might therefore be able to benefit from considering what transpires below the surface layers of your psyche. Neptune, in the last degree of your sign, speaks to ideas concerning your very identity, and, being perched right on the edge of the second sector of your solar chart, this placement also brings up issues of security, resources, finances, and your ultimate individual principles and values, all of which are emphasized during January. Quite a lot depends as well on intuitive information that springs up from within your inner consciousness. The highlighted presence of Chiron, the Wounded healer, is also notable, in perfect square in the recent New Moon with Jupiter in Cancer. A study of what is going on within you might bring up deeper issues for feelings of vulnerability in financial terms, or attitudes toward self-worth, based on early childhood trauma that remain unresolved, and have not been integrated with your more mature consciousness. You might in fact want to check in with your natal placement of Chiron for more specific indication there. In any case, it benefits you to consider these sorts of internal considerations, and to recognize that loving self-acceptance in these areas can go far in the way of healing.

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 opens under the influence of the late Sagittarius New Moon that arrived just before the solstice, setting the tone for the cycle now unfolding. For you, this lunation stirred questions around your tenth sector of career and professional life, and also affected your social sector of friendship and long-term goals. With the Sun and Moon conjunct Venus and square the Saturn–Neptune conjunction, the lunation cycle that this New Moon kicked off carries a dissolving quality, suggesting that long-held values or moral frameworks involved with your identity may be loosening. With Neptune, your modern ruling planet, at the final degree of Pisces, a long personal and collective chapter connected to faith, imagination, and spiritual identity could be quietly closing. There is an invitation to soften rigid philosophies and allow curiosity to guide you toward lived experience, with core values subtly reorganizing now in this new year.

Mercury Enters Capricorn – January 1st
As the year opens, Mercury enters Capricorn, and your mental focus may shift toward responsibility, long-term planning, and the practical use of time and energy. This transit supports clearer thinking and grounded communication, especially around shared goals or future commitments. For you, Pisces, this can feel stabilizing, helping translate intuition into structure and inspiration into plans that are sustainable rather than aspirational alone.

Chiron Stations Direct in Aries – January 2nd
Chiron, the Wounded Healer, stations direct in Aries, intensifying therapeutic themes around self-worth, vitality, and healthy assertion. Old sensitivities or inner wounding connected to feeling overlooked – or needing to prove yourself – may come into sharper awareness. Coming more into who you really are now emphasizes authenticity over performance, inviting a quieter confidence rooted in self-acceptance and self-worth.

Full Moon in Cancer – January 3rd
The first Full Moon of 2026 illuminates the Cancer–Capricorn axis of nurturance and responsibility. With the Moon in Cancer opposing the Sun, Venus, and Mars in Capricorn, emotional truth rises alongside ambition and long-term priorities. This lunation clarifies what feels genuinely nourishing and worth sustaining, helping you reassess where effort aligns with meaning and feels life-giving, versus where it may be draining to your vitality.

Sun, Venus, and Mars Conjunction in Capricorn – January 2nd–12th
Throughout the first half of January, the Sun, Venus, and Mars travel closely together through Capricorn, aligning will, values, and desire. This conjunction is rare in its lengthy duration and supports intentional creation and disciplined effort, particularly in collaborative or long-range endeavors. It fosters a meaningful start to the new year, centering steady participation and consistency, with emphasis on building something of lasting value.

Personal Planets Opposite Jupiter and T-square to Chiron and Eris – January 7th–11th
As the Capricorn planets Sun, Venus, and Mars come together to oppose your traditional ruling planet, Jupiter, now exalted in Cancer, tension arises between emotional expansion and practical limits. Ideals may feel compelling while circumstances ask for discernment. The accompanying T-square to Chiron and Eris in Aries highlights sensitivities around autonomy and agency, calling for a redefinition of sovereignty that allows for interdependence while remaining true to yourself. Further healing might arise out of this seemingly difficult passage.

Venus Enters Aquarius – January 17th
Venus Conjunct Pluto January 18th–21st
As Venus enters Aquarius and soon conjoins Pluto, values and relational dynamics intensify. This activates your twelfth sector of inner process and marks a shift toward more conscious awareness of internalized patterns involving power dynamics or unspoken expectations. This transit supports deep transformation in how you experience connection and emotional intimacy.

Mars Trine Uranus – January 17th–21st
Mars forms a supportive trine to Uranus, energizing innovation, and unexpected developments. Sudden insights or changes may help you break free from stagnation, especially in creative or practical matters. While intense and potentially confronting, this aspect can support action that feels both liberating and constructive.

New Moon in Capricorn – January 18th
The late Capricorn New Moon carries notable initiatory weight. Conjunct Mercury, Venus, and Mars, and in flowing aspect to Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune, this lunation may bring heightened focus to your community orientation and long-range aspirations, and also affects your sector of unconscious process and inner work that just proceeds your own. Because Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune are all on the brink of sign changes, this lunation reflects a series of threshold moments unfolding gradually over the coming months. With this atmosphere of endings and beginnings, you are invited into conscious choice around responsibility, legacy, and where you pour your energy.

Sun Enters Aquarius – January 19th
Sun Conjunct Pluto January 21st–25th
As the Sun enters Aquarius and conjoins Pluto, attention turns again toward your twelfth sector of subconscious material. Themes of power, agency, and authenticity come into focus, revealing where deeper inner transformation is underway.

Mars Enters Aquarius – January 23rd
Mars Conjunct Pluto January 24th–30th
Mars joins the Sun and Venus in Aquarius and soon conjoins Pluto, intensifying psychological and emotional energy. This influence can feel raw, as suppressed motivations or power struggles surface and require conscious channeling. When handled with awareness, this period supports willpower, fierce agency, and profound inner shifts.

Neptune Enters Aries – January 26th
Neptune’s entry into Aries marks the end of its long passage through your sign of Pisces and the beginning of a new 165-year collective cycle. For you, this shift redirects spiritual focus toward questions of worth, resources, and what you are willing to invest your energy in. As emphasis moves toward identity, will, and initiation, boundaries blur between personal values and collective vision. Inspiration and illusion coexist here, calling for discernment as a new chapter begins and vision seeks embodiment through how you identify, make use of, and sustain what, for you, truly matters.

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