Aries Horoscope for January 2024

The January month begins, Aries, as you continue your movement of the past three weeks toward new horizons both actual and metaphorical. You are seeking better understanding of the more ethereal facets of the world around you, and of your own hidden depths. Your values have taken on a new shine as a result, and could be morphing in the direction of trusting your own internal guidance system for everything that you need in this regard. Even though Mercury has been direct nearly this entire month, it has not entirely recovered, so that there could still be important research going on. Inward looking wins out over outward activity. You could be mulling over strange alterations in your finances, tending either up or down, or in your value system. Things shift with the advent of the Capricorn New Moon of January 11th, when you may find that what was operating fairly smoothly in the interpersonal relationship department, and with your emerging values, now becomes more difficult. Inner wounding can come to the fore to receive greater conscious recognition of your deeper parts. The good news there is that this yet also provides more lessons to be learned. Your intuition has been serving you well all this time, and you flourish by continuing to allow it to guide you.


The following was written by our guest columnist Elodie St-Onge Aubut of Ninth House Astrology


The month of January opens with both Jupiter in Taurus and Mercury in Sagittarius featured in the recent Sagittarius New Moon, and from having just stationed direct. This is good news especially for your overall mindset for your sense of what's possible as the New Year arrives. Another astrological factor for you this month stems from the recent Sagittarius New Moon from mid-December that kicked-started a thirty-day cycle, still active in January, in the sector of your chart that relates to traveling, learning and new discoveries. This has represented a higher form of learning, taking into account your deep intuition as well as more obvious sources of information. Because Eris combined with Chiron, both in your sign, were highlighted in this recent New Moon, you might be continuing to face a sort of identity crisis where you are finding the need for discernment in plotting out where to put your energy and how to support your deepest values. Mercury being in retrograde since mid-December has had you looking more closely into a journey or a learning opportunity, with potential course corrections, continuing into the present month.

Relationship in your life is also emphasized, right at the very beginning of the month due to Venus in Sagittarius forming an aspect to expansive Jupiter as well as a square with Saturn in Pisces. This could also highlight underlying fears or worries, and yet provides as well a vision of optimistic success that encourages belief in better outcomes. There are definitely astrological factors conspiring towards your success as 2024 opens and this is especially so for helpful partners relating to your aspirations and new opportunities for advancement.

On January 4th, Mars enters the sign of Capricorn which will emphasize your ambitions and in the coming weeks. Lingering doubts may however be showing up around the first weekend of January as Mercury in Sagittarius forms a square with Neptune in Pisces. You may have to exorcize a few ghosts and it may be important to distinguish and take proactive actions to assess real versus imagined concerns at this time.

The Capricorn New Moon arrives on January 11th, taking place in your sector of career, vocation and more extensively your place in the world. Although you may not know exactly what you want or where things are heading at this time, It’s a good moment for connecting with a vision or a dream and asking to be supported in the clarification of your path. Mercury is escaping its retrograde shadow in another ten days or so, and your thinking is getting more straight-ahead. There may be an underlying financial element that influences what is possible but you may have more resources available than you think to make something work and it may just be a matter of thinking outside of the box. Partnership in your life is guiding you into new and productive ways of seeing the world around you, although with potentially also feelings of inner wounding that can also surface at this significant juncture and lead to healing.

You may also observe a shift in the energy toward the practical on January 13th as Mercury re-enters Capricorn and forms supportive aspects to Saturn from the 17th to the 18th, and to expansive Jupiter until the 19th. Something that may have been in the works since early December could finally start to make sense and it should be easier to see where things are heading during these final weeks of January.

On January 20th,the Sun and Pluto form their last conjunction in Capricorn before entering the sign of Aquarius almost simultaneously. As their conjunction moves into Aquarius, you may feel compelled to re-evaluate your social circles or to realize that you do not entirely resonate with a particular community or way of thinking anymore. Although you might feel a sense of disconnect for what was once familiar, these realizations could also help you take a leap of faith in a new direction that has been brewing for you.

On January 25th, the Full Moon arrives in Leo, illuminating the sector of your chart relating to your creativity, your self-expression and your personal projects. This may allow you to take stock of how far you have come. You may be able to reap the benefits of your personal work in some ways whether this is financially or through recognition. Romantic scenarios might culminate at this time, through to the end of the month, although you could feel your attention being solicited in too many directions all at once. A grand cross involving the new Nature planet, Haumea, with Jupiter in opposition, also involving the Moon, along with Sun/Pluto midpoint in early Aquarius, guarantees that the final week of the January month with be a thoughtful, transformative, and potentially confounding period.

From the 26th to the 29th, the final weekend of the month is additionally colored by novelty in thought and deed, with surprises and unexpected revelations in store. This as Mercury conjoins Mars in Capricorn while both form a positive aspect to Uranus in Taurus just as Uranus stations direct. There may be good prospects in the offing for things related to your career and finances and partners might also prove extremely helpful. Your intuition is strong during these final days of the month. Paying close attention to your inner moral compass as you go ushers in long-lasting benefits.