January 2026 Transits — A Month to Observe, Not Rush 🌑✨
January opens the year with a kind of quiet insistence.
Not loud. Not dramatic for drama’s sake.
But layered. Sequential. Intentional.
What you’ll notice immediately in these transits is density.
Conjunctions stacking. Repeated contacts. Planets lingering together long enough to be felt — not just noted.
This is not a month that asks for immediate conclusions.
It asks for attention.
Rather than telling you what this month means, I’m offering you what it does:
a clear, chronological map of planetary movement so you can locate yourself honestly inside it.
Use this list to:
Track your emotional responses as they arise
Notice which days feel weighty, clarifying, or strangely still
Cross-reference your own chart placements and lived experiences
Sit with patterns instead of racing toward interpretation
Astrology becomes most alive when it meets lived time.
Let January show you how it speaks — not just what it says.

Jan. 1
Sun in Capricorn sextile North Node in Pisces
Venus in Sagittarius square Neptune in Pisces (both at 29°)
Mercury enters Capricorn
Moon in Gemini
Jan. 2
Venus in Capricorn sextile North Node in Pisces
Chiron stations direct at 22°35′ Aries
Moon in Capricorn
Jan. 3
Full Moon in Cancer at 13°1′
Jan. 4
Moon in Leo trine Neptune retrograde and Saturn in Pisces
Jan. 5
Moon in Leo trine Chiron in Aries
Jan. 6
Sun conjunct Venus in Capricorn — superior conjunction at 16°22′
Moon enters Virgo
Moon in Virgo square Mars in Gemini and Neptune in Capricorn (27°)
Jan. 7
Moon in Virgo opposite South Node and opposite North Node in Pisces
Moon in Virgo trine Venus, Sun, and Mercury in Capricorn
Jan. 8
Venus conjunct Mars at 18°09′ Capricorn
Mercury in Capricorn sextile North Node in Pisces and trine South Node in Virgo
Jan. 9
Sun conjunct Mars at 19°12′ Capricorn
Venus in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Moon in Libra trine Pluto in Aquarius
Moon in Libra opposite Venus in Aries
Jan. 10
Sun in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Mars in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Moon in Libra conjunct Chiron and conjunct Venus in Aries
Moon in Libra square Venus and Sun in Capricorn
Sun and Venus in Capricorn square Chiron and Venus in Aries
Persephone conjunct North Node in Pisces at 10°
Jan. 11
Sun and Venus in Capricorn square Chiron and Venus in Aries
Moon in Scorpio square Pluto in Aquarius
Moon in Scorpio square North Node in Aquarius
Moon in Scorpio sextile Capricorn placements
Jan. 12
Sun in Capricorn square Chiron and Venus in Aries
Moon in Scorpio trine Jupiter in Cancer
Moon in Scorpio sextile Mercury in Capricorn
Jan. 13
Mars in Capricorn square Chiron and Venus in Aries
Mars in Capricorn trine Neptune in Capricorn
Mars in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Moon in Scorpio conjunct Neptune in Capricorn and Chiron in Gemini
Moon in Scorpio trine Neptune in Pisces (29°) and Saturn in Pisces (27°)
Moon in Scorpio sextile North Node in Aquarius (0°)
Moon in Scorpio sextile Sun at 23° and Venus at 25° Capricorn
Jan. 14
Mercury in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Mercury in Capricorn square Chiron and Venus in Aries
Moon in Sagittarius square both Nodes
Moon in Sagittarius trine Venus
Jan. 15
Venus in Capricorn sextile Neptune and Saturn in Pisces
Venus in Capricorn trine Uranus in Taurus and Chiron in Gemini
Moon in Sagittarius square Saturn in Pisces
Moon in Sagittarius trine Chiron and Venus in Aries
Jan. 16
Mercury in Capricorn square Chiron and Venus in Aries
Mercury in Capricorn sextile Saturn in Pisces
Mercury in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Mercury in Capricorn trine Uranus in Taurus
Moon in Capricorn square Neptune in Pisces
Moon in Capricorn trine South Node in Virgo
Jan. 17
Mercury conjunct Mars at 25° Capricorn
Mercury conjunct Mars conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Venus, Sun, Mercury, and Mars trine Uranus in Taurus and Chiron in Gemini
Sun, Mercury, and Mars square Chiron and Venus in Aries
Sun, Mercury, and Mars sextile Saturn and Neptune in Pisces
Venus enters Aquarius
Pluto in Aquarius sextile Neptune in Pisces
Pluto in Aquarius trine Uranus in Taurus and Chiron in Gemini
Moon in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Moon in Capricorn square Venus in Aries
Moon in Capricorn trine South Node in Virgo
Jan. 18
Mercury conjunct Mars at 26°31′ Capricorn conjunct Moon at 27° Capricorn
New Moon at 28°43′ Capricorn
Jan. 19
Pluto, Mars, Mercury, Sun, and Venus trine Uranus in Taurus and Chiron in Gemini
Venus and Pluto in Aquarius sextile Neptune in Pisces
Sun, Mercury, and Mars in Capricorn sextile Neptune and Saturn in Pisces
Venus and Pluto in Aquarius trine Uranus in Taurus and Chiron in Gemini
Moon in Aquarius sextile Venus in Aries
Jan. 20
Sun enters Aquarius
Venus conjunct Pluto at 3°19′ Aquarius
Neptune and Saturn in Pisces sextile Uranus in Taurus and Chiron in Gemini
Mercury enters Aquarius
Moon in Aquarius square Neptune in Pisces
Moon in Aquarius sextile Chiron and Venus in Aries
Jan. 21
Sun conjunct Mercury at 1°36′ Aquarius — superior conjunction
Moon in Pisces square Chiron in Gemini
Jan. 22
Mercury conjunct Pluto in Aquarius at 3°24′
Mercury and Pluto in Aquarius trine Uranus in Taurus and Chiron in Gemini
Moon in Pisces opposite South Node in Virgo
Moon in Pisces trine Jupiter in Cancer
Jan. 23
Mars enters Aquarius
Sun conjunct Pluto at 3°25′ Aquarius
Moon in Aries conjunct Neptune in Pisces
Moon in Aries sextile Mars, Pluto, Sun, and Mercury in Aquarius
Moon in Aries sextile Chiron in Gemini
Jan. 24
Moon in Aries square Jupiter in Cancer
Moon in Aries conjunct Venus in Aries
Jan. 25
Moon in Aries square Sun, Pluto, and Mars in Aquarius
Jan. 26
Neptune enters Aries
Moon in Capricorn
Moon in Capricorn sextile Jupiter in Cancer
Jan. 27
Mars conjunct Pluto at 3°34′ Aquarius
Moon enters Gemini conjunct Chiron in Gemini and Neptune in Pisces
Moon in Gemini trine Pluto and Mars in Aquarius
Moon in Gemini sextile Neptune in Aries
Jan. 28
Moon in Gemini
Jan. 29
Mercury conjunct Venus at 14°57′ Aquarius
Moon enters Cancer
Moon in Cancer square Neptune in Aries and Saturn in Pisces
Jan. 30
Moon in Cancer opposite Pluto in Capricorn
Moon in Cancer square Venus in Aries
Moon in Cancer conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Jan 31
Moon in Cancer opposite Pluto and Mars in Capricorn
Closing Thoughts 🌙
You don’t need to “do” January perfectly.
You don’t need to decode every transit or extract meaning on demand.
This month rewards those who witness, who listen for rhythm instead of answers, and who trust that clarity unfolds in layers.
Let this be a month of noticing:
where you slow down,
where something repeats,
where attention itself becomes the practice.
The sky is not rushing you.
Neither should you.
🔔 Invitation
If you feel called, sit with this list once at the beginning of the month —
and once again near the end.
Notice what changed.
Notice what didn’t.
Notice what finally made sense only after you lived it.
That, too, is astrology.
With devotion and wonder,
The Inspired Imaginative | The Devoted Mystic
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