Welcome to a bold new world, jam packed with cosmological changes. You’re probably still wrapping your head around how we’ve already entered a new year, but here we are. Wide-eyed and curious about the stories about to unfold, both personally and collectively. The full scope of our energy isn’t quite back yet, as Mars retrograde continues its course. However, on the 6th, Mars moves into Cancer, urging you to listen to your heart when considering your next steps, not just your logical mind. The energies this month are dynamic, so it’s important to maintain a solid routine and stay grounded in your values, and take stock of any triggers that could pull you off course.

In less than a week, on the 12th, the Nodes – the astrological points of destiny and fate – shift into Pisces and Virgo, a movement we haven’t seen since 2006. This alignment invites you to consider how your spiritual and physical health are aligned. If they’re not, the hands of fate may give you some much needed homework to master it.

On the 19th, the Capricorn muses pass the torch to the Aquarius icons – think Toni Morrison, Chloë Moretz, and Colette. And don’t forget these important dates in your fresh new 2025 notebook: 14th, Full Moon in Cancer; 29th, New Moon in Aquarius; and 31st, Uranus in Taurus goes direct.

Aries

You’re at the start of a major rebirth, Aries, and while you’ll have a clearer sense of what this transformation looks like in the spring, for now, it’s time to focus on grounding yourself in your sense of belonging. When you strengthen your roots, you’ll gain the confidence to restructure the very foundations of your life. Whether it’s accepting the chance to live abroad, opening your heart to love again, or giving Cupid another shot. This is a time to confront and work through your inner fears so that when you step out into the world, no lingering ghosts from the past can hitch a ride on your coat tail. With a solid foundation beneath you, you’ll be ready to face whatever new opportunities and challenges lie ahead with clarity and courage. Use the New Moon in Aquarius to whisper new dreams into the wishing well.

Taurus

Spend the first two weeks of the month tending to your sensitivities and revving up for launch. With Mars Retrograde in Cancer and the Full Moon in Cancer activating your zone of communication and mental clarity, this watery energy makes you more attuned to subtle shifts in your dynamics with others. It’s a time to establish clear boundaries around what emotions you bring back home and what you keep outside. As the month progresses and Aquarius season unfolds, you’ll feel a surge of energy in your career. You’re fired up and ready to take real-time action on your 2025 goals. The New Moon in Aquarius serves as a fresh introduction, helping you expand your vision and embrace innovative approaches to moving your career forward, favouring progress over predictability.

Gemini

No longer can you pursue goals with a transactional mindset. Mars Retrograde in Cancer will guide you in reorienting your approach, encouraging you to shift your focus towards how the collaborations you engage in nurture not only your skills and wisdom but also your financial growth. This period asks you to let go of shallow ambitions and embrace deeper connections that have long-term value. Paired with the North Node in Pisces and South Node in Virgo, which are activating your career and family roots, you're entering a phase where you're challenged to break free from what you've been conditioned to believe about your potential. This cosmic alignment invites you to lean far beyond the narrow definitions that have limited you, and instead, explore and create your own unique path. You’re being asked to go out into the world, challenge the norms, and define success on your own terms.

Cancer

You couldn’t move to the back of the line even if you tried, because you’re going to be heated and primal when it comes to your self-expression and your inhibitions. With Mars retrograde in your sign, you may find that you’re been tip-toeing around your true desires and what you want, and so now it’s time to open Pandora's box of your own secret yearnings. The inner conflict is healthy and necessary so that you can take advantage of the cosmic stirrings. On the Full moon in Cancer, make sure that you move your body, book that hot pilates class, and slow cook your favourite dishes. Nourishment needs to be well established in your daily vocabulary.

Leo

The Cancer Full Moon on the 14th cracks open the portal of your imagination, inviting you to reflect on past emotional patterns and relationships that may still hold a grip on your heart. This illuminating energy brings to the surface deep-seated emotions, allowing you to recognize where healing is needed. As the Aquarius New Moon on the 29th follows, it signals a fresh start, encouraging you to release any lingering attachments to the past and embrace new perspectives on love and connection. This is a powerful time to free yourself from old wounds, so you can step forward into a new chapter, creating healthier and more authentic love stories that align with your evolving self.

Virgo

A karmic scale of balance hangs over all of January and the next 18 months, as the South Node in Virgo will support you with every breakthrough, though each one may come with a painful release of all that’s come before. It’s all necessary for your great expansion. Take Lady Gaga as an example, her journey through fame, self-doubt, and self-empowerment reflects a modern narrative of creative breakthroughs. With every low comes an ascension if you can remember that, you’ll fly high this year. Who do you want to ride with you on your rocketship on your missionary cause? Ths Full Moon in Cancer zooms in on your friendships and network, so that you can know who to call on when you’re in a time of need and fun.

Libra

The promise of Aquarius season spells creative success; ‘tis the season to embrace your avant-garde ways. Learn from the great surrealists and fashion designers who didn’t get hypnotized by mainstream pressure. This is highly backed up by the North Node in Pisces spinning in your zone of work and routine for the next 18 months, because it’s time to switch up your usual approach to life. Go and see how other people live in the world, what inspires people, strike up conversation. An older order of being has come to an end, and new explorations await to be felt and touched. Come the Full Moon in Cancer, it’s a prime time to see whether your workplace can fit these newer visions or whether they just simply are stuck and fixated in the past.

Scorpio

You don’t need to scramble to try and get all of your 2025 goals together in a neat bow. Although, the North Node in Pisces will be dropping new creative ideas at you from the sky, without a moment's notice, so make sure that you pop a notebook in your bag wherever you go. The Full Moon in Cancer goes down in your zone of travel and higher wisdom, and so you might find a new turning on your roads of self discovery that could lead to something more colourful. For the last few months, Uranus in Taurus has been retrograde, and it could have sprung some relationship questions about what you need to feel free and spontaneous, and with Uranus going direct, it can slow down the relational shifts, to get back on sturdy ground.

Sagittarius

The nodes are now going to be playing with your home life and career for the rest of the year, pay special attention to the eclipses this year, as they could point to major transitions. But for now, fate wants to redefine your sense of home, one that feels more spiritual and creative, rather than just a place where you grew up in, that no longer holds space for new growth to rise up underneath you. Whereas the south node in virgo, urges you to let go of statuses and titles that bear no weight to the breadth of your creative gifts. In these arenas what are you ready to start over that could make room for more moments of clarity, peace and belonging?

Capricorn

Embrace the conflict and tension in your relationships, as there could be new, expansive intimacy that is long-lasting and worth fighting for. As Esther Perel, a renowned relationship therapist, said, “In any close relationship, we have to be able to deal with differences, contradictions, and contradictions within ourselves in order to create a more profound connection." Don’t just sit with those words, apply them, especially when the Full Moon in Cancer takes root. The South Node slides a letter through your door, marking the beginning of the intense task of sifting through your limiting beliefs about what it means to exist in the world on your own terms, rather than by societal standards.
Aquarius

As the leader of the new age of heroes, your assignment is to cultivate authenticity at all costs. Now that Pluto is back in your sign for good for the next 20 years, you’re on the front line. Every Aquarius season from here on out will be powered by underworld transformations, allowing new parts of you to step onto the public stage, no matter how much it frightens you. In a strange, winding way, we can sometimes fear the depths of our own power, but now it’s time for you to befriend it. The New Moon in your sign is the perfect time to chart your next plotlines for the next six months. Sketch them in pencil, because new visions demand your attention.

Pisces

Over the next year, there is a huge promise of a paradigm shift for you. With the North node, the point of forward momentum in your sign, you’re about to not only be unstoppable, but you’re ready to step outside of the shadows in every single way. Anything trying to tie your freedom into a knot, is about to be released, because there is no limit on how far you can go. If anything, you just need to focus on containment, what creative projects have finished cooking in your heart and mind, that you’re ready to start working on to present? And most importantly, what people or places do you feel most witnessed? With Venus in Pisces moving, landing on the 3rd for the whole month, you’ll slay it all with style and grace.

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