January 18^th brings the first New Moon of the year— positioned in the late and critical degrees of Capricorn, a potent seeding point for deliberately building and shaping your world.   

The Sabian Symbol for this New Moon is, “a woman reading tea leaves” highlighting intuition, planning and foresight. It’s about reading the signs, sensing what’s workable, and designing with wisdom that’s rooted in your actual lived experience.

This phase is for getting clear on your intentions, on what you want and what you’re willing to commit to. Capricorn is about solid frameworks rooted in realism that can actually hold the life that you envision for yourself. It’s less about making resolutions and more like re-resolution-izing: defining and refining your intentions so they’re sustainable for the long haul. 

There’s a heavy Capricorn emphasis in the sky, lending discipline, focus, and concentration. This is an ideal moment to put plans into motion — carefully, intentionally, and with an eye on the long game.

🗣️ Mercury + Mars: Walking Your Talk

Mercury and Mars are closely connected to this New Moon, aligning words and actions with your longer-term goals. Conversations now are unlikely to be sugar-coated — this is real talk territory.

It’s time to:

• Initiate serious conversations
• Name what’s working and what isn’t
• Enact long-range plans with clarity and resolve

This energy favors walking your talk — backing up intentions with concrete steps. There’s a strong focus on what’s built to last, not quick wins or temporary fixes.

🪐 The Saturn Story

Saturn, the ruler of this lunation, is in the final degrees of Pisces, lending quiet but meaningful support. There’s a sense that your vision or dream — especially one that’s rooted in spiritual purpose or with soul-level meaning — is ready to take form.

What you’re building now can carry deeper meaning than you may fully realize yet.

Soon, Saturn will move into Aries (February 13), shifting the tone from preparation to decisive action. That next chapter brings sharper definition, authority, and momentum — but right now, this New Moon helps you lay the spiritual and structural groundwork so that what emerges next is aligned and intentional.

⚡ Uranus Trines the Capricorn Stellium: Constructive Disruption

Uranus in Taurus — also in the late degrees — forms supportive trines to the Capricorn cluster (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars). This is a powerful stabilizing and accelerating influence.

Uranus brings:

• Constructive change
• Sudden insights and breakthroughs
• The ability to move swiftly once a plan is in place

This can show up through shifts in:

• Finances, banking, currencies, costs
• Long-term security or retirement planning
• Personal values and what’s truly important
• Matters around self-worth
• Who or what is worth your time and effort

There’s also an awakening of the senses here — a recalibration of perception, attraction, and instinct. You may notice changes in who or what you’re drawn to (or what’s drawn to you). Relationships, desires, and values may feel different now — you’re attracting situations that are more vibrational and frequency-based.

💥 Venus, Pluto & the Personal Planets: Power Surge Incoming

Venus, ruler of Taurus, is in Aquarius and approaching Pluto, signaling deep transformation in:

• Love and relationships, close connections and deep bonds
• Self-worth and values
• Money, resources, and collective wealth & power

There’s nothing subtle about this energy. Attractions intensify. Power dynamics shift. The people you connect with now leave an impact on you. Encounters during this window can be profound and catalytic

In the coming days, all the personal planets meet Pluto — Venus, Mercury, Mars, then the Sun. A week of intensity follows this New Moon as heart, mind, will, and focus undergo transformation. Expect: re-generation, renewal, revitalization, expiration or termination in some areas. There could be profound realizations, intense conversations and the uncovering of truths. 

January 27th marks Mars conjunct Pluto in Aquarius, a signature of collective power, mobilization, and momentum. Movements form and networks evolve or fracture. This is a powerful seeding point.   This is the force of the people, — the kind of energy that can move mountains.

This can also be an explosive combination — sometimes there can be anger, force and even violence in some cases so be mindful of your temper and your surroundings. 

As this unfolds:

• Mercury and Venus meet up in Aquarius aligning your heart and mind. 
• Bringing future focused plans
• Sparks of creativity
• Stimulating social connections
• Conversations that flow
• Good news and favorable messages

🌊 Neptune Sextile the New Moon — and a Threshold Moment

Neptune, in the final breaths of Pisces, forms a gentle sextile to this New Moon, softening the edges a bit. This influence brings compassion, forgiveness, intuitive awareness, and subtle release of any patterns or unrealistic ideals that have run their course. There’s a fading away from old images, illusions, and unconscious attachments that no longer align with who you’re becoming.

And the timing is significant as Neptune makes its historic move into Aries on January 26th, ending a long cycle in Pisces and beginning an entirely new chapter for the next fourteen years.

This shift marks the transition from dreaming, dissolving and going with the flow to being and doing. What has been conceived in the imaginal realm now seeks expression through action, courage, and embodiment through actual lived experience.

This New Moon, provides a moment to release what’s fading while at the same time, intuitively prepares you for a bold, uncharted beginning. Whatever slips away now is making room for something that wants to be lived in real life not just in your imagination.

 This isn’t a flashy New Moon — it’s foundational. It’s about intuitive strategy, honest assessment, and building something that lasts.

Read the signs and trust your inner knowing. 
Then take the steps — patiently, deliberately, and with purpose.

Level 2026 has begun. 🖤



New Moon Blessings and Good Vibes to ALL!

Want to Go Deeper?

If you’d like a deeper look at what 2026 holds —  check out my  2026 Year Ahead Energy Forecast where I walk through the major themes, planetary shifts, and what they mean in real life.

And if you want to understand how this year shows up personally in your chart, I’m also offering limited 1:1 2026 Overview Sessions — a grounded, practical way to get oriented in this new terrain.