Welcome to the Capricorn New Moon, the time in the lunar calendar when we turn our attention to the lives we have built. Capricorn is the sign of maturity and responsibility, hard work and achievement, lessons and accountability, structure and the rules that govern them. The new moon will be exact on January 18, 2026 at 2:52 pm ET, 28 degrees Capricorn. That’s 11:52 am Los Angeles, 7:52 pm London, 9:52 pm Johannesburg, 1:22 am New Delhi on January 19, 6:52 am Sydney, and 8:52 am Auckland.
New moons are new beginnings. The sign that they fall in acts as a lens for events and experiences over the coming four weeks. They bring the energy of renewal to key areas of our lives. We plant our seeds and watch them grow.
When we reach Capricorn, we’ve nearly reached the end of the zodiac. It’s the 10th sign of the zodiac and the last earth sign, the proverbial mountain peak after a month-long journey that began with the Sun in Aries, 10 months before. Ruled by Saturn, Capricorn symbolically represents the milestones and achievements that mark our time here on earth as well as the order we must follow.
Like all signs of the zodiac, there is a duality to Capricorn. For example, Capricorn represents the structures that build and support our lives … or the structures that can oppress; the achievements we are working towards … or the anxiety that we have not obtained them. So, we can sometimes reach the Capricorn New Moon (and subsequently the New Year) with mixed feelings.
Positively, this is a new moon to take account of our lives. What is working and not working? To use this energy to restructure and reorganize, and to set new targets for the coming months. To make powerful new choices and commitments to better our lives. Capricorn is sobriety because, through Saturn, it puts us into reality. (Dry January, anyone?)
When we look to the chart of the new moon, we find the Capricorn Sun and Moon bookended by Mercury and Mars in Capricorn on one side and Venus and Pluto in Aquarius on the other. Just opposite, Jupiter in Cancer creates tension with the new moon, evoking the January 11 Mars-Jupiter opposition.
What is right and what is wrong? What do we believe in and stand for? With the Sun conjunct Mars in Capricorn, there is a provocative energy with this new moon that will play out over the coming four weeks, until the new moon (and solar eclipse) on February 17. Look to the Leo Full Moon on February 1 to illuminate these dynamic questions.
Pisces is on the receiving end of the Capricorn New Moon because Saturn is in Pisces. More specifically, Saturn is at the end of Pisces alongside Neptune. The end of Pisces is like the frontier, the border between one life and the next, one breath and the next. It’s liminal and brings us to a personal and collective intersection. What are we choosing?
Saturn and Neptune will also be an emotionally and psychically heavy presence this lunar month. The new moon also makes a square to Chiron in Aries, a collective and personal pain point. As a result, we may be searching ourselves, going inward in the coming days and weeks, looking to heal and and let go. There may be a sense of endings as Saturn and Neptune stand at the end of Pisces and the zodiac. Endings always bring new beginnings. How will we prepare ourselves and our earthly lives for these new beginnings?
We have support with this new moon in the form of a trine to Uranus in Taurus. If we want new beginnings, we may have to make some radical changes, to open up our eyes to new ways of seeing and doing. A trine gives opportunities, but we still have to have the courage and initiative to take them.
Since we are in the New Year, what will 2026 have in store? Watch my webinar, The Astrology of 2026, an overview of the year ahead along with monthly reviews, dates for planning, and sign-by-sign guides. Get the Astrology of 2026 webinar.
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