Welcome to January 2021 and the new year! After the intensities and turbulence for 2020, will we find solid ground? In many ways January sets the stage for this year’s astrology — a clash between the old and new.

One of the things you may notice below is that I’ve created video horoscopes for each of the twelve signs. As I noted in my December 2020 horoscopes and subsequently elsewhere, I’ve needed to migrate to a new modality for the monthly horoscopes due to time constraints in the midst of a busy workload. (This is a work in progress as I create a new workflow. Still tinkering with format and it’s my plan to do transcripts, if not this month then the following.)

Then again, my own actions mirror what’s going on in the sky this month. 2020 ushered in something very new, it cleared space, it demanded we change our systems and structures, whether they are personal or global.

We’re going to see this front and center in January’s astrology as Saturn, now in Aquarius, begins to form its first square to Uranus in Taurus. It’s as if two parallel stories running along side 2018, 2019, and 2020 now have to be resolved, lived, integrated. But there will be friction.

The first thing to pay attention to this month is Mars’s arrival in Taurus on January 6. Finally out of Aries, it’s a breath of fresh air after six months in one sign. But Mars quickly starts to activate Saturn and Uranus (and Jupiter). Saturn is a planet that, on a whole, wants to preserve the status quo. It’s cautious and instincts lie in creating balance. Uranus, however, is the archetype of Prometheus. It lights a fire in the dark. It opens our eyes. It demands change, especially anything that is inauthentic or unnecessarily constrictive.

Then on January 13 Mars squares Saturn, traditionally a difficult aspect. We may feel our world move and shift in some way. We may feel that friction between the old and the new even more.

On the same day there’s a Capricorn New Moon that in may feel like an echo back to themes we were living and working through from 2018-2020. The new moon also conjuncts Pluto in Capricorn, a powerhouse of an aspect that demands we do a lot of deep physical, emotional, and psychic restructuring in the coming four weeks. The new moon also picks up on Mars square Saturn; this is not easy astrology.

Then on January 14 Uranus turns direct at 6 degrees Taurus — another potential seismic shift, one that echoes back to a story that began in May 2018 as well as March 2019.

When the Sun arrives in Aquarius on January 19 we not only kick off a new season, but one that puts a lens on our new Saturn in Aquarius story. Pay attention to the themes and connections you are making. Note how they line up with what Saturn in Aquarius is asking you to work on until March 2023. (For a refresher, read Saturn in Aquarius: Sign by Sign.)

Then on January 20 Mars joins up with Uranus in Taurus followed by a square to Jupiter in Aquarius. This is powerful astrology, one that, again, pushes something new into our lives — a new phase, a new chapter, a new story. One that may be put into a dramatic spotlight with a Leo Full Moon on January 28 at 9 degrees, what with its opposition to Saturn and Jupiter and square to Mars and Uranus.

Time for the next level.

Watch the video below for your Sun and rising sign.

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DATES TO NOTE: 1/1 Mercury sextile Neptune; 1/4 Mercury conjunct Pluto; 1/6 Mars in Taurus; 1/8 Mercury in Aquarius, Venus in Capricorn; 1/9 Mercury conjunct Saturn, Venus trine Mars; 1/11 Jupiter sextile Chiron, Mercury conjunct Jupiter, Mercury sextile Chiron; 1/12 Venus square Chiron, Mercury square Uranus; 1/13 Mars square Saturn, Venus trine Uranus; 1/13 New Moon 23 Capricorn; 1/14 Uranus Direct 6 Taurus, Sun conjunct Pluto; 1/19 Sun in Aquarius; 1/20 Mars conjunct Uranus; 1/23 Mars square Jupiter, Sun conjunct Saturn, Venus sextile Neptune; 1/26 Sun square Neptune, Sun square Uranus; 1/28 Full Moon 9 Leo, Sun conjunct Jupiter, Venus conjunct Pluto; 1/30 Mercury Retrograde 26 Aquarius.


Aries

March 21–April 19

Taurus

April 20–May 20


Gemini

May 21–June 20


Cancer

June 21–July 22


Leo

July 23–August 22


Virgo

August 23–September 22


Libra

September 23–October 22


Scorpio

October 23–November 21


Sagittarius

November 22–December 21


Capricorn

December 22–January 19


Aquarius

January 20–February 18


Pisces

February 19–March 20

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