End of January 2026 Astrology
Late January 2026 is a proper threshold moment. We move from Capricorn season’s building and discipline into Aquarius season’s reinvention and future thinking, then we hit a rare run of Pluto conjunctions that can feel like the universe has grabbed the steering wheel and said “right then, we are doing this properly now”. If you use this consciously, it is brilliant for upgrades, truth, and cutting cords with old versions of you. If you do it unconsciously, it can show up as obsession, control battles, reactive words, and big emotional whiplash.
Below, each transit is explained: what it is, how long it lasts, how long it tends to be felt, and how it can show up collectively.
Venus enters Aquarius (17 January 2026, 12:43 GMT)
What it is: Venus is love, values, money, pleasure, connection. Aquarius is freedom, friendship, originality, the future. When Venus moves into Aquarius, relationships and desires get more independent, more honest, and less interested in performing tradition “just because”.
How long it lasts: Venus is in Aquarius from 17 January to 10 February 2026.
How it shows up collectively: Expect louder conversations about personal freedom, boundaries, modern relationship structures, and what is actually fair in love and money. You might see trends around community, online connection, and choosing values over approval.
How to use it: Choose connection that lets you breathe. Be weird, but be kind. Upgrade your standards without freezing your heart.
New Moon in Capricorn (18 January 2026, 19:52 GMT)
What it is: A New Moon is the start of the lunar month, when the Sun and Moon align. Capricorn is structure, goals, integrity, and long range planning. This is a “commit and build” New Moon, not a “manifest by vibes alone” one.
How long it lasts: The moment is exact on 18 January, but the New Moon sets the tone for the next 4 weeks, until the next New Moon.
How it shows up collectively: A collective push toward responsibility, leadership changes, accountability, and “show me the plan”. This is where people get serious about systems, work, and what is sustainable.
How to use it: Pick one goal that is boring but life changing. Make it measurable. Then rehearse the future you in your mind daily, because your brain does not know the difference between a real experience and a vividly imagined one, and repetition wires it in.
Sun enters Aquarius (20 January 2026, 01:45 GMT)
What it is: This is the shift into Aquarius season. The collective mood tilts from Capricorn ambition to Aquarius innovation: new ideas, social change, unconventional solutions, and more focus on community and networks.
How long it lasts: The Sun is in Aquarius from 19 January to 18 February 2026.
How it shows up collectively: Surges in tech conversations, social movements, future planning, and people questioning outdated rules. It can be inspiring. It can also be polarising.
How to use it: Ask: “What would the future version of me do today”. Then do that, even if your feelings are dramatic about it.
Mercury enters Aquarius (20 January 2026, 16:41 GMT)
What it is: Mercury is the mind, communication, news, learning, trading, decisions. In Aquarius, thinking becomes more objective, inventive, and future focused. People can speak more bluntly, think more systemically, and care more about truth than tact.
How long it lasts: Mercury is in Aquarius from 20 January to 6 February 2026.
How it shows up collectively: Big conversations, disclosures, sharper headlines, louder debate about power, governance, tech, and societal direction.
How to use it: Speak clearly, not cruelly. Audit your information diet. If you are doom scrolling, you are literally training your nervous system to expect threat.
Mercury conjunct Pluto (22 January 2026, at 3° Aquarius)
What it is: A conjunction is when two bodies meet in the same degree, blending energies. Mercury plus Pluto is the deep mind: obsession, investigation, truth, psychological insight, persuasion, and sometimes manipulation. In Aquarius, the themes lean toward society, networks, technology, groups, and the future.
How long it lasts: The exact hit is 22 January, but it is typically felt for a few days either side.
How it shows up collectively: Leaks, intense debates, strong messaging, information warfare vibes, and breakthroughs in research or strategy. Also the shadow: conspiracy spirals, paranoia, and people trying to “win” conversations instead of understand.
How to use it: Use it for therapy style honesty, journaling, strategy, and brave conversations. Do not use it to interrogate, stalk, test, or bait people.
Sun conjunct Pluto (23 January 2026, at 3° Aquarius)
What it is: The Sun is identity, vitality, leadership, visibility. Pluto is transformation, power, endings and rebirth. Together, the spotlight hits what must change. This can feel intense, but it is also purification.
How long it lasts: Exact on 23 January, felt for several days.
How it shows up collectively: Leadership power plays, high profile endings or revelations, big shifts in public narrative, and collective focus on who really holds power in systems.
How to use it: Decide who you are without your old coping mechanisms. If you want the mystical version: stop worshipping your past personality. Build the new self by repeatedly feeling the emotion of your future now, before the event happens.
Neptune enters Aries (26 January 2026, about 17:37 to 17:38 GMT)
What it is: Neptune is imagination, spirituality, compassion, ideals, illusions, fog, and collective dreams. Aries is initiation, identity, courage, conflict, and leadership. Neptune entering Aries starts a new era in how people chase meaning, identity, and belief.
How long it lasts: Neptune’s Aries story is long. It re enters Aries on 26 January 2026 and is staying in Aries until around 2039. You can feel the collective mood shift around the ingress window, but the deeper impact is gradual and generational.
How it shows up collectively: New movements, new mythologies, new heroes, and new battles about truth. Inspiration rises, but so can propaganda, saviour complexes, and identity based illusion. Aries can act fast, Neptune can blur reality, so discernment becomes sacred.
How to use it: Courage plus clarity. Dream big, but verify. Channel inspiration into action that helps real people, not just aesthetic spirituality.
Mars conjunct Pluto (27 January 2026, at 3° Aquarius)
What it is: Mars is drive, anger, action, sex, conflict. Pluto is power, intensity, compulsion, transformation. Together, this is high voltage. In Aquarius, it can show up through groups, online spaces, technology, activism, and collective tension.
How long it lasts: Exact on 27 January, felt for around a week for many people, especially if it hits personal placements. It can trigger a decisive break, a breakthrough, or a power struggle that forces honesty.
How it shows up collectively: Protests, conflict escalation, intense headlines, cyber issues, aggressive rhetoric, or dramatic moves from groups and institutions. On the higher side, huge breakthroughs and decisive collective action.
How to use it: Move your body daily. Create a container for the fire: training, decluttering, deep work, hard conversations done cleanly. Avoid impulsive confrontations, especially online. You do not need to attend every argument you are invited to.
Void of Course Moon, what it means and the late January windows
What it is: In traditional astrology, the Moon is “void of course” when it has finished its major aspects in a sign and has not yet entered the next sign. It is often used as a timing tool: good for closure, maintenance, rest, and review, less ideal for launching something you want to stick.
Late January 2026 Void of Course windows (UK time)
24 Jan 21:36 to 25 Jan 18:05
27 Jan 17:57 to 27 Jan 20:55
29 Jan 19:56 to 29 Jan 22:31
31 Jan 21:51 to 1 Feb 00:09
How to use it:
Do the boring tasks that make life work. Finish, edit, tidy, review, sleep, recover. If you must launch, double check details and do not expect instant clean traction.
The blunt takeaway
End of January 2026 is not subtle. Aquarius season plus repeated Pluto conjunctions is a collective pressure cooker that exposes what is false and accelerates change. If you are reactive, you will feel pushed around by reality. If you are conscious, you can use this as an upgrade portal.
