Awareness through Astrology

Cosmic Insights – January 12, 2026 January 12, 2026

by Veronica G. Hartman 

The celestial week of January 12, 2026, begins with the Sun rising in reserved, dutiful Capricorn, illuminating an opportunity to experience recognition for the accomplishments of past efforts to build a firm foundation for life experiences.  Saturn is the authoritative ruler of Capricorn and is anchored in Pisces, busy with the construction of visionary ideals. Jupiter, the daily ruler of Pisces, is retrograde in Cancer, nurturing the potential of expansive opportunities with caring emotions. While the Moon in Scorpio transforms the vision into creation, before Mars in Capricorn takes the necessary actions for manifestation. 

As the Moon in Scorpio slips through the subconscious emotional terrain to engage favorably with the ideas of Mercury in Capricorn, the actions of Mars in Capricorn, the purpose of the Sun, and the values of Venus in Capricorn, before favorable interactions with Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, and Jupiter retrograde in Cancer to facilitate transformation of emotional healing. 

Yes, this is serious business, because later in the afternoon, the Sun in Capricorn challenges Chiron in Aries to take responsible actions for the opportunities to heal self-inflicted emotionalwounds of abandonment or rejection, with the courage to learn the lessons about being there for oneself; totally eradicating any future issues of abandonment, leading to self-empowerment. 

In the early afternoon of January 13, Mars in Capricorn provides the action of choosing the responsibility of self-love and acceptance as the most significant aspect of relating to oneself, instead of unconsciously needing it from others.

Then, later in the evening, the Moon leaves Scorpio for some light-hearted emotional relief, as it bounces into Sagittarius! The Moon in Sagittarius’s first planetary interaction is with Pluto in Aquarius, who is more than willing to be a partner in daring adventures, to take the edge off of the seriousness of responsibility indicated by four planets in authoritative Capricorn.

In the early hours of January 14th, Mercury in Capricorn opposes Jupiter retrograde in Cancer, with ideas of self-parenting to gain the emotional freedom from taking care of others, instead of oneself. While those ideas may turn up the emotional volume of neediness, they can also serve as an opportunity to exercise self-empowerment. The caveat lies in the fact that most conditional behaviors are modeled from childhood, as Cancer is metaphorically the mother energy, while Capricorn is the father, and Aries is the child, unconsciously experiencing both parental roles, as it learns how to be an individual. Perhaps, however, the healthiest solution lies in knowing and accepting that true individuality lies in being true to oneself, while honoring parental roles.

Once again, those concepts may be challenged in the early hours of January 16th, as Mercury in authoritative Capricorn becomes the internal voice that questions the ideas of self-responsibility. After all, it’s so much easier to fall back on the desire to have someone else do the heavy lifting in life. Yet, the real challenge may lie in choosing not to take on the responsibility of being the authoritative CEO of life.

Then, hours later, the Moon joins Mercury, Mars, Venus, and the Sun in Capricorn to be the emotional caretaker of ideas, actions, values, and purpose in life, to experience the best quality of life, because you’ve stepped up to the responsibility of earning it.

Veronica is a professional astrologer with thirty-six years of experience and certified by the NCGR Professional Astrologers Alliance, Master Hypnotherapist and Instructor certified by the American Board of Hypnotherapy, Trainer and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) with thirty years of experience and is certified by the American Board of NLP, Trainer and Master Practitioner of Time Line TherapyTM certified by the Time Line TherapyTM Association, Reiki Master of the Usui Sei Chem Tibetan lineage, with twenty-nine years of experience, and an Ordained Minister by the Universal Brotherhood Movement, Inc. since 1995.

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