[Fate & Free Will ] Astrology for the Week of January 12 - 18

horoscope Jan 12, 2026

Last week was a lot. This week there’s a little breathing room but, this weekend is kind of a lot too.

Monday 01/12

☽ at 17° 15‘ Scorpio ✳ ☿ at 17° 15‘ Capricorn | 4:44 pm Eastern
☽ at 19° 44‘ Scorpio △ ♃ at 19° 44‘ Cancer ℞ | 9:45 pm Eastern

Monday is easier than you might expect after last week’s intensity. If you need to have a conversation or work through something complicated, today cooperates.

Best for: Conversations that need to go deeper, planning, working through something that’s been sitting unresolved.
Potential Challenges: Overanalyzing, turning a straightforward issue into a project.

Tuesday 01/13

☽ at 22° 10‘ Scorpio ✳ ♂︎ at 22° 10‘ Capricorn | 2:42 am Eastern
☽ at 23° 12‘ Scorpio ✳ ☉ at 23° 12‘ Capricorn | 4:48 am Eastern
☽ at 25° 00‘ Scorpio ✳ ♀︎ at 25° 00‘ Capricorn | 7:26 am Eastern
☽ at 27° 01‘ Scorpio △ ♄ at 27° 01‘ Pisces | 12:32 pm Eastern
☽ at 27° 39‘ Scorpio ☍ ♅ at 27° 39‘ Taurus ℞ | 1:48 pm Eastern
☽ at 29° 42‘ Scorpio △ ♆ at 29° 42‘ Pisces | 5:58 pm Eastern
☽ V/C | 5:58pm - 6:33pm Eastern
☽ ▻ Sagittarius| 6:33pm Eastern

Tuesday is productive and useful for getting things checked off the to-do list although you may find things unexpectedly added to your list before the day is over.

Best for: Focused work, creative projects, getting things done.
Potential Challenges: Unexpected disruptions, sudden changes, getting thrown off by something you didn’t see coming.

Wednesday 01/14

☽ at 03° 07‘ Sagittarius ✳ ♇ at 03° 07‘ Aquarius | 12:53 am Eastern
☿ at 19° 34‘ Capricorn ☍ ♃ at 19° 34‘ Cancer ℞ | 3:17 am Eastern
🌘 Waning Crescent Moon | 2:00 pm Eastern

Wednesday every conversation wants to become a bigger conversation. You sit down to figure out one thing and suddenly there are five more things to consider.

This can be useful if you’re working through something complex that benefits from seeing the full picture. It’s less useful if you’re trying to wrap something up and it keeps growing.

Best for: Big picture thinking, complex problems, conversations that need room to expand, planning that has to account for a lot of variables.
Potential Challenges: Difficulty narrowing down, conversations that sprawl, hard to finalize anything, scope creep.

Thursday 01/15

♀︎ at 27° 08‘ Capricorn ✳ ♄ at 27° 08‘ Pisces | 1:18 am Eastern
♀︎ at 27° 37‘ Capricorn △ ♅ at 27° 37‘ Taurus ℞ | 10:22 am Eastern

Thursday has a “try something different” vibe to it. Breaking from routine feels good rather than reckless, and impulsive decisions are more likely to occur. There’s stability underneath so you’re not exactly flying blind, but the real magic is the unexpected plot twist you didn’t see coming.

Best for: Acting on impulse, trying something new, breaking from routine, saying yes to something you wouldn’t normally consider.
Potential Challenges: Mistaking excitement for compatibility, impulse decisions about money or relationships that don’t hold up later.

Friday 01/16

☽ at 27° 13‘ Sagittarius □ ♄ at 27° 13‘ Pisces | 1:16 am Eastern
☽ at 29° 45‘ Sagittarius □ ♆ at 29° 45‘ Pisces | 6:18 am Eastern
☽ V/C | 6:18 am - 6:47 am Eastern
☽ ▻ Capricorn | 6:47 am Eastern

Friday the practical and the imaginative are working together so you can dream and build at the same time. It’s not loud and dramatic, more like inspired efficiency.

Best for: Creative work, romantic gestures, sustained effort on something you believe in.
Potential Challenges: So subtle you miss it, expecting fireworks when the support is quiet.

Saturday 01/17

♀︎ at 29° 46‘ Capricorn ✳ ♆ at 29° 46‘ Pisces | 3:33 am Eastern
☉ at 27° 19‘ Capricorn ✳ ♄ at 27° 19‘ Pisces | 5:41 am Eastern
♀︎ ▻ Aquarius | 7:43 am Eastern
☉ at 27° 35‘ Capricorn △ ♅ at 27° 35‘ Taurus ℞ | 11:58 am Eastern
☽ at 19° 04‘ Capricorn ☍ ♃ at 19° 04‘ Cancer ℞ | 8:13 pm Eastern

Saturday things start to shift in a meaningful way as Venus moves into Aquarius. I’m not going to say this will make things easier as she is moving towards a conjunction with Pluto that will be followed by the Sun, Mercury, and then Mars (all next week). Tension has been building this month and the upcoming conjunctions to Pluto are likely to intensify that.

Today hostility surfaces whether you plan it or not, and conversations can turn confrontational faster than expected.

The level of aggression might surprise you (yours and others). There's enough stability underneath that one hard conversation doesn't have to wreck everything, but don't mistake that for permission to say whatever you want without consequence.

Best for: Confrontations you've been avoiding, hard truths that need to come out, cutting through when diplomacy has failed.
Potential Challenges: Hostility, arguments that escalate fast, words that wound, aggression that comes out sideways.

About that Venus in Aquarius. The good news is that once she gets past Pluto she’s in the clear for awhile (yay!).

Desire becomes more fixed and enduring, with attraction that lingers rather than fading quickly. Passions are strong but harder to express or act on, and what you want stays contained rather than flowing freely. Love and art that are formed during this transit has staying power.

What to expect by rising sign:

Aries Rising: Friendships, social networks, and long-term goals get her attention. You might find yourself more invested in group dynamics or reconnecting with people who share your vision. What you want from your community and future becomes clearer.
Taurus Rising: Career, reputation, and how you're seen publicly come into focus. Professional relationships may feel more significant, or you might find yourself wanting more from your work than just a paycheck.
Gemini Rising: Travel, education, publishing, or anything that expands your worldview gets highlighted. You might be drawn to learning something new or connecting with people from different backgrounds.
Cancer Rising: Fear, death, other people's resources, and the things that feel out of your control suddenly feel a bit easier to deal with. Financial matters involving others may need attention, or you might find yourself confronting something you've been avoiding.
Leo Rising: Partnerships of all kinds, romantic and business, take center stage. What you want from your closest one-on-one relationships becomes harder to ignore.
Virgo Rising: Daily routines, work, health, and the people you interact with every day get a glow-up. You might find yourself wanting more enjoyment in your daily grind or paying more attention to how you feel physically.
Libra Rising: Romance, creativity, pleasure, and fun are all on the table. This is one of the more enjoyable Venus transits, where what you want and what feels good are allowed to be the same thing.
Scorpio Rising: Home, family, roots, and your private life come into focus. You might be drawn to making your space more comfortable or working through something with family members.
Sagittarius Rising: Communication, siblings, neighbors, and your immediate environment get attention from your planetary fairy godmother. Conversations become more pleasant, or you might find yourself wanting to connect with people nearby.
Capricorn Rising: Money, possessions, and what you value take center stage. Spending might increase, or you might be reassessing what feels worth the cost.
Aquarius Rising: How you present yourself, how you're received, and what you're attracted to and attracting all get her attention. People may be more responsive to you, and you might care more about how you come across.
Pisces Rising: The hidden, the private, and the stuff that doesn't get shared publicly are where she's working. Desires may be harder to articulate or act on. Help might come from unexpected places but relationships could feel more complicated or require solitude to process.

Sunday 01/18

☿ at 26° 03‘ Capricorn ☌ ♂︎ at 26° 03‘ Capricorn | 2:40 am Eastern
☽ at 26° 18‘ Capricorn ☌ ♂︎ at 26° 18‘ Capricorn | 10:11 am Eastern
☽ at 26° 36‘ Capricorn ☌ ☿at 26° 36‘ Capricorn | 10:47 am Eastern
☽ at 27° 25‘ Capricorn ✳ ♄ at 27° 25‘ Pisces | 12:21 pm Eastern
☽ at 27° 34‘ Capricorn △ ♅ at 27° 34‘ Taurus ℞ | 12:38 pm Eastern
🌑 Capricorn New Moon

☽ ☌ ☉ at 28° 43‘ Capricorn | 2:51 pm Eastern

☽ at 29° 48‘ Capricorn ✳ ♆ at 29° 48‘ Pisces | 4:56 pm Eastern
☽ V/C | 4:56 pm - 5:17 pm Eastern
☽ ▻ Aquarius | 5:17 pm Eastern
☽ at 01° 57‘ Aquarius ☌ ♀︎ at 01° 57‘ Aquarius | 9:02 pm Eastern
☿ at 27° 28‘ Capricorn ✳ ♄ at 27° 28‘ Pisces | 11:09 pm Eastern
☽ at 03° 17‘ Aquarius ☌ ♇ at 03° 17‘ Aquarius | 11:35 pm Eastern

Sunday we have the Capricorn New Moon.

Look, I know a lot of you have been going through it this month. The world has been insane and I wish I could tell you it was about to get easier and be sunshine and rainbows and fluffy bunnies. But I can’t tell you that.

This isn’t a New Moon filled with idealism and hope, it’s the plan you make from knowing how hard it can be. Look around at what you’ve been going through, what you’re willing to do about it, what the cost is for doing things differently or staying the same.

Best for: Beginning something you've spent the month preparing for, initiatives that build on recent clarity, starting with your eyes open.
Potential Challenges: Residual tension from Saturday, impatience to move forward before you've fully processed, carrying old frustration into a new beginning.

If you’re confused because everything has been great or everything has been a dumpster fire (results vary based on natal chart placements) then check your rising sign below for the area of life this new beginning is in.

Aries Rising: This is about your career and what you're building professionally. If you've spent the month figuring out what you're willing to do to get where you want to go, this is where you commit to the plan.
Taurus Rising: This is about what you believe and where you're headed. If you've been questioning your direction, reconsidering a path of study, or rethinking a big trip or teaching project, this is where you decide what comes next.
Gemini Rising: This is about fear, death, and the things that feel out of your control. If you've been confronting mortality, dealing with inheritance or other people's resources, or facing something that terrifies you, this is where you start figuring out how to move forward anyway.
Cancer Rising: This is about your closest relationships. If your marriage, business partnership, or most significant one-on-one dynamic has been under pressure, this is where you figure out what you're building together or whether you're building at all.
Leo Rising: This is about your daily life and how sustainable it is. If your schedule, health, or workload has been grinding you down, this is where you start making changes you can maintain.
Virgo Rising: This is about what brings you joy and what you're creating. If you've been figuring out what you want to make, who you want to be with, how to engage with children, or how to have more fun in your life, this is the beginning of that.
Libra Rising: This is about your home and your foundation. If your living situation, family dynamics, or sense of security has been unstable, this is where you start building something that fully supports you.
Scorpio Rising: This is about how you communicate and move through your daily environment. If you've been rethinking how you say what you mean, dealing with sibling or neighbor dynamics, or reconsidering your daily routines, this is where the new approach takes root.
Sagittarius Rising: This is about your money and what you value. If you've been reevaluating your finances, how you make money, what you're willing to pay for, or what feels worth the effort, this is where you start making different choices.
Capricorn Rising: This is about you. Who you are, who you're becoming, and what you're willing to do to get there. If you've been doing the hard work of becoming someone different, this is where that version of you starts to solidify.
Aquarius Rising: This is about what you've been avoiding, hiding from, or processing alone. If you've been confronting self-sabotage, working through something privately, or dealing with isolation, this is where the internal work starts to produce external results.
Pisces Rising: This is about your people and your long-term goals. If you've been reconsidering your friendships, your community, or what you're actively working toward, this is where the new direction begins.

Until next time, my wish for you is the fortitude required to build your fantasy. - Robin 💋

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