[Fate & Free Will ] Astrology for the Week of January 19 - 25

Have you ever wondered what the Aquarius part of your chart felt like? You’re about to find out in a BIG way.

Not only are the Moon, Venus, and Pluto already there but the Sun, Mercury, and Mars are joining the party this week. It’ll be an especially intense introduction as every planet will be cozying up to the dark lord before the end of the month. 

Monday 01/19

• ☿ at 27° 34‘ Capricorn △ ♅ at 27° 34‘ Taurus ℞ | 12:37 am Eastern
• ☉ at 29° 50‘ Capricorn ✳ ♆ at 29° 50‘ Pisces | 4:54 pm Eastern
• ☉ ▻ Aquarius | 8:44pm Eastern
• ♀︎ at 03° 19‘ Aquarius ☌ ♇ at 03° 19‘ Aquarius | 11:04 pm Eastern

Monday the pace of change intensifies as the Sun moves into Aquarius and people become less inclined to compromise.  

At the same time, Venus hits Pluto and desire becomes intense in a way that doesn't fade. Whatever you want right now, you want it badly, and it feels less like a choice and more like something happening to you. 

Power dynamics in relationships or dominance over women is possible. 

• Best for: Knowing what you really want, relationships that can hold intensity, confronting power dynamics directly, not pretending everything is fine.
• Potential Challenges: Compulsive desire, obsessive attraction, power struggles, dominance dynamics, wanting something so much it clouds your judgment.

By the end of the week all of the inner planets will be in Aquarius which means this area of life is lit all the way up. By rising sign:

• Aries Rising: The people who support your ambitions and the future you're working toward are all getting this concentration of energy. Pay attention to who shows up and who doesn't, and whether the goal you've been chasing is still the one you want.
• Taurus Rising: How you're seen in the world and what you're building professionally is front and center right now. If your career has felt stuck or you've been questioning whether you're on the right path, this is when it gets addressed.
• Gemini Rising: What you believe, where you're headed, and how you make sense of the world is getting activated. If your worldview has been shifting or you've been restless for something bigger, expect that to intensify.
• Cancer Rising: The things that scare you, what you owe, what you're owed, and what feels out of your control are all lit up. Whatever you've been avoiding is done waiting for you to be ready.
• Leo Rising: Your closest one-on-one relationships are where all this energy is concentrated. If there's been something unspoken between you and a partner, business or personal, it's coming to the surface.
• Virgo Rising: How you spend your days, your health, your work, and what you do to keep everything running is demanding attention. If your routines have been grinding you down or something in your daily life isn't working, this is when you deal with it.
• Libra Rising: What you create, who you enjoy, and what brings you pleasure is where all this energy lands. If you've been denying yourself joy or putting off something you want, that's getting harder to ignore.
• Scorpio Rising: Your home, your family, and your sense of security are getting stirred up. If your foundation has felt shaky or family dynamics have been tense, this is when it comes to a head.
• Sagittarius Rising: How you communicate, who you talk to daily, and your immediate environment are activated. If you've been holding back from saying something or your local world has felt chaotic, expect that to escalate.
• Capricorn Rising: Your money, your possessions, and your sense of what's worth the effort are getting concentrated attention. If your finances have been uncertain or you've been questioning what you're willing to pay for what you want, this is when clarity comes.
• Aquarius Rising: All of this energy is landing on you directly. If you've been feeling the pressure to change who you are or how you show up in the world, you're not imagining it.
• Pisces Rising: The things you've been processing alone, avoiding, or hiding from yourself are where all this intensity is focused. If something has been building beneath the surface, it's not staying buried much longer.

Tuesday 01/20

• ♄ at 27° 33‘ Pisces ✳ ♅ at 27° 33‘ Taurus ℞ | 12:18 am Eastern
• ♂︎ at 27° 33‘ Capricorn △ ♅ at 27° 33‘ Taurus ℞ | 12:56 am Eastern
• ♂︎ at 27° 33‘ Capricorn ✳ ♄ at 27° 33‘ Pisces | 1:01 am Eastern
• ☿ at 29° 51‘ Capricorn ✳ ♆ at 29° 51‘ Pisces | 9:34 am Eastern
• ☿ ▻ Aquarius | 11:41 am Eastern
• ☽ at 27° 32‘ Aquarius □ ♅ at 27° 32‘ Taurus ℞ | 9:16 pm Eastern
• ☽ V/C 9:16 pm - January 21 at 1:49 am Eastern

Tuesday you continue to wrap up what’s been occupying most of your time this month with a solid bit of work ethic and inspiration. 

Once Mercury moves into Aquarius, the way people think shifts. Ideas stick around longer, which is useful when you need to work through something complex and less useful when you're trying to move on. It also means that the area of life being highlighted by the Sun and Venus is now occupying a LOT of your attention.

• Best for: Sustained effort, finishing what you started, articulating complex ideas.
• Potential Challenges: Overthinking, difficulty letting go of an idea, analysis that stalls action, thoughts that fix in place when flexibility would help.

Wednesday 01/21

• ☽ ▻ Pisces | 1:49 am Eastern
• ☉ at 01° 36‘ Aquarius ☌ ☿ at 01° 36‘ Aquarius | 10:48 am Eastern
• ☽ at 09° 20‘ Pisces ☌ ☊ at 09° 20‘ Pisces | 7:02 pm Eastern

Wednesday pay attention to what (or who) is on your mind. Ideas that surface today stick around, and there's an emotional pull toward something that feels significant even if you can't explain why. 

• Best for: Focused thinking, insight, clarifying thoughts, following a hunch, tuning into what feels important.
• Potential Challenges: Escapism, confusing intuition with wishful thinking, emotional overwhelm.

Thursday 01/22

• 🌒 Waxing Crescent Moon | 10:05 am Eastern
• ☽ at 18° 28‘ Pisces △ ♃ at 18° 28‘ Cancer ℞ | 11:40 am Eastern
• ☿ at 03° 24‘ Aquarius ☌ ♇ at 03° 24‘ Aquarius  | 12:14 pm Eastern

Thursday is more intense. There's room for big feelings and optimism, but whatever is on your mind today goes deep and doesn't let go. 

Conversations (or introspection) might uncover something hidden or involve power dynamics you weren't expecting. 

• Best for: Getting to the bottom of something, conversations that require honesty about power, emotional expansion.
• Potential Challenges: Mental fixation, conversations that turn heavy, uncovering information you weren't ready for, overthinking.

Friday 01/23

• ♂︎ at 29° 54‘ Capricorn ✳ ♆ at 29° 54‘ Pisces | 1:39 am Eastern
• ☽ at 27° 31‘ Pisces ✳ ♅ at 27° 31‘ Taurus ℞ | 3:59 am Eastern
• ♂︎ ▻ Aquarius | 4:16 am Eastern
• ☽ at 27° 49‘ Pisces ☌ ♄ at 27° 49‘ Pisces | 4:32 am Eastern
• ☉ at 03° 25‘ Aquarius ☌ ♇ at 03° 25‘ Aquarius | 5:28 am Eastern
• ☽ at 29° 55‘ Pisces ☌ ♆ at 29° 55‘ Pisces | 8:17 am Eastern
• ☽ V/C | 8:17 am - 8:25 am Eastern
• ☽ ▻ Aries | 8:25 am Eastern
• ☽ at 00° 48‘ Aries ✳ ♂︎ at 00° 48‘ Aquarius | 8:41 am Eastern
• ☽ at 03° 26‘ Aries ✳ ♇ at 03° 26‘ Aquarius | 2:33 pm Eastern
• ☽ at 03° 50‘ Aries ✳ ☉ at 03° 50‘ Aquarius | 3:16 pm Eastern
• ☽ at 05° 31‘ Aries ✳ ☿  at 05° 31‘ Aquarius | 6:16 pm Eastern
• ☽ at 08° 21‘ Aries ✳ ♀︎ at 08° 21‘ Aquarius | 11:17 pm Eastern

Friday Mars moves into Aquarius and loses some of the effectiveness he had in Capricorn. The drive is still there but translating it into results gets harder. 

Meanwhile the Sun hits Pluto and whatever has your attention becomes consuming. Power dynamics are impossible to ignore, and focus feels less like something you chose and more like something happening to you. This is not a light day.

• Best for: Sustained effort, confronting power dynamics, persistence when progress is slow, acknowledging what has a hold on you.
• Potential Challenges: Effort that doesn't produce results, feeling consumed, power struggles, compulsive focus, intensity that overwhelms, paralysis.

Saturday 01/24

• ☽ at 18° 11‘ Aries □ ♃ at 18° 11‘ Cancer ℞  | 4:36 pm Eastern
• ☽ V/C | 4:36 pm - January 25 at 1:05 pm Eastern

Saturday has a restless quality. There's an urge to do something big or go after something more, but the execution may not match the ambition. 

Confidence is high but patience is low. You might overestimate what you can take on or promise more than you can deliver.

• Best for: Big picture thinking, taking a risk, following your enthusiasm.
• Potential Challenges: Overconfidence, impatience, overcommitting, biting off more than you can chew.

Sunday 01/25

• ☽ ▻ Taurus | 1:05 pm Eastern
• ☽ at 01° 57‘ Taurus □ ♂︎ at 01° 57‘ Aquarius | 4:27 pm Eastern
•  ☽ at 03° 30‘ Taurus □ ♇ at 03° 30‘ Aquarius | 7:06 pm Eastern
• 🌓 First Quarter Moon | 11:47 pm Eastern

Sunday is tense. Frustration builds, irritability is close to the surface, and emotions feel bigger than the situation warrants. Power struggles are possible, or just a general sense that something won't let you rest.

Best case scenario, you channel the agitation into something physical or productive. 

• Best for: Physical activity that burns off frustration, acknowledging tension instead of pretending it isn't there, doing something productive with the agitation.
• Potential Challenges: Irritability, frustration, power struggles, stubbornness, emotions that won't settle, tension that has nowhere to go.

Until next time, my wish for you is certainty that what you want is worth fighting for. - Robin 💋