CANCER HOROSCOPE for JANUARY 2026

CANCER/CANCER ASCENDANT

So lucky Jupiter in your sign, from last July till July 2026, is such a positive, expansive year between birthdays, you are only halfway through. Plenty of time left, to enjoy the rewards of being open minded, optimistic and available to loving life-because you deserve to be happy, with a meaningful and fun sense of purpose going on. Especially the Cancer Full Moon of Jan 3^rd, tuning into your instincts about your beautiful, positive self expression this month.

Yes, so even though Jupiter is retrograde all of January-this doesn’t cramp your style. You get to cruise into the New year with a slower, relaxing pace to smell the roses and enjoy whatever life affirming growth presents itself easefully, rather than having to force any particular progress. No rush-by the time Jupiter turns direct from mid March-will have plenty of enthusiasm, to charge forward with renewed momentum.

Meanwhile, let’s talk about the Cancer love life this month-is totally a big deal!

As Mercury into your 7^th, love/love partner sector from Jan 2^nd. Joining a tight stellium of Venus & Mars conjunct, with the Sun bang in between them, pulling the planetary lovers together. Which I’m just saying is a rare, uniquely auspicious aspect, for bringing romantic relationships into harmony, with crystal clear, reciprocal desire for devotion & commitment. I call it the marriage aspect, as particularly potent for marital bliss with an existing partner, love affairs becoming officially committed and for single folk-Destiny revealing the future spouse. Yes it’s that powerful, for the Cancerian lovers out there!

Also this works just as well for all of your relational dynamics-platonic, biz, family etc. You get to enjoy harmonious, mutually supportive connection with all the special people, in your life.

Of which Mercury is an important player. For intelligent communication, to express how you feel with the people you care about, as they are more likely to reciprocate. Really listening to what one another have to say, to actually, properly understand one another is so valuable! Whether making big decisions as a couple, pillow talk for emotional connection or a meeting of minds, with intelligent people who turn you on, intellectually.

The New Moon of Jan 19^th, in your 7^th house is a great moment of clarity, in this regard. With Mercury exactly conjunct Mars. Maybe passionate honesty with a lover, to inflame the chemistry between you? Maybe revealing any lowkey tensions that have been simmering, to properly thrash out the issues and clear the air, rather than indulge drama for the sake of it-know what I mean?

Because this Moon is just in time for Venus, activating Pluto in your 8^th house from Jan 18^th.

The 8^th is about the deeper dimensions, of your most entangled relational dynamics, where you have to keep it real. Whether sexy, raw passion, vulnerable emotional intimacy, familial loyalty or biz & financial interdependence. With all the intense feelings & power dynamics going on. Where sexy, powerful, transformative Pluto is totally keeping it real and ruthlessly honest-parked in your 8^th house for the next 20 years!

So Venus exactly conjunct Pluto, Jan 20^th is a particularly sweet moment, for gorgeous romance and harmonising any tensions going on. Followed swiftly by Sun, Mercury and Mars into your 8^th by Jan 23^rd, all conjunct Pluto by the end of the month. To the extent early Jan is fabulous, to identify the most important connections in your life? By late Jan you get to dig even deeper, into whatever is really going on with real authenticity. As such an emotionally driven sign, who craves sustained intimacy and loyalty, with the people you care about-you are in your element here. I love this for you.

Then Mars exactly conjunct Pluto in your 8^th, just in time for Neptune into your 10^th, brilliant career sector from Jan 28^th. Suddenly the focus switches, to manifesting your most meaningful, inspired sense of professional purpose in the world. And Neptune does extremes-as you wrangle the difference between hare brained, batshit crazy schemes and the higher, vocational dreams calling your name right now. I mean you have 13 years, coming up, of Neptune in your 10^th house, so plenty of time to be discerning about this…

Meanwhile Mars/Pluto, in your 8^th house is a supremely empowering reality check, about the power dynamics going on, with financial negotiations to this end. Spotlight on-can I make real coin and hold my own, with whoever I am doing business with? Could help to clarify the way forward, for the Cancerian career for the rest of the year.

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