Your January 2024 horoscope welcomes a brand new year of possibility. Where will you go in the year ahead? While it’s never the wrong time to start scheming about your next getaway, January contains a lot of powerful astrology for getting your plans in order. We start the year with both Jupiter and Mercury stationing direct, and with Mars entering its exaltation sign of Capricorn on the 4th, it probably won’t take very long for us to shake off the holiday languor and spring into action. If you’ve got a vision to actualise, reservations to book, or a project to begin, you might as well hit the ground running this month. The week of January 13th through 19th in particular, with Mercury back in Capricorn and moving into Jupiter’s embrace, is an excellent time to buy your tickets and pull the trigger on some of those plans.
If you’re travelling this month, the astrology looks less like a lazy river vacation and more like a vigorous mountain trek – mixing work with pleasure and engaging in more physically active forms of adventure seem well-supported during this time. This is also your time to shine if you’re an ambitious traveller who thrives with a full itinerary – all of you more laid-back, go-with-the-flow types will have your time in the sun this year, too.
This month is also when we go back to the future. Between March and June of 2023, we got an initial glimpse of the upcoming 20-year run of Pluto in Aquarius. On January 20th, Pluto comes back to Aquarius, and we will begin this new era a little more in earnest. Technology, science, and artificial intelligence will transform our shared reality completely over the next two decades. Already using it to search flights? Then just imagine what planning a vacation will look like in 2035. If that feels too big to fathom, you can settle for helping your parents navigate Google Flights for their big trip next year.
Read on for your complete January 2024 horoscope.
Astrologer's note: Below we refer to your signs as “rising” signs, also known as your ascendant sign. Horoscopes are more accurate when read this way – using your birth time and location, you can quickly find your rising sign online (it takes less than 30 seconds).
Aries Rising
Were your careful plans scattered to the winds over the holidays? Did it feel as though the travel gods had it out for you personally? You might be entitled to emotional and financial compensation from Mercury Retrograde. Fortunately, we start this month with Mercury stationing direct in your 9th house of travel. What went awry in December can be dealt with in January, and you may even be glad that things didn’t go according to plan. There are certain detours you would have never taken on your own had it not been for the universe rerouting you.
You also gain a ton of clarity and strength this month when your ruling planet, Mars, enters Capricorn on the 4th. For the next six weeks, you’ll be extra empowered to climb any mountain, tackle any summit, and set your target higher without breaking too much of a sweat. This is your time to lead with your ambition and stand in your power. Don’t be shy about pursuing your professional goals this month – or about publicly declaring where you stand. One of the great strengths of this transit is that you’ll be less prone to squandering your energy on petty, trivial things. If you have to set some boundaries in order to do so, make sure you don’t fall into the trap of repeating yourself.
If there’s a time in the month for this sort of thing to confront you, it’ll probably be around the 27th and 28th, when Mercury and Mars conjoin and form a tense square to the lunar nodes. Whether you’re called to take up more space, make some sort of public statement, or announce what you’re definitely not available for going forward, the things you say and decide around these dates can have lasting consequences, so make sure you feel good about where you stand. Pruning away some dead weight is going to really help you fly, and move most freely.
Taurus Rising
Financial oversights and disagreements may have derailed your holidays, but thankfully, you’ll be in a much better position to course-correct as you enter the new year. Mercury stations direct in your 8th house of shared resources on January 1st, the same day that Venus runs into a square with Saturn. Even if you’re met with a momentary sense that others aren’t pouring into you the way you’re pouring into them, perhaps this clarity is what’s needed to set more effective boundaries, or at least adjust the way reciprocity is flowing in your life.
Besides, January is about to provide you with a powerful burst of momentum for your globetrotting aspirations. Maybe saying “no” to covering someone else’s bill, or deciding to opt out of the annual friend reunion this year, will free you to pursue your more ambitious bucket list destinations in 2024. A stellium of Capricorn planets will be adjourning in your 9th house of long-distance travel this month, starting with a powerful exalted Mars on the 4th. For the next six weeks, you’ll have maximum endurance for drafting your big plans, researching flights, and even for going on those high-octane trips that would normally exhaust you.
Whether you’re on the road or merely plotting your next moves, the dominoes you set into motion this month will likely alter your trajectory in some way. Pay attention to the stirrings of your internal compass around the Capricorn New Moon on the 11th – something is shifting, even if you can’t yet tell where it’s going.
On the 23rd, Venus joins the board meeting in Capricorn and turns it into a party. The last week of January in particular would be an excellent time to decamp somewhere pretty, travel for pleasure, or do some spiritual seeking (but maybe the kind that comes with laughter and good food, and not strict rules and self-denial).
Gemini Rising
What goes up must come down again, and you will feel yourself boomeranging back to baseline this month as your ruling planet, Mercury, stations direct on the 1st and gradually picks up speed again. Last month, you were preoccupied with settling some outstanding debts and reworking agreements with important people in your life. Perhaps you had to wildly misunderstand each other before you could meet each other halfway. And for the first two weeks of January, you’ll be moving forward – but this time together, and with a shared mission. Maybe you needed to rewrite the terms of a contract – literally or metaphorically – before you could sort out the financials.
And that’s more or less what happens next, after Mercury re-enters Capricorn on the 13th. Now, you can rebalance your checkbooks, resubmit your tax return, publish the updated draft of your will, consolidate your loan, deposit funds into your investment account, figure out who owes what, and come to some sort of agreement about who’s responsible for which parts of a shared venture.
The bigger news is that on the 20th, the Sun and Pluto both enter Aquarius, your 9th house of long journeys, education, and spirituality. Over the next two decades, Pluto will completely tear down and reconstruct what you think you know about the world, and also how you move through it. That includes how you travel, how you think about tourism, and how you grapple with your place in the international order. For now, though, you can start by honouring any impulses that are arising to investigate things more deeply or change your usual approach. This could be something as drastic as renouncing air travel to help curb emissions, or something more subtle, like doing more research before you book to ensure you’re not giving money to organisations you think are unethical. With Pluto, there’s always a deeper layer to explore. You don’t have to get to the bottom of it just yet – right now is for scratching the surface.
Cancer Rising
Whether you were revisiting an important conversation, renegotiating an agreement, or trying to arrive to a mutual decision on where to travel together next year, at least one of your significant others needed a little more of your attention last month. Fortunately, the effort you put in will pay off in January as things settle into a more normal flow again between the two of you. As a stellium of planets march through Capricorn, your 7th house of others, you, too, will feel the purposeful momentum building in your relationships. If it’s not a romantic other, this could also involve a platonic life partner, your travel accomplice, your work wife or husband, or your clients.
The Capricorn New Moon on the 11th brings you to a significant reset where all of this is concerned. This is an annual event, to be clear, so you can think of this as a chance to identify your 2024 relationship goals and move accordingly. Usually, that might look like committing to visiting a loved one more regularly, or carving out weekends away with the sole purpose of bonding. However, this particular new moon will be squaring the lunar nodes, which means it might advance the plot for you a little more dramatically. Is it destiny? Maybe, maybe not, but consider that the new partner-oriented beginnings taking form at the moment could have ripple effects on virtually every other aspect of your life, especially your career and where you live.
The month culminates in a Leo Full Moon on the 25th, which brings things to a head in your financial life and raises all sorts of new questions about who you’re involved with, who you depend on, who depends on you, and how those dynamics serve to detract from or support your hopes and dreams. This full moon may illuminate codependent dynamics that you weren’t able to see before – or it might tempt you with a Faustian bargain of some kind. Stay true to your core values no matter what, but don’t be afraid to ask the difficult questions. And, importantly, don't worry if your travel calendar is light this month – it'll give you a chance to focus on all of the above.
Leo Rising
It remains uncertain whether you’ll get a chance to switch on your out-of-office reminder this month, but one thing does seem clear: you might be too energised around your goals to care. There’s a dutiful stellium of planets marching through Capricorn this month, which falls in your 6th house of work. When Mars enters the fray on the 4th, you’ll have an added boost of motivation to put you in the #grindset for the next six weeks. Of course, the risk of overdoing it is very real, especially when Mars gets overly excited. One of the gifts of exalted Mars is that you’ll be in better shape to conserve your energy for what matters most, but make sure you’re not barreling toward burnout, even for the things that excite you (we're also looking at you, backed-to-the-brim itinerary planners). If you need to portion out some of this productivity power in order to come up with a wellness game plan – that wouldn’t be the worst use of your time.
You might need to consider other ways to pour into yourself anyway, especially toward the end of the month. On the 25th, the Leo Full Moon highlights your accomplishments and recent professional growth. Go ahead, hype yourself up! And in the very same breath, it also illuminates the tension between you and your competition – maybe even between you and a significant person in your life who isn’t cheering you on without reservation. Who knows what the reasons may be: jealousy, a sense of personal inadequacy, resentment that they’re not getting enough attention from you. Don’t let someone else’s insecurities ruin this moment for you, but also don’t shy away from the invitation to poke beneath the surface-level presentation of the issue together, and to ultimately allow in more intimacy.
Virgo Rising
It might be music to your ears that December’s mess becomes January’s progress, but either way, you’re going to hit the ground running this month. After some fun diversions (and maybe not-so-fun derailments) last month, Mercury officially ends its retrograde on the 1st. Although you might spend the first half of the month reorganising your home or resolving misunderstandings that came up with your family over the holidays, you’ll be back to more creative pursuits soon enough.
Remember the songs you remixed and the forgotten pleasures you returned to in the first part of December? Now’s your chance to weave these reclaimed hits of inspiration into your ongoing creative process somehow, or, if you have kids, to relive parts of your childhood with them as you introduce them to your favourite books and movies, or tell stories of treasured travel memories. You’ll be on fire with ideas, especially between the 13th and the 19th, when Mercury returns to Capricorn and swoops into a trine with Jupiter. If you’re not feeling moved by your present surroundings, this would be a great time to get out of town and let unfamiliar surroundings stoke your genius.
Actually, the last week of the month doesn’t look half bad for a getaway, either. Between the 23rd and the 28th, Venus will be in Capricorn and applying to a trine with Jupiter. You’ll be in the mood to enjoy what life has to offer and indulge in the buffet of experiences that are yet to be had. If getting out of town isn’t in the cards, seek out parties, festivals, cultural experiences, and gallery openings in your own neck of the woods – especially those that can teach you something new, or connect you to people of different faiths or backgrounds. Mostly, though, go where there’s good food.
Libra Rising
Last month’s traffic jams and conversational minefields become this month’s road openings and clarifying follow-ups as Mercury stations direct on January 1st. You may have run into some misunderstandings or become directionally challenged at the end of December, but pretty soon, things will start making sense again, and you won’t feel quite as lost or untethered. The question to ask yourself now is: What are the new options and potential pathways available to you now that you’ve waded into the mess?
And anyway, it sounds like a lot of your attention this month will be preoccupied with familial concerns, and maybe with your living situation. This feels a bit like a big question you were circling around last winter, doesn’t it? Maybe there’s a reason why you had to approach it twice, and again a year later. Whether you’re doing a deep dive into your family history, revisiting an important conversation with your folks, or doing some serious thinking about where you live, you might feel like you’re finally able to make some progress in January – and even plot a way forward. The Capricorn New Moon on the 11th will be squaring the lunar nodes, which suggests you might be hitting the reset button in a palpable way. This isn’t a subtle new beginning – it might be a tangible shift in your family dynamics, the beginning of a new relationship to your roots, or even a move to a new address. If it’s the latter, Venus’ entry into Capricorn on the 23rd will make the last week of the month especially fun for nesting, decorating, and throwing a housewarming party.
Considering Jupiter will be moving into your 9th house of travel this May, could it be that the choices you make now will set you up for more opportunities to see the world in 2024 and 2025? Or are you going to finally take that pilgrimage to one or more of your ancestral lands? Just something to consider. For now, January asks that you simply set some of those wheels in motion and enjoy the company of your favourite people.
Scorpio Rising
Expect to be busy in January, but not in an unpleasant way, necessarily. If anything, you’ll be energised around your goals and eager to get cracking as soon as the rest of the world starts responding to emails again. Your ruling planet, Mars, enters its exalted sign of Capricorn on the 4th. For the next six weeks, you’ll be cranking through Zoom meetings, making headway on your book proposal, and putting some extra mileage on your car as you make good on your promise to get out of the house more in 2024. You might also be busy taking short trips out of town, which could be for business or for pleasure. Maybe mix the two and see what happens?
Either way, you’re in pretty good form to set some wheels in motion after an extended planning and “thinking about it” phase. Some of the things you were mulling over in December were actually some of the things you were mulling over last winter, too. Could it be time, finally, to put together that deck, send in that application, or contact that person who gave you their card? If there’s a week to go for it, do it between the 13th and the 19th, when Mercury re-enters Capricorn and starts moving into a trine with Jupiter.
On the 25th, the Leo Full Moon puts a spotlight on your recent success and finds you taking stock of your accomplishments. But an equally big part of this moment is also giving credit where credit is due, and recognising the important people in your life for their support and the role they may have played in helping you get here. The light of this recognition becomes all the more meaningful when contrasted against the shadows of your past.
Sagittarius Rising
Maybe it took you a couple tries to find the right words, but there’s something vital you need to express, and 2024 begins with you putting yourself out there and saying what you need to. The thing is, you can’t control how other people are going to interpret your words. But you already know that, because your previous attempts to make yourself understood probably created a big mess. Now, as Mercury stations direct in Sagittarius on January 1st, you’ll be most concerned with standing in your own truth. If this is your final answer, let the world hear it, and just enjoy the ride for what it is.
In general, it looks as though you’ll be enjoying yourself in the first half of January. With a sense of forward momentum nipping at your heels and the grace of Venus in your corner, your confidence makes a comeback this month, and you’ll be a magnet for compliments. You’ll also be in better shape to finalise some of the financial planning and reorganisation you did in December. If nothing else, you’ll be glad you took the time to clean out your closets and comb through your previous bank statements, because you’ll probably be pulling the trigger on some of the bigger purchases you’ve been saving for. Having the funds for the round-trip airfare, and reducing decision fatigue when you pack your suitcase? Double win.
It’s actually not that unlikely that travel will be a priority in your budgeting considerations this month. There’s a full moon in Leo on the 25th lighting up your 9th house of international travel, which may find you moving forward with long-held travel aspirations or taking a trip somewhere cool. Alternatively, you could be realising something significant about your belief system, celebrating an educational milestone, or claiming an opportunity to work with people from other countries or backgrounds. This could be an exciting culmination for you, but one that also invites you to ask deeper questions and investigate beneath the surface-level presentation of things.
Capricorn Rising
Soul-searching has kept you busy in the lead-up to your birthday season, and as much as it’s been productive for you, at least some of what came up for you over the holidays was probably a little triggering. This won’t kill your vibe for long, though, and it only gets better from here. You might even be glad you touched that sore spot in the long run, especially if it helps you put the past behind you more completely.
That’s all good and necessary, because this January, you’re coming back with a vengeance. On the 4th, Mars enters its exalted sign of Capricorn and revives you with stamina and motivation. You might accomplish more over the next six weeks than you did all winter so far, but this isn’t just a productivity boost. It’s also a moment of gathering your bones and taking real action around your goals in order to cut through the fog of discouragement and self-doubt. It’s also about standing up and not taking any crap from anyone.
Your momentum only grows from there as more planets pile into Capricorn. The Capricorn New Moon on the 11th is actually a potent one, and there’s reason to suspect that these efforts at self-renewal are going to move the needle in your current reality. Perhaps recent changes in your professional or domestic life are now requiring you to step into a new gear, and this is your way of meeting the moment. Mercury’s re-entry into your rising sign on the 13th puts you more firmly in command of the logistical side of things again, and after Venus enters Capricorn on the 23rd, you’ll be feeling your most magnetic and attractive self. Don’t assume the compliments are just an accident of good lighting. You’re glowing because you know what you want, and you’re finally not afraid to go get it.
Aquarius Rising
Last month, we found you moving in deep silence and contemplation and eventually coming out of hiding to rejoin the world beyond your meditation corner. In January, you’ll be retracing your steps through the labyrinth. Though the first half of the month looks like a busy and fun time for your social calendar, you’ll also be revisiting some of the inner work you were doing back in December. January is less for processing and churning, though, and more for climbing out of the rut you’ve been in lately. It pays to visit those places from time to time, but there is such a thing as dwelling there too long. Fortunately, you’ll have some planetary guides on your team to motivate you and empower you to face your hangups head-on, and to beat the final boss in your mind.
And it’ll probably feel that big because after the 20th, everything changes. Okay, not everything, but this is more or less the beginning of the end of who you’ve been in the world thus far. As Pluto enters Aquarius for more or less the next 20 years, you, too, cross a subtle threshold into a personal deconstruction process. Will you fully enter your villain era over the next two decades, or is this just the beginning of you stepping into your power? If having this knowledge in the back of your mind means you’ll allow in greater opportunities for personal transformation (hint: travel is a reliable catalyst for this), all the better.
Definitely don’t expect this to land all at once, but do notice which facades you can’t keep up anymore, and where you feel you’re personally lacking teeth. Don’t be surprised if an important person in your life illuminates some of your shadows for you during the full moon on the 25th, and provides an initial glimpse of the terrain you’ll be uncovering.
Pisces Rising
Last month’s networking may prove fruitful in the coming weeks. At the very least, you’ll be re-energised around your career goals and the various roles you play in your community. Will you be assuming more leadership responsibilities in 2024? Are you nurturing a dream to create a new gathering place for folks you think should connect? Mercury’s direct station on the 1st helps you hit the ground running with all kinds of professional plans in January, and pretty soon, you’ll have a dream team assembled to bring your vision to life.
On the 4th, Mars enters its exalted sign of Capricorn and puts some communal firepower behind your efforts for the next six weeks. A dream you dream alone is only a dream, as Yoko Ono once said. A dream you dream together is reality. Whether you’re organising for social or political change or cultivating a community of your own making, expect to see some real movement start to happen. Maybe your goals aren’t that lofty. Maybe you’re trying to get the squad together for that reunion you’ve been talking about for years. Look, planning a group vacation that involves nine people’s passports is still ambitious. And you can lean into the energy available to you in January to make it happen. Whether you’re planning travel or bringing your manifesto to life, the week of the 13th through the 19th is especially auspicious for booking reservations, brainstorming solutions, and bringing your ideas to life.
Around the 19th is likely when you’ll most feel things coming together, and also most feel romanced by your vision. This is when Mercury perfects its trine with Jupiter, and Venus squares Neptune in the most angular (read: loudest) parts of your chart. It’s important to not feel limited by the literal constraints of your current reality, but also to resist the temptation to be seduced by your fantasy prematurely. If you need to market yourself or promote a certain image, though, this could be the best time to cast your spell.
Enjoyed your January 2024 horoscope? Look back on December to see how things lined up.
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