Overview: Happy New Year! No, I didn’t get the date wrong: The Sun enters Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, on Monday and begins the astrological new year. On Thursday, for the first time since 2008, Pluto enters a new sign. This will be one of the biggest astrological changes in recent memory as Pluto will remain in Aquarius for the next 20 years. On Saturday, Mars enters Cancer and stays there until March 25, urging us to protect our home and emotional security.
Read your Sun/Rising horoscope:
Aries
Happy birthday, Aries! Your season starts on Monday and puts your dreams at the top of the universe’s priority list. On Thursday, Pluto enters your community zone ruled by Aquarius for the next 20 years and helps you find a greater sense of purpose and power within friendships. Mars enters your Cancer-ruled home sector on Saturday, helping you find people and places for emotional security.
Taurus
Take a sabbatical, Taurus. The start of Aries season on Monday kicks off your month for some healing downtime, rest, reflection and retreat. On Thursday, Pluto enters your career zone ruled by Aquarius and stays there for the next 20 years, offering you a career of purpose and meaning. Mars enters your communication zone ruled by Cancer on Saturday, helping you speak your truth in conflict more effectively.
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twins
Watch it, Gemini! The start of Aries season on Monday ends your hyper-productivity and reconnects you with your friends and social life. On Thursday, Pluto enters your wisdom zone ruled by Aquarius, where it will remain for the next 20 years, accelerating your learning in powerful ways. Mars enters your Cancer-ruled body sector on Saturday, inspiring you to integrate what you think, feel and want into your behavior.
Cancer
You are the MVP, Cancer! When Aries season begins on Monday, you will level your career in amazing ways as you step into leadership. Pluto enters your Aquarius-ruled intimacy zone on Thursday and stays there for the next 20 years, helping you understand a meaningful connection. Mars enters your sign on Saturday and provides you with energy, passion, enthusiasm and courage to pursue your dreams!
a lion
Have a good trip, Leo! The start of Aries season on Monday has you expanding your horizons through education and travel. Pluto enters your Aquarius-ruled love zone on Tuesday, transforming your relationships for the next 20 (!) years. Mars enters your Cancer-ruled closure zone on Saturday, enabling you to free yourself from limiting beliefs, patterns and behaviors that keep you stuck.
Virgo
What is your truth, Virgo? The start of Aries season on Monday inspires you to understand authenticity through intimacy, sexuality and self-disclosure. Pluto enters your Aquarius wellness zone on Thursday and remains there for the next 20 years, providing you with a new context for health. Mars enters your Cancer-ruled friendship zone on Saturday, inspiring you to lead your community in a meaningful way.
Libra
Love is in the air, Libra! The start of Aries season on Monday ushers in your most romantic time of year as you learn from your opposites. Pluto enters your Aquarius-ruled value zone on Thursday and stays there for the next 20 years, helping you find confidence from the inside out, not the outside in. Mars enters your Cancer-ruled career sector on Saturday, encouraging you to step up in self-employment, leadership and career freedom.
Scorpio
Take a small step, Scorpio. The start of Aries season on Monday helps you move slowly and carefully toward greater well-being. Pluto enters your home sector ruled by Aquarius on Thursday and remains there for the next 20 years, inspiring you to cultivate more powerful ideas about belonging. Mars enters your Cancer-ruled wisdom zone on Saturday, encouraging you to explore new countries and campuses for growth.
Sagittarius
Express yourself, Sag! The start of Aries season on Monday inspires you to strengthen your strengths of truth-telling, courage and emotional disclosure. Pluto enters your communication zone ruled by Aquarius on Thursday, reframing your knowledge and language skills for the next 20 years. Mars enters your Cancer-ruled intimacy sector on Saturday, prompting you to see emotional security as an aphrodisiac.
capricorn
Happy return, Capricorn! The start of Aries season on Monday puts you in touch with people and places that feel like home. Pluto enters your Aquarius-ruled income zone on Thursday and remains there for the next 20 years, prompting you to restructure your relationship to financial security. On Saturday, Mars enters your Cancer-ruled love sector and helps you use conflict as a bridge to intimacy.
Aquarius
Use your words, Aquarius! The start of Aries season on Monday helps you use clearer, more direct speech for clarity and connection. On Thursday, Pluto enters your sign for the first time in 250 years, where it will stay for 20 years, giving you life-changing transformations. Mars enters your well-being zone ruled by Cancer on Saturday, encouraging you to understand and protect your contexts for emotional security.
Fishes
Center yourself, Pisces! The start of Aries season on Monday inspires you to dig deep, cultivate mindfulness and stay present. Pluto enters your Aquarius closure zone on Thursday and stays there for the next 20 years, freeing you from what’s holding you back. Mars enters your courageous Cancer zone on Thursday, encouraging you to speak your truth in a big way to people who need to hear it!
Colin Bedell
Colin is a literal Gemini Twin Astrologer from Long Island, New York and a two-time graduate of the New School with his BA in Literature from Eugene Lang College and MA in Fashion Studies from Parsons School of Design. Passionate student of astrology, A Course in Miracless, and other personal-growth systems, Colin founded QueerCosmos to meaningfully contextualize queer identities across the zodiac and universal spiritual themes. Additionally, Colin runs private birth chart and horoscope columns with international publications. For more, go to QueerCosmos.com.