On January 18, 2026, we have a New moon in 28° Capricorn.
This is not your usual New Moon; this New Moon is literally conjunct all personal planets + Pluto.
This is a New Moon stellium of 6 planets – an “all hands on deck” lunation that interconnects every layer of our lives.
The geometry of this New Moon is spectacular. The New Moon chart is a great minor sextile, with 6 planets in sextile conjunction with Saturn and Neptune, and in trine with Uranus.
If you were looking for a good It’s time to plant seeds for the long term.this is all. There really is nothing more supportive than that.
That being said, keep in mind that New Moons are times of planting, not manifestation. So the invitation here is to plan, design and dream in alignment with your FUTURE.
Not with the present. This is NOT a time for “I want this now” – It’s a moment for “I’m building this for where I’m going.”
New Moon in Capricorn: cycles, not calendars
Other important The characteristic of this New Moon is that the Sun, the Moon, Mercury and Mars are grouped in the final degrees of Capricorn, while Venus and Pluto occupy the first degrees of Aquarius:
- Mars is 26° Capricorn.
- Mercury is at 26° Capricorn.
- The Moon is at 28° Capricorn.
- The Sun is at 28° Capricorn.
- Venus is 1° Aquarius.
- Pluto is 3° from Aquarius
All of these planets create a bridge between the old world (late degrees of Capricorn) and the new (early degrees of Aquarius). Capricorn is what we have been building over the last few decades; Aquarius is what comes next: the new world we are entering.
This is a new moon threshold – and if you haven’t already, THIS is the right time to write down your New Year’s resolutions or plan for the future.
Personally, I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions, because astrology rarely coincides with the calendar. It could be January 1 on paper, but the Moon could be waning or we could be dealing with intense or disruptive transits that have nothing to do with new beginnings.
Our ancestors knew how to align themselves with the real cycles of nature when making important decisions or starting new initiatives. Temples around the world based on solstices, equinoxes and other cycles are an excellent reminder of this.
But somewhere along the way, we disconnect from those rhythms and forget their power.
…well, not all.
Gardeners, fishermen, farmers – and many traditional cultures – still use the lunar cycle to decide when to plant, harvest, navigate or act.
And we, people who know astrology, have that added advantage. We can see the moment. We can read the sky. We can choose our moments.
we get to work with nature, not with the calendar. That’s why, We align our intentions with the New Moons, not with Mondays or the 1st of the month.
New Moon in Capricorn: all hands on deck
Returning to the New Moon in Capricorn.
We know that New Moons in general are good for planning and planting. But if there is one New Moon of the year that is particularly good for planning and goal setting, it is the New Moon in Capricorn.
Capricorn helps us set goals that are ambitious but achievable – because unlike other signs, Capricorn always has a plan. Not just intentions and illusions – but concrete steps, structure and a realistic path to get there.
But what is truly unique about this New Moon is its alignment with stellium.
Not only do we have the Sun and the Moon in conjunction. We have the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars… and Pluto – all lined up, all hands on deck, all pointing in the same direction.
The Sun is our purpose. It is literally the center of the universe, at least our universe, that is, the solar system, and everything that supports life, movement and direction comes from this giant ball of light and energy.
Then, when all our personal planets align with the Sun, there will no longer be Venus wandering alone, saying “I don’t feel like it” Mercury arguing “but my mind tells me otherwise” or Mars protesting “I’d rather do it another way.”
No.
When this level of alignment exists, all planets agree on purpose. This is when we mobilize all our wants, needs, resources and drive towards him same goal – without internal sabotage, mixed signals or doubts.
Pluto – Let there be truth
and then it comes Pluto.
Pluto takes what might still seem like an abstract idea or intention and drags it into the depths of the soul. When Pluto gets involved, we can’t help but come face to face with what is most primal, raw and true within us.
Depending on our personal relationship with Pluto, this process may be uncomfortable at first. It can bring buried emotions or some kind of uneasiness to the surface, especially if where we are now in life isn’t quite aligned with who we know, deep down, we should be.
But this process is also extremely liberating.
When we face this deeper truth, all the stories, all the excuses, all the lies we’ve been telling ourselves—all the inauthentic facades we’ve been hiding behind—suddenly lose their power.
They simply cannot survive the encounter with TRUE.
Once the truth of Pluto lands, nothing else matters.
This will not present itself as a neocortex-style clear vision, but as a deeper knowing, a visceral recognition of who you are and what you are here for.
This encounter with the deepest part of you (the part that knows what is best for you without negotiation) can activate something primordial. It can light a fire, ignite a spark, and make it impossible to continue living inside old stories that no longer fit.
As our old identities collapse, the psyche stops cooperating with who you thought you were, and from that zero-point energy, something entirely new can begin to take shape.
New Moon in Capricorn: a woman reading tea leaves
And the Sabian symbol of this New Moon says it even more clearly: “A woman reading tea leaves.”
Tea leaf reading, Tarot, astrology – all forms of divination speak to the same thing: our attempt to understand the deepest mystery of life. Here, the answers come not from linear logic, but from patterns, symbols, and connections that are not obvious to the rational way of thinking of the Mercury brain.
Whether it is tea leaves, runes, Tarot or the planets themselves, what matters is not the tool, but the ability to access a symbolic language: the language of nature.
In the Capricorn context, reading tea leaves becomes a symbol for understanding the most important role we must play in the world. Capricorn, along with Aquarius and Pisces, is the home stretch of the zodiac, where consciousness naturally moves away toward the bigger picture.
Here the questions are no longer just about work, relationships or survival. They become questions of calling, purpose and contribution.
And with the Saturn-Neptune conjunction at 0° Aries just around the corner, change is no longer optional. A door closes and a new cycle begins, with new rules, new priorities and new opportunities.
By the end of 2026, the world will be VERY different from the one we know.
This New Moon in Capricorn gives us a moment to tune into that change. Taking what worked in our “past life” and finding a new container – a new way of expressing it – in the world we are entering.
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