• Horoscopes for 1-20-2026

  The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us

  Edgar in Shakespeare’s King Lear (V.iii.167)

  Horoscopes for 1-20-2026

  1/20 Sun into Aquarius 1/21 Mercury into Aquarius 1/23 Mars into Aquarius 1/26 Neptune into Aries (How to use these horoscopes.)

  Horoscopes for 1-20-2026

  Year overview, in short: the long form.

  Aquarius

  Seen this before, a point wherein all the Aquarius energies, all those astrological pressure points, that gets all riled up. Stirred up. Minor agitation after small irritants. This shows up like a decision tree, and to some? This is an algorithm — “if this, then this,” as a route for making choices. Less of choice and more like data-driven decision based upon available fact — and frictions. It’s the friction part that I’d like to pause, in Aquarius (happy birthday) and look at the process used to arrive at that decision, and then, remember Mercury is in this planetary array, think a second time. As a birthday note, with a nod to the moon? I let this become a binary decision, and look no further than the very next step. “But if I do that, then this happens, and after that, then that happens, and from there, it all falls apart, so obviously I shouldn’t do that.” Interesting thought process. So, if this is binary and that first choice is no good, then what’s next? “If I do that, then that happens, and from there, everything falls apart.” No right answer, huh? Why not just take a single step see where that leads, and if it is incorrect? Shrug, “It’s my birthday, I get an ‘redo’ on this one.”

  Pisces

  Buried on the website, there’s a typo. The file is attached to an older glyph I used as a symbol for the one of the signs, and that mistake got reiterated over the years that I used that glyph. Because it was a typo buried in code, I didn’t think I needed to change it, and I didn’t. Everything attached displayed properly, and it all worked like it was supposed to, except that every week, I would see that typo. Merely a transpositions of two letters in a sign’s name, and frequent mistake when I’m typing, but one that usually gets caught in the first pass of proof-reading. These days? That machine does the best spell-check, while I’m typing. That’s always a good start. Still, there’s a lingering mistake, and like I suggested, this is one that doesn’t hurt anyone but me, because I’m the only one who sees the typo, and even then, only when I’m looking at the coded version of the horoscopes. No one knows about my mistake but me. As Neptune gets ready to shift around? What should you do? Maybe — like me — nothing.

  Aries

  I’m an astrologer, and I was ready when Neptune’s moved on me like a big dog. I realized what was happening, and I was emotionally prepared. I saw it coming, and when it finally hit, I was — mostly — in step with the proper use of the planet’s energies. (Mostly is my own operative term.) Instead of arguing with the planet and its mystical obfuscation, its temptations, and its taunting? I sought new tricks, new ways to work within my aberrant thought process, tame my mind, so to speak. Aries should know that this can be accomplished. We can figure it out. The way to use this is be open to new spiritual/religious practices. Things change. That’s a constant. How your Aries selves adapt to the new data is what’s important. If nothing else? Try something different.

  Taurus

  “The road less traveled,” is the catch-phrase. It’s also the title of a universal self-help book, a line from poetry, and can apply in a number of situations. Looking heavenward, though, I was thinking, instead of the “The road less traveled,” what Taurus would benefit from? Stick to the highway. Stick to the well-worn path. Stick to the route that your Taurus self knows that works. Diversions, side-quests, adventurous detours, all of that looks like fun, and in the recent Taurus past, it was both entertaining and educational. However, at this time, given what’s happening at a late degree of the zodiac wheel? A straightforward, linear, well-worn path serves you best. “Why do I go this way? I’ve always gone this way.” Might stick with that.

  Gemini

  I’ve been assured, repeatedly, that there is scientific research that backs up this claim, but thus far, I’ve not fact checked it. The suggestion? Handwritten notes are superior for retaining information. If you want to remember something? Write it down. The other trick is to make sure that there is a writing tool and paper, close at hand. Date a Virgo, and you know there must be some kind of structure and order to this, as well. Must be organized. I use a loose system of small page-a-day for notes. If need be, I can backtrack and look up a notation, but mostly, I just keep moving forward. However, the act of writing it down helps, apparently it activates some portion of the brain that wouldn’t otherwise get any attention. Spark memories and neurons, and whatever. I don’t know the science, and I am too lazy to look it up. Still, there is a connection. That kind of connection is something that dear Gemini needs to keep this alive. Keep that image present, and remember what you want to remember. In order to do that? Write it down.

  Cancer

  I reading a novel, time-travel (like), and I found a kind of trope, a recurrent image used throughout various genres of fiction. Character will be sitting there, looking at the moon, then the stars align, something happens, and the person is transported back and forth in time. Same place, different time, different era, usually historical. Something has to align and the magic happens. Might be astrophysics, in the novels I’ve read, most often it’s fantasy. The character is then inserted into the same place, only hundreds or thousands of years apart. What happen next is part of the plot, the story itself, and then, usually the person is popped back to the current reality and the setting where it all started. Usual line, seen it in a half-dozen novels, might be a TV version, too, but the point is, for gentle Moon Children, the sign of the crab, Cancer? It’s about drifting off and circumventing the natural laws of time and space. You can try, but don’t confuse that daydream, or nightmare, with the real works we are currently in, as bizarre as that might be.

  The Leo

  Comes a point where we start thinking like we’re living in a more rural-type society where barter and bargaining are a way of life. There’s the market place, and even then in the agora, like some used-car shopping? “Will you take,” then naming an absurdly low price, as a point where we can work towards a lower cost. Real Estate is like this, too, always offers and counter-offers. The nature of my own business lends itself to this kind of invitation to bargaining, or the most common used to be, “Can you answer a quick question?” I can, but anything that requires any of quantitative expertise — really — I should be paid. I found a sign, swiped the message, and made it my own. Used it before, and I thought I would pass it along to my extra-fine Leo people. Something to think about? “Prices have been pre-haggled for your shopping convenience.”

  Virgo

  Digging through my archives, I keep finding, and occasionally correcting, previous type-setting mistakes. At one time, I used proprietary typefaces that showed the various symbols for the signs and planets. With the current crop of digital ephemera, various phones and sites can show signs and symbols, but what I’ve found? The underlying tech changes. Like, those old signs and symbol that I used then? They show up as incorrect symbols now. In some cases, nothing more than simple text protocol, and plain ASCII is best. The message, for this week’s Virgo, looking at the gradual shift for Neptune? Keep it simple. The fancy stuff can be added later, and right now? Really, just stick to the plain text. We can adjust the appearances as we go.

  Libra

  It was almost trite advice, “If you’re unhappy? Do something about it. If you’re happy? Do something about it.” However, I noted it, thought about it, and then, considered running this out for this week’s Libra missive. Seemed to fit. Binary situation, but the answer to both versions of that binary involves taking action. I would hope, on either side of that, the action would be different. The stars spell out a kind of answer, and suggestion that some kind of direct motion benefits your Libra self. Happy? Do something to make that last. Unhappy? Do something to change the situation.

  Scorpio

  Last Xmas season, me and the Austin side of the family got together. Large gathering in a restaurant, bunch of tables smooshed together, loud, raucous, clean family fun. A niece, nephew, not sure of the connection has a new born. Scorpio. Little Scorpio girl not even a year or two old, head full of curls, pre-verbal. So it was a long table, and one end was pushed against a wall, but the other end, the head of the table was open. That’s where they put the baby seat. Only seemed fitting that the youngest was also at the head of the table, and most important, the one in charge. Child has a Scorpio birthday, and I’m sure some family person has pictures on social someplace. She’s in charge. Not yet verbal but still, already at the head of the table. Since the child is pre-verbal, yeah, no, no direct commands were given, but it’s easy to see, Scorpio, how this plays out. Assume your role, your position, and maybe, like that child, be non-verbal. Still in charge, but no need to speak about it.

  Sagittarius

  Illusion? Myth? Non-reality? Real world? Possible fairy tale? Which one will it be? Most of what the next few decades hold for gentle Sagittarius is one wherein the world of make-believe, suggestive non-reality is easily confused with reality. Illusion, myth, fabulist tales of make-believe? All runs roughshod over our Sagittarius selves. There is a lens, though, that allows us to see more clearly. Old fishing technique from warm summer afternoons along the shores of the lakes? I would let the bait settle in the dirt, the dust, the mud at the bottom the lake, feel the line go slack, and then, after a few moments, maybe a single deep breath, then would I jiggle the line and bring the rod tip up just a hair, just enough to make a light tension contact with that bait, mere inches, or less, from the bottom. It’s that technique of letting it go completely slack, then waiting while the dust settles, usually murky crap on the bottom of the lake, and only then, reeling up a hair, just a fraction, measured in inches or less, taking up the slack. Wait. Wait before reeling it up a little. Wait before looking for the tension. Illusion versus reality, and the way to win? Wait until it goes completely slack.

  Capricorn

  Would you rather be right or happy? Simplest of equations, and I’m boiling down a ton of different energies into a simplistic expression because that’s what is required. Take a complex situation and ask yourself, as this week unfolds, and we march towards the weekend, “Would you rather be right? Or happy?”

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