January 1 2024

Monday, JANUARY 1

We begin the new year with the Moon in Virgo–a helpful, dedicated, moderate, and detail-oriented theme. The Moon’s trine to Uranus helps us find easy, creative, and inventive channels for these energies.

Venus forms a square to Saturn this morning, inclining us to focus on the negative possibilities, which can be the first step before we get to a place of realism. We could feel unsatisfied, isolated, or unloved, which puts us on guard or defensive with our feelings and affections. Fears are most likely at the root of this. We may feel a little discouraged on a social level if we don’t receive the feedback we crave. Difficulties with socializing can occur if we are more sensitive to rejection than usual. There may be a lesson or reality check with matters of the heart, pleasure, or finances. Temporarily, we’re cautious and unlikely to be free or generous with money or our hearts.

Mercury stations and turns direct tonight after retrograde motion since December 13th. This direct turn means that in the coming days and weeks, problems with communications and decision-making encountered during Mercury’s retrograde cycle will likely clear up. We can apply our observations and new perspectives to our lives as we advance.

Energies that are hard to make sense of can be prominent today, however, and thus, important decision-making should be avoided for the time being, as our thinking can be skewed, or we may not have all the information we need. All in all, it’s a better day to take in rather than take action.