02/01/2026
First full moon of the Year and Interesting read by Astrologywise & Mindandbodywise
What are you releasing?.
January’s Full Moon is tomorrow 3rd at 10:03 GMT with the Sun in Capricorn & the Moon in Cancer. The day’s only exact connection is a niggly one between Mercury & Pluto a few hours later. Chiron subtly influences with its energies barely moving but positively, it went direct the day before & will be picking up its speed, so brings hope of resolution of karma & the healing of wounds as it moves forwards.
For some time the Sun has been sitting between Mars & Venus & this trio has a grand reshuffling whilst all opposing retrograde Jupiter between 6th & 11th. From 11th to 13th they take it in turns to square Chiron & Mercury is following on & repeating these connections, so this period from the Full Moon up to the New Moon (18th) has a series of defining connections & activations. Let’s not forget Neptune inching its way through 29° Pisces, helping us to step off of the karmic wheel & a connection between Saturn & Uranus which is exact on 20th.
So this feels like it is not so much about what peaks on the day, as it is about the crescendo before & the grand reshuffling after, all part of final releasing, bringing matters to a close & cycles to an end. Neptune & Saturn both dipped into Aries last year before retrograding back into Pisces where they are both now moving forwards over the last degrees. Neptune re-enters Aries on 26th followed by Saturn on 14th Feb & these are the major changes to be aware of in 2026, igniting a brand new cycle of personal growth.
The Full Moon axis adds emphasis to family & ancestral patterns, customs, traditions & what we learnt as a child, was the preferred way to be. In February the seeds we have sown for the future will start to pop through the soil & we begin self-mastery, self-autonomy, self-discipline, self-governance like never before. Everything has to resonate with us, anything on a different frequency or out of tune, will be so uncomfortable that we will need to make change.
So it begs the question now, what do you not want to take forwards with you?
What parts of you are not in alignment with the highest version of yourself that you want to step into?
What old patterns do you want to end?
What are you going to let go of?