The New Moon in Capricorn through the Houses

January 2026
North Star Astrology

New Moon in Capricorn
On 18/1/2026
Neptune moves into Aries on 26/1/2026

Sun Moon in Capricorn
Mercury Mars in Capricorn (Venus moving into Aquarius on 17th January)

The coming New Moon in Capricorn at 28 degrees is almost what is called an anaretic degree of 29 degrees that is critical point of a sign where we feel the intensity of that shift. There has been a huge feeling of letting go or a need to let go over the past few weeks especially with the personal planets being in the sign of Capricorn before they are handed onto Aquarius. It is almost as if Capricorn cleared away the last debris of anything that could stop the new foundations being built. All of our personal relationships have been under the microscope but the one with our self has been the centre of this deeply cleansing time. Jupiter in Cancer (retrograde) has us looking into home and family and what it means for us. But going into the history of family and our place in childhood and where our patterns were formed. Our great learning has been the foundation of family and our own childhood and it is now we complete the cycle of those patterns and build a new way. Neptune moving into Aries on the 26th January will be a whole new cycle in that sign until 2039. We can look back over the past fourteen years and see what have we learned and how have we grown. The cycle of Neptune in Pisces is a dreamy and sometimes illusory time and it might feel like you are waking up to things that no longer seem right to this new world you are building.

The following is short interpretation in each sign!

Aries

Mars in Capricorn under this New Moon has you wanting to make things happen! Not to have ideas or dreams or even think of the future you want to start building and doing it now Aries! You are tired of waiting and the whole ‘divine flow’! You want to make it real! But with Neptune moving into your own sign from its cycle in Pisces on the 26th you will be entering a time of accessing beyond the veil with your dreams. A time of going into a part of yourself that has kept your hopes and wishes hidden perhaps? But also bridging a gap between illusion and a new reality. You are a bridge builder Aries. Start building!

Taurus

Your ruling Planet Venus has moved from Capricorn into Aquarius and you find this new Moon shines a light on your shared visions and passion for what you want to build as a partnership. In Capricorn you might have let go of old foundations or what needed to shift that was blocking a hope or a dream even if it was an attitude or inherited from past experiences. You are opening the door to something rather wonderful and it is your heart filled hopes and dreams. In Aquarius under this Moon in Capricorn it can be solid and it can become real.

Gemini

You might be getting serious now Gemini! You have had enough of talking about what you want to do and how you want to do it. You want serious conversation with this Capricorn Moon. You want to go through the whole process of what you want to build and how you want to do it but you also want to navigate the practical side of things and this Moon and placement of Mercury in Capricorn is taking you to the next level. It was never about playing small was it Gemini!!!

Cancer

The Moon in Capricorn makes this the Mother/Father aspect of your world. You want to balance the nurturing and the enabling. You love to help and to assist but also you find Capricorn will push you to take on a patriarchal role too. To guide from a point of view of structure and vision but keeping it grounded and making a positive plan to move forward. You can be sensitive as we know Cancer but it’s time to put aside being too emotional and take on board being grounded and earthly while maintaining your nurturing side not just for others but for you! It’s time to balance it all!!

Leo

This new Moon in Capricorn can challenge you Leo with your warm hearted Sun Sign to take on the pragmatic and earthy Capricorn. Just like the sign of Cancer you are being asked to take on some very solid traits that might be foreign or alien to your normally gregarious nature. To start building your dreams from the ground up and relish the thought of organising and making real what your beautiful heart has held for so long! It’s time!

Virgo

The Moon calls you to ignite your ambition Virgo! To go from the mundane routine of what you have had to deal with and to bring it to another level. What secret wishes do you hold? Are they about to come to life if you can be practical and believe you really have it within you to make them come alive ! Yes you have it in you to do this and this new Moon begins a cycle of you wanting to make something of your gifts. To share them or make them part of your day to day life in a solid way and you will.

Libra

Your natural charm Libra holds the Capricorn Moon to task. You want to soften the way it wants to bring order and discipline to your life but in a way this is the very thing you need right now. With your ruling sign Venus now moving into Aquarius you find the freedom to be a little bit more of the authentic you and share it! No hiding your light or playing small to please others. But Capricorn wants you to make sure the foundations of this new platform is solid so go back over what you set out to achieve and make sure it’s what your heart is calling to!

Scorpio

Your ruling planet Pluto is now in Aquarius and it’s leaving no stone unturned to help you build a new way of living. The Capricorn Moon is one where you can meet the intensity of your Sun sign and what it means to you in the solid foundations of Capricorn and it’s earthy realism. When it says it’s going to make it happen Capricorn delivers but it also unearths the darkest corners to let the light back in just like Pluto but with a touch of humour that makes it slightly more adaptable. This is the power couple Capricorn/Scorpio making headlines in what they want to achieve and altho there can be clashes along the way it’s worth the fight!

Sagittarius

Your ruling planet of Jupiter is retrograde in Cancer until March and your wisdom and intuition has been put to the test with family perhaps and personal priorities that have made you navigate the last few weeks in a cautious way. With the new Moon in Capricorn you are being asked to bring that wisdom and intuitive knowing to the forefront and to trust it when building things in a different way or starting something new. This is where your hopes and dreams can start to become a reality and where the tide is turning in how you build a path for the new world you inhabit.

Capricorn

Can you feel it ! It’s so strong this new Moon in your own sign Capricorn. Slightly heady and a little bit other worldly which is unusual for a solid sign like you but it’s shaking you to the core to release the final patterns of old. It does what is says on the tin in this case Capricorn and the new Moon sees you hand on the new foundations to the new world and to be part of the building of something very special. Be in it and be of it and enjoy it. But take time to look back and see how far you have come and that it was all for this year and what opens up for you now!

Aquarius

Well the age is coming and it’s whispering to us. The age of Aquarius shifts ever further into view and it’s a lot like Home. Feel it. Hold it and dream it Aquarius as it’s been a long time coming and the last while has shaken every bit of the old patterns out of you and wore you down to the core so as to make sure you deliver on what your dreams are. Capricorn is solid and it’s a friend of Aquarius as they both once shared the same ruling planet but now the foundations of a world that is being built calls to us all and it’s getting louder !!

Pisces

It’s a big month for You too Pisces not only this new Moon in Capricorn as it helps you ground something you never could but also Neptune your ruling planet moves to Aries from your sign after fourteen …long …years lol! It’s been a period of intense growth and that can be spiritual and also in every aspect of your learning and mastering a part of you that needed to be heard. Your dreams matter but also keep them grounded Pisces and Capricorn helps you do just that but the shift into Aries will help give you the fire you needed to build something that wasn’t just pie in the sky!

And so it is

North Star Astrology 2026

Caroline xxx