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Overview of Aquarius Season 2026

January 19; 5:44 pm to February 18; 7:51 am [PST]

This story provides an overview of Aquarius season during 2026, followed by overall planetary movement, and major day-to-day activity and aspects. For more information on the sign of Aquarius, read my companion story here or similar stories I published in 2023, here and here.

Transits: planetary movement during Aquarius season 2026 Aquarius season is busy with much planetary activity seeding new beginnings. One-by-one, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are making their sojourn across Pluto, conjoining with the planet of power, secrets, wealth, and control. Over the coming year, we will come to understand what messages are being passed and how these unions will define each planet’s journey around the zodiac. This is like a New Moon reset for these planets with Pluto. Briefly, expect this to be related to leaders, commerce, contracts, relationships, and violence. The storyline will be unavoidable when these planets square and oppose Pluto in the signs of Taurus, Leo, and Scorpio. Later in the year, Venus will retrograde in Scorpio and Mars will retrograde in Leo, accentuating the hard aspects over a longer period of time.

We will experience a rare triple conjunction of the Sun, Pluto, and Mercury on January 22. The Sun is weakened in Aquarius. The Sun represents leaders and royalty, and when it conjoins other planets, they weaken. Their significations diminish and agendas become hidden, until there is a separation of 15° away from the Sun. This is a period of time where power and control, secrets, riches, communication, transportation, commerce, agreements, and media are under this influence.

Neptune re-enters Aries on January 26, picking up where it left off between March and October 2025, inititating a new 168-year cycle. Neptune was last in Aries during 1861–1875. Neptune represents deception, delusion, intoxication, spirituality. Aries, a Mars-ruled fire sign, hosts the activity of Neptune for 14 years. Mars brings action, aggression, courage, severing, and conflict. Aries wants motion and action with quick results; it is impatient with obstacles and things that slow it down. This is a sign of risk-taking and initiative. Saturn conjoins Neptune on February 20. Saturn represents boundaries, limitations, structure, and time. But in Aries, Saturn is in fall, indicating obscurity and being ignored. The Neptune-Saturn conjunction creates history-making moments. Saturn will be in Aries until April 2028. This time period will be historic.

On February 4, Uranus stations direct, soon wrapping up its seven-year mission in Taurus. It will move into Gemini April 26 for its new seven-year directive. In Gemini, Uranus will be in flow with Pluto, Neptune, and Saturn, furthering their agendas with ease, creating much disruption in the process.

Mercury is entering its two-month shadow period on February 11, indicating it will cover the same 14 degrees of Pisces three times. Mercury is fallen and in detriment in Pisces, meaning it becomes obscure and in a state of disintegration. Mercury governs things like communication, commerce, travel, contracts, and media. Retrogrades bring repetition, detours, and hidden motives.

On February 17, we will experience our first solar eclipse across the Aquarius/Leo axis since 2017–18. Eclipses usher in endings and beginnings. Solar eclipses are when the Sun is hidden and relates to leaders, royalty, and those in power. Eclipsing can mean someone is removed from power, either by force or through death. Mars crosses the eclipse degree on February 28, amplifying fate.

Overall planetary positions during Aquarius season 2026 • Mercury: 13°57' Capricorn to 18°01' Pisces • Mercury in shadow 2/11 to 4/9 (8°29'-22°33' Pisces); SRx 2/25, SD 3/20 • Venus: 3°11' Aquarius to 10°18' Pisces • Mars: 27°25' Capricorn to 20°35' Aquarius • Jupiter: Rx 18°48' to Rx 15°46' Cancer • Saturn: 27°32' Pisces to 0°31' Aries • Uranus: Rx 27°33' to SD 27°33' Taurus • Neptune: 29°50' Pisces to 0°41' Aries • Pluto: 3°18' to 4°14' Aquarius

Week-by-week breakdown of major transits

January 18–24 1/18 New Moon 28°43' Capricorn 1/18 Moon enters Aquarius 1/19 Sun enters Aquarius, 5:44 pm (PST) 1/19 Venus conjunct Pluto, 3°19' Aquarius 1/20 Mercury enters Aquarius 1/21 Sun conjunct Mercury, 1°36' Aquarius 1/22 Mercury conjunct Pluto, 3°23' Aquarius 1/23 Mars enters Aquarius 1/23 Sun conjunct Pluto, 3°25' Aquarius

January 25–31 1/26 Neptune enters Aries 1/27 Mars conjunct Pluto, 3°34' Aquarius 1/29 Mercury conjunct Venus, 14°56' Aquarius 1/31 Moon enters Leo

February 1–7 2/1 Full Moon 13°03' Leo 2/2 Moon enters Virgo 2/4 Uranus stations direct 27°33" Taurus 2/5 Moon enters Libra 2/5 Mercury square Uranus 2/6 Mercury enters Pisces 2/7 Moon enters Scorpio

February 8–14 2/8 Venus square Uranus 2/9 Moon enters Sagittarius 2/10 Venus enters Pisces 2/11 Mercury enters retrograde shadow (8°29' Pisces) 2/12 Moon enters Capricorn 2/14 Saturn enters Aries 2/14 Moon enters Aquarius

February 15–21 2/16 Sun square Uranus 2/17 New Moon/Solar Eclipse 28°49' Aquarius 2/17 Moon enters Pisces 2/18 Sun enters Pisces, 7:51 am (PST) 2/20 Saturn conjunct Neptune, 0°45' Aries

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Published 1/13/26, 12:24 am, Libra rising. Venus ruling Ascendant, placed in Capricorn, conjunct the IC, in the 4th house in a night chart. Moon in Scorpio in 2nd house, with overcoming trine from Jupiter in Cancer in the 10th house, and applying by sextile to Mars, the Sun, and Venus in Capricorn, with applying reception with its ruler.