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In 2026, you may face some shake-ups in your relationship realm. While you may have been focused on close, personal relationships in the past, Pluto in Aquarius will challenge you to extend that emotional depth outward. It’s not just about romantic intimacy anymore—it’s about connecting with your community and sharing parts of yourself to foster deeper connections.
You’ll be called to listen, support, and present in a way that strengthens your bonds with others. However, with Jupiter and Venus in your sign at the start of the year, you must be cautious not to overextend yourself emotionally. Early in 2026, retrogrades in Uranus, the planet of awakening, and Jupiter, the planet of knowledge, will ask you to challenge and reassess boundaries and be mindful of how much you’re giving. If you overshare or overexert emotionally, you risk burning out or becoming tethered to sentimental connections that no longer serve you.
You might notice some emotional habits from old family dynamics cropping up in your life that no longer serve. You may act in ways acceptable in your family but don’t translate well to professional environments. Reflect on how you express yourself and set boundaries that work in both personal and professional spaces. Doing that will create a healthier, more balanced environment that allows you to thrive.
—by Monisha Holmes
© Mother Tongue Ink 2025
from pg. 97 in We’Moon 2026
Full Moon Tiger © Cathy McClelland 1994
Come home. Cardinal Water Cancer calls us to our chosen family, tribe, and homeland. Like the burgeoning summer plants, it's time to nourish our roots, our temple, whatever feeds our soul and world.
The mood is sensitive, deep, security-seeking, warmhearted; let's bring objectivity.
You're an emotional leader; you can teach us to nourish ourselves and others, though you'll need to learn self-care and to believe in your own enduring strength.
Caring, creative, protective and self-protective, you swim best in the depths.
By Day: the Moon's sign sets the emotional tone. Those Born Under: Our natal Moon sign describes what makes us feel at home, how we process emotion, and how we handle our daily life.
Their sensitivity needs protection so they can keep their hearts well-guarded. They can be caring leaders once they learn to believe in themselves.
Our Natal Moon sign describes what makes us feel at home, how we process emotion, and how we handle our daily life.
The vibe is moody, protective, cranky and defensive if we feel pushed but cozy, nurturing, and empathic where we feel safe.
— excerpts from We'Moon planners
by Heather Roan Robbins © Mother Tongue Ink 2019
Read more from Heather Roan Robbins weekly Starcode updates, here!
What is a rising sign you ask? The rising sign or ascendant is the sign that was present on the horizon at the time of your birth. It sits similarly on your birth chart on this horizon line, or equatorial line in your chart on the left or east side of your chart.
To calculate your rising sign, you'll need to know the exact time of your birth, once you know along with your geographic location, you can visit many sites and receive a free birth chart, here is one of our staff favorites.
Your sun sign represents your core personality, and the qualities of our outward shining self. Your moon sign reflects qualities of your inner core self, or emotional self.
Rising sign is your outlook on the world and first impression you give to others.
Rising sign also dictates where the Astrological Houses lay within your chart.
The Houses (twelve pie shaped sections) of our personal birth chart attend to all areas of our life. Each house represents a basic facet of human experience from birth to death. The placement of each house in your natal chart is dependent on your rising sign
Cancer risings are sensitive and deep. You make sense of the world around you with your intuition and emotions. You tend to crawl back into your shell if attacked or provoked, yet you come out strong with deep insight into a situation if given time to process.
Cancers thrive in a home environment, this can be a physical place or a safety net they take with them. They have a strong sense for business and care for those who they work for and with.
This symbol also reflects the "yin-yang symbol and the ebb and flow of the tides. This watery sign works with us to discover our our own emotions, needs and instincts. A very intrinsic and sensitive sign.
End of Days © Jan Pellizzer 2017
Welcome to Summer Solstice! Cancer marks the beginning of Summer and celebrations! It's a time of gathering, making food and basking in the sunshine.
The heat of the sun drives us toward the cool refreshing rivers, lakes and oceans of the land for reprieve. Plants start to bear fruit and our gardens need extra care during this time. Soil dries out quickly, our plants crave extra water to carry the weight of their lush fruits. Animals have already mated and are setting up the foundation for a safe home-space to give birth or raise their young.
In many parts of the world, the transition into Cancer season also marks the start of monsoons and heavy rains. We see the waves of cancer reflected in our own emotions and watch them ripple around the world.
Cancer rules "High Noon" or early afternoon in our daily cycle.
This is the time to take care of personal matters and perhaps take a break or “siesta” from work to nurture ourselves and replenish our energy with lunch and some water.
Cancer is all about TLC and nurturing. Take this time to check in with your body and emotions, are you feeling tired, annoyed or energized and ambitious? Note what your body is craving and listen to it!
The breasts and chest are only natural for the mothering sign of the zodiac to rule over! They give life source to our young, and provide valuable nutrients for growing bodies.
The pericardium wraps our heart in a protective fluid filled sack. Cancer also gives us that primal instinctive sense of protecting the things we care for and love, our bodies have created Cancerian spaces of protection and love for some of our most vital organs.
The bronchial tubes connects Gemini (lungs) to Cancer in the body. The bronchial tubes even seem to resemble the rivers and streams that Cancer so often reminds us of!
The planets within our solar system have a specific part to play in the complete knowledge of "The Self." Planets represent different aspects of our self-journey or even our personality.
They're characteristics range from our soul purpose (sun), how we think or love (Mercury, Venus) how we like to learn (Jupiter) our limitations (Saturn), and much more! Please visit our blog "Journey into Astrology" if you would like to know more about Planets and how to integrate them into your daily astrology practice.
They will be highly sensitive along with protective. For example if your Mercury falls under Cancer, the manners in how you communicate, language and thoughts will be connected to how you feel.
Maybe you'll notice small nuances better than others and can help create space in a conversation for the soft spoken.
The Ocean Brings Me Peace © Beth Lenco
“The Houses (twelve pie shaped sections) of our personal birth chart attend to all areas of our life. Each house represents a basic facet of human experience from birth to death.”
The placement of each house in your natal chart is dependent on your rising sign. A person with an Aries rising has what is called a “natural chart”. A rising sign is the sign ascending on the eastern horizon on the time of your birth, it can be calculated using a rising sign calculator here!
The fourth house is the first house in the bottom half of a new quadrant. This quadrant contains houses 4,5,6 of Home, Creative expression and Health. This quadrant represents the foundation of our home life, or personal space.
Cancer of course, rules the house of Home and Family. This house concerns developing centered rootedness. We create home as a personal base of operation, as well as the psycho-spiritual home we carry within. Nurture deeper emotional expression with attention to family of origin.
The archetype associated with the Moon is the great or divine mother, reflected in countless myths throughout the ages (examples: Phoebe, Selene, Artemis, Luna, Isis, Mama Quilla & Mawu).
The Moon represents our capacity to feel or empathize with those around us and within our own soul as well. It awakens our intuitive and emotional body.
Eternal Waters © Autumn Skye Morrison
Solar and Lunar Eclipses that are Coming Up, and How They Influence Us
Use eclipse degrees in your birth chart to identify potential release points. Eclipses serve as catalysts for us to aspire to our destiny’s deeper calling. Use creative self-reflection to experience inner alignments and transmute the past into new sources of energy.
This article goes over all of the eclipses, both lunar and solar for the year, their dates and times, and their specific and unique affects.
Highlights of our desk top date book include information for every day:
Aries Horoscopes for Sun Sign, Moon Sign and Rising Sign:
"...Aries is typically known for boldness and leadership. This new Pluto transition may bring about themes of finding yourself in situations where you feel like you can’t fully express your unique, unconventional ideas. ..."
—Monisha Holmes © Mother Tongue Ink 2025
Taurus Horoscopes for Sun Sign, Moon Sign and Rising Sign. What does the year hold for you, Taurus?
"...This year may find you stepping into positions of wisdom and leadership. Whereas you may have found your comfort zone in supporting the ideas and plans of others, this year is all about you amplifying your voice and values...."
excerpt by Monisha Holmes© Mother Tongue Ink 2025
from We’Moon 2026
Gemini Horoscopes for Sun Sign, Moon Sign, and Rising. The Sun enters Gemini on May 20th. What does the year have in store for you?
"... Pluto in Aquarius will stimulate your intellectual growth and communication skills in 2026. You may find that people around you are satisfied with surface-level understanding, but you’ll feel the urge to go deeper. ..."
—Monisha Holmes © Mother Tongue Ink 2025
from pg 87 in We’Moon 2026
