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In 2026, Pluto in Aquarius will challenge you to rethink how you relate to your community and your goals. 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. This can be a frustrating time for you because you’re used to charging ahead without inhibition. Pluto’s energy, however, will push you to mature and refine your leadership skills, reminding you to balance your impulses with thoughtful strategy.
You may find that your emotions are strongly tied to deeply held values or unconventional ideas that others might not understand. If you let your feelings take over, you risk being seen as immature or too impulsive, which could undermine your leadership. Instead, Pluto asks you to respond thoughtfully, control your ego, and learn how to manage the tension between self-expression and community acceptance.
At the start of 2026, examining where you feel loved and seen within your community is important. You may experience frustration or sadness in this realm if your circle doesn’t foster a sense of belonging. Don’t despair: when Mars enters Aquarius on January 23; you’ll feel a push to express your imagination boldly and find places where you can truly thrive. By balancing humility with confidence, you’ll position yourself for deeper connections, relationships, and understanding within the larger community, bringing a meaningful sense of camaraderie.
—by Monisha Holmes© Mother Tongue Ink 2025
from pg 61 in We’Moon 2026
If you're born under the Aries Sun, you radiate this straightforward, strong, direct energy, but can be easily sidetracked by reactivity.
Own your own paradigm, mature your rebellion into leadership. Forgive others their more circuitous route.
Heather Roan Robbins © Mother Tongue Ink 2020
Moon in Aries accesses our fire; temper, impatience and passion.
We feel an urgency to focus, but we can lose our empathy. It's time to do what truly makes us feel alive, to initiate projects and set boundaries.
Their sparky personality is their gift; their challenge is to learn patience and consistency.
Aries by Day: We come alive and cop an attitude.
The mood is direct, brusque, impatient, and alternates between energized and lazy. Let's get the party started and boldly go where we have not gone before.
Heather Roan Robbins © Mother Tongue Ink 2020
To learn more about Moon signs and their influences, read more at What Sign is the Moon in, What is My Moon Sign, and What Does it all Mean?
cuidando lo fugaz © Annika Gemlau 2018
What is a rising sign, you ask? The rising sign 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 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
If your rising sign is in Aries, that means you have a "Natural Chart." Meaning your houses and signs correspond to the same trails as the zodiac signs, each house is ruled by a sign, an Aries Rising has a chart where their house is ruled by their natural sign.
Aries Rising are the trailblazers of the zodiac. These rising signs will most likely always be the first to try the rope swing or open the dance floor. Their instincts are spot on and have a strong passion.
If this doesn't sound like you, remember that the rising sign is only one peice of the astrological puzzle. An Aries Rising and Pisces Moon may be quick to interact but has lots of secrets and depth that they only show with close friends and family.
Welcome to the first day of Spring, the Sun moving into Aries also announces the Spring Equinox.
Careful Balance © Danielle Helen Ray Dickson 2016
The world comes alive during this time. Spring Equinox awakens the plants, animals and sky. The weather shifts and rainbows can be seen scattering the sky after spring storms.
We begin to prepare for a busy season ahead. The gardens are being prepared and we are eager to explore the wider world after the quiet dark months of winter have passed.
Aries rules the sunrise. As Spring brings new growth, the sunrise begins a new day. Birds start to chirp and flowers unfurl their petals for the sun to soon warm them. We stretch our bodies and our minds and start thinking about the day ahead and what it holds for us.
We start fresh every day, every season.
The traditional Aries "spark" can be found in the synapses that fire in our brain. These signals are also the match to light our movement everywhere in our body.
The eyes open and perceive the world first thing in the morning, Opening our eyes and senses is one of the first steps to truly awakening from the Pisces dream world.
Planets in Aries are quick to start projects and often love to work alone. They crave a sense of freedom and often take the lead on ideas.
Make sure to keep fueling the fire, as that beginning spark can easily burn out. These planets in Aries can be impulsive, and firey.
“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!
From the moment of our first breath, we strengthen in chi, and gradually keep discovering, expressing and becoming more conscious of our greater selves.
- Sandra Pastorius © Mother Tongue Ink 2018
Fox ¤ Robin Leah Quinlivan 2016
Mars is our sense of "Get Up and GO!"
It represents being in motion and the capacity to take action and do. Mars can also affect our temperament.
—by Melissa Kae Mason, "MoonCat!" © Mother Tongue Ink 2011
Visit our Journey into Astrology blog post collection to browse through our constantly updated collection of interesting and informative posts about astrology and celestial influences like:
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, unique affects.
Highlights of our desk top date book include information for every day:
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
"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. ..."
—by Monisha Holmes
© Mother Tongue Ink 2025
from pg. 97 in We’Moon 2026
Awakening © Jenny Hahn 2008
