Your Venus in Aquarius Forecast January 17th 2026

Your Forecast for Venus in Aquarius January 17 – Feb 10 2026

Venus in broad-minded and inclusive Aquarius is love – redefined. Friendship is no longer silver medal relationship material. Those connections – friends, our crew, our network, community or support group, are not only enhanced under this Venus. But we see them as equally if not more, important than lovers, partners and spouses. Ask anyone after a split – it’s the friends who are there for you who bring the love. And yes, it’s all love.

No one person – no matter how close we may be to them, can fulfil all our relationship needs. Which is why we need to develop and maintain a sense of belonging and friendship with others. For friendships to add meaning to our lives, they don’t all have to fall into the Ride or Die or bff category. The friend we just see for the odd coffee and catch up, that fellow gym or group member we chat to – these fringe connections add to our sense of social cohesion. As well as warding off isolation and loneliness. So, if you are seeking to expand that social sphere, don’t dismiss their importance.

Venus is the first of the personal planets to arrive in Aquarius. Shortly afterwards it encounters Pluto (20^th). And on February 8, Venus squares Uranus, Aquarius’ ruling planet in Taurus – Venus’ ruling sign. Friendships and even love, turn dramatic, exciting and are subject to surprising outcomes. There may be a desire to overturn the status quo. As well as our own personal place in the collective, this is about our collective future. A massive shift could occur around what we have considered certain or stable, alongside a, equally radical change in our value systems. Especially around money or partnerships. At its heart it is about originality and authenticity. And knowing we don’t have to give up these things about ourselves to fit in.

ARIES

This Venus transit can throw you in or out of the loop. Simply because it highlights those connections which support your growth. Along with those which have simply stopped growing. You are thrown out of one circle and into another. A friendship ends suddenly – perhaps even dramatically. But you not only realise you had accepted it was no longer the same, your curiosity and desire for connections that free your soul, plug you into a new social circle. Look to the 20^th when Venus conjoins with Pluto for Large Hadron Collider loop acceleration when it comes to that social circle. Just like CERN, there’s fresh discoveries to be made. Contacts happen at the speed of thought. And push your future in a new direction.

 No more faking happiness, fake friends or false personas to gain acceptance. And if you’ve been clinging to connections where you can’t be yourself out of loneliness, you’ll discover the courage to sever these and go in search of the radically authentic instead.

You’re at the point of a major, magnificent transition. And how this first manifests will be in how you show up. As unapologetically yourself. Yes, this may seem radical to some observers. Because when we become unafraid to be ourselves, we choose different. This also applies not only to that group experience, but your goals. Expect a profound realignment around these. Your loop includes powerful manifestation magic. Don’t be too quick to pigeon hole people or even what a connection first appears to be. Just take it your future – and theirs, have collided for a reason.

TAURUS

Ruler Venus will square Uranus in your sign for the final time in your lifetime during its transit through Aquarius and your 10^th. Undeniable certainty around a decision or direction you need to take when it comes to your career, role in life, relationship future or public life means there’s no going back to the way things used to be, Taurus. What may initially seem like an upheaval, turns into a concrete choice which cements your future path. Even if this actually involves a radical change of direction to begin with.

Embrace this with honesty. Because this Venus transit – and also all the personal planets moving through this sector of your chart, will bring about events that are simply reflections of the revolution that’s been happening within you during Uranus’ transit through your sign. Inner growth is always reflected by outer change. Sometimes those changes are the kind we consciously set in motion. Other times – they simply occur in response to our energetic shift. If you find yourself experiencing something you didn’t see coming, stop for a moment and reflect on whether the way things were was actually working for you still? That need for change is often unconscious and unspoken. But the universe hears it.

Your ruler always beams benefits your way. And Uranus is the planet which wants you to experience freedom and evolutionary growth. These can be packaged as the unexpected promotion, offer or opportunity to step into a more rewarding or ‘public’ role. A change in career direction, big relationship commitment or the start of something which raises your rep personally, professional – or both. It sees you let loose from restrictions or blocks to progress. Or changes which catch you by surprise, see you adopting a more experimental mindset and exploring options you might previously have dismissed. No matter what form this takes, whether you initiated it or not, it’s simply in response to your energetic request to experience or have more, Taurus.

GEMINI

Wild winds of fortune are blowing through your 9^th house with the arrival of Venus. Are you willing to open your arms wide and allow them to catch you up and transport you to a place of amber sunrises, wide open spaces, free-spirited mavericks, outlaw love, and new fortunes to be told and made?

If someone tells you: Don’t go there – this may make you all the more determined to see it for yourself. Whether this is a place, an idea, a movement, a destination or a dream. You won’t take their word for it. You need to experience it or see it for yourself. Your worldview expands. Especially when it comes to big ideas, dreams or what you want to experience. Maybe others are content to play it safe, stick to the familiar. But you’re craving the excitement and challenge of the new and unknown.

What you explore could be an actual place or country, a subject, a job which challenges you and asks you expand your skills, a relationship, a group experience, or that big project. Venus is the first personal planet to arrive in your 9^th. Ahead of the Sun and ruler Mercury, and then finally Mars. Because all the planets will encounter Pluto in here very early on, you can expect a series of big steps to be taken. With Venus triggering the first. The one where you claim the path ahead of you.

Venus’ square to Uranus in your 12^th (Feb 8), may see one avenue close off. If so, accept you have reached the end of the road. A touch of destiny, a flash of insight reveals a new direction to move in. Opportunities, angels and big loves arrive in disguise. Muse-laden Mistrals send you down avenues you never imagined existed – let alone exploring. Santa Anas of the soul bring you new experiences where you join with fellow visionaries. What you thought of as unknown territory turns into a haven. A Sirocco blows in exciting new connections. Or you towards adventure. Look to the last minute, the unexpected, the boldly new and expansive. Wild winds are blowing, Gemini. Allow them to direct you towards what frees your soul.

CANCER

A searing laser beam cuts through the darkness and illuminates a powerful, intimate truth. You may suddenly see something as a mere figment of your subconscious. Or someone’s actions as smoke and mirrors. Venus in your 8^th brings a dynamic power shift. Possibly around your own perspective. Or else you see that you’ve unwittingly bought into a false narrative. One intended to deliberately confuse and disempower you.

Venus is the first personal planet to arrive in your 8^th of shared resources, intimacy, trust and empowerment. And is the first to meet Pluto in here (20^th). Pluto’s energy needs to be kept ‘clean’. All Cancerians will have seen this play out during Pluto’s transit through Capricorn and their 7^th. But in your 8^th, the need for ‘clean’ Pluto power is intensified. Because the potential fallout also increases if it isn’t. So, anyone whose intentions are not honest, transparent or fuelled by integrity, will find themselves radioactive. Your soul Geiger counter will be crackling if this is the case.

If you have given away your power, or you have been the victim of someone’s power-play, gaslighting or control, you will now take yours back. And see you were never powerless to begin with. Venus through your ‘other’ money house can hand you the material and also emotional resources you need for empowered, self-directed transformation. That laser beam also picks out where to direct these.

Venus’ square to Uranus in your 11^th (Feb 8), shows you the friends, community and contacts where you feel strong and safe enough to be vulnerable and authentically yourself. That laser beam could pick out a sudden, surprising and intensely magnetic new love or friendship. Neither of you can resist or pretend that chemistry isn’t there. Or that this isn’t a union of a maverick and a muse, a quantum entanglement of two souls who see the world through the same crazy lens. One which creates a chain reaction of change for both of you. From partners, to lovers and friends, the people that empower you, love you and allow you to be powerfully yourself without trying to control or change you, are simply your greatest asset. Just like Pluto power allows you to see those which aren’t.

LEO

It’s open season for duos, duets and double acts of all descriptions as Venus arrives in your 7^th ahead of ruler the Sun, Mercury and finally Mars. Its fusion with dark Cupid Pluto intensity (20^th), and subsequent square to Uranus in your 10^th (Feb 8), is about a transformation around a relationship status. Or how you feel about love and partnerships.

Expect your ideas around love, how you relate, your sex life, what you want from a partner be this strictly personal or business, and even your style, tastes and ambitions, to change. You may find yourself drawn to people or situationships you never imagined you would be. Do keep Pluto energy very ‘clean’ under this Venus transit. And this will apply even more once Mars arrives (see your upcoming Mars in Aquarius forecast), and also your forecasts for the upcoming eclipse in here.

Don’t try to force a relationship in a specific direction. And do steer clear of anyone controlling, manipulative or coercive. Love is in the process of a transformation one way or another. Or working to transform you from heart-side out, Leo. Your best option with this Venus transit is simply to let go. And if that does involve letting go of one particular connection, don’t try to prevent it from happening. This also includes letting go to allow someone new to enter.

The Venus/Uranus square (Feb 8), may test your values as Uranus is the ruler of Aquarius and is in Venus’ ruling sign of Taurus. And also your reactions when someone says ‘No’ to you. After all – what could possibly be wrong with you?! Uranus turns everything on its head. In the gob-smacking and insanity-inducing event that someone rejects you, just flip the narrative, Leo. They’ve simply confirmed the fact that you are meant for something or someone better. Narrow escape in other words.

This Venus marks the start of a love open season for you. Because someone who truly loves or values having you in their life, cares about you the way you do for them. And openly shows this. They either do or they don’t. Pluto in the mix tells you that you cannot change them or force this. You either have it with your current union. Or you don’t. Be this with your spouse, lover or your boss. And if you don’t, you’ll no longer settle for anything less. But you now have the power to not only do something about it. You recognise it when it’s on offer.

VIRGO

Your creative spark returns with supernova brilliance and intensity as Venus enters your house of the everyday, Virgo. Venus’ encounter with Pluto (20^th) and its subsequent square to Uranus in your 9^th is not simply about work which gives you more freedom. Or working in a way which supports this. But in your house of health and wellbeing, offers up healing and transformation when it comes to that mindset that’s not working with you, but against you.

You are the perfectionist of the zodiac. You expect the best from others. But even more from yourself. That’s too much like hard work, Virgo. Venus’ meeting with Pluto is good medicine. It may initially feel like an ‘Owch!’ – but that’s just the Band-Aid being ripped off so real healing can happen. It exposes the demands and judgements you place on yourself. The harsh criticisms. The demand for perfection nobody can possibly live up to. Your inability to ask for help but to always be ready to help others. All the thoughts and ideas which don’t support growth, energy and living joyfully in other words.

Once you let go of demanding perfection from yourself. You also stop expecting others to be perfect in return. This is the perfect (no pun intended), Venus transit to work through any issues around this as Venus and the other personal planets will enter Pisces and your 7^th next. Note: when this happens your 7^th is finally clear of the presence of both Saturn and Neptune. So, there’s no better time to do this work.

Venus will enhance your everyday. It brings in beauty and harmonises that schedule or routine. It hands you ways to creativity tackle tasks or change your habits. Virgos can often fall into two categories. The first the OCD neat-nik who has a place for everything and everything must be in its place. But we also see Virgos whose homes are a mess or have tipped into hoarding. Venus offers up gentle ways to change your everyday environment. Without harsh judgements. A little chaos can be beautiful. Less can be more.

Venus in your 6^th can unite you with a community to souls to work with. Or who offer you healthy support around what you have or need to do. So, esprit de corps at work. Finding that new job where this is simply part of the culture. That fitness group at your gym or pilates class. Or even in some cases, that app that makes scheduling so much easier. Lastly, Venus along with Pluto shines on your intimate life. Are you letting loose, Virgo? Or afraid of what might happen if you did? One more thing to ditch if so: fear of embarrassment.

LIBRA

How much are you prepared to give or compromise on to get what you want, Libra? In other words – it’s a Meat Loaf moment. As in ‘I would do anything for love – but I won’t do that’. Just what is the ‘that’? You need to be certain of what this is and where your boundaries are this Venus transit. And also to keep in mind that just because something is on offer, doesn’t necessarily mean you have to say yes to it. Especially if this means you ditch the ‘that’.

You are the sign now poised on the cusp of a brand new epoch of relating. So, don’t be in too much of a hurry to throw your heart or hat into the ring when it comes to love or what you love. Take things slowly. And as you go, do look to how the who or the what of it measures up against your core values. We all have to compromise. But there’s a different between a win/win and selling our souls.

Venus is the first personal planet to enter Aquarius and your 5^th. What makes you shine and stand out, unique and different and your power to attract is potent and undeniable. Venus encounters Pluto three days after its arrival (20^th). Expect a transformation around your love life, romance, creative projects, conception, babies, children or to magnetise a desire in such a way it literally appears to coalesce right before your eyes. Having what we want always brings a change. It calls for transformation. Sometimes we can sabotage the process simply because we are scared. Not of having what we desire. But the change involved in having it.

Empowered and positive change is one thing. Changing yourself or putting up with something unacceptable – something else entirely. Venus’ square to Uranus (Feb 8) could put you in the crosshairs of a heart/head dilemma. And the way out of it is to look at whether or not you are compromising who you are or what you value. And if you are doing so because you fear either being on your own. Or ending up with nothing at all. You are everything. So if something takes away from that, letting it go brings you back to that. It cannot take it away.

This is one of the best Venus transits under which to become your goals in motion. To express yourself without self-censure. To embrace abundance and to explore what you attract with joy, surrender and surety that this is but one possible option for you. Because that what’s right for you will never ask you to sell out. Or compromise on who you are.

SCORPIO

One aspect of you which many astrologers tend to ignore is your patience, Scorpio. Your ability to wait for your moment to soar or rise once more. You do share this with your opposite sign of Taurus. Except your ability for rebirth and renewal means you have the additional gift of being able to reimagine yourself or your desired outcome as you wait. Instead of just staying attached to just one.

So, waiting never feels like you’re stagnant and stuck. You are the process in motion. Constant and evolving. Venus transits are always important for you as Venus is the ruler of Taurus and your partnership and love planet. No matter what sign or house it is in – love and your deepest feelings or even longings around a key area are going to be triggered. And you will see your patience pay off in some way.

This especially applies this Venus transit through Aquarius and your 4^th house. Your 4^th rules home, family, emotional and material security, your roots, foundation, place and space. This is one of the ‘private’ houses of your chart. So one where you may keep things hidden, behind closed doors or be very protective of either your emotions, who or what you care about, and your plans. As this is your house of nurturing, these can be long term plans which you gently protect until you are ready to make your move.

It is also your house of self-protection and what makes you feel vulnerable. Venus encounters ruler Pluto in here three days after its arrival (20^th). Have you been patiently working on what’s in that soul vault when it comes to your hurts and fears? This throws open the door to let in a rebirth of feeling strong enough to be vulnerable. Or even for you to step past fears of your emotions being used as weapons against you if this has led to you literally locking them away.

On the most fundamental level, if you have been patiently planning a move of either home or job, this Venus transit offers the kind of rebirth and renewal a relocation ushers in. For some, a relocation could revolve around your family or even your ‘urban’ family or community. That long game could include your people or a partner. Venus’ square to Uranus in your 7^th (Feb 8), allows you to cut to the heart of the matter around where you need to be, how you need to be living or even a family issue. Others may have to pivot as a situation beyond their control asks you evolve those plans yet again and rise into them in a new form. As always, you’ve been constantly reimagining yourself for exactly this moment, Scorpio. And that patience means you’re ready to make your move. For the better.

SAGITTARIUS

You have a lot in common with Aquarians. That’s because both your signs have human symbolism. Aquarius – the water bearer. And you of course, the half-human centaur. Both signs are curious and value freedom. So, transits through Aquarius and your 3^rd of communication and concepts, ask you to lean in to those shared qualities but working them your way. And for you, this involves sharing or sending out your ideas, messages, projects and plans as far as you can. And exploring new ones.

Venus in your 3^rd adds to your story. Infusing what you communicate with Once Upon a Time enchantment. Your words have wings. Same goes for those images, that feed, application, pitch or launch. And those one-to-one conversations. You’re open, curious and enquiring. Venus’ meeting with Pluto (20^th) could bring a discussion or conversation which changes anything from your relationship to the path you are on. It can take you in an exciting, new direction. But only say it if you mean it, Sag. And are prepared to deliver. Pluto in the mix demands you keep its energy ‘clean’.

Your thoughts, ideas and what you say have a spell-casting quality about them. No matter if it’s simply a post, it will touch someone. And perhaps more than one person. Your audience is waiting. Travel is also highlighted under this Venus transit. And if so this is likely to be for pleasure as opposed to business. But if you are travelling for work, you will find time to play as well.

Do however watch for the ‘hard sell’. Anyone who puts pressure on you to agree to anything from that purchase to their point of view. Or simply resorts to out-and-out gaslighting. Venus squares Uranus in your 6^th (Feb 8), which could also usher in a new job or way of working. This Venus is the perfect time to apply for a new job, shift to remote or hybrid working, launch that side hustle or business or to begin a major creative project. Venus is the first planet to enter this house. The Sun, love planet Mercury and Mars are not far behind. With all the planets meeting Pluto soon after they enter and an upcoming eclipse in here, what you say or think will have the tendency to become real. So, say it, mean it and simply watch. Seeing is believing, Sag.

CAPRICORN

Venus is the first planet to exit your sign and head into Aquarius and your 2^nd. Do you see yourself as a creative person, Capricorn? Funny how even some astrologers don’t. There are so many ways we can be creative outside of the traditional definition of this. We can work our jobs in a creative way. And many jobs require immense levels of creative thought even if they are not in the media or arts. Computer programming requires creativity. Maths demands it. So does medicine, physics or even how we manage our personal resources. What I am asking you to do as the planets cross from your 1^st and on into your 2^nd of money, assets and talents, is to see what you are doing as a highly creative act. Even if this is just managing your budget.

Venus in your 2^nd not only boosts your latent creativity, but enhances your most creative Capricorn talents. Which is to breathe fresh life into those old creative projects and plans. Expect a revival around the 20^th when Venus meets Pluto. This can also bring some Capricorns big rewards when it comes to money, recognition or the way you are true to your creative self.

Back to those old, outdated tropes of you not being a creative sign. Venus squares Uranus in your 5^th for the final time on Feb 8. If you still doubt me – or rather your own creativity and originality, this is the day when you can break free of that stereotype and even astound yourself. Do you know your origin story, Capricorn? It’s one of the most creative in mythology. The Titans went to war with the Gods of Olympus. The Gods fled into Egypt, pursued by Typhon, the Titan’s leader. To escape, the Gods had to change their form. Pan jumped into the Nile, changing the upper part of his body into a goat and the lower part to a fish. Your Capricorn sea-goat (or river goat), was born. Pan was later rewarded by Zeus (Jupiter), for his creativity, and placed in the heavens. Yours is therefore the constellation of originality and creative survival against the odds.

Uranus was the father of the Titans. So, the Venus/Uranus square will see you come up with a creative solution like no other. The odds, just like with Pan, are very much in your favour. Creativity and outside the square thinking, places you at the top when it comes to rewards, attention and yes, abundance in all things, this Venus transit. So don’t see yourself as anything less than that.

AQUARIUS

Venus’ arrival signals the start of your new cycle, Aquarius. The Sun, Mercury and Mars are not far behind. Venus encounters Pluto (at 3^o), on Jan 20. You are one of the kindest, most altruistic signs of the zodiac, Aquarius. The symbol for Aquarius – the Water Bearer, is one of sharing. With everyone. You love to bring in better ways of doing things. Yes, some see these as ‘revolutionary’ or even disruptive. But that is usually because they want to keep things the way they are because it benefits them. Not others.

Going hand-in-hand with all this kindness and wanting to make the world a better place, is a heightened sense of intuition. This is not just a quality that is exclusive to next door sign of Pisces. But you may not always listen to it. The Venus/Pluto conjunction along with the ones which follow, are asking that you fully embrace this. Tune in and more than that – act on it. This will become especially important under the upcoming eclipse in your sign.

You also benefit from time unplugged or what I like to refer to ‘Ivory Tower’ periods where you retreat and take time to process your own thoughts and ideas. Strangely, although this is the start of your new cycle you may begin it by doing exactly that. This is the opposite of withdrawal no matter what it may look like to others. But is a necessary next evolutionary stage of relaunch and reinvention.

By the time Venus squares ruler Uranus in your 4^th (Feb 8), it will be complete and you’re ready to re-emerge. There’s also a need to pay close attention to your desire to bring kindness and where others may simply be out for themselves. Or taking advantage of this. Or is this someone who not-so-subtly dismisses your ideas as ‘crazy’? Your destiny is to always be ahead of that curve, Aquarius. And if others aren’t prepared to keep up or their minds open, it may be time to leave them behind. You are undergoing one of the most important transformations of your entire life. Venus rules love but also self-love. Stay true to yourself. And send a little kindness your own way.

PISCES

You have entered your season of reflecting and waiting, Pisces. The time when the planets move into your mysterious and deep 12^th house. When you prepare for your fresh cycle by reviewing and often releasing what you need to let go of ahead of the renewal to come. For you, this fresh cycle will be one of the most pivotal and profound as both ruler Neptune and then Saturn will exit your sign for keeps. It’s a new dawn, a new day and a new era – not just a year, ahead of you. All the more reason to slow down and reflect before it begins.

Venus in your 12^th can bring up past loves. And sometimes they can appear in person. However, Venus’ encounter with Pluto tells you that if someone reappears they may come in for closure – and then disappear once more. This time for good. Do keep in mind the big sky picture this occurs against. The move of Saturn and Neptune is a definite end of one epoch for all of us. But especially for you, Pisces as it involves your ruler.

Look to any tendencies you have around ‘rescuing’ or helping. Do you always rush in? Your compassion and empathy are your superpowers. But they can be used against you. By those who want to take advantage of you. Or they can even be your hidden Kryptonite. You rush in to rescue, because once-upon-a-time you needed help yourself. But no-one came. Now you seek to subconsciously heal yourself by doing that for others. But end up getting more hurt instead. If the Venus/Pluto encounter kicks up old patterns around this, know you are strong enough to face them. You’re also now in a position to go get help if you need to. Do speak to a doctor, therapist, counsellor, psychic, or access the many self-help resources available on line. You are no longer in this alone.

Healing and wholeness is your new state of being. Plus the bravery that truth brings you, Pisces. Venus in your 12^th heightens you intuition. And unlike some signs who ignore what it tells you, you are always willing to act on it. What you may recapture from your past and reshape to take forward with you could be a creative idea, project or calling. You now see it as a gift that has been heaven-sent in fact. And you won’t waste it or ignore it any longer. Look to the Venus/Uranus square of Feb 8 for what can only be a bolt from the blue or a sign from God, your guides, or what ever you want to call it. It’s a sign or signal you are now free or on the right track. It could also mark the point of release from that old pattern. You can’t miss this, Pisces. I could simply say it’s so clear, it’s written in the stars.