January 2026 Horoscope: Foundation + Flow

Weekly Horoscope | February 9–15Venus in Pisces, Mercury–North Node, Saturn Enters AriesThis week’s astrology invites us to slow down, soften, and listen more deeply—while preparing for a powerful new cycle of responsibility and self-leadership.In this episode, I walk you through the major transits shaping the week of February 9–15, including emotional recalibration, karmic insight, and long-term shifts that will continue unfolding over the coming years.In this episode:✨ Venus enters Pisces (Feb 10)• Love, values, and connection soften as Venus moves into its exalted sign• Heightened compassion, creativity, and emotional sensitivity• Why boundaries matter just as much as openness during this transit✨ Mercury conjunct the True North Node at 9° Pisces (Feb 12)• Fated conversations, intuitive insights, and karmic messages• What to notice as Mercury prepares for its upcoming retrograde• Reflecting on repeating themes, memories, and inner guidance✨ Saturn enters Aries (Feb 14)• A major collective shift initiating a new long-term cycle• Moving from reflection into embodied action and leadership• Redefining courage, responsibility, and self-trust✨ Weekly themes• Emotional honesty without self-abandonment• Slowing down to integrate before moving forward• Releasing old narratives tied to fear or obligationBook a personal reading with Ashley: https://ashleytracey.com/readings This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com

The New Moon in Capricorn on Sunday, January 18th arrives with clarity, weight, and purpose. This is not a light lunation—it’s a moment of accountability, closure, and conscious commitment.With multiple planets gathered in the final degrees of Capricorn, this New Moon highlights endings, karmic completion, and the responsibility of choosing what we’re truly willing to build moving forward.In this episode, we explore:-Capricorn energy as integrity, structure, and devotion-Mars in Capricorn and disciplined, purposeful action-Clear communication and honest conversations-The quiet opening of Eclipse Season-Venus and Pluto in Aquarius and the evolving relationship between power and loveThis is a New Moon for clearing space, tying up loose ends, and committing to what truly matters—slowly, honestly, and with intention. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com

We’re taught that January 1st marks the beginning of a new year — but astrologically, that’s not entirely true.Your real New Year begins on your birthday.Each year, when the Sun returns to the exact degree it occupied at the moment of your birth, you enter a brand-new personal cycle. This moment — known as your Solar Return — activates a fresh energetic blueprint for the year ahead, one that is entirely unique to you.In this episode, we explore why your birthday is such a powerful threshold and how multiple systems align to mark this moment as your true reset.Book a Year Ahead Reading with me: https://ashleytracey.com/readingsIn this episode, we cover:✨ Solar Return Charts: Why your birthday creates a personal forecast for the year ahead — and what themes, focus areas, and emotional tone it reveals.✨ Annual Profections: How each birthday moves you into a new house of your birth chart, highlighting one key area of life as the main storyline for the year.✨ Personal Numerology Years: Why your numerological year actually begins on your birthday — and how its themes influence growth, completion, and new beginnings.✨ Planetary Transits: How a new set of transits comes online each year, shaping your experiences, challenges, and breakthroughs in deeply personal ways.✨ Honoring Your Birthday as Sacred Time: Simple ways to reflect, release, and set intentions that align with your natural rhythm — not the calendar’s.This episode is an invitation to stop forcing yourself into timelines that don’t fit and begin honoring the wisdom of your own cycles. You’re not behind. You’re not late. You’re moving in rhythm with your own stars. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com

January doesn’t ease us into 2026 — it arrives with momentum, asking us to anchor what we’ve already begun as we prepare for a major shift ahead.This month acts as a bridge, leading us toward the powerful Saturn–Neptune conjunction at 0° Aries in February. January helps us strengthen foundations, clarify priorities, and then open the channels for energy to move forward.In this episode, we explore:Capricorn season themes of structure, discipline, and long-term stabilityThe January 3 Full Moon in Cancer, highlighting emotional truth and nourishmentThe rare Sun–Venus–Mars conjunction (Jan 7–9) resetting desire and commitmentThe shift into Aquarius season, bringing circulation, community, and nervous system awarenessThe January 18 New Moon in Capricorn, a powerful moment for intentional goal-settingNeptune’s final ingress into Aries on January 26, marks the beginning of a bold new eraWe also weave in practical wellness guidance to support your body, emotions, and nervous system as the energy builds.Take my online Astrology for Health and Wellness Course.Join me on January 8th for my Plan Your Year Ahead with Astrology workshop — available in Denver or virtually.January doesn’t ask you to have everything figured out — it asks you to strengthen what matters and let energy circulate. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com

This week is a bridge between years — a liminal space inviting conscious endings and intentional beginnings. In this episode, we explore how the astrology supports emotional release, honest reflection, and grounded planning as we step into 2026.✨ In this episode:Mercury in Capricorn brings clarity, intention, and long-term thinking to conversations and plans.Chiron stations direct in Aries, reopening healing around identity, self-trust, and the courage to take up space.The Full Moon in Cancer, conjunct Jupiter, amplifies emotions around home, belonging, and emotional safety, supporting release with honesty and care.This is not a week to rush forward, but to choose what doesn’t come with you into the new year.✨ Invitation:Join me for Planning Your Year with Astrology on Thursday, January 8th, 6–7:30 pm, in person at Buffalo + Sparrow Collective (Lakewood, CO) or virtually. Investment: $33. Details in the show here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com

As Venus moves into Capricorn, the energy of love, relationships, values, and money shifts from exploration and freedom into commitment and long-term alignment. This transit invites us to move away from fleeting desire and into intentional choices — asking us to define what (and who) is truly worth our time and energy.Venus in Capricorn is not about restriction — it’s about maturity. It asks us to build relationships, creative projects, and financial foundations that can stand the test of time. This is a season of choosing quality over quantity, integrity over impulse, and consistency over excitement.In this episode, we explore how Venus in Capricorn reshapes our approach to love and self-worth, followed by a sign-by-sign horoscope so you can see exactly where this focused energy is activating your chart.Plan your year ahead with astrology workshop https://ashleytracey.com/events Work 1-1 with Ashley https://ashleytracey.com/readings Support this podcast https://ashleytracey.com/energy-exchange  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com

In this episode, we explore the energy of the Solstice as the Sun enters Capricorn, inviting us to slow down, reflect, and ground our intentions in devotion rather than urgency. Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, reminds us that time is not something to rush or resist, but something to work with — patiently, intentionally, and with long vision.We’ll talk about Capricorn as the ancient Sea Goat, the wisdom of moving slowly through this liminal season, and a powerful Solstice prompt to sit with: What are you becoming? Not overnight, but through the choices you make consistently.This episode is an invitation to honor where you are, tend the foundations of your life, and consciously shape what comes next.✨ Planning Your Year Ahead with Astrology — January 8 If you’re ready to translate reflection into aligned action, I invite you to join me for my Planning Your Year Ahead with Astrology workshop on January 8. We’ll work with the major astrological themes of the year ahead and map them onto your life with clarity, intention, and grounded guidance.Available in person and virtually — details and registration can be found at https://ashleytracey.com/events Happy Solstice 🌿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com

In this episode, we explore the New Moon in Sagittarius on December 19, 2025, a powerful invitation to step into a new adventure.Sagittarius energy stirs the part of us that longs for more: more honesty, more freedom, more connection to purpose. This New Moon asks a simple but profound question: What journey is calling you now? What vision are you ready to say yes to?At the same time, this lunation is square Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, reminding us that every new beginning is shaped by where we’ve been. Old stories, inherited beliefs, and emotional patterns may surface — not to hold us back, but to be integrated as we move forward with clarity and intention.In this episode, I break down the astrology of the New Moon and offer sign-by-sign guidance, including a tarot card pull for each zodiac sign to help you set intentions for the adventure you’re being called into — one that honors your past without letting it define your future.Listen for your Sun, Moon, and Rising sign, and notice what’s stirring in your body.Work 1-1 with me- https://ashleytracey.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com

In this episode, I walk you through three major energetic shifts shaping the week ahead: Mars moving into Capricorn, the Sagittarius New Moon, and the Sun’s ingress into Capricorn at the Winter Solstice.Together, these transits mark a turning point — a moment to clarify what you believe in, anchor your intentions, and begin building a future that’s aligned, sustainable, and soul-led.This is a week about conscious initiation: choosing where your energy goes, how you show up for your goals, and what you are truly willing to commit to as we close one cycle and prepare for the next. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com

In this first episode, I open the door to my world and share the spiritual journey that shaped who I am and the work I offer today.I take you behind the scenes of my path—from the early intuitive nudges and awakenings, to the twists, initiations, and soul-aligned choices that led me into astrology, intuitive channeling, past life regression, and wholistic healing.You’ll hear how my own healing, curiosity, and connection to spirit have evolved over the years, and how those experiences now guide the multidimensional approach I use to support others on their path.This episode sets the foundation for everything to come: mind, body, soul, and cosmos woven together through story, wisdom, and truth. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewholisticsoul.substack.com