What's happening in Aquarius Season?

When the winds begin to change ~ How to welcome Aquarius season

19th January PST | EST | 20th January GMT  

As we embrace 2026, Aquarius season arrives to stir something deep within us. As an air energy skilled at shaking things up, disrupting, awakening, and choosing the road less travelled – the season this year carries a distinct ‘ready or not’ quality. If you’re hoping to bring intentions to life or take a meaningful next step, Aquarius season can help whip up the energy required. Let’s take a whirlwind tour together…

Ruled by Uranus in modern astrology and Saturn in ancient astrology, Aquarius often blends the unconventional with stoic determination. This combination can engineer meaningful shifts and breakthroughs, giving rise to long-lasting results. When Aquarius energy is in the room, we’re invited to consider how to progress, look ahead and future-proof our ideas.

New eras and portals of transformation

This Aquarius season brings important shifts as Neptune and Saturn move into Aries, followed by a solar eclipse in Aquarius. New eras and portals of transformation are beckoning. Now is the time to treat uncertainty as a given and use it as a gateway to fresh opportunities and perspectives.

To honour Aquarius energy is to welcome change and authenticity into your world. Working with the Wheel of the Year, as we move towards the spring equinox, it is Aquarius season that encourages us to wake up - helping us shake off the dust of self-doubt and step into our truest self with focus and determination.

Ways to welcome Aquarian energy:

• Embrace openness and exploration: What is awakening now? What feels exciting? Perhaps a new project, hobby, or sense of community is calling to you.

• Appreciate your unique self: You are a divine spark of the cosmos! Celebrate your quirks and consider how you show up within the collective. How are you sharing your gifts?

• Let the insights land: This season invites open-mindedness about who we are and how we contribute to the wider world. Watch for flashes of inspiration and allow wisdom in.

• Work with the element of air: Take a walk outside and notice your breath or simply open the windows for a while and let fresh air cleanse your home. In a sacred space or on an altar, you might add a feather, air plant, or incense to symbolise air.

• Connect with your heart centre: With so much cerebral air energy, it can be easy to lose touch with our emotional selves. Check in with your heart as well as your mind to keep your intuition strong.

Close up of the Aquarius Zodiac Print by Moon Phase Studios. 

Intense conversations…

Aquarius season brings shifts, new beginnings, and opportunities to revisit old stories from a fresh perspective. Over the course of the season, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and the Sun will travel through Aquarius and each meet Pluto, creating a series of intense conversations before moving on. As this happens, Neptune moves into Aries, followed later by Saturn, so it may feel as though a significant mindset shift or a detoxification process is needed as cycles close and new ones begin. 

Moon Phase Studios 13 Moon Journal

Journals at the ready

One of the most supportive ways to work with the cosmos is to notice how planetary movements show up in your own life. During Aquarius season, you may wish to journal or make note of any meaningful events, patterns, or shifts that unfold around the following dates:

PST* | EST* | BST 

January 19th*| 20th: Sun moves into Aquarius

January 20th: Mercury moves into Aquarius

January 23rd: Mars moves into Aquarius

January 26th: Neptune moves into Aries

February 1st: Full Moon in Leo

February 3rd*/ 4th: Uranus retrograde ends

February 6th: Mercury moves into Pisces

February 10th: Venus moves into Pisces

February 13th* | 14th*: Saturn moves into Aries

February 17th: New Moon (solar) Eclipse in Aquarius

Wishing you the resilience and flexibility to move with the winds of change.

With love, 

Charlotte x