Weekly Horoscope: December 31 - January 6

If you’re on the West Coast, New Year’s Day will bring you face-to-face with your responsibilities as the sun meets Saturn, the planet of discipline, encouraging you to be honest with yourself about your limitations. East Coasters, the same will be true for you come Wednesday, January 2.

Early Friday, messenger Mercury harmonizes with the planet of surprises, Uranus, helping us get some things off our chest without holding back. Mercury will be in the final degrees of sensitive Pisces, so this will occur with everyone’s feelings considered. Creative inspiration by way of conversations with friends come about on Friday, as well, as the sun gently harmonizes with the planet of fantasy, Neptune, helping you to collaboratively work out a vision of a more sustainable future.

Later on Friday, communication planet Mercury enters Capricorn, helping us get our game plans together for our visions of the coming year. Mercury in Capricorn loves to incorporate office supplies into ordinary conversations: Prepare to start the new year with some scheduling, labeling, highlighting, and outlining—it’s time for everyone to organize their thoughts with maximum productivity in mind.

On Saturday, a powerful fresh start comes with the first New Moon eclipse in Capricorn since the years 2000–2002. Think back to what was happening in your life (or, if you weren’t born yet, in your parents’ lives) around then: Whatever was left unresolved is going to come back up again in the next two years of eclipses in Capricorn—and Cancer. On Sunday, as the planet of rebellion, Uranus, ends its retrograde, pay attention to recent innovations that allow you, and your generation, to be unapologetically independent.

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An honest and refreshed perspective about your responsibilities will come your way this week. On New Year’s Eve, your attention turns homeward as action planet Mars bursts through the cusp of your domestic sector (just a few hours before midnight, if you’re on the East Coast). At the turn of the new year, you are honestly evaluating your commitments. If you see that you can’t take on as much as you want, find comfort in putting your foot down and drawing a line. Overexertion is ultimately a productivity-killer. On Friday, communication planet Mercury enters your sign, helping you to explain your limits with tactful grace. There is a Capricorn eclipse happening on Saturday, so brace yourself for fated changes happening in your immediate environment.

You spend the first week of the new year looking for a quiet place to do some regenerative activities—reading, meditating, napping—whatever it is that helps you feel peacefully alone with yourself. Now is the time between the holidays and your birthday, so take space to recharge. If you’re not actively seeking a quiet place to unwind, Saturday’s new moon eclipse in Capricorn will give you a headbutt towards the right direction. This will be the first eclipse in a two-year-long series of eclipses, which will push you to take positive action to be in control of your mental health. As the sun meets Saturn on Wednesday, be honest with yourself and others about the personal time you may need to take.

All day on Monday, you’ll still be rushing around, putting last-minute finishing touches on your projects as action planet Mars travels over the final degree of Pisces. This will drumup a sense of urgency, especially since you have a lot of networking to do this week. A sense of responsibility toward your extended community comes on Wednesday as the sun meets Saturn. Invitations start pouring in on Friday as messenger Mercury enters Capricorn, and with the sun gently connecting with Neptune, you’re going to be in the mood to party—but please party responsibly. Saturday’s partial new moon eclipse creates a pretty chaotic energy to be going out within, so keep your wits about you, and make sure you’re drinking enough water.

On New Year’s Eve, it’s easy for you to get cocky and feel like this year is going to be your year. Who’s to say it isn’t? Your planet, Mars, enters Aries right before the stroke of midnight, giving you an extra push to get things going your way. On New Year’s Day, your focus draws to your career as you commit to an honest review of your responsibilities and commitments. On Friday, messenger Mercury enters your house of career, bringing news and instructions from the higher-ups about what you need to be doing to get ahead. Our first new moon eclipse in Capricorn on Saturday brings about new opportunities for you to be well-known and respected in your career.

Capricorn season finds you broadening your horizons, through travel or study. Your dreams can seem so far away, but, this week. you are able to get a sober perspective on how you can make it all a reality. New Year’s Day finds you intently honing in on your five-year plan, with your graphs and calendars all written out, as the sun meets taskmaster Saturn. When Mercury joins these planets on Friday, it enables you to realistically work out the finer details of your grand scheme. There is a new moon eclipse on Saturday that will begin putting you right on track when it comes to your most far-reaching dreams. This is the first eclipse of a two-year-long series.

Transformations are in store at the turn of the new year. Try to relax and accept the things that you can’t change: Change is a beautiful thing! As the sun meets Saturn on Wednesday, other people’s vulnerabilities become clear to you. When your planetary ruler, Mercury, joins these planets in Capricorn, which rules a very intimate sector of your chart—your intuition will peaki. Use your supercharged empathy for good. When everything seems chaotic, remember that you can find your happy place in material creature comforts, like sex…and/or shamelessly asking a friend or partner to treat you to dinner. When it comes to Capricorn season, you can get anything you want, if you just ask for it nicely.

As the clock strikes midnight, you're making moves to improve your reputation—you want to be known as the very best in whatever it is you do, and your New Year’s resolution will reflect your intentions to outperform your competition. The first week of the new year will give you a clear vision of the future you want for your love life. Under what conditions do you see yourself getting married, or otherwise committing in the long-term, if either appeals to you? As the sun meets Saturn on Wednesday, you get an honest perspective on how your relationships are structured and what needs to be changed about them, if anything at all. The partial new moon eclipse on Saturday—the first in a two-year-long series—brings about fated change to your partnerships.

There are so many tedious obligations in your life right now, but this is the time to power through them. You owe it to yourself to be on top of your doctors’ appointments and little chores, even when they all seem to add up to an insurmountable task-mountain. The new year will give you refreshed energy to get it all out of the way: A partial new moon eclipse on Saturday brings a new enthusiasm for your to-do list. Near the weekend, you will be able to start implementing your new year’s resolution as a daily ritual with dutiful seriousness, as this eclipse occurs in your house of routines, allowing you to break and make new habits with a powerful impact.

The first week of January is pretty sexy. Action planet Mars enters your house of shared intimacy on New Year’s Eve, putting you on the receiving end of the chase. Capricorn season lights up your house of dating and romance (which is also the creativity sector, for the virginal Virgos). On Wednesday, you’ll look at your dating pool by honestly discerning what’s out there for you, and what all of this fun can offer you and your personal happiness in the long term. When messenger Mercury enters Capricorn on Friday, invitations come your way. Friday is playful. If you’re going out closer to Saturday, channel the stabilizing Capricorn energy and party responsibly—eclipses can be chaotic.

Other people may call the shots for you on New Year’s Eve, since Mars enters your partnerships sector just a few hours before midnight. It’s easy to go with the flow, but don’t be a doormat. A lot is happening at home (or with your family) this week, since Capricorn season tends to touch on your roots: both the ground you inherited and the temporary place you stay. News comes to your doorstep on Friday as messenger Mercury joins the other planets in your house of domestic affairs. The new moon eclipse in Capricorn brings a new start to your home and family life. When Uranus ends retrograde on Sunday, you will realize new, innovative approaches to interdependence within your relationships.

With your planetary ruler, Mars, in your house of work and routine, your year begins with you catching up on your appointments. Capricorn season brings your attention to your siblings— pay attention to these siblings or sibling-figures as Saturday’s eclipse approaches. They will have some important news for you. It’s hard for you to find the right words to say at the beginning of the week, with the sun meeting planet of boundaries, Saturn. It’s clear to see your limits when it comes to communicating, which can feel awkward. As Friday draws near, it will be easier for you to answer to your responsibilities, follow up on your emails, and get the ball rolling with important conversations as messenger Mercury enters your house of communication.

Thanks to action planet Mars entering your party sector, after a fun night of excitement with your friends on New Year’s Eve,, things will get serious! Your New Year’s resolution will be budget-focused as you buckle down on responsible spending and saving. A new moon eclipse on Saturday brings forth a powerful new beginning to your personal resources and bank account, which can be a little strained or scarce-feeling, since the planet of hard work, Saturn, is involved. As long as you’re thinking about what you need to be comfortable and survive in the long-term, you’ll do just fine. As communication planet Mercury spends its last moments in Sagittarius on Friday, making all of your conversations seem more urgent, you make your final personal declarations before turning your calculating mind towards taking account of what you do and don’t have.

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