Note:  the dates in this forecast are for Pacific to Eastern time.  

Unless I provide a specific timeframe, we’ll feel the energies 24-72 hours before the date I mention (the date when the planetary alignment is exact).  

They’ll gain strength as they approach, and linger for 24–48 hours after, gradually fading with each passing hour.

💫 Executive Summary

Happy New Year! Welcome 2026! 

The energies line up beautifully to help you reflect on 2025 (but, avoid the trap of slipping into rumination!), welcome 2026 with sparkle, enjoy a restful New Year’s Day, and start the year on a positive note.

To make the best of this week: 

• ⚠️If you find yourself ruminating about the more challenging aspects of your 2025 on Monday and Tuesday, write down your thoughts and ask the Universe to release what is not in your greatest good on the upcoming Full Moon on January 3.  
  
• 🎇 The energies lift by New Year's Eve  (phew!) It brings lovely, social vibes here in North America, aided by the Moon in sparkly Gemini. 
  
  
•  Wednesday January 1 may be a low-energy day, filled with mental fog.  Save your New Year's resolutions for another day.  Savour the holiday vibes instead and relax with your favourite book or a movie. 
  
  
• 🌕 Saturday brings the Full Moon in Cancer.  It's an excellent opportunity to ask the Universe for help you let go of childhood wounds, emotional eating, and insecurities - and anything else that doesn't serve you in the new year!
  
  
• The week ends with a stellar Opportunity Period! Perfect for spending time with your family or friends, and for real estate matters.

Are you ready for the BIG energies of 2026? My webinar,  Navigating 2026, will help you prepare for the biggest, juiciest astro-transits of the year.

I still cover possible global impacts of the very impactful astrology of the year. But this year, my webinar also offers a teaching component, to help you apply the upcoming transits to your natal chart.  

Key Astro-Happenings This Week: 

✨ December 29:  Mercury Square Saturn

This square can bring out a very short bout of anxiety.  With the end of the year so close, there could be a tendency to brood about the past.  

Best For:

• Writing down what's preying on your mind - insecurities, past failures - so you can burn your list and let go of their impacts on the upcoming Full Moon on Jan. 3.

Avoid:

• Signing contracts.
• Marketing or visibility work.
• Starting an e-commerce business (Mercury rules e-commerce). 

✨🎇  December 31, NYE:  the Moon in Gemini 

Here in North America, we'll be ringing in the New Year with the Moon in social, communicative, sparkly Gemini.  How perfect for the New Year's Eve festivities! 

✨ January 1:  Mercury Square Neptune

There may be some mental fog.  And that's OK! The Universe wants you to enjoy a lazy day of watching a movie or just lounging around. 

Best For:

• Spending a lazy day lounging around
• Getting lost in a good book or a movie

Avoid:

• Setting your New Year's resolutions.  Save them for another day!
  

🌕  January 3, 2:03 a.m. PST:  Full Moon in Cancer.

If you need to let go of the qualities related to the shadow side of Capricorn and Cancer, this is your Full Moon. 

Insecurities (and don't we all have them), moodiness, too much emotional dependence on other people, wounds from your childhood, emotional eating - set your intentions to set yourself free. 

It's also a great Full Moon to release anything you don't want to follow you into 2026! 

✨ January 3, 2:54 p.m. to January 4, 4:59 a.m. PST:  Opportunity Period! 

How nice! Opportunity Periods are the times when the Moon makes positive connections only, before she leaves the sign she is in.  And this tends to aid undertakings.

Best For:

• Spending time with the family (the Moon is in Cancer)
• Social activities
• Real estate matters

🕰️ Moon Void of Course

Avoid starting anything new you want to succeed during these periods:

• December 31, 4:25 a.m. to 5:13 a.m. PST
  
• January 2, 4:24 a.m. to 5:09 a.m. PST
  
• January 4, 4:59 a.m. to 5:44 a.m. PST