Astro Monthly Horoscopes

Aries

From the start 2023 is going to feel like a breath of fresh air, with a real sense of change, excitement and of new beginnings from the start but also with a sense that there is an opportunity for a do over or a reset. This is all thanks to Jupiter's return to Aries just before Christmas. Jupiter loves being in Aries and you love having him here and after what might seem like a false start last year, this year you are ready to embrace the future and this brand new 12 year Jupiter cycle of expansion.

What might lead you to see last year as a false start, is that this wasn't the first time Jupiter returned. Jupiter had returned to Aries last May, but by the time he returned he was already slowing down and ended up spending half of his time here in retrograde motion. You have been called back to the finishing line but what might have felt like a false start was a chance to plant seeds, get a feel for what you do and don't want to embrace and this means that this time, you can hit the ground running.

This time there will be no false starts and Jupiter will have his foot on the gas until leaving in May. However, we do start the year with four planets in retrograde motion and this is helping to put the speed brakes on because by the end of the month every planet in the solar system will be in direct motion and it will stay that way for the next three months. The first planet to release its brakes will be the dwarf planet Eris, with the warrior princess of the cosmos turning direct in Aries on 12th January.

This will be followed just a day later when Mars, your ruling planet turns direct in your communication sector on 13th January, right in the heart of the dwarf planet Ceres' first full month in your relationship sector and of Venus' visit to your friendship sector, from 3rd January to 27th January. The next to turn direct will be Mercury in your career sector on 19th January, a day before the Sun leaves and the last is Uranus, who will turn direct in your income sector on 23rd January.