Love Horoscope for the Week of January 4

Welcome to that special time of year that I like to call “Depressionville.” This is due to cultural reasons more so than astrological ones (yes, Capricorns can be depressed, but so can the rest of you). Regardless of the astrology involved, we’re done with “the Holiday Season,” business is down, and it seems like everyone is just going through the motions until a more exciting month comes along. Don’t worry though — you’ll make it through just fine until Valentine’s Disappointment hits, just like you have every previous year.

(Whoa, did I undersell this week or what? Good, because there are challenges ahead. Adjust your crash helmet appropriately and read on.)

Venus takes a bit of a beating this week, being both square Neptune (exact on Tuesday) and conjunct Saturn (exact on Friday). When it comes to the things Venus generally rules (like affection and material comfort), there are benefits to be had from even difficult aspects to Saturn and/or Neptune, but this week’s transits aren’t the easiest for dear sweet Venus to cope with. Venus square Neptune dives head first into the fuzzy, delusional nature of Love and takes off its safety goggles. If you are a Hopeless Romantic, that sort of thing could sound “hopelessly awesome” (which is exactly the sort of thing a Hopeless Romantic would say when drowning in emotion). If what your love life needs is an extra shot of optimism, this could be helpful… and you’ll need that help in light of the Venus-Saturn conjunction.

A Venus-Saturn conjunction can do wonders when it comes to making your romantic dreams solid and real — the only problem with that is that “dreams” by definition aren’t so real, are they? Although this is a particularly powerful energy, especially when combined with the Neptune aspect, this might be the kind of “powerful” that you don’t want to play with. In other words, there is plenty of opportunity for dramatic change in your emotional life, but “dramatic” and “ideal” aren’t usually the same thing. Play it safe with your heart and those of others this week just to be safe.

On Wednesday, the first Mercury Retrograde of the year starts. All of the usual cautions — about proofreading and double-checking who you’re sending that e-mail to and making extra sure you get to the airport on time — apply.

Jupiter in Virgo halts in its track and turns retrograde on Friday. I don’t normally lose a lot of sleep over retrogrades (other than the aforementioned Mercury situation), but this Jupiter retrograde takes on special significance because it’s happening in a Sign where Jupiter is already considered to be “debilitated,” and Jupiter is the ruler of Sagittarius (where Venus and Saturn are right now) as well as the traditional ruler of Pisces (where Neptune is). So go back and re-read my warnings about this weeks’ Venus aspects and double down on the safety equipment.

The Moon spends the bulk of the weekend in Capricorn. Capricorn is noted for its sense of calculated caution, and given everything else going on this week, that placement is a really good thing. Given the potential emotional tumult happening, it’s nice to have an Emotional Peacekeeper like Moon in Capricorn around. Get out, have fun, and stay on budget.

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