Weekly Astrology Forecast for January 15–21, 2023* — Pluto Alert!

Hey star-gazers! This is your astrology forecast for the week ahead, and it’s a blessedly quiet week, bordering on a tad slow, as Mars recovers from its retrograde period. Mercury is still retrograde until the latter-half of the week, though I suspect, for most, its effects are comparatively mild after having to put up Mars retracing its steps in Gemini since October of last year.

Sunday, January 15 begins with the Sun applying to a conjunction with Pluto. This aspect will perect later in the week, but the intensity may begin asserting itself earlier in austere Capricorn.

This could be an energy where we feel our assertive solar aims zapped by an overbearing Plutonic figure, or, given the retrograde Mercury co-presence, we could find ourselves in scenarios that demand we find our voices when confronted by intimidating authority figures.

At the same time, Jupiter is applying to a sextile to Mars in a fairly wide orb, but may nonetheless offer a much-needed dose of optimism as we get the affairs of our Geminian houses in order.

Jupiter’s more fiery tone in Aries could see our confidence boosted — perhaps even excessively — and, after a lot of draining astrology last year, a little hyberbolic bravado never hurt anyone!