Read your horoscope for Mercury in Capricorn
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As Mercury returns to Capricorn from January 13th to February 4th, we have a chance to course-correct our goals after the plot-twists of the recent Mercury retrograde. Whether you need to fine-tune the logistics of your best-laid plans, focus your stamina, or mind map your future with a coach, Mercury in Capricorn has you covered. As the messenger puts on its crampons and plots its route up the mountain face of your ambition, create your paper trails. Get it all down in writing. Take a red pen to your New Year’s resolutions and underline the ones that still truly resonate.
Mercury is the ultimate connector. When in Capricorn, the messenger is eager to trade notes with its goal-mates. Wrangle your most determined friend to keep you accountable as you execute your dreams. Mercury in Capricorn translates even the most epic undertakings into doable action items. It’s the supply list, the road map, and the trophy cabinet that keeps us motivated even when the going gets tough. Even if it’s something as small as tying a string reminder around your pinky finger, Mercury in Capricorn makes your plans deliciously tangible.
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The following horoscopes were written by Stephanie Warner.
Aries & Aries Rising
Goal lists, that perfect thrifted blazer, and freshly sharpened pencils — oh my! As Mercury enters Capricorn, it’s time to get cozy with the details of your career or greater calling. However lofty your public ambitions, you can always break down your dreams into doable actions.
Even the most daunting journey begins with a pin on a map. So dust off your wall calendar and let the smell of Sharpies in the morning deepen your resolve in the coming weeks. As you chart your moves, remember to track the wins too. Doing so will keep your motivation meter high.
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Taurus & Taurus Rising
As Mercury enters Capricorn, it’s time to break down your sprawling long-range plans into checklists and achievable goals. So choose the plot of your own adventure and factor in wiggle room for twists and turns.
Whether you’re cross-referencing the hostel reviews of your Eurail adventure or littering your desk with research Post-it notes, systems of organization are your best travel companions. Transform your divine downloads into calls to action.
By taking this one micro-move at a time, no path is too daunting.
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Gemini & Gemini Rising
As Mercury enters Capricorn, you’ll be fine-tuning your collaborations. Dive into the details of any blueprint you’re drafting with another person. Schedule in consistent check-ins to ensure you’re on the same page. And flex your advocacy muscle — even if the issue feels small.
Whether you’re opening a joint business account or organizing a crowdfunding campaign, get it all down in writing. The more you can hone in on the Venn diagram of your shared dreams, the easier it will be to meet in the middle.
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Cancer & Cancer Rising
As Mercury enters Capricorn, consistent check-ins with your person will be the oil that keeps the engine of your relationship purring away. In the coming weeks, dust off your best ice-breakers and probing questions with your besties, clients, business partners, and beloveds. Do you actually know the vegetable that your co-conspirator would be?
This isn’t all idle chit-chat — having fun together will help solidify your joint mission. Translate your expectations and green flags into calls to action and observe your partnership rise to the occasion.
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Leo & Leo Rising
As Mercury enters Capricorn, fine-tune the alchemy of your work routines and wellness practices — and introduce a spirit of experimentation too. Patch up any areas in your schedule where your motivation starts to leak. When it comes to building constructive habits, time and consistency are your besties.
Rather than focusing on future outcomes, channel your energy into the here and now. The breath you take between tasks. Or the next card in your affirmation deck. Even the smallest adjustments have ripple effects, so celebrate going to bed an hour earlier.
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Virgo & Virgo Rising
When it comes to your life’s spirit of creation, you’ll be getting hyper-specific as Mercury enters Capricorn. Rather than waiting for the muses to traipse over to you, tell them exactly what you want to make — down to the kitchen sink.
With the faucet of your creativity wide open, your task is to map out your next moves with supply lists, artist statements — and an organized work desk, of course. Though inspiration can be a fickle thing, scheduling those hours in the studio will ensure you’re ready when it strikes.
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Libra & Libra Rising
Whether you’re parsing the stories of your lineages, plotting your DIY supply list, or fine-tuning the chore roster, slow and steady will win the race as Mercury enters Capricorn. Translate your dream board into practical action and remember to celebrate the small stuff. The heirloom gracing your ancestral altar. The perfect shade of paint for your powder room. The herb garden flourishing on your window sill.
And if you’re stuck, try a few domestic hacks and observe which one sticks. Variety is the spice of life — especially when it comes to tinkering in your roost.
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Scorpio & Scorpio Rising
If your thoughts have felt scattered to the wind, the coming weeks will help you focus again. As Mercury enters Capricorn, schedule those dates with your morning pages and sharpen your pencils to a gleaming point. Make a habit of recording the stray ideas that usually slip through the sieve of your mind.
Or start a social media account for your poems and commit to updating it every week — even if it’s just a haiku. The more that you broadcast the slipstreams of your psyche, the more mental momentum you’ll create.
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Sagittarius & Sagittarius Rising
It’s time to break down your financial pipe dreams into micro-tasks and to-do lists, as Mercury enters Capricorn. If you’ve been thinking in quarters, start to color in the details. Whether you’re squirreling away your tips or fine-tuning your tart recipe for the farmer’s market, consistency and patience will call in abundance.
Just ensure you carve out space for some serious self-investment too. As you make it a habit to fill up your cup first, you’ll be more resourced to pour into your savings plan.
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Capricorn & Capricorn Rising
As Mercury enters Capricorn, answer the call from deep within. The time is ripe to communicate your causes, clarify your goals, and pinpoint the details of your dreams.
Whether you are revising your personal manifesto, coding a spiffy new website, or exploring your self-actualization in therapy — words have a way of making serious waves. As you solidify your intentions, the life you want will meet you halfway.
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Aquarius & Aquarius Rising
As Mercury enters Capricorn, your most promising ideas are percolating within your dark rooms, recording booths, and subconscious itself. Carving out time for solo work, mediation, or serious R & R will help invite these insights out from your depths.
Today is great for breaking down your healing into concrete actions and tinkering with different healing modalities until you find your sweet spot. If talk therapy isn’t working, get your float tank on. The more that you trust your inner wise one, the more you’ll receive in the coming weeks.
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Pisces & Pisces Rising
When it comes to your networks, friendships, and collective causes, communication is key as Mercury enters Capricorn. So round up your crew and clarify your shared mission statement.
Whether you’re rallying together for a block party or constructing raised beds for your solidarity garden, regular check-ins will ensure nobody feels left out. Pinpoint the tapestry of talents within your group, then delegate accordingly.
And remember to reframe your dropped balls as opportunities for learning. The mess of co-creation is half the fun. And it’s a portal to innovation too.
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