Because the Sun will always spend the last 10 days and the first three weeks of each year in your relationship sector, the solar spotlight is always on your relationships over the holiday period and as you move into the New Year. This year, the Sun is not on his own, bringing some impressive company with him, while having built in support from the South Node in your communication sector. The year begins with Mars and Venus, the planets of love and passion in your relationship sector and the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment and especially commitment to your relationships having just returned in the final 48 hours of 2025. They will be joined on 2nd January by Mercury, with the planet of communication completing the team that will take you and your relationships into the new year. Mercury’s return couldn’t come with better timing, but it is during his first full day that a Full Moon in Cancer on 3rd January, something that will always fall at some point during the Sun’s month long visit, will see them clash in a way that can put pressure on a balance between your own and your relationship needs. This is key to understanding what you want from your relationships and what they need from you and it comes just as every planet that will visit your relationship sector this year is all here at the same time. It is two weeks later that the Moon will return to your relationship sector from 17th January to 19th January, where as the first New Moon of 2026 will offer a chance to check in, become more emotionally engaged and aware and draw a new line in the sand. A New Moon is all about new beginnings, but with Venus leaving on 18th January, the Sun on 20th January, Mercury on 21st January and Mars on 23rd January, this is also a chance to capture their influence before they leave. This will leave Juno on her own and until leaving at the end of March, will help to keep things on track. Meanwhile, with no planetary activity in your romantic sector, the Moon’s return from 11th January to 14th January will make these some of the most romantically charged days of the month.