While on both the romantic and relationship fronts it is business as usual, by the end of the month that will have changed dramatically. On the romantic front, business as usual means moving into the New Year with Pluto, the planet of change and transformation in your romantic sector, where he has been since returning in November 2024 to spend the next 20 years here and on his own since the last planet left in February. That will remain the case until 18th January, the day that everything not only changes but kicks off a chain reaction that in the space of just five days will see everything change. It starts with Venus, the planet of love's return to your romantic sector on 18th January to begin what she will be working to make some of the most romantically charged weeks of 2026. It is a day later that the Moon will return for its first visit for the year and it is while these romantically charged lunar vibes are in effect from 19th January to 21st January, that even more change will take place. It is while the Moon is here that the Sun will return on 20th January, something that will see the solar spotlight shift onto matters of the heart and all things romantic, with Mercury returning on 21st January to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page. It is two days later that on 23rd January, Mars will return for his first chance in two years to fire up your romantic passions and fighting spirit. Meanwhile, while developments on the relationship front this month are just as if not more extreme, they are also more gradual. It will start with Chiron, the planet of healing's direct turn in your relationship sector on 3rd January, followed by the dwarf planet Eris, the warrior princess of the cosmos' direct turn on 12th January. This is the point when the focus will shift off the past and onto the future and just in time, with the Moon making its first visit to your relationship sector for the year from 24th January to 26th January. It is a day later and thanks to the Moon, feeling emotionally engaged and aware that on 27th January Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams will return to spend the next 13 years in your relationship sector.