The Vibrational Astrology Diary
by Linda Berry
Pluto is in its double cycle for 2026 from January 12 through February 4.
Today, Tuesday (1/20/2026), the strongest vibrational influence comes from Mars joining with Saturn and Uranus (5*). This Vibrational Energy Pattern involves joining with others who are like you in a harmonious relationship while you seek to accomplish your goals in compatible interactions within your community. You are recognizing your own way of understanding your experiences and learning to act from internal integrity while doing the essential things that need to be done. For VA Students (6, 12, 18, 24, 30)
This vibrational energy pattern is better and more effectively implemented by moving outward a long distance and seeking to develop yourself through the experiences you have. There is an emphasis on forming relationships and connections where you connect into the universal pattern manifesting through the person or thing you are dealing with.
The AstroFrequency(s) for the day (strongest listed first)
1 (13*) Doing things your own way, evaluating the ideas of others and only changing if you agree with them
The Sabian Symbols of our Featured Planets: Mars, Saturn, Uranus >>
The uplifting message from the featured planet positions that shows the way through: You are entering into more profound levels of spiritual awareness, recognizing the spiritual messages in all that is around you, seeking to sort true messages from the surrounding noise as you recognize the limitations of your current experiences. You are experiencing a sense of fullness, completion and wholeness as you tune into the fertile potency within you that enables you to manifest anything you truly desire. You are being pursued by a more mature form of love that you can open up to, bringing greater awareness of your internal beauty and your interconnections to others.
The more dysfunctional expression of this message: You are being caught up in much busyness without any sense of organization within a confined space; pretending you’re free. You are being caught up in pride and possessiveness, jealously trying to protect all that is yours and failing. You are closing down and rejecting the love offered due to adherence to social expectations.
28 Capricorn = Mars [A large aviary] You are entering into more profound levels of spiritual awareness, recognizing the spiritual messages in all that is around you, seeking to sort true messages from the surrounding noise as you recognize the limitations of your current experiences and/or you are being caught up in much busyness without any sense of organization within a confined space; pretending you’re free
28 Pisces = Saturn [A fertile garden under the full moon] You are experiencing a sense of fullness, completion and wholeness as you tune into the fertile potency within you that enables you to manifest anything you truly desire and/or you are being caught up in pride and possessiveness, jealously trying to protect all that is yours and failing
28 Taurus = Uranus [A woman pursued by mature romance] You are being pursued by a more mature form of love that you can open up to, bringing greater awareness of your internal beauty and your interconnections to others and/or you are closing down and rejecting the love offered due to adherence to social expectations
The Two Planet Diary
{When 2 planets interact it influences the way we want to express ourselves, our attitudes, moods, and impulses. Becoming aware of these vibrations helps us to guide these aspects of ourselves with awareness rather than being controlled by them.
There are longer patterns which tend to have more impact because we feel them for several days in a row and there are quick Moon patterns that impact our moods and feelings for a window of a couple of hours either side of the exact time of the aspect. The longer patterns are stronger and so are listed here, followed by a section on the Moods of the Moon}.
Jan 19 – Jan 22 (exact Jan 21) the Sun in Aquarius is joining with Mercury in Aquarius. This energy is increasing in influence until it peaks at 10:49 AM on Jan 21 then it is decreasing fading out around 11 PM on Jan 22. This vibrational energy pattern brings a new awareness of connections and networking and how important everyone is to maintaining a healthy network.
Jan 19 – Jan 21 (exact Jan 20) Mercury in Capricorn is sharing freely (sextile) with Neptune in Pisces. This energy is increasing in influence until it peaks at 9:34 AM on Jan 20 then it is decreasing fading out around 12:30 AM on Jan 21. This vibrational energy pattern brings the seeking out and involvement with new ideas that are amazing, astonishing, magical. This brings a sense of wonder and delight that is very exhilarating.
Jan 19 – Jan 20 (exact Jan 19) Venus in Aquarius is joining with Pluto in Aquarius. This energy is decreasing fading out around 7 PM on Jan 20. This vibrational energy pattern brings feelings of compulsive attraction. This could be focused on a person or an object or an idea. This compulsion is an irrational feeling as long as it lasts. However, with time it will fade.
Jan 18 – Jan 21 (exact Jan 20) Mars in Capricorn is flowing freely (trine) with Uranus in Taurus. This energy is increasing in influence until it peaks at 12:56 AM on Jan 20 then it is decreasing fading out around 8 AM on Jan 21. This vibrational energy pattern is about you creating a flow of spontaneous action in the moment responding as is needed in this moment.
Jan 18 – Jan 20 (exact Jan 19) the Sun in Capricorn is sharing freely (sextile) with Neptune in Pisces. This energy is decreasing fading out around 5 PM on Jan 20. This vibrational energy pattern brings you to a place where you are seeing the magic around you almost as if you were in a dream where the energy around is showing through the physical objects.
Jan 18 – Jan 21 (exact Jan 20) Mars in Capricorn is sharing freely (sextile) with Saturn in Pisces. This energy is increasing in influence until it peaks at 1:01 AM on Jan 20 then it is decreasing fading out around 12 PM on Jan 21. This vibrational energy pattern has you seeking to achieve the fundamental things that are necessary to accomplish your goals even if this means doing difficult things.
Jan 9 – Jan 30 (exact Jan 20) Saturn in Pisces is sharing freely (sextile) with Uranus in Taurus. This energy is increasing in influence until it peaks at 12:18 AM on Jan 20 then it is decreasing fading out around 12:30 AM on Jan 30. This vibrational energy pattern brings a desire to gather with other people who think like you do and to join together in projects of common concern.
The Moods of the Moon
{The Moon patterns only last a short period of time. They impact our moods and feelings for around 4 hours, 2 hours each side of the exact position.}
Starting at 7:16 PM, peaking at 9:16 PM, the Moon in Aquarius is acting and agitating (square) with Uranus in Taurus. In this 4 hr period your emotions could be scattered all over the place with you feeling one thing one moment and another the next moment and you have the energy and desire to act on each of these things as it spontaneously surfaces. It is good to have a little bit of you watching this process and every once in a while saying, “I better wait on that one.”
The Cyclic Patterns Diary {These are patterns that continue over an extended period of time and you may find that rereading this periodically will help you effectively handle what we are all experiencing as our “astral weather” in this time period.}
On January 18, the New Moon occurred with the Moon and Sun in Capricorn. This Vibrational Energy Pattern will be influencing us until the next New Moon on February 17, 2025. This vibrational energy pattern brings a strong need to create a flow of our personal experiences with a spiritual understanding of the world. There is a strong call here to join with others and be ready to respond in the moment. The Sabian Symbol for the New Moon is “A Woman reading Tea Leaves” which is about opening up and seeing with great clarity the hidden level of reality where you are opening up to your intuitive awareness and taking responsibility for your impact of everything around you. If you operate blindly without taking responsibility for your life and your decisions, you are likely to have problems.
On December 21, the Sun enters Capricorn, the Winter Solstice. This Vibrational Energy Pattern will be influencing us at least until the Spring Equinox on March 20, 2026. This Vibrational Energy Pattern brings an awareness of natural beauty and a drive to contribute to it. This can be expressed either through deception and betrayal or by attuning to the highest spiritual awarenesses and transcending distorted ego patterns. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun to Moon relationship at the Solstice is “A Sword in a Museum” which speaks to laying aside the use of force to gain your ends and embracing love and peace both within yourself and in your interactions with others. If you refuse to do this you are likely to get caught in a pattern where you are holding grudges and being ready to fight others at any sign of opposition or possibly giving up in defeat and feeling worthless and useless.
On September 21, the New Moon Solar Eclipse occurred with the Moon and Sun in Virgo. This Vibrational Pattern will be influencing us until the next Solar Eclipse on February 17, 2026. This Vibrational Energy Pattern brings an evaluation of emotional patterns and responses seeking to separate deception and betrayal from the seeking of deep spiritual truth. If you listen clearly in your heart you will know which is which. This is a time for you to focus inside yourself and explore the deeper aspects inside seeking to get past any barriers that keep you from connecting into your unique self and your gifts. You are encouraged to project the current patterns into the future and see what will bring the best results for everybody involved. The Sabian Symbol for the Eclipse is “A False Call unheard in attention to immediate service”.This is about the importance of totally focusing on the immediate project or development in which you’re engaged, ignoring all distractions, operating from a state of personal completion and fulfillment. There is danger in you being pulled away from critical tasks, responding to outside interruptions and losing your sense of yourself and your ability to pursue the opportunities available to you.
On September 7, a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse occurs with Moon in Pisces and the Sun in Virgo. This Vibrational Pattern will be influencing us until the next Lunar Eclipse on March 3, 2026. This Vibrational Energy Pattern encourages us to see beyond our emotional reactions to the truth of this moment showing that we must learn to embrace that which we have previously excluded. We are challenged to adjust our visions of the future to see more clearly the possibilities for sudden insights into the deep archaic patterns that are holding us back from realizing our dreams. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “An Orangutan” which involves sensing powerful primitive distortions deep within you and recognizing the need to refine and guide those forces into more mature expression. It is dangerous in this energy pattern to take for granted your right to do whatever you feel like in life without considering its effect on other people. The Symbol for the Moon is “The Flow of Inspiration” which brings the potential for you to connect into the flow of spiritual inspiration moving through you and out into the world, If you close up and get caught in a cycle of negativity you will find your perceptions limited which will shut you off from others.
The Retrograde Diary: NO DEGREE CHANGES TODAY >> Introductory Period of Pluto2026: Reworking of Jupiter: Turning Forward of Uranus, Neptune: Resolution of Saturn, Pluto2025. {During the apparent retrograde period each planet’s movement relative to the backdrop of the stars slows down, reverses and then turns back around forward again concentrating its vibration in a particular area. There are issues that each planet focuses on during the period leading up to its turn backwards. These issues are addressed again to be reworked on during the retrograde period [in brackets] then a new understanding of these issues occurs during the post retrograde period. These issues are not from Vibrational Astrology, this is an experiment based on interpretations of the Sabian Symbols that I wrote many years ago. If an entry resonates with you, then claim it, if not, release it, it was for someone else. I would very much like your feedback on this. Points of especially concentrated energy are marked with “!!!”}
Mercury clear of any shadow (Dec 17, 2025 – Feb 11, 2026
Venus clear of any shadow (May 17, 2025 – Aug 30, 2026)
Mars clear of any shadow (May 3, 2025– Nov 4, 2026)
Jupiter R {Aug 17, 2025 !Sep13! [Nov 11 – !Jan 10, 2026! – Mar 11] !May 8! Jun 6} 15, 20, 25 Cancer → Jan. 18 – 26: (19-18 Can) Reworking: Working on using ritual to bond in a permanent equal exchange with this new world even though you know you still have a lot to learn, learning to cease seeking to conform to social expectations, using ritual as a superficial form of appeasement [A priest performing a marriage ceremony]
Saturn {Apr 6, 2025 !May 7! [Jul 13 – !Sep 21! –Nov 28] !Jan 30, 2026! Mar 2} 25, 28 Pisces, 1 Aries → Jan. 13 – 25: (27-28 Pis) Resolution: Remember experiencing a sense of fullness, completion and wholeness as you tune into the fertile potency within you that enables you to manifest anything you truly desire, learning to cease being caught up in pride and possessiveness, jealously trying to protect all that is yours and failing [A fertile garden under the full moon]
Uranus R {May 20, 2025 !Jun 25! [Sep 6 – !Nov 21! – Feb 4, 2026] !Apr 15! May 21, 2026} 25, 27 Taurus, 1 Gemini → Dec. 29, 2025 – Mar. 11, 2026: (28-27 Tau) Turning Forward: The Challenge is being pursued by a more mature form of love that you can open up to, bringing greater awareness of your internal beauty and your interconnections to others, learning to cease closing down and rejecting the love offered due to adherence to social expectations [A woman pursued by mature romance]
Neptune {Mar. 13,2025 !Apr 20! [July 3 – !Sep 23! – Dec.10] !Feb 20, 2026! Mar. 30} 27, 28, 29 Pisces → Oct. 22, 2025 – Jan. 26, 2026: (1-2 Ari) Turning Forward: The Challenge is seeing and experiencing the wholeness that lies behind the polarized realm of time and space recognizing that everything is a manifestation of the one Spirit that is All That Is, learning to cease continuing to be caught up in the illusion of many separate and distinct forms [The Great Stone Face]]
Pluto 2026 {Jan 12, 2026 !Feb 20![May 6 – !Jul 27! – Oct 16] !Dec 29! Feb 6, 2027} 3, 4, 5 Aquarius → Jan. 12 – Feb. 10: (3-4 Aqu) Introductory: Are you making a deeper connection into the divine energy of light and love, healing the damage within you and within others that is the result of following distorted external patterns, becoming an experienced healer, learning to cease making false claims of abilities and powers that you do not possess, seeking to manipulate others into believing your claims [A Hindu healer]
Pluto 2025 {Jan 10, 2025 !Feb 18! [May 4 – !Jul 25! – Oct 14] !Dec 27! Feb 4, 2026} 1 Aquarius, 2 Aquarius, 3 Aquarius → Jan. 9 – Feb. 4: (3-4 Aqu) Resolution: Remember making a deeper connection into the divine energy of light and love, healing the damage within you and within others that is the result of following distorted external patterns, becoming an experienced healer, learning to cease making false claims of abilities and powers that you do not possess, seeking to manipulate others into believing your claims [A Hindu healer]
Next Cycle Diary:
Pluto {Jan 12, 2026 !Feb 20![May 6 – !Jul 27! – Oct 16] !Dec 29! Feb 6, 2027} 3, 4, 5 Aquarius
Mercury {Feb 12, 2026 !Feb 17! [Feb 26 – !Mar 7! – Mar 20] !Apr 5! Apr 9} 8, 16, 22 Pisces
Neptune {Mar. 16, 2026!Apr 23! [July 7 – !Sep 25! – Dec.12] !Feb 23, 2027! Apr 2} 1, 3, 4 Aries
Saturn {Apr 20, 2026 !May 22![Jul 26 – !Oct 4! –Dec 10] !Feb 11, 2027! Mar 15} 7, 11, 14 Aries
Uranus {May 25, 2026 !Jun 30! [Sep 10 – !Nov 25! – Feb 8, 2027] !Apr 19! May 25, 2027} 1, 3, 5 Gemini
Venus {Aug 31, 2026 !Sep11! [Oct 3 – !Oct 23! – Nov 14] !Dec 5! Dec 15} 22 Libra, 0 Scorpio, 8 Scorpio}
Jupiter {Sep 16, 2026 !Oct 15! [Dec 13 – !Feb 10, 2027! – Apr 12] !Jun 11! Jul 10} 17, 22, 27 Leo
Mars {Nov 5, 2026 !Nov27![Jan 10, 2027 – !Feb 19! – Apr 1] !May 16! Jun 8} 20 Leo, 0, 10 Virgo
All times are given in Eastern USA time zone.
Namaste,
Linda Berry
*Planetary Pattern Pictures and Sabian Symbol Interpretations, ©Linda Berry, AstroSleuth.org, 1* = 50-100 points, 2* = 100-150 points, etc.