When The Veil Thins: Clarity, Truth & Quiet Awakening

18 - 24 JANUARY 2026

This week feels like a breath that drops you deeper into yourself, and then gently lifts your gaze toward what’s possible. There’s a slow unfolding in the air, a sense that the year has truly begun, not through urgency or pressure, but through awareness. You may notice yourself reflecting inwardly while also peeking toward the horizon, curious about the shape of what’s next. 

There is a feeling that the veil is thinner right now. Truths that may have been blurred, avoided, or quietly ignored are coming into clearer focus. Not in a confronting way, but in a matter-of-fact way. You may see situations, people, or even parts of yourself with fresh eyes, without the emotional charge that once accompanied them. More like, "oh finally that's out in the open air for everyone to see so clearly, I wasn't mad or imagining things, just there it is."

This is a pivot week. The energy gently nudges you out of old patterns of doing and into a more conscious kind of becoming. What once required effort now asks for alignment. What once felt confusing begins to make sense. There’s a subtle clarity moving through both the mind and the body.

The energy is steady, a little spacious, and quietly electric. Like the moment just before seeds break the surface. Nothing is being forced, but everything is being revealed. And with that clarity comes a quiet invitation to choose differently, more honestly, and more in tune with what feels true now. 

What’s happening in the Astro

Sun enters Aquarius (around Jan 19)

The Sun shifts from Capricorn’s grounded seriousness into the airier realms of Aquarius, which invites originality, connection, and fresh vision. The collective vibe becomes less about “grind” and more about “group mind,” intuition, and thinking differently. This transit often brings sudden insights, gentle rebellions of the heart, and a desire for something freer, kinder, and more expansive.

Mercury enters Aquarius (around Jan 21)

Communication lightens, ideas feel bright and inventive, and your mind might crave new perspectives and unconventional conversations. This is a great time to share thoughts that are yours rather than borrowed from others.

Mars in Capricorn meets Neptune in Pisces (mid-week)

This sweet trine encourages your drive to align with your purpose, not just your ego. You might feel motivated to do things that matter to your soul rather than just check boxes.

Mars enters Aquarius (around Jan 23)

Action energy becomes more collective, more curious, more playful yet purposeful. Instead of powering forward alone, you may feel pulled into community, connection, or collaborative sparks.

Looking ahead to next week.

Neptune officially re-enters Aries on January 26, marking a long-term sea change in how we dream, imagine, and express spirit-led courage, but that energy touches the edges of this week as a hint of what’s coming.

The main themes of the week

• Harvesting clarity - ideas that have been simmering over January now begin to feel realer, more visionary, more “of you.”

• Repatterning how you think - Aquarius pulls you away from autopilot, toward intention.

• Communication opens - honesty, innovation, and collaboration feel easier now.

• Purpose meets action - your energy feels less like trying and more like aligning.

• Feelings become fuel - not fog, not distraction, but information you can use to refine your inner direction.

  
  

If last week felt like an invitation to wake up inside yourself, this week feels like an opening of inner doors you didn’t know you were ready for.

How to work with this energy

• Breathe more than you plan

• Notice subtle inspirations; they are seeds

• Have conversations that spark rather than soothe

• Action comes from alignment here, not pressure

  
  

This is a week where presence and clarity matter more than motion.

✨ Affirmation of the Week

"I open to fresh perspective, and let my vision shape my steps."

This week is a soft unfolding into what 2026 is beginning to become, a year where your inner world and outer choices start talking to each other more clearly, and where thinking and feeling become allies instead of opposites.

I love you,

Sarah

If you would like to receive some more guidance about this week's energy, watch my Weekly Cosmic Forecast below.

CARD OF THE WEEK

Here's a little guidance for the week ahead from The Transformation Deck;

Dream Big

"Let go of your limited thinking and start dreaming bigger and better." If you would like to connect to your own inner guide and intuition, visit the Shop on my website to get your own deck today.