Cancer Monthly Horoscope

Easily the most important month of 2026 for long-term decisions about your partner, other half, duet or double act. Equally, for decisions about your enemy, rival opponent or adversary. If you have been with (or against) this person since 2008, you may think ‘here we go again’ as Christmas and New Year always seem to bring power and control issues.

But, Cancer, this January 2026 is not your old January at all. The stakes have gone. The intensity has gone. Instead, you will be expected to talk, sign or accept a signature. For a decent percentage of you, there will be a new sexual relationship. Equally, the end of a marriage or de facto partnership. It’s that kind of month.

Wills, Legacies, Leases, Mortgages

Wheels are turning with the money, house, apartment, inheritance, bank and so on for many of you. That final decision will be made by February 2026. It is really important not to let Top Dog/Bottom Dog/Leader of the Pack games begin, even in a small way. Stop that before you even hear the first woof.

Your partner or opponent will be on show to other people now. What’s your marriage like? Is your current date right for you or not? The Sun will illuminate and expose all the corners of your key relationships with partners. Enemies or rivals, too. It’s the transit which sheds light on your duet or duel.

Mercury in the Seventh House

Are you single? You’ll get an incredible amount of information about the person you want now just by talking – or Googling. If your priority is your ex-partner, you’ll be amazed at how much you can find out about his/her situation. And if you just want to scan the world of dating? Good move. Mercury will provide you with the sources, contacts, and information.

Homework

Are you happily involved with a partner? An issue which is vital to the relationship or marriage will come up now and you’ll be able to do a lot of ‘homework’ and useful analysis. Are you unhappily attached or married? This period is crucial because you’ll be using your head to fathom a situation which usually affects your heart. Expect lots of discussion.

Scorpio actor Richard Burton had this cycle on March 15^th, 1964, when he married Piscean actress Elizabeth Taylor. After a split, they remarried on October 10^th, 1975, when Elizabeth again had Venus in the Seventh House! Taurean author and presenter Paula Yates, whom I was lucky enough to know, had this cycle on the day of her famous TV interview with Aquarian musician Michael Hutchence. Paula also had Jupiter, Pluto and the North Node in the Seventh House too.

Cancer, if your natal chart agrees, you are also hitting a milestone in January 2026. Your existing, new or former partner has you at a crossroads. It may be useful to consult the Tarot and Oracles here.

Choose Your Battles

Are we talking about a battle with the other side here? The other person? What happens next could start a battle that ends up becoming a long war. Can you feel compassion for the other side because they obviously feel so little peace in their lives?

Just as hard – can you step aside from your own Mars heat, examine the issue in the cold light of day, then admit it’s better to follow the peace path yourself? That’s your challenge. Sometimes your opponent, rival or enemy at this time is your partner or an ex-partner.

The duet can be professional or platonic. A work partnership or two people sharing a house, but not a bedroom. More commonly, it is about a romantic duet or a personal duel. Of course, you can have professional opposition too. Politicians do. You may be fighting your own brother. Cancer, whatever this situation is (and the difficult ex-wife or ex-husband is classic) – reduce the impulse, heat, speed, energy levels and so on. Defuse Mars.

New Moon in the Seventh House

Your relationship with your partner, potential date or former partner will trigger a classic parent-child dynamic now. By understanding who the ‘baby’ in the situation is (and who is doing the mothering), you will learn a great deal. Even the dynamic you have with an enemy, rival or opponent will bring this kind of parent-child game at this time. The person who is clearly more vulnerable or dependent in the situation has a lot to show the other. As you are ruled by the Moon, Cancer, when you see that New Moon, you are on your way to a new beginning with or without the other person or the other side.

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