There are ten planetary conjunctions in January 2026. The first three occur with the triple conjunction of the Sun, Venus and Mars from January 6 to 9.

In an earlier post, I mentioned that conjunctions are by far the most powerful of all aspects in astrology. So many conjunctions close together suggest dramatic events, and I predicted more war.

The US attack on Venezuela and the capture of Maduro occurred during the January 3 Full Moon, directly opposite this triple conjunction.

The Sun, Venus and Mars Conjunction

Venus and Mars are only visible in the image above because the sunlight has been removed. They cannot be seen now because the Sun’s light is hiding them. Traditional astrologers would say Venus and Mars are “combust,” or being burned up by the rays of the Sun. This weakens the planet or makes it more challenging. Venus is more harmed than Mars.

Spiritual or New Age astrologers would say that Venus and Mars have descended into the underworld, promoting introspection, surrender, and purification. This part of the Venus Cycle is associated with the goddess Inanna’s descent into the underworld.

Sun conjunct Mars creates ambition, desire, and passion, but irritation, impatience, defensiveness, anger, resentment, fear of competition and sexual frustration. Avoid subversive actions and sublimate your ego to avoid jealousy, impulsive reactions, violence, headaches, cuts, burns, and conflict.

Sun conjunct Venus makes it harder to give and receive love, to see beauty and feel beautiful, and to achieve peace and harmony. Venus in the underworld can be self-indulgent, overly sensual, easily bored, sexually demanding, jealous, cruel, revengeful, intense, volatile, destructive and violent.

Venus conjunct Mars brings heated passions, incompatibility, competition, sexual tension, poor self-control, impulsiveness, a lack of compassion, impatient lust, selfishness, anger, hate, loss of temper, cruelty, rivalry, revenge, violence, rape, protests, rioting, burns, cuts, accidents, and war. 

Fixed Stars

Zeta Aquilae, Dheneb, is labelled Okab in the image above.

• 15♑40 – Alpha Lyrae, Vega
• 16♑22 – Sun conjunct Venus on Jan 6
• 18♑09 – Venus conjunct Mars on Jan 7
• 19♑12 – Sun conjunct Mars on Jan 9
• 20♑09 – Zeta Aquilae, Dheneb

Fixed star Vega with the Sun, Venus and Mars is favorable for gain and brings leadership ability, an influential position, good publicity, masculine pride, moral courage, a do-or-die attitude, social awareness, idealism, hopefulness, beneficence, refinement, and scientific interests.

However, it also gives an insensitive, cruel, hardhearted, stern, cold, miserly, pretentious and lascivious nature, with fleeting honors, changeability, abruptness, insincere friends, unconscionable dealings and associates, controversy, ill-health, ugliness, deformity, unpopular opinions, and danger of obscurity, many losses and dangerous situations.

Fixed star Dheneb with the Sun, Venus and Mars gives individualism, authority, determination, the ability to command, liberality, beneficence, and success in war, martial arts, politics and the law. But it also brings obstinacy, shamelessness and the danger of violence.

Sun, Venus, Mars Opposite Jupiter

Sun opposite Jupiter brings a lack of self-control, greed, overconfidence, arrogance, waste, excessive pride, boastfulness, extravagance, over-exuberance, gambling, addiction, religious or philosophical zeal, the loss of money and possessions, and embarrassment. Discontent and controversy are possible with leaders, the elite, religion and the law.

Venus opposite Jupiter indicates self-indulgence, vanity, idleness, laziness, self-centeredness, self-pity,  carelessness, lack of respect, immorality, promiscuity, overspending on luxuries, excessive pleasure-seeking, and overindulgence in food, drink, and drugs.

Mars opposite Jupiter adds restlessness, boastfulness, overconfidence, hypocrisy, gambling, excessive risk-taking, impatience, trickery, and overestimating abilities and resources. It can make you opinionated, dominating, dictatorial, overly competitive, and aggressive.

Jupiter conjunct fixed star Castor at 20♋36 gives philosophical and occult interests, sudden fame or infamy, and loss through law, speculation or travel. Castor is associated with mischief, violence, laziness leading to self-destruction, sudden reversal of fortunes, restrictions, disgrace, sickness, nervous breakdowns, arm or leg fractures, disappointments, and danger of judicial sentence or imprisonment.

Summary

The triple conjunction of the Sun, Venus and Mars in January 2026 is a challenging alignment. It causes tension, aggression, competition, subversion, and impulsiveness. It discourages peace and encourages war.

These challenges are exacerbated and amplified by the opposition to Jupiter and, again, by Jupiter’s retrograde. Problems could easily escalate and get out of control.

Jupiter in the Gemini Constellation is opposite its natural home of the Sagittarius Constellation. This causes discord, contradictions, and controversy involving politics, religion, philosophy, morality, international relations, and the law.