Your Daily Horoscope for January 8, 2025

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A smooth, solid Taurus moon provides the ideal cosmic background music as communication planet Mercury enters practical Capricorn today. With these two strong, well-matched earth signs in control, your daily horoscope is powered up by a “let’s get it done right the first time” vibe. If you haven’t worked on your 2025 resolution/manifestation list yet, this is the perfect day to set your intentions for all you want to accomplish in the coming months. You can imagine what you want to achieve and articulate it with clarity and conviction. Whether you write in your journal, record it, or mark up your calendar with a specific goal, consider this astrology a canvas for your evolving vision board.

Looking for even more astrology insights? Read your January 2025 horoscope and your full 2025 romance horoscope.

Aries

March 21–April 19
Daily horoscope image with Aries zodiac sign against a starry rainbow pattern.

Mercury moves into your tenth house of career today, Aries, and hosting the communication planet here is excellent news for your ambitions. During the next few weeks, talking and writing about your professional goals will help you to achieve them. If you need to do any writing for work, this is one the best times of the year to get it done and done well.

Taurus

April 20–May 20
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With the communication planet setting up camp in Capricorn, your sister earth sign, your mind is anchored, and your thinking is clear and steady, Taurus. Mercury’s presence in your ninth house of new experiences may rev up your interest in traveling abroad or exploring a new culture through language immersion. In short, you want to learn everything you don’t know about places you’ve never been to.

Gemini

May 21–June 20
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Your planetary ruler Mercury is moving into your sexuality sector today, Gemini. This is incredibly helpful for you when it comes to talking about your feelings and desires. If emotional intimacy has been lacking in a relationship, the communication planet’s presence here can help you express your vulnerabilities, bringing you closer to a lover.

Cancer

June 21–July 22
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Mercury enters your seventh house of relationships today, Cancer, opening the door to clearer communication within your one-to-one partnerships. This is super helpful if you’ve been at odds with your spouse or lover or arguing with a business partner. You can more clearly and cogently express your feelings now, even the uncomfortable ones, in a less accusatory and more affable way.

Leo

July 23–August 22
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With communication maven Mercury moving into your work and wellness zone today, you can get yourself super organized around your daily activities and deadlines. Even if you’re not much into using a calendar or planner, you might suddenly get excited about making to-do lists and crossing off your accomplishments, Leo. Talking it through with co-workers could be kinda fun, too.

Virgo

August 23–September 22
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Today, your planetary ruler switches gears and heads into Capricorn, your sister earth sign. Not only is this good news for you because your guiding light planet will be in your own element, but with Mercury spending the next few weeks in your fifth house of pleasure and play, your conversations should be full of a whole lotta love. This is the perfect time to whisper sweet nothings to your lover and amp up your sexting game, Virgo.

Libra

September 23–October 22
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The planet in charge of talking, thinking, and texting moves into your fourth house of home and family today, Libra. This puts you in research mode; you might suddenly get curious about doing a deep ancestral dive into the history and story of your family. Alternatively, you might just find that having open, loving, honest conversations with your loved ones feels more efficient and easy.

Scorpio

October 23–November 21
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Mercury, the planet that rules the way we talk and think, heads into your own third house of communication and the mind today. This gives you a major mental boost and amps up your verbal power considerably, Scorpio. You can be a person of few words, which makes the ones you use even more powerful during the next few weeks.

Sagittarius

November 22–December 21
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After an unusually long visit caused by last month’s retrograde, Mercury finally leaves your stars. The communication planet has been in Sagittarius since the beginning of November, which may seem like literal years ago at this point. This should feel like a relief, and now that your second house of money will get Mercury’s attention, you can think and talk about your finances openly — growing your income.

Capricorn

December 22–January 19
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It’s already Capricorn Season, but today things swing in your direction even more as Mercury joins the G.O.A.T. party already in progress. This makes you more articulate and helps you sway conversations and talk about yourself and your accomplishments without shame—not in a conceited way, but in a grounded way. Own your wins.

Aquarius

January 20–February 18
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With Mercury heading into your house of dreams and secrets today, your inner monologue gets louder and more insistent, Aquarius. During the next few weeks, your journaling practice becomes more important than at any other time of the year, because your psyche is likely to generate messages that you can more easily translate and understand. Keeping that notebook on your nightstand is essential now.

Pisces

February 19–March 20
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Communication planet Mercury moves into your eleventh house of social life today, making you crave conversations with both friends, friends of friends, and even strangers that show up in your various online feeds. You just want to talk to people and learn about them. From cocktail chatter to deep conversations about the meaning of life, this is your time to talk and listen, Pisces.

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