Weekly tarot horoscope reading for January 12 to January 18, 2026

Venus enters Aquarius this week which puts our love lives centre stage, albeit through a cool and even slightly detached lens.

Aquarius is truthful, progressive but also inherently independent, in matters of the heart, This sign needs a lot of space to truly be lastingly intimate with someone. Maybe we all do, really… everyone has their own life and growth and story outside of their inner circle and family.

What yearning for freedom, space or personal growth is playing on your mind? Let the tarot cards guide you towards what you need to know about your relationship realm right now.

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Aries

March 21 to April 20

Tarot card for Aries for this week: The Emperor

Meaning: There is a strange power dynamic unfolding in your closest relationship that you want to address, as things don’t feel balanced. The Emperor is your tarot card, representing your natural dominance and leadership, but perhaps you don’t feel it’s coming across well, or even that you’re being manipulated out of the limelight by another.

Zoom in and see how balanced and in synch you feel with your close person — be that partner, best friend, work wife/husband, family member. It’s time to notice the chemistry, act differently to adjust it forcibly, and get things back on an even keel.

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Taurus

April 21 to May 21

Tarot card for Taurus for this week: Death

Meaning: A part of you that needed total control or intimacy or constancy has faded, even died away, and this opens up new space to grow and evolve in your inner circle. You have changed this last year. Life is different, too. Celebrate the shift and see it as positive. You can plough your own furrow now, you can rely on yourself more than ever, you can enjoy your own company peaceably and lovingly.

And this means you can invest more attention into someone else on new terms. Maybe you both want to share a fresh goal, research an exciting trip together, take on an aligned challenge or project, or just make magical memories, safe in the knowledge you’re bonded and connected as you should be.

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Gemini

May 22 to June 21

Tarot card for Gemini for this week: Six of Swords

Meaning: Venus in Aquarius is giving you itchy feet — more than ever actually, as they’re always pretty darned itchy! It’s time to move on from a relationship that you’ve outgrown, outlasted, and which has been going, going, gone for quite some time. This ending is natural, necessary and the important next step in the life cycle.

Consciously celebrate what you shared (to yourself, don’t rub salt in any wounds) and calmly resolve to move ahead with your life without feeling beholden or burdened by keeping this (probably one-sided) thing alive. It has gasped its last breath, so let it go. Gladly!

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Cancer

June 22 to July 23

Tarot card for Cancer for this week: King of Coins

Meaning: You want an equal. You want a partner, friend or ally who is on your level and willing to invest as much love, time, resources and energy as you do. And frankly, it’s about time you set this standard, as you pour so much of yourself into others and rarely meet a person as giving and kind.

And why not? Maybe you have settled to soon for friendships which are not true, maybe you have carried bonds from the past that frayed long ago. Make 2026 a new vibe in your relationship realm – strength meets strength.

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Leo

July 24 to August 23

Tarot card for Leo for this week: Four of Cups

Meaning: You’ve missed a trick, Leo. You have overlooked someone close to you who is the person you should hover closer to right now, maybe at the expense of others. This person is quiet, humble, gives you space but knows when you’re feeling needy and always turns up out of the blue.

They are attuned to you, maybe so finely that you don’t even feel or notice it. So, look again. Look back at who has consistently been good to you and make them the centre of your life for a while, they deserve it and you will benefit from it.

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Virgo

August 24 to September 23

Tarot card for Virgo for this week: The Hanged Man

Meaning: You really feel like you’ve hit a wall or dead end with someone, and are getting nowhere fast. So, surrender to it. Stop trying to fix this issue or rift, and just let it be, give it space. In fact, better still, leave them alone entirely and go distract yourself with other friends, family or options!

The longer you leave them to ruminate, the more likely they are to come around to your thinking and, if not, then it’s just not meant to be, it has reached the end of its road. Something weird might happen when you step back. They will notice your absence. This is the best test of whether there really is anything there or not. So put it the test!

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Libra

September 24 to October 23

Tarot card for Libra for this week: Eight of Swords

Meaning: You have been projecting your own worst fears or gripes about relationships onto someone else and it’s not entirely fair. We all do this, mostly subconsciously.

Whoever is getting on your nerves right now, just know it’s likely a trait or habit you recognise within your own psyche that bothers you. Stop assuming you know how they feel. Step back and regain perspective Recalibrate. Draw a line and take a clean slate. Then talk about and seek to understand, not judge, and this whole thing will be cleared up fast.

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Scorpio

October 24 to November 22

Tarot card for Scorpio for this week: The High Priestess

Meaning: You need space. Not to do anything nefarious or shady, but simply to process, heal, think, recalibrate, and let your true instincts and intuition have unfettered space to unfurl and reveal themselves.

This is a great week for a tarot reading or medium session as unseen forces are tugging at the edges of your attention, they have things to share and update you on, things meant for your eyes only. So, get private space and time and hunker down to tune in to what lies beneath… fascinating revelations ahead.

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Sagittarius

November 23 to December 21

Tarot card for Sagittarius for this week: Eight of Cups

Meaning: You need a bit of space from someone who has disappointed you, maybe even who you have lost some respect for. It bites because you gave the benefit of the doubt for ages, and tried to hope for the best. But it is what it is, right? This isn’t on you. This is on them.

Go do fun stuff elsewhere and strengthen other bonds for a while. I think they will come to regret their actions or decisions and you might, in time, meet a ‘new, improved’ version of them eager to make amends and get back in your good books! Give it space.

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Capricorn

December 22 to January 21

Tarot card for Capricorn for this week: Eight of Coins

Meaning: When in doubt, you tend to work harder at things, put more effort in, try harder, give more. And, you know what, it often works — but even if not, you rest assured knowing you gave it your all. So, maybe it’s time for that concerted effort to be made in a relationship that has felt like it’s loosening and fading.

Put the effort in. Make sure they know how you feel and that you want to do great things together and think so highly of them. Then see what happens… the actions (not words) will be your true answer, so heed it well. No excuses.

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Aquarius

January 22 to February 19

Tarot card for Aquarius for this week: Ten of Cups

Meaning: Venus moving into Aquarius puts you in your groove this week, and your beacon of attraction is glowing super bright! It’s a week to fall (deeper) in love and strengthen your bonds. To feel loved and needed, but not clung to or thwarted. It’s a week to book holidays, make commitments, grand gestures and proposals. It’s a week to be intimate, loving and kind.

Be good to everyone in your inner circle right now and build up good karma points that will last well into 2026 (you know, when you need ‘space’ again). This is your best week for love in early 2026!

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Pisces

February 20 to March 20

Tarot card for Pisces for this week: Six of Wands

Meaning: Happy-go-lucky vibes for you in all of your important relationships, Pisces! You could fall in love, be proposed to, strike it lucky with a friend, form a new successful creative duo, pick a business partner who will help you go to the moon, or rekindle something with family that you felt was lost forever.

Lady Luck is riding with you this Venus in Aquarius, making difficult or yearned-for relationship wishes simply fall in your lap. The trick? Confidence. Be bold and proactive and direct about what you want, and who from. Anything is possible right now.

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