Venus this month is in Aquarius where it will conjunct Saturn and also square Uranus and that leads to a lot of mixed signals in marriage. On one hand, your partner may be wanting things to go a little bit slower, but on the other hand, sometimes your partner wants things to move a little bit faster, so there's this push-pull, stop-go, and resulting confusion in relationships, simply because your moods are chopping and changing. In addition, events happening in the outside world and your social life could intervene making it harder for you to maintain simplicity and a gentle consistency in your love life.

This is definitely a time in marriage for honesty and clarity, this is not a time of avoidance as issues should be faced head-on with a positive attitude. However because Mercury is retrograde, this exacerbates the too-ing and fro-ing, and the mutual changing of minds can make it quite hard to reach conclusions. That's why it's important to have an open forum for debate even if nothing comes of it in the short term, as it is still a good time to air feelings, be heard, and be able to express yourselves.

Mars goes direct in Gemini on the 13th, which means it's all systems go. Aries should avoid any competitive activities or anything that requires a lot of leadership and energy until the 13th, but after the 13th is a good time for experimentation, engaging in a wide range of activities, seeking knowledge, and making plans. As Mars will be in Gemini for a few months, you might not see results immediately and it will be difficult to build anything substantial. What is important, however, is that the information and intellectual side of your work are moving ahead, so there should be a lot of effort assigned to information gathering, perhaps making business trips or fact-finding missions, and trying to establish contact with different networks and new people.

This is a good month for stimulating the intimate side of marriage, but you first need to be sure that you are on the same page as your partner. Overall this is a good month to start serious discussions and have some deep and meaningful exchanges, even if this is hard. Aries can be hard to talk to because you lack focus, but this month you tend to be very curious and you are in a mode where you want to problem-solve and understand your partner's emotions more deeply.

If there are any problems, these will niggle and bother you, and therefore you’re much more likely to want to have conversations that are productive, but which also approach sensitive issues.

The new moon phase extends from the 21st of January to the 5th of February, this waxing phase is the perfect fortnight for new initiatives, setting plans, establishing goals, starting anything prospective, and being proactive. This is the action phase, details below:

Mercury goes direct on the 18th indicating that the communications sphere, short journeys, making contracts, negotiations, recruitment, and educational goals are back on track.

Sun Sextile Jupiter at the new moon favors new romance, creative goals, and conception during the waxing phase.

Venus Conjunct Saturn indicates luck in your career, a good time to pursue a promotion, and an excellent phase for public speaking and public relations.

Mars goes direct in Gemini on the 12th bringing about momentum for contacts, enthusiasm in learning, learning new skills, and generation of ideas for problem-solving.

Mercury is retrograde in Capricorn until the 19th of the month, and thus it's good for Aries to avoid activities involving public speaking and public events. It's also better to avoid planning large-scale business expansion because things tend to be tricky, there's a lack of information and the facts available can actually be misleading because they are incomplete.