The long period of feeling adrift brought by Saturn and Neptune’s long transit through your sign finally begins to lift in February. However, the lessons you gain from relationships remain a primary focus as significant eclipses in March and August fall directly across your relationship axis, while Jupiter retreats through your sector of romance until mid-March. During the first half of the year, you may find yourself clinging to a specific connection while quietly sensing a dissonant frequency beneath the surface. It isn’t until the Spring Equinox that you transition from ambiguity to absolute clarity. By the second half of 2026, a profound internal stability takes root. You are realizing that intimacy should never be built on self-sacrifice; any relationship that requires you to diminish yourself will ultimately leave you with nothing but exhaustion and the quiet ache of loss. 

This year, you will begin to attract those who are ready to fully offer their hearts. From mid-May to mid-June, two benefic planets bolsters your romantic luck, significantly increasing the odds of meeting a soul who mirrors your own. In August, fuelled by the heat of Mars and Venus, you may find yourself finally declaring your feelings or swept up in the intoxicating thrill of a new flame. For singles, heart-fluttering opportunities are abundant, yet you will be more selective than ever. You are no longer tempted by the feeling of needing to be saved or the hollow feeling of being needed as a substitute for being loved. For couples, it is time to rebalance the scales of give and take, ensuring the flow of affection is a two-way street.

Periods of star-crossed tension arrive during the Mercury retrograde in your sign and the T-Square of June and July, when your spirits may dip and your self-confidence feels momentarily fragile. The Pisces Lunar Eclipse and the build-up of stressful astrological alignments from September to October introduce new variables – be it the gravity of family legacy, the demands of marital responsibilities, or the quiet heartbreak of a domestic life that has lost its spark. These challenges are not here to break you, but to reveal the truth. The Venus and Mercury retrogrades of late autumn will test your faith and your devotion; only by facing the reality of your situation can you build a relationship that is truly destined to last.

Originally published in Vogue Taiwan