Astrologist and spiritual counselor Letao Wang gives a tarot reading to prep us all for what lies in 2026
Welcome to your 2026 annual zodiac guide for all the 12 zodiac signs. As we stand on the threshold of a new year, the cosmos is preparing a dynamic tapestry of energies, inviting profound growth and unexpected turns for each sign. This year, we will navigate these celestial currents with the wisdom of two powerful decks. From the Oracle of the Celestial Deities, I am drawing divine messages of archetypal forces at play, while the iconic imagery of the Rider Waite Tarot provides grounded, practical insights for the journey ahead. Together, they illuminate your path, offering a unique blend of spiritual counsel and actionable foresight. Prepare to discover what 2026 holds for your sign—a year destined to challenge, transform, and ultimately, empower you!
Meanwhile, remember to check out your Sun, Moon and Rising signs all three to get a full picture for your 2026!
Aries: March 21 – April 19
Your Deity: Pegasus
Your advice: Queen of Pentacles
The overarching energy of 2026 is one of grounded aspiration, where lofty dreams are invited to take practical form. This year favors building sustainable foundations for the future, blending innovation with stewardship. For you, fiery Aries, the celestial deities Pegasus card signals a year of inspired momentum, where your bold ideas are gifted with the wings to soar. Your challenge is to direct this flight with wisdom. This is where the Queen of Pentacles advises you. She asks you to marry your pioneering spirit with nurturing diligence. Channel your famed initiative into tangible, secure outcomes—cultivate a project, invest in your well-being, or build a financial legacy. In 2026, your success lies in tending to your earthly kingdom with the heart of a sovereign, ensuring your ambitions have a prosperous place to land. An earth sign woman (Taurus/Virgo/Capricorn) may enter your life to offer the very assistance you need.
Taurus: April 20 – May 20
Your Deity: Venus
Your advice: Ten of Swords
The year 2026 encourages facing conclusions with grace to make space for profound renewal. For you, steadfast Taurus, this year highlights a beautiful tension between love and release. Your deity, Venus, promises the presence of harmony, beauty, and deep affection in your relationships and creative pursuits. It is a year to cultivate pleasure and attract blessings. However, the Ten of Swords as your advice card reveals a necessary, final release. An old mindset, a lingering worry, or an outgrown situation must be consciously laid to rest. Do not fear this ending, for it is the liberation Venus requires to truly flourish. Your lesson is to trust that by courageously releasing what has finished, you clear the ground for a more authentic and beautiful foundation to emerge.Taurus, in your search for love, always return to this truth: the love you seek resides within you.
Gemini: May 21 – June 20
Your Deity: Persephone
Your advice: The Hierophant
For Gemini, 2026 carries a profound theme of sacred transformation and established wisdom. The year’s energy asks you to explore life’s depths, finding growth in necessary cycles of release and return. The deity Persephone card reflects your own journey into a new realm of experience, where personal values are tested and reborn with greater authenticity. Guiding this transformation is your advice card, The Hierophant. This potent archetype calls you to seek structured knowledge and trusted traditions as your anchor. Whether through a mentor, formal study, or a spiritual practice, embrace the frameworks that help you integrate profound change. Your path this year is one of evolving your steadfast nature, marrying inner revelation with time-honored truth to build a life of deeper, more meaningful substance. Spring time 2026 (late February until mid May) is going to be a critical time for major positive shifts for you.
Cancer: June 21 – July 22
Your Deity: Jupiter
Your advice: Nine of Swords
For you, nurturing Cancer, 2026 presents a powerful dynamic between expansive hope and anxious thought. The year’s energy emphasizes growth through emotional courage, where facing inner shadows clears the path for genuine joy. Your deity, Jupiter, brings blessings of abundance, wisdom, expansion in both your physical world and spiritual realm, particularly in your home and closest relationships. It invites you to dream bigger and trust in benevolent support to attract opportunities. Your advice, however, comes from the Nine of Swords. It cautions against the insomnia of the soul—those cycles of excessive worry and insecurity that can overshadow Jupiter’s gifts. Your task is to consciously interrupt this mental anxiety. Challenge the stories your mind creates in the dark. By courageously confronting these shadows, you allow Jupiter’s true fortune to fill the emotional space you so tenderly protect. Astrologically, the planet Jupiter will still be transiting in Cancer until July 2026, so take a leap of faith to chase your dreams.
Leo: July 23 – August 22
Your Deity: Ceres
Your advice: Queen of Cups
Hello, radiant Leo! 2026 is a year of nurturing your creative and emotional harvest. The overarching energy focuses on cultivating what truly sustains the heart and soul. Your deity, Ceres, goddess of the harvest, asks you to tend to your most cherished projects and relationships with devoted care. Your success lies in consistent, loving cultivation, not just bold beginnings. Guiding this process is your advice card, the Queen of Cups. She invites you to lead from a place of deep emotional wisdom and compassionate intuition. Balance your fiery passion with serene, nurturing energy. Protect your creative spirit and offer your generous heart from a well that is first filled by your own self-care. This year, your greatest role is sovereign of your own inner kingdom, ruling with both warmth and profound feeling. A mother or older sister figure, possibly with Sun or Moon sign in Cancer/Scorpio/pisces, will be playing a very important role in your emotional healing and maturity.
Virgo: August 23 – September 22
Your Deity: Athena
Your advice: Page of Wands
2026 is a year of inspired strategy and purposeful action for our analytical Virgos. The overarching energy favors blending meticulous planning with a spark of creative bravery to build something truly original. Your deity, Athena, gifts you with sharp wisdom, strategic clarity, and the skill to execute complex plans flawlessly. You are called to be the architect of your own advancement. Complementing this is your advice card, the Page of Wands. This energetic messenger encourages you to embrace a fresh, enthusiastic idea with a spirit of curiosity. Don’t over-analyze the first spark. Let Athena’s wisdom guide the structure, but allow the Page’s fiery curiosity to lead you toward a new, passionate venture. Your mastery this year lies in bravely building upon a novel inspiration with your unparalleled precision. On a side note, for those of your Virgos who are thinking to be an entrepreneur or build your own business, this is the right year.
Libra: September 23 – October 22
Your Deity: Neptune
Your advice: Page of Cups
This is a year of artistic vision and intuitive connection for harmonious Libras, where the lines between reality and dream beautifully blur. The overarching energy invites you to perceive and create with profound empathy. Your deity, Neptune, deepens your natural sensitivity, dissolving boundaries to reveal spiritual and creative inspiration. It asks you to trust the unseen currents of feeling and artistry. Your advice comes from the Page of Cups, who brings a message from the heart. This card encourages you to embrace a new emotional or creative opportunity with the gentle curiosity of a beginner. Say “yes” to a heartfelt invitation, a nascent artistic project, or a moment of poetic wonder. Let Neptune’s inspiration flow through you, and, like the Page, offer it to the world with open-hearted sincerity and grace. Whether pursued as work, a hobby, or a class, creative practices like art, drawing, music, or writing will nourish your soul.
Scorpio: October 23 – November 21
Your Deity: Saturn
Your advice: Two of Swords
For you, intense Scorpio, 2026 is a year of necessary reckonings and profound choices. The overarching energy demands facing foundational truths to build something enduring from the ground up. Your deity, Saturn, brings a sobering but ultimately empowering lesson in discipline, structure, and karmic responsibility. It asks you to confront limitations or past patterns with unwavering honesty, forging integrity through this hard work. Cleansing the past and trust that the new page must be turned. Your advice card, the Two of Swords, speaks directly to the crossroads this creates. You may feel at an impasse, forced to make a blind choice between two difficult paths. Saturn’s lesson is to not avoid this decision through inaction. Use your profound intuition to feel the truth beyond logic, make the conscious choice, and let Saturn’s structure give you the strength to commit. Your power lies in decisive, responsible transformation. There is a divine timing for that awakening, either in February 2026, or 2 months from the time you are reading this article.
Sagittarius: November 22 – December 21
Your Deity: Pluto
Your advice: Strength
For you, adventurous Sagittarius, 2026 is a year of transformative journeys and inner fortitude. The overarching energy pushes you beyond surface-level exploration into the deep, uncharted territories of your own beliefs and purpose. Your deity, Pluto, signals a profound, non-negotiable transformation. It asks you to willingly shed an old philosophy, identity, or belief system that no longer serves your growth, creating space for a more authentic truth to emerge. Your advice card, Strength, provides the exact tool needed for this Plutonian journey. This is not brute force, but the quiet, unshakable mastery of your own inner landscape. Have the courage to face profound change with a compassionate and steady heart. Tame fears with gentle conviction, and let your resilient spirit guide you through this rebirth. Your greatest adventure this year is the pilgrimage within. For some of you Sagittarius, physical transformation can also be a major theme for you, such as a total makeover or redefining your personal identity.
Capricorn: December 22 – January 19
Your Deity: Pan
Your advice: Six of Pentacles
2026 is a year of pragmatic magic and generous flow for our ambitious Capricorns. The overarching energy asks you to balance structured achievement with spontaneous joy and a spirit of reciprocity. Your oracle card, Pan, the god of wild nature and music, invites a surprising but vital liberation. It calls you to reconnect with instinct, creative play, and the untamed parts of your spirit that fuel authentic success. Meanwhile, Pan is also asking you to remember to have fun with building your empire. Your advice card, the Six of Pentacles, guides how to integrate this energy. This card governs the balanced flow of resources—giving, receiving, and sharing your material and spiritual wealth. As Pan revitalizes your spirit, let that renewed energy extend outwards. Practice generosity from a place of newfound abundance, and remain open to receiving support in return. True stability this year comes from a harmonious cycle of work, joy, and shared prosperity. Earth sign people can be particularly helpful in assisting or sharing their resources with you, such as people of your own sign Capricorn, as well as Taurus and Virgo.
Aquarius: January 20 – February 18
Your Deity: Medusa
Your advice: Seven of Pentacles
Oh dear, my visionary Aquarius, 2026 is a year of potent re-evaluation and redefined vision for you! The overarching energy asks you to pause and assess the growth of your ideals and community projects with clear, perhaps unsettling, honesty. Your deity, Medusa, is a profound symbol of reclaimed power and transformative gaze. It asks you to confront what you have been avoiding—to look directly at the parts of your life or society that feel stagnant or petrified, and in doing so, unlock a powerful new perspective. Your advice card, the Seven of Pentacles, perfectly supports this. It is a moment of necessary pause in the garden of your efforts. Step back from constant innovation to assess what you’ve built. Which endeavors bear true fruit? Where must you prune or redirect energy? Your path forward requires integrating Medusa’s fearless insight with the patience of the gardener, ensuring your revolutionary efforts are built on sustainable, fertile ground. You can further boost your luck by inviting in metallic elements, mirrored surfaces, and reflective silver or gold hues. A beautiful, well-placed mirror for your home would be an excellent addition this year.
Pisces: February 19 – March 20
Your Deity: Mercury
Your advice: Page of Pentacles
Our intuitive Pisces is welcoming a year of studious spirit and practical dreams. The overarching energy favors channeling your profound sensitivity into tangible, earthly forms. Your deity, Mercury, usually rules the opposite sign Virgo, now is on your side. It activates your mind and communication, bringing a flow of ideas, synchronicities, and meaningful conversations. It asks you to give your nebulous visions clear voice and structure. Your advice card, the Page of Pentacles, provides the perfect method. This diligent student of the material world encourages you to take a single, fertile idea and plant it with care. Commit to a new study, a practical skill, or the first small step of a creative venture. Let Mercury’s messages guide your curiosity, then, like the Page, focus on diligent, hands-on learning. Your magic this year lies in nurturing a dream until it takes root and grows in the real world. Meanwhile, for some of you Pisces, this year is an ideal time to pursue further education or launch a side hustle—whether to generate extra income or simply to explore a long-held passion outside your main career.
