January will test your resilience, push you to confront your inner demons and face the darker aspects of your life you've been avoiding. Here's what your biggest challenge will be in the first month of 2025,

Mars will reenter Cancer as part of its retrograde phase, beginning a period for each zodiac sign to pause and learn a significant life lesson they may have glossed over in the past. This energy will be anything but easy,

Five zodiac signs whose relationships improve during January 6 - 12, 2025, benefit from this week's astrological lineup. Have faith that you are on the right path and that your relationship will work out.

Mars leaves Leo and retrogrades back to Cancer on Jan. 6, a transit that celebrity astrologer Kyle Thomas tells PEOPLE can be "difficult" for many at this time