February 1: Full Moon in Leo:

When was the last time you gifted yourself with something that gave you pleasure or that you did something that made your heart feel full to the brim? The full moon in Leo (February 1) is well used to pump up on personal happiness, on enjoyments and pleasure pursuits. Among the range of possibilities: a special event or an anniversary; something exciting to look forward to; a new passion or love interest; a speculative venture that is starting to show good promise.

On another note, the full moon can spark added awareness, sudden inspiration, or see you make a personal or creative breakthrough. The full moon could trigger a sense deep in your soul that there is a special destiny that awaits you. If so, know that the coming year – and next several – hold ample opportunity.

February 3: Uranus ends retrograde:

Uranus ends its annual retrograde cycle on Feb 3. Since November, Uranus has been travelling retrograde through Taurus. This transit has kept the focus on the survivability/sustainability factor of current circumstances (world matters included). Likely, it has also kept you focused on the areas of life where you may have felt stuck and unable to move yourself forward. Progressively Uranus in Taurus, a self discovery archetype, has been triggering a greater aware of your inner resources – and your resourcefulness. Throughout the time that this transit has been building greater awareness, your evaluation process has been gaining an upgrade. Progressively, you are coming to view the worthiness of ambitions, investments, pursuits, struggles, and lifestyle choices in a different light. Uranus will continue in Taurus to the end of April. If you have planets at the tail end of earth signs, this transit can provide a good timing backdrop for moving forward and for making progress where it counts the most (greater internal or emotional security, perhaps a new income source, a new way of relating to yourself and the world around you.)

February 13: Saturn enters Aries
February 20: Saturn/Neptune conjunction (*Global Reset Threshold)

The last time Saturn was in transit through Aries was 1996 – 1999. What started or ended for you at that time? What reality did you face?  What threshold did you cross? For the next 2.5 years, Saturn will be in transit through the same area of your chart.

Saturn in Aries adds more weight and importance to this intersection of time. As with all new chapters, we don’t often see how life-defining the new course is until we can look back on it later. Although accelerated change has been in the works over the past few years, we will come to view 2026 as a pivotal global reset/ground zero, destiny defining year. Saturn and Neptune in Aries meet on February 20 to officially mark the end of a 36-year manifesting cycle and the start of the next history-writing chapter. For those who are now age 36 – 40, the start of this cycle adds more threshold crossing potency to the cluster of mid-life transits (between the ages of 36 – 42) that coincide with some of the most dynamic lifestyle changes and/or life-altering circumstances of an individual’s life.

A Saturn transit will always set up a time is ripe or a time has come moment. Saturn can be a task master influence, but it will always reward well placed ambition and earnest effort.

In general, when meeting with a Saturn transit, expect to be challenged. Added pressure, strain, limitation, and time constraints can be in the mix. More effort, streamlining, downsizing, or belt tightening can be required. When you can face forward as a realist, you will place yourself at a gateway that will set you onto more expedient pathway. Resist or downplay the work that is required of you, and you are in for a harder go. Sign on for it, and you stand to gain something substantial to build from. On another note, relish deep inner satisfaction and a sense of personal achievement that needs no outer applause, and the work becomes the reward.

Neptune’s advance into Aries takes the world over a pivotal threshold, into new and completely uncharted territory. The last time Neptune visited this sign was 165 years ago. The last time Saturn and Neptune formed a conjunction in the sign of Aries was in 1703 (the Russian empire formed, while the Britain empire expanded). We are again at a pivotal moment regarding the shaping of the new world order. As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his Davos speech, moving forward from here, nostalgia isn’t going to cut it.

Look to Saturn in Aries to streamline the direction forward. Neptune in Aries infuses the potential on brew with fresh vitality.  Together they are an expedient pairing. Saturn in Aries will stay focused on a specific target. Neptune will explore the variables of that specific target (variations on a theme). If it doesn’t have enough life force to be carried forward, it will extinguish in short order.

While Neptune tours Aries, it provides an unlimited source of fresh energy and inspiration. The question is, what is the source of that supply? Is it passion, fresh hopefulness, or fresh faith? Or is it a fresh battle that drives your spirit, that enlists the warrior in you?  Neptune and the Pisces archetype correlate to mass consciousness or attunement. We are now transitioning out of the Neptune in Pisces searchlight years. Over these years, loss and confusion over our collective ideals has grown. Over the next 14 years, we will undertake an accelerated redesign of those collective ideals. Neptune in Aries will keeping stoking the bonfire of desire. This transit will keep us on the search for new frontiers that will support planetary life that is meant to thrive, not simply survive. Neptune in Aries calls for independent leadership, for each soul to put courage into action in the breaking of new ground. All it takes is for a singular desire to light a fire. When that singular desire holds intention for the greater good of all, a bonfire lights. Look to Neptune in Aries to call forth iconic individuals to step into leadership roles, and to create iconic moments along evolution’s timeline.

February 17: Annular Solar Eclipse in Aquarius – Chinese New Year of the Crimson Horse:

An annular (ring of fire) solar eclipse is situated between Saturn’s ingress into Aries (Feb 13) and the Saturn/Neptune conjunction (Feb 20). You will feel the strongest turning point or tipping point influence of the solar eclipse if you are born on or near February 17 or have personal planets at 28 or 29 degrees of Aquarius, Taurus, Leo, or Scorpio. The eclipse is in dynamic angle (last quarter square) to Uranus, ruler of Aquarius. This corner turned allows for a next stage or new track/new ground to progressively overtake the lead. Fresh options and potentials will continue to materialize over the weeks and months to come. An element of the unexpected and of acceleration are signatures of an eclipse. They are also signatures for the sign of Aquarius. If the eclipse does not make a significant contact to your chart, you will witness its workings in an indirect way or through world news. Aquarius keeps the social and political action heightened (watch for intensified market trends, weather, geo-physical action, or for significant news from the fields of science or technology).

Chart above: Annular (Ring of Fire) Eclipse Feb 17, 2026

 

February 25: Mercury stations retrograde in Pisces:

From February 25 to March 20, Mercury will backtrack through Pisces. The typical Mercury retrograde advice is worth heeding, double check everything, pump up on health regimes and safety. While Mercury tours Pisces, your immune system can be more vulnerable. You can be more susceptible to colds, the flu, and such. There is a higher propensity for theft, misplacing items, forgetfulness, etc. Do not drive while under the influence. Also, keep alert regarding other drivers.

Mercury retrograde in Pisces can tap from a wellspring of inspiration or imagination. You could find that you dream more than usual. Under this influence, you could drift off or lose focus quite easily. Empathic qualities are also heightened. You could be highly attuned to the feelings and moods of those around you. You could crave more sleep, more peace and quiet, more privacy or solitude, or more spiritual sustenance. A vacation, a spiritual sojourn, or a romantic interlude are well timed too.

It is not the time to race ahead, to jump to conclusions, or to chase the elusive. If you are not clear, do not make a commitment or a significant purchase. While Mercury is retrograde, stay receptive and open-ended, allow yourself to go by feel, go by flow.  To the plus, if you have been recently struggling, you could find this Mercury retrograde helps you to let go more, to ease up, or to surpass a difficulty or disappointment. For most of the retrograde cycle, Mercury gains traction from Venus (attractive influence) and Jupiter (increase/growth). These connections suggest a wealth of potential is on brew, perhaps more than you are aware of at present.

Progressively potentials will reveal more. For now, allow the moment to design itself, to move along its natural course. April onward will deliver spring into action time.