February 2026
Aries
There is change in the air this month and that includes the ordinary shift in focus that will always happen in February, both as the Sun and the faster planets progress in their passage through the heavens and something a lot more game changing and with long term implications. The latter refers to Neptune and Saturn's return to Aries, bringing you to the start of a major new life chapter. Both returned for a few months last year, but as is the case with these slower outer planets, this was the start of their transition, with a chance to get a feel for things before retrograding back out again. As Neptune is the planet of hopes and dreams, this may have included a chance to explore new dreams and aspirations that you may have put on hold when he left again. As the hard taskmaster of the cosmos and the planet with the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes and can give you the power to move mountains if you have to, Saturn spent even less time here last year. However, after Neptune returned to spend the next 13 years here at the end of last month, when Saturn returns on 14th February, it will be to spend the next two years backing him up. Meanwhile, as is always the case at this time of year, the Sun will start the month in your friendship sector and with the solar spotlight on your social life, friendships, teamwork and networking, before returning to a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart on 19th February, to begin the month long wind down of your current solar year. Mercury will do the same on 7th February, with a chance to start closing old doors and reviewing the past in a more objective way. Venus will return on 10th February to take your heart on a nostalgic trip down memory lane that will end with her return to Aries next month. Meanwhile, things are stable and looking good across the income, work and career fronts.Taurus
While it is a given that the Sun will begin February in your career sector before ending the month in your sector of friendship, teamwork and networking, the difference this year is both the intensity and importance of the planetary activity on both fronts, with the sun setting on an era on one front while a new era is taking hold on the other. The new era is on the career front, for while the Sun will always spend the majority of the first three weeks of February in your career sector, just as Pluto, the planet of change and transformation has completed the first full year of what will be a 20 year visit. Pluto has spent most of last year on his own but preparing for when the faster planets returned and this time, it wasn't just the Sun returning with Venus and Mercury last month but Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos returning with them, for the first time in two years. Mercury will leave on 7th February, Venus on 10th February and the Sun on 19th February, though not before an eclipsing New Moon from 15th February to 18th February will give everything the green light. Mars is here until early next month and working with Pluto, this will give the planets of war and revolution a chance to really put things on the map. Meanwhile, as Venus and Mercury return to your friendship sector, it will be to find Neptune, who first returned in 2012, has just left at the end of last month, while after three years, Saturn will leave on 14th February. This ends what has been a dominant and continuously active part of your chart since 2010 and while the Sun, Venus and Mercury's return this month and Mars' return next month will keep things active on the social front, when he leaves, this will be the end of an era. This is when like most areas of your chart, your friendship sector will become active for just a few months each year.Gemini
It is a given that when the Sun leaves your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery and returns to your career sector on 19th February, this is the point in each year when the solar spotlight will shift off the adventurous side of life's fence and onto the professional side. However, with everything about to be flipped on its head. Until Pluto, the planet of change and transformation returned to spend the next 20 years in an adventurous part of your chart in November 2024, there were only a few months each year when things were active here. On the other hand, there has been near continuous planetary activity in your career sector since 2010. This month will see that reverse. While Pluto is in your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery until 2044 and has been here for over a year now, it wasn't until after 13 years Neptune left your career sector at the end of last month that a period of continuous planetary activity on the career front began to run its course. After three years, Saturn will leave your career sector on 14th February, ending a transition from an always active to a sometimes active part of your chart and where it will stay. The next outer planet to return to spend years in your career sector will be Uranus in 2087. Fortunately, there is a crossover between the two, so there will be no sudden drop off professionally, with Mercury returning to spend the next two months in your career sector on 7th February and Venus on 10th February to spend the rest of the month here. Both will return before Saturn leaves, while the Sun will return on 19th February and Mars early next month. The most active months of the year on the career front are just kicking off, but the underlying long game that has been playing out for decades is coming to an end. On the other hand, your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery will remain continuously active until 2044.Cancer
Because the Sun will always spend the majority of the first three weeks of February in your financial sector, the solar spotlight is always on your financial situation and money matters at this time of year. This brings with it a chance for a financial reset and especially when it comes to the side of the financial fence where it is more about what you do with and how you manage the money you have. This year, you have what you would expect, but also a whole lot more. What you would expect is to also see Venus and Mercury here at some point. While Mercury will leave on 7th February, not before giving you the smart head for money that will help you keep your head in the game and to think on your feet, while until leaving on 10th February, Venus will be more focused on updating your financial hopes, dreams and aspirations than on the when, where and how. Also what you would expect is that until leaving on 19th February, the Sun will keep the solar spotlight on your financial situation and money matters, with a New Moon in the days leading up to this, the perfect time for new beginnings and for a reset. The whole lot more is Mars, the warrior planet of the cosmos, who is spending the whole of February with Pluto, the planet of change and transformation, as they work together to help you take your financial power back. Meanwhile, it is just as Mercury, Venus and finally the Sun return to your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery, it is just as the planets that have been here for years are leaving. After 13 years Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams left at the end of last month and after three years Saturn, the planet with the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes will leave on 14th February. This will see them return to your career sector and shift their focus onto your professional game.Leo
Because the Sun will always spend the majority of the first three weeks of February in your relationship sector, the solar spotlight is always on your relationships at this time each year. However, this time with Pluto, the planet of change and transformation having just completed the first full year of his 20 year transit through your relationship sector while Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos is making his first visit in two years. This is putting a lot of focus on your relationships, something that the Moon will come up against when it returns to Leo from 1st February to 3rd February as a Full Moon. This is a Full Moon that will always fall at some point during the Sun's month long visit to your relationship sector and always halfway between your last birthday month and the next. As your own and your relationship needs clash, this will make you more aware of both, in the heart of the most important relationship weeks of the year and when, at the halfway point in your current solar year, there is a chance for a reset. This is something that can push your buttons and even create some personal and/or relationship tension. Fortunately, with Mercury, the planet of communication in your relationship sector until 7th February and Venus, the planet of love until 10th February. This will see Venus swap out her planet of love for her planet of money hat, as she not only follows Mercury into your financial sector, but just as there is a major shift taking place. After 13 years Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams left at the end of last month and on 14th February after three years Saturn, the planet with the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes, will also leave. While this has seen Neptune return to spend the next 13 years in your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery, with Saturn joining him to spend the next two years here, this ends a long game approach to money matters to focus on money matters right now.Virgo
There is change in the air this month, with both the normal shift that you would expect at this time of year and another deeper and more significant shift. The shift that you would expect at this time of year is one from work and job matters and onto your relationships. Until the Sun leaves your work sector on 19th February, this is the time of year when the solar spotlight will always be on work and job matters, with his return to your relationship sector the point when it shifts onto your relationships. That has and will always be the case at this time each year. However, as is often the case, with Mercury leaving your work sector and returning to your relationship sector on 7th February and Venus on 10th February, the lines are blurred and there will often be an overlap. However, this is when we start to venture into the territory of the more significant shift, because for the first time since 2012, when Venus and Mercury return to your relationship sector, it will be to find Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams no longer here. After 13 years Neptune only left at the end of last month, but on 14th February, after three years Saturn, the hard taskmaster of the cosmos but also the planet with the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes, will also leave. Neptune won't be back again in our lifetime and Saturn not for another three decades. This brings to an end a major chapter, while with the Sun returning to your relationship sector on 19th February and Mars early next month, this will keep things active through to April. Meanwhile, as Neptune settles into his first full month in your financial sector and where he will spend the next 13 years focused on your financial dreams and aspirations, Saturn will return on 14th February to spend the next two years giving you the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes.Libra
Because the Sun will always spend the majority of the first three weeks of February in a playful and creative part of your chart, but end the month in your busy work sector, from the start, this is a month where there needs to be some guardrails in place when it comes to a balance between work and play. Especially as while 19th February is the point in each year when the solar spotlight will always shift from one side of life's fence to the other, with Pluto in a playful and creative part of your chart since 2024 and not leaving until 2044 and as there has been continuous planetary activity in your work sector since 2010. Also blurring the lines and adding to an overlap will be Mercury's departure from a playful and creative part of your chart and return to your work sector on 7th February, followed by Venus on 10th February. However, behind the scenes, something is happening that in the long term is going to favour one side of life's fence. That side is the playful and creative side, for after 13 years, Neptune left your work sector at the end of last month and after three years, Saturn will leave on 14th February. While this will end 16 years of near continuous planetary activity on the job front and the side of the financial fence where the focus is on whatever it is that keeps you busy and occupies your time, you won't know that at the time, as along with the Sun's return on 19th February and Mars' return early next month, you are moving into the busiest months of the year. Meanwhile, Neptune is settling into the first full month of a 13 year transit through your relationship sector, while on 14th February, Saturn will join him to spend the next two years here.Scorpio
On the one hand, you have the ordinary shift that not only happens in February each year, but somewhere in your chart will be happening each month. On the other hand, there is a major shift taking place that will change the dynamics of not just this year, but for years to come, with an overlap of the two. Until leaving your home and family sector on 19th February, this is the point in each year when the solar spotlight will always be on home, family and/or property matters. Backing this up is also starting the month with Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto here, making this the most active month of the year for home and family matters. At the same time, it is a given that when the Sun leaves, this will shift the solar spotlight onto the playful and creative side of life's fence, which is where a major shift is taking place. When Mercury returns to a playful and creative part of your chart on 7th February and Venus on 10th February, for the first time since 2012, it will be to find Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams gone. It is just after they return that, after three years Saturn, the planet with the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes will also leave, ending 16 years of near continuous planetary activity, just as the most active months of the year here begin. This will mask that this is the end of an era of continuous planetary activity on this side of life's fence, while in the first full month of a 13 year transit through your busy work sector, Neptune will be joined by Saturn on 14th February to spend the next two years here. This makes this an important month for putting guardrails in place when it comes to a balance between work and play. The continuous planetary activity in a playful and creative part of your chart that you have been able to fall back on since 2010 will soon no longer be there.Sagittarius
Because the Sun will always spend the majority of the first three weeks of February in your communication sector and Mercury, the planet of communication is there until 7th February, this was always going to be an important month on the communication front. However, the focus isn't just on communication, with the planetary activity here making you mentally sharper, better able to think on your feet and keep the communication lines open. While until he leaves on 7th February, Mercury will be focused on getting the communication lines open across the board, until leaving on 10th February Venus will be more focused on giving your heart and your relationships a voice. The Sun is here until 19th February, while not leaving until early next month, Mars has the whole month to declare war on communication roadblocks and barriers, whether real or imagined. As first Mercury and Venus and then the Sun leave, this will not only see them return to your home and family sector, but where a major era is coming to an end. By the time Mercury returns on 7th February and Venus on 10th February, after 13 years Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams has just left at the end of last month, while after three years Saturn, the planet with the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes will also leave. This ends 16 years of near continuous major planetary activity, just as the most active months of the year on the home, family and/or property fronts kick off. The focus might be the same, but the two are very different, with the focus shifting from a long to a more immediate game. Meanwhile, this has seen Neptune return to spend the next 13 years in a playful and creative part of your chart, with Saturn joining him to spend the next two years here on 14th February. Meanwhile, things have become stable, solid and settled on the income, work and career fronts.Capricorn
When your birthday month ended last month and within days either side Venus, Mercury and Mars all left Capricorn, this should have brought all planetary activity in your sign to an end until later in the year. Instead, having just returned to spend the next three months in Capricorn at the end of December and not leaving until the end of next month, the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment is still here. This is helping you stick to your resolutions and stay on track, long after you would normally be doing it on your own. This is having unexpected but also pleasant implications, for this is also helping to shore up the playful, creative and adventurous side of life's fence. Meanwhile, with the Sun spending the majority of the first three weeks of February in your income sector, the solar spotlight will always be on your income situation, matters and options at this time of year. This time the Sun has not only brought Venus, Mercury and Mars with him, but to find that Pluto, the planet of change and transformation is here and just over a year into what will be a 20 year stay. Mercury will leave on 7th February, though not before leaving you with the smart head for money that will help you keep your head in the game, while until leaving on 10th February, Venus will be working to make her final days as lucrative as possible, as well as to leave you with a lucrative sense of direction. While the Sun will leave on 19th February, Mars will keep the momentum and his war on income roadblocks and barriers going until he leaves early next month. It is then that first Mercury and Venus and then the Sun will return to your communication sector, just as after 13 years Neptune left at the end of last month and as Saturn is getting ready to leave on 14th February. As the planets of love and communication, Venus and Mercury are the ideal planets to help with the transition from a long to a short game. This has seen Neptune return to spend the next 13 years in your home and family sector, while Saturn will return to spend the next two years here.Aquarius
Until the Sun leaves Aquarius on 19th February, the launch of your new solar year is underway and with it, a chance for a reset. At the same time, while this will bring your birthday month to an end, the job of defining what excites you and what to expect from the coming year will continue into the early days of March. That is when Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos, making his first visit to Aquarius in two years will leave. Even then with Pluto, the planet of change and transformation having just completed his first full year in Aquarius and not leaving until 2044, he will both stay on to keep the momentum going and to ensure that this is something that continues to evolve. Meanwhile, as Mercury leaves Aquarius and returns to your income sector on 7th February and Venus three days later on 10th February, the timing couldn't be better. While slightly ahead of the Sun, who won't follow them until 19th February, this is what you would expect at this time of year, except it comes just as there is major change taking place here. For the first time since 2012, as Venus and Mercury return to begin the most lucrative months of the year, it will be to find that Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams has just left at the end of last month and that after three years, Saturn is getting ready to leave on 14th February. This brings 16 years of major planetary activity on the income front to an end, just as the most active and lucrative months of the year begin. While this means there will be no sudden drop off in planetary activity here, there will be a dramatic shift, from what has been a long game, to one where you have just a few months to make things happen. Meanwhile, this has seen Neptune return to spend the next 13 years in your communication sector, with Saturn joining him on 14th February to spend the next two years here.Pisces
Because by the time you move into February each year you will already be 10 days into the month long wind down of your old solar year, with the Sun in a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart before returning to Pisces on 19th February to begin your birthday month and new solar year, this is a month when the lines between the past, present and future are often blurred. Partly because, as is often the case and is this year, Mercury and Venus will make that shift ahead of the Sun, but mainly because there has been near continuous planetary activity in Pisces since 2010 and with Pluto in a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart from 2024 to 2044, with continuous planetary activity there as well. However, it is the faster planets that are making this more pronounced this month. By the time Mercury returns to Pisces on 7th February to get your head in the game, ideas on the table and the communication lines open, your old solar year still has 12 days to run, while until returning to Pisces on 10th February, Venus is taking your heart on a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Meanwhile, while Venus and Mercury are just returning to Pisces and the Sun will return on 19th February to begin your birthday month and new solar year, the planets that have been here for years now are leaving. It was at the end of last month that here since 2012 Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams and your ruling planet left, not to return again in our lifetime. Saturn, the hard taskmaster of the cosmos and the planet that can give you the resolve to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes and the power to move mountains if you have to, will leave on 14th February, bringing the foundation years of a new three decade long Saturn cycle to a close. At the same time, Neptune and Saturn's return to your income sector is opening the doors to a whole new era that will span the next 13 years.
