Still, if you can wait to make that agreement official, that would be better. Mercury goes retrograde on February 26 until March 20, and this will create confusion and disorder in your work day, miscommunication among your teammates, and diagnoses and treatments you may need to do over. You will probably need extra patience to deal with potential travel mishaps as they come up, more effort than usual to communicate clearly when organizing your trip, and more flexibility to navigate your day when your routines inevitably fall apart these next couple weeks.
Scorpio Rising
Ready or not, it’s time to embrace whatever “doing life on hard mode” is going to mean for you for the next couple of years. Think back to late May to September of 2025, because this was the preview of Saturn in Aries that is now beginning for real on February 13. There could be very real challenges you’ll be facing that you didn’t necessarily choose, and there could be uphill struggles you’re willingly walking into because you’re ready to “do your own thing” work-wise. Maybe you’re beginning a private practice, going freelance, or struggling to balance everything with an understaffed skeleton crew. Maybe the unpaid labor of domestic life and parenting is going to be the albatross around your neck, or maybe you’re signing on for the boot camp of raising an unruly puppy. Either way, Saturn entering your 6th house of labor could very much feel like, well, that.
This transit could also bring its fair share of health challenges too, and a sense of bootstrapping it through a recovery process or a training montage of getting yourself into shape (possibly resulting from a wakeup call you receive around the Saturn-Neptune conjunction on February 20). However, the full moon in Leo on February 1 is pointing to turning points in your career or status this month, and the eclipse in Aquarius on February 17 strongly suggests that this new beginning will involve changes to your domestic life, living situation, and family. Venus forms a conjunction to the North Node the same day as the eclipse, which is a positive omen for “putting the kids first”, feeling connected to them, or recovering your creative spark and lust for life after the last couple years snuffed it out.
As you welcome (or deal with) these foundational changes, look for the subtle or not so subtle ways life is inviting you back into a sense of wonder, communion, and enchantment. Venus will be approaching a trine to Jupiter on February 22 that creates a sense of romance or enjoyment that makes your world feel larger—almost like you’re on vacation and enjoying some momentary bliss before you have to return to normal life and deal with whatever the universe is throwing at you next. Despite the tumultuous astrology of the moment, this wouldn’t be the worst time to be far from home or your normal routine, or even just pouring more love into your creations and hobbies. On February 26, Mercury stations retrograde in this same part of the sky. The next couple weeks will be a fruitful time to revive an old creative project, return to something that once brought you joy, or work on improving communication with your children or lovers.
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Sagittarius Rising
You knew that labor pains are part of the package deal of how creation is made—now all that’s left is to follow through with it. As Saturn and Neptune conjoin in your 5th house on February 20, a new foundation is set for you. In certain ways, your life going forward will revolve around the needs of your children or your creative projects, because both will demand a lot from you in the coming years. There is a commitment taking shape around nurturing life, around doing what it takes to bring things to fruition and fight the uphill fight to maintain joy, love, and levity in your life. In other words, you might be fighting for your right to party in an unforgiving landscape that doesn’t give you that ability for free.
