Aliya Rahman & Uranus Station

  

This Happened on a Turning Point 

 

This testimony on ICE was given on the day Uranus stationed direct in Taurus.

That matters.

When Uranus stations, what has been stalled begins to move. What has been normalized becomes visible. What we have been trained not to see shows itself.

Since 2018 Uranus in Taurus has been shaking the ground beneath bodies, borders, land, and the systems that claim authority over them On this final station day, Aliya Rahman, a disabled Bangladeshi American from Minneapolis, testified before Congress about being assaulted by ICE while on her way to a medical appointment. This was not commentary or analysis. It was a person describing what happened to her body.

No GOP member of the Senate or Republican member of Congress showed up to hear it.

Uranus is now moving toward a trine with Pluto in Aquarius, an aspect associated with structural revolution. Systems reveal themselves through pressure. What cannot be justified cracks. What has been hidden is exposed.

Over the next two years, Uranus and Pluto repeat this trine while Saturn steps in to shape what becomes permanent. Neptune dissolves the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what we allow.

But astrology does not replace witness.

This is not a political argument. It is a moral one.

If you are overwhelmed, start here. The video is under four minutes. You do not need to agree. You do not need to comment. You need to watch.

Uranus stations so that we stop pretending we did not know.

If it does not play above, here is the video.

Astro for Feb 1 - Feb 7 --- Start Your Engine

 This is an important astrological week.  The week launches with a Leo Full moon.    Where do we find our courage, our strength and our heart?   We will be doing all of that for three days.    During this full moon phase Uranus stations direct and begins its final days in Taurus.    Things are going to speed up.  Random, out of the blue-moments will be abundant.  Breakdowns. Breakouts, breakthroughs will be noticed as it heads to Gemini on April 25.    I anticipate we will see Uranus’ energy right out of the gate.    Watch this space. 

 

On Feb 5, we move into Disseminating phase where we share the importance of relationships and how they impact our role in the world.   

 

 

Full Moon – Leo 

February 1, 2026

2:09 PM PST

(13 Leo 03) 

 

 

Planetary Notes:  

 

2/3: Uranus stations direct 27 TA 27 (see above) 

 

2/5: Mercury square Uranus (27 TA) Thinking that is too rigid is problematic.  Conversation that is too stubborn is difficult to navigate.   If either conversation or thinking is ‘old school’ it is probably time to ditch it.  

 

 

 

Disseminating

February 5, 2026

4:45AM PST

   

 

 

 

Focus on:   How are you sharing the importance of relationships?  How are you factoring in partnerships to your goals from new moon?  How are you finding wisdom through your ability to negotiate?  How are you sharing that wisdom with others?  How do find balance and share with others and how do you share this skill with other? 

 

 

 

Planetary Notes:

 

2/6: Mercury enters Pisces (note the retro will be coming at end of month)

2/8: Venus square Uranus (27 TA) love feels off kilter.   Love and money and values feel unappreciated.  “Weird” is told it is out of step. 

February 1, 2026: Leo Full Moon

 

A trip to House of Intuition for a candle, cuz you know, it's Leo

February 1, 2026

2:09 PM PST
13 Leo 03

Leo expresses itself in bold ways and invites us to shine. This full moon applies in opposition to Mars and Venus in Aquarius. Our values and actions are tied to others, including loved ones, friends, and groups. That sounds good, but if we do not know what skills, values, and uniqueness we bring to the room, we risk getting swept into groupthink. This risk is heightened with the Sun separating from Pluto.   If you are caught up in some group think, recalibrate and find your truth.   

Leo carries bravery, though bravery is not always dramatic. Sometimes it is as simple as knowing our worth and saying yes or saying no. We might be walking to the store or running an errand and in a single moment be asked to step forward. Who is asking? A friend?  A stranger?  An animal in trouble? Or something internal that tugs at us and says step up.

Leo is heart driven.  Through tenderness we locate what is authentic and what matters. It may be something soft that has been pushed aside for too long and finally demands attention. The heart becomes our GPS throughout the three-day full moon phase.

Leo full moons, especially those carrying friction like this one, we may also see Leo’s shadow in the news. Performance for its own sake. People pulling focus. Making something about one person when it belongs to many. Those who cannot set ego aside may find themselves exposed.

Very close to the full moon, within the same three-day window, Uranus stations direct. This is not a small shift. It is Uranus’s final station direct in Taurus, a sign it has occupied since 2018. Although Uranus will not enter Gemini until late April, momentum begins to build on February 3. Things start to move faster.

Uranus can draw confidence from the Leo full moon to disrupt in grounded, tangible ways. This is change that touches daily life, resources, bodies, and the earth itself.

There is some simpatico between Uranus in Taurus and the Capricorn new moon from two weeks ago. What seeds did you plant then that speak to your place in the world? How have those seeds grown over the last fourteen days? Where are you being asked to lean into strength or bravery to impact those seedlings? How can you expand those goals by claiming your boldness? Where does innovation want to enter?

In closing this full moon has a quiet alignment between heart and action, courage and consequence, action and innovation.  What we choose to stand for now matters, not because it is loud, but because it is true.  Set your heart on “Go” and you should be good.  

Why I Cannot Be Quiet About 2026

 

Friends of Tracy's AstroSalon, 

Many of you have been following my astrological blog since I launched it in 2008.   Some of you I have known from earlier astro circles as well. For all of you I wanted to let you knoww that  today I posted a long piece on Substack about the astrology of 2026.   I wrote it for folks who don't know astrology.   Or for folks who do not know my background as an astrologer.   This year is just so loaded that I felt I had to write about it for all my circles.    Give it a read.  

February 3, 2026 Uranus Stations Direct in Taurus For The Last Time

 

Uranus Station Direct
February 3, 2026
6:33 pm PST
27° Taurus

On February 3, Uranus ends its final retrograde in Taurus and stations direct at 27 degrees. The planet of disruption, technology, revolution and systemic change is completing its last pause in a sign it has occupied since 2018. This moment deserves close attention.

Looking back nearly 300 years, a pattern emerges. Uranus stationed direct in Taurus on December 1, 1774, February 2, 1858, and February 3, 1942 before leaving the sign. Each moment followed prolonged stress on material systems. Debate had run its course. What remained was implementation. Performance stopped working.

In 1774, economic protest hardened into action. Colonists had challenged British taxation and trade policy for over a decade. By December 1, organized boycotts of British goods were enforced. Soon after, patriots seized gunpowder and military supplies. The argument was finished. Material enforcement began.

In 1858, instability extended across the United States, Britain, France, and Europe. Labor, empire, slavery, and national identity moved from theory into pressure. What followed in 1861 was no surprise.

The 1941 to 1942 Uranus cycle was more complex. Uranus stationed direct in Taurus at the end of January in 1941 as the United States maintained economic neutrality while supporting Allied forces. In August, Uranus entered Gemini, then stationed retrograde in September, returning to Taurus in October. By then the world was already at war. The United States remained officially unengaged until December 7, when the attack on Pearl Harbor forced entry into World War II.

Across these moments, Taurus themes of money, labor, land, trade, and security reached a threshold where delay was no longer possible. Material reality demanded confrontation before Uranus moved into Gemini.

In our own time, Uranus first entered Gemini on July 7, 2025, then stationed retrograde on September 7 and returned to Taurus on October 9. On February 3, 2026, it stations direct and now heads back toward Gemini on April 25.

During its brief Gemini passage last year, information systems showed strain. Speed overtook verification. Narrative control became power. Sorting truth from fabrication grew harder, especially as AI content accelerated(and don’t forget JumboTron moment).  That pattern echoes 1858, when the transatlantic telegraph compressed communication just before Neptune entered Aries and Uranus fully entered Gemini at the start of the Civil War. * Technology did not cause conflict, but it made containment impossible.

Recent events such as ICE raids in Minneapolis and widespread phone footage raise questions. How might history have looked if enslaved people, Union soldiers, or Confederate soldiers had carried cameras and instant communication? Would it resemble 2026?  

During the American Revolution, Pluto stood at the end of Capricorn and the start of Aquarius. Pluto did not occupy those signs during the Civil War or World War II. However, in 2026, Pluto is in Aquarius again. That makes the 1770s a closer parallel to our current Uranus in Gemini era.  

Uranus will remain in Gemini for seven years. Technology and communication will surge. Innovation and rebellion will be visible. Neighborhoods, networks, and sibling relationships will activate, sometimes together and sometimes in opposition.

Watch the space between now and April 25. Themes emerging now will intensify once Uranus settles into Gemini.

(*) Neptune has also entered Aries for the first time in 165 years, echoing the Civil War era. The overlap matters.

Astrology Landscape: January 25 - 31. Yep. Still Tense.

First Quarter Moon & Gibbous Moon

 

 

We are twenty five days into the new year and nine days into the Capricorn lunar month, and 2026 is already proving to be as potent as the astrology community anticipated. Sadly.

Looking ahead to this week, we are in the First Quarter waxing Moon, with an emphasis on practicality. Pragmatism rooted in the seeds you planted at the New Moon will go far now.

On Monday, Neptune makes a major move as it ingresses into Aries. This is not for the faint of heart, but we are all here, which means we must have signed up for the next fourteen years.

Tuesday the 27th brings the Mars conjunction to Pluto. This is an intense and volatile aspect that occurs about every two years. This one, however, is notable as the first Mars Pluto conjunction since Pluto moved into Aquarius in 2024. The last time Mars and Pluto formed their early conjunction in Aquarius was November 17, 1779, in the midst of the American Revolution and then again in 1781 near the end of the war.  So there is that.

Pluto conjunctions have been active all month, beginning with Venus on January 19, followed by Mercury on January 22, the Sun on January 23, and finally Mars on the 27th. Pluto rules masses, and Aquarius rules people coming together for a collective purpose. It is not hard to see how this has been playing out in the news.

As the Gibbous phase unfolds, we enter a window free of tense planetary aspects. Instead, we receive support from Mercury and Chiron, offering fresher thinking and communication. There may be inspiration around independence, along with a desire to chart a new path or begin a new adventure.

The Gibbous phase ends on Sunday, February 1, with the arrival of the Leo Full Moon. We will save that for next week’s report.

 

January 25, 2026

8:47 PM PST 

 

 

First quarter: We do more actions based on the information that we just received.  Or we feel our instincts guide us on something.  We pursue again. What hurdles have popped up involving the seeds you planted on new moon?    We make another call, or we see someone. We mail something.  We stir the pot again.  This can be a time when we realize that the goals, we planted on new need more action from us, perhaps actions that involve breaking away.   Are there people who say they have our best interest in heart but fear us growing away from them?  Maybe we need to get help from others not the usual suspects.  Some independence may need to be exerted.   

 

 

Focus on:   What actions are you taking that make practical sense?  What actions are you taking respect being grounded?  What actions are you taking lean into building something bit by bit?  What actions are you taking that support your goals launched on new moon that need financial investment?   

 

Planetary Notes:

1/26 – Neptune enter Aries where it will stay until 2038 (see separate post)

 

1/27: Mars conjunction Pluto (3 AQUARIUS)

This aspect is not by itself.  It is close to the Sun aspect four days ago.  They also formed a conjunction in Aquarius Feb of 2024.  Now Pluto is deeper into Aquarius.  It is sizing up the joint.  Mars lives to be in battle.  It’s answer is to fight.   Pluto  is more the assassin than the brawler.   Any war front will be stimulated with actions that are or are not helpful.   Pluto in Aquarius speaks to masses of people perhaps hearing a call to action? 

  

1/29 Mercury conjunction Venus (14 AQUARIUS)

The mind and the mouth come together for love of humanity and breakthroughs.    

 

 

Gibbous Moon

January 29, 2026

5:44 am PST  

 

 

Gibbous:

We refine our information.  We pick and choose, we discriminate, and we organize to be ‘Virgo’ like.  We sort through details.  Have we missed something?  How are we sifting through the information?  Go back and make sure something hasn’t been neglected.  Refine our actions.   How are we perfecting our goals? 

 

Focus on:

How are you refining your communication?  How are you refining your information gathering?  How are you finding the updated; facts on the ground and how does this shape the seeds you planted on new moon?  

 

Planetary Notes:  

 

Mercury sextile Chiron.  (23 Aries) Knowledge is sharpened and communication is straight shooting about finding independence and the power of self-agency.  

 

 

 

Neptune in Aries (January 26, 2026 - March 23, 2039)

January 26, 2026 - March 23, 2039

Last spring, on March 30, Neptune entered Aries for a brief window before returning to Pisces in the fall. As a reminder, the last time Neptune traveled through Aries was between 1861 and 1874.

I researched a number of seminal events that occurred during the previous Neptune in Aries cycle. What follows is the same write up I generated last spring for Neptune’s initial entry into Aries.

Neptune is one of the planets associated with creativity, imagination, and artistic vision, while Aries is the sign of war, battle, independence, and breaking free. It is no surprise, then, that the Impressionist movement emerged in 1872 during Neptune’s passage through Aries. These artists were independent thinkers and creators who broke away from the established and acceptable styles of the time.

An important and overlooked factor is that during the 1860s, particularly in France during the early part of Neptune’s time in Aries, the country was at war. Many of the men who would later become Impressionist artists were conscripted into military service, and that experience left an imprint on their work. Claude Monet, who was sent to North Africa as a soldier, said that the vivid colors of Algeria “contained the gem of my future research.” It would be Monet’s painting Impression of Sunset that gave the movement its name.

In the United States, Neptune’s transit through Aries altered the course of history. The last time Neptune was at zero degrees Aries was April 13, 1861. The day before, on April 12, the thirty four hour battle of Fort Sumter in South Carolina marked the beginning of the Civil War. While Neptune is intuitive, dreamy, and creative, it is also associated with confusion, illusion, and delusion. Fort Sumter itself was a man made island in a harbor, a Neptunian setting. It had been built in the 1830s to protect the city of Charleston.

Some historical context is helpful here. In November 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election. Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Southern politicians and power brokers recognized that if new states entered the Union without slavery, their influence in Congress would shrink, which could end their ability to own human beings. Imagine that.

The response to Lincoln’s election was swift. South Carolina seceded from the United States one month after his victory. Within six months, ten additional states joined the Confederacy. In response, Lincoln authorized Union troops to protect Fort Sumter.

On April 12, Confederate forces fired the first shots, and a two day skirmish followed. The Union lost the battle. Civilians watched from the shoreline as the fighting unfolded. If South Carolinians felt reassured by the Confederacy’s quick victory, that confidence did not last. If Lincoln and Union leaders believed the war would consist of a few brief clashes before victory, they were mistaken in part. The Union prevailed, but the war lasted four years and claimed 620,000 confirmed deaths, with another 400,000 missing. It was devastating.

Did Neptune know any of this when it entered Aries in 1861. Neptune remained in Aries until 1875, a period that included Reconstruction, industrialization, and westward expansion. While slavery was abolished, civil rights were not extended equally across races or genders. Laborers across industries endured harsh and abusive conditions, including child labor. At the same time, the United States emerged from the Civil War as a stronger international power.

As Neptune approaches this historical point of return, it is understandable to feel unease about what lies ahead. To be clear, Neptune’s entry into Aries does not mean another Civil War. The battles may take different forms. They could be cyber, financial, ideological, or related to the dissolution of borders and boundaries. It is difficult to say. However, given the events surrounding Lincoln’s election and Fort Sumter, it is reasonable to assume that whatever emerges on the horizon may not arrive without warning. It did not in 1861.

There are some write ups out there for how Neptune in Aries will impact your personal chart, one I found very thoughtful is Astrology by Lauren.   Give it a read.   

For a historical overview of Neptune in Aries reaching back to 464 BCE, I recommend astrologer Jessica Davidson’s work. From ancient Greece and Rome to the Peasant Revolt in Britain and the War of Spanish Succession, the same themes recur. Rebellions and uprisings appear alongside scientific and technological breakthroughs.