Astrology for Feb 9 - Feb 16

 

Last Quarter Moon Phase

Feb 9, 2025

7:48am PST   

   

 

Last Quarter moon:  Now we do the final adjustments to the seeds we planted on new. The final call, the final letters to send, we follow all the trails that came up that still make sense.  And we let the other parts lay fallow. It is a time of action but wise action.  It is a time for living “The serenity prayer” 

 

God, grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change Courage to change the
things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.

 

 

Focus on:

What actions are you taking that are clearing-the-pipes?  What actions are you taking that rely on you cleaning (figurative or literal) house?   How are you cutting to go forward?   How are you finding power by being definitive and living by that decision? 

 

 

Planetary Notes: 

 

2/10: Venus enters Pisces 

2/11: Sun sextile Chiron.   Thoughtfulness around friends and groups creates healing and a new appreciation of self agency.  Independence can find support among allies.  

2/11: Mercury conjunct North Node   (9 PI) Thinking and communication that leans into humanitarian, artistic and spiritual is inspiring.  

2/11: Mercury shadow (8 PI 29) keep your eyes out for themes that may come up now, come back again and then one more time between now and April 9 when it leaves its shadow.  

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Balsamic Moon Phase

 

February 13, 2026 

7:32am PDY 

 

Balsamic:   We let go.  By releasing we can prepare for the new.  

 

 

Focus on:  How are you releasing ambition?  How are your releasing appearances first?  How are you releasing cynicism?  How are you releasing ‘cold’?

 

 

Planetary Notes:

 

2/13: Saturn enters Aries where it will be until April 2028 

 

2/15: Sun square Uranus (27 TA) 

What does it mean to innovate and push back on the status quo?  How can the old be refreshen?   Hurdles may be revealed.  

 

2/16: Mercury trine Jupiter.  Thoughts of kindness, humanity, family, home and cozy excel.  

 

2/16: Mercury conjunct North Node (8 PI) thinking that connects to feelings of kindness and humanitarian can be inspiring.  

 

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Aquarius New Moon & Eclipse February 17 (28 AQ 49) at 4:01am PST

 

Fire Horse Chinese new year

 

 

American Revolution (Ken Burns documentary) & Uranus

 

Ken Burns Documentary Series ‘The American Revolution’ released last fall and I finally began watching it this week.     I have been digging into the Revolution a lot for my astrology writing which I am sure many of you have noticed.   Having the astrology in my head while watching the first two episodes of the series was potent.   Arguably, Uranus had a hand in the riled-up colonists as they pushed back on the over-reach by British Crown. 

 

In the fall of 1773 Uranus station retrograde and during that retrograde in December was the Boston Tea Party.  Colonists destroyed 342 chests of tea, worth a huge sum, owned by the British East India Compay.  This pissed off The Crown.  No shit.  Then a couple months later,     Uranus station direct (24 Taurus) on Feb 2, 1774.   Uranus chugged along through the remaining degrees of Taurus and then on June 20 it entered Gemini for the first time.   

 

During this window, specifically March – June,the British went hard on intimidation of Massachusetts.  The British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, often called the Intolerable Acts in America. Among other actions, Britain closes the port of Boston and requires British troops to be housed in taverns and vacant buildings.  The British goal to punish Massachusetts failed to dissuade the other colonies.   In fact the stories, the updates, even the gossip energized the other colonies from New Hampshire to the Carolinas who supported Massachusett. All of these conversations and rallying perfect Gemini.   Uranus returned to Taurus in end of 1774 then finally re- entered Gemini April 9, 1775. Ten days later was the battle of Concord and Minute Men formed… the Revolutionary War was on. 

As Uranus moved deeper into Gemini, the revolution stopped being abstract and became intimate. Gemini fractured the social field; neighbors, siblings (both ruled by Gemini) along with families were forced to choose sides, splitting communities along lines of allegiance and belief. The war intensified through this Uranus in Gemini cycle until the decisive battle at Yorktown in 1781, followed by the Treaty of Paris in 1783 which formally ended the war   By then Uranus was in Cancer.   The entire revolutionary war was in the Uranus Gemini cycle.   Once it moved into Cancer, the task shifted from rebellion to belonging, from argument to shelter, from overthrowing authority to building a home that could contain the consequences of freedom.   

One other point of importance: While the Boston Tea Party is often framed and remembered as the spark that ignited the Revolutionary War, colonial grievances with the Crown began much earlier. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 marked one of the first major fractures in the relationship between Britain and the colonies, well before taxes like the Stamp Act or Tea Act.

The Proclamation forbade colonial settlers from moving into lands held by Native nations in the Ohio Valley, drawing a hard line across the frontier. It told colonists, in no uncertain terms: The frontier is not yours. For a population already oriented toward expansion, that restriction was intolerable. This included George Washington, who had fought in the French and Indian War and was granted land in western Pennsylvania near present-day Pittsburgh for his service. With the Proclamation in place, Washington and many others were suddenly barred from homesteading or speculating on the very lands they believed they had earned.  

Astrologically, this resentment took root while Saturn and Uranus were both in Aries, a volatile combination for authority and rebellion. It intensified as Uranus moved into Taurus, the sign of land, property, and ownership, likely amplified by Pluto in Capricorn, exposing the power structures controlling access to territory. By the time Uranus moved into Cancer, the pressure broke. Settlers flooded into the Ohio Valley, triggering a new wave of violent conflict with Native nations who had no intention of surrendering their homelands.

Oh, Uranus you really do know how to crack things open.  

For those of you paying attention to our Uranus in Gemini Era.    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, Uranus station direct in Taurus and now heads back toward Gemini on April 25 where it will be until 2033.   

Go watch the documentary series.  It is good.  

Handy Dandy Aspect Chart for 2025-2028

 

Uranus–Pluto changes the world.
Saturn decides what stays.
Neptune changes the story we tell about it.

Order of Weight

Impact                                    Aspect                        Theme                        Date 

#1	Uranus Trine Pluto	Structural Revolution	July 17, Nov 29 2026
			June 15 2027
			Jan 13, May 9 2028* close enough
#2	Saturn Sextile Pluto	Institutional permanence	March 28, 2026
#3	Saturn Sextile Uranus	Practical Innovation	Apr 4, Aug 11 2025
			Jan 19, 2026
#4	Neptune Sextile Pluto	Mythic generational Shift	July 24, 2026 June 28, Oct 16, 2027 June 8, 2028
#5	Uranus Sextile Neptune	Visionary, cultural tone	Aug 28, Nov 20 2025
			July 15, 2026
			June 6, 2027

For those of us who work with the outer planets, this is an extraordinary astrological period. All of the generational planets are entering new signs for the long haul, and they are forming major aspects with one another. Any single one of these aspects appearing in a short window would be significant on its own. The fact that we have five of them, repeating and overlapping between 2025 and 2028, is an astrological mind bender.

I find it hard to keep all of this straight in my head, so I made this chart totrack the aspects, their themes, and their dates. I color coded the dates by year to make the sequence easier to follow. I also numbered the aspects based on what I believe carries more weight, though in truth they are all pulling their weight and influencing one another.

This is not a moment of one planet acting alone. These forces are woven together.

Whatever the next few years bring, large scale change across the world is guaranteed. We can feel it already. If things move quickly, or if the terrain feels unstable at times, this is why.

The sky is not subtle right now.

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.