February Horoscopes

Astrology of February
Current Configurations
Past Months

Aries	Libra
Taurus	Scorpio
Gemini	Sagittarius
Cancer	Capricorn
Leo	Aquarius
Virgo	Pisces

February 2009

Current Astrology

	The Sun is in Gemini
	The Quarter Moon is in VirgoThe First Quarter Moon is in Virgo: All day
	Next Mercury Retrograde Aug 23 - Sep 15

Current Configurations

by Henry Seltzer

January 25th Solar Eclipse New Moon
This powerful New Moon takes place in the late night hours of Saturday and the early hours of Sunday morning, depending on location, and in addition conjuncts Jupiter in the early degrees of Aquarius while Jupiter aspects Uranus. There is a powerful Aquarius line-up involving also Mars and the North Node as well as Chiron and Neptune. This signals a period of time when the trickster energy and the scientific viewpoint of this somewhat detached sign hold sway. The eclipse hits a specific area of your chart and its energy will be felt for many months.

February 2nd First Quarter Moon
First Quarter Moon of Monday, February 2nd. The Sun and Moon in square could bring up tensions and represent the first awareness of the difficulties that are inherent in the process from New Moon to Full.

February 9th Lunar Eclipse Full Moon
Full Moon Lunar Eclipse of Monday, February 9th. The Sun is conjunct both Chiron and Neptune, and parallel Neptune, while the eclipsed Moon is contra-parallel Neptune. Chiron – Neptune brings the archetype of the Wounded Healer together with the complex Neptunian archetype of multi-dimensional reality, illusion, and confusion with the physical plane. This can be read as the pain of separation from the divine, and the necessity for forging your unique path to transcendence. It is a chime for natural religion, apart from any institutionalized concept, and for finding one's own way home. Meditation practice will prove to be especially powerful at this time. It is also an extremely propitious time for tuning in with yourself in terms of childhood wounds that may have been suppressed for years due to their traumatic nature. If you can find a safe place inside for digging into these dark realms and unlocking these difficult and perhaps painful secrets, you will be well rewarded.

February 12th Mars Reaches the Eclipse Degree
Mars reaches the eclipse degree on February 12th. This is a time when the issues that came up and were dealt with in one way at the beginning of the cycle, in late January, will be revisited. Actions may be taken at this time that parallel and in some way underscore actions taken then, based on the information gained, and the wisdom learned, since that initial beginning.

February 16th Last Quarter Moon
Last Quarter Moon of Monday, February 16th. This is traditionally the "crisis of consciousness" reached when reviewing which of the impulses from the time of the New Moon were truly viable. This is a particularly powerful configuration, with Mars exactly conjunct Jupiter and the North Node. Mars also sextiles Venus in Aries, and this is therefore a time for recognizing the importance of right relationship.

February 24th New Moon
New Moon of Tuesday, February 24th. The Pisces New Moon represents a fresh start in a new sign, but with the Aquarius line-up from the last New Moon still very prominent. In a way this New Moon will be partly looking backward to the previous one which was so powerful, and in true Pisces fashion, have a foot both in and out of the physical world. This will be however a time of breakthrough, when the thoughts and reflections over the past four week cycle translate into spiritually motivated action.