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2/6 Mercury sextile Uranus
     Jupiter sextile Pluto
2/7 Venus conjunct Chiron
2/8 Venus conjunct Neptune
2/10 Mercury enters Aquarius
2/11 Venus enters Pisces
2/12 Mercury trine Saturn
2/13 Mercury opposite Mars
     New Moon 25 Aquarius, 9:51 pm
2/14 Sun conjunct Chiron and Neptune
2/15 Venus sextile Pluto
     Mars sextile Saturn
2/16 Venus conjunct Jupiter
     Chiron conjunct Neptune
2/18 Sun enters Pisces
2/23 Sun sextile Pluto
2/26 Mercury sextile Ceres
2/27 Mercury conjunct Neptune
     Mercury conjunct Chiron
2/28 Sun opposite Jupiter
     Full Moon 10 Virgo, 11:38 am

February begins on the heels of a powerful Full Leo Moon on January 30 that is full of fire with a conjunction to Mars , making it nearly impossible to ignore the necessity to balance our ideals (Aquarian Sun) with the urgency of our own needs (Moon/Mars in Leo). This powerful lunar event occurred on the very day of the square from Saturn to Pluto that has been requiring a realignment and recalibration of what we consider to be our reality.

This is the second phase of the square from Saturn to Pluto (the first one occurred back in November of last year). This combination is rather like the influence of a teacher who is gentle in his strong guidance, but who when crossed reveals a formidable temper. On a personal level this cycle can have the effect of forcing us to recognize what is real in our lives and what is illusion; on a global level it reveals all of the cracks and chinks in the structures upon which we rely for order and security.

To complicate matters a bit, we are also seeing Chiron and Neptune move ever so closer to their exact conjunction. As the month begins they are less than a degree apart, and their culmination will occur on February 16th. The opening of the heart and the soul and the flood of outpouring of emotion of this planetary combination can inspire us to the height of spiritual ecstasy if we allow the energy of emotion to flow through our physical bodies. If this emotional energy is uncomfortable or painful we may want to resist or repress the flow and this can result in a weakening of the immune system.

So the combination of the Saturn/Pluto square and the Chiron/Neptune conjunction is at its peak in February which is likely to intensify all of our experiences. The Chiron/Neptune cycle is all about healing and unfolding, and the Saturn/Pluto cycle is more about contracting and rebalancing. Don't be surprised if you feel everything all at once under these two influences, and just let the energy of what you're feeling move freely.

We are under a strong Aquarian influence right now with four planets in Aquarius including the Sun, Venus, Chiron and Neptune. Aquarius is a very mental sign that seeks rational explanations for everything, and that is less and less possible where Chiron and Neptune are concerned. Neptune is connecting us to the divine within through the assistance of Chiron's emotional surgery, and the mind can get in the way. What Aquarius can teach us though is that emotions are energy, and it's only the story that we attach to the emotions that create the emotional pain.

The chart for the Full Moon includes a harmonious sextile from Jupiter to Pluto which inspires us to seek the ultimate truth (Jupiter) so that we can let go of the past and anything which no longer serves us (Pluto) . This aspect continues to affect us until it culminates on February 6th so for the entire first week we have the beneficial aid of this thirst for knowledge and wisdom. A sextile from Mercury (mind and mental processing) to Uranus (higher mind and intuition) on the 6th helps to satisfy that thirst and opens our mind so that we can really process our experiences on an intellectual level and convert any emotional drama into divine understanding.

On the 7th and 8th Venus links up with first Chiron and then Neptune, personalizing the conjunction and helping us to use this healing flow of emotional clearing in our relationships and our relationship to everything that we value.

Mercury enters Aquarius on February 10th, followed the next day by Venus leaving Aquarius for Pisces. While Mercury is in Aquarius (for the rest of the month) the mind (Mercury) is full of new ideas and brilliant new discoveries, while Venus turns her attention from the realm of reason to the world of Spirit and flow. Venus in Pisces brings us additional creativity which is encouraged by the Aquarian inventiveness of the mind (Mercury).

That inventiveness begins to take form on the 12th when Mercury forms a harmonious trine to Saturn, stabilizing the mental process and encouraging avenues of expression in which something practical is created. This stability is threatened a bit the following day with a stressful opposition from Mercury to Mars (aggression) and the Aquarian New Moon.

New Moons are times of new beginnings, when the solar principle of consciousness and ego development (Sun) conjoins the lunar instinctive principle governing that which is more hidden (Moon). This New Moon is in Aquarius and aligns within a degree with Chiron and Neptune, so the Sun, Moon, Chiron and Neptune are all powerfully aligned as a tremendous force for healing and integration on a soul level. With the energy of this New Moon it's time to integrate all of the lessons of emotional balance that Chiron and Neptune have been teaching since February of 2009 when they first aligned, and move forward in a completely new direction. This visionary Aquarian influence is all about getting un-stuck and using the power of the mind and reason to move us out of dead areas of our lives and into new beginnings.

This New Moon also includes a harmonious sextile from Venus (relating) to Pluto (transformation) that helps us to get real in all of our dealing with others, and another pleasant sextile from Mars (assertiveness) to Saturn (discipline) which helps us to create a solid plan in our life to help us to move forward. These two influences culminate on the 15th, followed by the exact conjunction of Chiron and Neptune along with a fusing of Venus to Jupiter that showers good fortune and the ability to recognize it.

The Sun enters Pisces on February 18, joining Jupiter and Venus in the sign of the Mystic. The increased Pisces influence brings with it an increase of sensitivity and an awareness of the interconnectedness of all things. Suddenly boundaries and barriers are more permeable, and our experience of our world changes and becomes more magical and creative.

On the 23rd when the Sun forms a harmonious sextile to Pluto and for a few days afterwards there is a very pleasant sense of control over our Universe and an ability to make things happen, and with a sextile from Mercury to Ceres on the 26th we become more conscious and aware of the ways in which we can empower our physical body as well. This softens the effect of a conjunction of Mercury to both Chiron and Neptune on the 27th which can activate our emotional memories but can also enhance our creativity.

Which brings us to the last day of the month, February 28th, and a Full Moon in Virgo that includes the Sun in a tight conjunction to Jupiter and therefore opposite the Virgo Moon. In a Full Moon the Moon and the Sun are opposite each other from our earthly perspective, and the Moon's light of instinctive emotions and the illumination of the inner world shines brightly, unrestricted by the call of the Sun for a more conscious experience of the world.

In Pisces the Sun is less Self-oriented and more transcendent, and a conjunction of the Sun to Jupiter seeks a broader experience of the world than a Self-centered orientation can provide and offers the possibility of great success and a powerful vision. With four planets in Pisces and three in Aquarius during this lunar event there is an intense idealistic quality. Aquarian idealism is intellectual, and Piscean idealism is emotional - combining the two offers up a banquet of visionary longing for a world that offers greater perfection than the one we actually live in.

The Virgo Moon resists this broadening of the scope of our experience and prefers to be grounded in the mundane details of life in physical form. It anchors us into a heart of practical reality where we are able to make the small changes that can ultimately result in the satisfaction of the larger Aquarius/Pisces vision. In any case, this lunation will impel us to seek more from our lives - to align with our center of Spirit and from there, create change in the material world in which we live.

This enlightening Full Moon will lead us into March which will be a much quieter month from a planetary perspective. For a few weeks we will have an opportunity to integrate much of what we have assimilated over the past few months with so many powerful planetary alignments. This Full Moon can be an opportunity for us to realign our vision and move more fully into the future with greater conscious awareness.