Pricey pals,
Welcome to Eclipse Season, the Year of the Fire Horse, and the begin of a brand new Saturn-Neptune cycle that runs for 35 years.
The New Moon in Aquarius ushers in these occasions on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM Jap US time. The chart — which you’ll scroll all the way down to view! — is a remarkably tight, extremely targeted “bundle” sample, with practically all of the planets crowded in between the levels of 4 Aquarius and 24 Aries, and tucked into the Twelfth, First, and Second Homes of the chart when solid for Washington, DC.
Many of the planets are in duets or triplets: pairs or trios positioned at the identical diploma of the identical signal, making all the identical features in fast succession. These embody the Solar and Moon, completely conjunct at 28 levels, 49 minutes Aquarius; in addition to Vesta and Mars each at 19 Aquarius; Venus and the North Node each at 8 Pisces, with Pallas Athena by their facet at 7 Pisces; Saturn and Neptune each at 0 Aries (getting ready to get married on February twentieth); and Ceres, Chiron, and Eris holding arms at 20, 23, and 24 Aries respectively.
As a result of the planets in Aquarius, Pisces, and Aries are positioned so shut collectively, the solely massive configuration on this New Moon Eclipse sky is a T-square shaped by outliers Juno in Capricorn and Jupiter in Most cancers together with Chiron and Ceres in Aries. This T-square shoots disruptive power into the middle-Libra part of your natal chart. In the meantime, the different outlier, Uranus in Taurus, continues to be conjunct the mounted star of beheading. The reality is, it’s anyone’s sport.
Put together for extra shocks, surprises, breakthroughs, the unveiling of mysteries. and disruption of norms and expectations: every part we’ve been seeing in the world since Neptune, God of Goals, pierced by way of the fog and entered into Aries on January twenty sixth — now amped up! The sky is just going to get extra passionate and insistent, now that we’re formally in Eclipse season and getting into the time of the Fire Horse in Lunar astrology.
The final Year of the Horse in the aspect of Fire happened in 1966, a time of protest actions and civic unrest right here in the United States. Fire Horse individuals are charismatic, unpredictable, daring, and frisky. In the 12 months forward, collectively, we’ll be blazing new trails and (thank Heavens!) blazing them QUICKLY. It’s an ideal 12 months for self-reinvention.
So as to add to all this: on Friday, February twentieth, three days after the New Moon Eclipse, Saturn and Neptune are getting married on the World Level of 0 Aries: 0 levels, 45 minutes, to be exact. The God of Construction and the God of Goals meet solely as soon as each 35 years, and this time they’re assembly on the very FIRST diploma of the entire Zodiac. Along with seeding a brand new 35-year cycle round the psychological work of individuation and awakening — Saturn and Uranus will activate all of our Draconic charts, which illustrate our private mission and function in life.
If you happen to’d prefer to study extra about the energies of the New Moon in Aquarius, the winter Eclipse season, your Draconic chart, and/or the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, I invite you to affix me on Monday night, February sixteenth, 2026, at 7:30 PM Jap for a really particular version of my month-to-month New Moon webinar!
Wishing a really comfortable Lunar New Year to all who rejoice!
Massive hugs, Anne
The New Moon in Aquarius
Chart for Washington, DC
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
7:00 AM Jap US time
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