February's Horoscope Reads Like A Sci-Fi Novel, Thanks To A Taurus-Aquarius Duel

This cosmic showdown began in January: On January 6, intensifier Mars blazed into Taurus, right as the U.S. Capitol was stormed by an insurrection. Then on January 14, disrupter Uranus woke up from a five-month retrograde, joining forces with Mars on the U.S. Inauguration Day (January 20).

This is especially strong while communication and tech planet Mercury is retrograde in Aquarius from January 30 to February 20.

Aquarius is ruled by Uranus (which is currently traveling through Taurus), the only planet that spins on its side. And there will indeed be more moments that business as usual goes sideways, if not completely upside-down.

Aquarius is the sign of friendship, and Valentine's Week will feature a new moon (on February 11), the Sun, Mercury (retrograde), romantic Venus, expansive Jupiter, structured Saturn, and the asteroid Pallas Athena all in Aquarius. That's six heavenly bodies and one comet in this techie, team-driven sign. One box of vegan chocolates delivered by drone, please?

Bid adieu to the shrewd Rat, and welcome the strong and steadfast Ox. The next 12 months will be devoted to creating solid infrastructures (vaccination plans and sites, for example)—and what this "beast of burden" lacks in sexiness, it will make up for in stability.

Everything gets more entrenched during an Ox year, so it's worth considering which traditions, routines, and practices you want to uphold. You'll have stamina and stick-to-it-ive-ness for sure. But any policies put in place will be hard to overturn if the ironclad Ox has its way.

The heat of the Taurus-Aquarius clash arrives on February 17, when staunch Saturn in Aquarius crashes into its first of three intense 90-degree squares with destabilizing Uranus in Taurus. This will happen again on June 14 and December 24 and into 2022.

We see this as a divine shake-up, the continuation of 2020's work, that's uprooting outmoded systems and forcing us to build new ones that will sustain us into the rest of this Aquarian Decade and beyond. Although these squares may create initial chaos, their ultimate goal is to help us create new pillars and foundations suited to the world's rapid state of evolution.

The tone shifts a bit on February 18, when the Sun swims into watery, imaginative, and compassionate Pisces, getting us out of our heads and into our hearts. A belated V-Day visit from the love gods could arrive during Pisces season, especially once Mercury turns direct on February 20.