Henry Seltzer – The February month kicks off in the wake of the mid-January Capricorn New Moon, when all three personal planets (besides the Sun and Moon) were in the Capricorn sign. The February 9th Aquarius New Moon, on the other hand, features an Aquarius line-up that includes, now, Pluto, with Mars being only a few degrees away, entering Aquarius on the 12th.
This month therefore features the twin signs of Capricorn and Aquarius, with emphasis on the latter. There is also the long sextile, lasting the entire month, between Capricorn’s ruler, Saturn, in Pisces, and Jupiter, traditional ruler of Pisces. Because Jupiter is located in the earth sign of Taurus, there is a sort of mutual reception between the two ‘social’ planets, which are sextile to within 1° as the month begins, and only a little more than that when it ends.