Aquarius embodies the strain popularized by Esther Perel’s work round folks’s reconciling dueling drives for connection and autonomy. We’ll all be pulled to reconcile that paradox inside ourselves this month.
For this reason it is at all times struck us as so astrologically incorrect for Valentine’s Day—not less than in its conventional type—to fall throughout Aquarius season. Is it someway karmic that people ought to rejoice love throughout a time that we’re meant to give attention to our individuality? Simply 4 quick days later, the Solar strikes into wind-swept and romantic Pisces. A teensy calendar nudge and this Hallmark vacation could be proper on model.
This month, V-Day will serve up a Sagittarius moon, making us all even extra adventurous and impartial. Decadent Sagittarius will fortunately inhale the chef’s tasting menu, sparing no expense. However that is extra an atmosphere of laughter and enjoyable, not heavy sentiment or tear-jerker trappings. In case you’ve acquired the time and the dime to journey, a fast romantic getaway might be pretty beneath these globe-trotting moonbeams.
Worry not: You’ll be able to nonetheless get sentimental. Venus is cozied up in shut conjunction with fantasy planet Neptune (their precise alignment is February 15), and each are in Pisces. That should compensate for the Sagittarius moon making every little thing right into a crass, fifth-grade joke proper when somebody makes an earnest, heartfelt confession.
Different probabilities to rejoice love this month? You can attempt the February 5 Leo full moon, when our hearts are open and affixed to our sleeves. Nevertheless, this full moon shall be in a difficult T-square to the Aquarius Solar and destabilizing Uranus in Taurus. Drama has a robust risk of breaking out as we speak, particularly if you happen to’re not good at sharing energy or compromise.
However hey, there are different issues in life (and February) in addition to romance. The Leo full moon is a perfect second to place one among your skills on show or to have interaction in some much-needed enjoyable.
Does that sound frivolous? Assume once more. Enjoyable really triggers the neurotransmitter oxytocin (aka the love hormone), which is proven to have main stress-reducing results that all of us sorely want. Given our worldwide pandemic PTSD, this looks like a no brainer antidote to begin reclaiming the enjoyment and spontaneity that Leo and Aquarius each focus on. (Really useful studying/audiobook: The Enjoyable Behavior: How the Pursuit of Pleasure and Surprise Can Change Your Life by Michael Rucker.)
In case you actually wish to give up to the symphony of your soul, you possibly can additionally watch for the February 20 Pisces new moon. That day, Cupid will restock his holster with contemporary arrows, and the world shall be in full Pisces receptivity—a lot better circumstances for togetherness.