THE MONTH AHEAD
FEBRUARY 2012
intelligent astrology to make your life work better
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AQUARIUS
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1 February
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Venus opposes Mars
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3 February
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Neptune enters Pisces until 2026
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7 February
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Full Moon 18 degrees Leo
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Saturn turns retrograde
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8 February
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Venus enters Aries
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9 February
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Venus conjuncts Uranus
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13 February
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Mercury enters Pisces
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14 February
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Mercury conjuncts Neptune
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Mercury conjuncts Chiron
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15 February
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Venus squares Pluto
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18 February
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Sun trines Saturn
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PISCES
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19 February
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Sun enters Pisces
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Sun conjuncts Neptune
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Sun conjuncts Chiron
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21 February
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New Moon at 2 degrees Pisces
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23 February
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Mercury opposite Mars
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February Mantra: Nothing is what it seems
February 2012 will be an extremely diffuse, confusing and changeable time when many points and planets join together in Pisces, the Mutable Water 12th sign. Two huge shifts happen on February 3rd and 7th. Neptune the mysterious outer planet enters his own territory for the first time since 1844 to stay until 2026 completely revolutionising fashion, religion, culture, politics and technology. Then Saturn the Dweller on the Threshold between the inner and outer planets turns backwards for 5 months until June 25th.
Halfway through February, both Mercury and the Sun conjunct Neptune and Chiron then the New Moon on February 21st sits right between both of them. There is a unique concentration of asteroids in Aquarius/Pisces and Aries; Ceres, Pallas and Vesta all conjunct Outer planets making February a gateway into new times. with an amazing grouping of planets in a bowl shaped chart.
The next 3 weeks will be memorable; the sort of time you look back on and say "that was when........".
Dates for your diary: move forward with plans on February 1, 11-14, 16-19, 23-27.
Take it easy February 8-10
If you want to understand what's going on in the world and in your own life look to Saturn retrograde in late Libra, Neptune in early Pisces and Mars retrograde in mid Virgo. It's all about endings, loss and harsh reality impinging on our constructs which have been keeping us together psychologically. We will all feel confused in strange territory and at the mercy of external events. Neptune's influence will be felt most when he turns retrograde in June then back to direct motion in December. In 2011 when Neptune dipped a toe briefly into Pisces along with Chiron, we experienced the Japanese tsunami.
The most effective means of navigating such astrological currents is to be like the bamboo; let the cosmic winds blow through you, not resisting but allowing whatever happens to happen. I know it's sometimes excruciatingly hard to accept what is; I've been there and am there as we speak but the alternative is worse in the long run. Outer planet transits ask deep questions; it's up to each of us to weave the answers into our own design: be at cause, not at effect.
© copyright Lorna Bevan 2012
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