Pisces Astrocast February 2008

February 2008 Astrocast

Key Events:

New Moon: 02/07/2008 (Annular Eclipse)

Full Moon: 02/21/2008 (Lunar Eclipse)

Mercury Direct: 02/20/2008

RX Planets: Saturn until 05/03

This should be an interesting month for you fishies as there's quite a bit of activity in your Natural 12th House of inspiration, insights, spirituality and dreams, which is your zodiacal domain and more than likely favorite place to be. During the first week of the month, Mercury, Mars, and your Sign Ruler, Neptune, are all interacting in what should be a favorable way. During this time Mercury will be retrograde, which will be in effect until February 19, just before the Sun enters your Sign. When planets are retrograde, it internalizes their energy, which in Mercury's case means it's a good time for redoing, reworking, rethinking, or re-about-anything. Your friend, Neptune, is in close conference with the communication king from February 1 - 8, which will provide an extra dose of inspiration toward whatever it is in this area of your life that requires consideration.

There's a high probability that it also relates to your home environment in some manner, since both Mercury and Neptune are also in a nice, harmonious trine to Mars, who's in your Natural 4th House of, you guessed it, home environment. Mars delivers all sorts of drive and energy and it's worthy of note that he just came out of retrograde himself, meaning you were driving with the brakes on regarding something related to your home or family over the past few months. The brake is now off and so it's time to move forward with something. As one of the most intuitive signs, as Water Signs tend to be, you more than likely already know what this is. That energy boost will remain in force, cranking up your imagination, until the 12th, so put it to good use. Between February 6 - 9, something unexpected may occur related to this same issue as Uranus throws a rather scratchy aspect to all those inspired thoughts, but it's not likely to be a show-stopper. Another caution is called for relative to this planet with the funny name for those of you born between March 5 - 11. This could bring a surprise or unexpected event to you personally, which might not necessarily be bad, but you need to keep an eye out and not take any unnecessary chances, just in case.

Also during the first week of the month, there should be something of a very favorable nature going on relative to your Natural 11th House, which comprises your activities within organizations, your circle of friends, work groups, or your hopes and wishes. This will be felt the strongest by those who were born a few days one way or the other of February 28 and represent an early birthday present from the universe. This particular gift will occur from February 1 - 6, as friendly Venus and expansive Jupiter engage in a passionate embrace in Capricorn. This is one of those aspects that could easily fall under the category of "as good as it gets." Both are benefic planets, so when they get together it's usually cause for celebration. Venus usually bodes well for your love life, finances, or just about anything else, and Jupiter tends to expand anything it touches, so do the math. Since that's probably not one of your favorite subjects, I'll give you a hint, and that is that this should be like a zodiacal kiss to your inspiration and spirituality. The New Moon on the 7th occurs in this same neighborhood, i.e. Aquarius, which also implies something new is coming in this area. As an eclipse, it has even more punch than the usual garden variety New Moon as what it ushers in is likely to be part of your life until September. Therefore, this is something that appears to be rather pleasant and worth looking forward to this month.

On February 18, Venus will slip into Aquarius, providing good vibes for your 12th House issues as well. Between February 22 and the end of March she'll be in cahoots with Mercury, who comes out of retrograde a day later, providing some serious enhancement to your ability to communicate what ever you are thinking and/or experiencing to anyone else. This will even improve your own understanding and clarify some of what probably began the first week of the month when Mercury was in conference with Neptune. Remember that Mercury was retrograde, or seeming to move backwards at that time, so is now coming back through the same territory through which he passed earlier in the month. On the 29th, Jupiter may provide a distraction of some sort, but it may only be a sanity check or touch of reality that will ultimately improve or solidify whatever is going on in your spiritual life.

On the 20th two fairly important events occur, i.e., the Sun moves into Pisces and the Full Moon will occur in Virgo, your Natural 7th House of relationships. Even as New Moons tend to herald new beginning, Full Moons tend to indicate a culmination. Since this is also an eclipse, it's likely that it will indicate the ending of a phase relative to a one-on-one relationship of some sort. Bear in mind that the 7th House isn't just about romantic relationships, but include close friends and business partnerships as well. Thus, expect a change or ending regarding your interactions with someone in your life.

A few days later, the Sun will oppose Saturn, who is also in your Natural 7th House. Saturn just entered Virgo last fall and has been retrograde since mid-December. Saturn is the task-master of the planetary set whose job it is to remind us of our responsibilities, obligations, and also can kick-start our ambitions. While hanging out in your 7th house he's likely to remind you of what it takes to build and maintain a healthy relationship and your part therein. He'll be there for a couple of years, so this process will be a somewhat lengthy one. Between February 22 - 27 he'll be opposite the Pisces Sun, which will undoubtedly bring your attention to something you need to work on in this venue. Listen up and heed what he has to say. The planets are excellent instructors and know how to locate any weakness we may have and make sure it's brought to our attention so we can fix it. If we don't, similar circumstances will find us again. Once we achieve the intended growth, we have the equivalent of an astrological vaccine that will make future transits pass us by unscathed.

This should be a busy and interesting month that appears to hold some significant events that you should enjoy tremendously. It looks like some internal changes of perhaps a spiritual nature, or possibly just some good ol' fashioned inspiration is afoot relative to your family, that you'll be motivated to implement and will possibly be a theme you'll be working for the next several months. You can also need to be thinking about what you can do to achieve better relationships with those around you, which Saturn will be helping you with over the next few years. Meanwhile, enjoy the various good things coming your way this month. With Valentines Day there in the middle, there's no telling what will occur.