Astrological Insights for Feb 16th - 29th, 2024

Tuning into Your Heart in Intimacy, Deep Friendships, and Self-Love

As we enter the last two weeks of February, Venus has a mighty full dance card, making transits with Pluto, Mars and Jupiter. This offers a great labyrinth for your heart to journey along. Your ears and voice also get encouraged in their quest to receive and transmit truth.

Feb 16th - 18th
Mercury square Uranus
Venus conjunct Pluto 
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Two different planetary aspects come into play from the 16th through the 18th, bringing your ability to “say what you need to say” in your communications with others and intensifying your relationship bonds. Mercury and Uranus will be squaring each other in the sky, and Venus will join up with Pluto in Aquarius simultaneously. This planetary configuration could make for an intense weekend of conversations, especially with relationship matters. 

When Mercury and Uranus make aspects with each other - your mind can get activated to explore finding new freedoms and experimental ideas in thoughts and communication in ways where you might typically just as easily hold yourself back. Uranus indicates a need to break free from self-imposed restrictions so you can express yourself just as you are. With the square aspect to Mercury from the 16th to the 18th, you may feel those twinkling notions emerge with an urge to get your genuine thoughts and words out. Your voice may open up unexpectedly, which can help you feel freer by speaking your truth. And, with more conscious intentionality, your words won’t have to seem so surprising if you’re feeling sudden inclinations to allow for some worthy, relevant rants and rambles you weren’t planning. This mental practice could be good; speak freely and make it clear and true!

Mercury/Uranus combos also bring out sparks of creative ideas. The 16th - 18th is also an excellent time to shift away from old habits and develop new ways of doing things. If you’ve been feeling bored in your usual routines, Uranus indicates an opening for new, exciting ideas to shake things up and see what more is possible. Notice if you’ve got fresh ideas coming to your mind. If you’re feeling impulsive with new thoughts, I recommend slowing down to check in with your body and spirit and grounding yourself before taking action so you can stay in a mindful presence that will help you feel balanced as you receive fresh downloads.

Along with the Mercury/Uranus duo, Venus and Pluto also conjoin their energies, so there’s a forecast for deepening your feelings in relationship attachments over the weekend. Venus connects us to our senses for pleasure and our need for connection to others. Pluto opens our intensity and depths towards these Venusian aspects in our lives. During this time, your feelings of connection to others and desires to give and receive love and affection may be felt more acutely and strongly - including love towards self. It’s a good time to tune in with more awareness of these needs and get a sense of where you are on your personal love and relationship scale (in deep friendships, intimacy, and self-love). 

If you’ve been more distant or feeling a lack of connections with others and would like more, the 16th - 18th may bring out more intense feelings regarding the need for this, and it would be a good time to take the initiative and reach out meaningfully to the ones you love. The Mercury/Uranus planetary aspect, in conjunction with Venus and Pluto in Aquarius, could help you open your communications with others around this as the qualities of the Aquarian Water Bearer relate similarly to the Uranian “free to be you and me” energy. 

Have you been feeling smothered by your relationships and not having the desired freedom? If so, Mercury square Uranus can have you suddenly saying the things you need to speak to break free and transform dynamics that involve unbalanced beliefs or attachments that underlie the stories that shape your relationship narratives. 

These two transits offer a beautiful window of opportunity for more unrestricted communication and deepening expressions of love. Those Cupid love arrows may well let loose and hit deep at this time, opening up new vistas in longer relationships and sparking new connections with depth and passion.  

Feb 20th - 24th
 Venus conjunct Mars


Venus’ February transits continue a dance focusing on relationships with others, continuing through the 26th as Venus joins Mars in Aquarius, followed by a square with Jupiter. 

Just after Venus moves away from joining its energy with Pluto from the 16th to the 18th, it comes in conjunction with Mars from the 20th to the 24th. Whatever strong feelings appear in the temple of your relationship attachments/connections and love needs (with self and others - see the previous section), the Mars energy can ignite more action to make things right. Whichever way things need to go that keeps you in good relationship health with yourself and others, these are supportive days to take action to cultivate that toward more incredible goodness.

Venus and Mars, in conjunction, can also activate relationship matters in general. Therefore, notice if you have an increased drive towards attending to the needs of your relationships from the 20th to the 24th. Mars connects us to taking action in our lives; it can feel like the things brewing are no longer something you can sit on. This action could even mean gathering your bravery to ask that person of interest out on a date or taking steps to move a pattern in an ongoing relationship.

Feb 24th - 26th
 Venus square Jupiter 

Following the Venus/Mars conjunction (2/20 - 2/24), Venus will transit into a square aspect with Jupiter in the sky from the 24th to the 26th, opening up more positive feelings with relationships. Venus and Jupiter are known as the benefics of astrology as more ease can be experienced when they are a part of challenging planetary aspects. Venus connects us to beauty and our inner ability to attract good things, and Jupiter indicates an expansion of optimism toward whatever comes your way. Although these two are in a hard square aspect with each other, the alchemy is still positive and expansive for your relationship connections. The connection they make at a Square might coincide with just the right time to bring positive feelings toward addressing a situation that wants your attention.

One important consideration is to notice if there are overly enthusiastic and ungrounded sensual pleasure-seeking feelings moving through you during the 24th - 26th. This energy can make you feel optimistic about over-extending yourself in ways that could take you further away from what’s in healthy alignment regarding love and relationships. I offer this tidbit of astrological interpretation between Venus and Jupiter so you can approach these days with more centeredness and awareness.  

The optimism of Jupiter and Venus is best expressed with some degree of care and circumspect attention with this square.

Feb 28th - 29th 
Mercury conjunct Saturn 

February ends with Mercury and Saturn joining their energy in conjunction on the 28th and 29th. This planetary energy can bring your mind to more focus and concentration. 

Mercury influences the mind, and Saturn represents contracting, focused, and practical energy that keeps us staying and working at things to ensure they are just right. With Saturn in the mix, accessing expansive and flowy thoughts can feel harder. These can be great days to get organized and create structure in your day to accomplish what you would like to get done. However, you may feel easily overwhelmed if you try to put too much on your task plate. Less is more when Mercury and Saturn conjunct - you will get more accomplished with less to focus on, and I recommend not overburdening yourself with a long list of to-dos. 

Your thoughts and conversations with others may also feel more restricted during the 28th - 29th. If you have an essential discussion or a presentation, do some dedicated prep work before the 28th. Otherwise, your mind may struggle with overthinking the perfect delivery of what you’d like to say if you prepare on the 28th/29th. Saturn and Mercury can connect you to speaking with more authority with whatever you’re addressing; just make sure you come in knowing what you want to say, allowing you to have a more successful outcome versus making it up on the fly. 

This period is ideal for activities requiring greater structure and organization to your thought process.

With astrology, the most helpful advice is always individual and personalized based
on your astrology birth chart and life situations.

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