Cancer Monthly Horoscope
February 2024 Horoscope: Predictions for Cancer
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Overview for this Month: Cancer (All)
February 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
Relationship needs have been making headlines in your life recently, dear Cancer, and this month, the more intimate aspects of sharing with a special someone become your primary concern. Instead, the urge for self-transformation can be strong, and it's a fine time to kick a bad habit and eliminate wasteful activities. You're exploring your relationship goals further in February. You can benefit from more power behind the scenes and an incredible ability to put something negative behind you.
It's also a month for taking charge of finances, especially those shared with others, debts, and loans. If necessary, it can be a good time to borrow or settle debts. Either way, dealing with debt now tends to generate positive outcomes. People are investing in you now. Your relationship with yourself is evolving--you're connecting with your deeper desires and needs--as are your attitudes toward dependencies on others, finances, and intimacy.
Planets meeting Pluto this month in your solar eighth house highlight the evolution and changes in how you connect with others on intimate levels and your passion projects. Dealing with the hidden aspects of yourself can be transformative. As well, healing activities and abilities can figure strongly.
Intimate relationships or passion projects can turn a corner and transform. There can be more intensity in a relationship, or you feel strongly about eliminating something unhealthy from your life. You can also be determined to uncover the truth on a matter. If you’ve been frustrated with a situation or feeling overly attached, you’ll want to do something about it now. Ideally, events in February put you in touch with your deeper desires, leading to exciting discoveries. You crave something deeper from your relationships or pursuits.
In many ways, February is a period of review and refinement for you. Reviewing strategies is usually wiser this month than putting them into action. Money, insurance, debts, taxes, and possessions may be important topics for you now. Honest communication on emotionally-charged topics, such as power dynamics and shared finances, is the way through. The New Moon on the 9th can bring a surprise or turning point involving money, support, or attachments. Awakening to feelings – even old ones – feel new this month. It's a powerful period for self-discovery. You’re tidying up on an emotional level, making room for the good stuff to enter your life. However, partnerships require some back and forth, adjustments, and conflicts before they become more comfortable.
Your appeal is strong, mysterious, and deep, especially around the 21st to the 22nd. It’s an exciting time for love and desires or a significant personal discovery. Indeed, you can experience powerful emotions, attractions, and discoveries. There can be a sudden emergence of a buried desire to discover and manage. You may be putting more energy and love into your private life, an intimate relationship, research, or investigation. Combining your resources or talents with someone can be beneficial for reaching a goal, and getting financial or moral support is almost effortless now. Feelings you buried or overlooked in recent times can emerge now and surprise you with their strength--or their truth!
Keep in mind that you’re bringing out strong reactions and feelings in others, whether or not it’s your intention! There can be passion, romance, and pleasure, although some extremes are also possible. Others are challenging you to experience new things or emotions.
Later in the month, you'll also begin to focus on learning, expanding your knowledge of a subject, and connecting with people who broaden your horizons or whom you help guide or teach. On the 18th, the Sun heads into your sector of spirit and adventure, stirring your need to learn, share ideas, and reach out beyond the usual routine of your life. Mercury follows suit on the 23rd, adding more mental energy to these pursuits.
The Full Moon on the 24th can stir some drama in your immediate environment, or it can be a time for reaping the rewards of recent projects or learning efforts. If you’ve been avoiding your daily affairs, you now need to bring back more balance to your life. In the last few days of February, you can feel a great need to make productive use of your time, especially mentally. It’s an excellent time to boost your practical skills, and serious discussions are possible. You’re at a critical juncture for reassessing goals and recognizing your priorities. The need to concentrate, focus, and specialize makes itself known. Ideally, you can make new and improved plans to reach your goals.
Cancer (Born June 22 to July 1) and Cancer Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Cancer:
February 2024 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
February 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until February 18th:
The Sun continues to highlight your solar eighth house. Your attention turns inward, as well as to close personal relationships on a deeper level. Personal transformations, personal power, and intimate matters fulfill you most during this cycle. There may be a strong focus on other's money, such as the resources of a partner, inheritance, banking and loans, or taxes.
You are more intense in your mood and disposition, and perhaps even secretive, at this time of year. You are more in touch with the deeper and even primal elements of your own personality, and more able to see these things in others. This can be a determined and personally powerful time of year if you apply the energy of this transit constructively.
From February 19th forward:
This month, with the Sun spotlighting your solar ninth house, your focus turns outward, away from the more personal concerns that have occupied your thoughts in the last months. More than any other time during the year, you are feeling most adventurous and willing to take a leap of faith. This is a cycle in which you seek a higher meaning to your life, and/or seek out new experiences that take you beyond the here and now, and beyond the mundane details of day-to-day life. Anything that broadens your experiences attracts now.
A lack of superficiality finds you straight to the point, interested in the truth of things. It would be wise for you to consider scheduling a vacation, adventure of sorts, or a course that expands your mind. These don't have to happen now, but taking the time to recognize your needs for escaping the daily grind, taking a few risks, and feeding your spirit for self-expression through some form of adventure or higher learning, will help you to feel good about yourself. The only caution with this cycle is that you could lose touch with managing everyday affairs and important details.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until February 16th:
Venus continues her trek through your partnership sector. Meaningful and harmonious relationships--both social and romantic--define you during this cycle, affecting your mind, body, and soul. Financial or social success may come to or through your marriage partner at this time. Special attention to and from a partner is in focus, and flattery works to your advantage! Give to a partner exactly what you would like to receive just now. It's not about you right now--it's about someone else close. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. You have a greater need than usual for contact and exchange with an intimate partner. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections.
From February 16th forward:
Venus graces your solar eighth house now. During this cycle, a financial boost is possible, or you may gain financially through your partner. A deep and intimate connection made now could be revitalizing and even healing. You are more inclined to want to smooth over differences in a partnership concerning the sharing of power, intimacy matters, finances, and other emotionally-charged topics. Intimate relationships are intensified now. Either you or your partner want a deeper union.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until the 4th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar seventh house. You can be especially aware of your "audience" in your communications now, which tend to be diplomatic and respectful during this cycle. You may be encountering an especially chatty or communicative partner, or meeting youthful, talkative people.
At this time, you love to hear others' opinions and perspectives, and it's an excellent time to do so. Others can spur on your own thinking and decision making processes now, simply by offering another perspective. You are thinking a lot about others, a partner, and relating in general, and in some cases perhaps worrying over these things.
From February 5th to 22nd:
Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.
Research is also highly favored. It's easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.
From February 23rd forward:
Mercury transits your solar ninth house. Not content to focus on mundane, practical affairs just now, your mind turns to bigger visions, thoughts, and ideals. You are open to expanding your knowledge base during this cycle, and communications from or with someone far away may be part of the picture.
You are putting everything into perspective now, rather than compartmentalizing. Instead of simply shooting the breeze, you are more inclined to discuss broader philosophies now. Your inclination during this cycle is to think about the "big picture" rather than the mundane circumstances and details of your life. Missing appointments and other forms of forgetfulness could be part of the picture now.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 12th:
Mars continues to move through your solar seventh house. During this period, strife is possible in your close personal relationships, as a significant other is now mirroring some of your own issues with assertiveness and anger. Attracting aggression in others during this cycle is a clue that there are unresolved issues within that need tending. You might actually seek some form of conflict, whether intentionally or not, in order to deal with these issues. There can be competitiveness in your life now. Any troublesome issues that have been dormant in a relationship are likely to surface, and can now be handled straightforwardly.
From the 13th onward:
Mars energizes your solar eighth house now. Sexuality and intimacy are stimulated under this transit. Negative expression of this energy is the tendency towards ego conflicts concerning jointly held property or money. Conflicts with partners over values or possessions are possible. Occasionally, this transit could bring a crisis or ending of some kind. Something you hear about now might disturb or touch you deeply. You are likely to be more strategic in your actions during this period, as you become aware of the subtleties of human interaction. This is a time when your best course of action is to recognize that you need, or rely on, others for support.
Overview Horoscope:
February 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
Relationship needs have been making headlines in your life recently, dear Cancer, and this month, the more intimate aspects of sharing with a special someone become your primary concern. Instead, the urge for self-transformation can be strong, and it's a fine time to kick a bad habit and eliminate wasteful activities. You're exploring your relationship goals further in February. You can benefit from more power behind the scenes and an incredible ability to put something negative behind you.
It's also a month for taking charge of finances, especially those shared with others, debts, and loans. If necessary, it can be a good time to borrow or settle debts. Either way, dealing with debt now tends to generate positive outcomes. People are investing in you now. Your relationship with yourself is evolving--you're connecting with your deeper desires and needs--as are your attitudes toward dependencies on others, finances, and intimacy.
Planets meeting Pluto this month in your solar eighth house highlight the evolution and changes in how you connect with others on intimate levels and your passion projects. Dealing with the hidden aspects of yourself can be transformative. As well, healing activities and abilities can figure strongly.
Intimate relationships or passion projects can turn a corner and transform. There can be more intensity in a relationship, or you feel strongly about eliminating something unhealthy from your life. You can also be determined to uncover the truth on a matter. If you’ve been frustrated with a situation or feeling overly attached, you’ll want to do something about it now. Ideally, events in February put you in touch with your deeper desires, leading to exciting discoveries. You crave something deeper from your relationships or pursuits.
In many ways, February is a period of review and refinement for you. Reviewing strategies is usually wiser this month than putting them into action. Money, insurance, debts, taxes, and possessions may be important topics for you now. Honest communication on emotionally-charged topics, such as power dynamics and shared finances, is the way through. The New Moon on the 9th can bring a surprise or turning point involving money, support, or attachments. Awakening to feelings – even old ones – feel new this month. It's a powerful period for self-discovery. You’re tidying up on an emotional level, making room for the good stuff to enter your life. However, partnerships require some back and forth, adjustments, and conflicts before they become more comfortable.
Your appeal is strong, mysterious, and deep, especially around the 21st to the 22nd. It’s an exciting time for love and desires or a significant personal discovery. Indeed, you can experience powerful emotions, attractions, and discoveries. There can be a sudden emergence of a buried desire to discover and manage. You may be putting more energy and love into your private life, an intimate relationship, research, or investigation. Combining your resources or talents with someone can be beneficial for reaching a goal, and getting financial or moral support is almost effortless now. Feelings you buried or overlooked in recent times can emerge now and surprise you with their strength--or their truth!
Keep in mind that you’re bringing out strong reactions and feelings in others, whether or not it’s your intention! There can be passion, romance, and pleasure, although some extremes are also possible. Others are challenging you to experience new things or emotions.
Later in the month, you'll also begin to focus on learning, expanding your knowledge of a subject, and connecting with people who broaden your horizons or whom you help guide or teach. On the 18th, the Sun heads into your sector of spirit and adventure, stirring your need to learn, share ideas, and reach out beyond the usual routine of your life. Mercury follows suit on the 23rd, adding more mental energy to these pursuits.
The Full Moon on the 24th can stir some drama in your immediate environment, or it can be a time for reaping the rewards of recent projects or learning efforts. If you’ve been avoiding your daily affairs, you now need to bring back more balance to your life. In the last few days of February, you can feel a great need to make productive use of your time, especially mentally. It’s an excellent time to boost your practical skills, and serious discussions are possible. You’re at a critical juncture for reassessing goals and recognizing your priorities. The need to concentrate, focus, and specialize makes itself known. Ideally, you can make new and improved plans to reach your goals.
See also general trends for Cancer in 2024.
See also detailed 2024 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.
Cancer (Born July 2 to 12)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Cancer:
February 2024 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
February 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun energizes your sector of transformation, change, sexuality, personal growth, regeneration, others' money and resources, addictions, and taxes. As a result, this is not the most gregarious of months for you. You take a step back, focus on intimacy with a partner, or simply retreat a little from the hectic pace of life. This is an excellent time to create a budget or financial plan, or to rid yourself of bad habits that undermine your sense of personal power and self-mastery.
All that is deeply personal comes into focus now. Intimate matters are especially important to you during this cycle. Just how well you are handling your life comes up for inspection. Your self-mastery skills and psychological predisposition matter to you more than usual. This is the time of year when you are most desirous of change on a deep level. Clearing out psychic "junk" or ridding yourself of bad habits may be part of the picture now. You are more willing than usual to explore life's secrets.
This cycle brings greater in-depth understanding and an inclination to delve beneath the surface of matters to get to the bottom of them. Research uncovers new material that allows you to develop a better overall picture of the year's events. This is an especially introspective cycle during which you have the chance to truly uncover your personal strengths and talents. On a more practical level, you may be dealing with joint finances and shared resources now more than usual.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until February 24th:
Venus graces your solar seventh house during this period. This is a time for extra attention to a partner or significant other, as well as from that person! You are more inclined to flatter and charm others during this cycle. One-to-one relating appeals to you more than group activities or more casual connections. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections--very willing to compromise, negotiate, and make peace.
From February 24th forward:
Venus graces your solar eighth house now. During this cycle, a financial boost is possible, or you may gain financially through your partner. A deep and intimate connection made now could be revitalizing and even healing. You are more inclined to want to smooth over differences in a partnership concerning the sharing of power, intimacy matters, finances, and other emotionally-charged topics. Intimate relationships are intensified now. Either you or your partner want a deeper union.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until the 11th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar seventh house. You can be especially aware of your "audience" in your communications now, which tend to be diplomatic and respectful during this cycle. You may be encountering an especially chatty or communicative partner, or meeting youthful, talkative people.
At this time, you love to hear others' opinions and perspectives, and it's an excellent time to do so. Others can spur on your own thinking and decision making processes now, simply by offering another perspective. You are thinking a lot about others, a partner, and relating in general, and in some cases perhaps worrying over these things.
From February 11th forward:
Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.
Research is also highly favored. It's easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 25th:
Mars continues to move through your solar seventh house. During this period, strife is possible in your close personal relationships, as a significant other is now mirroring some of your own issues with assertiveness and anger. Attracting aggression in others during this cycle is a clue that there are unresolved issues within that need tending. You might actually seek some form of conflict, whether intentionally or not, in order to deal with these issues. There can be competitiveness in your life now. Any troublesome issues that have been dormant in a relationship are likely to surface, and can now be handled straightforwardly.
From the 26th forward:
Mars energizes your solar eighth house now. Sexuality and intimacy are stimulated under this transit. Negative expression of this energy is the tendency towards ego conflicts concerning jointly held property or money. Conflicts with partners over values or possessions are possible. Occasionally, this transit could bring a crisis or ending of some kind. Something you hear about now might disturb or touch you deeply. You are likely to be more strategic in your actions during this period, as you become aware of the subtleties of human interaction. This is a time when your best course of action is to recognize that you need, or rely on, others for support.
Overview Horoscope:
February 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
Relationship needs have been making headlines in your life recently, dear Cancer, and this month, the more intimate aspects of sharing with a special someone become your primary concern. Instead, the urge for self-transformation can be strong, and it's a fine time to kick a bad habit and eliminate wasteful activities. You're exploring your relationship goals further in February. You can benefit from more power behind the scenes and an incredible ability to put something negative behind you.
It's also a month for taking charge of finances, especially those shared with others, debts, and loans. If necessary, it can be a good time to borrow or settle debts. Either way, dealing with debt now tends to generate positive outcomes. People are investing in you now. Your relationship with yourself is evolving--you're connecting with your deeper desires and needs--as are your attitudes toward dependencies on others, finances, and intimacy.
Planets meeting Pluto this month in your solar eighth house highlight the evolution and changes in how you connect with others on intimate levels and your passion projects. Dealing with the hidden aspects of yourself can be transformative. As well, healing activities and abilities can figure strongly.
Intimate relationships or passion projects can turn a corner and transform. There can be more intensity in a relationship, or you feel strongly about eliminating something unhealthy from your life. You can also be determined to uncover the truth on a matter. If you’ve been frustrated with a situation or feeling overly attached, you’ll want to do something about it now. Ideally, events in February put you in touch with your deeper desires, leading to exciting discoveries. You crave something deeper from your relationships or pursuits.
In many ways, February is a period of review and refinement for you. Reviewing strategies is usually wiser this month than putting them into action. Money, insurance, debts, taxes, and possessions may be important topics for you now. Honest communication on emotionally-charged topics, such as power dynamics and shared finances, is the way through. The New Moon on the 9th can bring a surprise or turning point involving money, support, or attachments. Awakening to feelings – even old ones – feel new this month. It's a powerful period for self-discovery. You’re tidying up on an emotional level, making room for the good stuff to enter your life. However, partnerships require some back and forth, adjustments, and conflicts before they become more comfortable.
Your appeal is strong, mysterious, and deep, especially around the 21st to the 22nd. It’s an exciting time for love and desires or a significant personal discovery. Indeed, you can experience powerful emotions, attractions, and discoveries. There can be a sudden emergence of a buried desire to discover and manage. You may be putting more energy and love into your private life, an intimate relationship, research, or investigation. Combining your resources or talents with someone can be beneficial for reaching a goal, and getting financial or moral support is almost effortless now. Feelings you buried or overlooked in recent times can emerge now and surprise you with their strength--or their truth!
Keep in mind that you’re bringing out strong reactions and feelings in others, whether or not it’s your intention! There can be passion, romance, and pleasure, although some extremes are also possible. Others are challenging you to experience new things or emotions.
Later in the month, you'll also begin to focus on learning, expanding your knowledge of a subject, and connecting with people who broaden your horizons or whom you help guide or teach. On the 18th, the Sun heads into your sector of spirit and adventure, stirring your need to learn, share ideas, and reach out beyond the usual routine of your life. Mercury follows suit on the 23rd, adding more mental energy to these pursuits.
The Full Moon on the 24th can stir some drama in your immediate environment, or it can be a time for reaping the rewards of recent projects or learning efforts. If you’ve been avoiding your daily affairs, you now need to bring back more balance to your life. In the last few days of February, you can feel a great need to make productive use of your time, especially mentally. It’s an excellent time to boost your practical skills, and serious discussions are possible. You’re at a critical juncture for reassessing goals and recognizing your priorities. The need to concentrate, focus, and specialize makes itself known. Ideally, you can make new and improved plans to reach your goals.
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Cancer (Born July 13 to 22)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Cancer:
February 2024 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
February 2024
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until February 8th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar seventh house--your partnership sector. This can be a time of much learning through the mirror of close relationships. It's not the time to push your agenda or personal plans forward; rather, it's a cycle in which you are at your best when you recognize the need to form alliances, to give back to a special someone, and to compromise in order to find some balance in your life.
It's a strong period for putting yourself into another person's shoes and to better understand him/her. You may be meeting with someone strong and assertive by nature now, or a partner is more assertive and needy of attention. There may be some competitive feelings between you and a significant other now. Focus is on reconciliation, forming or cementing bonds, diplomacy, consultation, one-on-one interactions, and negotiations. You may feel a little drained physically now, temporarily.
From February 9th forward:
The Sun energizes your sector of transformation, change, sexuality, personal growth, regeneration, others' money and resources, addictions, and taxes. As a result, this is not the most gregarious of months for you. You take a step back, focus on intimacy with a partner, or simply retreat a little from the hectic pace of life. This is an excellent time to create a budget or financial plan, or to rid yourself of bad habits that undermine your sense of personal power and self-mastery.
All that is deeply personal comes into focus now. Intimate matters are especially important to you during this cycle. Just how well you are handling your life comes up for inspection. Your self-mastery skills and psychological predisposition matter to you more than usual. This is the time of year when you are most desirous of change on a deep level. Clearing out psychic "junk" or ridding yourself of bad habits may be part of the picture now. You are more willing than usual to explore life's secrets.
This cycle brings greater in-depth understanding and an inclination to delve beneath the surface of matters to get to the bottom of them. Research uncovers new material that allows you to develop a better overall picture of the year's events. This is an especially introspective cycle during which you have the chance to truly uncover your personal strengths and talents. On a more practical level, you may be dealing with joint finances and shared resources now more than usual.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until February 8th:
Venus continues to move through your solar sixth house now. This is a time when beautifying and/or bringing harmony to your working environment is a priority to you. You might find more opportunities to socialize with co-workers, perhaps even meeting a new friend through your work or health routines. You are likely to bring more tact and diplomacy to your relations with the people you work with now. You may not be as productive as usual during this period, as the focus is more on social relationships and pleasure than on getting the job done. Improving health and vitality through pleasurable activities such as massage might be in focus now.
From February 8th forward:
Venus graces your solar seventh house during this period. This is a time for extra attention to a partner or significant other, as well as from that person! You are more inclined to flatter and charm others during this cycle. One-to-one relating appeals to you more than group activities or more casual connections. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections--very willing to compromise, negotiate, and make peace.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until the 17th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar seventh house. You can be especially aware of your "audience" in your communications now, which tend to be diplomatic and respectful during this cycle. You may be encountering an especially chatty or communicative partner, or meeting youthful, talkative people.
At this time, you love to hear others' opinions and perspectives, and it's an excellent time to do so. Others can spur on your own thinking and decision making processes now, simply by offering another perspective. You are thinking a lot about others, a partner, and relating in general, and in some cases perhaps worrying over these things.
From the 17th forward:
Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.
Research is also highly favored. It's easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
This month:
Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.
Overview Horoscope:
February 2024 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
Relationship needs have been making headlines in your life recently, dear Cancer, and this month, the more intimate aspects of sharing with a special someone become your primary concern. Instead, the urge for self-transformation can be strong, and it's a fine time to kick a bad habit and eliminate wasteful activities. You're exploring your relationship goals further in February. You can benefit from more power behind the scenes and an incredible ability to put something negative behind you.
It's also a month for taking charge of finances, especially those shared with others, debts, and loans. If necessary, it can be a good time to borrow or settle debts. Either way, dealing with debt now tends to generate positive outcomes. People are investing in you now. Your relationship with yourself is evolving--you're connecting with your deeper desires and needs--as are your attitudes toward dependencies on others, finances, and intimacy.
Planets meeting Pluto this month in your solar eighth house highlight the evolution and changes in how you connect with others on intimate levels and your passion projects. Dealing with the hidden aspects of yourself can be transformative. As well, healing activities and abilities can figure strongly.
Intimate relationships or passion projects can turn a corner and transform. There can be more intensity in a relationship, or you feel strongly about eliminating something unhealthy from your life. You can also be determined to uncover the truth on a matter. If you’ve been frustrated with a situation or feeling overly attached, you’ll want to do something about it now. Ideally, events in February put you in touch with your deeper desires, leading to exciting discoveries. You crave something deeper from your relationships or pursuits.
In many ways, February is a period of review and refinement for you. Reviewing strategies is usually wiser this month than putting them into action. Money, insurance, debts, taxes, and possessions may be important topics for you now. Honest communication on emotionally-charged topics, such as power dynamics and shared finances, is the way through. The New Moon on the 9th can bring a surprise or turning point involving money, support, or attachments. Awakening to feelings – even old ones – feel new this month. It's a powerful period for self-discovery. You’re tidying up on an emotional level, making room for the good stuff to enter your life. However, partnerships require some back and forth, adjustments, and conflicts before they become more comfortable.
Your appeal is strong, mysterious, and deep, especially around the 21st to the 22nd. It’s an exciting time for love and desires or a significant personal discovery. Indeed, you can experience powerful emotions, attractions, and discoveries. There can be a sudden emergence of a buried desire to discover and manage. You may be putting more energy and love into your private life, an intimate relationship, research, or investigation. Combining your resources or talents with someone can be beneficial for reaching a goal, and getting financial or moral support is almost effortless now. Feelings you buried or overlooked in recent times can emerge now and surprise you with their strength--or their truth!
Keep in mind that you’re bringing out strong reactions and feelings in others, whether or not it’s your intention! There can be passion, romance, and pleasure, although some extremes are also possible. Others are challenging you to experience new things or emotions.
Later in the month, you'll also begin to focus on learning, expanding your knowledge of a subject, and connecting with people who broaden your horizons or whom you help guide or teach. On the 18th, the Sun heads into your sector of spirit and adventure, stirring your need to learn, share ideas, and reach out beyond the usual routine of your life. Mercury follows suit on the 23rd, adding more mental energy to these pursuits.
The Full Moon on the 24th can stir some drama in your immediate environment, or it can be a time for reaping the rewards of recent projects or learning efforts. If you’ve been avoiding your daily affairs, you now need to bring back more balance to your life. In the last few days of February, you can feel a great need to make productive use of your time, especially mentally. It’s an excellent time to boost your practical skills, and serious discussions are possible. You’re at a critical juncture for reassessing goals and recognizing your priorities. The need to concentrate, focus, and specialize makes itself known. Ideally, you can make new and improved plans to reach your goals.
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About These Monthly Horoscopes:
Our detailed monthly horoscopes are designed to reveal and interpret the current transits of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars in your solar chart.
Because these energies or transits do not unfold neatly into any given calendar month (many transits carry forward from one month to the next), you will find some of the energies continue from the previous month.
For example, the Sun might transit the second house of your solar chart from June 21 to July 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both June and July’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. Transits don’t abruptly change as the calendar month changes.
These monthly horoscopes also include an overview paragraph, as well as other energies specific to the month, such as retrogrades, eclipses, or major outer planet transits.
The Lunar Cycles section reveals lunar cycle dates. Lunar cycles repeat themselves approximately every 28 days, so it is normal to see the same lunar peaks, such as “Your Personal New Moon” and “Monthly career peak” repeat themselves from month to month, but with different dates. They serve as a helpful guide to cycle peaks in different areas of life, such as financial, career, romance, and partnership.
The horoscopes are divided into three groups or decanates, and the differences between the groups are subtle in parts and large in other parts. For those who prefer a whole sign approach to horoscopes, simply read the first decanate regardless of your birthdate.
Learn all about the signs of the zodiac. We offer interpretations of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the Ascendant in the signs:
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