Aquarius embodies the strain popularized by Esther Perel’s work round individuals’s reconciling dueling drives for connection and autonomy. We’ll all be pulled to reconcile that paradox inside ourselves this month.
This is why it’s at all times struck us as so astrologically incorrect for Valentine’s Day—not less than in its conventional kind—to fall throughout Aquarius season. Is it by some means karmic that people ought to rejoice love throughout a time that we’re meant to concentrate on our individuality? Just 4 quick days later, the Sun strikes into windswept 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 unbiased. Decadent Sagittarius will fortunately inhale the chef’s tasting menu, sparing no expense. But that is extra an setting of laughter and enjoyable, not heavy sentiment or tear-jerker trappings. If you’ve received the time and the dime to journey, a fast romantic getaway could possibly be pretty underneath these globetrotting moonbeams.
Fear not: You can nonetheless get sentimental. Venus is cozied up in shut conjunction with fantasy planet Neptune (their actual alignment is February 15), and each are in Pisces. That must compensate for the Sagittarius moon making the whole lot right into a crass, fifth-grade joke proper when somebody makes an earnest, heartfelt confession.
Other possibilities to rejoice love this month? You may attempt the February 5 Leo full moon, when our hearts are open and affixed to our sleeves. However, this full moon will likely be in a difficult T-square to the Aquarius Sun and destabilizing Uranus in Taurus. Drama has a powerful chance of breaking out immediately, particularly in the event you’re not good at sharing energy or compromise.
But hey, there are different issues in life (and February) in addition to romance. The Leo full moon is a perfect second to place one in all your skills on show or to interact in some much-needed enjoyable.
Does that sound frivolous? Think once more. Fun 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 concentrate on. (Recommended studying/audiobook: The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life by Michael Rucker.)
If you actually need to give up to the symphony of your soul, you would additionally look forward to the February 20 Pisces new moon. That day, Cupid will restock his holster with recent arrows, and the world will likely be in full Pisces receptivity—a lot better situations for togetherness.