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I PANT TO KEEP UP with February astrology . . .

February 17, 2026

Note from an 83-year-old. I not only pant, I just about wet my pants!

Yesterday, I got so gobsmacked by the ultra rare Saturn/Neptune at 0° Aries phenonemon that I forgot to even mention two more important markers. One of which I did point to, however, on January 5:

VENZUELA: OOPS! Horse Begins NOW?

Note the rushing, nearly panicky, title of that post. The same, or even greater rush is being experienced now, inside me. Inside all of us. What? This too? How in hell do I, do we, keep up with such massive, continuing, cataclysmic, liberating change?

Well, obviously, I (and we) don’t. We’re all All-too-human, remember. Let’s give ourselves a break!

Oops! No. No breaks. The shattering of our trust in old institutions, authorities, etc. which we have been undergoing for years now, with devastating effect, leaving us utterly unmoored, lies in smoldering ruins.

Ruins that will soon to be proven as composting seeds for rebirth.

Remember,  far-off, tiny, extremely potent Death/Rebirth Pluto since 2008 has been traveling through (until 2043!) decentralized and/or transhumanist Aquarius (depends on who you ask, and even more crucial: depends on which timeline enough of us choose).

In either case, authentic, organic, decentralized web of life and/ or AI-, transhumanist hegemonic domination of the entire globe — and likely, BOTH — we are now undergoing, simply, relentless, unprecedented ignition, says Saturn/Neptune in fiery Aries.

That larger so far bi-cameral context frames two fascinating events that jumpstart the process. Both happen to be occurring on this very day, February 17th.

First, this day, February 17th, is the date in Chinese Astrology, that the Year of the Fire Horse commences. I wrote about this on January 5.

Plus, this very day, February 17th, also happens to feature an annular solar eclipse (not visible in the U.S. however); in other words, a more than usual significant New Moon, ie., New Beginning.

And what a new beginning! This annular eclipse new moon occurs at 28°49 Aquarius, which translates to, in the sabian symbols, 29° Aquarius, the crucial, final, anoretic degree.

So no wonder I feel rushed. I’m participating, like all of us, in this intense energy to SHIFT THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN LIFE ON PLANET EARTH.

The full/Moon total lunar eclipse that follows, i.e., the emotional fulfillment of the New Moon annular solar eclipse, will occur on March 3. We have two weeks to “get it together”: to get, and stay, centered, no matter what happens next, here, everywhere, all the time. No breaks. 

So . . .

Pay attention.

Ground your feet into the living Earth below.

Lift your gaze to the infinite sky above.

Ask divine energy from both Above and Below to course into your open heart, circulating, circulating . . .

Then,

Extend your arms in both gratitude and benediction.

For,

We are the ones who,

on a soul level,

chose to be here NOW.

This is lift-off, folks.

Have fun!

 

BRAND NEW BEGINNING: Saturn/Neptune at 0° Aries.

February 16, 2026

Are you aware that Saturn entered Aries on February 13th, around 7:12 PM EST? And that when it did so it also began its deeply historic union with also recently arrived Neptune at 0° Aries (on January 27th)? And that, by February 20th, these two will be exactly conjunct to the minute at 0°44′ of Aries?

Okay. So what? You may shrug your shoulders and ask.

Here’s why this conjunction boggles the mind and fires the imagination:

Occurring at the “Aries point,” the very beginning of the zodiac, this Saturn/Neptune conjunction is the very first one in literally thousands of years. (Nobody’s sure of when it actually last occurred.)

Furthermore, for more context:

While the Saturn/Neptune conjunction in itself happens every 36 years (the last one in November 1989, which saw the fall of the Berlin wall — a wall (Saturn) which had been up for 30 years, one Saturn cycle), that they occurred in Aries is itself rare, the last one occurring in 1702.

So: that this conjunction is reaching exact conjunction at 0° Aries now, during the month of February, 2026, do you begin to grok its significance? That this conjunction launches what comes next for humanity, via practical left brain (Saturn) logic integrated with right brain (Neptune) vision, imagination?

Yes. Let us as a people, and as individuals, unleash our visionary (Neptune) imaginations upon the material (Saturn) world. And let us ignite (Aries) that imagination in a directed, disciplined manner (Saturn) to accomplish seemingly impossible (Neptune) goals (Saturn).

 

I cannot help but connect this Saturn/Neptune conjunction late on February 13th with the speech Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave at the Munich Security Conference on February 14.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOjBJ89aeXA

And to notice how Marco Rubio’s astrology (with no birth time, unfortunately) —

— reflects an extraordinary imaginative and forward thinking capacity: Jupiter and Neptune at 1° and 2° Sagittarius, a conjunction which opposes the midpoint of a wide conjunction between his Saturn at 27° Taurus (where transit Uranus sits now!) and his Sun at 6° Gemini.

His emotional speech (likely his Moon IS in late Cancer, not early Leo, and likely his Ascendant is also in a water sign), and his steadily proceeding grounded presence (Mercury/Venus plus Saturn in Taurus) are continuously and directly conflicting, in stubborn frictional square with his natal need (Mars in Aquarius, in airy (mental) grand trine with Uranus and Sun) to fire up the  Aquarian attitude of sovereign nations of the Western world, co-operating, in concert with one another, moving forward together while maintaining their own individuality.