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Major in-sky astro-events
February 2: Mars is parallel Uranus – event forecast period is January 28–February 4
Mars conjunction Pluto ends February 16
Saturn is conjunction Neptune February 20
February 26: Jupiter is parallel Pluto – event forecast period is January 9–May 26
Uranus is trine Pluto July 18
America’s May 2024 Mars cycle chart progressed to February 1, 2026
Chart data is May 4, 2024 at 5.19 pm EST: 38N53; 77W01
Mars (strife, conflict, violence and aggressive action) is in house 12 (hospitals, prisons, subversive activity, crime, criminals, FBI, secret enemies, smuggling, disappointment and self-undoing).
It’s conjunction Moon (food and groceries) and Neptune (drugs and oil) in house 11 (Congress); and sextile Pluto (dictatorial power and gangster methods) in house 10 (Donald Trump and business).
Progressed Mars transits house 10 (Donald Trump, his administration and business) till February 24 when it moves to house 11 (Congress).
February 2: Mars in house 10 parallel Jupiter in house 1 starts < peaks February 7
February 3: Mars parallel Uranus in house 1 starts > peaks February 7
February 10: Mars is square Sun in house 12 and semisquare Neptune in house 11
February 12: Mars parallel Sun in house 12 starts > peaks February 16
February 16: Mars is sextile Mercury in house 12
February 21: Mars is square Uranus in house 1
February 24: Mars is square Jupiter in house 1
February 27: Mars in house 11 parallel Venus in house 12 starts > peaks March 2
Major astro-events February 2026
January 18: Capricorn new Moon at 7.52pm GMT > Moon is conjunction Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto; opposition Jupiter; sextile Saturn and Neptune; and trine Uranus. With the Sun and Moon conjunction Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto the mundane affairs of a specified house in each nation’s new Moon chart are accentuated > ends February 17
Progressed Saturn sextile Neptune in the Saturn cycle ends February 9
Progressed Pluto semisextile Mars in the Pluto cycle ends February 12
Progressed Jupiter parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle peaks February 12
Progressed Pluto parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle peaks April 9
Progressed Pluto parallel Neptune in the Pluto cycle peaks April 11
Progressed Uranus parallel Pluto in the Uranus cycle ends May 22
Progressed Pluto parallel Uranus in the Pluto cycle peaks September 24
Progressed Pluto parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle peaks September 6, 2027
February 2: Progressed Mars parallel Jupiter in the Mars cycle starts > peaks February 7
February 3: Progressed Mars is semisquare Moon in the Mars cycle and progressed Mars parallel Uranus starts > peaks February 7
February 7: Progressed Sun is trine Jupiter in the Sun cycle; progressed Mars is parallel Jupiter and Uranus in the Mars cycle > end date for both aspects is February 11; and progressed Saturn parallel Mars in the Saturn cycle starts > peaks March 1
February 10: Progressed Mars is square Sun and semisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle
February 12: Progressed Sun is square Uranus in the Sun cycle; and progressed Mars parallel Sun in the Mars cycle starts > peaks February 16
February 13: Progressed Neptune is parallel Neptune in the Neptune cycle > peaks and ends April 24
February 14: Progressed Mars is semisextile Saturn in the Mars cycle
February 15: Progressed Mars is semisquare Mars in the Mars cycle and progressed Jupiter sextile Uranus in the Jupiter cycle starts > peaks March 12
February 16: Progressed Mars is parallel Sun and sextile Mercury in the Mars cycle > the Mars-Sun parallel ends February 20 > and progressed Saturn semisquare Venus in the Saturn cycle starts > peaks February 25
February 17: Annular solar eclipse > the eclipse is visible from the southern tip of South Africa and the southern tip of South America (Chile and Argentina).
Aquarius new Moon at 12.02pm GMT > Moon is conjunction Venus (women and peace), conjunction Mars (strife and conflict), sesquisquare Jupiter (finances, rising prices and diplomacy) and square Uranus (unexpected events, disruption and protests) > end date is March 19
America’s Aquarius new Moon chart
Chart data is February 17, 2026 at 7.01.05am EST (38N53; 77W01 (Washington)
The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Neptune are in house 1 (the people) putting the focus on events affecting the people and their interests. Mercury signs for debate and controversy, Venus soothes and calms things down, Saturn causes disease, hardship, fear, poverty, loss and suffering, and Neptune promotes chaos, confusion, deception, lies, self-delusion and schemes.
Mars in house 12 hastens the need for adequate relief for the needy and stimulates a crime wave, subversive activity and prison violence; and Uranus in house 3 indicates unsettled conditions and wild rumors, disruptions with road and rail travel, an exposé by a newspaper and unexpected radical moves by a neighboring country.
February 20: Saturn is conjunction Neptune in the sky
February 21: Progressed Mars is square Uranus in the Mars cycle
February 22: Progressed Mars is semisextile Moon in the Mars cycle
February 24: Progressed Sun is square Moon in the Sun cycle; and progressed Mars is square Jupiter in the Mars cycle
February 25: Progressed Saturn is semisquare Venus in the Saturn cycle > ends March 5
February 27: Progressed Mars parallel Venus in the Mars cycle starts > peaks March 2
Major events in the Aquarian Age chart
Progressed Moon opposition progressed Mercury starts February 11 > peaks March 10
Progressed Moon trine progressed Neptune ends February 24
Progressed Moon parallel birth chart Sun ends May 25
Progressed Mercury parallel birth chart Mars peaks February 9
Progressed Sun semisquare progressed Saturn peaks July 29
Progressed Sun sextile birth chart Saturn ends December 9
Progressed Mars sesquisquare progressed Uranus peaks February 2027
Progressed Mars parallel progressed Uranus peaks October 2027
Progressed Mercury parallel progressed Sun peaks March 2028
Progressed Jupiter conjunction progressed Neptune peaks September 2030
Progressed Sun parallel birth chart Mars peaks 2031-2034 with Sun at 23N27 and
Progressed Venus parallel birth chart Neptune peaks January 2033
America’s chart progressed to February 1, 2026
Chart data is July 4, 1776 at 12.14am LMT, Philadelphia (74W08, 39N57)
Progressed Moon in house 11 (Congress) sextile birth chart ascendant (the people) ends February 12
Progressed Moon semisquare progressed Mercury peaks February 12
Progressed Moon sextile birth chart Uranus in house 1 peaks February 19
Progressed Sun (the power crowd) in house 11 square birth chart Mars (strife, violence, conflict, military action and policing) in house 1 (the people) peaks May 15
Progressed Midheaven sesquisquare progressed Uranus peaks c June 16
Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel birth chart Saturn (safety and security) peaks July 30
Progressed Venus sextile birth chart Jupiter ends August 8
Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel progressed Mars in house 5 peaks September 20
Progressed Venus semisquare birth chart Mars ends October 1
Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel birth chart Neptune (schemes, booms, chaos, uncertainty, oil and drugs) in house 5 ends June 2027
Progressed Venus parallel birth chart Moon peaks January 2028 and
Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel progressed Neptune in house 5 peaks February 2028
Donald Trump’s chart progressed to February 1, 2026
Birth certificate data is June 14, 1946 at 10.54am EST (40N41; 77W48)
Progressed Moon in house 4 (land, territories, natural resources, rebuilding projects and mining), semisextile progressed Jupiter starts February 5 > peaks March 9
Progressed Moon trine birth chart Venus starts February 11 > peaks March 14
Progressed Moon semisextile progressed Venus peaks March 3
Progressed Moon is parallel progressed Midheaven > peaks March 26
Progressed Moon trine birth chart Saturn ends February 14
Progressed Moon sesquisquare birth chart Mercury ends February 15
Progressed Moon opposition birth chart Midheaven ends c March 3
Progressed Mercury parallel birth chart Mars peaks March 18 > ends November 2027
Progressed Mercury conjunction birth chart Mars ends May 3
Progressed Venus conjunction progressed Jupiter peaks May 24 > ends August 2027
Progressed Midheaven conjunction progressed Pluto ends July 14
Progressed Sun semisquare birth chart Saturn ends October 2
Progressed Sun sextile birth chart Mercury ends October 18
Progressed Sun semisextile birth chart Pluto peaks December 26
Progressed ascendant square progressed Saturn ends March 2027
Progressed Mars semisquare birth chart ascendant ends May 2027
Progressed Mars parallel birth chart Jupiter ends May 2029 and
Progressed ascendant parallel birth chart Mars peaks September 2030
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