February 2026 blind passion and cold steel

Hi there Tarot Friends,

February will be quite a dynamic month. Here is some astro-Tarot wisdom that I hope will help you navigate it all.

The Knight of Cups doesn’t charge ahead blind.
He advances while glancing backward

Trying to capture the ocean in a teacup
His efforts seem like folly.

But like the Knight we all have big dreams but no idea where this is all going.

Neptune in Aries.

Nobody knows what this is going to be

Nobody knows what this next thing is.

Not astrologers.

Not Tarot readers.

Not the part of you that wants a plan.

Allow yourself to be seized by the energy and act

Neptune is the first decan of Aries. Ruled by Mars.

Aries acts on instinct. Act first, ask questions later.

No promises. No outcomes. Just ignition.

(I’m talking to myself, here)

The form follows when Saturn enters Aries

Maybe that’s what the Knight was looking for as he glanced backwards.

Saturn brings up the rear and enters Aries on February 14.

Does he bring a structure or container?

Or maybe it’s a cold shower.

Whatever it is it still has the new car smell
the shiny new copper penny (wait, we’re not minting pennies anymore)
And it feels like an open road through wide open territory.

A stranger in a strange land

But oh there’s more.

We have a solar eclipse at 28° Aquarius on February 17 corresponding to 7 of swords

[7 of swords] As strangers in a strange land, our minds think in one idiom as our tongues stumble over another. We work by night and day to establish a place for ourselves. Everything we own we must scavenge, and in that sense, we are thieves and parasites, even as we are the heroes of our own stores.

-T. Susan Chang 36 Secrets

We are crossing a threshold but don’t know where we stand.

This final decan of Aquarius is ruled by the Moon. The moon is trying to feel into something that is rigid like cold steel.

Someone in the Tarot Underground on Circle posted this as her daily draw the other day.

This captures the Solar eclipse energy - the Queen of Swords (Aquarius)
in the threshold environment of Neptune and Saturn conjoining at 0° Aries

I’m moving forward with or without you.

Dreaming of not packing my bags

I had a dream last night of being at summer camp and it was ending.

I seemed confused about when to be ready to pack up and leave.

The day arrived and I didn’t have my bags packed. The bus was leaving.

I left without my bags.

We’ve got our work cut out for us in February

1. New beginnings but we don’t truly know where any of this is going.
2. The courage to make a move despite that uncertainty.
3. And having to navigate being a stranger in a strange land.

The silver lining of Venus in Pisces

Please don’t despair.

Venus enters Pisces, the sign of her exaltation on February 10.

First she passes through Saturn territory. This corresponds to the 8 of cups.

Here we go again with the lonely road. The road not taken.
The road that corresponds to your values.

I’m feeling the Rolling Stones Moonlight Mile here:

Venus will pass through the 9 of cups territory in February as well

So the “satisfaction” that the Stones speak of will arrive in February, with Venus gracing the evening skies and passing through the sign of her exaltation in Pisces.

Venus has been invisible and her appearance in the evening sky is a blessing and a good omen.

The 9 of cups is the Jupiter ruled decan of Pisces.
Venus enters this decan on February 19th, shortly after the eclipse.

Benebell Wen calls the 9 of cups “the wish granted”

The satisfaction here doesn’t arrive as a big win.
It arrives as alignment with your goals and the wide open road before you.

You’re already on the road.
Even if your bags didn’t make it.

And P.S. exalted Venus trines exalted Jupiter

On February 22nd, the 2 benefics trine each other from Pisces and Cancer. Talk about magic pixie dust!

No matter what the eclipses shake up, I think we all have the potential to land on our feet and experience divine intervention.

Venus magical working

Anytime between February 19 and and the end of the month is a good time for a Venus working. Her day is Friday, the conjunction with Jupiter is on a Sunday (just FYI).

1. Make a Tarot card candle with the 9 of cups and light it during Venus hour (if possible).
2. Leave Venus a sweet offering of honey, fruit, chocolate…
3. Make it simple and just make a wish.

What is your hearts desire?

Your wish is granted!

-Cassandra the Card Reader
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