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February 1956

A full moon in Virgo on February 25 and a new moon in Aquarius on February 11; Mercury retrograde ends February 8.

Jupiter conjunction Pluto

27°36′ Leo–Leo · February 7, 9:40 pm ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · ScorpioFeb 3 · 11:08 am
  • New Moon · AquariusFeb 11 · 4:38 pm
  • First Quarter · TaurusFeb 19 · 4:22 am
  • Full Moon · VirgoFeb 25 · 8:42 pm
  • ImbolcFeb 4 · 3:13 pm
  • Neptune stations retrogradeFeb 1 · 1:14 am
  • Mercury stations directFeb 8 · 7:08 am

Mercury retrograde Jan 18 – Feb 8

All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.

Notable aspects

  • Jupiter conjunction PlutoFeb 7 · 9:40 pm
  • Mars trine PlutoFeb 24 · 8:17 am
  • Mars sextile NeptuneFeb 28 · 10:33 pm
  • Mars trine JupiterFeb 22 · 2:53 am
  • Mercury sextile VenusFeb 9 · 3:18 am
  • Venus trine UranusFeb 10 · 3:16 pm
  • Venus trine SaturnFeb 12 · 9:57 pm
  • Mercury opposition UranusFeb 13 · 10:06 pm
  • Sun opposition PlutoFeb 16 · 8:42 pm
  • Mercury sextile SaturnFeb 18 · 4:37 am
  • Sun square SaturnFeb 21 · 10:49 pm