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This lunation chart was drawn up at the exact moment of the Sun / Moon conjunction on February 17, 2026, it gives the broader astrological trends for the coming month mainly based on the Aspects and Signs of the zodiac.
This study must be nuanced by bringing it closer to your birth chart, and to your Transits and Progressions for Forecasts.
To help you, read my article interpreting the New moon and Full moon in houses.
Main signs impacted during the lunation:
Pisces and the Mutable signs, the 1st decans of the Cardinal signs.
Emotional and Transpersonal Hyper-Receptivity
This is a particularly energetic new moon of the year! It also forms a fairly wide partial solar eclipse, which can be seen astrologically on the chart through the conjunction of the new moon with the North Node…
So what is happening now, during this period, is likely to overflow beyond the single lunation and have an impact over several months (approximately the next 6 months).
The main feature of this new moon is obviously also the exact Saturn / Neptune conjunction occurring at the beginning of Aries!
This remains very powerful during this period, and it is therefore possible that themes initially raised in late spring and early summer 2025 may now resurface in order to be finalized, materialized, stabilized…
So it’s important for everyone to carefully analyze what might have occurred during that time, especially how we perceive and express Neptunian energies, what they resonate with in our lives, how we understand and express them…
This may now be a very useful time to reconnect with your core ideals, with what you idealize—especially in a way that allows you to materialize what may have previously only been fantasized.
But it can also trigger certain confusions, or a latent melancholy, an exacerbated psychological instability, especially depending on how you personally align with Neptunian energies.
There can definitely be a strong emotional and transpersonal hyper-receptivity during this period, and we can especially see that the sign of Pisces may be particularly affected by this, and well highlighted by the fast transits during this lunation (so if you are sensitive to this sign, you will feel it more intensely).
On the other hand, this is a very useful time for people with an artistic, spiritual, devotional, or even sacrificial temperament, especially if you are caring for someone, treating them, helping them, etc.
We also shouldn’t overlook the purely emotional intensity of this period, as we can see on the new moon chart that Venus is tightly conjunct the North Node, but also square the transit of the Black moon in Sagittarius.
This could lead to a new encounter with a strong karmic charge and significance, or else bring a decision or closure concerning an already existing important connection.
Be cautious during this period of the “victim / caregiver” duality (linked to the Karpman triangle), which may become more prominent now.
If you are highly sensitive to the Neptunian energies of the period, people may tend to take advantage of your kindness and devotion, and seek help, support, care, yet with the heightened risk that this creates an asymmetrical relationship.
And perhaps this period will bring a major awareness around this, a realization that you don’t want to —or can no longer— endure the same dynamics, the same relational and family patterns (especially with the strong Uranian forces that have been simmering in recent weeks).
The entire first quarter of the lunation seems very dynamic in helping you manage these various forces, so try to make the most of it accordingly.
Be careful shortly after this first quarter, around February 26, 2026, as Mercury goes retrograde for several weeks within its loop in the 3rd decan of Pisces, which —if you’re sensitive to that sector— could bring delays, setbacks, or issues with communication and expression.
The full moon of March 3, 2026 will occur exactly conjunct the lunar nodes, thus forming a lunar eclipse this time.
It’s particularly interesting as it may signify a form of cycle culmination and allow for a revelation, an illumination, a realization.
Otherwise, the second half of the lunation doesn’t bring major changes, except for Venus entering Aries around March 6, 2026, joining the Saturn / Neptune conjunction.
This represents an elemental energy shift not to be underestimated—potentially allowing or supporting a new emotional dynamic to be established, marking the end of the lunation significantly.
Around March 14, 2026, be cautious of increased relationship tensions: we see Mercury retrograde joining the conjunction with Mars and the North Node, symbolically linking communication forces with impulsive Martian Fire energies…
So be careful, for example, that your words don’t outrun your thoughts, perhaps in the heat of an argument. Really take the time to reflect before making any definitive decisions; if possible, wait at least until the new moon of March 19, 2026, to benefit from its impulse of renewal.