STAR/CHILD: The Astrology of Family

This week is a real gut check. Mars retrograde is finally over, but don’t get too comfortable — Venus is about to station retrograde, meaning the vibe isn’t lightening up, it’s just changing. We’re trading frustration for introspection, forward motion for second-guessing, and clarity for the deeply annoying realization that we might not actually want the things we’ve been chasing. And just to keep things interesting, there’s also a New Moon in Pisces, which is less “fresh start” and more “letting go of everything you swore you already dealt with.”

So, what does this mean in real life? It means hard conversations, weird realizations, and emotional laundry day. It means finally seeing something for what it is, not what you wanted it to be. It means questioning your desires, your relationships, and maybe even your entire life strategy — but, like, in a useful way. Whether you’re ready or not, this week is clearing space for what’s next. Let’s get into it.

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Pisces melting everything into emotional goo, and Mars in Cancer finally, finally starting to crawl out of its hole. Which means? We are still very much in our feelings, but at least we’re starting to move.

Big moments of the week:

• Tues, Feb. 18: Sun enters Pisces
• Thurs, Feb. 20: Mercury in Pisces squares Jupiter in Gemini
• Sun, Feb. 23: Mercury in Pisces trines Mars in Cancer
• Sun, Feb. 23: Mars stations direct in Cancer

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This week is a study in contrast: between clarity and confusion, forward motion and emotional whiplash, knowing exactly what you want and then suddenly second-guessing everything. We begin with a Mercury cazimi in Aquarius, a rare moment of intellectual sharpness and insight, followed immediately by a shake-up courtesy of Mercury and the Sun squaring Uranus (because of course, the second you think you’ve got it all figured out, the universe throws in a wildcard.)

And then the Full Moon in Leo hits midweek. We'll cut through the emotional fog and demanding presence, courage, and action. The question is: what are you going to do with what you now know?

By Friday, Mercury moves into Pisces, and suddenly, thinking straight is a distant memory. Logic gives way to intuition, clarity dissolves into ambiguity, and we’re left to feel our way through instead of intellectualizing everything to death.

There’s no roadmap here. Just a pivot, a turning point, a moment that asks you to trust what’s coming — even if it doesn’t make sense yet.

Here are the headlines this week:

• Sun, Feb. 9: Mercury cazimi in Aquarius
• Sun, Feb. 9: Mars in Cancer (Rx) trines Saturn in Pisces
• Mon, Feb. 10: Mercury in Aquarius squares Uranus in Taurus
• Tues, Feb. 11: Sun in Aquarius squares Uranus in Taurus
• Wed, Feb. 12: Full Moon in Leo
• Fri, Feb. 14: Mercury enters Pisces

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This week dares us to love recklessly, to not believe everything we hear, and to remember that grasping for certainty is the enemy of our own growth. This week isn’t a total break, but it is a gear shift. It’s less about the existential crisis and more about what we do next. What happens when we’ve uncovered all our bullshit? How do we move forward now that we see everything clearly? There’s a pulse of momentum building — not a full release, but a crack in the wall of stagnation.

And that’s because:

• Jupiter is stationing direct in Gemini (finally).
• Venus is charging into Aries (reckless, exhilarating, a little unhinged).
• We’re in a week of Chiron activations (so yes, we’ll still be tending to our wounds, but at least there’s a sense of healing, not just suffering).
• By Friday, we hit a tipping point with Venus sextiling Pluto + Neptune conjunct the North Node. That’s a “make a bold move while simultaneously surrendering control” kind of astrology, which is very annoying to experience, but ultimately necessary.

So, this is where we are. Standing at the edge of the old world, not totally sure what the new one looks like yet, but knowing we can’t stay where we’ve been.

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This week feels like you’re standing at the edge of something: a precipice, a cliff, or maybe just a really awkward conversation you know you need to have. It’s the moment before things move, when you can feel the air thick with potential and you know, deep down, that nothing will ever look quite the same after this. The astrology isn’t asking you to do the thing yet (Mars is still brutally retrograde), but it is asking you to think about it — to sit in the discomfort of knowing that the way forward requires more than what you’ve been doing, or at least something different.

This is the week where we start to really understand what we could be doing differently if we threw out the playbook — and where we plant the seeds to do exactly that. Here’s what the week looks like:

• Sun, Jan. 26: Venus in Pisces sextiles Uranus in Taurus
• Sun, Jan. 26: Mercury in Capricorn sextiles Neptune in Pisces
• Mon, Jan. 27: Mercury enters Aquarius
• Wed, Jan. 29: Mercury conjoins Pluto in Aquarius
• Wed, Jan. 29: New Moon in Aquarius
• Thurs, Jan. 30: Uranus stations direct in Taurus
• Thurs, Jan. 30: Sun in Aquarius trines Jupiter in Gemini
• Sat, Feb. 1: Venus conjoins Neptune in Pisces
• Sat, Feb. 1: Venus conjoins the North Node in Pisces

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Full moons are always dramatic, but this one is sitting so close to retrograde Mars in Cancer, it’s like a toddler with a chainsaw: emotional, volatile, and coming way too close.

This week, we're talking about:

• Mon, Jan. 13: Sun in Capricorn trines Uranus in Taurus
• Mon, Jan. 13: Full Moon in Cancer
• Tues, Jan. 14: Venus in Pisces squares Jupiter in Gemini
• Wed, Jan. 15: Sun in Capricorn opposes Mars in Cancer
• Fri, Jan. 17: Sun in Capricorn sextiles Neptune in Pisces
• Sat, Jan. 18: Venus conjoins Saturn in Pisces
• Sun, Jan. 19: Mercury in Capricorn sextiles Saturn in Pisces
• Sun, Jan. 19: Mercury in Capricorn sextiles Venus in Pisces
• Sun, Jan. 19: Sun enters Aquarius

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Mars is retrograde and going back into the sign it hates most. We speak for everyone when we say: NO THANK YOU.

Big moments of the week:

• Sun, Jan. 5: Pluto in Aquarius sextiles the North Node in Aries
• Mon, Jan. 6: Mercury in Sagittarius squares Neptune in Pisces
• Mon, Jan. 6: Mars (Rx) enters Cancer
• Wed, Jan. 8: Mercury enters Capricorn
• Wed, Jan. 8: Mercury in Capricorn squares the North Node in Aries
• Sun, Jan. 12: Mars in Cancer (Rx) trines Neptune in Pisces

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Big moments of the week:

• Mon, Dec. 30: New Moon in Capricorn
• Tues, Dec. 31: Mercury in Sagittarius trines Chiron in Aries
• Thurs, Jan. 2: Venus enters Pisces
• Thurs, Jan. 2: Mars in Leo (Rx) trines the North Node in Aries
• Fri, Jan. 3: Mars in Leo (Rx) opposes Pluto in Aquarius
• Sat, Jan. 4: Sun in Capricorn sextiles Saturn in Pisces
• Sun, Jan. 5: Pluto in Aquarius sextiles the North Node in Aries

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Capricorn season is getting very Capricorn at this point. Saturn is making us get real this week (again).

Big moments of the week:

• Mon, Dec. 23: Sun in Capricorn squares the North Node in Aries
• Mon, Dec. 23: Venus in Aquarius sextiles Chiron in Aries
• Tues, Dec. 24: Jupiter in Gemini squares Saturn in Pisces
• Thurs, Dec. 26: Mercury in Sagittarius opposes Jupiter in Gemini
• Fri, Dec. 27: Mercury in Sagittarius squares Saturn in Pisces
• Sat, Dec. 28: Venus in Aquarius squares Uranus in Taurus
• Sun, Dec. 29: Chiron stations direct in Aries

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If Sagittarius season is like being left home with a giant golden retriever for a babysitter, Capricorn season is the feeling of hearing your parents pull into the driveway: the party might be over, but honestly, you've probably had too much fun, eaten way too much junk food, and it will feel comforting to have someone come put the house back in order and put you to bed.

Key moments of the week:

• Sun, Dec. 15: Full Moon in Gemini
• Sun, Dec. 15: Mercury stations direct in Sagittarius
• Wed, Dec. 18: Sun in Sagittarius squares Neptune in Pisces
• Thurs, Dec. 19: Venus in Aquarius trines Jupiter in Gemini
• Sat, Dec. 21: Sun enters Capricorn / Winter Solstice (4:21AM)

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