February Forecast
The practice of Yoga and Astrology (Jyotish) has been linked together for hundreds of years. In this column we will look at the month ahead astrologically and see what we can learn about our yoga practices, life choices, and how to align and connect ourselves to the cosmic cycles.
This monthly column uses the science of Vedic Astrology (which differs from Western astrology in reckoning the sign position of the planets) as it gives the best results for people on a yogic or spiritual journey. The highlights below reflect the Vedic Astrology sign positions for this month.
Planetary Highlights
MOON
February 7, 3:54 PM FULL MOON
February 21, 4:35 PM NEW MOON
SATURN
Begins retrograde February 8
VENUS
Enters PISCES February 3
This month:
The Aquarius Sun Person
If you were born between February 14 and March 14, you are an Aquarius Sun, according to Vedic Astrology. People with the Sun in Aquarius are intelligent communicators and make excellent writers. They are dependable, fast learners and do whatever is necessary to get their jobs finished properly. They experience ups and downs in career and in their financial position. Often they find in their jobs that they have to listen to people that are not nearly as capable as they are. Their minds are always active and can come up with good ideas that benefit other people, gaining respect and love. Usually they are taught spiritual or philosophical concepts often through the challenges they meet in life.
The Aquarian Yogi
The Aquarius Sun Yogi is idealistic, friendly, humble and inventive. They enjoy an unusual approach to yoga practice that allows for self-discovery, sharing and group relationships. You may often find an Aquarian yogi in a teacher training program where they enjoy the community of the training as much as the yoga. Sometimes they may exhibit eccentric behavior or their free spirit in their yoga practice. Yoga is never weird enough for them!
Exalted Love and Good Times
Everyone should welcome the entry of Venus into its exalted sign of Pisces on February 3rd! This will be an especially good month for Libra and Taurus rising signs, and the general mood will be one of sensual indulgence, good music and art, pretty clothes and jewelry, and pleasures of the bed (ahem). We can exercise good diplomacy now as well and put good work into all of our relationships.
Saturn Retrogrades
After a few months of venturing into Libra, Saturn turns retrograde on February 8th and heads back toward Virgo. Let’s all enjoy Saturn in Libra for a couple more months before its return residence in Virgo throughout the late spring and summer. There actually is a Kundalini Yoga meditation to help with the effects of a Saturn retrograde and I will be teaching it in my yoga classes over the next couple of months. All I can say is that any loose karmic ends from the previous two months may now get tied up by the retrograde.
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