Cancer Horoscope for February 2025

This is kind of a scrambled month for you, Cancer, complexified by outer planet interference patterns and the Mars retrograde in your sign coming to its turning point on the 23rd. As Mars stations, he is all the while in strong trine aspect with Mercury conjunct Saturn in Pisces; your sector of beliefs, world view, and higher mind issues and concerns. Meanwhile, from the very beginning of the month, the recent Aquarius New Moon give you a fresh start with issues of intimacy and personal transformation, with changes coming down the pike that could affect ongoing issues of partnership agreements and your relationship dynamic in general. There is also a month-long highlighted presence of Trickster Uranus to deal with, for surprise revelations in terms of friendships, group affiliations, and future plans, plus powerful Neptune in the month’s early going, allowing you to embrace a more spiritually evolved worldview, as well as vocational shadows – and fuzziness – that you may have to carefully navigate. The Leo Full Moon of the 12th brings partnership issues to the fore with also an intensified presence of the Uranus effects of unexpected monkey wrenches thrown into the fan. Your mission statement this month seems to involve your work in the world and making that count in terms of big-picture results. You are making the best of things, even though early childhood wounding is another important factor that could need to be dealt with as you go.


The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com


February opens in the wake of the Aquarius New Moon from the last days of January, that initiated the lunation cycle characterizing the current month. This New Moon kicked off the first week of the month with fresh energy in your sector of intimacy, shared resources, partnership agreements and personal transformation. A Mercury-Pluto conjunction in the New Moon, in the same sign, suggests that financial negotiations, or other dynamics of give and take in your close connections, may be intensified during February. With Pluto in early Aquarius your personal evolution is tied to transformations in how you merge or deal with others and manage your interpersonal power. The New Moon trines Jupiter in your sector of dream imagination and inner work which may be quite intensely significant also, implying that the impact of your private self-development is very much involved in your evolving relationship dynamic, perhaps bringing deeper self-awareness to both intimate and business partnerships.

A triple conjunction in the New Moon between Venus, Neptune, and the Lunar North Node in Pisces Perfecting February 1st in your sector of higher mind indicates this lunation cycle is highly influenced by feeling tone and non-rational impulses. You could find yourself swept up in the delight of knowledge, travel/educational plans, or your spiritual development. With the Lunar North Node, moving backwards as the nodes do, having just shifted into late Pisces, what’s gestating here may connect to a new chapter of development that relates back to the Pisces eclipse last September.

Career considerations may also be complicated by an extended square between Mars in your sign and Chiron in Aries throughout the month. Mars is retrograde and out of bounds in your identity sector, so that you could be on the defensive as professional dynamics stir up vulnerabilities related to authority and achievement which manifest as lack of confidence or hesitation to act. The Wounded Healer being prominent in your career sector implies that, inner wounding having reared its rather ugly head, as obstacle to more free-flowing professional presence in your life, that with this greater consciousness might come to a series of healing epiphanies. With so much Martian energy in the air, this may be a case of “feel the fear and do it anyway.” Healing may be forged through taking concerted actions toward your goals which could have the effect of boosting your self-belief.

On February 3rd, Venus ingresses into Aries, your sector of career and profession, initiating a dramatic week. As she enters your vocational sector, you are more determined than ever to connect all your parts, outer and inner, rational and not so much. You are feeling the heat of positive activity yet taking place on the inside. Professional relationships, your public profile, or a creative project may come to the forefront at this time and be a candidate for greater personal integration.

Jupiter stations direct in Gemini on February 4th. Slowly recovering in your sector of hidden realms within you, this could promote the distinction between your public and private life. True generosity at this time may be to turn your attention inward, to yourself and the dream plane — Jupiter’s forward motion could align with revitalized enjoyment in your solitary pursuits or a more positive mental outlook.

Mercury conjoins the Sun in Aquarius on the 8th and 9th. This aspect is associated with clarity of sight, potentially shedding light on the agreements you have with others, particularly facets that have been unspoken or assumed. The Mercury Cazimi forms in the early morning hours of the 9th and creates also an applying square to Uranus in Taurus, suggesting that inspiration could ensue, or that conversations or connections could reveal untapped routes and resources to help to free you from something that was stuck or outdated in an intimate alliance.

These themes culminate at the Leo Full Moon on February 12th in your sector of resources, values, and your skill set. Illuminating dynamics of interdependence, considerations of reciprocity, finances, and recognition may loom large alongside matters relating to your sense of self-worth. Your need to honor your creative instincts and code of values might be emphasized. The Luminaries form a significant T-square to Uranus, in your social sector, suggesting surprise events or unexpected enlightenment is this area of friendships, future plans, and the societal impact stemming from your creativity. You have a enormous drive now for career and profession, together with an urge that these reflect your deepest principles and nothing else. This while the transformative factors are still very much alive in your drive for intimacy and depth connection to yourself and others. Expressing your needs in this area might be of benefit for you in the month’s second half.

Mercury enters Pisces on the 14th, followed by the Sun on the 18th, where a stellium of planets energizes your drives for intellectual and spiritual expansion as you enter Pisces season.

On February 23rd, Mars stations to turn direct in your sign. Slow to get moving more normally again, the station of Mars in your identity sector could accentuate challenges or ongoing efforts related to your body or personal development in the surrounding weeks. You might need to give pent-up emotions and energy a better outlet, including conscious exercise. Mars forms an constructive trine to Mercury in Pisces as it stations, so that an exciting travel plan or a path to learning might gain influence in your thoughts, or a shift in world view might affect your career agenda. It’s also possible that self-restraint and patience might turn out to be extended themes as major actions could be delayed in their fulfillment.

On the 24th and 25th, a Mercury-Saturn conjunction in Pisces could keep your head steady and dedicated to philosophical maters of belief and worldview. Research and educational matters may make demands on your mental concentration. Future-oriented and also practical considerations may bring definition to what’s captured by your imagination.

The Pisces New Moon takes place on February 27, setting the stage for March happenings. Your beliefs, studies, and frameworks for understanding the world are the grounds from which the story of the next thirty days will develop. With Sun and Moon forming a square to Jupiter in Gemini, the traditional ruler of this New Moon, this lunation cycle is also likely to emphasize the importance of staying connected to your inner wisdom and intuition as you explore new horizons and refine your philosophy. Taking time to out to connect with yourself, nature, and your spiritual practices will prove nourishing and your heightened receptivity may also be a crucial guide to this process.