Laurie Farrington

Laurie Farrington

Laurie Farrington

Laurie’s Weekly Astrology Forecast: February 9, 2026 – February 15, 2026

A NEW CHAPTER OF RESPONSIBILITY

Close of a Winter Day by Thomas P. Barnett, ca. 1914

Saturn enters Aries this week, and the shift is unmistakable. Saturn first crossed into Aries in May 2025, offering a preview of what would be required. By September, it had retreated back into Pisces, as if to ask whether we understood what discipline and clarity truly meant. Now Saturn returns to Aries and will remain there until April 2028. This is not a temporary adjustment. It marks the beginning of a new cycle of accountability around action, initiative, and leadership.

Aries begins. Saturn structures. When these two meet, impulse is tested. Desire must answer to consequence. The question is no longer whether something feels urgent. The question is whether it can be sustained. In the broader political and cultural climate, this ingress speaks to the demand for mature leadership and personal responsibility. In individual lives, it asks where you must take ownership rather than react.

The week begins with release under a Last Quarter Moon and ends with tension returning in a new form. Between those points, something solid begins to take shape. Pay attention to where Aries falls in your chart. That house marks the area of life where you are being asked to initiate with discipline rather than impatience.

CORRECTING COURSE: Monday, February 9, 2026

At 7:43 am EST, the Last Quarter Moon forms with the Moon in Scorpio, marking the final turning point in the cycle that began with the Capricorn New Moon on January 18. At that time, you were encouraged to begin something practical and tangible, something that could stand on its own through sustained effort. Since then, the process has built through applied energy and adjustment to what has unfolded. Now it is time to review your progress. Scorpio does not review casually, and the question is whether what you set in motion is developing as you intended.

The Scorpio Moon does not allow surface-level evaluation. You may notice where your original goal has been strengthened and where it has become complicated by issues of pride or emotional investment that were not part of the initial plan. The Last Quarter phase supports reduction and refinement. If something is no longer serving the structure you are building, it is time to acknowledge that and let it go. You do not need to abandon your goal, but you must protect it by removing what weakens it.

Consider the difference between persistence and stubbornness. One protects while the other drains.

  • Where has your effort shifted from your original intention?
  • What adjustment would protect the structure you want to create?
  • What are you ready to release so that your goal remains attainable?

WIDENING PERSPECTIVE, SOFTENING APPROACH: Tuesday, February 10, 2026

The Moon enters Sagittarius at 2:22 am EST. You may wake up feeling less confined by what demanded your attention yesterday. The intensity of Scorpio begins to loosen. Instead of circling what was on your mind yesterday, you are now ready to look outward. You are ready to move forward with a plan; perhaps a conversation will point toward what comes next. Sagittarius is forward-leaning and prefers motion over analysis. That can bring relief. Be careful not to move forward before you are ready.

At 5:18 am EST, Venus enters Pisces. Venus points to our approach to love, money, and what you consider worth your time and effort. In Pisces, the instinct is toward compassion and forgiveness. We are more able to give someone the benefit of the doubt. You may feel more willing to extend yourself emotionally or financially toward others. You may find yourself responding more to sentiment and longing than to practical considerations. This can ease recent tension, but it can also blur a boundary that still needs to be clear.

Today does not require immediate decisions. Pay attention to how your stance is changing. You may find yourself responding differently than you did a week ago, less rigid in some places and more willing to accommodate in others. That shift is not automatically progress or retreat. It simply needs to be recognized so that you remain conscious of the choice you are making.

  • Where do you feel less burdened than you did yesterday?
  • How is your willingness to adapt to others changing?
  • What still requires a clear boundary, even if you would rather avoid it?

HOLDING THE DIRECTION: Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The Moon remains in Sagittarius, and the desire to look ahead continues. You may feel less interested in revisiting what was released earlier in the week and more concerned with what comes next. The Sagittarius moon favors forward thinking and conviction. It wants to identify a destination and begin moving toward it.

Be mindful of the certainty of your opinions. A broad view can be clarifying, but it can also simplify what is truly complex. If you are forming conclusions, test them against lived reality. Does your plan account for resources and follow-through? Enthusiasm is useful, yet it must connect to the reality of what can be sustained.

With Venus newly in Pisces, sensitivity and dreaminess may influence how you interpret events. Try not to build a future on wishful thinking alone. A wider perspective is helpful only if it includes what is actually present.

  • Where are you aiming your energy now?
  • What belief needs grounding before you act on it?
  • What long-term direction still feels solid after this week’s adjustments?

FROM POSSIBILITY TO RESPONSIBILITY: Thursday, February 12, 2026

The Moon continues in Sagittarius through much of the day. You may still be oriented toward an ideal for the future rather than what is practical and necessary. Ideas can feel possible when they remain theoretical, and it can be tempting to assume that momentum will carry you forward.

At 2:45 pm EST, the Moon enters Capricorn, and the atmosphere changes. Attention turns toward what must be managed because of responsibility and necessity. You may find yourself reconsidering how much time something will take or whether you have agreed to more than you can reasonably sustain. Capricorn does not respond to inspiration as Sagittarius does. Capricorn demands that the structure of something be solid enough to support continued effort.

We are nearing the darkest part of the lunar cycle, with the New Moon arriving next Tuesday. This is a time for narrowing focus and tightening commitments. If something requires more energy than you have available, it is better to acknowledge that now.

  • Where have you underestimated the weight of a commitment?
  • What adjustment would make your plan more realistic?
  • What can you let go of so that what remains is manageable?

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ACTION — Friday, February 13, 2026

Today, Saturn reenters Aries, where it will remain until April 2028. This is not a passing influence but marks the beginning of a sustained effort in the area of your life represented by the house that holds Aries in your whole sign natal chart. When Saturn enters a new sign, it enters a new area of your natal chart. It asks that you face reality in this area of your life. It removes any excuses you may have been hiding behind. It requires you to roll up your sleeves and do what mature growth demands. In Aries, that work will require facing responsibility with determination and courage.

When Saturn first entered Aries in May 2025, you were given a preview. Something began to demand responsibility. In September, Saturn’s retrograde brought it back into Pisces. Something in the previous house (the one that holds Pisces) needed tending to before you could move forward with the necessary preparation. Now Saturn returns to Aries without turning back again. The preparation period is over.

We are also moving toward Tuesday’s Solar Eclipse in Aquarius, the first eclipse in that sign in this cycle. Eclipses accelerate change. They expose what can no longer continue as it has. Saturn entering Aries just days before that eclipse suggests that what is coming next will not be optional. You will be asked to take responsibility in a new way.

Ahead of us, on the 20th, Saturn meets Neptune at zero degrees Aries. That conjunction belongs to next week’s story, but it is already casting a shadow forward. Something new is forming at the very beginning of the zodiac, and it will ask for both clarity and conviction. For now, recognize that this week’s adjustments are preparing the ground for that shift.

  • Where in your life do you need to act with greater maturity rather than urgency?
  • What did May through September 2025 reveal that you can no longer ignore?
  • What responsibility are you ready to embrace and work for

COMMITMENT OVER ROMANCE: Saturday, February 14, 2026

The Moon remains in Capricorn all day, and Valentine’s Day arrives without sentimentality. Capricorn is not interested in grand gestures for their own sake. It asks a quieter question. What does love look like when it is based in steadfast reality? In the darkening phase of the Moon, today favors substance over display. If someone matters deeply to you, show it through practical gestures and reliability.

With Saturn newly in Aries, responsibility feels personal. There is less room to avoid defining expectations. Capricorn does not dramatize love, but it does test it. A relationship that rests on shared effort will feel solid and reliable. One that depends on image or convenience will feel weak and unsteady. This is a day for clarification of your relationships. Affection is best expressed through consistency and doing what you said you would do. As we move toward the upcoming Solar Eclipse, today offers grounding.

  • Where does love ask for follow-through rather than flourish?
  • What expectation needs to be stated plainly?
  • What commitment are you willing to stand behind over time?

STEPPING BACK TO SEE CLEARLY: Sunday, February 15, 2026

The Moon moves through Aquarius today, shifting attention from personal intensity to a wider frame. After the weight of Capricorn and the responsibility highlighted over the past few days, today the Moon allows for emotional distance. Your feelings are less entangled and more interested in understanding what is actually happening. The Aquarius Moon does not remove feeling, but it does cool them enough to think clearly about patterns and expectations.

This is relevant in the context of the week. Saturn has just entered Aries and is asking for direct accountability in the area of your chart that holds Aries. The waning lunar phase is drawing us toward Tuesday’s Solar Eclipse in Aquarius. Something is closing down as something new is forming. Today offers perspective before that shift. Look at the direction you are moving as well as at your commitments and alliances. Notice where you are acting from conviction and where you are reacting out of habit. The change that is coming does not require that you force anything today. Get clarity and deepen your understanding.

  • Where do you need more objectivity about your current commitments?
  • What pattern becomes obvious when you give yourself enough distance to see it clearly?
  • Does your current course align with the future you claim to want?

CLOSING REFLECTION

This week marks the beginning of a longer cycle. The emotional intensity of recent weeks gives way to responsibility and direction. Saturn in Aries will not tolerate avoidance. It asks for mature action grounded in self-knowledge.

Pressure remains in the broader world. That does not change overnight. What changes is your willingness to respond deliberately rather than impulsively. Over the next three years, leadership will be defined less by rhetoric and more by endurance. Let the commitments you make now be ones you are willing to sustain. That is the work of Saturn in Aries.