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Here’s what’s up with our organization and the Astrological forecast for February
What’s Coming in Our February Presentation
This presentation is not to be missed! For our February 28th presentation, we’ll have Professors Doc Benton and Robert leading a wide-ranging discussion on Primary Astrological Events of 2026 for All Signs, as well as a look at which one of EIGHT possible Solar return outer planet combinations we had in 2025, and which of four possible combinations we’ll have in 2026.
All of Doc’s presentations are entertaining and informative, and given what’s coming, I’m sure there will be lots of dynamic interaction! Bring your questions and we’ll open it up to explore anything related to astrology and how it pertains to the craft or what I term, “the metaphysics of modern existence.”
Please join us for good fellowship, good astrology discussions, and a fabulous passage out of the Piscean past of 2025 into the Aries future of 2026.
As usual, the admission for our presentations is $10 for members, $15 for non-members. You can register at https://azastrologers.org/. Your payment generates an email letting Bill know you’ve registered, and the zoom entry codes are sent out the day before the presentation.
To address a concern, we do not provide free copies of our talks to attendees. If there’s enough interest, we’ll professionally edit the audio and make it available for a small price.
I have no doubt it’s going to be another excellent event, and we hope you will join us for this event, since “what one astrologer misses another catches.”
Future Programs Down the Road
Stay tuned, since we have more top shelf presentations on the way!
Looking ahead into 2026, for our March 21 presentation we have a return of renowned spiritual astrologer Ray Grasse in a multi-topic discussion of “Hard Angles, Elevated Planets, and How Past Transits Link to Current Conditions.” We’ll learn about the importance of our closest frictional aspect, our most elevated planet, and how past transits teach us about future ones. This is guaranteed to have something for everyone!
As most of you know, Ray is a perennial favorite, a man of wit and wisdom and an encyclopedic range of astrological knowledge and insights. If you’ve attended one of his events, you know it’s a fantastic interaction with one of the world’s great astrologers.
Our April 25 event features humanistic astrologer Lars Panero, topic to be announced. In future newsletters I’ll post the speakers for May 30, June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24, and November 21 as they confirm. This year our Winter Solstice gathering is December 19 when we’ll take a look at what the Winter Solstice chart tells us about what’s coming in 2027.
We’ve already gotten some encouraging signals from several extraordinary top shelf astrologers, including Richard Fidler, Eric Meyers, and Alexey Borealis, about doing presentations for us which will inform, entertain, and are guaranteed to open many doors of perception. I’ll be posting specifics as the schedule takes shape.
We look forward to seeing you at our high-quality astrology talks offered by some of the best of the best in the field. We’re also continuing our previous price of admission for the presentations of $10 for members, $15 for non-members, which is easily one of the most affordable prices for the quality anywhere!You can register at https://azastrologers.org/.
A Look at Some of Our Recent Presentations
Our June 28 talk featured Professor Robert giving us a guided tour of his new book The Cycles of Life – 7 Year Cycles and Stages of Change. When we’re born, 7 year cycles kick into play on material, emotional, psychological, and spiritual levels of life. This technique helps you understand which planet creates the specific quality of every year of a 7 year cycle. After editing this will be available for purchase.
Our July 26 talk featured Doc Benton speaking on the “Summer of Change” and the Saturn/Neptune conjunction and the Uranus/Neptune/Pluto double-sextile trine in play off and on this year and next.
Our August 16 event was our yearly free Summer program, where Robert lead the group through an analysis of 5 extraordinary horary charts on “How to View and Navigate the Current Darkness,” “What is the Source of and Solution to Evil in the World?”, “What Does Christ Returning to Earth Mean?”, and “What Is the Future Destiny of Astrology?” We had quite a wide ranging discussion and a good time was had by all!
Our September 27 talk featured Chris Mitchell speaking on “A Medieval A-Z: From Astrolabes to Zijes.” He took us through the history of how chart computations were lost until the 12th century, the impossibly complex mathematics the ancients used to compute charts and the importance of the Astrolabe in advancing our knowledge of placements.
Our October 25 talk featured Eric Meyers speaking on “The Astrological Biorhythm: The Progressed Moon by Declination.” It was a fascinating look at how the declination of the Progressed Moon takes us through times of ascent and descent over a 28 year period, with “seasons” where we hit peaks and valleys every 14 years as the Progressed Moon moves through the Solstice signs. (If there’s enough interest I’ll professionally edit it and make it available for purchase.)
Our November 29 talk featured yours truly, Professor Robert, talking about “the Spiritual dimension of Astrology – Navigating the Changes in the Collective Field.” We discussed the "seasons" of the “century cycle,” the emergence of “Divine Mother energy,” and some astrological markers when global transformations can be expected. We’ll explored the major changes and passages we’re all going through now and in 2026-2027, and how to use the intensity of the collective field to fulfill our purpose.
Our December 20 gathering was our yearly free Solstice Presentation. Robert took us through a thorough analysis of the Solstice chart and the themes for the next 90 days, as well as “time triggers” for when we can expect shift and changes. Doc Benton added his take, and gave us a preview of the March Equinox chart as well.
Our January 24 event covered our yearly Predictions for 2026 featuring forecasts, big, small, and absurd, from astrologers and other forecasters all over the world. This one was one of the best yet, with predictions ranging from doom and gloom to the death of leaders to Taylor Swift’s marriage being good for the global economy! A very good time was had by all!
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Many of our talks are available for purchase. Prices vary by length of the talk. The are all recorded on sound files which we then send to your email, but your box must be able to accept large sound files, like Hotmail, Outlook, Gmail, and a few others. Then you can download it to a file on your desktop. As it was an outstanding presentation, please consider getting your personal copy today and support the efforts of AAZ!
When we have a list of all the talks which are available, we'll list them on this site. You can purchase a copy by either sending an email to astrologyarizona@gmail.com to let us know, or you can go to the paypal button on our website and make your donation which will generate an email to us.
How To Attend Our Events
This is the era of Zoom. We do all our presentations online at this time. If you would like to attend, please make sure you’ve downloaded the latest Zoom update so you don’t have to deal with it when you’re trying to get into the talks. If you go to the site, just download the latest software. They release new versions often, so please upgrade in advance. Details are provided in our two AAZ alerts in the two weeks prior to the presentation.
To anticipate a question, you don’t have to have a camera or microphone to attend a ZOOM webinar. All you need is internet access and speakers. If you’re interested in attending the webinars, please contact us at astrologyarizona@gmail.com and we'll put you on our mailing list to notify you in advance of the presentations. You can make your donation for membership and admission to events by going to https://azastrologers.org/donate Admission fees are usually $10 for members, $15 for non-members.
Please Drop By Our Facebook Page!
There’s always something going on at our Facebook page, with articles to feed your astrological imagination. To find out more, come on over to our Facebook page where questions, comments, and discussions are most welcome! You can find us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/111582320851163and we hope you’ll join the social media initiative going on there.
Calling All Members!
If you haven’t already joined our group, please consider visiting our site at https://azastrologers.org/ and becoming a member. For $36 a year, you get a discount on admission to all talks and many other benefits, including free advertising for your business on our website, access to the awesome documentary Changing of the Gods, as well as a discount for audio copies of our talks as they become available.
For two people living at the same address, both can become members for $54. Don’t delay, renew today! We prorate your dues so that all subsequent renewals will occur in January. Of course your donations are always welcome.
As a member, you’ll continue to enjoy the full version of our newsletter sent directly to your email. An abbreviated version is available at our website homepage at the above link.
Who we Are - Contacts
We are an astrology group based in the Phoenix area dedicated to the art and science of Astrology. Our organization is a New Moon double Aquarius trine a Gemini Ascendant, affirming a wider Aquarian intention and a welcoming Aquarian vibe for all who come.
We encourage your suggestions about potential speakers and topics. We envision our 21st century group being a point of light to help students of Astrology who want to know more in the emerging 20 year Aquarian Era
If you have questions about who we are and what we do, or want to suggest a topic for a future program or apply to speak, please direct all correspondence to one of these current AAZ Board members:
Bill Nastasiak (Vice President and Education Director)
Robert Wilkinson (President and Editor of AAZ Newsletter)
laughingcat51@hotmail.com
Mary Katherine Kracht (Treasurer)
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AN ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW
AN ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF February 2026
by Robert Wilkinson
(This column is an abbreviated version of what we send to members at the beginning of each month. If you want the complete overview, please join our organization.)
The month begins with the Full Moon of Aquarius/Leo, showing we’ll be getting “shortcuts to enlightenment” which allow us to express our hearts naturally and spontaneously! This is the birth of a new era for us all, so surrender to the inevitable endings and beginnings, and be willing to embrace the new wholeheartedly.
Because of this Full Moon, the first half of February will bring many “forks in the road of destiny” for those who are affected by the multiple septile-series aspects in play for those two weeks. Active hot zones include 12-16 Aquarius, 4-8 Aries, 25-29 Taurus, 16-20 Cancer, 8-12 Virgo, 30 Libra-4 Scorpio, and 21-25 Sagittarius. If you have something in one of these zones, your destiny’s on the move this month.
That Full Moon begins to fulfill the promise of the January New Moon at 29 Capricorn, with themes around “reading the tea leaves” and taking note of omens of the future. This was a powerful Lunation indicating both productive harmony as well as the need to assess risks, and given what’s in this Full Moon, I am reminded of the great Yogi Berra saying, “If you get to a fork in the road, take it!”
This month Saturn joins Neptune where they make their rare conjunction at 1 Aries, closing a cycle which began in 1989 and beginning a new cycle which will last through 2061. These conjunctions mark global shifts in “atmosphere,” what’s “in fashion,” and the general mindset for decades to come. As the last one was in Capricorn, and this one is in Aries, you can bet that there will be agitation in the air to “get things done” and little patience for excuses, bureaucracy, and stonewalling!
The month begins with Saturn at the end of Pisces sextile Uranus in Taurus. After Saturn enters Aries, it immediately begins its sextile with Pluto which lasts through the end of April. As I told you last month, we’ve all said goodbye to a lot in Autumn and now are on our way to a new life. Abundance is promised for all of us in 2026, and with both Saturn and Neptune back in Aries for a long time beginning in February, it’ll be a new collective atmosphere!
Jupiter in Cancer is the Teacher in the sign of immediate and intimate feelings and experiences, encouraging us to fulfill basic necessities and explore closer connections with others in “our tribe.” This month it retrogrades back to 16 Cancer where it will go stationary direct in March, promising many months of personality integration for all of us.
The Spiritual Field
We continue to be blessed by the closest Neptune sextile with Pluto in 30 years as each now occupies the signs they’ll transit for many years to come. This is an extraordinarily productive relationship, and in a curious “coincidence,” by the Spring we’ll have Uranus in Gemini, Neptune in Aries, and Pluto in Aquarius, echoing and mirroring the early 1940s when we had Uranus in Gemini, Neptune in Libra, and Pluto in Leo! In any case, revolutionary developments are promised by Neptune and Pluto to be brought into manifestation beginning April!
The favorable Saturn/Neptune conjunction this month with the sextiles to Pluto echoes the same aspects they made in Summer 2025, so what we practiced during that dress rehearsal is what we now need to perform a new dance on the stage of life. This is Life and Spirit expressed as a new inspiration, with Saturn in Aries providing “real world structure” crystallizing a blended Fire and Air harmonic consciousness.
Uranus occupied the first two degrees of Gemini between July and October 2025, promising new discoveries and the arrival of “Santa Claus” beginning April 2026. We’re now moving into the rejuvenation promised by Uranus’ station which is the next step of the 14 year cycle which began in April 2024 with the Jupiter/Uranus conjunction promising us all a new life.
Neptune in Aries is spreading a new type of energy which will “be in fashion” in the collective consciousness for decades to come. It went stationary retrograde on the “avatar” degree at 3 Aries. That degree promises us new “avatars,” new world leaders, and new icons of an Aries nature through this century and beyond, especially once Saturn re-enters Aries this month and conjuncts Neptune at 1 Aries.
Because Saturn went SRX at 2 Aries in mid-July we’ve been learning objectivity through humor, and humor through objectivity. With Saturn still at the end of Pisces, we’re getting a final understanding of what we need to fulfill our dream when we cut loose into the new spiritual field of Fire and Air later this month.
Pluto in Aquarius puts us on the cusp of historic change. Since last April, we’ve been reviewing what will heal us, or how to regenerate to “make things whole.” Keep opening to your latent “healing powers,” or ability to restore a natural harmony to circumstances.
We also have several long wave Aries cycles in play. Jupiter launched a major healing and mentoring cycle when it conjuncted Chiron at 15 Aries on March 11, 2023. That began a long Chiron cycle which will last until the Summer of 2036.
Not all Chiron cycles are the same length. When Chiron transits between Aquarius and Gemini, it moves relatively slowly and has conjunctions with Jupiter about every 13 years. However, it can take 19-20 years for the next conjunction after Gemini or Cancer. That means once the conjunction at 16 Gemini happens in the Summer of 2036 we won’t have another conjunction of Jupiter and Chiron until the Spring of 2056 in Aquarius, which will launch another long term “expansive healing/mentoring” cycle.
Mars
Mars continues to pick up speed since it went direct at 18 Cancer in late February 2025. This month begins with Mars in early Aquarius, activating the prior inner planet aspects they made from Aquarius. See how you can contribute to a greater idealistic vision and have fun as your spiritual evolution accelerates the first half of the month.
This month Mars activates the house(s) where we have 8 through 29 Aquarius. February 1-10 finds Mars between 8-14 Aquarius, creating an agitating effect on planets we have between the 8th and 14th degrees of Aquarius, Taurus, Leo, and Scorpio. February 10-20 finds Mars between the 14th and 22nd degree of Aquarius, creating the same effect on planets in those degrees of the Fixed signs, and February 20-28 finds Mars between 22-29 Aquarius, creating an agitating effect on planets we have between 22-29 Aquarius, Taurus, Leo, and Scorpio.
As I’ve offered before, when Mars is within a degree of forming or separating from a hard aspect with a planet, slow down and show deliberation and caution in how you use force. Hard aspects to/from Mars always require that we moderate or antidote impulsiveness and impatience.
We’re Actors On A New Stage With A New Set – The Bigger Picture
We’re still in the initial years of a new era in human evolution. The Grand Mutation of Jupiter conjunct Saturn at 1 Aquarius began a new 20 year Aquarian Era in December 2020, as well as a new 200 year era, moving global energies out of Earth and into Air. We’ve begun to grow beyond the materialism of the past 200 years and have entered two centuries of Air emphasis, with its qualities of relatedness, receptivity, versatility, movability, lightness, and cooperative ideas, visions, and ideals.
We’re still "under the beams" of the Solar Eclipses of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, and these “cosmic recyclers” continue to remove what we no longer need in our lives. Take note of where you have 1 Cancer, 24 and 13 Sagittarius, 20 Gemini, 10, 20 and 30 Aries, 11 Taurus, 30 Virgo, 11 and 22 Libra, and 2 Scorpio, since we’ve all had to let go of many things related to these sectors the past few years. We also are still under the beams of the early September Lunar eclipse at 16 Virgo/Pisces and the powerful Solar eclipse of 30 Virgo, showing we’re leaving behind a lot as we all “escape from a narrow destiny” over coming months and years.
As we study how successive Eclipses have affected various areas of our charts and lives, we can get a sense of the utility of these “Cosmic Recyclers” in removing what we no longer needed in those areas, creating a void which attracted new life experiences. They invite us to look back, and then forward, to see the continuity of “letting go, taking in, letting go, taking in” across the years.
Primary Action Beats for the First Half of the Month
As mentioned, January begins under the beams of the February Full Moon at 14 Aquarius/Leo, showing the first half of the month is a spiritual accelerator allowing us to express our heart spontaneously. That Lunation shows us future patterns, rewards from Spirit, and the spiritual power in appreciation and gratitude. Though there’s friction, stay balanced as you engage your Wisdom to embrace new archetypes and new archetypal roles to play.
The first week of the month shows Mercury and Venus both sextile Chiron, showing productive healing in our Aries/Aquarius sectors. Also dominating that week is Uranus going stationary direct, moving our regeneration forward as we anticipate the discoveries of Uranus in Gemini!
The second week brings Venus square Uranus, Venus entering Pisces on the 10th, Sun sextile Chiron on the 11th, Mars quincunx Jupiter on the 12th, and Saturn entering Aries on the 13th. The Sun should bring light to the previous Chiron productive sextiles, and Mars will confirm why we must adjust our needs while demonstrating productive Virgo and Sagittarius responses. Let your “will to wholeness” break up old complexes and join a widespread renewal taking place!
Between February 7 and 14, the Moon moves from Scorpio to Capricorn, and being in the last quarter, is an “Old Moon” so go for completion, harvesting what can be gathered while feeling what you went through in the Autumn.
Primary Action Beats for the Second Half of the Month
The third week begins with Sun square Uranus just before it too enters the Transfiguration Zone, so practice calm, don’t get too high strung, show heart and playfulness, and feel your deep connection with Source. That week is going to be very harmonious with Mercury trine Jupiter, the New Moon and Mars sextile Chiron and Venus trine Jupiter, so trust your ability to navigate the flow which you’ve practiced since October.
The New Moon is a Solar eclipse and the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Horse, showing we can expect maximum activity in the year to come! Feelings will run high, and as that Eclipse falls in the Transfiguration Zone, by what’s taken away in 2026 we will all be enabled to “graduate into a new life,” or glimpse our immortal Self.
The fourth week begins with the favorable Mars sextile Chiron and Venus trine Jupiter, which should bring a general good feeling and a sense of warmth and connection to “the god within.” That week brings Mercury going retrograde at 23 Pisces, beginning a review of our inner powers and commitment to bring something into manifestation.
However, as the Mars square Uranus is exact on February 26, 27, and 28, SLOW DOWN and be extremely cautious. The week ends with the very harmonious Mercury conjunct Venus, bringing echoes of past relationships.
Evolutionary Development
As we’re still in the North Node in Pisces era, we’re growing through empathy, compassion, and forgiveness, demonstrated through our sense of service. We will grow in our “nonlocal awareness” and tune into what Neptune and Saturn have taught us about Pisces while “showing what we know” wherever we have late Virgo.
The Sun in Aquarius is a time to see the Light of our unique part to play in the greater group work dedicated to the greatest good for the greatest number. This is where we get to examine our ideals as an expression of our Leo heart radiance and refocus our sense of being a conscious particle of Light in an infinite field of conscious particles of Light.
Because we’re ending the sixth year of a new 20 year and 200 year cycle, remember a new era has dawned. Have courage and take the initiative to leave the Earth and fly free as the Grand Mutation expands its promise into the Divine transfigured ideal of a more just truth and future. While the old dies, the new has arrived!
Even though the ideal is far away, we are the midwives and mid-husbands to a new way of relating to Life, Energy, Consciousness, each other, and the Earth Herself. Because our essential nature is Loving Wisdom, remember to lighten up, play a little, and be willing to explore new arenas of effective activity where you can work and play with other Light Spirits. This is the time to take heart as we navigate the dawning of the Pluto in Aquarius era.
We have now collectively transfigured into a greater vision of the one Light/Life we all are together. Continue to find your heart strength and new forms of genuine happiness appropriate for who you are now, and who you are becoming relative to just a few months ago.
We now navigate the cosmic time-space between endings and beginnings so bless and forgive much to flow down the time stream. The past is over and we all have begun our trek into a new world of new potential, new adventures, and new ways to enjoy being ourselves while doing our work of Destiny. Open to the abundance of the process of growth, since we are all on a rocket ship to the stars!
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Until next month
(or whenever we meet again, since tomorrow is never guaranteed)
Robert Wilkinson
Editor, AAZ Newsletter
http://www.aquariuspapers.com
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