Aquarius embodies the stress popularized by Esther Perel’s work round folks’s reconciling dueling drives for connection and autonomy. We’ll all be pulled to reconcile that paradox inside ourselves this month.

For this reason it is at all times struck us as so astrologically incorrect for Valentine’s Day—not less than in its conventional kind—to fall throughout Aquarius season. Is it someway karmic that people ought to have a good time love throughout a time that we’re meant to give attention to our individuality? Simply 4 brief days later, the Solar strikes into wind-swept and romantic Pisces. A teensy calendar nudge and this Hallmark vacation could be proper on model.

This month, V-Day will serve up a Sagittarius moon, making us all even extra adventurous and impartial. Decadent Sagittarius will fortunately inhale the chef’s tasting menu, sparing no expense. However that is extra an surroundings of laughter and enjoyable, not heavy sentiment or tear-jerker trappings. In the event you’ve acquired the time and the dime to journey, a fast romantic getaway could possibly be pretty beneath these globe-trotting moonbeams.

Worry not: You may nonetheless get sentimental. Venus is cozied up in shut conjunction with fantasy planet Neptune (their actual alignment is February 15), and each are in Pisces. That should compensate for the Sagittarius moon making every part right into a crass, fifth-grade joke proper when somebody makes an earnest, heartfelt confession.

Different probabilities to have a good time love this month? You can strive the February 5 Leo full moon, when our hearts are open and affixed to our sleeves. Nonetheless, this full moon will likely be in a difficult T-square to the Aquarius Solar and destabilizing Uranus in Taurus. Drama has a powerful chance of breaking out right now, particularly in the event you’re not good at sharing energy or compromise. 

However hey, there are different issues in life (and February) in addition to romance. The Leo full moon is a perfect second to place considered one of your abilities on show or to have interaction in some much-needed enjoyable.

Does that sound frivolous? Suppose once more. Enjoyable really triggers the neurotransmitter oxytocin (aka the love hormone), which is proven to have main stress-reducing results that all of us sorely want. Given our worldwide pandemic PTSD, this looks as if a no brainer antidote to begin reclaiming the enjoyment and spontaneity that Leo and Aquarius each specialise in. (Advisable studying/audiobook: The Enjoyable Behavior: How the Pursuit of Pleasure and Marvel Can Change Your Life by Michael Rucker.)

In the event you actually need to give up to the symphony of your soul, you would additionally look forward to the February 20 Pisces new moon. That day, Cupid will restock his holster with recent arrows, and the world will likely be in full Pisces receptivity—a lot better situations for togetherness.