The new moon in Pisces on Sunday February 23, 2020 is sexy, sporty and exciting. New moon February 2020 is at the midpoint of Mars trine Uranus which brings opportunities to develop your natural talents and reach your full potential.
The February 2020 new moon is amplified by a positive aspect pattern and a helpful fixed star. So this is very a fortunate and powerful new moon. It is ideal for competing, starting new projects, taking risks and sexual relations.
New Moon Meaning
A new moon represents the end of one cycle and the beginning of another new 28-day cycle. Sun conjunct Moon gives an invigorating burst of energy and initiative. So this is an excellent time for making a fresh start, turning over a new leaf, or starting a new project. You can also question old habits, behaviors, and beliefs as you search for new and inventive ways to make progress.
New Moon February 2020 Astrology
At 04°28′ Pisces, the February 23 new moon is extremely well placed. It joins a powerful and fortunate fixed star called Fomalhaut. In the chart below I have highlighted three harmonious blue aspects that form a neat triangle.
The Minor Grand Trine aspect pattern funnels the positive energy of Mars trine Uranus into the new moon. It makes the individual aspects stronger and they work together so you don’t have to work so hard to reach your new moon goals.
New Moon Aspects
New Moon sextile Mars boosts your confidence, strength, vitality, and courage. It is good for physical activities like exercise, sport, manual labor and fighting. You can excell at anything competetive like sports and businesness negotiations.
New Moon February 2020 is perfect for starting new projects and completing difficult work. Your direct attitude and self-assertiveness will win you favors and impress superiors. Even though this directness is non-threatening to others, with sharp instincts you can go on the attack if needed and strike fear into your enemies.
Your love life will benefit from extra warmth, charm, and charisma. Your sex drive will be strong and others will find you more sexually attractive than normal. So don’t be shy about chasing your strong and passionate desires.
Sun sextile Uranus brings pleasant surprises and stimulating encounters. You will have the freedom and willingness to try something new and exciting. This is a good new moon for making changes, experimenting and learning scientific and occult subjects.
Socializing, group activities and chance encounters should be more frequent and exciting. You could meet unorthodox types of people or those from different cultural or ethnic backgrounds. And you should feel comfortable expressing the more flamboyant, or kinky side of your personality.
Increased self-awareness can come through flashes of insight or through feedback from personal interactions. Curiosity and inventiveness allow you to make new discoveries. You will find new ways of doing things that can lead to greater efficiency.
Mars trine Uranus gives a strong urge and daring to break free of any previous restriction or boring routines. It brings unique opportunities to experience new activities, feelings, and relationships.
Strong and acute instincts make this is a good new moon for risk-taking. Your need for freedom or a new type of self-expression will not result in major upheaval at it sometimes can.
This is an especially good new moon for dating. Sexual relations become more fun and exciting. If married, you may have wandering eyes if excitement is not available at home. But you may be surprised just how open-minded and experimental you partner is.
Minor Grand Trine
New Moon February 2020 is at the midpoint of Mars sextile Uranus. This creates an aspect pattern called a Minor Grand Trine. The Hubers call this configuration a Small Talent Triangle that gives an abundance of available abilities, competence, expressiveness, skilfulness and striving for harmony. [1]
The New Moon at the focal point makes it easier to bring out the best of Mars trine Uranus, to manifest its full potential. It makes the positive aspects even more fortunate, bringing more opportunities that allow you to develop your skills without having to work too hard.
New Moon Stars
The new moon in Pisces Sign is actually situated in Aquarius Constellation. This is because the Constellations have moved about 30° out of alignment with the Signs since they were invented over 2000 years ago. See Precession of the Equinoxes for more detail.
At 04°07′ Pisces, the closest star used by astrologers to the February 23 new moon is Fomalhaut in constellation Piscis Austrinus. With the Sun and Moon this star is very fortunate and powerful, and causes a change from a material to a spiritual form of expression.[2]Fomalhaut is one of the four Royal Stars, and associated with Archangel Gabriel. These Guardians of Heaven are referred to as horses in the New Testament: The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (Revelations 6) and Chariot Horses in the Book of Zechariah. [2]
New Moon February 2020 Summary
Mars trine Uranus is the major influence on the February 23 new moon. This very fortunate aspect gives sharp instincts and courage that allow you to take advantage of exciting opportunities. This sexy and sporty influence is ideal for risk-taking and initiating new projects.
The new moon, Mars and Uranus form a Minor Grand Trine aspect pattern that amplifies the positive energy of Mars trine Uranus and focuses it on the action point, the new moon. Fixed star Fomalhaut makes new moon February 2020 even more fortunate and powerful.
The February 23 new moon lasts for four weeks up to the March 24 new moon. The best time for starting new projects and turning over a new leaf is during the waxing phase of the moon, from February 23 to the March 9 full moon.If the new moon directly affects your Sign you can read about it in your free Monthly Horoscope. Finally, for more details about how it affects your natal chart see Sun Transits.
- Previous Moon Phase: Full Moon February 9, 2020
- Next Moon Phase: Full Moon March 9, 2020
- 2020 Moon Phases Calendar
New Moon February 2020 Times and Dates
- Los Angeles, February 23 at 7:31 am
- New York, February 23 at 10:31 am
- London, February 23 at 3:31 pm
- Delhi, February 23 at 9:01 pm
- Sydney, February 24 at 2:31 am
References
- Aspect Pattern Astrology, Bruno and Louise Huber, 2005, p.150.
- Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.166.
- The Living Stars, Eric Morse, 1988, p.56.
Hello Jamie, the times for the new moon provided above are a few minutes out. Normally they are spot on so something has gone amiss with this one.
Thank you Maria, Must have been a typo 🙂
Don´t you think that the moon north node is the real outcome of the overal explantion you just gave?
Hi Alex. I can see how you come to that but I don’t place that much importance on the lunar nodes. I have not seen enough evidence in natal charts or transits for the Nodes having a strong influence. Also, I find it very difficult to differentiate between north and south node.
HI Jamie, what if the new moon aspects form all quincunx in the chart?
Quincunxes have a tense, almost neurotic influence. They are associated with karmic and health imbalances. I have some interpretations on the transits page.
This new moon is exactly conjunct my sun/moon midpoint. I don’t really know if I should be hopeful about a possible love encounter (although I also have transit Jupiter in my 7th and my progressed moon in my 7th as well currently… so love isn’t too weird of a prediction…) What do you think? Possibly a new relationship?
Listen to the elder Bull and know what he means, when he tells you to walk, not run, down the hill.
What has a stronger influence on starting new projects at this time: this new moon or Mercury’s retrograde?
Namaste,
Colibrie
Ceres is unaspected at the Full Moon. It has a minor semi-sextile aspect to Mercury Rx.
Meet me at the uptown Smorg this Saturday afternoon, don’t tell anyone.
Go for a good run afterwards, on the exercise machine?
Red Queen asteroid 17518
Natal, 04Pis23
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“Now, Here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.
In business
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Ceres is unaspected at the New Moon, I meant to say, semi-sextile Mercury Rx….
… And where I live, semi-square the MC. So you might meet the Boss in the buffet line up.
asteroid 17518 Red Queen, Progressed natal chart:
Zodiak Anaretic deg 29Pis00, March 26, 2020. Sun conj natal Moon,
and reaches
0 Point Aries on July 7 2022
Red Queen….Over 2.25 years transiting the progressed anaretic deg.
http://evolutionbiology.com/evolutionary-principles/red-queen-principle/
“The Red Queen Hypothesis in biology states that species continually need to change to keep up with the competition. If a species would stop changing, it would lose the competition with the other species that do continue to change. If you take for example the relationship between a parasite and its host. Both the parasite and the host are involved in an arms race with each other. There is pressure on the host to evolve to become resistant to the parasite and there is pressure on the parasite to evolve ways to cope with the resistance of the host. Both species need to change genetically to keep up with the changes in the other species”
This new moon falls exactly on my natal sun at 4 Pisces. Had a great birthday after what was quite the downer of a week before that. And what has been a BRUTAL decade plus since 2007. I am not yet 40 but feel older than 60 year olds on most days. I know some 90 year olds whose innocence and faith in life I envy.
I am surprised to be here after the Saturn Pluto conjunction last month, I’ve been badly hammered for the last few years leading upto the conjunction (I did feel like I was going to die most terrifyingly leading upto it, as I was already running Pluto square Saturn transit and Saturn square mars last year. Whew.)
I am hoping for some more physical and mental healing from Long standing chronic health issues with this new moon being so fortunately placed for me. Heartening to read about Fomalhaut being such a fortunate star for my Sun, which is already in Pisces (chronic illness/imprisonments/confinement/being kidnapped and abused since birth) and needs all the help it can get.
What do you think Jamie? Will Mars and Uranus focus powerfully on my natal sun?
I do sense this new moon is a fortunate turn of events for me, being exactly on my birthday. But I have felt that before and gotten hammered and am wary. I have been plugging away with as much bravery as I have (and some more!) to excavate extremely painful deep core beliefs in order to heal from what I believe to be many lifetimes of entrenched trauma and abuse and brokenness. It is gut wrenching and I feel raw and without my armour as coping mechanisms stretching back decades are being disintegrated. I am loathe to go out and socialise, and I feel people are greedy for my energy so I must protect myself during this time (but not forever, my natal Sun trine Jupiter means wherever I go most people like me and want to spend time with me and I enjoy it too. Strange I feel like such a hermit. The hermit card in tarot has been prominent for years now for me)
My Sun has not had the best time in this life. I do hope this year/birthday/new moon will be the start of a whole new life for me – one where I hopefully learn with love safety joy health and freedom. I am ready to leave behind learning from abuse trauma crippling chronic illness and confinement/feeling trapped.
All good news is appreciated and welcome!
PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) – Paris St Germain players climbed up a Parc des Princes stand overlooking the street where thousands of fans waited for them after they qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals in an empty stadium amid coronavirus fears on Wednesday.
Tertiary Progressions II, 2020 (May 16/1966)
Neptune 20Sco42
11th house
Mars 20Tau50
Sun 24Tau59
North Node 25Tau20
Algol 25Tau41
5th house
Progressed Sun 20Pis05
Progressed Moon 24Tau42
Mundane Sun 20Pis53
Mundane Neptune 18Pis29
I can go in different tangents with this one. The shadow(Scorpio friend, 11th) watched a football game (Mars 5th), on the box, played in an empty stadium. (Sun conj Neptune),
How does that work on the ego?