This week the cosmos brings themes that seem opposite, yet are quite complementary. Surrender and choice. Knowing and remembering. Realignment and empowerment. As our first Mercury retrograde of the year, Mars square Uranus, and the Sun, North Node, Mercury and Venus come together in conjunctions, there is a sense of reviewing, releasing and challenging yourself and your previously held beliefs. Your weekly horoscope for February 22-28, 2026 explains what you need to keep in your consciousness as you navigate these supportive alignments and move away from some long-held ideas and patterns.
Weekly horoscope, February 22-28, 2026, example
February 25 | Mercury retrograde in Pisces
February 27 | Mars square Uranus; Sun conjunct North Node
February 28 | Mercury retrograde conjunct Venus
Mercury retrograde in Pisces
This week brings our first Mercury retrograde of the year in our last sign of the zodiac. The planet’s apparent backward spin will begin on February 25 or 26, 2026, depending on where you are in the world.
Mercury rules the mind. But it not only controls our logical and linear mind. Mercury extends into the space of intuition and dreams, inspiration and story, the unconscious and everything that lies beneath the surface that fuels our daily thinking, analysis, planning and communication. While the planet is in Pisces, it deals with this more mystical realm.
This retrograde requires a gentler approach than the usual technology glitches and schedule delays usually attributed to Mercury. It brings with it a sense of acceptance with the goal of letting go of what is no longer ours, including everything that sits like rubble in our minds and stifles our openness to thoughts, imagination, possibilities and ideas. It is an overview of the psychological structure, both conscious and unconscious, that keeps us from trust, empathy, fluidity and dreams. And it is a return to the dreams we left behind, while the question is: are they actually a thing of the past?
Mars square Uranus
This week, Mars in Aquarius will dance with Uranus in Taurus, forming a square on February 27, 2026.
In astrology, Mars is movement, action, assertion and desire, while Uranus is change, inspiration, awakening and liberation. Because they are connected in square aspect, all the fears that have stifled our forward movement are challenged, including the patterns we have outgrown and the internal resistance to change.
Although a square carries an innate tension, the purpose of this tension is forward movement and transcendence. It is high energy, expression and pressure to make a decision. More specifically, it asks us to choose what is most real, powerful, and liberating. What is not truthful or attuned will not survive this kind of cosmic dance. That’s its purpose.
Sun Conjunct North Node
As the Sun navigates the mystical waters of Pisces in the coming weeks, it will conjunct the North Node on February 27, 2026.
The sun is the self in astrology. The North Node is evolution. The sun is our becoming. The North Node is a soulful direction, purpose and destiny. Here we encounter an invitation to surrender – the kind that allows more of our own truth into our bodies and our days. The kind that opens us up to a greater understanding of ourselves, whether we call that soul, higher self, intuition, purpose, or something else. The kind that allows us to surrender to what is already calling us.
Although the square between Mars and Uranus on the same day carries the tension of disruption, the conjunction between the Sun and the North Node holds the power of direction, purpose and awareness of what no longer resonates.
Mercury Retrograde Conjunct Venus
The Sun is in Pisces, Mercury retrograde is in Pisces, Venus and the North Node is in Pisces. With these attunements our subtle knowing feels more tangible. Our intuition speaks louder. And as Mercury retrograde conjuncts Venus in Pisces on February 28, 2026, our hearts inform our minds.
This combination is a thread that connects feeling with thinking. Dreamy, nostalgic, healing and sentimental. An invitation to liberation, forgiveness, compassion and feeling. It is an overview of the stories with which we have guarded our hearts, the stories with which we have allowed our love to fade and be hidden.
In this context, unresolved conversations, desires never expressed, chapters that want to be closed and truths that are about to be claimed rise to the surface so that we can observe them from who we are now. Ideas around self-esteem, beauty, love and desire linger, so that they can become current. And creativity, inspiration, insight and healing stand before us and welcome us into their arms.
Weekly horoscope, February 22-28, 2026
In its own way, the week and its transits call for both gentleness and courage. Courage to question your old ways of being, thinking, seeing and identifying that have held you down for too long. Courage to meet what no longer fits. Courage to listen to your knowledge of your true self as you open yourself in ways you previously kept closed. And the courage to challenge the patterned reactions that flare up in response to fear and stay with them until they unravel. Your weekly horoscope explains more of the ways you challenge authority. Read for your rising sign.
Aries rising
A lot of movement has taken place in your body and mind. This inward-looking week now calls for surrender and revision. Surrender to the way you evolve and to the guidance that speaks from within. Reviewing what exists within you and is ready to be released. Think of old identities, patterns, visions for your future and whatever no longer resonates.
Taurus rising
When your ideas are in place, you can’t always see what exists outside of them. This week asks you to broaden your perception and question your existing narratives. What happens with this new space when you look to your future and investigate what is possible and tailored to you?
Gemini rising
Your existing ideas about authority, success and legacy will be assessed this week. There is a comprehensive understanding of what these mean for you. Inner knowing draws you to your goal. Forgotten creativity that wants to be heard and seen. And a release of stories that were never yours.
Cancer is rising
Life is overflowing with meaning and so are you. This week draws you in and asks you to make more space for that meaning. See the teachings, dogmas and cosmologies that are hereditary and undisputed. Listening to your own beliefs and allowing them to take up space while letting go of what no longer fits. It is a week of confidence, courage and liberation.
Leo rising
You are asked to turn inward, to the subsurface of conscious and unconscious fears, reactions and patterns. In the same foundation of strength, courage, creativity, confidence in yourself and the knowledge of the soul. It wants release and it wants to reconnect with your emotions.
Virgo rising
There are constant whispers this week about softening your heart. If old reactions arise, soften them. When fear arises, soothe. If pain is present, soothe. Wherever you have closed yourself off, soften. Where the mind speaks too loudly, soften. And where love is offered, it softens.
Libra rises
Can you slow down, let yourself exhale slowly and refocus from within? The rhythm of your body changes and asks to be honored. Think about your daily movements, the speed at which you work and the habits you choose. The heart wants to be heard, emotions want to be expressed. Make room for that.
Scorpio rising
Desire is a valuable source of guidance, as is anything that enlivens you and soothes your fear of unworthiness. This week brings together everything that keeps you hidden, disconnects you from the game and stifles your creativity, so you can hold it all in your heart and heal what is ready.
Sagittarius rising
What happens when you draw more into yourself, visit your inner child and the material you learned in your formative years? The coming days will support you in making more space to inhabit more of who you are now and clearing out what is no longer aligned. It also invites new ways of looking at and pursuing your desires.
Capricorn Rising
An in-depth review of the mind is being conducted this week. It is an invitation to simply but powerfully be present to all that is no longer true or present with who you are now so that they can be cleared. These days help you calm your expression, question habitual thoughts, and reframe perceived unworthiness.
Aquarius rising
Calm the mind and feel the body. Make the week less about rational thoughts and more about the requests of your physical self. Where are you ready to feel valuable? Where can you trust your emotions? Where you are ready to use more of your creativity and give up old patterns of control?
Pisces rising
You are fluid, expansive and constantly moving. Your weekly horoscope reminds you of this. If your sense of self is stagnant, what wants to change? If your identity has not been questioned, is it still relevant? If old stories about what life should be like still guide you, what expressions have come to mind?
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