February zodiac signs
February has two zodiac signs: Aquarius and then Pisces. From 1950 to 2010, the Sun entered Pisces on February 18 in 23 years and February 19 in 38 years, in UTC.
February birthdays run from the cool head of Aquarius into the soft focus of Pisces, one of the sharpest changes of tone in the calendar. Aquarius is read as thinking about people in general and Pisces as feeling for one person in particular. Love questions for this month tend to come to the same thing: how much room do you need, and how much closeness can you stand? It is also the only month with a date that exists one year in four.
Every date in the month
| Date | Sign | Decan | Number | Daylight at 40° north |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1 | Aquarius | second | 1 | 10h 09m |
| February 2 | Aquarius | second | 2 | 10h 11m |
| February 3 | Aquarius | second | 3 | 10h 13m |
| February 4 | Aquarius | second | 4 | 10h 15m |
| February 5 | Aquarius | second | 5 | 10h 18m |
| February 6 | Aquarius | second | 6 | 10h 20m |
| February 7 | Aquarius | second | 7 | 10h 22m |
| February 8 | Aquarius | second | 8 | 10h 24m |
| February 9 | Aquarius | third, second | 9 | 10h 27m |
| February 10 | Aquarius | third | 1 | 10h 29m |
| February 11 | Aquarius | third | 11 | 10h 31m |
| February 12 | Aquarius | third | 3 | 10h 34m |
| February 13 | Aquarius | third | 4 | 10h 36m |
| February 14 | Aquarius | third | 5 | 10h 39m |
| February 15 | Aquarius | third | 6 | 10h 41m |
| February 16 | Aquarius | third | 7 | 10h 44m |
| February 17 | Aquarius | third | 8 | 10h 46m |
| February 18 | Aquarius | third | 9 | 10h 48m |
| February 19 | Pisces or Aquarius | first, third | 1 | 10h 51m |
| February 20 | Pisces | first | 2 | 10h 53m |
| February 21 | Pisces | first | 3 | 10h 56m |
| February 22 | Pisces | first | 22 | 10h 58m |
| February 23 | Pisces | first | 5 | 11h 01m |
| February 24 | Pisces | first | 6 | 11h 04m |
| February 25 | Pisces | first | 7 | 11h 06m |
| February 26 | Pisces | first | 8 | 11h 09m |
| February 27 | Pisces | first | 9 | 11h 11m |
| February 28 | Pisces | first, second | 1 | 11h 14m |
| February 29 | Pisces | second, first | 11 | 11h 16m |
The day each sign begins
The usual dates for a sign are an average. The Sun's entry moves by a day or more from year to year, and this is every day it fell on from 1950 to 2010, in UTC.
| The Sun entered Pisces on | Years | First and last |
|---|---|---|
| February 18 | 23 | 1953 to 2010 |
| February 19 | 38 | 1950 to 2008 |
Eclipses in this month
Every eclipse that peaked in February from 1950 to 2010: February 4, 1981: solar, annular; February 5, 1962: solar, total; February 5, 2000: solar, partial; February 7, 2008: solar, annular; February 9, 1990: lunar, total; February 9, 2009: lunar, penumbral; February 10, 1971: lunar, total; February 11, 1952: lunar, partial; February 14, 1953: solar, partial; February 15, 1961: solar, total; February 16, 1980: solar, total; February 16, 1999: solar, annular; February 19, 1962: lunar, penumbral; February 20, 1989: lunar, total; February 21, 1970: lunar, partial; February 21, 2008: lunar, total; February 25, 1952: solar, total; February 25, 1971: solar, partial; February 26, 1979: solar, total; February 26, 1998: solar, total.
Who you tend to match with
Aquarius: closest Gemini, Libra and Sagittarius; hardest Scorpio.
Pisces: closest Cancer, Scorpio and Capricorn; hardest Sagittarius.
How these dates are worked out
We take each position from astronomy-engine, the open-source astronomy library behind our birth charts, at noon UTC on the date, in the tropical zodiac our charts use. Changes of sign and New and Full Moons are searched to the minute in UTC, and eclipses are dated by the moment they peak. If you were born close to a change, your birth time and place decide. How we calculate the sky shows the checks.