FEBRUARY 2026

 

1st        Lammas Eve (Southern Hemisphere) Imbolc Eve. (Northern Hemisphere)

2nd       Lammas Day Southern Hemisphere. Imbolc, Northern Hemisphere. Groundhog Day. Roman Cerealia Festival. Birthday of Marie Laveau II born 1827, daughter of the Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau.

3rd        Hopi Pwamu Festival, Native American.

4th        King Frost Day-English.

5th        Sacred to Isis, the Egyptian Supreme Goddess.  Birth of Apophis, Egyptian. John Dee marries his second wife Jane, 1578.

6th        Waitangi Day, NZ. Day dedicated to Aphrodite the Greek Goddess of love and fertility.

7th        Selene’s day, Greek.

8th        Birthday of Susun Weed, founder of the Wise Woman Centre. Nirvana or Parinirvana Day, a Buddhist holiday celebrated in East Asia and celebrates the day when the Buddha is said to have achieved Parinirvana or complete Nirvana upon the death of his physical body. Some celebrate today but many celebrate this day on the 15th of February.

9th        Feast of Apollo, Roman God of medicine, music, oracles and the sun.

10th      Sacred to Anaitis, the Assyrian War Goddess. Zsuzanna Budapest arrested and later convicted for fortune telling, 1975.

11th      Traditionally the first day of the Christian pilgrimage to the shrine of ‘Our Lady of Lourdes,’ France.

12th      Gerald Gardner founder of the Gardnerian tradition dies 1964. Day sacred to Artemis, Greek Goddess of the Moon and hunting.

13th      Parentalia begins, Roman Festival of purification. Death of Cotton Mathers, 1728, minister at the Salem Witch Trials.

14th      Valentine’s Day. It seems that only one day of a year is allocated to love as people exchange gifts with their loved one or special ‘Valentine.’ This day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century but is said to have its origins in the Roman holiday of Lupercalia. And should not every day be celebrated with a loved one? Else Blum, a farmhand from Oberstedten sentenced to death for Witchcraft, 1652.

15th      Nirvana Day, Buddhism. Lupercalia festival dedicated to Lupa the she-wolf who suckled Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.

16th      Celebration of Victoria, Roman Goddess of victory.

17th      Fornacalia, Roman festival of Bread and ovens. Birth of Kali, the Hindu Goddess of Birth and Destruction. Celtic Tree month of Rowan ends.

18th      Celtic Tree month of Ash begins. Losar, Tibetan New Year until 20th February 2026. The Losar year of the Fire Horse.

19th      Birth of Minerva, the Roman Goddess of war and intelligence.

20th      Society for Psychic and Paranormal Research founded in London, 1882.

21st      The Feralia Festival, dedicated to Roman household Goddesses, the Lares and families. Birthday of Patricia Telesco, Wiccan author. Stewart Farrar initiated into Alexandrian Wicca 1970. Parentalia ends.

22nd     Charistia Festival, honouring Concordia, the Roman goddess of Harmony. Birthday of Sybil Leek, 1923, Wiccan author and Astrologer. St Lucia’s Day, Italian Goddess of light.

23rd      The Terminalia festival, in honor of the Roman God of boundaries.

25th      Day of Nut, Egyptian.

26th      Sacred to Hygea, the Greek Goddess of health and hygiene.

27th      Pope John XXII issues first papal bull to discuss the practice of Witchcraft, 1318.

28th      Buddha’s Conception, Tibetan.

 

MOON PHASES

2nd - FULL MOON. The Earth is between the Sun and Moon. The Moon, rising at sunset and setting at dawn, is 180-135 degrees behind the Sun. The Full Moon is the time to celebrate the complete.

10th - LAST QUARTER MOON. Time to clear out anything that hasn´t worked or isn´t needed. Rising at midnight and setting at noon, this Moon is 90-45 degrees behind the Sun. Time to clear out anything that hasn’t worked or isn’t working.

18th - NEW MOON. Start new projects. A time to plan and prepare especially if it is so cold outdoors and one just wants to curl up in front of the fire or heater. Think about what has been and what you would like to change and do in your future. New job, moving house, new relationship or perhaps a new life is coming into the family be it kith, kin, fur or fin. An ideal time to write up notes, fill in your book of shadows, journals and herbal grimoires as we work under the phase of the moon.

25th - FIRST QUARTER MOON. Rising at Noon and setting at Midnight, the Moon is 90-135 degrees ahead of the Sun. Light and dark are in equal balance. Consolidate and give form to projects. Be creative and deal with any challenges that may arise.

The Full Moon is in Leo

Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio

The New Moon is in Aquarius

First Quarter Moon in Gemini


 

APOGEE AND PERIGEE  From timeanddate.com The Moon's orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle, but elliptical, with one side closer to Earth than the other. As a result, the distance between the Moon and Earth varies throughout the month and the year. On average, the distance is about 382,900 kilometers (238,000 miles). The point on the Moon's orbit closest to Earth is called the Perigee and the point farthest away is the Apogee. 

APOGEE (Furthest away from the Earth) 11th

PERIGEE (Closest to the Earth) - 25th

 

Annular Solar Eclipse            17th

This happens when the Moon covers the Suns centre leaving the suns visible outer edges that seemingly form a ring of fire or annulus around the Moon.

 

THE FEBRUARY STAR SIGNS 

AQUARIUS – January 21st – February 18th.
Symbol – Water Bearer, Element – Air, Planet – Uranus, Quality – Fixed, Personal Creed - I know, Positive/Masculine Sign. Individual, independent and inventive. This sign is really "out there."

Some of the famous Aquarians. Bill Bixby, Robert Burns, Zsuzsanna E.Budapest, Lord Byron, Lewis Carroll, James Dean, John Deere, Charles Dickens, Alice Cooper, Christian Dior, Thomas Edison, Pretty Boy Floyd, Clarke Gable, Galileo Galilei, Henry VII, Isla Fisher, Stonewall Jackson, Michael Jordan, Abraham Lincoln, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paul Newman, Babe Ruth, Sharon Tate, John Travolta, Lana Turner, Jules Verne, Oprah Winfrey.

PISCES - February 19th  – March 20th Symbol – Fish, Element – Water, Planet – Neptune, Quality – Mutable, Personal Creed- I believe, Negative/Feminine sign. The Two fish that symbolize the spiritual and material, expressed through the natural world.

Some of the Pisceans. Laurie Cabot, Prince Andrew, Peter Fonda, Ivana Trump, Fats Domino, Johnny Cash, Rudolph Steiner, Elizabeth Taylor, Mario Andretti, Ron Howard, Dr Seuss, Mikail Gorbachev, Jon Bon Jovi, Jean Harlow, Rex Harrison, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Rob Reiner, Alexander III, Prince Edward, Michael Caine, Liza Minnelli, Billy Crystal, Jerry Lewis, Kurt Russell, Glenn Close, Spike Lee, Holly Hunter, Rob Lowe, Nat King Cole, Michelangelo, Albert Einstein, Pierre Auguste Renoir and George Harrison.

 

CELTIC LUNAR TREE

The Celtic Tree calendar is based on thirteen lunar divisions. Each division has a sacred tree assigned to it that were said to have been chosen by ancient Druids. The trees rich in history and folk lore have many magickal energies associated to them. Please note that the Celtic Tree calendar was written from the Northern Hemisphere.   

Rowan – Luis – January 21st – February 17th.

Creative and a passionate thinker with original and inspiring ideas. Sometimes however you are so ‘out there’ with your ideas others will wonder what you are on about!

The berries of the Rowan tree are said to be food of the Gods. The tree is known for its protection especially against Witches and yet it is known as a Witch tree and greatly revered by us. Rowan is used for banishing and binding spells, divination and vision work.

Ash – Nion - February 18th – March 17th

Artistic, flexible, imaginative and compassionate. It is said that the realm between earth and sky is connected by the Ash tree and has long been recognized for its magickal energies and connection to the Gods of the Sea, mainly Lir, a Celtic sea God. The staff of the traditional Witches besom is made from Ash, so too is the Stang. The Stang is a staff that represents the Teutonic world tree, Ygdrasill that connects to the Underworld and the physical world. The prongs, are seen as the antlers of the God. The Ash is said to attract lightening and as Lammas has much thunder and lightning around this season, then ideally you should not stand under the Ash tree during a storm! Ash is also a tree of love, prosperity and protection.