On February 17, 2026, we have a New moon and Annular solar eclipse at 28° Aquarius.
This is the first eclipse of the season, so we are officially entering the eclipse portal.
And this is a North Node Eclipsemeaning it is designed to move us forward and out of familiar patterns, nudging us along our evolutionary path.
The solar eclipse in Aquarius is Uranus in close square at 27° Taurus. This aspect is THE defining characteristic of the eclipse and holds the key to understanding what kind of change this lunation is calling for.
During the solar eclipse in Aquarius, something will be released (square Uranus) – but what?
Solar Eclipse Square Uranus In Taurus – The Minotaur And The Labyrinth
Uranus in Taurus takes us to minotaur mythwho was born confined and trapped in an elaborate labyrinth.
What is a maze? Basically, it’s a system: an elaborate design with its own internal logic, intended to keep us inside as long as possible.
On a psychological level, a labyrinth offers the security promise: staying within the walls, keeping ourselves busy with iterations, adjustments, trials and errors, all under the assumption that we are trying to find our way out, but are we really?
The labyrinth becomes a metaphor for belief systems, coping strategies, the narratives we repeat to keep ourselves safe, and the identities we construct to protect ourselves. manage uncertainty.
Some of these narratives and identities are not even created by us: they are inherited. We are born in them, just like our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, who passed them on to us.
These elaborate constructions made sense in the past. In a world of constant danger, scarcity, instability or threat, structures that offer predictability and containment appear protective.
But the idea that Uranus square the eclipse helps us recognize is that The labyrinth becomes real only because we believe it is..
Solar eclipse: the invisible becomes visible
And the solar eclipse arrives in Aquarius. restore this perception.
eclipsesby design, they are a role reversal. What was invisible becomes visible and what is visible becomes invisible.
In this role reversal, we are invited to take on the role of witnesses and observe the situation from the outside. From that point of view, it is clear that there is no labyrinth.
That all the labyrinth, all the walls, all the complexity is just a mental construction.
AND if we want to go outWe do not have to dedicate ourselves to more effort, more hurry, more work or try harder. The breakthrough can come as a sudden change in perception.
The labyrinth was never an external reality. It was built in good faith to protect us, but over time it became our prison.
Solar eclipse in Aquarius – The exit from the labyrinth
Just like the bird that suddenly realizes that the cage door was always open, the Solar Eclipse in Aquarius comes with a breakthrough in perception:
what we can simply choosing to leave when we have outlived the protective function of the cage and the illusion of comfort..
Instead of staying busy and running down hallways, we ask ourselves, “Why did I build this and why am I still here?”
The problem is not the work itself, but Confuse these survival structures with reality..
In the solar eclipse in Aquarius square Uranus, the way out of the labyrinth does not come from trying harder. He exit comes from recognize the pattern itself.
When we are no longer inside the Matrix, when we see the structure from above, we can choose to step outside of logic completely.
Solar eclipse and Saturn conjunct Neptune at 0° Aries – Genesis
The solar eclipse is just a few days before he Saturn-Neptune conjunction at 0° Aries on February 20. When Saturn and Neptune are in the zero degree of the zodiac, new myth is planted.
Before that, the solar eclipse in Aquarius on February 17 helps us loosen our grip. outdated myths that no longer reflect who we are becoming.
There is something that needs to be released before we can move into the new age.
Because the type of story we have been living until now is It’s not the kind of story anymore. we are destined to live in the future.
If something worries, it is because it no longer belongs to the next chapter.
To understand what is happening, we don’t need to figure out which house the eclipse falls in, or what Saturn-Neptune activates in our chart. This type of linear, cause-and-effect thinking can keep us trapped inside the maze.
what we do the need is take advantage of the emerging myth, that is being created here and right now, this week.
Genesis is he 2 day container where we cross the threshold from the old myth to the new. Learn more here:
2-day Genesis event for Saturn-Neptune conjunction at 0° Aries
