The sky on Sunday, February 7, 2027
| Sun in | Aquarius |
|---|---|
| Moon in | Aquarius |
| Moon phase | New Moon |
| Illumination | 1% |
| Ingresses | Moon enters Pisces |
| Exact aspects | Mercury opposition Mars Venus trine Mars |
| Mercury retrograde | No |
Mercury and Mars face each other across the zodiac today, an opposition, read as a pull between the two ends of one axis. Venus and Mars stand about a hundred and twenty degrees apart today, a trine, traditionally read as the easiest of the major angles. The Moon is in Aquarius, near new and all but invisible beside the Sun.
What is a trine in astrology?
A trine is a one hundred and twenty degree angle between two bodies, four signs apart and in the same element, and it reads as the easiest connection in the chart.
Signs four apart share an element, so a trine links two parts of a chart that already speak the same language. Fire with fire, earth with earth, and so on.
The tradition calls it fortunate, and it is worth knowing the other half of that: what comes easily tends to get used without thought. A trine is talent, and talent unattended stays where it is.
The honest reading of a trine is a door that happens to be open. Walking through it is still a decision.