The sky on Thursday, February 18, 2027
| Sun in | Aquarius |
|---|---|
| Moon in | Cancer |
| Moon phase | Waxing Gibbous |
| Illumination | 91% |
| Ingresses | Sun enters Pisces Moon enters Leo Mercury enters Aquarius |
| Exact aspects | Sun conjunction Mercury |
| Mercury retrograde | Yes |
Sun enters Pisces today and begins a new chapter of its cycle there. Mercury enters Aquarius today and begins a new chapter of its cycle there. Sun and Mercury stand at nearly the same degree of the zodiac today, a conjunction, and their themes read as one. The Moon is in Cancer, more than half lit and still filling out. Mercury is retrograde.
What does the Sun or Moon in Cancer mean?
Cancer is a cardinal water sign ruled by the Moon, and it reads as the instinct to look after what matters to you and to notice how everyone in the room is actually doing.
The Sun is here for about a month around midsummer in the northern hemisphere, roughly late June into late July. The Moon rules this sign, so a Cancer Moon is the Moon at home: feelings arrive quickly and clearly, and the pull toward familiar people and places gets stronger for a couple of days.
Cardinal means it initiates, and in a water sign that shows up as making the first move to care for someone rather than the first move to compete. Its harder edge is that protecting can slide into hovering, and the difference is usually one honest question away.
In the tropical zodiac Cancer starts at the June solstice, which is where the seasonal logic of the sign comes from.