Wedding dates · February 2027
February 2027: two eclipses and a Mercury retrograde
Valentine's Day 2027 sits inside a Mercury retrograde, between an annular solar eclipse and a lunar one. By strict electional rules this is the hardest month of the year.
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At a glance
No February 2027 date passes every test. The least troubled are Mon, Feb 1 and Tue, Feb 2, rated Fair.
- Best days
- none this month0 more rated Good
- Best Saturday
- none outside Avoid
- Days to avoid
- 25 of 28solar eclipse, Mars retrograde, Mercury retrograde, lunar eclipse
- Waxing Moon
- Feb 6 to Feb 20new moon at 17°38′ Aquarius
- Venus
- in Sagittarius, then CapricornMercury retrograde Feb 9 to Mar 3
February 2027
Why February 2027 is the toughest month on the calendar
Try this today
- Date already booked in February? Use the time of day: check the void-of-course hours below and avoid the void stretch.
- Keep a legal ceremony small in February and hold the big party on a Best date in April. Plenty of couples split the two.
- Want the Valentine's feeling without the retrograde? Saturday, April 10 and Saturday, April 17 are both rated Best.
We know. February has Valentine's Day, the cosy candlelit photos, the off-season prices. So it feels unfair that the sky stacks up the way it does in 2027.
Here is the sequence. An annular solar eclipse on February 6 at 17°38′ Aquarius. Mercury stations retrograde on February 9 at 5°59′ Pisces and stays retrograde until March 3. A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 20 at 1°59′ Virgo. Mars, retrograde since January, backs from Virgo into Leo on February 21. Every one of those is something traditional electional astrology asks you to step around.
The result: by our rules only February 1, 2 and 3 escape the Avoid tier, and all three fall under a waning Moon, so they rate Fair. Valentine's Day 2027 is a Sunday inside the Mercury retrograde, with the Moon in Taurus applying to a square of Mars.
If February is fixed for you, for a visa, a family member's travel, or just because, that is fine. Lots of people marry in retrograde months and astrology here is a tradition, not a verdict. If the date is still open, January 15 to 19 or the first half of April gives you a much cleaner sky.
The sky behind it
February has no Good day; Feb 1 carries none of void Moon. How the scoring works.
| Date | Rating | Score | Moon | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Feb 1 | Fair | 40 | Sagittarius 22% waning | + Moon applies by trine to Jupiter · - waning Moon, Mars retrograde |
| Tue, Feb 2 | Fair | 40 | Sagittarius 15% waning | + Moon applies by conjunction to Venus · - waning Moon, Mars retrograde |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Fair | 1 | Capricorn 9% waning | - waning Moon, Moon in Capricorn (detriment) |
The sky this month
An eclipse season, explained without the drama
Eclipses come in pairs about two weeks apart, when a new and a full moon both fall near the nodes, the points where the Moon's path crosses the Sun's. February 2027 holds one of those pairs: the solar eclipse on the 6th and the lunar eclipse on the 20th.
Electional astrology has long avoided starting things right on an eclipse, because the lunation is read as unsettling the things that begin under it. We use a three-day buffer either side as a hard rule and take five points off anything within ten days. NASA's catalogue lists the February 6 eclipse as annular and the February 20 eclipse as penumbral, a subtle dimming most people would not notice by eye.
The next eclipse pair comes in July and August 2027.
The sky behind it
Feb 3 · 14:30 UTC: Venus enters Capricorn. Feb 6 · 15:56 UTC: New moon at 17°38′ Aquarius. Feb 6 · 15:56 UTC: Annular solar eclipse at 17°38′ Aquarius. Feb 9 · 17:36 UTC: Mercury stations retrograde at 5°59′ Pisces. Feb 20 · 23:12 UTC: Penumbral lunar eclipse at 1°59′ Virgo. Feb 20 · 23:23 UTC: Full moon at 2°06′ Virgo. Feb 21 · 14:13 UTC: Mars backs into Leo.
Plan it
Your February 2027 wedding planner
28 days, 0 of them strong.
Show me
3 days worth a look. Strongest: Mon 1 (Fair, 40), Tue 2 (Fair, 40), Wed 3 (Fair, 1).
Small number = score. Filled: Best · violet ring: Good · struck through: Avoid
Monday, February 1, 2027 · score 40/100
Fair
Moon waning in Sagittarius, 22% lit. Venus in Sagittarius.
For it: Moon applies by trine to Jupiter.
Against it: waning Moon, Mars retrograde, Mercury in its pre-shadow, eclipse season (eclipse within 10 days).
No void spell touches Monday February 1 (UTC), with the Moon in Sagittarius from start to finish, so the hour is yours to choose.
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Weekends
February Saturdays at a glance
All four Saturdays, the 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th, rate Avoid. Two of them land on or near an eclipse and all of them sit within the Mercury retrograde or the days around it. If you need a February weekend, Monday the 1st and Tuesday the 2nd are the least troubled days.
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Every day of February 2027, rated
25 Avoid days (solar eclipse, Mars retrograde, Mercury retrograde, lunar eclipse), Moon in 12 signs.
| Date | Rating | Score | Moon (12:00 UTC) | Venus | Flags | Void (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Feb 1 | Fair | 40 | Sagittarius 22% waning | Sagittarius | Mars Rx, Mercury pre-shadow | |
| Tue, Feb 2 | Fair | 40 | Sagittarius 15% waning | Sagittarius | Mars Rx, Mercury pre-shadow | 13:05 to 15:32 |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Fair | 1 | Capricorn 9% waning | Sagittarius | Mars Rx, Mercury pre-shadow | 12:52 to after |
| Thu, Feb 4 | Avoid | 13 | Capricorn 4% waning | Capricorn | Mars Rx, eclipse 02-06, Mercury pre-shadow | before to after |
| Fri, Feb 5 | Avoid | 36 | Aquarius 1% waning | Capricorn | Mars Rx, eclipse 02-06, Mercury pre-shadow | before to 04:28 |
| Sat, Feb 6 | Avoid | 35 | Aquarius 0% waning | Capricorn | Mars Rx, eclipse 02-06, Mercury pre-shadow | |
| Sun, Feb 7 | Avoid | 0 | Aquarius 1% waxing | Capricorn | Mars Rx, eclipse 02-06, Mercury pre-shadow | 01:46 to 16:31 |
| Mon, Feb 8 | Avoid | 28 | Pisces 3% waxing | Capricorn | Mars Rx, eclipse 02-06, Mercury pre-shadow | 03:52 to after |
| Tue, Feb 9 | Avoid | 33 | Pisces 8% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx, eclipse 02-06 | before to after |
| Wed, Feb 10 | Avoid | 40 | Aries 14% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | before to 02:48 |
| Thu, Feb 11 | Avoid | 50 | Aries 22% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | 21:48 to after |
| Fri, Feb 12 | Avoid | 45 | Taurus 31% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | before to 10:44 |
| Sat, Feb 13 | Avoid | 50 | Taurus 41% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | |
| Sun, Feb 14 | Avoid | 39 | Taurus 52% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | 07:58 to 15:58 |
| Mon, Feb 15 | Avoid | 55 | Gemini 63% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | |
| Tue, Feb 16 | Avoid | 44 | Gemini 74% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | 14:49 to 18:38 |
| Wed, Feb 17 | Avoid | 45 | Cancer 83% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | 21:49 to after |
| Thu, Feb 18 | Avoid | 48 | Cancer 91% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx, eclipse 02-20 | before to 19:31 |
| Fri, Feb 19 | Avoid | 53 | Leo 97% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx, eclipse 02-20 | |
| Sat, Feb 20 | Avoid | 49 | Leo 100% waxing | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx, eclipse 02-20 | 16:01 to 19:59 |
| Sun, Feb 21 | Avoid | 50 | Virgo 100% waning | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx, eclipse 02-20 | |
| Mon, Feb 22 | Avoid | 19 | Virgo 97% waning | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx, eclipse 02-20 | 07:53 to 21:44 |
| Tue, Feb 23 | Avoid | 30 | Libra 92% waning | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx, eclipse 02-20 | |
| Wed, Feb 24 | Avoid | 35 | Libra 84% waning | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | 23:58 to after |
| Thu, Feb 25 | Avoid | 25 | Scorpio 76% waning | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | before to 02:24 |
| Fri, Feb 26 | Avoid | 28 | Scorpio 67% waning | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | |
| Sat, Feb 27 | Avoid | 33 | Sagittarius 57% waning | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx | 06:35 to 10:52 |
| Sun, Feb 28 | Avoid | 35 | Sagittarius 47% waning | Capricorn | Mercury Rx, Mars Rx |
| When (UTC) | What happens |
|---|---|
| Feb 3 · 14:30 UTC | Venus enters Capricorn |
| Feb 6 · 15:56 UTC | New moon at 17°38′ Aquarius |
| Feb 6 · 15:56 UTC | Annular solar eclipse at 17°38′ Aquarius |
| Feb 9 · 17:36 UTC | Mercury stations retrograde at 5°59′ Pisces |
| Feb 20 · 23:12 UTC | Penumbral lunar eclipse at 1°59′ Virgo |
| Feb 20 · 23:23 UTC | Full moon at 2°06′ Virgo |
| Feb 21 · 14:13 UTC | Mars backs into Leo |
All times are UTC. In the Americas the local date can be a day earlier; in Asia and Australia a day later.
Quick answers
What are the best wedding dates in February 2027?
None passes every test. The least troubled are Mon, Feb 1 and Tue, Feb 2, rated Fair, and 25 of the month's 28 days rate Avoid.
Which February 2027 Saturday is strongest?
Every Saturday in February 2027 rates Avoid. Feb 6, Feb 13, Feb 20, Feb 27 all fall in a retrograde or eclipse window.
Is Valentine's Day 2027 a good day to get married?
By Western electional rules, no. February 14, 2027 is a Sunday inside the Mercury retrograde that runs February 9 to March 3, and the Moon is void for about eight hours of the UTC day. It rates Avoid.
Are there any good wedding dates in February 2027?
None reach Good or Best. February 1, 2 and 3 are rated Fair: no eclipse within three days and no Mercury retrograde yet, but the Moon is waning. Everything from February 4 onward is Avoid.
Is Mercury retrograde in February 2027?
Yes. Mercury is retrograde from February 9, 2027 (5°59′ Pisces) to March 3, 2027 (20°55′ Aquarius). This calendar rates every day that touches the retrograde as Avoid.
When is the full moon in February 2027?
February 20, 2027 at 23:23 UTC, at 2°06′ Virgo. The new moon is February 6, 2027 at 15:56 UTC, at 17°38′ Aquarius.
