Aries Daily Horoscope

Today's Aries Horoscope from Cafe Astrology

February 17, 2026

If you've traveled a little off course in pursuit of a long-term goal or dream, dear Aries, circumstances are such today that you see where you can make improvements and adjustments. There can also be subtle shifts in a friendship that lead to a strengthened bond. Today's Solar Eclipse emphasizes making contacts and reaching out to others in the coming weeks and even months. Events and circumstances serve to clear the path for new beginnings, particularly regarding how you fit in with friends and the community. Goals that involve networking, making connections with others, joining or strengthening ties in a group project or activity, and nurturing goodwill are the focus during this cycle. This period favors formulating goals related to future, long-term happiness or a sense of mission or purpose, and aligning yourself with important causes. This can be a crucial time to delegate, collaborate, or call on a team or for help so you have more time to focus on honing your craft or getting time for yourself. Developments related to friends, happiness goals, dreams, wishes, new ideas, technology, networking, and teamwork are likely to be significant with long-term effects, setting you on a path for personal changes and new beginnings.

Creativity: Good ~ Love: Good ~ Business: Fair

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The Astrology of Today – All Signs

Horoscope for All on Tuesday, February 17, 2026

A New Moon/Solar Eclipse occurs in the sign of Aquarius today at 7:01 AM EST.
This eclipse is the first in a Leo-Aquarius set that runs until January 2028.
In the sign of Aquarius, today's eclipse is about friendship, fellowship, group activities, social pursuits, group projects, trying something new, humanitarian efforts, or joining a group.
It might challenge these matters and present opportunities for new beginnings. Long-term changes are in the works!
Circumstances nudge or encourage us to see where we haven’t been true to our authentic selves.
It’s a powerful time to re-evaluate our happiness goals and alliances.
This New Moon clashes with Uranus, bringing rebellious, impulsive, abrupt, and innovative energy to the mix.
We may go against our best interests by rushing things or disconnecting with our hearts to the point that we are rebelling or reacting instead of doing what we truly want to do.
This eclipse occurs close to the iconic Saturn-Neptune alignment in Aries, effectively magnifying its energies.
With this transit, our sense of security is dissolving so that it can be rebuilt.
New truths or realities are revealing themselves.
Due to this powerful transformation, we can be more susceptible to stress.
While there can be some roadblocks to manage, largely related to responsibilities to others or to our spiritual or mental health, we’re determined to start fresh.
We can be managing skepticism, frustrations with inconsistencies, and difficulties trusting what to believe as we reanimate our vision and sense of hope.
Erratic sources of income or changing values can be part of the challenge now.
It’s also important to remember that an eclipse obscures an area of our lives while magnifying another, which is useful as long as we keep this in mind.
As such, our view is skewed and exaggerated.
In other words, we’re not seeing the whole picture, and we should therefore proceed with caution.
Also today, Venus aligns with the North Node, and we may connect with others who help move us closer to our objectives.
We are more agreeable, cooperative, and concerned with harmonizing.
Making fortunate connections is likely.
The Moon is void today from 7:02 AM EST, with the Moon's last aspect before changing signs (a conjunction to the Sun), until the Moon enters Pisces at 9:10 AM EST.

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This Month: Aries

February 2026 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:

Improvements or changes are in the works for your social life, hopes, dreams, or community involvement this month, dear Aries. February is powerful for payoffs from recent career or business efforts, networking, and connecting with friends. It's a more sociable phase, and taking some educated risks can expand your world now.

People are receiving you well, and possibly speaking highly of you as well. This is a month for making some bold moves, but not for pushing an idea or project that’s not ready to launch. February is a sociable month for you – one in which being part of a team brings you the most success. Share your time, ideas, and expertise now.

The Full Moon on the 1st awakens you to your feelings for someone or a current creative project. This can be an exciting time for love, creativity, and fertility. Emotions can be overflowing as you explore your feelings and affections. Two days later, Uranus turns direct, further opening up your social life and moving a financial matter ahead.

You’re in a great position to expand your social contacts or improve a particular friendship. Partnering with a friend is possible in some cases. You’re in high spirits, and you may feel more connected than usual. A lively agenda is in store for you--you're in demand. New beginnings on the social front are possible. You may be taking the lead on a special project or for a cause that’s important to you. It’s a fine time for joining groups or making associations that interest you.

Networking efforts pay off, people are pleased with your work or contributions, and your inner confidence comes shining through. Relationships with friends and associates assume more importance in your life, although ups and downs may be involved. Money, values, and romantic tensions can be issues since planets in your social sector sometimes clash with Uranus in your solar second house.

You can be happily busy with new projects and the pursuit of pet projects or happiness goals. You may get quite fired up about issues close to your heart this month, with Mars transiting your solar eleventh house all month. Your feelings about (and relationships with) friends can also be more intense.

From the 10th onward, although friends continue to seek you out, romantic relationships can become confusing or complicated. Some of these complications are interesting and even enjoyable! Lending an ear can be the key to smoothing over differences. Something might surface, such as an unusual coincidence, that brings some joy to your life. Putting your trust in someone can feel refreshing. The benefits and comforts of home, family, and possibly even some level of solitude are prominent now.

The Solar Eclipse on the 17th is the first of a set of eclipses that runs through January 2028, which pulls up themes revolving around friendships, group connections, long-term goals, romance, and creativity. It can be a prompt to delegate tasks, collaborate, or start something brand new. The change is likely to be empowering, even if you resist it a little at first! With eclipses, sometimes we have to let go of something before we fully embrace moving on. This eclipse can push you forward courageously with new initiatives or in your social life. You’re willing to put in the effort to make a friendship work. You’ll be reworking your platonic and romantic connections over the coming two years, and this is the first cosmic push to make changes!

Still, one of the biggest headlines this month is Saturn’s move into your sign for a stay of over two years. The cosmos demands that you mature in some manner – that you meet responsibilities and get organized in some life departments. Saturn's transit of Aries is a time for more attention to detail and special efforts to maintain and improve health and personal affairs. During this important cycle, you’re learning which habits and attitudes work for you and which should be left behind.

This month, it's a powerful time to work on lifestyle improvements. You can be motivated to work toward a dream related to your initiative, wellness, confidence, or personal plans. You are receiving attention--people tend to see you in new ways, or they see different sides of your personality. It’s a time to work more diligently on personal plans and efforts to improve health and wellness. Challenges tend to light a fire under you to make improvements. Take advantage of an opportunity to bring a new perspective to a problem.

From the 18th, life is a little quieter as you find more time to slip into the background to enjoy private moments and times for rest and reflection. New opportunities can emerge that turn your attention behind the scenes.

The day after the Solar Eclipse, the Sun moves into your privacy sector, on the 18th. While goals that involve networking, connecting with others, joining or strengthening ties in a group project/activity, and nurturing goodwill are in the spotlight, you're also entering a period of winding down.

There is certainly a theme of networking and the support of friends this month, but also a lighter underlying theme of introspection, preparation, and attention to physical and emotional needs as February advances. You begin to enjoy more time away from demanding or competitive situations. You are starting a period best used for emotional renewal, tying up loose ends, and laying low. The need for time out is real, and it makes sense to listen to your body’s signals.

Mercury’s retrograde from the 26th on suggests a need to look back, reflect, and reconsider certain plans before moving forward with them. There are lessons and possibly a few gems involved with this backtracking. Finding a healthy balance between doing and resting is within reach.

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This Year: Aries

2026 Yearly Horoscope Overview

The first half of the year is powerful for filling your inner well and strengthening ties with loved ones, dear Aries. Mid-year, a new cycle begins that encourages you to explore your playful, dramatic, and creative side.

2026 is a year for discovering what makes you truly happy, and new avenues for self-expression can seem to magically open up for you. The second half of the year focuses more heavily on having fun.

But first, Neptune and Saturn enter your sign early in 2026. These big moves were teased last year, but now they’re happening! There will be times when you need to slow down and choose your battles wisely. You’re moving away from false paths that no longer serve you well or transforming them into more suitable ones! It’s a process, and it’s about your identity, initiative, and sense of independence–all “I” words, and it’s appropriate, because it’s all about you.

Saturn in your sign is a demanding transit, and it’s with you from February this year until April 2028. Through its influence, you learn to count on yourself. Of course, your relationship with yourself affects all life “departments” in profound ways. The responsibilities you may have let slide in the past come up for close attention, and while it can sometimes feel like an onslaught, you are more than equipped to meet the challenges.

Keep in mind that those things that you’ve managed well in the past are now being rewarded. Saturn is karmic – you are experiencing what you are due at this point. It’s a powerful time to get your life back on track. The process of getting closer to your true self will involve some restructuring of your attitudes toward professional goals and images.

At the same time, Neptune is now solidly in your sign starting in January, and this influence brings your imagination, idealism, and spirituality to the surface. So, while Saturn is asking you to define and structure your life in key ways, Neptune has a longer-term mission to break down some of your walls. Perhaps you need to define things before you begin the work of freeing yourself from overly strict labels.

You can be hesitant about sharing yourself with anyone except those closest to you (family and people who are close enough to be like family) in the first half of the year, after which you blossom. This is especially true if you have done a lot of “work” on centering yourself and learning about your desires, wishes, and needs.

Jupiter brings the expansion of fun, entertainment, and, for some, romance into your lives in the second half of the year. July features powerful aspects, and new ventures, especially creative ones, can be exciting and innovative – even cutting-edge. New experiences and opportunities are in the cards, and it’s about time! The second half of the year is about opening up. You’re taking things in stride and confident in yourself. Romance can be enjoyable. You’re more fertile and creative. People are paying attention to and enjoying you.

This discovery period can involve some trial and error, and there may be times when you go to extremes. However, it’s a powerful period overall.

Uranus moves out of your money house permanently on April 25th, which can help steady, settle, and stabilize your resources and finances after a rather lengthy period of some unpredictability in these areas. Of special interest, too, is where it’s going now since Uranus spends seven years in a sign and is known to destabilize and excite the senses. From now until 2033, Uranus will transit your sector of communications, mental interests, the mind, mental outlook, transportation, and connections.

This transit changes how you learn, think, communicate, and connect. New interests can come on suddenly this year and beyond. You’re challenging some of the beliefs or modes of thinking you’ve held and employed for most of your life now, and it can lead to breakthroughs and perhaps some interruptions in your studies or daily life.

It’s an exciting, although not always consistent, period for learning and sharing. Uranus harmonizes with Pluto in your social sector, and your desire to express yourself, along with your attitude towards networking and groups, is evolving.

This growing need to develop and diversify on mental levels can take you to interesting places in 2026. There is likely to be some trial and error involved with your interests and studies, and you may want to watch for sudden attractions to impractical ventures. Fortunately, a friendship, project, cause, or group association can blossom.

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This Year in Love: Aries

2026 Love Horoscope for Aries

Pluto in your friendship sector brings intensity to your social relationships again in 2026, dear Aries.

Pluto here is generally supportive. Group work and friendships are very positive and transforming for you this year, and you could find many opportunities to heal and empower yourself through them. Your friendships and possibly group associations are likely to deepen, and you feel more “alive” and vital as a result.

You are likely taking more creative risks this year in an effort to pursue dreams that suit your deepest needs. You are becoming more self-assured, and love relationships can benefit as a result. This influence is very long-term and is really only in its infant stage!

Eclipses this year continue to affect your work-rest balance, but new ones are impacting your social and love lives. As such, love and friendship are likely to be going through some changes. How you enjoy yourself and fulfill your need to share and contribute is transforming in 2026.

You have some longer-term influences affecting your love and relationship sectors, as well as many shorter-term influences on these areas of your solar chart that deserve attention…cont’d

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Here’s to a happy and successful day!

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