Ophiuchus 13 Astrology

02/25/2026

2/26/26 feels important, numerically and energetically.

Mercury retrograde begins inside the eclipse window in Pisces, yet its backward motion quickly carries it across Aquarius where it completes its retrograde path before stationing direct. Mercury will not return to Pisces until early April.

As Mercury moves through Aquarius it forms several notable conjunctions. After separating from Venus, it meets the Sun on 3/7.

A longer dance with Mars begins 3/9, perfects 3/14, and continues through Mercury’s direct station on March 20th.

I will do my best to talk more about it as it happens.

For now, Mercury retrograde will start in Pisces and he will not be there alone, he is there with Chiron, Lilith, Saturn/Neptune conjunct, and is in conjunction with Venus.

These energies swimming in Pisces would unjustly be seen as one single happening. It’s not just Mercury Retrograde in Pisces, it’s there within all Pisces energy.

Pisces is a large container and the planets within are the experience.

A helping of Mercury stationing retrograde is mixed with Venus as they land within Pisces, and this flavor is a combination of remembering the technical workings of desire and love, revisiting the memories of things we’ve valued and monetary gains we’ve had.

Neptune and Saturn enter the blend, meeting the immovable, untamed force of Lilith with a current that answers only to what lives deep within our own psyche.

Chiron adds another layer, with deep wounds, scabbed yet partially healed from time spent in the spiritual mind plane.

Here we encounter a resilience that wonders whether Mercury will revisit these places in memory or will it simply move abruptly into the wavelengths of uncertainty and unexpected Aquarius.

I think that answer sits within our own charts and the placements we face. Yes, it’s personal. Mercury is a personal planet. It’s why we feel it so viscerally.

March 3rd marks another threshold. Mercury Rx enters Aquarius as the Lunar Eclipse roars through Leo. (More on this as it happens for sure!)

When Mercury Rx enters Aquarius it starts a string of days in some form of conjunction with the Sun, the Sun conjunct the North Node and the NN in conjunction with Mars.

And again, it isn’t just Mercury Rx in Aquarius, there is always more to the story.

For now, as we swim doing the backstroke we might be mindful to remember to sometimes check on what we are blindly moving towards or splashing away from.

We will be smart to revisit the things we believe are valuable, those things that we treasure, as well as re-thinking and recalibrating the vibes we give off as we dream, get stuck in, bounce off of and wander through the dark and wounded corridors visited within the confines of our own energetic mind.

Swimming in the depths with electric eels not far away create the watery waves we move through as we swim deeper, or should we harness the power and rise?

It seems it’s not a matter of this or that, it’s an all encompassing both.

How to navigate that without getting electrocuted is the conundrum…

Maybe find a life raft and brush up on your swimming skills –

We’re heading to the deep end before we take flight.

Much Love,
Brenda ~ Soul Deep Life
Your Multidimensional Magician

02/21/2026

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02/20/2026

Deep mystical and hidden, mixed with structure, responsibility, and authority = Neptune, and Saturn’s exact conjunction in the Constellation of Pisces. (Remember we are looking at the actual sky, not the season)

The pair has been dancing about, but as they move closer the energy in their movement grows deeper and has more meaning.

The responsible stirrings of the spiritual realms are and have been an undertone, and that undertone is stirring within awareness as it moves through the awakened souls of those ready to face their imagined reality.

How will we become the responsible dreamer? And, as soon as “Responsible dreamer” crosses my mind and lips, I instantly think of Steve Jobs. If ever there were an example of how to use dreams in a structured way and make a living doing so, it would be him. With the energies of Pisces, Neptune, and Saturn we can tap into the magic that became a global phenomenon.

We are here to integrate and blend imagination around foundational reality, with a deep understanding that they are one in the same.

Karma is the ocean you remember.
Dharma is the shoreline you become.

This dynamic meeting in Karmic Pisces is using the ruler of Neptune to measure the bandwidth of Dharmic Saturn, bringing together an Ocean of karma that experiences the deepest depths, and watches as it meets a coastline of ever-changing boundaries. These boundaries are the accepting shores and jagged cliffs, calm sandy beaches, and rugged unforgiving waves as they hit solid rocks, meeting in crushing turmoil along treacherous land.

Will we allow our karmic past to meet our dharmic future with ease and grace, or will we crash into turmoil in an undercurrent of denial?

Saturn represents our bones, and Neptune represents fluids. The Ocean of Pisces can hold the body as it learns to float, morphing around structure where embodiment becomes the container. Yet a body can just as easily forget how to use buoyancy and be swallowed up in the waves, sinking to the depths of darkness.

Will we learn to embody, blend, and move with the tides or will we drown within the depths of karmic debt?
If karma is memory and dharma is expression, what memory am I expressing through my life?
What does maturity of spirit feel like inside my body?
What would it mean to live as someone who wastes nothing they have felt?

Collectively this conjunction often correlates with periods where compassion becomes something debated, regulated, funded, or structured.

And one of the quieter expressions of Saturn–Neptune is mass fatigue.
Neptune diffuses energy.
Saturn demands effort.
We might find the energies of burnout, compassion fatigue, or a simple desire to withdraw from overwhelming information and draining events.
There will be spiritual searching, and a collective questioning of productivity culture.
This is about civilization realizing that endless output without meaning is unsustainable.

Lastly, we have Lilith overshadowing this conjunction, and she in her dark wisdom knows that unless we face our fears, our insecurities, our delusions with a strong and present conviction we will be erased from the equation all together.

As a Piscean woman, myself, with Neptune in my 12th house, and Saturn in Pisces in the 4th house, I personally feel that I am swimming in the depths of Spirituality with a Job to do and I know this is the time to make my dreams a reality.

Where are your Pisces, Neptune, and Saturn placements? Those will help you understand the personal implications of this transit.

Soul Love,
Brenda ~ Soul Deep Life
Your Multidimensional Magician

02/18/2026

The Eclipse, the ring of fire, and the arrival of the Fire Horse.

We are collectively - through Aquarius - jumping this ring of fire and momentarily moving through the void.

This is where time stands still, the earth recalibrates, and as it does so will all it's creatures, including us.

Fire is cleansing.

Let this cleansing move through the collective.

Let it find us steady as the flames grow higher all around us, and let this cleanse bring us through a collective recalibration in way that serves us all.

Cleansing through fire and love, that also include the masses, might feel uncomfortable because that is what it's meant to do.

Don't stop, don't allow the flames to consume you.

Sit upright, hold the reins and use your navigational skills to lead you through to greener pastures.

Have you set your intentions? Are they made of stone? If not, you might want to get that in order before the fire starts.

Much Love,
Brenda ~ Soul Deep Life
Your Multidimensional Magician

www.BrendaLeeMartinez.com

02/15/2026

Happy Birthday Aquarius!

With the parade of planets that Aquarius is hosting, and about to host, the Sun moving here needs mentioning.

I look at the actual sky, and the Sun is just now moving into the constellation of Aquarius even though in Tropical Astrology, seasonal astrology, it has been there since January 20th...

Anyway, with the Sun moving into Aquarius, preparing for the Moon to join in, where Venus, the North Node and Mercury (who will be stationing retrograde soon) have been, he is stepping up onto the stage and announcing – what?

This is an announcement of pride, possibly our ego or our confidence, as it is tossed around like rag dolls in the energy of all that is Aquarius.

It is our desires, which we will publicly express, on stage, or social media, and we will likely find unexpected quirks if our boundaries aren't firmly in place.

The energies of Aquarius are flexible, inflexible, sudden, unexpected, they will include anyone and everyone, the masses and the Sun is fun, in the spotlight, showing, self-expression, confidence, lack of confidence, ego, pride, audience and children, or childlike.

The public eye will see, the public heart will feel, the public voice expressed. Where Responsibility or the lack there of, will be front and center on this stage, wounding or exaggerating its very pride.

How will we move through this, how will everything and everyone’s illumination play a role, and how will the eclipse that is coming ask us to navigate and be in the void of all of it?

Time will tell.

The Sun will shine – even if we can’t always see it.

The boundaries will either hold or break.

It’s almost time to ride the incoming Fire Horse, once it stops long enough for us to jump on and when we do, be sure to hold on tight, and get a firm grip on the reins!!

Happy Birthday Aquarius, it is going to be quite a party!

Much Love, Brenda
Your Multidimensional Magician

02/13/2026

The 13th sign was phased out of astrology around the roman era, and in recent years it has made a significant come back.

We went from the stages of the Moon - emotion feminine to the Sun - expression masculine, when in truth we need to honor both the yin and yang, the divine feminine and the divine masculine working in tandem to create balance.

I don't think that is a coincidence - It's time for the illusions of separation to fall away. Awakenings are happening at a faster pace and the energies of the planet are shifting.

We at Ophiuchus 13 Astrology fully embrace this number, and I embrace the astrology that includes the 13th sign.

Adding the 13th sign has helped our readings and clients in showing where their key to healing is, as it points to a place of Transcendence.

Of course the whole chart is needed to paint the bigger picture, but Ophiuchus (the 13th sign) is an anchor to reading the birth chart - for sure!

And just like Ophiuchus, Friday the 13th has had bad connotations wrapped around it for years, when in truth it is very sacred and lucky!

We hope you all have a very Happy Friday the 13th!!

Much Love
Brenda ~ Ophiuchus 13 Astrology

02/07/2026

Venus moves into Aquarius today - joining Mercury

She will be there until the 26th of February before she moves into Pisces.

During her stay in Aquarius we might find ourselves moving through a unique relationship with what we value, who we value and the desires all of that stirs up.

Venus in Aquarius is a love affair with the strange and unusual, enjoying and desiring the dopamine hits of sudden and unexpected thrills.

Venus is all about the senses and the sensual, Aquarius is wavelengths, the collective and sudden unexpected - Mix the two and we have our senses aroused by the electric air!

Mars is not far, so we are also looking at the divine masculine and feminine moving through this sensual dance with action and bravado.

Love is in the air, but so is action.

Soon the Moon and Sun will join the party...
For now, enjoy the ride! 🎢🎢
Much Love,
Brenda - Soul Deep Life
Your Multidimensional Magician

02/06/2026

Great info

PLANETARY RETROGRADE DATES 2026

1st Mercury Retrograde begins February 26 and stations back direct March 30.

2nd Mercury retrograde begins June 29 and stations back direct July 23.

3rd Mercury retrograde begins October 24 theandn stations back direct November 13.

Venus Retrograde begins October 3 and stations back direct November 14.

2nd Mercury retrograde begins June 29, then stations back direct July 23.y 23 2025. There is no Mars retrograde in 2026.

Jupiter retrograde began November 11 2025 and ends March 10 2026.
Jupiter will station retrograde again on December 13, 2026 until April 13, 2027.

Saturn retrograde begins July 26 and stations back direct December 10.

Uranus retrograde began September 5, 2025 and stationed back direct February 3, 2026. Uranus will station retrograde September 10, 2026 and station back direct February 8, 2027.

Neptune retrograde begins July 7 and stations back direct December 12.

Look at the Angel numbers aligning 7-7 12-12 and the Neptune Saturn conjunction is 11 - 11 degrees on Capricorn Prometheus or 8-8 degrees on AstroApp Pro Bergan Lovelace wheel.

Pluto retrograde begins May 6 and stations back direct October 16.

Mars retrograde began December 6, 2024, then stationed back direct February 23 2025. There is no Mars retrograde in 2026.

Check Your 13 sign sky viewings app and/or software for the sign at the time of the retrograde. We all use different charts with different settings. I use IAU boundaries, so My degrees differ slightly on My wheel. If we want to get technical, there are no boundaries or houses in the sky.

Stay grounded with Mother Earth. REmember Your breathing and coping skills, as well as giving YourSelf as much time, care, attention and Love Energy as You so freely give to others.

You deserve it!

02/04/2026

Mercury moves into Aquarius today -
He will be there for a couple weeks before moving into Pisces and stationing retrograde on 2/25.
For now we will notice the restrictions we have had on our communications will be traded for more technical and yet more sporadic ones.
The energies of Mercury in Aquarius will find us moving within groups, and having sudden and unexpected events and topics be front and center.
Chaos is a word I think of with Aquarius, and that can be enlivening and anxiety producing depending on the day or moment - be prepared for anything! And Everything!
Just know that it can happen suddenly, without warning and might impact us all.
On the lighter side we should have a great time with friends, find unusual conversations refreshing and who knows we might even learn some silly thing we never knew we needed!
Looking ahead we have:
Venus will enter Aquarius on 2/7
Sun will enter Aquarius on 2/15
Sun/Moon/Solar Eclipse 2/17
I'll have updates on these as - stay tuned!
Much Love,
Brenda ~ Soul Deep Life
Your Multidimensional Maven

01/31/2026

Moon in Cancer is home, the Moon is the ruler of Cancer and together they are feeling safe, comfortable, nurturing and caring, and that’s a place and feeling we all want to have in our lives.

In opposition to Moon is the Sun in Capricorn, in conjunction to Mars - that is in conjunction with Pluto, but also loosely conjunct with Venus who is in conjunction with Mercury.

A couple weeks back had the majority of these players were making their way from Sag., into Capricorn during the New Moon, yet the fast moves of the Moon left the players of the Sun behind and is now happily playing alone in Cancer; but the pull of the friends he’s left behind are still impacting the energies he carries.

The Stellium of four planets and the Sun are challenging the safety, comfort and nurturing home of the Moon now.

These big hitters are challenging us to enjoy our comforts, but to remember those comforts aren’t guaranteed – instead they are things we take with us when we step out of the comfort zone and get down to responsible communication about our desires and what we find valuable, while also taking responsible action and being radically responsible for what we transform IF we can find the courage and bravado to do so.

What intentions did you set a couple weeks ago? How have they helped you, or have you allowed them in?

The last New Moon was important – it set the tone, not only for this Moon, but for many to come. February will be no joke astrologically - - And having a solid foundation is imperative.

However, if you didn’t set intentions with the New Moon, now IS NOT the time to set new ones. Sit with the energies of the Full Moon, notice where the next couple of weeks take you and then on the Next New Moon be sure to take it all in, and set intentions that work with and for you, using all you can see in hindsight and with foresight for your future.

The square from Uranus Rx to Mercury might have the collective communications coming from what we value and hold dear, likely aimed towards our governments. We surely see this playing out in the US.

Chiron, the wounded healer, in Pisces, is also in a square to Jupiter Rx in Gemili, making the wounds of the World illuminated, thought about, and rolling off of tongues divided.

This Moon has us wanting to stay in the comfort zone, but the pull can’t be ignored, especially where Mars and Pluto are connected to the Sun – it can’t help but illuminate the wounds, which can pull us into acting from the wounded space.

This kind of action often brings unpleasant transformation. I mean, have you ever been snug in bed, sleeping like a dream, and then suddenly have to go take care of business? (Think cat’s fighting in the living room, or the dog puking on the carpet) – I don’t know about you, but I seldomly make it to whatever took me from my comfort into business in a good mood. This is now.

The North Node in Aquarius is asking us all, the collective, to be responsible, to allow the chaos and energetic wavelengths to be there but to know our boundaries.
The South Node in Leo in conjunction with the (Ic) is triggering our courage, or confidence and our ego’s need to be front and center.

Working in opposition to each other the Nodes are asking us to be responsible for our boundaries when our confidence is shaken, when our hair stands on end, and the roar of needing to be seen overrules the needs and safety of the collective inner child in us all.

Then there is Lilith in conjunction with Saturn and Neptune in Pisces. There isn’t a more authentic expression of authority and the mystical than this trio.

We are waking from the dream, still in that Theta wavelength, but realizing that without being bold, straightforward, with no filter, and no BS – our authority, our dreams, our Magic will never be allowed to find its true purpose. I mean how can the magic find the light if repression, hiding and being squashed under any authoritarian figure is allowed to continue?

When we are bold, when we refuse to dim our sparkle, the strait laced tend to feel uncomfortable, and when the strait laced want to do what’s “right” the sparkles ask why won’t you let me be?

What we are failing to see is that it takes both.

If we are only in our dreams, they never come to fruition.

If we are only in responsibility, we don’t have vision and whimsy……

It takes the push and pull of the Moon, and the Sun and all of the other components of our sky, our being, to create the whole.

Finding transformation, and ultimately Transcendence (Scorpio/Ophiuchus) takes us working through the entirety of our earthy perspectives to realize it’s all an illusion anyway.

What if we simply show up in Love.

What if we Love where we show up?

What if we allow Love to show up and Shine in all we are?

Those were my intentions from this past New Moon. Maybe you can adopt them too?

Goodness knows we could all use a little more love in every situation under the stars.

Brenda ~ Soul Deep Life
Your multidimensional magician

01/30/2026