February 2025: Tarot spread for the new moon in Pisces

Plus an astro-tarot forecast, journal prompts, and herbal lore for the new moon in Pisces.

The February 2025 new moon falls in the sign of Pisces. The Pisces archetype is highly intuitive and very open to the flow of creative imagination. This is the sign of creative dreamers and mystics and visionaries, which makes this new moon an excellent time to flex your intuitive and creative muscles.

Spiritually, the Pisces archetype teaches the principle of unity, of recognizing the divinity within you. One way to understand this principle is by looking at creation – the creator {God, Universe, Source, however you wish to name it} created this earth, the rivers and seas, the trees, birds, insects, animals, man. Similarly, man has the ability to create – and to create consciously. It is this ability that points to the spiritual truth of Pisces, that we are spiritual beings having a human experience {with the emphasis on our humanness in all its frailty and beauty}. It is by accepting responsibility for consciously creating – which isn’t always easy – that you connect most deeply with the creator. Needless to say, empathy and compassion are the cornerstones of the Pisces archetype.

This Pisces new moon marks our entrance into eclipse season, and opens a doorway into one of the most transformative periods of the year.

This new moon also highlights your voyage of self-discovery: who you are, who you’re becoming, how do you realize your best self? It’s an excellent time to shine some light on your unique personality traits, the things about yourself that you want to change, and perhaps more importantly, to consider how you can achieve your goals while working with yourself {your strengths, vision, etc.} rather than against yourself {following “conventional” advice, which may or may not be serving you}.

Astro-tarot influences for the February 2025 new moon in Pisces

To throw some more light on the February new moon astrology, let’s take a look at the astro-tarot influences of this lunation. The Pisces new moon falls in decan 1, which is represented by the 8 of Cups. This is to be interpreted in conjunction with The Moon, which is associated with Pisces.

I’ve been scrolling through Instagram, watching the mass protests across the US against the Trump administration. And I’ve been thinking about all the mass protests that have taken place across the globe in recent years — from Black Lives Matter in the US to the anti-citizenship act and farmers protests in India to the many protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and other global uprisings.

Looking at these mass protests, it seems fair to say that the people are tired. They have had enough. Enough of capitalist frameworks that continue to favor the uber rich, of politicians who lack empathy and compassion, of generational wrongs that have still not been righted.

These larger, global issues seem somewhat easier to see, I think, than the smaller, more personal issues that we continue to grapple with.

With cultural truisms that we have absorbed through our skins into our bones that serve us no longer, but that we don’t quite know how to repair and restore.

With old hurts and deep wounds that continue to affect how we view ourselves and our roles in the world that we haven’t been able to overcome just quite yet.

With ways of being and seeing and thinking that aren’t serving us anymore, but we don’t yet have the language or the tools to set to rights just yet.

Like the messy geopolitical and sociopolitical issues that often take decades, even generations, to resolve, our wounds, our changing landscapes, our truisms will take time and care and attention and effort to put to rights.

Looking into the mirror and knowing things aren’t quite right is often the first step in starting to repair the tapestry of our lives, our stories, our identities.

This journey is often messy, non-linear, circuitous. It requires thought and care and rest and oftentimes seeking the help of counsellors, mentors or other way showers.

The dwarf planet Ceres is active during this lunation, lending us its nurturing, mother energy as we grapple with questions of identity and putting our inner lives and selves to rights. Feeding and nurturing your heart are pathways to healing, and are the gifts of Ceres. Indulge in activities that bring you a sense of peace, joy, rightness; the ones that make you feel fulfilled. Often, it is through these acts that our biggest shifts occur.

Neptune and Saturn are also in play during this Pisces new moon, highlighting the interplay between our dreamy intuitive state and the need for structure to ground our dreams into reality. The Moon forms a beneficial trine with Mars, the planet of action, which could enable us to move forward with our ideas and visions and move in the direction of our deepest desires.

Herbal medicine for the Pisces new moon

Every new moon, I will choose a herb for us based on the astrology around the moon, using the Herbal Astrology Oracle by Adriana Ayales. I’ll include a bit about the herbal lore and some guidance that you can weave in to your new moon workings.

The herb that I chose for the February 2025 new moon in Pisces is Lemon balm.

Lemon balm was planted by the beekeepers t the Temple of Artemis to keep the sacred honeybees happy. In both ancient Greece and Turkey, it was believed that planting lemon balm near beehives would attract honeybees and prevent them from abandoning the hive.

Lemon balm, which is ruled by Ceres, has a relaxing effect on the central nervous system, providing relief from stress, anxiety, and depressive moods.

Lemon balm reminds us to connect to the Great Mother in all Her shapes and forms. She also reminds us to give ourselves the permission to mother the deepest core of ourselves; to listen to our inner child or fetch, and to give voice to the parts of our inner child that have been silenced.

Note: I am not a herbal practitioner, and the herbs that I choose for us on each new moon are not meant to be ingested. If you own a copy of the Herbal Astrology Oracle, you can place the card on your altar. Alternately, you can find a photograph of the herb and paint or sketch it in your journal while you reflect on its healing properties and how they may resonate with you.

Tarot spread for the February 2025 new moon in Pisces

Here’s a tarot spread to tap into the energy of this new moon.

Leaving behind: What are you leaving behind

Journeying towards: What are you longing for

Supplies for the journey: What tools or resources you need to go from here to there

To note on arrival: How will you know you have arrived

Mamma moon says: This is always an encouraging message

If you share your spreads on Instagram, please tag me @moderngypsy.in so we can connect with each other.

Journaling questions for the new moon in Pisces

Not a cardslinger? No problem. Here are some journaling questions for you instead.

With cultural truisms have you bought into that no longer serve you?

What ways of being and thinking aren’t serving you anymore?

How can you begin to reframe, repair, rethink about these issues?