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Talk / discuss — February 2027

The best days to have a hard conversation in February 2027.

Computed in America/New York (Eastern Time). Event and interval times include their Eastern Time zone label (EDT or EST). A different timezone shifts the day boundaries — the sky doesn’t change, but the local days it lands in can.

You’ve got the conversation on the calendar. Here is February 2027, scored for talking: every hour rated on the Moon void-of-course, Mercury retrograde, the Moon’s phase, and its next applying aspect for this decision — then averaged per day. Scores start at 50. Higher scores mean more favorable conditions under Orrery’s rules, not a higher chance of success. Check the times against your availability.

The month’s best stretch opens Tue, Feb 2, 11:00 AM EST and holds until Tue, Feb 2, 3:00 PM EST, scoring 65.

Amber rows below are the days that stretch touches. Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.

Rows list factors in that day’s hourly samples. An applying aspect’s exact date can fall on a later day.

DateDayScoreThe computed sky
Feb 1Mon55Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 2Tue54Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Tue, Feb 2, 2027, 2:40 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Feb 2, 2027, 8:05 AM EST – Tue, Feb 2, 2027, 10:32 AM EST
Feb 3Wed38Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Feb 3, 2027, 7:52 AM EST – Thu, Feb 4, 2027, 11:28 PM EST
Feb 4Thu29Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Feb 3, 2027, 7:52 AM EST – Thu, Feb 4, 2027, 11:28 PM EST
Feb 5Fri55Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 6Sat47Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Feb 6, 2027, 8:46 PM EST – Sun, Feb 7, 2027, 11:31 AM EST
Feb 7Sun38Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Sun, Feb 7, 2027, 10:52 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Feb 6, 2027, 8:46 PM EST – Sun, Feb 7, 2027, 11:31 AM ESTVoid-of-course Sun, Feb 7, 2027, 10:52 PM EST – Tue, Feb 9, 2027, 9:48 PM EST
Feb 8Mon21Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Feb 7, 2027, 10:52 PM EST – Tue, Feb 9, 2027, 9:48 PM EST
Feb 9Tue13Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Feb 7, 2027, 10:52 PM EST – Tue, Feb 9, 2027, 9:48 PM EST
Feb 10Wed25Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 11Thu17Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Feb 11, 2027, 4:48 PM EST – Fri, Feb 12, 2027, 5:44 AM EST
Feb 12Fri23Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Fri, Feb 12, 2027, 3:01 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Feb 11, 2027, 4:48 PM EST – Fri, Feb 12, 2027, 5:44 AM EST
Feb 13Sat25Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 14Sun13Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Sun, Feb 14, 2027, 5:15 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Feb 14, 2027, 2:58 AM EST – Sun, Feb 14, 2027, 10:58 AM EST
Feb 15Mon25Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 16Tue22Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Tue, Feb 16, 2027, 4:32 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Feb 16, 2027, 9:49 AM EST – Tue, Feb 16, 2027, 1:38 PM EST
Feb 17Wed17Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Feb 17, 2027, 4:49 PM EST – Thu, Feb 18, 2027, 2:31 PM EST
Feb 18Thu3Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Sat, Feb 20, 2027, 11:01 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Feb 17, 2027, 4:49 PM EST – Thu, Feb 18, 2027, 2:31 PM EST
Feb 19Fri9Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Sat, Feb 20, 2027, 11:01 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 20Sat15Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Sat, Feb 20, 2027, 11:01 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Feb 20, 2027, 11:01 AM EST – Sat, Feb 20, 2027, 2:59 PM EST
Feb 21Sun33Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 22Mon22Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Wed, Feb 24, 2027, 10:01 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Feb 22, 2027, 2:53 AM EST – Mon, Feb 22, 2027, 4:44 PM EST
Feb 23Tue47Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Wed, Feb 24, 2027, 10:01 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 24Wed35Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Fri, Feb 26, 2027, 2:48 PM ESTApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Wed, Feb 24, 2027, 10:01 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Feb 24, 2027, 6:58 PM EST – Wed, Feb 24, 2027, 9:24 PM EST
Feb 25Thu21Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Fri, Feb 26, 2027, 2:48 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 26Fri26Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Fri, Feb 26, 2027, 2:48 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Feb 27Sat36Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Sun, Feb 28, 2027, 11:53 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Feb 27, 2027, 1:35 AM EST – Sat, Feb 27, 2027, 5:52 AM EST
Feb 28Sun43Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Sun, Feb 28, 2027, 11:53 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)

How to read this

Void-of-course— after the Moon’s last exact aspect in a sign, before it enters the next. The classical read: finish things; don’t start them. Exact times are in the void calendar for February 2027. Mercury retrograde — the traditional caution for messages, deals, and signatures; station times to the second are in the retrograde dates. Waxing / waning — growing favors starts, thinning favors finishing. The applying aspect— the Moon’s next exact contact with this decision’s planet, easy angles helping, hard angles dragging. The full rulebook — which conventions Orrery follows and which it refuses — is in Method.

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