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The Body & The Sky — February 2026

  • Writer: Janna Risch
    Janna Risch
  • Jan 29
  • 3 min read

Updated: Jan 31



A blog series by The Living Fabric

“The moment the sky changes its breath… the body listens.”


February: The Month the Body Begins Again, Quietly


February does not shout its arrival.

It slips in through the breath between months. It tiptoes across the bridge between air and water — from Aquarius to Pisces. And this year, 2026, it carries a hinge. A moment of opening. A soft rupture.

On February 17th, a New Moon and Solar Eclipse in Aquarius rewrites the sky’s rhythm. And when the sky rewrites itself, so does the fascia.

Not all at once. Not in fireworks or revelation. But in whispers.


The Fascia of February: Listening, Letting Go, Reimagining


Fascia is the body's remembering web. It doesn’t need language — it recognizes tone. It doesn’t need answers — it feels direction.

And this February, the direction isn’t forward. It’s inward. Not a push to become new — a permission to release the false old.

This eclipse in Aquarius clears space for new vision.But vision without grounding becomes illusion.That’s why the fascia softens only when there is safety.

And the sky seems to know this.

It gives us softness, not intensity.

It brings:

Mercury in Pisces (from February 6): thought dissolves into intuition

Venus in Pisces (from February 10): beauty, grief, and tenderness share the same chair

Sun in Pisces (from February 18): light becomes water, and time becomes feeling

Mercury Retrograde in Pisces (from February 26): not a mistake, but a deep return


What the Body Might Feel This Month


In February, you may find yourself more emotional than usual. Not broken. Unfreezing.

  • You may cry for no reason (your fascia is thawing).

  • You may feel disoriented (your timeline is adjusting).

  • You may crave music, softness, water, naps (this is your body rebalancing).


The fascia responds deeply to the water signs — not because of mysticism, but because of rhythm.

Water isn’t just emotion — it’s movement.

And movement is how the body remembers who it is.


Fascia Practice: The Pause Before Becoming


Here is a simple invitation for this month:

“Before you become new, allow something to soften.”


  • Place one hand on your sternum, the other on your low belly.

  • Inhale slowly — imagine the breath arriving like mist.

  • Exhale longer than you think you need to.

  • Do it three times.

  • Then wait.

  • Feel what shifts. Not what you should feel — just what is.

This is the space between becoming and remembering. A pause that rewires the body’s calendar.


Words the Sky Might Whisper to the Body in February

“You are not late. You are not behind. You are right on time — for a kind of healing that doesn't follow clocks.”

One More Thing, Dear Reader…


You may find yourself dreaming differently this month. You may meet old parts of yourself in unusual ways. You may be shown the cost of rushing — and the gift of staying still.

And if your fascia feels tight — pause.If your breath feels shallow — listen.If your mind is tired — soak your feet in warm water and imagine the stars are softening your bones.

Because they are.

The Body and the Sky are not separate. One carries memory in tissue.

The other carries rhythm in light.


In February 2026, both are learning to trust the quiet again.

You are not missing it. You are made of it.


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Janna Risch

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