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Where Were the Planets on February 23, 1966?

Quick Answer

On February 23, 1966, the Sun was in Pisces (4°25' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Aries all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Crescent (8% illuminated). Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

Mercury met Saturn in Pisces. Serious thinking. Good for contracts, edits and hard conversations. Mercury opposed Pluto. Mercury opposed Uranus.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on February 23, 1966. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 1°44' Aries at midnight UTC to 13°47' Aries at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on February 23, 1966
Body	Position	Motion	In Sign Since	Next Sign Change
Sun	4°25'29" Pisces	Direct	Feb 19, 1966	Mar 21, 1966 into Aries
Moon	7°45'37" Aries	Direct	Feb 22, 1966	Feb 25, 1966 into Taurus
Mercury	18°21'40" Pisces	Direct	Feb 13, 1966	Mar 3, 1966 into Aries
Venus	29°22'54" Capricorn	Direct	Feb 6, 1966	Feb 25, 1966 into Aquarius
Mars	19°03'09" Pisces	Direct	Jan 30, 1966	Mar 9, 1966 into Aries
Jupiter	21°21'40" Gemini	Direct	Nov 17, 1965	May 5, 1966 into Cancer
Saturn	17°59'02" Pisces	Direct	Dec 16, 1964	Mar 3, 1967 into Aries
Uranus	18°09'23" Virgo	Retrograde	Aug 10, 1962	Sep 28, 1968 into Libra
Neptune	22°10'33" Scorpio	Stationing direct	Aug 6, 1957	Jan 4, 1970 into Sagittarius
Pluto	17°29'56" Virgo	Retrograde	Jun 10, 1958	Oct 5, 1971 into Libra
North Node	29°49'05" Taurus	Direct	Feb 20, 1966	Sep 9, 1967 into Aries

Sky Events on February 23, 1966

The Moon phase is Waxing Crescent, 8% illuminated at noon UTC.

Date	Event	Detail
Feb 23, 00:22 UTC	Mercury opposite Pluto	Pressured conversations, obsessive thinking and hard selling.
Feb 23, 06:26 UTC	Mercury conjunct Saturn	Serious thinking. Good for contracts, edits and hard conversations.
Feb 23, 09:15 UTC	Mercury opposite Uranus	Nervy and abrupt. Tech glitches and things said too fast.

Born on February 23, 1966?

The Sun, Mercury, Mars and Saturn were all in Pisces, so everyone born that day is a Pisces several times over. Mercury and Saturn sat less than a degree apart in Pisces, a close conjunction shared by every chart from that day.

Planet signs are only part of the picture. Your rising sign changes about every two hours and the Moon moves half a degree an hour, so your exact birth time and place decide your houses, angles and Moon degree.

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