At the beginning of the month, the two benefics, Venus and Jupiter, make shifts that will light up our creativity and freedom, both on February 4. Venus will ingress Aries, the sign of the warrior that helps us fight for what we love and the relationships that mean the most to us.

Although it encompasses some of winter’s darkest nights, February spurs daydreams of lighter days ahead. In just a matter of weeks, the first buds of springtime will begin to peek out, promising an incoming wave of brightness and hope.

Venus in Aries knows what she wants, and she takes it,” says Donna Page, an Atlanta-based astrologer with a graduate degree in counseling psychology. This energy could bring excitement to dating or your relationships—or,