February 29 — the date, kept whole

The sign

The Sun on February 29 sits firmly in Pisces — in every one of the 101 years we computed. No cusp asterisk on this one.

The last sign of the zodiac, Pisces is a Neptune-ruled water sign that closes the wheel as winter turns to spring. As a mutable sign it is traditionally read as fluid and impressionable, taking in the moods around it. In astrology it is tied to imagination, empathy, and intuition, with a dreamy, creative inner life; its traditional ruler is Jupiter. It is often seen as the most sensitive and artistic of the signs, feeling the moods of everyone around it. More on Pisces →

The flower and the stone

February's birth flower is the Violet (with the Primrose beside it), and its stone is the Amethyst — Purple. Each carries meanings from its own tradition; the month pages keep their stories.

The month's moon

February's full moon is the Snow Moon — themes of stillness, scarcity, waiting. The date tool shows the exact moon of any February 29, any year.

One line of numerology

Day 29 reduces to 11 in the day-number tradition. Eleven, a master number in the tradition, is read as heightened two — intuition turned up, sensitivity carried as a strength.