The month of February gets its name from Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa performed at this time of year. The Romans also considered it an ill-fortuned month which is why it is shorter than the others. So the theme here for February will be curses, cursed items, ill-fortune and, maybe, counter measures against such.
As usual, if there is something along this theme you would like to see let me know by posting here or in the Sea of Stars forum.
The posts in January were:
Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal 