For the first two months of this year there has been a dearth of fire in the heavens. Fire gives us direction: it bestows energy, enthusiasm, creativity, spontaneity and creativity. Without enough fire to buoy us towards a goal, many of us have felt apathetic, pessimistic and unmotivated. With such an imbalance in fire, you might also have been bearing the brunt of people either withholding themselves or expressing themselves in an overly dramatic manner.
The first week in March will not be much better, but on the 7th Venus (
), representative of our emotional body, pirouettes into Aries (
) and on the 10th, Mars (
), the prime motivator, turns to go direct at 0° Leo (
). Only the most sensitive among us will immediately feel the change, but by the 20th, the Spring Equinox and the astrological New Year, both the Sun (
) and Mercury (
) are in Aries and you will feel much more enthusiastic and self-motivated.
The Sun in your chart points to your primary reason for incarnating; the transiting Sun indicates your immediate evolutionary focus in a cycle of twelve archetypal phases. The thirteen New Moons in a year indicate thirteen still points where we pause to regroup and find again the dream that lies at the hearth of our soul.
Against the backdrop of the seasons, March is always a time of transition: winter dies before spring is born. As the twelfth and final sign, Pisces (
) represents the challenge of a closing cycle: dissolving the ego and distilling experience into spiritual wisdom. As we’re leaving the Age of Pisces behind, this is the challenge we all face. Symbolised by two fish, yoked together yet swimming in opposite directions, the quest of Pisces is to bring heaven to earth, to connect the mundane and the divine, to bring awareness to every waking moment.
By the New Moon on 15 March, no less than seven planets are contained between 27° Aquarius (
) and 27° Pisces (): the Sun and the Moon are at 25° 10’ Pisces, Mercury and Uranus are at 26° and Jupiter at 13° 27’ Pisces. Chiron (
) and Neptune (
) are closely conjunct at 28° 3’ and 27° 13’ Aquarius.
The Age of Pisces has all but released her hold on us and the Age of Aquarius has us in her gaze: with so many planets clustered in one area of the zodiac straddling these two signs, a sense of urgency will make itself felt. And yet until the Equinox it would be best if you could bide your time: remain centred, pace yourself and observe to what extent past pain or the comfort of your outworn concepts and beliefs still have a hold over you. Each of us is an agent of change; we are all participants in the birthing of a new world order. Your future depends on the choices you make now – as an individual and as part of a larger whole.
If it’s true that the slower a planet moves, the higher its volume is turned up, then Mars () poised to turn direct on 0° Leo is most definitely the main player this month. Mars is the first planet beyond the Earth’s orbit: from the Earth as viewpoint, Mercury and Venus are tied to the Sun. Mars on the other hand can go where he pleases – independent of any other influence. Mars is the planet of self-determination. Whatever your destiny, your Mars placement gives you the desire, the power and even the sex appeal to make it happen.
Transiting Mars shows you where you need to assert yourself, where you intuitively know you need to put your energy –even if that means taking a risk. A Mars energy that is suppressed or forced into a direction can be unpardonably selfish and insensitive. Mars in Leo insists you lead with your heart and that you make things fun! Tap into the part of you that loves life: the risk, the drama, the people.........
Whenever you feel the grip of fear around your heart as you become aware of the enormous changes happening around you, whenever you don’t know how to proceed, remind yourself that you’ll know what to do when you get there. Most of all pull your self back into the present and become aware of your environment at that moment! My friend, who also happens to be my daughter, takes a long hard look at her toes and reminds herself that all she needs to do is take the next step! Act from within the present rather than out of fear.
The chart for the Spring Equinox sets the tone for the next six months. The Sun (self) is opposite Saturn (reality testing) at 1° Libra and the Moon at 26° Taurus (
) is in a stressful square to the ongoing Neptune/Chiron conjunction at 27°/28° Aquarius. Refining our healing process is probably the best way of summarising the challenge of these aspects.
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For many centuries Saturn (
) was the outermost planet; then, as the collective matured, Uranus, Neptune, the asteroids, Pluto and Chiron were discovered. Chiron’s orbit is between that of Saturn (the old) and Uranus (the new) and it supports our process of accepting and integrating our lower nature and inherited wounding. The healing journey begins with Saturn; Saturn provides the responsibility for our own life, the discipline, resolve, focus and persistence without which we would not be able to access our wounds. If Chiron is the Portal to the evolutionary impetus of the outer planets, Saturn is the Gatekeeper.
The emphasis during the next six months will be on mastering our emotional (lower nature) – originally the domain of the Moon – to integrate it into the realm of the Sun – ever egging it on to become more coherent, conscious and self-determined. From being unconsciously Moon-ruled and reactive your emotional nature needs to become Sun-ruled and consciously active. The Moon in Taurus implies that your sense of values (money, status, possessions) will be the burning ground.
Jupiter (the maintenance of faith) in Pisces () promotes your understanding of the interaction between the physical and metaphysical planes. The last time Jupiter was in Pisces was the whole of 1998. What were you experiencing then that bound you in fear and powerlessness? In what way could you do it differently this time round? Read the signs - they are all around you.
We are coming to the end of a cycle and we are setting new intentions; for Pisces these come from the heart not the head – from the soul not the ego. During the first half of this month allow for a bit of dreamtime – trust the process and allow your spirit to catch up with you. Allow a deep inner peace to arise: the peace of deeply understanding the cyclic nature of matter. This too shall pass..........
By the 20th it is all systems go! Decide where to put your energy and do it: join that dance class, get your CV out there, write that exam. Bring celebration into whatever is given to you: celebrating what seems to be dark allows for the dawning of the light.
Dance the dance of life.
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