March Horoscope:
March starts with a repeat of the hair-raising Mars-Pluto opposition on the Solstice Degrees of 0-3 Cancer and Capricorn. This is like some sort of major cosmic battle between passion and control, warrior action VS domination, creativity VS destruction and even life VS death. Yeah, it’s that dramatic.
Note to self: Avoid addictive relationships, compulsive behavior and all the other ways that we humans hide from our divine nature and instead fight for power amongst ourselves.
Beginning Feb 22 and through ALL OF MARCH: Venus and Mercury travel together through Aquarius/Pisces – crossing Chiron, Sun and Neptune. Let the dance continue! My question for you is just this; are you doing the ‘whirling dervish’ hippie dance or do you prefer something more structured? Either way, family matters, and long term arrangements are once again the subject of the day. And weather you prefer chaotic inspiration or orderly time management this is a truly inspiring creative moment. Art, language, speeches, and fulfiling connections to one’s deepest values are possible now. Think of it as if you are able to wipe the slate clean and bathe in the waters of love that fill your soul; and from this place you can return renewed and re-invigorated. This whole cycle is such a blessed time for love and family that I fully expect to see a wave of pregnancies and weddings (engagements) to sweep the land. As busy as life is, there’s always time for love under the stars!
The Full Moon on March 21 in Libra asks us to release our attachments to partnerships and the roles that we have gotten stuck in. It may not mean the end of a partnership (or maybe it does?) but it definitely means that there is something to let go of as far as personal roles and our approach to those relationships. The New Moon in Pisces on the 7th opens up the opportunity to achieve a sense of spiritual connection, service and devotion and to be willing to sacrafice self indulgent motives for the greater good, for our relationships and in service to the needs of our spirit. Such a call to spiritual renewal within relationships almost always brings it’s opposite to the surface.
aries – You’re on fire for most of the month, dispite the reappearance of conflict you thought you’d buried around New Years. Ok, you’ll just have to plow through these volatile waters, but you’ve got what it takes to succeed. Power-struggles and even elements of obsession and compulsion are on the table for you to deal with once and for all. Any of these: anger, obsessive sexuality, depression or hotheadedness are all imbalances of your life-force that you are being given the chance to correct – don’t waste it!
taurus – You’re getting the chance to connect to a broader group which is rewarding for you, but it leaves your head spinning. There are tons of opportunities to express your creative gifts, your innovations, your ideas and the general fertility of your mind. Wow, it’s almost overwhelming, that’s why you need to be involved with this team of people to help you – see how it all works out?
gemini – This is a month for radical ideas to get expressed, and you are somehow in the middle of it all. Are they your ideas, your words or are you merely the mouthpiece for them? It doesn’t matter because you are about to see things get truly spicy and unpredictable. As the stakes rise, so does the heat, and you are right there, standing next to the hottest burner. Just be sure to take care of yourself and get out when the heat gets dangerous.
cancer – Get ready to see a wave of change. Whole tribes of people, whole teams of the like-minded are banding together now, and this makes for some very stormy seas. You can’t expect to navigate your boat easily in the midst of these tempest tossed seas. Your best bet is to head for a safe (and solid) piece of land and set up camp there for as long as it takes. You might want to bring along a few of your favorite friends and start a vegetable garden, you could be here for while.
leo – Fantasy, selfishness, power-struggles and all forms of bullying fill your world this month. You aredirectly involved with this whole issue of who’s right, who’s better, who’s doing more, etc, etc. I swear that these people all look like adults, and yet they are acting like 2 year olds. How much of this do you want to expose yourself to? There is a certain point when the captain has to be sure that he’s got a crew he can trust. My question is just this, can you trust yours? Maybe it’s time to cut out the dead rot.
virgo – An intense focus on your daily affairs and routines has you setting up some-kind of long term plan and strategy. Maybe it is a new business venture, maybe a new health program, or maybe you’ve just decided to plant a vegitable garden. No matter what it is, you have one eye on your group/family and another on how to keep them strong as a team. Whatever you are planning, surely has them in mind.
libra – The pressures early in the month are hard to take. You CAN handle them, but don’t get involved with anyone (or any situation) that cranks you up or pushes you to blow your top, it is not worth it. You are creatively inspired by all of this, even if there is more tension than you usually enjoy. After the 21st you are being asked to let go of some idea of your role or placement in a partnership or way of dealing with others.
scorpio – Deep inner transformation is taking place. It’s probably not at all easy, after all the month begins with Mars and Pluto warring with each other. In the long run, you are being asked to stretch, and also transformed from the inside out. One clear signal from the Universe is this: home is where the heart is, and teaming up with others is an opportunity for you to release heat, volatility or destructive firey tendencies in favor of a softer kinder approach to self and others.
sagittarius – You may be breathing a sigh of relief since most of the intense pressures seem to have lifted, Meanwhile you are watching other people wrestle with these same pressures as they re-emerge and push even harder than ever before. Battles of power, dominance and agression cover your entire financial arena, which forces you to deal with compulsion, agression, bullying and contests for dominance. Well, at least it’s not boring.
capricorn – The heat in your brain is making you nearly ready to explode. No wait, I take that back, what you really want to do is control something that is completely uncontrollable. If you’re birthday is around Dec. 19-25 this will be one heavy duty month. The Pluto – Mars opposition has returned just in time to pit control against passion, a battle which guarantees that not only will there be no winner, but there will be plenty of blood. Even control can burn with the heat of a thousand hot pokers, and there is some kind of intense control drama going on now that you are not likely to miss, even if you are completely asleep!
aquarius – A heap of resources and social connections have suddenly landed in your living room. It doesn’t matter how eclectic and unprepared your living space feels, you’re in for a long visit. This should be very enjoyable, and bring a ton of new ideas with it. Suddenly your pad seems to be grand central station for your social scene. Just enjoy it, something lasting, productive and future oriented is going to come out of it, so let it take its course.
pisces - Your head (and your environment) are spinning for most of the month – literally. Don’t get too comfortable with any one idea or plan of action though. This foundation of quicksand is getting ready to shift once again. Not only that but there is such an incredibly high degree of fantasy and delusion surrounding you right now that reality is nearly impossible to identify. Towards the end of the month, be prepared to deal with the destruction of a cherished set of rules. Something wasn’t working about them and now it’s time to throw them out the window and build on a whole new (and this time solid) foundation.
The VIRGIN is fine, neat, orderly, and above all healthy, perhaps a bit obsessively so. They say that genius is in the details, and if that is true then VIRGO has more than it’s fair share of geniuses. Everything in their world operates like well-oiled machinery, or at least it should, and if it doesn’t the poor VIRGO gets, well, distressed.
This planet was the messenger of the gods in the Greek myths. MERCURY would be the one to send messages between the various gods of Mount Olympus, and also from the gods to man. He was a very androgynous male figure. Since he is also responsible for messages from god to man, as a force he could be considered equivalent to Angels, and divine intuitions. But he was also a trickster, and could show a more disruptive face. He is responsible for misunderstandings between people and the power, yet limitations of language to convey our thoughts to one another. He is responsible for words, having stolen the alphabet from the gods and brought it to man. The god MERCURY is rather amoral in his behavior, capable of lies and petty thievery, as well as love poems and messages of encouragement. He is capricious and takes flights of fancy. But there is rarely anything deeply malicious about his influence, just irksome and annoying at times. He is generally playful, and for all his fickleness, is sincerely distressed when someone is upset. At those times he can become a playful clown, cracking witty remarks. He might not really solve the problem, but he may show you a way to laugh at it. His realm of rulership includes all of the communication methods used by man, telephones, faxes, the mail, gossip columns, and even telepathy. MERCURY’S influence makes us aware of what we say to one another, how we phrase it and what they say back to us. The planet MERCURY lends cleverness and acuity to a personality. There is often something ironic about MERCURY, he being the planet/god responsible for puzzles, riddles and brainteasers. When MERCURY is making his influence felt, we become keenly aware of the various sides and aspects of an issue or idea.