“Roam Forever” painting by Carrie Wild
Overview
Welcome to the New SolLunar Cycle in sidereal Aquarius. As I am contemplating this Cycle, I am aware how powerfully this New Moon is setting the stage for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse of April 8. This New Moon begins with both Sun and Moon aligning in the last degrees of astronomical Aquarius, linked to the key star of Markab in the Great Square of Pegasus. Nick Anthony Fiorenza, my beloved friend and sidereal colleague who now resides with the stars, writes this: “The Great Square holds the mystery and knowledge about the metamorphosis of the physical body into a body of light…impelling us to ascend from our primordial past to evolutionary fulfillment.” Markab highlights a sense of honoring one’s accomplishments and expertise. During this four-week period, appreciate YOU, all you have been, done, and are NOW becoming, alongside all the ways you are also in service supporting others.
Also, have you noticed change coming fast and hard these days, like time is accelerating and condensed intense experiences abound? Some of this can be attributed to expansive Jupiter in Aries inching closer and closer to making a once-every-fourteen-year conjunction with Uranus on April 20. With this New Moon the positive sextile to evolutionary Uranus helps us more quickly embrace uncertainty and openness to new possibilities. As the year-long transit of Jupiter in Aries completes on May 4, we have been given a chance to discover/uncover our inner gold, that eternal I AM light that is our pure essence of Being. This transit has also been challenging to relationships as each of us is being individually called home to our authentic self. At times that can mean taking a break from our beloveds so we can then re-engage with them in astounding and honest ways going forward.
Given that Neptune’s influence is pronounced during this Cycle, it can a time to place your focus and inner attention on what inspires you. Beauty, art, imagining new possibilities, prayer, intention and spiritual work in general are good things to focus on during this time. Mercury will turn retrograde from April 1 – 25, primarily in the sign of Pisces, which is ruled by Neptune, echoing the need to honor the many creative aspects of yourself.
Spring Equinox blessings to you, this year happening on March 19!
NOTE: When reading my daily entries, remember that the influence of each aspect is like a wave — it crescendos a day or two, sometimes a week, before it happens, crests on the day it is exact, then dissipates over the following days. People experience the transits of planets at different times depending on their sensitivity and life events.
Thank you again, Carrie Wild, for the gift of allowing me to share your vibrant pairings for this post. The return of the bluebirds painting is perfect for March in the Tetons, any day now! Carrie is also the owner of Gallery Wild where she shares and shows the work of many talented artists, including hers.
Sidereal Astrology Mentoring and Readings
My posts are based on the true astronomical alignments of the planets with the constellations, also referred to as the sidereal zodiac. I use the phases of the Moon as the scaffold for my posts because the Moon functions like an energetic portal mediating between the heavens and our wondrous Earth. My entries are based on the aspects occurring each week as they crescendo, crest and dissipate over the course of their influence. As you work with and within the natural flow of time and the supportive cosmic energies that each unique SolLunar Cycle brings, life can flow with more ease, grace and understanding.
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New SolLunar Cycle in sidereal Aquarius
At the New Moon, you are sprouting like a seed with new creative inspiration. Receive your unique insights by sitting in meditation or just be open to new possibilities arising within you from the sea of infinite creation.
New SolLunar Cycle in sidereal Aquarius: Sun/Moon in Aquarius sextile Uranus/Jupiter in Aries: Sun March 10 3 am MDT
Welcome to the New SolLunar Cycle in sidereal Aquarius. As I am contemplating this Cycle, I am aware how powerfully this New Moon is setting the stage for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse of April 8. This New Moon begins with both Sun and Moon aligning in the last degrees of astronomical Aquarius, linked to the key star of Markab in the Great Square of Pegasus. Nick Anthony Fiorenza, my beloved friend and sidereal colleague who now resides with the stars, writes this: “The Great Square holds the mystery and knowledge about the metamorphosis of the physical body into a body of light…impelling us to ascend from our primordial past to evolutionary fulfillment.” Markab highlights a sense of honoring one’s accomplishments and expertise. During this four-week period, appreciate YOU, all you have been, done, and are NOW becoming, alongside all the ways you are also in service supporting others.
Also, have you noticed change coming fast and hard these days, like time is accelerating and condensed intense experiences abound? Some of this can be attributed to expansive Jupiter in Aries inching closer and closer to making a once-every-fourteen-year conjunction with Uranus on April 20. With this New Moon the positive sextile to evolutionary Uranus helps us more quickly embrace uncertainty and openness to new possibilities. As the year-long transit of Jupiter in Aries completes on May 4, we have been given a chance to discover/uncover our inner gold, that eternal I AM light that is our pure essence of Being. This transit has also been challenging to relationships as each of us is being individually called home to our authentic self. At times that can mean taking a break from our beloveds so we can then re-engage with them in astounding and honest ways going forward.
Mercury in Pisces sextile Pluto in Capricorn: Sun March 10
Positive communication and sharing stories are part of this lovely aspect. It brings compassionate listening and probing, helpful questions. Read and share poetry and music — Pisces’s domain.
Saturn In Aquarius opposite Juno in Leo: Tue March 12
This long-range aspect links the planetary beings of commitment Saturn and partnership Juno. This can bring resolution to issues between parties or launch a new phase, be that a project, lawsuit or mediation.
Mercury in Pisces trine Pallas Athene in Scorpio: Wed March 13
Bring artistry and focus to anything you are designing or creating today. Make a playlist, do impromptu art and movement, organize a writing project. Budget for beauty upgrades for live/work spaces and personal fashion purchases.
Lunar Highlights
Moon/Mercury/Neptune conjunction in Pisces: Sun March 10
This jewel of a portal takes place a few hours after the New Moon. It activates the imagination and spiritual contemplation. Pay attention to intuitions, incoming messages and signs from surrounding environs. Magical possibilities are always circling around you if you believe it is so. I just heard the miracle of the first redwing blackbird, the harbinger of spring. Blessed be.
Moon/Chiron/North Node conjunction in Pisces: Mon March 11
If you suddenly feel emotional or teary, it is all part of this alignment. It offers a chance to let go, no need to know, just let the cleansing waters flow. Revisiting then releasing past memories can make space to be more available for your future self to emerge, the meaning of the North Node.
Moon/Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in Aries: Wed March 13 – Thu March 14
This dynamic trio is like magma bubbling up within us, seeking expression through creative outlets or passionate outbursts. It frees us from ruts of the past.
First Quarter Moon
At the First Quarter Moon, you are called to action. The need to move forward with your recent insights can come via making a conscious choice or by challenging circumstances that require you make a move.
First Quarter Moon: Sun/Neptune conjunction in Pisces square Moon in Gemini: Sat March 16
This dynamic links your creative desires with seeking and finding relevant resources, data and contacts to help you manifest your goals. Have some Saturday fun, too. Gemini, an air sign, would love a spring bike ride or run and Pisces is always drawn to water in its various forms.
Mercury/North Node conjunction in Pisces: Mercury shadow period begins: Mon March 18
This is an interesting synchronicity of linked events, both involving mindful and mental Mercury. When Mercury makes its annual alignment with the futuristic North Node, important messages or conversations will occur so pay attention. Also today we enter the ‘shadow period’ of the upcoming Mercury retrograde from April 1 – 25, alerting you to what might lie ahead. Take note or even take notes on what is happening within and around you as you may want to reference this day in the future!
Spring Equinox: Tue March 19 9:06 pm MDT
Spring comes early this year! How suddenly we have arrived at the halfway point between winter and summer. With today’s Cancer Moon, freshen your home with colorful flowers, attend to spring garden choirs. Get outside and sun yourself. Some bears are emerging from their dens so I am hoping to get lucky on that front as I honor and celebrate the first day of earthly spring in the Northern Hemisphere!
Mercury/Chiron conjunction in Pisces: Wed March 20
WIth this aspect you can manifest a mindset of miracles or the mind can feel slippery and unfocused. If that’s the case, give your mind a rest. Listen to silence, music, soothing water harmonies.
Venus/Saturn conjunction in Aquarius: Thu March 21
This consequential meet-up brings decisions or course corrections regarding love, finances, ethical concerns. It leads to serious conversations with a friends or in group settings. Sometimes things will break or need repaired when Saturn comes calling.
Lunar Highlights
Moon in Gemini opposite Ceres in Sagittarius square Mercury in Pisces: Sun March 17
This brings intellectual stimulation, a desire to learn things. Edit your poems or music and make dry intellectual prose more compelling and interesting.
Moon in Cancer trine Sun in Pisces opposite Pluto in Capricorn: Tue March 19
This aspect is helpful on the home front for organizing and clearing clutter. As it is Spring Equinox, visit our main mother, Mother Earth, in honor and celebration. Bring a picnic given Cancer’s love of food!
Moon/Juno conjunction in Leo: Fri March 22
This brings a festive mood to Friday, all day and to evening gatherings. Enjoy the company of others in joyful and happy ways, Leo’s gift.
Full Moon Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in sidereal Virgo/Pisces
The Full Moon is the birth point of the current SolLunar Cycle. This can be a time of celebration or crisis, depending on your life circumstance. Feel the joy and relax into new discoveries and directions.
Full Moon Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: Sun/NorthNode in Pisces opposite Moon/South Node in Virgo: Mon March 25 1:00 am MST
An Eclipse happens astronomically when the Sun and Moon are aligned with the Lunar Nodes. The Nodes mirror where we have come from — South Node — and where we are heading — North Node. This Lunar Eclipse involves Virgo and Pisces, astrological signs signifying suffering/wounding/healing. You may feel overwhelmed or bereft but also able to analyze what needs to change so things can improve with time. We see this dynamic extremely present in our collective lives at this powerful moment in history. Today’s events are a precursor to the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse on April 8. With the Moon on the South Node, much is being brought to the surface from our past to be released while the Sun near the North Node is pulling us toward choosing forgiveness and healing so we can more forward. Ask yourselfI what needs to go and what are you calling in next. And breathe, breathe, breathe — life’s most simple, effective, free healing tool we have been given.
Sun in Pisces trine Pallas Athene in Scorpio: Thu March 28
This helps us link creative goals or plans with financial budgets and finding collaborative partners. It activates emotional intelligence, as essential to our success as are our intellectual abilities.
Venus in Aquarius sextile Uranus in Aries: Thu March 28
This brings exciting news or a sense things are moving in the direction you had hoped for. A breakthrough or new possibilities come from out of the blue.
Lunar Highlights
Moon in Libra opposite Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in Aries: Thu March 28
This uplifting dynamic energizes all kinds of relationships, bringing a desire for adventure, experimentation, brainstorming. It values getting along with others while also expressing one’s values and needs.
Moon/Pallas Athene in Scorpio square Saturn in Aquarius: Sat March 30
On a mundane note, this can help you get organized with things like your taxes even though you might feel resistance. Plow through. You might discover ways new to be involved with the communities you are part of..
Last Quarter Moon
With the Last Quarter Moon, you release what has been and simultaneously prepare for what will be as new desires perpetually arise in the next SolLunar Cycle.
Last Quarter Moon: Sun in Pisces square Moon/Ceres in Sagittarius: Mon April 1
Given the influence of Ceres at this turning-point phase, focus on who, what, and how you want to nurture others and be nurtured. Elders in your life may need some help so check on them. Sagittarius loves to learn, teach, explore. Meet-up and mentor someone using your many talents.
Mercury in Aries/Pisces turns retrograde: Mon April 1 – April 25: Shadow period March 18 – May 13
As most of April will be under the spell of this event, it can be a good month to catch up on things that need attention. But given that Mercury will be transiting back into sidereal Pisces, it can be also be good to take a break from the busyness of life and choose to spend more time going within, listening, limiting interactions online or in person. It is during the retrograde of April 1 – 25 that inner and outer shifts take place. That’s the time things can breakdown, you might want to take a pause from something or someone, or you might feel a change of heart about something. The entire cycle began March 18 — reread my post for that day — and comes to resolution by May 13.
Venus/Neptune conjunction in Pisces: Wed April 3
I feel grateful this sky blessing is happening on my birthday this year! Both Venus and Neptune carry the energies of love, beauty, art, creativity, imagination, values and ethics. As they are meeting up in Pisces, a sign with similar attributes, this is an exceptionally positive portal for benefic and uplifting energies to enter your life, including romance. Bask and bathe in water environs, listen to music, read poetry, and listen to your wise musings. Prayers and intentions are exceptionally powerful at this time.
Sun/North Node conjunction in Pisces: Thu April 4
Time to shift gears and move forward with this wonderful aspect that only happens once a year. Some may make plans and appointments for the upcoming months. And remember the future is always arriving in the present moment, so full of promise, so practice the art of being here now..
Lunar Highlights
Moon/Pluto conjunction in Capricorn square Mercury RX in Aries: Tue April 2
This brings an intensity to communications and a re-evaluation of priorities. You may uncover an overseen glitch that needs to be fixed.
Moon/Mars/Saturn conjunction in Aquarius: Fri April 5
This energetic trio is great for adventuring or socializing with friends. It can bring conflicts to ahead in group settings so work to be honest without judging or trying to control others.
Moon/Venus/Neptune conjunction in Pisces: Sun April 7
Look for this in the predawn sky, a portal of promise, love, harmony, divine inspiration and perhaps waking up with an essential dream you know you need to journal..
Blessed New Moon tomorrow: TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE in sidereal Pisces: Mon April 8
RESOURCES FOR PERSONAL AND PLANETARY WELL-BEING
ENDEAVORS TO NURTURE
AMANZI:WatertoSchools
My dear friend, Julia Heemstra, has launched her cutting-edge humanitarian organization, AMANZI:WatertoSchools bringing water and opportunities to the schools in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, her childhood home where she grew up. Julia is one of the most focused, passionate, optimistic beings I know, as an elite athlete, as a bringer of wellness and mindfulness to all ages, and now with her collaborative organization, Julia continues to expand her lifelong commitment to humanitarian service.
PLANT BASED DIET
The reality and urgency of our current planetary crises is real, as our youngest citizens know in their bones. Please educate yourself about how plant-based eating is a central component in how you can help personally restore ecological balance as well as create greater health and vitality for you and your beloveds.
The Game Changers: This inspiring movie and storytelling about vegan super-athletes and warriors educates us about the many benefits of a vegan diet and addresses the ‘meat protein myth’.
COWSPIRACY, What the Health and now SEASPIRACY are must-see movies for all humans who care about personal health, animal well-being, social justice, climate change, the health of our Earth. Become educated about the important information shared by these courageous and visionary filmmakers and activists and considering eating mostly plant-based, if not becoming fully vegan in your consumer choices.
30 Day Vegan Challenge by Collen Patrick-Goudreau
JIN SHIN JYUTSU
Health is in your Hands. Here’s a helpful tool to help you maintain health, calm, balance during these stressful but extraordinary times. I am a proponent of Jin Shin Jyutsu and have been a practitioner since 1983. This beautiful, easy-to-use book and card set teaches you the ancient Art of Jin Shin Jyutsu, the Art of Self Healing. JSJ’s premise is that by applying the jumper-cable of your hands to various points on the body, you can clear your own stress on a daily basis, freeing up stuck energy that leads to patterns of dis-ease, while activating the renewed flow of qi and vigor on all levels, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. Explore JSJ and teach yourself and those you love this simple tool for centering and radiant vitality.
