Today's astrology forecast | Friday, March 25th, 2022 - hitting a limit, coming up against the rules, how can we make this new thing better by applying some structure/tradition

 

 

The Moon is in sober and winter-ruled Capricorn now - we are nurtured by rules and boundaries and how many cans of peas we have lined up in our cupboard. Her only aspect today is her square to the Aries Sun at 1:37AM EDT. 

The square is this month's  Third Quarter Square - a chance to make an adjustment (usually via tension/frustration) before next week's New Moon in Aries. This is the old/traditional vs the new/untested. How would it pay off for us to bring more structure/boundaries/rules into a project or situation? Might we need the support of someone older or wiser now? Are we shirking responsibilities we need to step into in order for something to grow?

Cappy squares sometimes pull in blocks via rules, limits, authority. How we can't do it begins to define what we are doing. 

 

This isn't a bad thing, although it can show up as a problem, but an important/strengthening part of the process. 

 

Remember Mars, ruler of Aries, wakes up every morning wanting to be a Capricorn! Because here is where Mars, instead of doing something once, does it EVERY SINGLE TIME. Aries/Capricorn squares are not times to toss in the towel, BUT, the Third Quarter Square is asking us to take a breath - remember Mars is in smart/unattached Aquarius now - and consider what grown-up limits/structure is NEEDED.

Tomorrow, the Moon will finish up in Cappy, moving through lots of smooth aspects, and, for the first time in many months NOT close out her time in Cappy, where the Moon doesn't want to be anyway, with a conjunction with Pluto. With Mercury at the very end of Pisces, the Moon's final aspect in Cappy will be a sextile to him/her. Cappy/Pisces - making the dream real, sometimes a sacrifice needed, we need to give up this to have that, you've heard this from me before, yada-yada. The Moon will still meet Pluto tomorrow night, but at least she has a nice conversation/information coming in to finalize things. We can iron out any power struggles before bed via compassion/forgiveness/a softening. Maybe a late night movie that shifts the mood.

On Sunday, the Moon will be in Aquarius making nice with the Aries Sun (freedom/fresh starts) and squaring ruler Uranus - more getting comfortable with 'change' via not taking things too personally, seeing the big picture/maybe the group's point of view - make back-up plans.

xo all

back with a post, for at least early April, tonight or Saturday - April has our BIGGEST aspect of the year and kicks off Eclipse season!

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today's astrology forecast | WEDNESDAY, march 23, 2022 - releasing the complicated drama, leaning into something more stable, count your blessings, watch your boundaries, a new dream can be quite sticky

  

The Moon is in high-flying Sagittarius now. We are nourished/nurtured through adventure, by what is foreign to us, by making something bigger/taking something further. By faith and optimism. Maybe our attention turns to Sag themes - education, politics, media, publishing, religion, foreign or legal situations. She sextiles Mars at 1:11PM EDT, sextiles Venus at 7:48pm EDT and finally squares ruler Jupiter at 11:59PM EDT. If you are in a different time zone or up late enough, you might get a nice Saturn sextile tonight which is very productive and good for burning the midnight oil. Tomorrow and Friday things look a little more challenging as Luna squares the Pisces planets, Neptune and Mercury and then finally the Sun.

Yesterday's exact Mars/Uranus is still in play/separating and the Moon is in a fire sign, making us accident-prone, so slow down a bit, take things/say things more thoughtfully and deliberately. Mars in Aquarius is likely to play out through groups/crowds, online, through our causes, need to individuate/liberate ourselves or other people needing/wanting these same things. The Uranus in Taurus is collectively playing out through our resources, money, income, objects, products, our values, beauty and self-esteem. The Moon's favorable aspects today will greatly help.

THE BIG NEWS TODAY - Mercury meets up with Neptune at 23 degrees and trines the South Node/sextiles the North Node

This portal can make us more intuitive. Information more idealistic/aspirational. Boundaries loosen. Facts blur. We are feeling what everyone else is feeling which can be a good thing or something that goes too far. We might think we are talking to/listening to the person right in front of us when really we are chatting up our dead ancestors/talking to ghosts. Good energy for compassion. Forgiveness. Prayer. Meditation. Letting things go. For things to wash ashore/away. Watch your escape mechanisms, addictions, medications now. One drink becomes three. One video on youtube your entire evening.

The trine to the South Node makes this a good time to release pain/toxicity/complicated drama. The sextile to the North Node, a good time to lean into something more stable, grounding, comforting, GROWING. What feels good and is good for us?

Mercury/Neptune are starting a new story at the "new" power degree of 23 (23 becoming the new 22 and remember all those New Moons last year and Pluto moves into Aquarius on 3/23/23). This is the degree Jupiter will meet Neptune in the middle of April. 

 

A change of habits now/a NEW DREAM can be quite sticky. 

 

xo all 

 

I know we are immersed in the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, which is actually a karmic force propelling Ukraine, and the world, forward, and the best thing most of us can do to help, truly, besides give money/help when we can, is to keep the war out of our hearts and living-rooms right now. Don't feed into the chaos AND don't stuff change until it spills out into our lives and the world in negative ways. Stay hopeful. Peaceful. Moving forward. Take care of yourself. Bigger hands than ours have got this thing. It's Pisces season - get some extra sleep.

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astrology forecast for the week of march 21st - March 27th, 2022 | hope, faith and gunpowder, explosive changes ahead

 

There are two prevalent themes this week, 

 

one is optimistic/hopeful (likely won't all pan out, but we'll follow the breadcrumbs at this point anyway) - we lean in, toward something BIGGER focused on new growth/the future as we release any tangled obsession with something that is overly complicated/dead.

 

The other theme is about breaking free from what has grown stagnant/too rooted via unexpected disruptions, outbursts, accidents. And we can see how these two themes are working together.

 

We want to be RESPONDING AND NOT REACTING to frustrating situations this week. 

 

Change is necessary, but can be upsetting/uncomfortable.  

 

We only have a few more weeks of miracle-making/spiritual-healing Pisces energy

 

(we have not had this much celestial magic in our lifetimes folks as the Pisces heavy hitters approach their own "world starts up again" pow-wow in mid April) 

and now, with the Sun in Aries and Mercury by the end of this week, it will be easier to actually do something with it. 

 

We'll talk more about this in the next post when we look ahead to April.

For now, let's unpack the week:

 

MONDAY - Mercury conjuncts Jupiter, Mars sextiles Chiron

TUESDAY - Mars squares Uranus

WEDNESDAY - Mercury conjuncts Neptune, Mercury sextiles North Node

SATURDAY - Mercury sextiles Pluto

SUNDAY - Mercury into Aries

 

MONDAY - Mercury, at 18 degrees Pisces meets up with Jupiter, while Mars, at 11 degrees Aquarius, sextiles Chiron in Aries, TUESDAY - Mars, at 12 degrees Aquarius squares Uranus in Taurus.

 

There could be BIG news now (it might be a bit or quite a bit overblown, so keep this in mind) - hopeful, optimistic. The impossible can look quite possible ... and this is the sign of miracles, so maybe it is. Life doesn't dangle these carrots to make us crazy (or hungry), but to wake us up to what is possible. Excellent energy for prayer/meditation. There are opportunities for healing via our actions/passion/initiative/men/groups. Maybe the news/information/conversation itself is healing. Maybe this, rather than the accuracy of the information, which is hard to say at this point, IS the point. What does it mean if we really, really want something to be true? With the Mars/Chiron our old vulnerabilities/embarrassments are now empowering us. We CAN be ourselves, take care of ourselves, start something new - whatever this is. 

Now, as Mars is sextiling (opportunity) wounded healer Chiron, Mars is also applying to his square to disruptive Uranus (and with Mars in Aquarius he is answering to Uranus which is probably just powering this whole thing up), so it could be through tension/frustration we get the LIBERATION/CHANGE that creates the opportunity to heal these very old wounds, strengthen ourselves and over time share these strengths with other people because we understand these particular kinds of struggles ourselves.  

Expect breakthroughs, breakdowns, break-ups. Disruption. Impulsivity. Sudden anger. The challenge comes through our Taurus house, so collectively this will be about resources, money and values (and our natal Taurus house theme).

 

This is explosive energy, although not something that comes completely out of the blue because we've had the Sun and Mercury through here and Venus just within the last few days. This is accident prone energy, so slow down. Think, before you say/do something you might regret later. On the other hand, since Mars is the last inner planet to work a square with Uranus until summer, if something in our Taurus house needs to break free, it probably will. Hold on loosely, change is necessary, but could leave us rattled and we could take things too far if we act TOO impulsively, so try to keep a cool head.

This is Mars/Uranus closing square that will be unwinding until they meet and start a new cycle in August. So, there will likely be a connection now to something we have going on BIG TIME near August 1st when Mars meets Uranus AND the North Node (fate/the future). Space for the NEW is being created.

To use this volatile energy in its most potent/positive form - do something differently. Be brave and INNOVATIVE!

(Mars/Uranus is likely to bring something explosive #unexpected,#nottotallyunexpected to the Ukraine/Russia situation since it was Mars across the HOT 22 Cappy that launched that)

We don't want to be resisting change just because we do not know how to respond to it. The backdrop of the big Pisces energies is silently guiding us through the emotional/mental uncomfortableness, through the Uranus disorder/crisis to a place that is more simple, clear and real.

On WEDNESDAY, Mercury, at 23 degrees, meets up with Neptune and sextiles the North Node in Taurus.  

This might speak of acceptance with the change/disruption. We are going to need to go with the flow here. the currents are moving us in the direction we need to go, we can trust this. Our intuition will be high now. We have an open channel to both our ancestors and our smoothest path forward - which is their path, too. They are alive through us just as we are alive through them. Pisces is reciprocal energy, think of the number eight lying on its side; the symbol of infinity. Words/messages are powerful now, and pointing us in an opportunistic direction, but Pisces energy can also be subtle. We are feeling what people are saying more than hearing what words are coming out of their mouths. 

 

GO WITH THE FLOW.

By the end of the week, on SATURDAY (keep in mind dates are not exact for aspects other than lunar), Mercury has now reached 28 degrees and is sextiling powerful Pluto. 

Words are powerful/persuasive. We are looking under the hood/the covers. Hidden resources/opportunities can float up to the surface here. This aspect has some 'dark magic' connotations, so don't try to manipulate data/information/the conversation/other people now. 

 

This is Pisces/Cappy energy - good for making the dream real. 

 

Putting some solid legs under something illusive. Good for dealing with authority and stepping into our own in a compassionate manner. Good for healing curses. Making powerful vision boards. Setting intentions. This 28 degrees Pisces is where the Sun sextiled Pluto last week and where Venus will meet Jupiter at the end of April while sextiling Pluto - which could be the best aspect of 2022 and will close out a volatile month with a GIFT. So, what seeds do we want to plant now with our words/imagination? Since this is Pluto (ruler of Scorpio and death/rebirth), and Mercury is at the very end of the very last sign -  thinking about/talking about/writing about what we want to release (because it is dead, not good for us), transformed, merged in a very intimate way or what we are pregnant with (kind of the pre-birth energy of something) is very powerful now. 

 

On SUNDAY, Mercury joins the Sun in fiery Aries. Our language and thinking becomes more focused, clear-headed, courageous and passionate. We don't want to talk about/think about everything (Pisces) we just want to talk about this one, probably 'new' thing (Aries). There might be as much arguing as talking.

Mercury (ideas, thinking, language) in Aries puts our instinct into words. Our mind gets faster. Our tongue gets sharper. Words get pushy. It is easier to speak up for ourselves and ask for what we want/need. We can also more easily pick an argument as language becomes more competitive. The silence that was so golden in Pisces gets broken in Aries. Think: fresh start with Mercury themes - words, thinking, writing, learning, teaching, ideas, sibling issues, transportation, local community. Also bringing fresh words and fresh thinking into our natal Aries house theme and the house that holds our natal Aries. While in Aries over the next few weeks, Mercury will meet Chiron, meet the Sun, sextile the Aqua planets - Saturn and Mars and square Pluto. Mercury will be in Aries until April 10th. 

 

Keep the faith everyone, BIG, likely chaotic, change in the world this week, but know Venus and Jupiter are meeting on the North Node at the end of April providing a loving/expansive portal into the best possible timeline. We have already started lining ourselves up with this - we'll talk more about it in the next post.

xo all - back with a look at April and we'll take another look at Ukraine/Russia.

 

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the meaning of the Full Moon in Virgo | March 18th, 2022 - what comes from being cut off, making healthy changes, what gets fixed

On March 18th, 2022 at 3:17AM EDT the Virgo Moon opposes the Pisces Sun giving us this month's Full Moon; our annual Full Moon in Virgo.

 

This is the final 27 degree Full Moon closing out our streak (unprecedented? hard to say, but I haven't seen it - we had a long streak of 23 degree New Moons last year setting up April 2022 which we'll talk about next post). The Moon makes an applying trine (brakes off) to powerful/transformative Pluto at 28 degrees Cappy, so although all these Moons have been interacting with Pluto, this month we get the SMOOTH aspect, it's applying rather than exact AND Pluto has moved to 28 degrees for the first time since the American Revolution.

 

This 'brakes off' thing can remove an obstacle. Can allow a seamless elimination/transformation. Give us access to power. But can also make things more intense/obsessive. Give things a 'life and death' urgency, that, (even with earthy Virgo and Capricorn keeping things real), may be out of proportion to the situation, although maybe not, so keep that in mind.

 

A Full Moon brings something to light (to our attention or into the open), to a fullness or to a culmination. 

 

One thing this Full Moon in practical Virgo with that trine to Pluto in Cappy might bring us is a FIX as she plays out over the next couple weeks.

Or maybe we've already fixed something/attended to a problem and HERE are the results of our efforts. If our efforts have been practical and grounded - we will have something to show for them. If our efforts have been about trying to manipulate a situation, the Full Moon might be shining a light on a self-created mess.

Either way, even with all these Piscean planets,  even though we are swimming with the fishies, HERE is the Moon's bright light on the situation. For a moment at least the fog clears. The results are visible. Sanity prevails. Here is the view of the situation from the cold light of day.

 

We want to be as realistic as possible because Virgo is the best sign for bringing problems into the here and now which is the only place anything actually ever gets FIXED. 

 

With all this Pisces, lots of things could feel like they are hard to hold onto. Lots of things could feel like they are slipping through our fingers. Maybe completions will still feel incomplete and unsatisfying somehow. Maybe we are tired or don't feel well. Or maybe we feel better - the symptoms clear up, but since we aren't sure what really happened or what is about to happen we still aren't clear headed even after the Moon has slapped us in the face with that splash of cold water.

 

All this Pisces will NOT be discounted. We are going to need extra rest/relaxation. We are going to have to blast some Jack Johnson and dance around our living-room in our skivvies. Paint. Meditate. Listen to music. Pray.

 

AND because the Full Moon is in practical Virgo - the sign that rules our health, daily routine, our pets, the practical activities that keep our lives in ORDER, we are going to have to get some work done, too. 

 

These Virgo-type things - attending to the details, etc, will pay off for us over the next two weeks and month. Especially things designed to kind of 'close-out'/clean-out old situations and clear the ground for the New Moon in Aries on April 1st that will start the new Lunar Year.

OK, let's unpack the chart!

The Moon opposes the Sun at 27 degrees - Virgo/Pisces. We can see a pile-up of Pisces planets and another pileup in Aquarius. There is alot going on in a couple areas of our lives. And then the Moon is somewhere else saying, HERE, don't forget about this area, TOO. Life is INTENSE right now. Both collectively and personally. 

 

Whenever we see an isolated Moon we can think about - what has been left out? What has been neglected? What do I have to do by myself? This also makes the Moon, especially with that trine to Pluto, very powerful. Great things can be accomplished. Great HEALINGS. 

 

The Moon is tightly conjunct asteroid Aphrodite. When sky god Uranus refused the children he had created with earth mama Gaia she asked their son Saturn to cut off his father’s genitals and toss them into the sea (Saturn's nerves of steel weren't born from nothing folks). Out of the resulting waves arose Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, born not so much the child of love/unity, but from what was lost/conflict. Finding her with the Full Moon (she is exactly trining powerful Pluto) at such tumultuous times might speak of ways to heal the divide between warring factions, between the rising feminine and the wounded masculine (Mars/Venus traveling together for weeks, during all this trauma), between the patriarchy and humanity. Coupled with Luna at such an important time I think this is showing the need for beauty, love and pleasure even in times of trying circumstances, maybe especially, in such times and to not forget that through great conflicts/struggles are birthed new beauty/chances/opportunities - great love. This might also speak of 'cutting off the balls' of great leaders - none of the world leaders' charts I looked at, at this Full Moon look very good and this isn't about one bad apple/demon seed, there have been opportunities for compromise not taken and all points of view are skewed here - and maybe a need to humble ourselves/lose an old source of power in order to move forward.

Because Virgo and Pisces are mutable signs, CHANGE is needed/happening. That trine to Pluto speaks of something falling into place - either through a release or a result. Mercury, the ruler of Virgo and so ruler of this lunation is sextiling (opportunity) disruptive Uranus. Change is good. Prayer (Mercury is in Pisces) is powerful. Trying something else - that sextile to Uranus - is what will work.

 

Besides all those Pisces planets, there is another pile-up of planets in future-focused Aquarius. 

 

We can see those Aquarius planets are squaring Uranus in Taurus. This is still more in this Full Moon chart that speaks of CHANGE. Saturn, of course, squared Uranus all last year (three times exactly) and most of this year, a little less tightly. Venus, the lucky lady is sandwiched between malefic Mars and malefic Saturn - should we say "squeezed"?!. Interesting how with Venus trapped, Aphrodite shows up. Venus is tightly applying to her square to Uranus - exact this weekend - this is where something NEEDS TO BREAK LOOSE. We talked about how 'real' change comes through changing these fixed/stuck spaces. It's not a coincidence Uranus is in Taurus - fixed earth - during these chaotic times. The Venus square - CHANGE/DISRUPTION - doesn't have to be a bad thing, but squares are challenging. This might bring changes to our relationships, finances, values, self-esteem and, also, show us the NEED TO MAKE CHANGES/need to break free.

(this might show the need to take a little space from a relationship that has grown too claustrophobic or to spend a little money if purse strings have been closed too tight - we don't want to take anything here too far because Uranus only cares that something change, not where that change leads us and remember his cojones being snipped is part of this Moon, too, and now that I think about it, this is another kind of 'fix' isn't it)

With all these planets in dreamy/distractable Pisces and all these planets in logical/future-focused but detached Aquarius, we NEED this Moon to anchor us into the present reality. To say HERE is what must be done, do this. HERE is what must go, eliminate this. HERE is what you have fixed. HERE are the results. 

 

Remember Virgo focuses on the practical aspects of our day-to-day life. What needs to change? Or what has changed and what do we need to do now to incorporate these changes into our daily life? 

 

Venus is EXACTLY sextiling Chiron - there is healing here of very old wounds around the wounded masculine, our self esteem, our ability to take care of ourselves, stand up for ourselves and be ourselves.

 

At the Full Moon in Virgo trining Pluto - we want to focus on what is good for us/what is healthy. We want to release what needs to be eliminated - what is chaotic/complicated/messy/dis-empowering/dead. Maybe something here about losing an old source of power. Keep in mind the Full Moon IS the point of fullness, NOTHING can happen until something is released. 

Start with an exhale.

And, make sure to get out and walk in this one!

xo all

There is also a Grand Earth Trine with Sedna - which echoes Pluto's transformative energy and Aphrodite's story - transformation through what has been lost - more 'cutting off' by family (in this case father instead of son), ouch - and also pulls in themes of 'what we know' but don't want to admit to ourselves, more humbling, it would appear. Or a situation where our point of view is out of kilter. Or the results of such situations.