The Zestful Journey
After drifting via Pisces since February 14, a deeper, wiser, and well-rested Mercury jumps feet-first into the fires of Aries (March 3, 2025, 1:04 am PST). Right here, Mercury favors shifting quick, pondering quick, and speaking even sooner. It’s not that we’ve forgotten the mild knowledge of the Pisces journey; it’s simply that Aries tends to convey extra curiosity in new challenges and recent concepts than in soul-searching and reflection.
Take pleasure in Mercury in Aries; it may be an invigorating affect and quite a lot of enjoyable. True, it’s not the perfect placement for enduring element work or drudgery. And it’s headed for a retrograde interval between March 14 and April 7 (and a dip again into Pisces between March 29 and April 15) – and retrogrades by no means make Aries completely happy. However as soon as direct and again into Aries, Mercury enjoys uninterrupted full-speed-ahead till it enters Taurus on Could 10. You’ll benefit from the second a part of Mercury’s zestful Aries journey, and can be much more able to tackle new tasks after that retrograde.
No Hiding From the Reality
Newly in Aries, Mercury makes the primary of three sextile points to Pluto (March 5, 2025, 5:13 am PST, 3º Aries and Aquarius) between now and late April. It makes the second sextile on March 25, whereas Mercury is retrograde, and the ultimate sextile on April 20, after it’s turned direct. This week, then, is the start of a three-part Mercury-Pluto story.
The plotline of that story is the conclusion that quite a lot of what you’ve been telling your self for years, about your self and different folks, is flawed. Both they have been flawed from the beginning or they’ve grow to be flawed over time. Now that Mercury and Pluto are interacting with one another, there’s no hiding from these truths. And particularly with Mercury in Aries, this mixture may be harsh, blunt, and probably unkindly. Rely to 10 earlier than talking. And throw your self into pursuits that may focus this considerably compulsive facet in a wholesome route, resembling crafts, puzzles, and even laptop programming.
When used consciously, there are advantages to this facet. Its eager powers of remark are useful in analysis and troubleshooting, and in detecting bother earlier than getting concerned in a scenario or relationship that may in the end show harmful.
Pay Consideration
The First Quarter Moon in Gemini (March 6, 2025, 8:32 am PST) points this problem to dreamy, imaginative Solar in Pisces: listen.
That is the underlying rigidity of the Gemini First Quarter Moon: The Solar in Pisces favors luxuriating within the current second, savoring it like good wine or a scrumptious dream; however the Gemini Moon instructs us to remain alert and curious. When you’ve ever sat bouncing your knee with nervous vitality whereas the remainder of your ceremonial dinner wraps up an interminable meal, you already know what this specific First Quarter can really feel like.
This First Quarter Moon marks the primary essential chapter within the Lunar Part Household cycle that started with the June 6, 2024 New Moon. The Solar and Moon have been in a good conjunction to Venus and sq. Saturn in Pisces at that difficult New Moon; at this First Quarter, the Solar is conjoined, and the Moon as soon as once more sq. Neptune. That is the primary motion level within the lunar cycle, and Gemini’s model of motion is often saying one thing. However attempting to speak when Neptune is concerned might really feel like struggling in quicksand. No matter we are saying appears to be met with decided misunderstanding.
It may be irritating to really feel that you simply’re not being heard. However it’s additionally doable that somebody in your life has been attempting to inform you one thing for the previous 9 months, and when you might imagine that you simply’ve been listening, maybe you haven’t been listening to.
A conflagration of vitality
The Solar trines Mars this week (March 7, 2025, 9:13 pm PST, 17º52′ Pisces and Most cancers). Put this one on the calendar, as a result of it’s an amazing facet for producing a few of your greatest efforts and selling them with out reservation. The mixture of the Solar and Mars, even within the mild indicators of Pisces and Most cancers, brings collectively confidence and creativity in a conflagration of vitality.
In per week like this, we wish to tackle each problem and command the world’s consideration. The Solar is on Sabian image 18 Pisces: A big tent, evoking the Melancholy period carnival tents the place performers took to the stage with dazzling stunts and the place Bible Belt preachers delivered The Phrase with blistering oratory. And Mars is on 18 Most cancers, A hen scratching for her chicks – as a result of in any case, performing for the world is one factor, however we should additionally present for individuals who rely on us. It is a week for placing forth our greatest vitality, our most charismatic selves, our biggest presents; and fortunately, they’ll nearly definitely present what we want.
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