March Monthly Horoscope

March is quite an intense month astrologically as we have two full moons and two planets going retrograde. The Full Moon on March 1st 2018 at 11° Virgo brings to light what we are ready to heal, purify and simplify. Earthy Virgo provides a welcome balance to the watery, dreamy and potentially overwhelming deluge of multiple planets in Pisces. We bring our attention back to our bodies and environment, the basic details of life, to help us get grounded in here-and-now reality. When we’re grounded, we’re better able to discern what’s real so we can make healthier choices.

Jupiter stations Retrograde on March 9 2018 at 23° Scorpio and ends on July 10 at 13° Scorpio. When Jupiter goes retrograde it is good to review our visions, ideals, and belief systems in life. This year the themes of Jupiter retrograde are around our personal value system. Being in Scorpio the themes of power, deceit, obsessions and morals are more in focus.

The New Moon on the 17th of March at 26° Pisces invites us to reconnect our relationship with our subconscious and understand our deepest truth of who we are. Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac, where we dissolve back into the ocean of consciousness and return to source. The Pisces season washes clean the closing astrological year, a time for rest, healing, reflection, and spiritual replenishment. Pisces is mutable water, and this New Moon supports soul-level shifts that help us to realign with the flow of life. When we let go of resistance and judgment we bring forth our compassion, forgiveness, and acceptance.

The first Mercury retrograde for 2018 starts on March 22nd at 4 degrees Aries. Mercury retrograde in Aries can bring some hot energy, as Aries is a fire and cardinal sign. We can be more impulsive, impatient, wanting to jump into things without thinking, and this can get us in hot water in a flash, or cause some unexpected problems because we didn't think things through.

March also comes with a second full moon! Another blue moon after the lunar eclipse blue moon in January. This full moon occurs on March 31st at 10 Degrees Libra. At the Full Moon in Libra, relationships of all kinds come into focus. Can we be ourselves in relationship, or do we hide behind masks? Are we giving more than we’re receiving, or vice versa? Trying to find a balance where we allow others to be themselves, without judgments or expectations.