March 2009 Monthly Overview
As we Enter Spring
We now prepare to leave the season of
winter and shift from
Inwards motion, (Winter)
into Outwards motion (Spring)
Happy Birthday PISCES and ARIES
THE colors for March are Red for Spring and NEW BEGINNINGS and Green for all that grows Magical energy comes with the stones Bloodstone and Aquamarine and our lucky flowers are Daffodil, wood anemone and Jonquils. Trees sacred to this time are the Alder and Dogwood. Creatures for this time are the Sea Crow and Cougar.
March was named for Mars, the great Roman warrior god of Action and passion. The search for self is associated with the planet Mars. Mars the planet of action in the revolutionary sign of Aquarius with lots of other planets until the 14th is encouraging us to be more authentically who we really are and maybe break some boundaries in doing so. On the 14th Mars moving into the compassionate and intuitive sign of Pisces brings a much needed lightness and connection of spirit to us all.
With the sun in the sign of Pisces until the 20th The inner theme of March deals with developing wisdom and compassion, and finding one's life path.
The highlights this month with Venus; the planet of what we want and love retrograde from March 6th (retrograding at 15 Degrees of Aries) through April 17th bringing up lots of relationship issues. On the 11th of April Venus will back into the sign of Pisces out of Aries and compassion and feelings are much more connected and empathetic as well as people being much more sensitive.
Venus retrograde is about us repositioning our desires to be in alignment with our actions. So use this time to plan, and reacess relationships with yourself and the world around you. This is not the best time to release and let go of people during this time, unless you have thought this out very well in advance.
The danger of VENUS retrograde is either getting something we wish we had not purchases, or brought into our life as well as letting go of things which later down the road we discover we want back in our lives after Venus moved direct.
The FULL Moon on the 10th of March with the sun in Pisces at 21 Degrees and the moon in Virgo at 21 degrees asks us to trust in higher power but still do the work involved in making it happen. This full moon involves the planet Saturn which is sitting retrograde at 18 degrees of Virgo, so expect that others will be pushing the control button more than normal. With Virgo we want the facts, want the details and Saturn adds an extra PUSH to this full moon. And with the sign of Pisces “I BELIEVE” is our theme. Pisces says there is NO true answer, everything changes constantly and we also much change with things. So the answer lies between the “I ANALIZE” of Virgo and “I BELIEVE” of Pisces as how to make our lives work at optimum potential right now.
As with all full moons our jobs are to let go of what is no longer of service to ourselves and to our world during the next 2 weeks.
The Vernal Equinox or Spring Equinox is on March 20 this year as the Sun enters the sign of Aries drastically shifting our focus from water and emotions and intuition (Pisces) to fire and action. Equinox means "equal night", and is the moment when the Sun crosses the equator in the juncture between the dark and light halves of the year, when the days and nights are equal at the equator.
It is now the midpoint between the Solstices (the turning points of the Sun's yearly motion). For us all, it is now time to feel the surge of new life and hopes through our entire being. The Aries theme is “I AM” and the spring theme is always REBIRTH and resurrection. Look at the Tarot card “THE FOOL” and take that leap of faith. Knowing that if you are sure your path will appear before you. Spring is now here and the energy of this time is to plant, and hope and believe and to KNOW that we can make outcome equal intention.
The New moon in Aries (our first of the year) is on the 26th with the sun and moon sitting at 6 degrees of Aries. The keynote symbol or Sabian symbol for this degree is “the emotional desire for concrete and stabilized existence” New moons are seed planting times and if we use the 72 hours Before the New moon to make wishes, intentions and do the inner work you will find this is a magical moon this year.
I hope you enjoy this month use Venus retrograde to reconnect to yourself and your joy.
MAJOR events of March 2009
- March 5th Mercury (linear mind) touches Neptune (intuitive mind)
- March 6th Venus retrogrades at 15 Aries until April 17th
- March 8th the sun opposes Saturn and we get a clear look at the next step
- Mercury moves to Pisces and communications become more sensitive
- Mars (action) touches Neptune (intuition)
- March 10th Full moon 7;38pm PDT at 21 Virgo
- March 14th mars the planet of action enters Pisces
- March 20th the sun enters Aries and Spring is here
- March 21st mercury touches Uranus and brilliant ideas are here
- March 23rd we begin the magical dark of the moon phase
- March 25th Mercury enters Aries and we are ready to GO for it
- March 26th New moon at 7 degrees of Aries
- March 27th the sun touches Venus moving backwards and This day could be a day when we truly get a vision of what could be or what we truly want and need in our lives.
- March 28th Mercury (ideas) touches Venus moving backwards and More of the above with new ideas tossed in for our new moon Growth time
Namaste,
Carol Barbeau