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There’s the old saying, “March comes
in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.”
Probably not this month. This year,
“March comes in like a Fish, goes out
like a Ram.” After swimming through a
dreamy sea of planets in Pisces as March
begins, we end with planetary fireworks
in Aries. Firecrackers and popcorn will
be popping.
The nEW MOOn at 22 PISCES, March
11, 1:51pm CST,
is the first of this Chinese Year of the
Water Snake, thematically hosting
an ocean of Pisces planets: neptune,
Mercury, Chiron, Venus, Sun-Moon and
Mars. That’s a lot of fish in the sea! Let’s
sort them out.
nEPTUnE continues to rule in its own
Dreamtime sign, with increasingly
subtle affects that stir the soul but slide
sideways and slippery in the mundane
world, especially with Mercury
retrograde. Still at the beginning of its
14-year stay in Pisces, neptunian themes
infuse movies, music and the internet
with images that speak to the collective
consciousness. What are you watching
lately? Our level of emotional sensitivity
may be more open and impressionable,
needing plenty of down time to clear
the waters. Watch out what you watch,
as images may stick with you longer
and haunt your waking hours. While
thinking about themes for this month, I
web surfed into Eckhart Tolle, with his
nOW presence, very apt for any time—
especially nOW!
MERCURY is retrograde until the
March
Cosmic News
17th. Distractions, wonderments and
confusions diffuse any clear-edged
reality, which eludes our grasp and seems
to shapeshift when we try to locate our
space-time coordinates. Saturn in Scorpio
supports this proposition, agreeing that
reality is “in process” of being redefined.
This Mercury retrograde is a fine time to
allow the mind to deeply relax and offer
up guidance in its quiet murmur.
The “sweet spot” of this retrograde is on
March 4, when Mercury is in the heart of
the Sun. The Magician aspect of Mercury
takes over from the Trickster, able to
cancel out the retrograde frustrations
and bring out the best of its insight. Ask
for a special message and try out the
possibilities in this moment to connect
Heaven with Earth.
CHIROn adds another level to the
“be here now” theme, with quantum
potentials. The healing sensitivity of
the current energy has a yearning for
wholeness, compassion and forgiveness.
Don’t forget self-compassion. Pisces,
especially with the presence of neptune
and Chiron, evokes a felt understanding
that we are all one. This universal
consciousness is opening in a poignant
way through personal experiences and
other larger events, including tragedies.
VEnUS is still “under the beams” of
the Sun, unseen until May. Her brilliant
presence is missed in the sky, but her
quality of compassion in Pisces is felt.
Venus is said to be exalted in Pisces,
where its best qualities of universal love
come forth, but this position has a down
side. A tendency to demur and doubt
from a hesitant lack of self-esteem can
undermine one’s strength in a Cinderella
sort of way. There is an undercurrent of,
“If others are having a hard time, I don’t
by Kelley Hunter
deserve to be happy.” We contribute and
support as we can, while remembering
that joy is a great contribution to the
collective field. Empathic identification
may be an emotional drain or, on a
more energizing level, be full of grace,
uplifting spiritual devotion and aesthetic
appreciation of the beauties of life and
arts.
The Chiron connection to Venus was
exact on March 5, sending a wave of
female shamanic power that reverberates
with emotional healing into the currents
of the new Moon. Here is another
lovely, relevant musical selection,
called “lamento as Aguas,” a Brazilian
“lament Ye Waters” (I think that is
correct translation) that conveys a
universal sorrow that this combination
can evoke. Music, dance and the arts
unite us beyond the limitations of
language.
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=O0bV64bb8Vk
With all these Pisces planets, keep in
mind that we are easily picking up on
energy all around us. It may not be “our
stuff” to take on. let the energy keep
flowing, and keep moving to avoid any
cluttered emotional eddies. let’s call on
Virgo energy to balance out the Pisces
emphasis. listen to your body, support
your health in this sensitized energy
field, stay grounded with exercise,
yoga—do whatever it takes to support
the strength and wellbeing of your body,
so very essential during the current Earth
changes.
MARS is at the outside edge of Pisces on
the new Moon, but immediately
heads into ARIES on March 12.
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