Written by Lisa E Zimmerman
The current astro setup is layered with events, one after the next, creating waves of change that can wash over you, pull you backwards or move you around so you may feel disoriented and not know where you are at any given moment. As always, focus on events from a higher perspective in order to find your balance.
March 13 @ 11:55pm PDT – Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Virgo
The Lunar Eclipse may have highlighted an area of your life that is complete or that has run its course. If you don’t surrender, purge or release it, it may end or be taken away, or you may be dragged until you let go or get the message. Is a release needed? If so, soul growth is waiting behind it, but first a clearing needs to happen. The Sun conjunct Saturn in Pisces on the Lunar Eclipse invites you to trust your Self and your Inner Guidance. Don’t look outside your Self for validation – go within – and with the North Node and Neptune in Pisces, trust that All is in Divine Order.
The Full Moon in Virgo is a busy bee, ruling health, wellness, service and it wants to get everything in order, perfectly, now, which can activate neurotic worry or anxiety. But the North Node, Sun and Neptune are in Pisces radiating peace, stillness and connection to All That Is (hint: Be Here Now :))
If you want to check out due to overwhelm, I recommend choosing a healthy expression to soothe yourself, like communing with nature and animals, listening to music, having a massage or a bath – anything that calms your nervous system. Meditation, yoga, chanting, walking. Keep it simple.
Pisces energy is the mystical power of Being, imagination, compassion and empathy. It radiates Divine Love. Can you feel the relaxation in that? It can create disillusionment or confusion when misdirected – but even confusion can be an opening – and Pisces works by dissolving or unwinding old structures that have outlived their usefulness. With the North Node in Pisces, you are being called to lean into faith, surrender and trust in the unseen realms – that you are being led somewhere good for you, even when you can’t see what or where that is.
Mercury 15 – April 7 – Mercury Retrograde. The Lunar Eclipse in Virgo is ruled by Mercury (the mind, your thinking) – and Mercury is now turning backwards in Aries to retrace its steps, to review, revise and reassess the territory it covered since the beginning of March. Mercury is in Aries traveling just a few degrees behind Venus Retrograde in Aries – so you’re thinking about your values. (They will both Retrograde into Pisces later in the month, more to come in the weeks ahead).
With Mercury and Venus in Aries, the focus is on where you are now – the “boxes” you come from – your thinking, what you value, what you aspire to, your belief system, years of accumulated indoctrination. What is true, what is real? Does anyone know?
With all the accelerated deconstruction and paradigm shifts, as Mercury rewinds and follows Venus’ path, it is possible that you can give your old ideas and alliances a second look to see what still applies in your evolving landscape. Are you open to anything new? Have you changed, shifted, evolved – are you willing?
This is Aries time – Aries is the Self – Me, I Am. You decide who you are, what you think, what you do, who you love. Many people don’t know who they really are, even though they think they do. They are being who they were programmed to be… So it’s a BIG deal to consciously reconsider who you are, who you want to be and to deliberately choose what you think rather than being obedient, following the crowd (even the spiritual crowd), reacting to social media, media or seeking external validation.
In these profoundly changing times, it’s a next level check in and potential course correction. Where are you now? What matters to you and what are you thinking? That’s my perspective on this Mercury Retrograde in Aries, that will be followed by the infinite potential of Mercury Retrograde in Pisces – then you’ll have another perspective to consider.
March 19 – Sun conjunct Neptune. This is a go with the flow day, Higher realms, right-brained, beautiful for spiritual practices, nature, rest and leisure activities, as well as creative expression, compassionate and mystical connections.
March 20 – Sun in Aries / Spring Equinox. Happy Astrological New Year! We cross the World Point (0º Aries), the beginning of the zodiac, as we enter the Spring season and everything is fresh, alive and ready to grow. This is a technically a new beginning, but it doesn’t really feel like it.
Aries is ruled by Mars, now Direct and starting to pick up a little steam, but still not traveling very fast. Mercury and Venus are Retrograde in Aries, so they’re moving backwards, while the Sun is going forward in Aries, trying to create some traction. Conflicting energies by multiple planets flowing in different directions and you can feel it – a little bipolar and you don’t really get anywhere significant, so don’t push yourself (or anyone else). Be patient and know that a Solar Eclipse in Aries is coming on March 29, that will be a major new beginning!
As I said last week, I suggest that you allow twice as much time to do half as many things whenever possible, as space is nurturing for the soul – whether it’s physical, mental or emotional.
All the clearing and releasing you do that unfolds in the days ahead is creating space for what’s to come when the Solar Eclipse brings the new arrivals. Your job is to align with your Higher Self and be receptive to the Goodness that awaits you.
Expect the best, even if you don’t know what it is, as you allow in what energizes and nourishes you.
As always, I am grateful for your presence on our journey together.
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” ~ Marcel Proust
“The coming of the Messiah does not depend upon anything supernatural; rather it depends upon human growth and self-transformation. The world will only be transformed when people realize that the Messiah is not someone other than themselves.” ~ The Baal Shem Tov
“If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.” ~ Rachel Carson
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Lisa E Zimmerman is an Intuitive Astrologer, Transformational Coach and Creator of Awakened Life Retreats, helping seekers discover who they came here to be and how to create an evolving, empowered and meaningful life. It is a joyful, heartfelt journey. www.soullevelsolutions.com ❤️