Floating Down the River, Dreaming and then Bam!…Mercury Conjoins Neptune and Ingresses into Aries, Mars Squares Uranus, New Moon in Pisces and Venus Ingresses into Pisces…
Weekly Forecast for Tuesday, March 5, 2024, through Monday, March 11, 2024.
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Good morning, friends!
First, a bit of housekeeping…I am still sick and have a cough, so I am not recording the podcast read-aloud version of the Weekly Forecast. I apologize if this bums you out! I will hopefully feel good enough to record next week’s forecast, but for now, please enjoy reading it! Thank you for your understanding!
This week feels like we are floating on an inner tube down a lazy river. The river is winding around and around, under and through overhanging branches. Every once in a while a finger of sunlight finds its way through and dances off the top of the water hypnotizing us with its many sparkles of light. At the end of the week, a thick fog comes in and we lose some of our belongings off the sides of the tube. Then the fog lifts and the sun is shining through showing a brilliant rainbow! We can see ahead of us on the river that the current is about to pick up and carry us more swiftly along; possibly through much rougher waters where accidents are more possible—it is up to us this week to brace ourselves for the inevitable changes ahead and bring the First-Aid Kit, just in case…
Okay, let’s get into… the astrology
(All times are in Eastern Time (ET) unless mentioned otherwise)
The Weekly Overview
Okay, so this week is pretty quiet until we get to the end of the week when things pick up a bit. The Moon will enter her Balsamic phase on Friday, the same day that Mercury conjoins Neptune, spacing us out even more and encouraging us to let go of things that didn’t work out this lunar cycle. Then Mercury will ingress into Aries on Saturday, turning our foggy thinking into solid arrows of perception ready to be aimed and fired in the directions we decide to go. Also on Saturday, Mars will square Uranus, throwing up some disruptive obstacles along our way that could cause injury! On Sunday, the New Moon in Pisces will take place, and then on Monday, Venus leaves Aquarius and enters the sign of her exaltation, Pisces.
So, we have two planets entering new signs plus Mars squaring Uranus and a New Moon this week! We are letting go of old ideas and ways of thinking and embracing a more direct, go-get-em attitude by week’s end, but undue haste can be problematic, so we have to be careful! Our relationships will be important this week as Venus enters Pisces and gets a boost but she is headed toward Saturn so boundaries around those relationships may feel more oppressive or depressing. Feeling isolated or cut off from love may be a theme, especially during the first few weeks of Venus’s trip through Pisces while she is close to Saturn.
So, let’s break it down a bit more…
Friday, March 8, 2024
Mercury Conjoins Neptune
Mercury rules our communication, our intellect, and how we collect and process data, and while in Pisces, his fall, it is harder for Mercury to do those things right now. It’s a great time to write poetry, sing songs, and connect with people through art, music, or spirituality, but it’s not an ideal time for paperwork, writing or signing documents, or anything where the details may be important and if missed could cause problems down the road. So, if you can put the paperwork off for another week, that is what I would do. There will be about 3 ½ weeks before Mercury stations retrograde on April 1, 2024, so get all your paperwork done after this weekend once Mercury is in Aries, but before April 1st.
Neptune is the planet of fog, deception, chaos, and feeling uncertain about things. Life just seems nebulous and surreal when Neptune makes contact with other planets, so the two coming together can bring a feeling of being lost and confused. It’s as if a thick fog has come in and we can’t see but two feet in front of our inner tubes on the river. Usually, we can use our minds to understand what is going on and make sense out of everything, but with Mercury in Pisces thoughts only come in pictures, sounds, and colors and it may be harder to untangle the symbolic meanings of what we are seeing. It’s like a dream and all we can do is surrender to the strangeness and hope that when we wake up we can derive some meaning out of it, but we also know that if we can’t, it’s okay, because it was a dream! So, things could feel dreamlike, abnormal, or ambiguous. We could be seeing things in the fog that aren’t really there or seeing pictures in the fog itself that seem as if they are made up by our minds. It may be harder to tell reality from fantasy during this transit. You may also find yourself sleeping and dreaming more than usual.
Let’s take a look at the chart of this conjunction:
We can see Mercury and Neptune together in Pisces at the top of the chart on the left, about 11 o’clock, they are still both co-present with Saturn and the Sun.
Could this transit symbolize news of mental confusion, drugs, and deceptions? Yes.
The Moon is almost conjunct Venus and Mars is approaching his square to Uranus—so something is about to rock this world but what is it? News of something being destroyed that sends us all into a weird mental fog? Maybe. The Moon represents the people of a nation and since the Moon is in Aquarius applying to Venus in this chart, this can symbolize that the people are concerned with their values and relationships and are holding on tightly to those as the boundaries are unclear…
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Mercury Enters Aries and Mars Squares Uranus
Mercury entering Aries can feel like a breath of fresh air after the last two weeks that we’ve had with Mercury in Pisces. It could feel like finally the fog has lifted and we can think clearly again or we finally have what we need to take action in our environment and put our thoughts into action.
Mercury in Aries is direct, and swift, and hits its target with words, thoughts, and paper airplanes. Thank goodness! Instead of being lost in the dreamy, intoxicated mental state or having to relax and rest, we are now able to strike while the iron is hot, so to speak! It’s time to take action! Drive around, do things, and it’s nice because we know what we want to do, too! It’s like waking up from a dream where you couldn’t make your body move! You may have known you were dreaming but you couldn’t do anything about it! Now, you can, thank goodness!!
All the planets are direct and Mercury is in Aries and the sun is not too far behind…just a little bit more to go!
Mars Square Uranus
You can see Mars in Aquarius on the right-hand side of the chart in a square to Uranus in Taurus at the top of the chart.
Mars is the planet of war, aggression, action, drive, and Uranus is the planet that represents disruptions, breakthroughs, and freedom. When the two come together in a challenging square we can see things like earthquakes, lightning strikes or electrical events, cars and trucks having issues, and unexpected fires. Mars symbolizes cuts, burns, and injuries from explosions, fires, weapons, and heavy machinery. Accidents and injuries are very common during this transit, so please be careful.
Sunday, March 10, 2024
New Moon in Pisces
Above is the chart of the New Moon at 20°Pisces 16’. You can see the Sun and the Moon both on the bottom of the chart between 6 and 7 o’clock.
New Moons are always about starting something new. Being that this New Moon is in a water sign, this may have a lot to do with love and relationships, family and creativity, and your feelings and intuitions about things.
Here are some fun questions to ask yourself on this New Moon:
What are you starting today? What do you notice? Who are you in relationship with? How are your relationships going? How is your love life? How is your spiritual life? How are you feeling right now?
Briefly, below you will find the house that this New Moon is occurring in according to your rising sign. Find your rising and read the house topics associated with this New Moon. You may notice a new beginning involving one or more of those topics.
Aries — twelfth house of blind spots, large animals, hidden enemies, and mental health.
Taurus — eleventh house of friends, allies, groups, and wishes
Gemini — tenth house of career, praxis, and the mother.
Cancer — ninth house of foreign travel, higher education, and beliefs.
Leo — eighth house of shared resources, inheritance, debt, and death.
Virgo — seventh house of marriage, partnerships, and legal matters.
Libra — sixth house of stress, health issues, employees or co-workers, and pets.
Scorpio — fifth house of pregnancy, children, creativity, and recreational activities.
Sagittarius — fourth house of family, roots, and property.
Capricorn — third house of siblings, communication, and local travel.
Aquarius — second house of money and possessions.
Pisces — first house of self, health, and character.
I wish you all a Happy New Moon!
Monday, March 11, 2024
Venus Enters Pisces
Venus enters Pisces on March 11, 2024, at 5:50 pm ET. You can see Venus on the right of the chart right below the Descendant of this ingress chart.
Venus is the goddess of love, affection, and beauty, and represents everything lovely in the world from flowers to food to clothing to jewelry, to good times with family and friends. She also represents the feminine archetype of women, sisters, aunts, mothers, and daughters. She is exalted in Pisces meaning that she is able to be very Venusian and express her true self with a lot of power and confidence. She is dreamy, artistic, creative, and very intuitive in Pisces, spinning fantasy and fiction like a candymaker spins cotton candy, effortlessly. Venus in Pisces is a lover of love, relationships, and sensual pleasures and while she is in this sign we may find ourselves drawn toward the sea, music, romance, fantasy, illusion, and love-making. Sweets may even have an over-the-top otherworldly quality to them and movies may take us deep into the realms of the imagination, transporting us to other worlds with ease.
Venus will travel through Pisces for a little less than a month. Her next ingress will be in Aries on April 5, 2024.
Venus’s time through Pisces is like traveling through a land made out of chocolate. She will meet up with Saturn and Neptune while she is here though which is an interesting combination of planets—Saturn is like meeting up with an authority figure who will restrict your diet of sweets and Neptune is like meeting up with Willy Wonka who encourages you to eat as much as you want! It could feel a bit confusing and messy.
Okay, moving on to…
The Tarot Spread
Let’s move on to a 3-card spread for the week that represents the strengths of the situation, the weaknesses of the situation, and the advice.
The first card representing the strengths of the situation:
Knight of Pentacles
On this card, we see a knight, in full armor, wearing a red tunic on top. He is sitting on a horse, who is stopped in the grass. He holds a pentacle coin in his right hand and gazes at it, holding the reigns of the horse with the other. To his side is a plowed field.
The Knight of Pentacles in the upright position, represents work, effort, and responsibility. Doing the daily grind, the chores, and the mundane tasks, like plowing the field.
So, the strength of the situation is that we are able to do the things that need to be done to keep everything moving forward.
The second card representing the weaknesses of the situation:
V of Wands
On this card we see five men of various ages sparing with wands.
In the upright position, this card means fighting, disagreements, or competition.
As the card represents the weakness of the situation, this means that the challenge is keeping the peace. There may be many different temperaments involved here and it may be tricky to keep everyone from arguing, disagreeing, or competing with each other.
And the third card representing the advice:
IX of Wands
On this card, we see a man, a bandage across his head, holding a wand upright. He is standing on the floor in front of eight wands forming a wall behind him. Beyond that, is a series of low mountainous peaks and valleys.
The IX of Wands is about having courage and resilience. Standing your ground and guarding that which you’ve fought hard for. The mountains beyond the wall of Wands represent that there are still challenges ahead, but they are not as tall and imposing as they could be or maybe they’ve been in the past. Even though the man on the card is injured, he has still shown up for his shift on the wall—representing a toughness, an inner strength, even when exhausted and hurt. The Nines in the Tarot represent almost being at the place of completion and it’s the transition from the journey to the end.
As for the card for the Advice, I feel this could be indicating that you are almost at the finish line in regards to something and there’s just a bit of powering through that still needs to happen. You may be exhausted and running on fumes, but you are spirited and bold and willing to push on ‘till the end. The IX of Wands correlates to the Moon in Sagittarius in the second decan, so this is a time when your faith will be tested. Can you hold onto the bigger picture long enough to make it to the end goal? This is about keeping the faith, staying hopeful, and continuing to dream big, even when you’re tired, wounded, and spiritually done with the whole thing.
To Recap:
The strength of the situation is the ability to do the daily grind, the daily work. The weakness is conflicts, fights, and arguments are all easy right now—there are many different players all trying to play together and it can be tough balancing everyone’s needs. The advice is that it is almost over, whatever it is that you are having to deal with right now, the end is in sight! Don’t give up or throw in the towel just yet!
Mercury is almost in Aries! The Sun is almost in Aries! Spring is about to pop, bringing forth beautiful flowers and smells and your optimism and happy spirit is coming too! So, keep it together and hold the line, you’re almost through this hard part of the year!
In conclusion for the weekly forecast…
So, this week may feel like it is going by really slowly, like a lazy river flowing along. Exciting, turbulent, and possibly challenging things lay ahead so enjoy the slow pace! The current is about to pick up a lot and with Mars’ square to Uranus, the change could be sudden and jolting!
I hope this is helpful!
Until tomorrow,
AstroMommy
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