March Horoscopes

Astrology of March
Current Configurations
Past Months

Aries	Libra
Taurus	Scorpio
Gemini	Sagittarius
Cancer	Capricorn
Leo	Aquarius
Virgo	Pisces

March 2009

Current Astrology

	The Sun is in Gemini
	The Moon is in AquariusThe Disseminating Moon is in Aquarius: All day
	Next Mercury Retrograde Aug 23 - Sep 15

Current Configurations

by Henry Seltzer

March 3rd First Quarter Moon
This First Quarter Moon is extremely powerful, with the Moon trine Jupiter and Mars conjuncting Chiron and Neptune. This is the beginning of a two-month long period of time when the painful process of recognition of where we feel that we are separate from being able to fully articulate our ideals. This First Quarter traditionally represents a �crisis in action� as we come to see what can and cannot be fulfilled in the arc of our development stemming from the previous New Moon.

March 10th Full Moon
This Full Moon highlights the Saturn � Uranus opposition once more, since the Moon and Sun conjunct the separating axis of the opposition within two degrees. This brings up again as did the Full Moons of previous months the polarity of the urge to leap ahead without restrictions and the contrary pulling back of necessary limitations, and consciousness of the past. Venus is retrograde as well at this time, beginning on the 6th.

March 18th Last Quarter Moon
This Last Quarter Moon comes close to conjuncting Pluto, and represents the consolidation phase of the cycle, a time when we will gather up the wisdom we have gained from the prior three weeks. With the Moon close to Pluto, although out of sign, we may well see further stages of the metamorphosis represented by this archetypal energy for powerful transformative action that is ultimately in our own best interest. The trials of Pluto are difficult to assimilate in the moment, but with the perspective of time we can see where we have been and where we have been transformed, utterly.

March 20th Spring Equinox
This is an important transition, when the Sun enters Aries. There it squares Pluto more directly, from a corresponding Cardinal Sign. The energy of Pluto in Capricorn, active since the beginning of 2008 but really much more powerful since last December, has been interesting to watch. Capricorn represents structure, and Pluto means massive change. All over the world, responsibility and honoring the social contract have become the watchwords. In each of our individual lives as well, the structural changes demanded of us, and ultimately in our own best interest, have been very much in the forefront of our awareness. With this powerful Spring Equinox even more so.

March 26th New Moon
The Aries New Moon squares Pluto and conjuncts retrograding Venus. This is therefore a time when we will feel quite strongly the transformation of structure that Pluto, newly in Capricorn, represents, and also a time when relationship will be on our mind. Venus retrograde is a time when we make a move toward the inside to feel out what our values really are, and what the relationships in our lives truly mean. At this juncture we are looking beneath the covers of the way we do relationship, attempting to find how they serve our highest purpose.