March Horoscopes

Astrology of March
Current Configurations
Past Months

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

March 2010

Current Astrology

	The Sun is in Gemini
	The Moon is in AquariusThe Disseminating Moon is in Aquarius: All day
	Moon Void of Course 9:24 pm to 6/9 3:14 am
	Next Mercury Retrograde Aug 23 - Sep 15

Current Configurations

by Henry Seltzer

March 7th Last Quarter Moon
This is traditionally when a moment of tension arises in the process of growth initiated at the time of the previous New Moon, enabling you to see the issues of the current cycle more clearly. This is what astrologer Dane Rudhyar called the phase of a "crisis in consciousness." This time the Moon is in the middle of Sagittarius squaring the Sun in mid-Pisces, while Venus moves into Aries, there to oppose Saturn and square Pluto. Saturn's square with Pluto is still active, although for the moment less so; it will return in the summer months with full force. Still, this configuration brings out the conflicting forces of these two powerhouses so that we might expect a somewhat difficult passage.

March 15th New Moon
This New Moon continues the cycle of powerful mid-month events. Not only does the New Moon degree conjunct Uranus about a degree away but Mercury is exactly conjunct Uranus at this time as well, meaning that our thoughts and our actions are both inspired and likely to take off unexpectedly in sudden changes of direction. Epiphanies abound. These four planets are part of a Pisces line-up that includes Jupiter, with Neptune and Chiron hovering just a few degrees back in late Aquarius – seven planets within 30 degrees of the Zodiac. Mars is finally out of retrograde at this time, so that we are at last ready to let fly the arrow that has been pulled closer and closer to the bow for many weeks now. The New Moon is always strong in energy to accomplish things, although in Pisces this effect is muted. Neptune and Uranus continue to reside in mutual reception, each in the sign ruled by the other, and this increases the mystical and misty nature of this New Moon energy.

March 23rd First Quarter Moon
This is traditionally a time when we see what makes sense out of the many possibilities engendered by the New Moon that initiated the cycle a week before. This First Quarter Moon, like the configuration from March 7th, is more powerful than usual due to other aspects, as the Sun and Moon at 2 + degrees of Aries and Cancer directly oppose and square Saturn. Mars, now in direct motion, also aspects Saturn. Pluto in the remaining Cardinal sign makes a Grand Cross with Saturn, the Sun and the Moon. The days surrounding this configuration are likely to represent a dicey time period when we will all be striving to make sense out of the limitations that we face and to begin to use them to our advantage in terms of greater understanding.

March 29th Full Moon
This is the flowering of the impulse that originated at the time of the New Moon two weeks prior. The new ideas that were born in the moment of the powerful conjunction of Mercury and Uranus find their fullest expression. We will again face the limitations implicit in our situation, and hopefully learn to dance with them, since the Moon in Libra is close to Saturn while the Sun continues to widely oppose it. We must make the best of trying circumstances and as mythologist Michael Meade always remarks, in the times of darkness become our own candle.