Hi Friends,
March 2026 brings a dreamy yet intense astrological vibe, dominated by Pisces season until the Sun enters Aries on March 20, marking the vernal equinox and the shift into Aries season. This month features significant emotional depth, spiritual insights, and pivotal releases, highlighted by a powerful lunar eclipse at the beginning of the month.

Key Astrological Transits in March 2026:
Mercury Retrograde in Pisces: Mental fogginess is possible. Avoid signing contracts or buying tech until the March 20th.

March 2: Mars in Pisces: Mars, the planet of action, struggles in emotional Pisces. Energy may feel lower, and motivations might evaporate. It is best to pace yourself and manage emotions, rather than physical, battles.

March 3: Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo: The highlight of the month, this eclipse brings a focus to health, routines, and releasing perfectionist tendencies.

March 6: Venus enters Aries sparking bold, passionate energy in love and values—direct pursuits in relationships or aesthetics.

March 11: Jupiter stations direct in Cancer, ending a four-month retrograde. This shift marks a return to forward momentum, emphasizing emotional growth, nurturing, and home-based expansion.

March 18: New Moon in Pisces, a powerful, mystical time for emotional healing, intuition, and setting intentions centered on compassion, creativity, and spiritual growth.

March 20: Vernal Equinox & Mercury Direct: The Sun enters Aries, bringing in “fire” energy to the month, while Mercury goes direct, clearing the way for new projects.

March 20 Onwards: An all-planets-direct, forward-moving momentum begins.

March 30: Venus enters Taurus; brings in more sensuality, contentment, and possessiveness. We seek security and value those things that are long-lasting.

The first half of the month requires slowing down, resting, and addressing emotional, chaotic, or confusing situations. Pisces energy dominates early, fostering empathy, creativity, escapism, or confusion, while the Virgo eclipse demands grounding and practical adjustments. With Saturn and Neptune now in Aries, there’s ongoing tension between dreaming big and building structure. The second half, spurred by the Sun in Aries, encourages taking initiative, particularly regarding career goals and personal evolution.

Beginning on March 2, Mars (the planet of action, energy, drive, assertion, and sometimes aggression) enters the mystical sign of Pisces, lasting until April 9, 2026. Mars is traditionally considered in its fall in Pisces (a position where its fiery, direct energy feels somewhat muted or challenged). Pisces is a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune (and co-ruled by Jupiter in ancient times), associated with intuition, compassion, spirituality, dreams, empathy, creativity, sacrifice, and sometimes escapism or boundary issues.

When Mars transits Pisces:
Action becomes less direct and forceful, more fluid, indirect, or emotionally driven.

Motivation shifts toward spiritual, emotional, compassionate, or creative pursuits rather than purely ambitious or competitive ones.

People may feel less inclined toward confrontation — preferring to avoid direct fights, sometimes leading to passive-aggressive behavior, indirect expression of anger, or “fighting” through empathy, art, healing, or subtle influence.

Energy levels can be variable — up-and-down, dreamy, or inconsistent, with bursts of inspiration followed by periods of inertia or fatigue.

Positive expressions include compassionate activism, defending the underdog, pursuing artistic or healing goals, selfless service, or acting on intuition and feelings.

Challenges might include frustration from lack of clear direction, difficulty asserting boundaries, escapism (e.g., avoiding issues through fantasy, substances, or procrastination), or feeling overwhelmed by emotions/others’ needs.

On March 3, a Total Lunar Eclipse (often called a “Blood Moon” due to its reddish hue) occurs alongside the Full Moon in Virgo. This is a South Node eclipse (near the South Node in Virgo), emphasizing themes of release, culmination, letting go and karmic closure rather than new beginnings. Lunar eclipses in general highlight emotional revelations, relationship dynamics, and polarities, often bringing hidden issues to light or forcing resolutions.

Astrological Meaning and Effects:
This eclipse falls on the Virgo-Pisces axis (Moon in Virgo opposing Sun in Pisces), activating the polarity between:

Virgo: practicality, details, routines, health, service, discernment, perfectionism, criticism, work habits, physical well-being.

Pisces: intuition, spirituality, compassion, dreams, surrender, escapism, boundlessness, emotional/creative flow.

This eclipse urges finding balance between these energies:
Integrating everyday order and self-care (Virgo) with faith, imagination, and acceptance of imperfection (Pisces). It often feels like a cosmic “reset” on over-functioning, self-criticism, or rigid routines.

Key themes during this Lunar Eclipse:
Releasing perfectionism and the need to “get life right” or control everything through endless improvement/self-criticism.

Culminations in areas of health, daily habits, work/service roles, or patterns of over-giving/fixing others while neglecting your own needs.

Letting go of draining routines, self-doubt loops (“not good enough”), or identities tied to being the “reliable one” or perpetual helper.

Emotional revelations around boundaries, self-worth tied to productivity, or where practicality meets impractical dreams.

Positive potential: Greater self-acceptance, compassionate service without burnout, healing through surrender, or refined routines that support spiritual/emotional health.

Since it’s a South Node eclipse, it’s more about endings, shedding outdated patterns, and clearing space (think: “What habits or self-judgments are you ready to release?”). Effects can unfold over months, echoing back to related events around September 2025 or earlier in the Virgo-Pisces eclipse series. This eclipse is especially potent for people with planets/points at 8°–18° of the mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces), triggering personal shifts in identity, relationships, or life direction.

Our desires become more impulsive when Venus enters the sign of Aries on March 6th. During this transit, which lasts until March 30, 2026, Venus in Aries tends to make love feel more spontaneous, direct, and exciting, with a focus on the thrill of pursuit and bold expressions of affection. This period can bring a fiery, spontaneous energy to relationships, values, and aesthetics, encouraging people to take initiative in matters of the heart or finances.

On March 11th, Jupiter stations direct ending its retrograde motion at approximately 15°05′ in Cancer. Jupiter has been retrograde in Cancer since November 11, 2025, prompting a period of introspection, review, and internal reassessment regarding themes like emotional growth, family matters, home life, nurturing, abundance, and personal security.

Retrograde Jupiter often turns expansion inward, encouraging reflection on beliefs, opportunities, and where we’ve been overreaching or needing wiser foundations. When Jupiter stations direct, its forward momentum resumes, signaling a release of built-up energy.

This shift typically brings:
Renewed optimism, confidence, and forward progress in areas stalled or internalized during the retrograde.

Easier manifestation of growth, especially in Cancer-related domains: home, family bonds, emotional healing, real estate, nurturing relationships, and inner security.

A sense of relief as delayed plans or insights from the retrograde period can now unfold more smoothly.

Enhanced luck and benevolence in domestic or heartfelt pursuits, as Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, amplifying its positive, protective qualities.

Around the station (a few days before and after), events may feel amplified or karmic, with potential for significant developments tied to Jupiter’s house placement in your natal chart. This direct station marks the end of the retrograde phase, allowing Jupiter’s expansive influence to flow outward again until it later changes signs on June 30, 2026, when it enters Leo.

This month’s New Moon will highlight the sign of Pisces on March 18. This New Moon at approximately 28°26′ Pisces marks the start of a fresh lunar cycle in the dreamy, compassionate, and intuitive sign of Pisces (ruled by Neptune, with traditional ruler Jupiter).

Pisces energy emphasizes themes of:
Spirituality, intuition, and connection to the divine or subconscious.

Compassion, empathy, forgiveness, and emotional healing.

Creativity, imagination, art, music, and visionary pursuits.

Surrender, letting go of control, and flowing with life’s mysteries.

Boundaries, escapism (or avoiding them), and dissolving illusions.

A New Moon is an ideal window for setting intentions, planting “seeds” for the coming month and initiating new beginnings.

With this Lunation in Pisces, focus on:
Releasing old emotional baggage, forgiving yourself/others, or healing inner wounds.

Cultivating deeper spiritual practices, meditation, dreamwork, or creative expression.

Manifesting goals tied to empathy, service to others, artistic endeavors, or transcendent experiences.

Trusting intuition over logic—it’s a time to feel rather than analyze.

Around the New Moon (a day or two before/after), energies may feel heightened, sensitive, or mystical. Pisces can bring vivid dreams, heightened empathy, or a pull toward solitude/reflection, but watch for tendencies toward escapism, confusion, or over-idealization.

Our motivation begins to return when the Sun enters Aries on March 20, marking the Vernal (Spring) Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the astrological New Year in tropical astrology. This places the Sun at 0°00′ Aries, kicking off Aries season, which lasts until approximately April 19/20, 2026. Aries, the first sign of the zodiac (a cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars), brings a surge of fresh, pioneering energy after the introspective close of Pisces season.

The Sun in Aries emphasizes:
Initiative, courage, and independence — a drive to start new projects, take bold actions, and assert individuality.

Directness and enthusiasm — enthusiasm for life, spontaneity, and a “me-first” focus that can spark motivation but may tip into impulsiveness if unchecked.

Leadership and competition — heightened desire to lead, win, or pioneer, with a warrior-like approach to goals.

Physical vitality and identity — renewed sense of self, energy for exercise, adventure, or self-expression.

This transit coincides with the equinox, symbolizing balance (equal day and night) and a turning point where light overtakes darkness in the North—perfect for renewal, setting intentions, and embracing new beginnings. Astrologically, it’s a potent time for “seeding” the year ahead, especially with the recent New Moon in Pisces (March 18) providing a compassionate, dreamy reset just before this fiery shift. Around the ingress (a day or two before/after), energies may feel electric, restless, or invigorating—ideal for launching personal goals, but temper haste to avoid burnout or conflicts. Check where 0° Aries falls in your natal chart. Overall, this is a dynamic, empowering shift: the cosmic “green light” to charge ahead with confidence and authenticity. Happy Astrological New Year!

On the same day the Sun enters Aries, Mercury stations direct in Pisces. This marks the conclusion of Mercury’s retrograde period that began on February 26, 2026 (at 22°33′ Pisces), following a pre-shadow starting around February 11. The post-retrograde shadow (when Mercury retraces the same degrees forward) continues until approximately April 9, 2026 (at 22°33′ Pisces), so full forward momentum and clarity often build gradually over those weeks.

Mercury retrograde in Pisces typically brings:
Foggy or intuitive communication, misunderstandings rooted in emotional nuance rather than logic.

Delays in travel, tech glitches, or miscommunications, especially around creative, spiritual, or compassionate matters.

A pull toward reflection on dreams, past emotions, unfinished creative projects, or spiritual insights—ideal for revisiting rather than starting new things.

When Mercury stations direct, the energy shifts noticeably:
Communication and mental processes start flowing more smoothly again—clarity returns, decisions feel less murky, and plans delayed during retrograde can gain traction.

Insights gained from the retrograde (e.g., emotional truths, creative inspirations, or healed misunderstandings) now integrate and move forward.

A sense of relief as tech, travel, contracts, or conversations that felt stuck begin to resolve or progress.

In Pisces, this direct station emphasizes compassionate, imaginative, and empathetic thinking—great for artistic expression, spiritual downloads, forgiveness, or intuitive problem-solving.

Around the station date (a few days before/after), energies may feel particularly “sticky” or amplified—expect potential last-minute revelations, tech hiccups resolving, or a burst of mental momentum as some clarity is on the rise.

If tracking personally, note where 8°29′ Pisces falls in your natal chart. Overall, March 20, 2026, feels like a major turning point: the fog lifts, the Astrological New Year begins, and forward motion resumes with a compassionate, creative twist.

The desire for more beauty and financial security increases when Venus enters Taurus on March 30, marking a harmonious shift after its fiery stint in Aries.

Venus will remain in Taurus until April 24, 2026.Taurus is Venus’s home sign (domicile), where the planet feels exceptionally comfortable, strong, and expressive.

This transit emphasizes Venusian themes of:
Being grounded, physical, and pleasure-oriented

Stability, security, and sensuality — Love, relationships, and values slow down to savor the tangible and reliable. Bodily touch, comfort, beauty in nature, good food, luxurious textures, and self-indulgence take center stage.

Possessiveness and loyalty — Affections become steadier and more devoted, with a focus on building lasting bonds, financial security, or material comforts. We seek what’s enduring rather than fleeting thrills.

Appreciation of the physical world — Heightened enjoyment of art, music, gardens, fine dining, or anything that engages the senses. It’s a prime time for self-care, pampering, investing in quality items, or beautifying your environment.

Financial and value reassessment — Money matters, possessions, and self-worth feel more stable and abundant. This can bring opportunities for earning, saving, or indulging responsibly, but watch for stubbornness or over-attachment.

Compared to the preceding Venus in Aries (March 6–30), which was impulsive, direct, and pursuit-driven, Venus in Taurus shifts to a calmer, more receptive vibe; less “chase” and more “enjoy what we’ve got” or “build something solid.” It’s excellent for deepening commitments, reconciling after tensions, or attracting through quiet magnetism rather than bold moves.

Around the ingress (a day or two before/after), you may notice a palpable softening—tensions ease, desires feel more attainable, and there’s a pull toward comfort and beauty. Energies amplify in Taurus-ruled areas of your natal chart This is a lovely, nurturing transit overall, ideal for romance that feels secure, creative projects with lasting appeal, or simply treating yourself to life’s simple (or luxurious) joys. Embrace the slow, indulgent pace—Venus in her own sign reminds us that true pleasure often comes from presence and patience.

March 2026 Monthly Aspects, Transits, and Lunar Cycles
Mar 02 – Mars enters Pisces
Mar 03 – Lunar Eclipse in Virgo
Mar 04 – Venus sextile Uranus
Mar 05 – Sun trine Jupiter
Mar 06 – Venus enters Aries
Mar 06 – Venus conjunct Neptune in Aries
Mar 07 – Sun conjunct Mercury in Pisces
Mar 08 – Venus conjunct Saturn in Aries
Mar 09 – Mercury trine Jupiter
Mar 10 – Venus sextile Pluto
Mar 11 – Jupiter Direct in Cancer
Mar 15 – Mercury conjunct Mars in Pisces
Mar 18 – Venus square Jupiter
Mar 18 – Sun sextile Uranus
Mar 18 – New Moon in Pisces
Mar 20 – Sun enters Aries
Mar 20 – Mercury Direct in Pisces
Mar 21 – Mars trine Jupiter
Mar 22 – Sun conjunct Neptune in Aries
Mar 25 – Sun conjunct Saturn in Aries
Mar 25 – Sun sextile Pluto
Mar 28 – Saturn sextile Pluto
Mar 30 – Venus enters Taurus

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Have a Wonderful Month Folks!
Joseph P. Anthony
(A.K.A. Astrologer Joe)

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