AstroForecast March 2004

by Lance Rodriguez

The Sun is transiting the sign of Pisces as we enter the month of March. The angel of March is Machidiel and the angel associated with the sign of Pisces is Varchiel. Pisces is the sign of the zodiac that orients itself to compassion, selflessness, understanding, empathy, philanthropy, psychic impressionability, desire for unity, completion and integration, artistic inclinations, maritime affairs, cinema, and the collective unconscious. Negative expressions of Pisces can be disillusionment, depression, martyr/victim syndromes, abandonment/neglect issues, the savior/redeemer/rescue syndrome, unrealistic expectations and negative escapism, co-dependency/addictions problems and rose-tinted glasses perspectives.

Wednesday the 3rd several celestial aspects occur beginning with an adjustment aspect involving Jupiter and Neptune. This planetary interaction pits practicality and perfection against idealism and utopianism. Here broad and diffuse concepts clash with precision and execution. Excessive critical politics can emerge.

The Sun and Mercury are conjunct one another this same day that symbolizes vigorous, creative thoughts centered on unity, compassion and universal love. The best utilization of this conjunction is to work with meditation, contemplation, visualization, affirmation and prayer for personal peace as well as universal peace. Sensitivity to psychic impressions and/or dreams is also strong.

Both the Sun and Mercury oppose Jupiter on this Wednesday. These two planets were conjunct Jupiter previously last year with Mercury on July 25, 2003 and the Sun on August 22, 2003. This is the “illumination and completion” phase of these planets to Jupiter. This is a clarification and definition of how to implement, identify and plan for “quality of life” themes/issues regarding work, health, efficiency, budgets, protocols, procedures and policies.

Thursday the 4th is the degree position Mercury attains that is known astrologically as its “Fall” which means this planet is vibrating to its lowest frequency and is quite weakened in its planetary function of logic, thought, planning, negotiations, communications, presentations and connections. Its degree position in the sign of Pisces can introduce confusion, vagaries, uncertainty, tentativeness, hopelessness and victimization.

Friday the 5th Venus reaches the degree position of the Aries Solar Eclipse of April 19, 2004 so these two dates can correspond to one another. Venus as the planet of harmony, love, relationships, finances and values impacts this Aries Solar Eclipse degree through compromise, mediation and collaboration on a positive level or through the negative level introduces indecision, vacillation, apathy or indifference.

Also on this Friday Venus at 12:12pm enters its own ruled sign of Taurus for its annual 28-day journey in this earthy zodiac sign. An important focus on financial well-being, priorities with personal values and steadfastness can be acquired. Sensuality is aroused with this passage of Venus through earthy Taurus. Taurus rules the middle month of spring and therefore revels in the concentration and enjoyment of earthly delights. Massages, reflexology, spa therapies, manicures & pedicures, and aromatherapy all add to this physical, earthly side of Venus. “The hunger for love is more difficult to feed than the hunger for bread” Mother Teresa.

Saturday the 6th at 5:14pm is the annual Virgo Full Moon that symbolizes the letting go/surrender/completion phase of the Moon. Issues to surrender associated with this lunation are criticism, anal-retentive behaviors, negative micro-management, overly perfectionistic tendencies, hypochondria, budgetary worries and negative faultfinding. Angel Jazeriel is associated with this Virgo Full Moon. The degree position of this Virgo lunation is known as a “critical degree” that can introduce crisis with the above mentioned issues. Virgo is also the zodiac sign that rules the armed forces, civil service and the police. Jupiter was previously conjunct this Virgo lunation degree last February 10, 2004 and November 27, 2003 so here is a quote from the November AstroForecast 2003 that sheds some light: “Military intelligence, cost effectiveness and scandals involving shady partnerships have an impact on a national/international scale. Hypocrisy, double standards, hypercriticism, fraud, hush funds and scathing verbal attacks are other forms of fallout with this alignment.” Jupiter will make its final realignment with this degree position on July 22, 2004 so all these dates link to this Virgo lunation. The following planets will also align with this degree position on the following dates: Mars on September 5, 2004, the Sun on September 8, 2004, Mercury on September 21, 2004 and finally Venus on October 17, 2004. Issues can arise concerning ambushes, assassinations, blackmail, secret enemies, conspiracies, mass religious delusions and fanaticism, plagues, suicides, chemical poisoning, and condemnations. Keywords associated with this Virgo lunation are an explosive temperament reacts violently to petulant, irritating minor details. This is similar to the approach of to get rid of an ant drop an atomic bomb on it. Sheer force confronts an ultimate power.

The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map for this Virgo lunation sensitizes the following geographic areas: in the United States Richmond and Roanoke Virginia, Detroit Michigan, Atlanta Georgia, Charleston South Carolina, Cincinnati Ohio, Charleston West Virginia, Juneau and Nome Alaska, practically the entire state of Florida especially St. Petersburg, the Western States of Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon as well as Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles California. Hot spots around the globe include: Edmonton Canada, Havana Cuba, Bogotá and Medellín Colombia, Panama City Panama, Quito Ecuador, Lima Peru, Santiago and Los Angeles Chile, San Juan Argentina, Oslo and Overhalla Norway, Copenhagen Denmark, Munich Germany, Zagreb Croatia, Venice, Florence and Rome Italy, Moscow Russia, Tripoli Libya, Dakhla Morocco, Nouakchott Mauritania, Dakar Senegal, N’djamena Chad, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Congo, Kinshasa Zaire, Angola, Windhoek Namibia, Cape Town South Africa, Hyderabad India, Ulan Bator Mongolia, Lanzhou China, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, Pakse Laos, Phnom Penh Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Jakarta Indonesia, Sapporo Japan, and New Zealand.

Sunday the 7th at 10:51am is the direct station of Saturn after being retrograde since late October 2003. This station of Saturn is about successful, disciplined and sympathetic leadership especially in regards to the well being of family structures and healthy national interests as well as national security. This degree position of Saturn on this March date was last seen July 23, 2003 so here is a quote from the July AstroForecast 2003 that sheds some light: “Keywords associated with this degree position of Saturn are a phoenix-like resurrection of nationhood meets any and all threats head on. The deep imagination of the collective embraces the ideal and the real simultaneously. The urge to reform, rescind and revolutionize impractical dystopia gains momentum. An original wellspring is tapped.” The following planets will be conjunct this same degree position of Saturn later in the year: Mars on May 17, 2004, Mercury on June 22, 2004, the Sun on June 27, 2004 and Venus on August 14, 2004; all these dates may correspond to one another.

This same Sunday is a harmonious aspect between Mercury and Mars that exemplifies the ability of individuals to discuss issues of anger in a reasoned manner with double-sided observations. Sincere and frank discussions about sexuality are stimulated. Charitable presentations receive much needed financial support and action.

March 8th starts out with an inharmonious aspect involving Mercury with Pluto that symbolizes breakdowns in communication due to excessive urges to control other people through thought, planning and negotiations as well as retaliation against others due to the failure of not following through with orders and instructions. Problems can also arise involving negative secrecy surrounding transportation systems, trade contracts, business practices and intelligence gathering agencies.

A harmonious aspect of Venus with Uranus on this same day reflects the ability to create new appreciated friendships, alliances and allegiances. New, unique ways of showing affection in partnerships is valued. Financial innovations appear that are more holistic in approaches to fiscal solvency.

Mars has an adjustment aspect with Pluto on this Monday as well that symbolizes focusing on outrage involving practices that deplete people or resources. Corruption, pollution, torture, suppression, oppression and punishment are also targeted. Overly aggressive sexual advances, harassment, lewdness, and/or rape are in the limelight.

Finally on this day is the ecliptic shift of the Moon that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities. Some individuals can experience depression, melancholy, isolation, inadequacy and failure especially involving partnerships.

Tuesday the 9th is a harmonious contact between Mercury and Chiron that allows the bridging of gaps to occur between the ideal and the real. Forgiveness of past trespasses heals wounds of unsuccessful approaches in career matters as well as lack of respect. Foot reflexology and massage especially applied to the shoulders, arms and hands are very therapeutic.

Thursday the 11th is a harmonious aspect of Venus with Saturn that means partners can enjoy lasting endurance despite recent setbacks. A polite and mannered disposition can be displayed with a sense of seriousness especially involving financial matters or family affairs. New social, artistic or musical values arise that change business or government practices.

This same Thursday is the monthly Perigee Moon (closest approach of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes strong intense emotions that can come easily to the conscious surface. Strong, intense urges for radical reform arise in regards to resources derived from the ocean, the chemical and petrochemical industries, the pharmaceutical industries, cinema, hospitals, asylums, prisons and naval concerns. Intimate discussions revolve around emotional depth, sharing, sexuality and legacies.

Friday the 12th at 3:44am is the entrance of Mercury into the sign of Aries for an approximate 3-week journey and then in April, due to retrograde motion, Mercury will re-enter Aries. More of this retrograde motion of Mercury will be discussed in April’s AstroForecast next month. Mercury’s stay in Aries symbolizes speedy developments that can occur in negotiations and bargaining tables. New ideas burst onto the scene with some being a quick panacea for long-term problems. Assertive and aggressive communications are usually highlighted with this transit of Mercury in Aries. “Actions are always the best interpreters of thoughts” T.H. Huxley. Mercury later this evening has an ecliptic shift that represents changes with contracts, negotiations, communications, planning, short-distance travels, bargaining and bartering, schedules and interactions with siblings. Mercury is also this day conjunct the degree of the upcoming Aries New Moon on March 20, 2004 that happens to also be a “critical degree”.

The Sun has an inharmonious contact with Pluto on this Friday that symbolizes an individual’s ruthless pursuit of goals of empowerment through control and manipulation of others and their resources. Intense hurts arise through any exhibition of betrayal especially sexual infidelity as well as the use of love and sex as a “weapon of mass domination”. Paranoia can rear its ugly head in regards to issues of the escalation of armed weaponry for the purpose of annihilation and the extremes of corruption that waste shared resources.

Mars has a harmonious aspect with Chiron on this same day that symbolizes healthy alternative therapies that activate the energetic body system such as acupuncture, aromatherapy, flower essence remedies, Qigong, Tai Chi and acupressure. Financial voids can be bridged with measures of austerity and economic discipline. New pioneering projects involving food production and management are initiated.

Sunday the 14th the Sun follows on Mars’ footsteps and has a harmonious contact with Chiron that symbolizes creative leadership within bureaucratic structures. Forgiveness shown to wayward fathers heals the generation gap especially with children who have felt abandoned and neglected. There is an emotional cost involved with this forgiveness yet children are able to free themselves from a haunting past and through this letting go process concentrate on a more positive present as well as future.

Monday the 15th is an inharmonious aspect of Mercury with Saturn that symbolizes rigid thinking, delays involving contracts, negotiations and/or discussions, pessimistic thinking, despondency and despair with communications and hesitation with planning and presentations. Bursts of anger, impatience and verbal abuse can arise due to flawed logic and reasoning within partnerships. Traditional approaches clash with impromptu approaches.

Tuesday the 16th is a harmonious contact of Venus with Jupiter that is excellent for marriages, business partnerships and financial enterprise. Expanded pleasure in all its social expressions are due to softened approaches that enhance politeness, manners, grace, tact and diplomacy. Sporting events are delightful and promote a sense of community. The potential for growth and expansion of foreign capital investments is strong. Venus also on this day aligns itself with the Lunar Nodal axis that symbolizes on one level fate and destiny with taxes, insurances, credits, debits, loans, grants, inheritances and legacies. What direction do we all need to take in regards to these shared resources and assets? Are we all falling prey to political mongering and demagoguery that eventually disillusion us or create false illusions about the future?

Thursday the 18th is the harmonious aspect of the Sun with Mars that represents confidence with assertive and aggressive actions. This is also the mustering of inner strength to challenge and to stand up to irritating authoritarianism and dictatorial behaviors. Strong sensitivity and passionate arousal combine for excellent relations with partners. Mars also on this day is aligned with the degree position of the Taurus New Moon of May 18, 2004 so these dates can correspond to one another.

An adjustment aspect between Mercury and Jupiter occurs on this same Thursday that symbolizes judicial, religious and/or military acts that impinge personal freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of contractual arrangements and free enterprise. Care needs to be taken in regards to the distortion of information, excessive abstract thought, and negatively opinionated and arrogant communications. Hypercriticism blunts the drive and implementation of autonomy.

The final aspect for this Thursday is an inharmonious contact between Venus and Neptune that focuses on disappointments through behaviors of false promises and misleading romantic overtures. Pleasurable deception takes hold with individuals who inflict confusion and loss with others especially through financial fraud. Possible scandals appear connected to the treasury departments as well as institutions associated with the arts.

Friday the 19th is a harmonious interchange between Mercury and Neptune that is excellent for inspired thinking and visionary planning for the future. Artistically inclined individuals band together to create new trends and fashions for the future. Healthy discussions among partners create a sense of mystical oneness.

This same Friday is the arrival of Uranus, the planet of chaos, surprises and sudden changes, at a “critical degree” in the sign of Pisces. Uranus will repeat this degree position again on September 10, 2004 and January 9, 2005 so these dates correspond to one another. Subterfuge, espionage, terrorism, bankruptcy, trust funds and their agencies, as well as autopsies are in the headlines.

The annual Aries New Moon occurs on this Saturday at 4:41pm that is symbolic of the new beginnings/new initiatives phase of the Moon. This is a great New Moon to acquire a new self-image through updated wardrobes, hairstyles and/or vehicles. Improve self-confidence, be open to pioneering directions especially in new, unknown territories, gain new leadership skills, and recognize your role-model abilities. Angel Geniel is associated with this lunation so if you need a little celestial help invoke this angel to help you. This Aries lunation’s degree position is also at a “critical degree” with the following planets having already made this degree contact previously: Mars on December 17, 2003, Venus on February 8, 2004 and Mercury earlier this month March 12, 2004. Keywords associated with this Aries New Moon are the ego is ready and engaged in initiating new cycles of passionate problem solving with the likelihood of productive results. A contemplative review of past transgressions motivates the individual to wipe the slate clean for new directions in life.

The A*C*G Map for this Aries lunation sensitizes the following geographic areas: in the United States San Francisco California, Portland Maine, Boston Massachusetts, Barrow, Nome and Fairbanks Alaska as well as Honolulu Hawaii. Worldwide the following areas are hotspots: La Paz Bolivia, San Juan, San Francisco, Cordoba and Santa Fe Argentina, Asuncion Paraguay, Bucharest Romania, Kishinev Moldavia, Kiev Ukraine, Baghdad Iraq, Ashkhabad Turkmenistan, Mecca Saudi Arabia, Khartoum Sudan, N’djamena Chad, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Mogadishu Somalia, Nairobi Kenya, Djibouti Djibouti, Maputo Mozambique, Windhoek Namibia, Tashkent Uzbekistan, Lanzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai China, Taipei Taiwan, North and South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Borneo, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, as well as Australia.

Sunday the 21st at 1:39am is the entrance of fiery Mars into the mental sign of Gemini for an approximate 45-day journey. Mars in Gemini indicates a high-energy period with communications. Those individuals that need to increase being more positively assertive and aggressive in their dealings with others can do well with this 45-day period of Mars in Gemini. This Mars in Gemini period can also create a whirlwind of activity dealing with the electronic media, computer hardware, telecommunications devices and the Internet. Mars can also represent antagonism, irritability, anger, frustration, aggravation and in-your-face argumentativeness with communications breaking down due to these behaviors. Do be aware that telephone scams can increase during this Gemini journey of Mars as well as false Internet storefronts that only want to wipe out your financial savings. Internet hackers can also be a problem during this 45-day period. Malicious viruses on the Internet can happen as well as problems with angry insects especially stinging swarms can mount.

This same Sunday is the ecliptic shift of the Moon that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities. Emotional shifts that can occur at this time will be oriented to insecurity, instability, lack of expertise and knee-jerk reactions and responses to poverty issues.

Tuesday the 23rd is the Pre-Shadow Point of Mercury that is the same degree position of the station direct of Mercury next month April 30, 2004 on this March date. Correspondence to each of these spring dates is important. Keywords associated with this degree position Mercury holds are a new frontier opens up for humanity to explore and discover. New prospects present themselves to individuals who are enterprising and entrepreneurial. Interestingly enough this Pre-Shadow Point of Mercury opposes the Libra Solar Eclipse of this fall on October 13, 2004 so importance of these dates to one another is significant.

Wednesday the 24th at 9:09am is the station retrograde of Pluto that launches a retrograde period of this planet of transformation, intrigue, power, psychology, soul and anything hidden in life until its direct motion later in late August 2004. Transformation of the self through one’s targeting of personal ideals and visions is important for self-growth and expansion. Abuse in all forms will be important to purge and eliminate. Keywords associated with this degree position of Pluto are radical changes stimulate the targeting of future aspirations and goals that bring true justice. A migration of ideas serves as a catalyst for the discovery of new opportunities that lead to international cooperation and compromise. An awakening of the cellular body and its wholesome energetics takes place. The A*C*G Map for this station retrograde of Pluto sensitizes the following geographic areas: in the United States all of the New England states especially Providence Rhode Island and Boston Massachusetts as well as Fairbanks and Anchorage Alaska. Around the globe these following areas are sensitized: Guyana, Brazil, the Sakhalin Islands and Vladivostok Russia, Southern Japan, the Philippines, Ujung Pandang Indonesia, and Western Australia.

This same Wednesday is a harmonious aspect involving Mercury with Pluto that symbolizes sharing confidences with others about intimate secrets. Psychotherapeutic approaches that involve depth integration are successful. Key individuals become power brokers in discussions surrounding high security intelligence operations as well deft dealing with investment markets.

Friday the 26th several celestial aspects occur that symbolize challenges. An adjustment aspect involving Venus with Pluto is really about conquering jealousy, possessiveness and temptations to lapse in sexual infidelity. A harsh aspect between the Sun and Saturn represents the diminishment of vitality and creativity due to morose, languishing and isolationist behaviors. A Mercury – Chiron inharmonious interaction can manifest with abrupt and brusque words wounding individuals who are very proper and traditional.

Saturday the 27th is the monthly Apogee Moon (farthest distance of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes the ability to cultivate objective and impartial emotions/feelings. A strong need to make decisions and to take action in regards to health and/or work issues is paramount. Provocative statements of double standards and double speak lead to harsh rhetorical criticism.

Sunday the 28th is an inharmonious aspect between Mars and Uranus that is potentially quite explosive. A week before and after this date can be taken into account. Transportation accidents whether through rail, air or highways can be heightened. Earthquakes, tornadoes, fires and electrical storms can be very damaging. Civil unrest, protests, rebellions and violence can burst on the scene. Shocking outbursts of anger create instability in relationships. Certain individuals can be “trigger-happy” with negative impulses.

Monday the 29th is a harmonious contact between Venus and Chiron that represents healthy bridging of gaps in partnerships. Aesthetic values bring balance and peace to individuals suffering from depression, pessimism and despair. Some corporations engage themselves financially with community-supported projects.

Tuesday the 30th is an adjustment aspect between the Sun and Jupiter that denotes leaders in positions of power and authority need to backtrack previous policy statements. A diplomatic faux pas is glaringly hypocritical. Blundering actions reveal inefficiency with accounting procedures.

Wednesday the 31st at 8:27pm is the entrance of Mercury into the sign of earthy Taurus for a brief week as a Mercury retrograde occurs in early April. Mercury will re-enter Taurus in mid-May 2004. Dramatic experiences with financial affairs, banking, stock markets, commodities and all tangible assets will be in the crosshairs of this Mercury journey in this fixed earth sign. All forms of debt could go haywire. Taurus symbolizes conservative fiscal policy; the question is are we properly informed to make decisions that will emphasize biting the bullet? All communications, all commercial enterprises and markets/trades take on strong profit orientations. Practical solutions can be applied with the toughest of problems.

Earlier this Wednesday is the alignment of Mercury with the degree position of the Aries Solar Eclipse of April 19, 2004. These two dates can correspond to one another. International diplomacy and discussions about legal affairs and justice challenge the executive branch of government.