MARCH 20-22: VERNAL EQUINOX! CHALLENGING CAPRICORN MOON

MOON IS VOID OF COURSE from 6:37 am EDT until 11:31am Monday, March 20 when it ENTERS  CAPRICORN. It remains here until Wednesday, March 22 at 9:20am. LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon Square Uranus in Aries. SUN ENTERS ARIES Monday at 6:29am signaling the Spring or VERNAL EQUINOX. If only it felt that way in New England! Ruled by Saturn, this Moon period tends towards conventionality, restraint and creating structure. Our emotional reality is often serious and can extend to depression. We can't deny there's a lot to be feel deflated about. It's an authentic and appropriate response. The challenge is not to linger in this mode. Saturn wants to manifest and master. Capricorn reflects the Mountain/Sea Goat who climbs the ladder of ambition and success while accessing authentic emotional expression. The Last Square to Uranus is likely to reflect a radical upstart or set of circumstances which rocks the boat. While it may be upsetting, we must consider the possibility that the boat may need some alternate direction. This period wants to negotiate the old traditions with innovative techniques, technologies and perspectives. Be willing. Resistance to change is likely to create CHALLENGING results to actions initiated during this period.

VERNAL EQUINOX: The Sun is now at what astrologers call the 'Aries Point', 0 degrees 0 minutes Aries or naught, naught Aries as the Brits say. This is a strong focal point of the astrological system, as it's the First Degree of the zodiac and begins a new annual cycle. The Sun now crosses over the Celestial Equator (the plane of earth's equator projected out into space); the length of day and night is equal. Symbolically, this is a time for New Beginnings, Re-Birth and all other Aries qualities: the spark that ignites our will to live, creativity, passions, courage and leadership. It is a time of fertility when the sacred nature of sexuality is honored. May All Life Be Blessed, Honored and Respected.
Celebrate this time with Rituals of Flowers, Water, Fire, Music and Words of Regeneration. Life Begins Again. The Void of Course morning gives us a perfect time to be still and let go of what no longer serves us. It is an opportunity to  meditate on who we are and who we want to be in this new astrological year.

NOTE: I think it's important that we start paying attention to Capricorn Moons, given that the next next big outer planetary event towards which we are rocketing is the Saturn/Pluto cycle. A new cycle always begins with the Conjunction of the two planets in question. In January of 2020, Saturn conjuncts Pluto in Capricorn, beginning a new major energetic pattern reflecting these two archetypes. Very briefly, Saturn's archetype reflects traditional structures, rules, conventionality, conservatism, the past, the elderly and constraint. In its most optimum expression Saturn becomes Master of its field and manifests whatever it so desires. Pluto's archetype represents the underworld, resources, a deep transformation, the power of life and death forces,  depth psychology and the unknown. The Saturn/Pluto cycle has historically been one of tearing down old traditional structures that no longer serve their purpose and building up new forms more appropriate to our needs. It can also be viewed as a redistribution of power - who will manage our resources (Pluto) and thus be most likely to presume to control world circumstances. As always with Pluto indicators, integrity and ethical considerations are vital elements in this dance. And, as always we experience these significators both personally and collectively. Notice where the conjunction will occur in your chart to see where a new cycle of transformation of power and renovated structures may develop.

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SCENE FOR THE DAY: Up in the Air, 2009; Director: Jason Reitman. George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, Termination Facilitator. He's hired by companies that are downsizing to fire employees for them. In this scene we see how he skillfully negotiates the upsetting scenario to steer his victim, played by J.K. Simmons, towards the perspective of 'the opportunity of a lifetime' - to get back on track with his original dream. As crass as we know this process to be, in the bigger picture of sudden changes of fortune and life-long structures, it behooves us to process the situation, grieve the loss, express ourselves authentically and then find that place of rebirth.